One of the most amazing racing stories I have read...

[Flying_Monkey]

In Cyclingnews there is an interview with Chad Gerlach, a US rider with Amore e Vita. Chad who? Exactly. Read why you haven't heard of this guy, who vanished from the pro-circuit after early promise into life as a homeless alcoholic and crackhead. It is quite amazing, and I wish him all the best because his journey has clearly got a long way to go at the moment.

 

[Keith Oates]

Like you FM, I'd not heard of him before and was amazed that after the life he has led he can come back into racing with the pro's. I hope he makes it and that it helps him to permanently stay away from the probelms of the past

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I find it hard to get back in shape after a bad few weeks of crap food and beer, let alone 5 years of utter personal degradation... and he has managed to get back to being a pro-cyclist in less than a year. Awesome.

 

[yenrod]

Once a druggy always a druggy in my eyes - but all the best to him !

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Once a druggy always a druggy in my eyes - but all the best to him !

Yenrod, come on - that's a pretty inappropriate comment. The whole point is that he is turning his life around. I know other people who've done this too.

 

[montage]

Yenrod, come on - that's a pretty inappropriate comment. The whole point is that he is turning his life around. I know other people who've done this too.

Agree with FM (since this isn't P&L )

 

[Domestique]

Perhaps it just goes to show the level of fitness needed to be a pro athlete if you can abuse yourself like that and get back. Or is someone giving him a final payday, nearly 35 yo must be getting close to the end for most riders.
Good luck to him, but six months since he last fell off the wagon