Let me tell you about a little Bomb I know

One of our favorite riders on the TARGETRAINING U-25/Elite Bicycle Racing Team is Adam St. Germain.

Let me first describe him: Adam is about 5'7" tall, 135 pounds and has a shaved head. Not the cool Telly Savalas shaved head, but the creaper Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver head. We expect him to any minute say something like "everything is clear now".

Adam has piercings and lots of tattoos. And Adam St Germain is the funniest person you will ever meet and keeps the spirits of the team high at all times. Craziness.

He is also a good bicycle racer. Just this week here at the Tour of Changing Rules, Adam came up to me before the start of the first stage and stated: "this is a criterium made in heaven". He then proceeded to help split the race into a million pieces. He was awesome.

At yesterday's stage three, Adam was able to take care of Justin, come back for bottles and still make everyone laugh. He is one of the best descenders in Ohio and always tries to do his best.

Now, about the nickname. Adam is from Providence, RI and that whole area is a small cycling community and a local race announcer made the reference as if he were an Atom Bomb to his competition. I redirected the moniker when it always seemed as if he exploded about three hours into a race. Unfortunately, this was even if the race was 4 hours long. Oh well.

Last year Adam was famous for forcing the Fitchburg breakaway that gained the team the Green Sprint jersey as well as being heads up at the criterium the next day.

This year he has been much more fit and is a valuable part of the team. He even has a blog at http://www.kingoftheapplies.blogspot.com/

Check it out and whenever things get tough, think of da' Bomb!