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The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 10 2002 B5 the nriihdf off a national athlete V of riding as hsrd as possible for 20 kilomelen on an aerodynamic bike After the race world champi-ansfak he was invited to the By Karla Selgenberg For The Herald Journal race consists three-wee- disposable It all started with a frightening Buccambuso ip training camp in Colorado Springs Colo‘ "I got to meet all the people I had always razor It was a Bic" Brad Hunt said "It waa a traumatizing experience shaving for the first time as a guy is high school" The fearfulmixture of snkle socks and shaven legs began Buccambuso’s career as a United States national cyclist At first BucCambuao seems to be a quiet and simple nothing too different than most people? athlete and a In reality he's a world-clafunny one at that old is good for Plain and simple the a laugh Buccambuso is so comfortable in his own sldn he can label himself a nerd and sit back and enjoy it v "Tklent big lungs and super competitiveness makes Buccambuso the best” racing friend Jackson Evans said Evans encouraged Buccambuso to test his aptitude for road biking after he had fun mountain biking and competing in a few races read about I was totally star struck the whole time at camp" said Buccambuso of the intense work weeks Thenext July Buccambuso headed to the national championships in Cincinnati He made ah enur in the race ty speeding ahead of the pack during the third lap ofl 8 As he approached die lap markers he realized the race organizers had been forced to reopen some roads for cars Rather than 67 miles long the race was only 40 miles Buccambuso tore through the finish line ribbon well ahead of the other cyclists "There's nothing I've experienced in life compared to destroying people physically and crossing die finish tine first" Buccambuso said "It was almost pure luck but I knew I could have won the race even if it had been 67 miles long" Many were skeptical of this unknown cyclist from Utah calling his win a fluke until he took second place in the time trial the next day "Wearing the stan and strips jersey was a really cool feeling Not too many people have had that opportunity" said Buccambuso about racing with die Junior National Cyclist Team 33-ho- ss 20-ye-ar Thuning for the paved paths and street racing began with 18 houn a week of cycling healthy eating arid working out with local race dubs for Buccambuso At the 1998 National Championships in San Diego he took fourth place in the time trials for 17-1-8 year old road cyclists This ur : after nationals At the lburdeL'Abitibi in Canada Buccambuso got his first big international win "I saw a list of the past winners (of the tour) who are all famous cyclists" he said "It was exciting to see my name added" He picked up Ms professional license with USA Cycling and signed with his first pro team Buccambuso moved to Belgium to begin die Espior Cycling level At 19 he was the youngest on the team Espoir cyclists are known as the hopefols They tiy to prove their worthi- ness for spots on the Expert team which is home to the legendary cyclist Larice Armstrong Most would think living in Belgium would be a fantastic experience filled with rich European culture "It destroyed my will to live" Buccambuso said He said he shared a room with a teammate known as the "smelly boy" ' "I sprayed him with cologne every night" Buccambuso said "He'd wake up wondering why he smelled tike Hugo Boss" Buccambuso had a top-1- 0 list of the things ' he hated about Belgium It included his coaches’ wife a nasty food called meuslix and having to waste his cologne Buccambuso got serious as he explained the hard work of cycling in Belgium He said the main training goal every day was to find something entertaining to do which usually meant a visit to a by nine-fovending machine deemed "The Wall" The team would then sit on the curb of the sidewalk and "bitch and complain" about how all the extra weight they were going to put on from the candy was going to make it impossible for them to cycle uphill One of the only benefits of living in Bel- gium Buccambuso said was watching European cyclists throw things at spectators during races Categories included pegging the spectator with your water bottle the water bottle lob banana peel launch and squirting water in the 20-fo-ot ot ’ spectator's face For now Buccambuso is content to live in Loganwork play "enjoy everything" try not to gain weight and prepare for an LDS Church mission "Everyone puts their lives on hold for the national team" Buccambuso said I feared that I would retain a high school level of maturity arid education for the rest of my life” Cycling is on hold right now but he's not too worried about jumping back on the bike when he finishes serving a two-yemission Buc- - 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