by New & Unique Videos of San Diego, California. Juarez was selected as a member of the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 2001. Cannondale awarded Tinker its 'Icon Award' in 2005 for his contribution to the sport. MTB magazine covers Mountain Bike Action: Ultra-Endurance racing career In 2005, Tinker began training for long-distance road racing events. He won the Heart of the South, which is a race, and finished second place at the 2005 edition of the Furnace Creek 508, a grueling course that covers of cumulative elevation gain and passes through Death Valley. His podium finishes qualified Tinker for the 2006 Race Across America (RAAM), the annual transcontinental bicycle race from the west coast to the east coast of the United States. He came in third in the Men's Solo Enduro division of the RAAM endurance road race on June 22, 2006, completing the three thousand mile race which started in 2006 from Oceanside, California and finishing in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His finishing time was 10 days, 22 hours and 21 minutes. Started Racing: 2005 at 44 years of age. First race result: Sanctioning Body: Retired: Still Active. Factory and corporate sponsors Professional teams Siemens Mobile/Cannondale: January 28, 2003-December 2005 Cannondale: January 2006–October 2021 Floyd’s of Leadville Racing: December 2021 - present Ultra-Endurance road biking career achievements 3rd – Race Across America, Men's Solo - Enduro Category 1st – Heart of the South (500 miles) 2nd – Furnace Creak 508 (508 miles) 1st (Gold Medal) – Pan American Games (1995) Career MTB and Ultra-Endurance cycling achievements by year 1989 1st – NORBA Iron Horse Classic 1993 1st UCI Grundig World Cup win at Mont St. Anne, Quebec Canada 1994 NCS National Cross-Country Champion Silver Medal – Mountain Bike World Championships (Cross Country) 1995 NCS National Cross-Country Champion Gold Medal – Pan American Games 1996 Olympic Team Member 1998 NCS National Cross-Country Champion 1st – NCA Cross-Country Finals 2nd – NCS Cross-Country; Red Wing 3rd overall – Tour of the Rockies 1999 5th overall – NORBA Short Track 9th overall – NORBA Cross-Country 2000 Olympic Team Member 5th – NORBA Cross-Country, Mt. Snow 7th – NORBA Cross-Country, Mammoth and Crystal Mountain 10th – World Cup XC, Mazatlan 2001 NORBA National Champion, 24-Hour Solo Category Inductee – Mountain Bike Hall of Fame 1st – Gorge Games - 24 Hour