Points of Interest/Personal

• With parents who had been racing bikes for several decades, Bobby entered his first cycling competition when he was just 4 years old. He won his first junior national title in 1997 at 13.
• Bobby’s brother, Syd, who suffered brain damage from a lack of oxygen at birth, is also a competitive cyclist and has won multiple Special Olympics gold medals.
• Bobby became an omnium specialist after the UCI and IOC changed the Olympic program following the 2008 Games, dropping the individual pursuit, points race and Madison.
• Bobby’s third-place finish at the 2014 UCI World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, was the first-ever world cup medal for an American male in the omnium.
• He credits much of his stamina and tactical sense in the mass-start and endurance track events to his time spent training and racing on the road. Bobby is a frequent competitor in the U.S. pro criterium scene and has raced on continental teams for several years.

Olympic/World Championship Results

• 2015 UCI Track World Championships — 3rd scratch race; 13th individual pursuit
• 2012 Olympic Games, London — 12th omnium
• 2012 UCI Track World Championships, Melbourne, Australia — 17th omnium
• 2011 UCI Track World Championships, Apeldoorn, Netherlands — 11th scratch race; 20th omnium
• 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing — 16th Madison; DNF points race
• 2008 UCI Track World Championships, Manchester, Great Britain — 7th omnium

Career Highlights
24-time Elite National Champion — 2016 (omnium, individual pursuit & points race); 2015 (omnium, individual pursuit & Madison); 2014 (omnium, individual pursuit, Madison & scratch race); 2013 (individual pursuit, omnium & Madison); 2012 (scratch race, individual pursuit, points race & Madison); 2011 (omnium & individual pursuit); 2010 (omnium); 2009 (scratch race); 2005 (individual pursuit, points race & team pursuit)

3rd — 2014 UCI Track World Cup, Guadalajara, Mexico, omnium
3rd — 2014 UCI Track World Cup, London, England, omnium
3rd — 2014/15 overall UCI Track World Cup omnium standings
1st — 2014 Pan American Championships, Aguascalientes, Mexico, individual pursuit & Madison
3rd — 2014 Pan American Championships, Aguascalientes, Mexico, points race
1st — 2012 Pan American Championships, Mar del Plata, Argentina, scratch race
3rd — 2012 Pan American Championships, Mar del Plata, Argentina, omnium
2nd — 2008/09 UCI Track World Cup, Copenhagen, Denmark, Madison