Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge founded Team Type 1 several years ago with two primary objectives: to raise awareness for diabetes, and to win a whole bunch of bike races.
The past few weeks are precisely what they had in mind.
The team comprised primarily of cyclists with diabetes dominated one of the most prestigious single-day races in the United States, has a chance of gaining UCI ProTour status ? and eventual entry into the Tour de France ? and even has a rider with Olympic aspirations.
All the success on the pavement has generated more awareness for the seminars and community events that they do before each race for diabetics and parents of diabetics.
"Every single one of my riders ? at least the ones that can speak English ? have told me that it means so much to them that they're not just riding for a sponsor," said Southerland, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 7 months old. "They're riding for a message."
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3cf8db25b54d49909d16d0d9cad5753f/OLY--CYC-Team-Type-1
They have several other teams too:
http://www.teamtype1.org/athletes-and-teams/
The past few weeks are precisely what they had in mind.
The team comprised primarily of cyclists with diabetes dominated one of the most prestigious single-day races in the United States, has a chance of gaining UCI ProTour status ? and eventual entry into the Tour de France ? and even has a rider with Olympic aspirations.
All the success on the pavement has generated more awareness for the seminars and community events that they do before each race for diabetics and parents of diabetics.
"Every single one of my riders ? at least the ones that can speak English ? have told me that it means so much to them that they're not just riding for a sponsor," said Southerland, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 7 months old. "They're riding for a message."
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3cf8db25b54d49909d16d0d9cad5753f/OLY--CYC-Team-Type-1
They have several other teams too:
http://www.teamtype1.org/athletes-and-teams/