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Article: Off the Couch Bicyclist gets fast start on pro tour
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 8, 2009
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By TOM HELD
Matthew Busche admits he was a bit awestruck when he found
himself matching moves with George Hincapie in the USA Pro Cycling
Championship road race Aug. 30.
Here was a rookie from Wauwatosa racing a veteran who had helped
Lance Armstrong win seven Tour de France titles -- a two-time
national champion who even has his own clothing line.
Busche was awed, but he wasn't unnerved.
The 24-year-old raced the veteran to the line in Greenville,
S.C., and nearly delivered one of his Kelly Benefits Strategies
teammates to victory, while claiming fifth place for himself in the
premier race.
It served as a mind-boggling introduction to the pro peloton for
Busche, who joined the Kelly ...