Not a year goes by that Tim Johnson doesn’t impress American cyclo-cross fans with an extraordinary performance. And it’s always been this way. Since he rocketed onto the international ‘cross scene with the first-ever U.S. medal at a UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, bronze in the Under-23 race in 1999, Tim has gone from strength to strength and largely helped define the meteoric growth of the sport in North America.

Tim started his cycling career as a mountain biker has been a staple in the professional road community for the better part of a decade, but its been the racing in the months of September through January that have defined the Massachusetts native’s career. Tim’s list of significant ‘cross wins borders on the ungainly – Junior, Under-23, and Elite U.S. National Championships, overall titles in the U.S. Grand Prix of Cyclo-cross and New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series. And it’s not just the wins, it’s how they’re won. A master of the adverse conditions, Tim shows an unflappable confidence on the bike when the racecourse turns wet, muddy, snowy, or a combination of all three.

Wearing the coveted stars-and-stripes National Champion’s jersey in 2008, Tim put together a massively successful season for Team Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com. Despite suffering a knee injury midway through the season, Tim won three stops of the U.S. Grand Prix of Cyclo-cross and the overall series title, finished second in the inaugural North American Cyclo-cross Trophy Series, and collected a mess of important individual race wins. For 2009-10, Tim will tackle a full North American schedule before heading over to Europe in January for a run at the 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic.

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