Colby Pearce
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| Colby Pearce (2007) | |
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| Date of birth | June 12, 1972 |
| nation |
 United States
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| discipline | Railway (endurance) / road |
| End of career | 2009 |
| Team (s) as coach | |
| Nov. 2005– May 2007 | US national rail team endurance |
| Last updated: December 10, 2017 | |
Colby Pearce (born June 12, 1972 in Boulder ) is an American cycling coach and former track and road cyclist .
Athletic career
Colby Pearce won the American points race for the first time in 1999 on the track . In the following years he was a total of 14 times national champion, in points, in two-man teams , in team pursuit and in scratch . In 2003 he won the bronze medal in the two-man team driving at the Pan American Games , together with James Carney . In the 2004 season he won the Track World Cup in Aguascalientes and the points race in Sydney . At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Pearce took part in the points race and finished in 14th place. In 2007 he was Pan American champion with Brad Huff in two-man team driving.
Colby Pearce began his career on the road in 1996 with the US cycling team Shaklee . In 1998 he drove for the Colorado Cyclist-Ikon-Lexus before moving back to Shaklee in 1999. In 2001 he rode for the Prime Alliance Cycling Team and for the next two years for Ofoto-Lombardi Sports . In the 2005 season, Pearce was still under contract with TIAA-CREF for half a year . In 2008 and 2009 he won a stage at the national Gateway Cup .
In November 2005, Pearce ended his active career and was coach of the US National Track Cycling Team for the endurance disciplines. In April 2007 he resigned from his position as a trainer to go racing again. In 2010 he finished tenth together with Daniel Holloway at the World Railroad Championships in two-man team driving.
Successes - rail
1999
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American champion - points race
2000
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American Champion - Madison (with Michael Tillman )
2001
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American Champion - Team Pursuit (with James Carney , Jonas Carney and Ryan Miller )
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American Champion - Madison (with James Carney)
2002
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American Champion - Team Pursuit (with James Carney, Kenny Williams and Michael Tillman)
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American Champion - Madison (with James Carney)
2003
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American champion - Scratch
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Pan American Games - Madison (with James Carney)
2004
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American Champion - Team Pursuit (with James Carney, Bobby Lea and Guillaume Nelessen )
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Track World Cup in Aguascalientes - Scratch -
Track World Cup in Sydney - points race
2005
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American Champion - Madison (with Chad Hartley )
2007
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Pan American Champion - Madison (with Brad Huff ) -
American Champion - Team Pursuit (with Michael Creed , Michael Friedman and Brad Huff)
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American Champion - Madison (with Bobby Lea)
2008
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American Champion - Team Pursuit (with Daniel Holloway , Brad Huff and Taylor Phinney )
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American champion - points race
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American Champion - Madison (with Daniel Holloway)
Teams
- 1996-1997: Shaklee
- 1998: Colorado Cyclist-Ikon-Lexus
- 1999: Shaklee Degree Radio Energy
- 2000: Shaklee
- 2001: Prime Alliance Cycling Team
- 2002–2003: Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
- 2005: TIAA-CREF (from June 20)
Web links
- Colby Pearce in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Colby Pearce in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Track coach Colby Pearce resigns to return to competitive racing. USA Cycling, April 24, 2007, accessed December 18, 2013 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pearce, Colby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American track and road cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulder |