"It was great watching him work out of the 4's into the 3's. One day my wife and I were doing Mandeville repeats and saw Jeff. He was doing the same only at a faster pace. He stopped climbed w. me for a while answered some questions about upgrading. He has always been positive at the races. As a club that focuses on "racing tradition" he embodies that vision."
         - Chris London

"He's a cool representative of the race team and winner of the LG cup GC!"
        - Cathy Keeley

"I'm pleased to nominate Jeff Tuttle for this year's La Granger of the Year award. Here we have a gifted, competitive yet selfless individual that merits recognition.

As a racer, Jeff has steadily moved up the categories and is currently representing La Grange in the Cat 3 field. A few recent additions to his resume include the La Grange Cup GC Champion and 6th place in the Cat 3's at Everest Challenge with a impressive time of 11:03. Deep inside he's focused on going after the win with a strong sense of determination. But on the outside he displays a great sense of humor and willingness to help his teammates at every race. He doesn't just want to succeed, he wants the entire team to succeed.

Jeff also regularly contributes to the club in ways the general club member may not always notice. He is not afraid to express his concerns about club issues and then takes action to help resolve them. To me, this is just as important as what he does on the race course. He always shows his appreciation for the club and gives back to it whenever he can whether it be at a board meeting, training ride or club event. I'm grateful to have Jeff as fellow teammate and representative of this club."
        - Brian Pera

"Honorable mention goes to the team captains:

• Joe Pugliese for again organizing the Solvang team camp and serving as the Cat 3/4/5 captain.
• Nick Brandeau and Drew Kogon for starting a Juniors team.
• Lisa Buckland and Amy Hutner for running the women’s teams.
• Special mention goes to John Mailloux for taking on and taming the gigantic clothing beast. He has been instrumental in taking this to another level.

My pick for La Granger of the Year is hands down Neil Leventhal. Neil is one of those rare members who started to give back to the club almost immediately upon joining. Neil has done a TON of work for the club for the past 6-7 years, including serving on the board.

He has consistently been part of the handful of members that perform most of the heavy lifting to make BGP such a success and this year’s championship event was the best it’s been."
         - Richard Kim

"Every once in awhile a club member steps up to the plate and immerses himself in a project they are truly passionate about. Club member Bill Pitcher did this in 2006 when he spent countless hours gathering video footage for what would eventually become a short film about La Grange that we presented to club founder Raymond Fouquet.

This year, Neil Leventhal was a virtual one-man show in making the Brentwood Grand Prix happen. For anyone who knows the work involved, Neil's contributions were huge. For this and his passion to make BGP the classiest, most upscale bike race in SoCal, I am nominating Neil Leventhal for La Granger of the Year."
         - Marco Fantone