accomplishments!
* Off Season, Patrick raced his first Mountain Bike challenge and after 3 laps he took the lead to take 1st place.
* Patrick closes the 2008 Ontario series by Winning the last race, #5
and taking 1st Overall
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* Patrick takes 24th Place at the 2008
USA
National Championships Criterium race
* Patrick gave a good performance at the 2008 Sisquoc Jr.
State Road Race Championships taking
2nd Place behind Danny F. from Rock Racing Cycling
* Patrick finishes strong in 2nd Place at the Jr.
State Criterium
Championships behind Alfredo Cruz from
Rock Racing Cycling
* Patrick tides for 3rd Place at the Jr.
State Time Trial
Championships along side teammate Ryan Clevand
* Patrick takes 1st Place at the San Marcos
Criterium
* Patrick takes 1st Place at the Ontario Criterium series #4
Patrick Torres 
2008 SoCal Cup SCNCA 1st Place Winner
Patrick takes 1st place Overall with teammate Ryan Cleavand taking 2nd
BIO:
By the end of the 2008 season, Patrick had upgraded to a CAT 3 rider winning several races; participated in USA Nationals and State Championships Races where he took podium in all 3 series.
This was Patrick's last year racing as a junior. As for 2009, Patrick is looking to join a U23 Team to keep him moving forward and to bring some wins to a prospective team.
Patrick’s ultimate goal is to focus on becoming a Superior rider and one day race in the roads of Europe alongside world class riders.
By the end of the 2007 season, Patrick had upgraded to a
cat 4 and was recognized by his club (SCVelo) as the Most Improved Jr. Rider 
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Junior Team Captain Dominic Galenti encouragement was paying off.
In early 2006, at the age of fifteen Patrick started riding as a hobby and by the end of the season he was racing cat 5 and Jr. Races. “It had become his passion”
Patrick’s first group ride ever was the Palos Verdes ride. This ride covers most of the Pacific Palisades beach areas and surrounding hills. This ride changed the way Patrick viewed cycling to the point that he was prompt to write about it in an essay for his English class which he called My first Ride.
Cycling has always been a family tradition with Patrick's father a Colombian immigrant loving the sport and a grandfather who followed cycling in his prime years.