Rider Profile

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Mike Burns

Age 42
Previous Team Nouveau Velo/Reality Bikes
Years Racing Since 1988 (with a 14-year break from 1994-2008).
Specialty Hilly crits and roads; races of attrition
Last season highlight None, I'm going gray naturally.
Career Highlight
  • Racing with the pros at Athens Twilight in 2010...and getting dropped about in about 10 minutes
  • 7th in my first ever P/1/2 road race...but there were only 12 starters and 9 finishers
  • 5th Masters 2011 Sunny King crit
  • 2nd Masters 2010 Gwinnett Bike Fest-stage 6
  • 4th Masters 2010 Gwinnett Bike Fest-stage 4
  • 3rd Masters 2010 Cherokee Road Race/Georgia State Road Race championship.
  • 2nd Cat 3 2009 Georgia State Championship Weekend crit
  • 2nd Cat 3 2009 Global BWM Sandy Springs crit
  • 1st overall 2008 Cat 4/5 Masters 35+ Gwinnett Bike Fest (2 stage wins, 1 second, 1 third)
  • 3rd overall Masters 2012 Albany Omnium
  • 2nd Masters 2012 Fouche Gap Road Race
Interesting Fact
  • Opossums are immune to the venom of many pit vipers including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths.
  • My first bike race ever was a time trial up Brasstown Bald in 1988