Athletic Hall of Fame: Christian Vande Velde '94

INDUCTED 2009
Worked to become one of the world’s top professional cyclists... U.S. Olympian in both 2000 and 2008... Former member of the USA Cycling National Team... won the 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour individual championship... led Garmin/Chipotle team to the 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour team title... finished a career-best 4th overall at the 2008 Tour de France... named USA Cycling Male Athlete of the Year in 1997... named United States Cycling Federation Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 1997... Gold Medalist at the 1995 Pan American Games... earned the “Maglia Rosa” by winning Stage 1 of the 2008 Giro d’Italia... finished 1st overall at the 1999 Redlands Classic... finished 1st overall at the 2006 Tour de Luxembourg... finished 1st overall at the 2008 Tour de Missouri... helped US Postal Service teammate Lance Armstrong to Tour de France victories in 1999 and 2001... played in the school’s marching, concert and jazz bands for four years... member of the school’s state champion marching band in 1992... participated in cross country, golf and wrestling... named team MVP in golf, and earned Most Improved honors as a wrestler.