User:Geraxx/sandbox

Early life and amateur career
Blevins was born on March 14, 1998 in Durango, Colorado, son of Field and Priscilla.His father is an orthopedic surgeon with a specialty in sports medicine.His older sister Kaylee was also a member of the U.S. Νational mountain bike team.

Blevins began participating in the sport of cycling at the age of five by competing in BMX races.He managed to win eight national championships in the age divisions between elementary and high school.His BMX career stopped at the age of sixteen however by the age of twelve he had already begun to participate in both mountain bike and road cycling. He had great success from the ages of thirteen to nineteen where he was winning the national Cross Country championship in his age group .At sixteen he was able to win the road cycling championship as well.

Professional career
When Blevins became eighteen  he  achieved to win one of the most important races of the junior category in road cycling, the famous Course de la Paix.This race povided him with the opportunity to join the professional team Hagens Berman Axeon.In the same year he signed another professional contract with the Specialized Racing team to participate in the  U23 World Cross-Country Championships.In 2018 he manages to win the U23 National championship in cyclo-cross, in the same age group he comes 2nd in the World Cross-Country Championships and finally wins a stage of the Tour of the Gila.In 2019, aiming for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, he decides to dedicate himself to mountain biking.