Hekman aims at NRC in his final year

American Mark Hekman, winner of the 2009 USA Crits series, has embarked on his last year as a professional cyclist with the Mountain Khakis team. The tall, lanky redhead has been a fixture in the United States of America criterium scene since his break-out win in the Athens Twilight criterium in 2007, but he will trade all of that in for a full-time career in music in 2011.

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Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.