Development cycling
A Historic North American Junior Development Cycling Program
Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team is the longest running and most successful junior cycling program in North America. Founded by Toby Stanton in 1992, the team has always focused on developing junior cyclists. Hot Tubes has more than 130 alumni with over 20 who have competed at the professional level, with four currently active on UCI World Tour teams.
"WHAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TODAY WILL SOON BECOME YOUR WARM-UP"
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Our Philosophy
The Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team is about more than winning bike races. We believe that the purpose of competitive sports is to develop good people. We focus on the key elements of character that underlie personal and athletic success: integrity, honor, sportsmanship, teamwork and commitment to excellence.
Our team members make a significant sacrifice to compete for Hot Tubes and we believe that Hot Tubes must in turn help them grow personally, intellectually, and spiritually. While we are incredibly proud of our alumni who race professionally, most of our alumni don’t become professional cyclists. Most go on to succeed as college students, officers in the military, and leaders in public service, business, and their communities.
![World Championships🌎
I thought about writing about the world championships from the perspective of how they affected our team. After talking with the guys afterward, Alex made a really good point.
You can make Worlds the goal for your entire year. If you have a great day, it’s fantastic. But if you don’t, you can spend a year working toward one race and come away feeling like you missed the goal.
The UCI calendar gives you a much better picture of what a rider is capable of. Over a season, you see how they handle different races, courses, and levels of competition, and, most importantly, you see their progression.
For a U19 rider whose ultimate goal is to become a professional cyclist, progression is much more important than having one great day.
So we focused on the UCI calendar and hoped we could carry that form into Worlds. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. That’s bike racing. We raced well, but we were tired and had an unremarkable day.
But when I watched the U23 and professional men’s races, I saw something much bigger: an evolution in American racing.
Ashlin Barry’s U23 victory was extraordinary, but I believe it was also a byproduct of years of development by many people—some who made their mark and moved on, some who have returned, and some who have been doing the work for decades.
Then came the pro men’s race.
For the first time in my lifetime, I saw an American team race with a level of dominance and commitment that I had never seen from a U.S. national team. It resulted in Brandon McNulty’s incredible victory, but what struck me most was that it could have been any of the three Americans.
Quinn Simmons took his chance early. When that opportunity came back, Brandon recognized his moment and attacked. Matteo Jorgenson immediately understood what he needed to do and spent the next 30 kilometers riding for Brandon.
There was no hesitation. No question about who should win. They rode for the bigger picture.
That, to me, is team racing.
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