Trek: Trek At The Olympics: Prologue

With the Opening Ceremony just days away, Olympic-mania is beginning to crescendo to fever pitch levels. Excitement and anticipation are in the air as the world prepared to screech to a halt for 17 days, united and enraptured while the world’s best athletes compete at the highest level of sport. For qualifying athletes around the world, including Trek’s sponsored cyclists, competing at the Olympics is the honor and opportunity of a lifetime. Such a momentous occasion deserves special recognition. Fittingly, at the behest of Trek’s Team Liaison Ben Coates, the graphic designers and painters in Project One cooked up a fleet of custom-painted Madone 6.9s, TTX 9.9 SSLs, and Elite 9.9 SSLs to give our athletes something magical to ride as they go for the gold.

Here’s a list of Trek athletes going for the gold:

Men’s Road Race—Saturday, August 9th

• Levi Leipheimer (USA)—Team Astana
• Alberto Contador (Spain) – Team Astana
• Maxim Iglinsky (Kazakhstan) –Team Astana
• Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan) –Team Astana
• Li Fuyu (China) –Team Marco Polo
• Sergei Ivanov (Russia) –Team Astana

Men’s Individual Time Trial—Wednesday, August 13th

• Levi Leipheimer (USA)—Team Astana
• Alberto Contador (Spain) – Team Astana
• Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan) –Team Astana
• Li Fuyu (China) –Team Marco Polo

Men’s Triathlon—Tuesday, August 19th

• Tim Don (UK)

Women’s Cross Country MTB Race—Friday, August 22nd

• Yolanda Speed (South Africa)

Men’s Cross Country MTB Race—Saturday, August 23rd

• Bart Brentjens (Netherlands) –Dolphin-Trek
• Rudi Van Houts (Netherlands) –Dolphin-Trek
• Andreas Parti (Hungary)