Doylestown Bike Works Racing Team p/b Fred Beans

Sam is a 21-year old native of Doylestown Borough and attends West Chester University. He has raced for our elite team since 2019. In 2023, he raced on three continents winning the Ardmore Rock & Ride Criterium, placing 3rd at the Wilmington Grand Prix, and taking home the white jersey (best young rider) at the Tour of Tobago. Sam placed in top 20 at the Bucks County Classic in 2022 & 2023, passing his own house 30+ times. Sam started 2024 winning the overall competition at the Lucratelli & Castaldi Branch Brook Spring Series.

Alex St. Andre (Westport, CT) is a high school senior and has been racing since 2016. This is his first year racing for our team. In 2023, he won the Connecticut Elite State Championships, finished in the top 20 in the Road Race and Time Trial of 17-18 USA Cycling Amateur Road Nationals, and raced the Tour de l’Abitibi Nations Cup in Canada. Alex started 2024 with 2nd place overall in the Lucarelli and Castaldi Branch Brook Spring Series and finished 3rd on GC at the Garden State Stage Race. Alex was a part of our team that raced in Belgium in July 2024, picking up valuable international experience.

Colin grew up mere miles from the world-famous Valley Preferred Cycling Center Velodrome in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. He grew up watching and racing against past and future Olympians on the track. He is a veteran of the CS Velo program. Colin always seeks the biggest races against the best national talent. He finished 16th at the 2023 USA Cycling Pro Criterium National Championships and was our first top-ten finisher at the hometown 2023 Bucks County Classic Thompson Pro Men's Race. He improved to 9th at the 2024 edition of the Bucks County Classic.

Key Results:

1st - 2019 Pocono Road Race, 2nd - 2019 Blueberry Bicicletta RR, 2nd - 2018 Smoketown Airport Crit, 2nd - 2018 Giro del Cielo Crit (6th RR and GC) , 3rd - 2018 Amateur Thompson Bucks County Classic, 5th - 2019 Amateur Wilmington Grand Prix, 16th at the USA Cycling Pro Criterium National Championships, 10th at the 2023 Bucks County Classic, 9th at the 2024 Bucks County Classic.

Connor resides in Sinking Springs, PA, and attends Penn State University. He joined our program in 2019. In 2022, he participated in a racing academy in Girona, Spain. He won the 2021 Wilmington Grand Prix Amateur Men's Race. In 2023, he won the Reading Bicycle Race, completed the Bucks County Classic Thompson Pro Men's Race, and the Tour of Tobago. In 2024, he was 3rd at the Ambler Criterium and was again a finisher at the Bucks County Classic. He's known to show up on the track at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center as well. He is known for being the consummate teammate and doing the hard work needed to get our team to the podium.

Sean is a resident of Easton, PA. He began racing in 2016 and is a veteran of the Kelly Benefit Strategies and Aevolo programs. He finished 2nd in the 2021 Bucks County Classic Thompson Pro Men's Race and 2nd in Stage 4 of the UCI Walmart Joe Martin's Stage Race (Fayetteville, AR). He joined our team in 2024 and finished 12th at the USA Cycling Pro Criterium National Championships (Morgantown, WV), and raced for our team in Belgium in July. Sometimes Sean will suddenly appear in a triathlon, and this year he won the 2024 Steelman Sprint Triathlon here in Bucks County. Sean's veteran experience makes him a leader by example on our team.

Julianna Rutecki is a road and track specialist who joined our elite program in 2023. She is a native of West Chester, PA, and graduated from West Chester University in May 2024. She had 2023 podiums at the Easton Twilight Criterium and the Ardmore Rock & Ride Criterium. In 2024 she won the Pennsylvania State Championship with her result at the Easton Twilight Criterium, earned her first Friday night win at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, raced at the USA Cycling Pro Road & Criterium National Championships, raced the 2024 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships, and the Bucks County Classic Doylestown Health Pro Women's Race. Julianna spent late August racing on the track in Slovakia and Austria gaining valuable international experience.

Brad Green (Schwenksville, PA) joined our elite team in 2024. Brad is a veteran road and track racer who also competes with the international UCI Star Track Cycling program. Brad is a powerful sprinter who can also excel in endurance road and track events. This year, Brad had impressive results, including podiums at the Smoketown Criterium and competing at the 2024 USA Cycling Pro Road & Criterium National Championships (Morgantown, WV), USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships (Los Angeles, CA), and raced for our program in Belgium mid-summer. Brad finished 7th at the 2024 Bucks County Classic Thompson Pro Men's Race, the best result for our program at the hometown race.

Pennsylvania native Kim Zubris has represented the USA in multiple Elite Track World Cup and World Championships, Silver Medalist at Pan Am Championships in the Madison discipline, US National Champion in the Madison and Team Pursuit, Multi-time National Champ Medalist, Valley Preferred Cycling Center (VPCC) Rider of the Year 2021, VPCC Women's Cup winner 2021, VPCC Madison Cup winner 2022, Master's World Champ in Individual Pursuit, Points Race, Scratch Race, and Team Sprint; and Master's national record holder. In 2024 she won 3 gold medals at the USA Elite Track National Championships and 3 rainbow jerseys at the 2024 UCI Master's Track National Championships. Photo: Ron Short

Alden is an alum of Central Bucks West High School and a student at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, CO. He has raced in the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) Bucks County Composite Mountain Bike Team and the Bicycle Racing League at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown, PA. He earned his USA Cycling Category 1 racing license after winning the Category 2/3 race at the 2024 Wilmington Grand Prix. Alden's first start in our program was at age 11 and is truly a hometown hero. Alden finished 3rd in the 2022 Bucks County Classic Amateur Race. He made the starting line in the 2023 and 2024 Bucks County Classic Thompson Pro Men's Race.

