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Webcor 2007 - Meet the Team Christine and husband Ted Huang enjoy the 2006 Webcor holidayt party. Christine ahead of the pack at Infineon Raceway. Photo: Kenneth Tham. How do you Go Green? Use travel coffee mug daily and use goldtone filter for coffee maker instead of paper. Have fully electronic medical records to use at my clinic (no paper charts). Usual curbside recycling (could improve above the Sunnyvale pick-ups, though).

Introducing Christine Thorburn

 

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Name: Christine Thorburn

Residence: Sunnyvale, CA

Home Town: Davenport, IA

Years Racing: 10 (minus three for medical training

Years on Webcor: 4

Top reason for joining Webcor: Karen Brems' involvement.

Tell us about your background and goals – both on and off the bike?
 Upon graduating from Stanford University School of Medicine, I completed a Medicine residency and a postdoctoral fellowship in Rheumatology, also at Stanford.  In 2006, I began working as a rheumatologist at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic.  Winning the 2004 US National Time Trial Championships earned me a spot on the US Olympic Team. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, I placed 4th in the individual time trial and 15th in the road race.

In 2005, I opened the season with an overall win at the Redlands Bicycle Classic. To complement the win, I was honored with the Carole King Award for outstanding sportsmanship. Mentoring younger riders is very important to me. With wins in the Nature Valley Grand Prix and the International Tour de ‘Toona, I wrapped up the title of Best Individual Rider in the Women's Prestige Series.

 In 2006, the Webcor women continued their stage racing success by winning the Grand Tour du Montreal over German powerhouse teams Nurnberger and T-Mobile.  I concluded the season with a career best Bronze medal performance in the World Championship Time Trial.  I still have my eyes on the top prize in the World Championships!

I've been privileged to represent our sponsors at events such as the PowerBar Nutritional Panel at InterBike as well as speaking at several professional medical conferences for continuing medical education on "Training for Performance."

Top results of 2006:
1. World Championship ITT, 3rd
2. Montreal Tour, 1st GC, 1st prologue
3. Montreal WC, 8th
4. US National RR, 2nd
5. US National ITT, 3rd

Top career results:
1. World Championship ITT, 2006, 3rd
2. Olympic ITT, 2004, 4th
3. Olympic RR, 2004, 15th
4. US National Championship ITT, 2004, 1st
5. Montreal Tour, 2006, 1st GC

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