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NEIL
SHIRLEY

DOB 10/19/78 HOMETOWN San Luis Obispo, CA RESIDENCE San Diego, CA HEIGHT 5'10" WEIGHT 155 lbs. PRO SINCE 2001 STRENGTHS All around LIKES Anything that includes my wife and daughter DISLIKES Long trips away from my daughter BEST THING ABOUT KBS The direction and leadership


Neil enters his second season with KBS and is a versatile, powerful team player who joined in '09 after three seasons with Jittery Joe's. Saying he should have quit when he was on top, he entered – and won – his first race, the Parkfield Classic Mountain Bike Race in 1994. Neil had much success with the Jittery Joe's program, including multiple podiums and a KOM win at the '05 and '06 Tour of Utah. He continued to be a strong, consistent rider for KBS in 2009, he was instrumental to victories at the Tour of Thailand and the Tour de Beauce. When he is away from home and chasing his one year old daughter around, trains in the San Francisco Bay Area and moves south to San Diego for winter training.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009 HIGHLIGHTS

  • 1st Ventura County Criterium
  • 1st Overall Ventura County Stage Race
  • 1st KOM Ventura County Stage Race
  • 2nd Stage 4 Tour of Thailand
  • 2nd Camp San Luis Road Race
  • 3rd Stage 3 Tour de Beauce
  • 5th prologue Ventura County Stage Race
  • 6th Stage 4 Tour of the Gila
  • 6th Stage 1 Joe Martin Stage Race
  • 6th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
  • 9th Stage 4a Tour de Beauce
  • 11th USPRO Road Race Champioships

2008 HIGHLIGHTS

  • 1st Fiesta Island Time Trial
  • 2nd KOM Competition Tour de Georgia
  • 2nd North End Classic Road Race
  • 4th San Marcos Criterium
  • 4th Green Trolly Criterium
  • 4th Stage 1 San Dimas Stage Race
  • 6th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
  • 7th Stage 5 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
  • 9th Overall Tour de Murrieta Omnium
  • 10th prologue Redlands Bicycle Classic
  • 11th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic

2007 HIGHLIGHTS

  • 1st Overall Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race
  • 2nd Stage 4 Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race
  • 3rd Stage 2 Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race
  • 3rd USPRO Road Race Championships
  • 4th Stage 1 Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race
  • 4th Stage 1 San Dimas Stage Race
  • 4th Stage 3 San Dimas Stage Race
  • 5th Stage 3 Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race
  • 8th Stage 6 International Tour de Toona
  • 10th Stage 5 Nature Valley Grand Prix
  • 12th Commerce Bank Reading Classic

2006 HIGHLIGHTS

  • 1st KOM Competition Tour of Utah
  • 1st Stage 6 Cascade Cycling Classic
  • 1st Boulevard Road Race
  • 1st Stage 3 Valley of the Sun Stage Race
  • 2nd Stage 6 Tour of Utah
  • 3rd Stage 2 Valley of the Sun Stage Race
  • 7th Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
  • 10th Overall Tour of Utah

2005 HIGHLIGHTS

  • 1st Stage 3 Tour of Utah
  • 1st University Hills Road Race
  • 2nd Stage 3 Tour of the Gila
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Utah
  • 5th Overall Cascade Classic
  • 6th Stage 2 Sea Otter Classic

2004 HIGHLIGHTS

  • 3rd Proving Grounds Road Race (Milwaukee)
  • 5th NORBA National Mountain Bike Championship