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Meet TIM SAVRE
Project Echelon
Tim Savre says he’s looking forward to
coming back to the Alabama Cycling
Classic. Savre, who specializes in “punchy
road races,” has been cycling for five years,
and competed in the Sunny King Criterium
in 2016.
Savre, USA; along with Cory Lockwood,
USA; Ricky Arnopol, USA; Austin Gomes,
USA; Wesley Phipson, South Africa; and
Lionel Mawditt, Australia will represent
Project Echelon Racing at both the Sunny
King Criterium and Piedmont Road Race.
Evan Hartig, USA; Stephen Wagstaff, USA;
and Ryan Boyle, USA round out the Project
Echelon Domestic Elite Cycling Team.
Savre started a collegiate cycling program
at University of St. Thomas, where he was
attending school in Minnesota. “It went
well so I kind of just kept going with it,” he
says. “And then for the last three or fours
years now I’ve been traveling the country
doing all of the pro races which would
include Sunny King.”
“I thought it was very well run and I know
we’re all excited to come back and be
there again,” Savre says. “Everybody in the
town is super welcoming, and they all came
out to the race so it was really cool.” Savre has been riding with Project Echelon
Racing since the team was formed. He
says the program gives him quite a bit of
opportunities to give back. “We take a
lot of resources to fund a cycling team. It
takes a pretty big budget, a lot of outside
help from others to allow us to do what
we do,” Savre says. “So being able to give
back a little bit I think is a very important
thing and something that I’m more than
happy to do, considering all the help I’ve
received over the years from corporations
and sponsors.”
Savre was an athlete in high school but
he didn’t start cycling until after he
attended a race that his brother-in-law was
competing in. “My sister actually married a
professional cyclist,” he says. “And I went
to one of his races and I was like ‘This is
pretty cool.’ ” “It’s pretty common before races we’ll
go visit the local elementary school and
do some bike safety training with them,”
Savre says. Being a part of Project Echelon
Racing also opens the door for cyclists on
the team to mentor veterans sponsored by
the non-profit, Project Echelon. “I actually
2018 Noble Street Festival Guide