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Adam Mills, Topeka junior, has competed in many road bike races for the past few years and now is a member of the KU Cycling Club. The club's other members appreciate the experience that Mills brings to the team. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
Cyclist extends alternative course
By Michael Sudhalter
sports@kanson.com
Kansan sportswriter
Mills, Topea junior, gained further interest in the sport while working in a bicycle shop where fellow employees urged him to go on bicycle trips. For the past few years, he has competed in road bike races and the 400-mile Bike Across Kansas Tour. While many people would struggle to endure a trek from the Colorado border to the Missouri state line, Mills said he was fond of the experience.
Adam Mills began riding a bicycle because he needed transportation to his youth soccer practice. These days, it might be difficult to find him not riding one.
"It's more like a vacation," he said. "You can get away from the cell phones, televisions and the responsibilities of normal life."
Mills also enjoyed the competition of races in which he had some impressive finishes. He placed 11th at the State Road Race Championships last year at Fort Riley and fourth at the State Criterium last year in Leavenworth.
"The label sets the sport apart from the rest of the pack," he said.
"There is a lot of strategy in bicycle racing that you don't see on television," he said. "A lot of it requires thinking and conserving energy."
While Mills has put most of his effort into road bicycles, he has recently strived to be a better mountain biker while going on rides with the KU Cycling Club.
"Mountain biking is awesome," he said. "You get to go down near the trees, dodging logs and cruising through rocks."
Mills said he was content with cycling being labeled an alternative sport.
Although cycling is largely an individual
sport. Mills enjoys the teamwork displayed within the 50-member club. The team competes in a regional conference with schools including Kansas State, Minnesota and Nebraska and is aiming for a spot at the national competition.
"We would like to get more exposure by qualifying for nationals," he said.
Mills helps organize team rides almost every day and appreciates the overall effect of the exercise.
If you're Marty Nothstein, you get nothing.
Cycling Club President Vanessa Sincock, Springfield, Mo., senior, appreciates the knowledge that Mills brings to the rest of the team.
"The sport promotes a healthy lifestyle," he said. "Cycling is a much more interesting workout than the Stairmaster."
"He is definitely a good road racer," she said. "And he helps out people who aren't as experienced as he is."
- Edited by Erin McDaniel
Nothstein came up short in his bid for a second Olympic medal after the Germans used team tactics to block him last night in the Keirin. He finished in fifth place one night after winning gold in the men's match sprint.
The Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia — What do you get when you put two Germans in a Japanese bicycle race that is won by a Frenchman?
Teamwork helps German cyclist win medal
The Keirin gold medal went to Florian Rousseau of France. Gary Neiwand of Australia won the silver and Jens Fiedler of Germany, with help from teammate Jan van Eijden, won bronze.
"They wanted one of their guys to win," Nothstein said. "If that means slowing down the other riders, then
that's what happens. We had some medals handed out because of teamwork."
Nothstein, of Trexlertown, Pa., was fighting mad as the race ended. He slugged up Eijden, who finished fourth, as they rode down the front straight out of medal contention.
"It wasn't a hard hit, just more because of anger." Nothstein said. "I would have had an Olympic medal. He was protecting Fiedler, just doing his job. It's hard to swallow because team tactics were used."
The whole thing came out sounding like a bad joke, especially after Fiedler denied anything was amiss.
When asked if he had an advantage because of his teammate, Fiedler smirked and said: "Everybody goes into the race alone. We had the same jersey but not the same tactics. Everybody wants to win."
It was too bad for Nothstein that the American program wasn't deep enough to provide him some help in the Keirin.
"I didn't have a teammate and it makes it difficult," he said. "I was on my way to another medal. It was pretty obvious."
When Fiedler made his move with just more than two laps to go, van Eijden looked back to find Nothstein. From there, van Eijden's job was to block the American to ensure a medal for Germany.
"In this event, that kind of stuff happens," said Sean Petty, director of the U.S. team.
The strongest rider this week was Nothstein, who had the fastest qualifying time in the sprint. He then powered his way to his gold medal by blowing past Fiedler in the sprint semifinals and Rousseau in the finals.
In the Keirin he even made an extra ride through the recharge, the event's version of a loser's bracket. Nothstein lost in the first round to van Eijden and Frederic Mame of France.
"My legs were a little stale." Nothstein said. "I made a tactical error. When the Frenchman attacked, I went with him when I should have just held back and then made my move."
He came back strong to win the repecharge and his second-round heat.
The Keirin, making its Olympic debut in Sydney, is wildly popular in Japan, where bets can be placed on professional riders. To safeguard against illicit gambling, Japanese officials require cyclists to train and ride individually.
It's a system that sounds good to Nothstein.
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