Todd "GoGo" Gogulski is a cycling TV commentator for NBC Universal Sports

Universal Sports

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 and Versus

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 and a former professional road racer.

Early life and early career

He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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, in 1962, but grew up in northern California and Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...

, where he first raced his bike in the Santa Fe Hill Climb. After racing locally for Gardenschwartz Sports (1981) and Strings ‘n Spokes (1982), he joined Ten Speed Drive (1983–86), for whom he won the National Team Time Trial Championship in 1986 (with Kent Bostick, Carl Maxon, and Andy Paulin), just shy of setting the national record.

Later career

Subsequently, he raced for four years under teams directed by Len Pettyjohn, with sponsors Lowenbrau (1987), Crest (1988), and the powerhouse American squad Coors Light (1989–90), where he was teammates with Greg LeMond

Greg LeMond

Gregory James LeMond is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Lakewood, California and raised in Reno, Nevada....

. In 1991, he joined Subaru Montgomery, directed by Eddie Borysewicz, where he was teammates with Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support...

; Subaru Montgomery later became the U.S. Postal Team. Following several seasons of injuries and declining results, he retired from racing in 1992.

He raced for the US National Team in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. In 1985, he represented the US at the amateur Giro d’Italia and in 1987 at the Peace Race in Eastern Europe, and in his career had over 100 victories.

In the late 1990s, after a hiatus from the sport, he worked in PR for a start-up bicycle tire company, and then shifted into promotions for the Saturn Cycling Team, announcing their Cyberbike events. In 2006, he began doing stage announcing for bicycle races, with ongoing commenting at Philly Week, Redlands, the National Championships, the Tour of Utah, and numerous others.

Television

In 2009, he joined the NBC Universal Sports cycling TV commentary team with Steve Schlanger, with whom he covers the Tour of the Basque Country, the Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

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, the World Road Championships, Milan – San Remo, and others. In 2011, he joined the Versus Tour de France

Tour de France

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 TV broadcasting team alongside Bob Roll

Bob Roll

Bob Roll is a former American professional cyclist, author, and television sports commentator. He was a member of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team until 1990 and competed for the Motorola Cycling Team in 1991. In 1992 Roll moved to Greg LeMond’s Z team and added mountain biking to his racing...

, Phil Liggett

Phil Liggett

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, Paul Sherwen

Paul Sherwen

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, and Liam McHugh. He currently lives in Davis, California

Davis, California

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.

Results

Gogulski's results include:

1982 (Strings ‘n Spokes):

• 1st New Mexico State Championships, Road Race, Time Trial, and Cyclocross
• 1st Juarez Inaugural Criterium, Juarez, Mexico

1983 (Ten Speed Drive):

• 1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb, Category 3, Mt. Evans, CO

1984 (Ten Speed Drive):

• 2nd, National Road Championship, Team Time Trial
• 1st Team Time Trial, US National Team, Commonwealth Bank Classic/Tour of Australia (1st Team GC)
• 1st Santa Fe Hill Climb, Santa Fe, NM
• 1st Palo Alto Criterium, CA

1985 (Ten Speed Drive)

• US National A Team Member (Giro d’Italia)
• 1st Tour of Morocco Prologue (2nd Road Race)
• 4th GC Tour of Asia, Korea & Japan
• 20th Coors International Bicycle Classic, CO
• 2nd Mount Evans Hill Climb, Mt. Evans, CO
• 1st Azusa Hill Climb, Azusa, CA
• 1st Santa Fe Hill Climb, Santa Fe, NM

1986 (Ten Speed Drive)

• National Champion, Team Time Trial
• US National A Team Member (Giro de la Libarazioni in Italy; Giro de las Regioni, Italy)
• 3rd National Prestige Classic Standings
• US World’s Team Captain at the World Road Race Championships
• 18th Amateur World Road Race Championship, Colorado Springs, CO, Top US Amateur
• 18th GC Coors International Bicycle Classic, CA, NV, CO, Top US Amateur (3rd Vail to Copper Mountain Road Race, 8th Niwot Time Trial)
• 1st Tour of Nevada City Bicycle Classic
  Nevada City Classic
  The Nevada City Classic , one of the most historic and challenging professional cycling races in the US, is held in Nevada City, California. Established in 1960, the Nevada City Classic commonly occurs on Father's Day and brings in thousands of visitors to Nevada County...
  
  
• 1st Sandia Crest Climb, Albuquerque, NM
• 1st Team Time Trial, Vulcan Tour, Redding, CA
• 1st Rocky Mountain News Classic, Castle Pines Road Race, Denver, CO
• 7th 7 Eleven Cup Serios

1987 (Lowenbrau)

• US World Championship Team Captain
• US Pan American Games Team Captain
• US National A Team Member (Peace Race in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland; Circuit des Mines in France)
• 2nd in the National Prestige Classic Rankings
• 4th Pan American Games Road Race, Indianapolis, IN
• 1st GC Pan American Games Selection, Rocky Mountain News Classic, Denver, CO
• 1st GC Munsingwear Classic, World Championship Trials, Crested Butte, CO (1st Prologue Time Trial, 1st Black Canyon Road Race)
• 7th National Road Championship
• 5th Road Race, Austrian Stage Race (US National Team)
• 1st Mount Evans/Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb, Mt. Evans, CO
• 1st GC Casper Classic Stage Race, Casper, WY (1st Time Trial, 2nd Hill Climb, 2nd Road Race)
• 1st GC Steamboat Stage Race, Steamboat Springs, CO
• 1st Battle at the Brewery, Superweek, Milwaukee, WI
• 1st Colorado State Road Championship
• 3rd Overall Tour of Brazil, Winner of Mountains Competition, (1st Road Race, 1st Team Time Trial, 1st Prologue Team Time Trial, 2nd Mountains Classification)

1988 (Crest)

• US National A Team Member
• 1st GC Cascade Cycling Classic, Bend, OR (1st Mt. Bachelor Road Race, 1st Mountains Classification)
• 1st Nevada City Bicycle Classic
• 1st GC Mammoth Cycling Classic, Mammoth, CA (1st Prologue Time Trial, 1st Altitude 9000 Road Race)
• 2nd GC Mt. Hood Classic Omnium (1st Mt. Hood Loop Road Race, 1st Time Trial)
• 1st Team Time Trial and Team GC, Redlands Bicycle Classic, Redlands, CA
• 15th Overall Coors International Bicycle Classic
• 2nd Sonoma County Coastal Road Race, Coors Classic, Santa Rosa, CA
• 5th Vail Criterium, Vail, CO
• Most Aggressive Rider, Coors Classic, Aspen, CO

1989 (Coors Light)

• 1st Redlands Bicycle Classic, Criterium, Team Time Trial, Team GC, Redlands, CA
• 1st, Cascade Cycling Classic, Bend, OR, Santiem-McKenzie Road Race (6th GC)
• 1st St. Louis Road Race, St. Louis, MO
• 1st GC Oklahoma City Retailers Classic, Oklahoma City, OK (1st Criterium, 3rd Road Race)

1990 (Coors Light)

• 3rd, Tour de Trump, Charlottesville to Winchester Road Race
• 10th, US Professional Criterium Championship, Washington, DC
• 1st Altitude 9000 Road Race, Mammoth Cycling Classic, Mammoth, CA (3rd GC)

1991 (Subaru Montgomery)

• King of the Mountain, Manayunk Wall, Corestates U.S. Pro Road Championship, Philadelphia, PA
• 1st Stage One, Tour of Indonesia
• 1st Team GC, Settimana Bergamasca, Italy
• 2nd Team GC, Tour of Luxembourg