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Team Prairie Dog Members
  The team are members of the Almaden Cycle Touring Club


Paul Vlasveld (rider)

Paul is a Furnace Creek 508 solo finisher (2005) and 2X team fnisher (2007). He is a member of the California Triple Crown Hall of Fame having riden over 63 double centuries. In 2007 he completed Paris-Brest-Paris and this year he completed a 1200K in Bulgaria.

Franz Kelsch (rider)

Franz is a 508 veteran after finishing on a 2X team (2007). He ia California Triple Crown Winner (2007 and 2008) and has completed other ultra distance events. His specialty is in climbing and has climbed over 100 vertical miles so far in 2008, including recently completing the Evererest Challenge race. He ran the Boston Marathon last year.

Russ and Sheila Stevens (crew)

This is the second time that Russ and Sheila will crew for the Furnace Creek 508. Russ completed numerous ultra distance events last year including taking 5th place in the California Triple Crown Stage Race in 2007. Sheila is a California Triple Crown Winner.