David Clinger photo gallery by Dan Campbell
- By Steve Frothingham
- Published Mar. 31, 2009
- Updated Mar. 31, 2009 at 8:25 PM UTC
The May issue of VeloNews features an interview with David Clinger, once one of America’s greatest hopes for success in Europe, where he raced with Festina and with Lance Armstrong on U.S. Postal. In recent years, Clinger’s career has stalled as he has battled addiction. He is best known for his facial tattoos, which he is now in the process of having removed.
Photographer Dan Campbell and I visited Clinger at a Salt Lake City-area rehab center earlier this winter. For my article, you’ll have to pick up the magazine. But Campbell is graciously sharing some of his photos that did not appear in magazine.
Photo Gallery
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Steve Frothingham
VeloNews.com editor Steve Frothingham joined the gang in bike-crazy Boulder in early 2008. He is the former executive editor of the trade magazine Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. He also was a reporter and editor for The Associated Press, where he covered three presidential primaries in politics-crazy New Hampshire. His racing career began on a BMX track in 1980 and reached its zenith with several miserable road races as a category 2 in the early 90s. He subsequently retreated to cat. 3, where he has had a consistently mediocre (at best) record ever since, in road, mountain bike and cyclocross events. Follow him on Twitter at @steve_froth