Jordan Cheyne is in his first season with the Project Echelon Racing team after 6 seasons as a professional, including 2 with Jelly Belly and 3 with Elevate/KHS. Jordan is an old friend of PEZ and is back to give us an update on his career and the up-and-coming Tour of the Gila.

Neilson Powless finished third and Tao Geoghegan Hart was sixth as four Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team riders placed in the top 20 in Friday's individual time trial at the Tour of the Gila.

The Tour of the Gila needs a new title sponsor, or it will not happen in 2015.

Roadside Report: Stage 4 is crit day in Gila and as always it was a superb day of racing for all grades on a testing circuit with a supporting crowd and a great atmosphere. Fast paced action, a change in GC and even a kid's race - it was just a fun day of racing in Silver City.

Roadside Report: Everyone from the Cat 4s to the men's and women's pro squads took on the 16.2 mile time trial during Stage 3 and once again PEZ was there to capture all the action. The tough out and back course which was far from flat saw a few surprises and some changes in the GC standings...

There’s nothing like a bone of contention – no matter what size – to inspire emails from the valiant PEZ-Fandom. And that’s just what Mike Schatzman’s comment on Astana’s participation at Gila did, although we took cover under the veritable barrage of digitized dialogue. Here’s just a sampling of what readers said…