Frank continued to improve in 2007, achieving a break-out win at the Presbyterian Healthcare Invitational last August. His ability to read a race, finish strong after a long day in the saddle, and his strength as a team player make him a critical component in stage and one-day races.

Date of Birth/Location: 5.22.77, Iron Mountain, MI

Height: 5' 9"

Weight: 155

Current Residence: Boulder, CO

Education (include years): BS in Biomedical Sciences from Grand Valley State Univ., 1999

Years Racing: 8

Years as a Pro: 3

Previous Team(s)/Year(s): Health Net Presented by Maxxis (2007), TargeTraining (2006), Advantage Benefits/Endeavour (2005)

Strengths on the bike: Whatever my director needs

Strengths off the bike: Whatever my girlfriend needs

Family Status: Girlfriend

Favorite Movies: Gangs of New York, The Departed, Wedding Crashers, Anchorman

Currently on my iPod: Really great music

Little known fact about Frank: I have small feet but really big toes.

Palmares

Career Highlights
13th Overall, NRC Individual Rankings, 2007
20th Overall, NRC Individual Rankings, 2006
1st Elite National Criterium Championships, 2004

Wins:

2007
1st Presbyterian Healthcare Invitational
1st Stage 6, Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st Coppenberg Road Race
1st Stage 4, Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race

2006
1st Stage 3 International Tour de 'Toona
1st Stage 6 Vuelta Sonora (Mexico)
1st Circuit of Sauk (WI)

2005
1st Salisbury Crit (NC)
1st Dogwood Crit (TN)

2004
1st Elite National Criterium Championships
1st Stage 2, Joe Martin Stage Race (AR)
6 Additional wins

Other Major Results:

2007
2nd Overall, Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race
2nd Stage 2, Tour of Missouri
2nd AT&T Austin Criterium
3rd Lancaster Invitational
3rd Sea Otter Circuit Race
3rd Stage 5, Tri Peaks Challenge
4th Overall, Tri Peaks Challenge
4th Stage 3, Tour of Taiwan
4th Stage 4, Tour of Taiwan
4th Stage 1, Tri Peaks Challenge
5th Stage 4, Cascade Classic
5th Stage 3, Tri Peaks Challenge
5th Stage 2, Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race
6th Overall, Tour of Missouri
8th Overall, Nature Valley Grand Prix
10th Philadelphia International Championship

2006
3rd Garrett Lemiere Memorial GP
3rd Stage 4, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
4th Univest GP
5th Overall, Nature Valley Grand Prix
6th Rochester Twilight Crit
7th Overall, International Tour de 'Toona
9th USPRO Criterium Championships
14th Philadelphia International Championship

2005
2nd Stage 1 Tri-Peaks Challenge
3rd Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix
3rd Stage 1 Superweek
10th Wachovia Invitational
14th USPRO Criterium Championships

In his own words

After achieving some stellar results in 2007, including the big win in Charlotte, are you finally out from behind the expansive shadow of the Big Unit, Karl Menzies?

You can never escape his shadow; he is a really really large land-mammal.

And speaking of whom, you've gone from rooming with Karl to rooming with Rory Sutherland. Is that part of it, or do you just have a thing for Aussies?

Perhaps they have a thing for me? Hmmm.

How did you spend this off-season?

Took a few vacations instead of sitting on the couch like last year. One of them was bird hunting with my two older brothers and my dad, which was fantastic.

What are your goals or expectations for the 2008 season?

Take out of few wins for the team and do my share of the work for the other guys.

When did you start racing, and why?

My brother Darren got me into it - I could live with he and his family rent-free if I raced with him. That was in 2000.

Who were/are your cycling mentors and/or influences?

My brother.

What was your first bike? When/how did you get it?

Besides the Huffy bikes that everyone has as kids, I received a custom-painted (rainbow of course) Waterford as a college graduation present from my brother.

What was your first win?

The first race I did in 2000. The Wisconsin-famous GDVC #1.

What would you consider your finest moment on the bike?

Winning the last stage of the Nature Valley GP, on my Dad's birthday, was a great one. Being there and seeing Menzies crush it day after day at 'Toona this year was one that I won't ever forget either.

What was your worst or most embarrassing moment on the bike?

I will keep last year's answer and say getting beat by Garrett Peltonen in a sprint, although now that I think about it I'm not sure if it's ever happened... but if it did that would be really embarrassing.

What's the strangest thing you've seen on a bike ride?

G. Peltonen beating anyone in a sign sprint.

What's the strangest thing you've done on a bike ride?

I am much too calculating to do anything out of the ordinary on the bike.

What's the one thing you've done on a ride (training or race) that you will absolutely never do again?

Continue riding uphill when it starts snowing because "it's not much further to the top."

When you're not on your bike, what do you like to do?

Read. Watch TV. Run. Spend time with my girlfriend.

If you weren't a professional cyclist, what would you be doing?

I would be a professional bowler. Or at least an above-average amateur.