Lucca-bound after California training camp

Michael Creed gives a big grin one of the teams action photos.

Michael Creed gives a big grin one of the teams action photos. (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

Seeing how many of you don't know who I am, I feel like I should introduce myself. But after many false starts of writing something, feeling self critical about it and then deleting it, I'll just skip that step. If you want to know who I am, and why Cyclingnews put me up on the site, use Google. It won't come up with much, and that's a pretty accurate answer.

Follow veteran professional Michael Creed as he embarks on the 2011 season with the US-based Continental squad Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth.

Creed has been a professional since 2000, races on both road and track (where he's a multi-time national champion), and has ridden for teams such as Prime Alliance, US Postal Service, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, Team TIAA-CREF, Team Slipstream, Rock Racing and Team Type 1.

The 30-year-old American pro has a wealth of experience, a keen sense of humour and will be providing insight into a season in which he hopes to bounce back from a few rocky years in the US peloton.