Travis McCabe presented by Smart Stop Pro Cycling, left, and teammates Eric Marcotte, center, and Julian Kyer are congratulated on placing first, second and fifth in the USA Cycling Road Race National Championship on May 26, 2014. Eric Marcotte presented by Smart Stop Pro Cycling won the stars and stripes jersey.When you think about an average guy, in many ways Eric Marcotte is the definition of the term.
He’s a 33-year-old chiropractor from Scottsdale, Ariz., who likes photography and works full time to make ends meet.
There’s one thing that makes him not so average: He’s the 2014 USA Cycling Professional Road Race champion after winning a sprint finish on Market Street in downtown Chattanooga on Monday afternoon.
Marcotte finished the 102-mile course through downtown, the North Shore and four climbs up Lookout Mountain in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 59 seconds, ahead of teammate Travis McCabe in second and Garmin Sharp rider Alex Howes in third.
Marcotte and McCabe ride for SmartStop Pro Cycling, a smaller team with a new sports director and not many accolades coming into the season, and the winner seemed in awe of what he had done against America’s best cyclists as he spoke to the media after the race.