Jason Allen, a kiwi legend.
from Tour de Todd Hosted by Todd Wilson
Jason Allen is a kiwi legend. He was initially into soccer before he discovered the bike. He got on the bike to stay in shape for soccer. He quickly gravitated towards track cycling. He got good at racing a bike pretty quick. In 1998 he did the Junior worlds in Cuba. He says he began traveling the world to race an it opened his eyes. Eventually he decided to race in the U.S. He based himself at T-Town. Jason says he struggled a bit in the beginning. Jason turned pro after he won the U23 time trial Champs in New Zealand along with a 2nd in the road race. His destination? Italy for the Miche team. He says his time there was a disaster. He ended up moving over to a Belgian team. Jason did several stints in Europe racing for teams like Marco Polo to Plowman Craven team. On and off he did five years racing in the U.S. with McGuire -Langdale, Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada to Land Rover - Orbea. Jason eventually returned to New Zealand to race the track. And he ended up racing for one of the most iconic teams in New Zealand, the "Subway - Avanti Cycling Team. The team was stacked with heavy hitters like Hayden Godfrey to hard man Gordon McCauley. He would eventually retire and currently Jason is working as an electrician.
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Jason Allen is a kiwi legend. He was initially into soccer before he discovered the bike. He got on the bike to stay in shape for soccer. He quickly gravitated towards track cycling. He got good at racing a bike pretty quick. In 1998 he did the Junior worlds in Cuba. He says he began traveling the world to race an it opened his eyes. Eventually he decided to race in the U.S. He based himself at T-Town. Jason says he struggled a bit in the beginning. Jason turned pro after he won the U2...
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