A successful weekend for the Stan's Pivot Pro Team pb Maxxis at the Epic Rides #Whiskey50 with Keegan Swenson winning the Men's backcountry race in a close sprint finish and Chloe Woodruff riding to 2nd place in the Women's Pro field. 📸: Bill Freeman
Since their 2015 inception, the Stan’s-Pivot Pro Team mountain bike team have been a formidable presence on every race course on which their tubeless tires rolled, earning multiple national championships, consistent podiums and even team co-founder Chloe Woodruff representing the U.S. in the 2016 Olympics.
And since 2017, BikeFlights.com has been an integral part of their race day routine.
“BikeFlights.com has completely changed the way to travel and pack for races. We ship all of our bikes domestically,” says Woodruff, who founded the team in 2015 with team mechanic TJ Woodruff.
The four-racer team, consisting of Chloe Woodruff, Rose Grant, Sophia Gomez-Villafañe and Keegan Swenson, expects to compete for the top step at every race at which they show. Allowing focus to remain on performing, and not logistics, is paramount.
“I believe we have the team where we can show up and contest the win at every domestic race we enter. [BikeFlights.com] saves the team a huge amount of travel day stress.“ says Woodruff.
With the calendar just barely crossing into July, Woodruff feels there’s already a lot to celebrate the 2019 season.
“For Sofia, it was her early season podiums at UCI HC races and defending her Argentine National Championship jerseys. Keegan has been undefeated in the U.S. since May and just landed a big result at a World Cup (18th in Andorra). Rose came back from injuries, yet again, to win the Carson City Off-Road. She's the toughest racer out there. And I won the World Cup short track race in Nove Mesto [in the Czech Republic].”
While there’s much for the Stan’s-Pivot Pro Team to celebrate, there’s plenty left in the season upon which to remain unyieldingly focused.
“The [Epic Rides] Off-Road Series is very important to us, but also the U.S. National Championship this season. Rose is also training for Leadville which is new territory for us. [Other targets are the] Pan Am Games (Sofia), and of course, the World Championships.”
We wish them luck for the remainder of the season, and look forward to lending our voices to the cheers at USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, the Leadville Trail 100 MTB and the Epic Rides Oz Trails Off-Road!
Follow the Stan’s-Pivot Pro Team members and the rest of their 2019 season on Instagram:
Rose Grant @rosekgrant
Keegan Swenson @keegels99
Chloe Woodruff @chloewoodruff
Sofia Gomez-Villafañe @sofithevilla
