About GP VeloTek

GP VeloTek is a USA Cycling team based along Interstate I-70 with dozens of riders of all ages, from Salina, KS to Edwardsville, IL.

Our team races regionally, and grows the sport locally through commitment to our 5 spokes:

Development
To improve our cycling abilities, education, personal growth and opportunities.

Leadership
To lead by example on and off the bike.

Teamwork
To work for others, our teammates, family, and cycling supporters and partners.

Service
To serve our community, team, sport and partners.

Excellence
To do our best in every situation.

We are a team that is committed to the development of each of our riders, whether they are novice or elite; our riders and alumni have earned 8 National Championship Jerseys, gone to a couple Worlds and landed one pro contract.

About Coach Jim Whittaker

Jim Whittaker is the coach and founder of GP VeloTek. We were founded April of 2004 during some turbulent times in Kansas Cycling. Jim’s vision was to bring beginners and elite cyclists under one roof to race a broad race schedule and further their own personal development; your one stop shop for cycling success.

Jim has been coaching professionally through VeloTek Performance, LLC since 1994 and has helped hundreds of athletes improve. Jim has coached collegiate racers, women, juniors and Masters level athletes to a handful of National Championship jerseys in ‘cross, road and mountain. Jim works with professional athletes, first-timers, and everyone in-between. Not everyone can be a pro cyclist, but a pro coach and a pro attitude will go a long way to making you really fast.

Jim is a USA Cycling Licensed Category 1 coach and he can be reached at 913.269.VELO.