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Alessandro Ballan  view thumbnail gallery  An interview with
Chad Gerlach, March 6, 2009  Addicted to crack and living on the
streets just over one year ago, American Chad Gerlach is now
making his return to the pro peloton in perhaps the most
surprising comeback of the year. Cyclingnews' Laura Weislo spoke
to Amore e Vita's newest recruit about his amazing journey.  Few
cycling fans outside of the US will have ever heard of Chad
Gerlach, and only a small percentage of the fans inside America
would remember him. After all, it's been nearly six years since
he raced a bike, and his career before then could be described
as rocky at best. It's his life in between then and now which
makes his story remarkable.  Back in the late 90s, Gerlach was a
rider who won races in eight different countries, including two
stages of the 1998 Tour