Ty Magner will rev up his dash engine for a 5th season at L39ION of Los Angeles, ushering within the twentieth racing season in his profession in 2025. Podium visits have been a addiction, 110 of them and counting, with groups like Hincapie Sportwear Devo, UnitedHealthcare, Rally Biking after which L39ION, however a disappointing 2024 had him with “one foot out the door thinking about the future”.Â
It used to be the day after “a shit race” on the Armed Forces Biking Vintage, an match the place he received in 2022 and were best 10 two different years, that he recommitted to incomes a residing on a motorbike and scrapped retirement plans. He advised his L39ION teammates, “I’m not quitting”.Â
“I was on the edge of 2024 being my last season as a ‘pro’, but I was having a terrible spring – no legs, sick – and I realized it was because I had one foot out the door thinking about the future. I remember getting back to the hotel sitting with Alexis [Magner], Alec [Cowan], and Justin [Williams] and told them fuck this, I’m not quitting.
The former U23 and USPro criterium national champion said his career on the bike has given him a life that he would not trade for anything. While the definition of ‘pro’ may not be defined by WorldTour standards, he said it delivered more than race wins.
“In my opinion, I’ve had over 80 high-level wins within the crits, my force now could be to get the workforce again to profitable. I do know when the workforce is operating because it must that results in wins no longer just for me however for everybody on L39ION. I’m doing my very best to be the most productive teammate I will be able to be,” Magner mirrored.
“The function is pushing the game ahead as a workforce relatively than folks. Groups are the spine of motorcycle racing.
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“Crazy to think back on. 2011 was my first year making a living as a cyclist. Cycling has given my wife Alexis and I everything – our marriage, our home, friends, animals, adventure. All from racing bikes.”
He is type of the Carl Edwards for criterium racing, on par with the similar collection of high-level victories as the latest member of the NASCAR Corridor of Repute. In Magner’s fifteenth season as a professional, he plans to be on the starting point with L39ION this weekend at Valley of the Solar Degree Race in Arizona, the primary time he is been to that match. It serves as a proving floor for most of the best juniors and aspiring professionals, and a three-day race camp to kick out cobwebs for veterans.Â
Whilst Magner has had good fortune in multi-day races, profitable levels on the Excursion of Utah and Excursion de Beauce, it is the US-style criterium the place he makes his bread-and-butter. 2023 used to be a bounty in one-day races, taking 13 best fives, with victories at Tulsa Difficult, the Crystal Town race at Armed Forces Biking Vintage, Boise’s Bailey & Glasser Twilight Criterium and Salt Lake Criterium.
“USA CRITS kicks off in April, so we still have a few months for the meat of the season. A team goal will be the ACC [American Criterium Cup] as the schedule has been condensed. Tulsa is a blast to win, Boise is a good one too,” the 33-year-old fastman stated.
“But Athens is and will always be the one I want to check off. I’ve lived here in Athens since 2009. In 2010 I made the break of five in the pouring rain and Karl Menzies won. Karl and I were teammates in 2016 on UHC, and I believe he turned 40 that year. So if you carry the 2, subtract a bit, multiply by 3, divide that… it would make Karl my age when he snagged the win. Who knows! Could be cool.”
Magner has been at the podium more than one instances at his native land race, however by no means at the best step. His spouse Alexis, now racing for Cynisca Biking, has now received the Athens Orthopedic Hospital Twilight Criterium two times.
The husband-wife duo jumbled in cyclocross racing on the finish of final season with teammate Robin Wood worker. After a few cast races, Ty made up our minds to compete at USA Biking Cyclocross Nationals in Louisville. He received some other nationwide identify within the procedure, within the males’s 30-34 age department.
“The Georgia CX series is incredible with some really passionate promoters and racers, like wicked talent Matthew Crabbe, who is on his way to the top of the sport at only 15. It kept my heart in the sport, my legs turning, and it was fun to be somewhat competitive in the local UCI races, which gave me some intrigue for nationals,” Magner stated.
“Cool to snag another jersey, I wish I would’ve won a junior national title then I could’ve had a title in all categories!”
