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Most competitors and fans know this smile from a long distance.
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Here though is that famous finish in Des Moines in 2009. That lean meant $200,000 for Whitfield and only $50,000 for Kahlefeldt, and $25,000 for Frodeno. Interestingly enough though $25,000 is the total prize purse for many long course races.
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Simon Whitfield coming into T2 in Yokohama.
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In Beijing it looked a few times like Whitfield would get dumped, but the fierce Canadian hung tough and grabbed the Silver medal.
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It was oh so sweet to be on the podium again, 8 years after winning Gold in Sydney.
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There is always time for a joke or a silly stunt.
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This editor had always told him that most managers are not worth it, and in 2008 Whitfield decided that was indeed the way to go. That call though made this editor a bouncer of sorts.
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At the 2013 Interbike show we ran into Simon Whitfield working with Canadian heads-up display brand 4iii.
