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Steve Tilford
2016 SW. Brooklyn Ave
Topeka, Kansas 66611-1611
785-235-5300
785-845-7299 cell
Professional Cyclist-Career Highlights
4X US National Cyclo-Cross Champion
5X UCI World Champion MTB-Masters
3X World Road Team Member
1st NORBA National Mountain Bike Champion
Inducted into Mountain Bike Hall of Fame-2000
2008
1st Hillsboro Roubiax Road Race, Hillsboro, IL
1st Big Creek Road Race, Des Moines, IA
1st Hell’s Kitchen Road Race, Fayetteville, AR
1st Salt Creek Circuit Race, Tulsa, OK
2nd Primavera Road Race 1st Stage, Lago Vista, TX
2nd Primavera Road Race 2nd Stage, Lago Vista, TX
2nd Altoona Road Race, Pleasant Hill, IA*
3rd Rock Island Criterium Rock Island, IL
3rd Tilles Park Criterium, St. Louis, MO
5th Muscantine Criterium, Muscantine, IA
5th Pace Bend Road Race, Austin, TX
6th Walburg Road Race, Walburg, TX
6th Perry Road Race, Topeka, KS*
9th Grafton Twilight Criterium, Grafton, WI
2007
1st National Cyclocross Championships, 45+, Kansas City, KS
1st Oklahoma State Cyclocross Championships, Tulsa, OK
1st Capitol Cross, Topeka, KS
1st Boulevard Cup Cyclo-X, Kansas City, KS
1st Iowa City Road Race, Iowa City, IA
1st 12 Miles of Hell MTB Race-729 starters, Lawton, OK
1st Otterville Road Race, Otterville, MO
1st Sand Springs Criterium, Sand Springs, OK
1st Perry Road Race, Perry, KS
2nd Capitol Cross Classic, UCI C2-Reston, VA
2nd Old Capitol Criterium, Iowa City, IA*
2nd Historic Sedalia Nighttime Criterium, Sedalia, MO*
2nd Salt Creek Criterium, Tulsa, OK
2nd SpeedWheel Criterium, Somewhere, OK*
3rd Chequamegon 40 Fat Tire, 2500 starters,Hayward, WI
3rd Pace Bend Road Race, Austin, TX*
3rd Walburg Road Race, Georgetown, TX *
4th Elite Criterium National Championships, Downer’s Grove, IL
4th North Carolina Gran Prix #1-UCI C2, Flat Rock, NC
4th Washington Park Criterium, St. Louis, MO
5th Jingle Cross Rock, Day 1-UCI C2, Iowa City, IA
5th Jingle Cross Rock, Day 2-UCI C2, Iowa City, IA
5th St. Louis Labor Day GC, St. Louis, MO
6th North Carolina Gran Prix, #2-UCI C2, Hendersonville, NC
6th Stage 7, Tour of Southland UCI 2.1, New Zealand
6th Stage 9, Tour of Southland, UCI 2.1, New Zeland
6th Tulsa Tough Overall GC, Tulsa, OK
6th Sheboygan Criterium, Superweek, WI
6th Burlington Road Race, Burlington, IA
7th Rock Island Criterium, Rock Island, Il
8th Winghaven Criterium, St. Louis, MO
8th Kinetic Cross Sunday, UCI Cat. 2, Davisburg, MI
9th Kinetic Cross UCI Cat. 2, Davisburg, MI
9th Cannon Falls Road Race, Nature Valley NRC
10th Wissahickon Cross, UCI C2, Ludwig’s Corner, PA
11th PRO-AM Challenge, Downer’s Grove, IL
11th Whitnall Park Road Race NRC, Superweek, Milwaukee, WI
12th Mercy Celebrity Classic, Ft. Smith, AR*
13th Redlands Stage Race Criterium, Redlands, CA
15th Overall GC, Tour of Southland, UCI 2.1, New Zealand
16th Elite National Road Race, Seven Springs, PA
2006
1st Nature Valley Gran Prix NRC Stage 3, Minneapolis, MN
1st Whitnall Park Road Race, Superweek, Hales Corners, WI
1st KLM Marketing UCI (C2) Cyclo-X, Kansas City, KS
1st National Cyclo-X Championships-Master’s, Providence, RI
1st Clinton Criterium, Lawrence, KS
1st Perry Road Race, Topeka, KS
1st Bazaar Road Classic, Cassidy, KS
1st AppleCup Criterium, Columbia, MO
1st Missouri State Criterium Championships, Jefferson City, MO
1st Missouri State Cyclo-X Championships, Kansas City, MO
1st Kansas State Cyclo-X Championships, Leavenworth, KS
1st Michelob Ultra Missouri State MTB Championships, St. Louis, MO
1st Boulevard Cup Cyclo-X, Kansas City, MO
2nd Elite Criterium National Championships, Downer’s Grove, IL
2nd Alpine Valley Road Race, Superweek, Alpine Valley, WI *
2nd King of the Mountain Overall, Nature Valley NRC
2nd Hillsboro Road Race, Hillsboro, IL
3rd Jingle Cross Cyclo-X, Iowa City, IA
5th Elk Grove PRO/AM, Elk Grove, IL
5th Great Downer’s Criterium, Superweek, Milwaukee, WI
6th Overall GC Superweek, Milwaukee, WI
6th Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional Stage 5, UCI 2.2, Mexico
6th Stage 5-Tour of Southland(UCI 2.2) Invercargill, New Zealand
7th Granogue Cyclocross - (C1) Mid-Atlantic Verge, Wilmington, DE
7th Stage 9-Tour of Southland(UCI 2.2) Invercargill, New Zealand
8th Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional Stage 4 UCI 2.2, Mexico
8th Mercy Celebrity Classic, Ft. Smith, AR *
9th California Strawberry Cup Cyclo-X, Providence, RI
10th Stage 2-Tour of Southland, (UCI 2.2) Bluff, New Zealand
12th Redlands Criterium Stage Race, Redlands, CA
12th National Cyclo-X Championships, Elite, Providence, RI
2005
1st Snake Alley Criterium, Burlington, IA
1st St. Louis Stage. Race- Hillclimb TT. St. Louis, MO
1st USAC Elite Criterium-National Collegiate Championship
1st UCI Cyclo-X Race, Kansas City, KS
1st Kansas State Cyclo-X Championships, Kansas City, KS
