Slicing and dicing along the journey to the top of the podium; Team Clif Bar sponsored Santa Cruz Syndicate’s very own Greg Minnaar has positioned himself nicely into the leader’s jersey. Check out the blow by blow (and some sweet pics from the adventures of late) from team manager extraordinaire Kathy Sessler!

Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar (SRAM/RockShox), moves into the leader’s jersey with his big win at the UCI Downhill World Cup in Fort William, Scotland.

This was his fourth win at Fort William at the 10th running of the downhill classic on in the Nevis Range, and it was his 50th career World Cup downhill podium appearance. 

Steve Peat (above) and Josh Bryceland (below) both had solid performances as well, which netted them 11th and 14th position respectively.

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The second annual UpsideDown and UnderGround (UDUG) Bike Competition was off the hook this year! Jamie Goldman (Santa Cruz Syndicate/Team Clif Bar) worked tirelessly to ensure that his backyard creation for the UDUG2011 course was better than ever.

Huge thanks to Jamie for the inspiration to gather the tribe, share his ride zone, and encourage the evolution of a mighty fine time for all. We here at Clif can’t wait to see what next year may bring!

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You can trust the friendly Clif Bar Texas Field Marketing team to turn on their big Texas charm just about everywhere they go. Last month, Field Marketing Manager Chris Leon and his crew combined that charm with some fuel in the form of Shot Gel to get riders to the finish line at the Armadillo Classic – a sure recipe for success!

Yes, the Texas Crew is friendly bunch like all Texans but we try to go that extra long Texas mile and help support peoples’ passion. What better way to support that passion than to help riders in their time of need, handing out our new CLIF SHOT Gel formula and other Clif Bar goodies at aid station #5 AKA “The Dillo Door” at the Armadillo Classic Ride in Liberty Hill, TX a few weeks back. 

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At the beginning of the month the Team CLIF Bar cycling squad headed down to SoCal to race the Dana Point GP.

It’s always a great race, but this year we also had the Clif Bar Field Marketing crew down there in action, with CLIF BAR and CLIF SHOT the official energy food sponsor of the 2011 race.

Brooke and her Field Marketing team did a great job connecting with spectators all over the course – and they also set up an inviting warm-up spot for the TCB riders. That was slick! Add Dave Towle calling the race as only Dave can, and all the pieces of a great event sponsorship were in place.

It was a fine day of racing at the Dana Point GP.

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On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we posted recipes from the Clif Bar Food Mobile, out on the roads of California this week.

Barbara and Chris Grealish are hard at work keeping the Garmin-Cervelo riders nourished during the Amgen Tour of California. Here are the recipes from the Tour for Thursday!

Each day of the race, we’ll post the recipes that Barbara and Chris are preparing for the riders so you can eat like a pro as you enjoy the evening race recap on Versus.

Saturday May 21st

Paella with chicken, sausage, shrimp
Vegetable paella with tofu
Salad

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