Mike Fraysse Bio

As founder of America’s Cycling Team (ACT) program and Mike Fraysse Sports, LLC., Mike Fraysse can lay claim to the title of Most Successful Cycling Coach and Manger in the United States. Under his tutelage, ACT riders have won over 650 events and generated millions of media impressions for their sponsors. To date, ACT’s race wins include 38 National Championships, 5 Pan American Games gold medals, 15 World Championship medals and 1 Women’s Tour de France.

In addition to his coaching success, Fraysse has a strong background in the administrative aspects of elite cycling. He served as President of the United States Cycling Federation twice, from 1979-1981 and from 1994-1998 and was a member of the USCF’s Board of Directors from 1969-1994. Furthermore, he consulted for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee during their preparations for the 1984 Games, and managed both the 1984 and 1976 U.S. Olympic Cycling Teams.

Since 1994, Fraysse has operated Mike Fraysse’s Sports, LLC., based in New York’s Catskill Mountains. His clients include not just America’s top riders, but also elite athletes from many Latin American and Caribbean nations. Fraysse’s latest charge, Mike Friedman of Pittsburgh, PA, won the USCF’s 2001 National Road Race Championships and three other ACT riders won events at the 2001 National Track Championships.

In recognition of his efforts to increase the global popularity of competitive cycling, the Union Cicliste Internationale (UCI) presented Fraysse with its prestigious Merit Award in 1998. He is one of the only Americans to have ever received such an honor. In addition to operating Mike Fraysse Sports, LLC., Fraysse is the Vice President of the Pan American Cycling Confederation.