“Nothing like being fired as an athlete to fire you up,” was how Andrea Cyr summed up her surprising performance across the last 11 days at USA Speed Week, finishing second overall as the only female rider with Texas Roadhouse Racing.
Just three weeks before, her season seemed to hit a wall, as her Miami Nights team was abruptly shut down by National Cycling League management, in addition to two other league-owned teams, leaving Cyr and dozens of other riders and staff without employment as the racing season amped to full gear.