Andy resides in the Lehigh Valley in an 1860s farmhouse. He grew up mountain biking with his dad in the Delaware Water Gap. After racing collegiately for Penn State University, he earned his Category 1 road racing license in 2018. Andy's notable results include: 1st 2018 Smoketown Airport Crit; 2018 PCA Elite Men Rider of the Year; 2018 PA BAR Category 2 Champion; 2019 Pro Pedal Series Overall Winner; 3rd 2019 Blueberry Bicicletta Road Race; 3rd 2019 Smoketown Airport Crit; 4th 2019 Historic Marietta Crit; 1st 2019 Reading Radsport Fixed Gear Hill Climb; 1st 2019 Electric City Fixed Gear Hill Climb. He is a fixture in the men's elite track field at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center and the 5th Street Cross Series in Emmaus, PA. In 2024, Andy won the Chocolate City Fixed Gear Criterium.

Bethany Ingram is a native of Warrington, PA, an alum of Central Bucks South High School, and has bachelor's and graduate degrees from Liberty University. She is the 2022 USA Cycling Individual Time Trial Collegiate National Champion and finished 5th in the 2022 National Collegiate Criterium Championship. Bethany was a teammate in the team pursuit foursome that won the 2021 USA Cycling Elite National Championship, including Bike Works p/b Fred Beans teammate Jessica Chong. In 2023, Bethany raced professionally in the Butcherbox road program and for the USA Cycling National Track Cycling Team. In 2024, Bethany was part of the gold medal team pursuit team representing USA Cycling at the Pan American Games and was a member of the USA Cycling National Track Cycling "Long Form" team in the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Olympics. She has taken the start line at two Bucks County Classic Doylestown Health Pro Women's Races for our team.

Guillaume "Gui" Nelesssen (Lambertville, NJ) started racing at age 13. During the next 26 years, he had the opportunity to race professionally and internationally including 90 career wins, 4 Elite Track National Championships, and the 2024 USA Cycling Masters Madison National Championship. Gui is a 14-time USA Cycling Elite Track National Championship medalist and spent five years on the USA Cycling National Track Cycling Team. Gui is our elite team road captain after recently semi-retiring from active, elite racing. Gui finished 2nd at the 2023 National Clustered Spires High Wheel Race in Frederick, MD. He returned to win the 2024 NCSHWR race making him the current Pennyfarthing national champion on a bike of our design and construction. Gui completed America's epic gravel race, 2024 Steamboat GRVL. He represents the BMC Ride Crew in addition to our team. Gui credits his success to being Belgian and to his wife, two daughters, and one huge dog.

Chris Meacham (Perkasie, PA) is an alum of Central Bucks South High School and Appalachian State University. He has raced collegiately for Lees McRae University, in the BRL program at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, and professionally for the Airgas, Pushworks, and Lupus programs. He was the domestique for the 2013 Vuelta a Espana Champion, Chris Horner, on the Lupus program and in the Philadelphia International Criterium (Manayunk, PA). His results for our program include winning the 2017 Historic Riverton Criterium, 2021 (9:14) and 2023 (8:46) Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race "Race Across the Sky," was 1st at the 2023 National Clustered Spires High Wheel Race (Frederick, MD) and 2nd at the 2024 National Clustered Spires High Wheel Race. Chris completed America's most epic gravel race, the 2024 Steamboat GRVL. Chris also represents the BMC Ride Crew in multi-surface events.

Jacob Ehlinger (Doylestown) has been racing mountain bikes since age 11. He competed in the USA Cycling XC Mountain Bike National Championships at age 13. After an extended absence, Jacob returned to bike racing in 2020 and quickly increased in the Mid-Atlantic Super Series of Mountain Biking rankings. Jacob won the Pro Elite Category 1 championship at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Super Series.

Dan Turner (Ottsville, PA) has been a partner at Bike Works, LLC since 2011, with retail locations in Doylestown and Newtown (Bucks County), PA. He is the shop manager of our Newtown location and a certified professional race mechanic with USA Cycling and the Union Cycliste International (UCI). Dan began his bike shop career in Boston and wrenched professionally with the CCB Educational Foundation program. Dan has supported our team at events, including the 2022 Wilmington Whiteface Mountain Bike Race, the 2021 and 2023 Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Races, the 2023 Tour of Tobago, and every Bucks County Classic since 2012. Dan has completed six National Clustered Spires High Wheel Races (Frederick, MD) since 2013 and made the finals of the 2024 race.

Brian Boger (Doylestown) is a partner at Bike Works, LLC, with bicycle retail locations in Doylestown and Newtown (Bucks County, PA). He is an alum of William Tennent Sr. HS, Penn State University, and the Univesity of Nevada-Reno. Brian is the CEO of the Delaware Valley Racing Team, a tax-exempt corporation recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization. We support the Bike Works p/b Fred Beans Club and USA Cycling Domestic Elite Teams. Brian recently retired from a 34-year, award-winning career in juvenile justice. He currently serves on the board of Transit Management Agency Bucks (TMA Bucks) and Discover Doylestown. Let's Race All the Bikes.