Jaime Gandara

Jaime Gandara (born El Paso, Texas, USA, 29 June 1982) is an American professional road and cyclocross cyclist. He rides for the Kenda team.

He began racing at 16. That year he came third in the junior national championship in the 15-16 age group.[1] In 2001 he joined the Renaul-Autasa amateur team in Bilbao, Spain for a season. He returned to the U.S. and came fifth in the 2003 éspoir national time-trial championship. He joined the CyclingCenter in Hertsberge, Belgium, and rode for the American national team. He went back to the USA in 2006. In 2007 he raced for Colavita and then for Abercrombie and Fitch. This led to Elite Inferno Pro Cycling, now Kenda Pro Cycling.

In 1999, he was part of a public campaign to introduce more cycle paths to El Paso.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Darren Hunt (September 8, 2004). "52 under 40: Sports". El Paso Times.
  2. ↑ "City's bicyclists call for safe routes". El Paso Times. September 24, 1999.
  3. ↑ "Sports Digest: El Paso pro cyclist struck by car while training". El Paso Times. August 20, 2009.

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