1st National Cyclo-X Championships-Master’s, Providence,RI
1st Psyco-Path MTB, Platte City, NE
1st Jingle Cross, Iowa City, IA
2nd Chequamegon MTB Festival, Cable, WI
2nd St. Louis Stage Race Overall, St. Louis, MO *
3rd Burlington Road Race, Burlington, Iowa *
3rd Curbourgh Criterium, Lichfield, England
10th Liberty Cup Cyclo-X Revenge Race, Providence, RI
12th US Cyclo-X National Championships-Elite, Providence, RI
2004
1st Pace Bend Road Race, Austin, Texas
1st Landau AMBC MTB Race
1st Bazaar Road Race, Strong City, KS
1st Perry Road Stage Race, Lawrence, KS
1st Pony Showdown AMBC Race
1st Arlington Heights Criterium, Arlington Heights, IL
1st Missouri State Cyclo-X Championships, Columbia, MO
1st Kansas State Cyclo-X Championships, Overland Park, KS
1st National Cyclo-X Championships-Master’s, Portland, OR
3rd Burlington Road Race, Burlington, IA
3rd Muscatine Criterium, Muscatine, IA
3rd Walburg Road Race, Georgetown, TX
4th Joe Martin Road Race NRC(stage 4) Fayetteville, AR
5th Elite Criterium National Championships, Downer’s Grove
8th Overall Superweek, Milwaukee Wisconsin
8th Mercy Celebrity Classic Criterium, Ft. Smith, AR
11th American Airlines PRO/AM, Downer’s Grove, IL
21st Olympic Road Trials, Redlands, CA
2003
1st UCI World Championships MTB Masters, Bromont, Quebec
1st Sea Otter Classic, Stage 2, Fatboy Crit., Santa Cruz, CA
1st 12 Miles of Hell MTB, Lawton, OK
1st Arlington Heights Criterium, Arlington Heights, IL
1st Summer Sizzler Road Race, Perry KS
2nd Chequamegon Fat Tire, Cable, WI
2nd Ore to Shore MTB, Marquette, MI
9th National Criterium Championships, Downer’s Grove, IL
Steve is a highly versatile rider who excels in all aspects of the sport of cycling. He has represented the United States at the World Championships on the Road (amateur and professional), Cyclo-X and in Mountain Biking.
*Races which Teammates won.
3 responses so far ↓
1 jacques // Nov 13, 2007 at 1:29 am
Hey Steve, most New Zealand Boys are pretty nice if they still don’t have their Daddies and Mummies for Support Crew! They are spolit boyz. They think they can swear and shove, but they might need a wee lesson back in Kindergarten. Or a good team of fiesty Americans too put the pressure on them and next year “whip the lycra shorts of them”. They need good humoured, able, and more mature riders to come along and make them come up to the post. So don’t keep away - tell the HILO team and their Manager they all have to come back and show the Kiwi’s some “manners and skill” … at the end of the day our team were sports. Impressive and manners … so, next year change the “lip gloss” … and see if that sorts the little boys out in the race! Its a common fact overseas that NZ’rs and Ozzies lack confidience … so don’t let them get away with it.
To anyone that finished the Tour of Southland or even made it 1/2 way through “well done” because it was pretty horrid. It verged on Multisport not a “Flash Road Bike race” …
2 jacques // Nov 13, 2007 at 1:44 am
Actualey, I think you should tell nasty people in your NZ Races to put their “big girl panties on” in future and “get over it” … thats what my nasty team mate told me the other day when I didn’t like the idea of my basic but for “me” scary kayak section in a race coming up in March next year over 385 kms … it’s got biking, and Mt Biking and running and flat kayaking etc but it’s got a “yuck kayak in parts too” ~ so the Hayden Rolstons regardless of all the Eastern Med in the world need a little tickle up on manners and hospitality and I think you should tell him to ‘get his big girl panties on ” quote / unquote my http://www.goldrush team mate March 2008 -
right no more comments for a while …
3 jacques // Nov 20, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Hey Steve, regardless of how ticked off you are with these “down under atheletes” Hayden Rolston has just pulled of another stirling performance or several I should say after doing “Tour Of Southland” and now Oceania Games … so you’ll just have to come back next year … and stay out front so you dont’ have to put up with any pushing, shoving and bad manners from anyone! So you might need to get those Lycra shorts shinned up … and whats even more insulting is our weather is completley amazing at the moment - 2 weeks ago it was near zero, verging on snow, sleet and ice, and today we have doors open, 25 degree’s, and have had close to that for 4 days … so maybe, next year the weather will be nice. Where Hayden Rolston is concerned , he’s certainley shown some amazing ability and silenced any critics around here for now … so, all you can do is get those shiney pants on and see what you can do to show some Kiwi’s and Ozzies some manners … have to say the fact the kiwi’s beat Ozzies in anything is always very important. So Hayden has done us proud.
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