The hills are alive in Somerset County

If there’s one thing for certain in bike racing it’s that the weather for the Tour of Somerville three day “race-cation” will always be sunny. This year proved the point. MetLife headed down the coast via whichever route avoided the impending NYC Memorial Day weekend traffic to congregate at the Summerfield Suites of [...]

Sunapee got me again!

The MetLife team took to the lakes region of New Hampshire this past weekend for the annual Lake Sunapee Road Race. This beautiful course circles the lake in a very rolling 23 mile loop and finishes at the top of the Sunapee Mountain Ski Resort access road. The P/1/2 field complete 3 laps around the [...]

Flying solo in Vermont

Since a sick Charlie McCarthy decided to check out of the Lake Sunapee Road Race a little early just the day before, he decided to go flog himself out on the open roads of the Green Mountain Stage Race road course back on his home turf of central Vermont. Sensibly, he opted for the abridged [...]

MetLife leaves its mark at Sterling

The Sterling road race is a leg breaking New England classic that usually serves as a good indicator of form following the early season races. The eight mile course features a short, steep kicker through the start/finish line followed by a series of twisty false flat rollers. The course then heads downhill to a fast, [...]

$PEEDWEEK Race Report

Five members of the MetLife cycling team headed down to the good ‘ol southeast this past weekend for a brief stint at the week long criterium series known as Speedweek, the biggest and fastest races of the season thus far.  Team members Brad Sheehan, Chris Coutu, Alain Ferry, Aaron Molloy and Ryan Fleming braved the trip [...]