Early life and early career
He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1962, but grew up in northern California and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he first raced his bike in the Santa Fe Hill Climb organized and promoted by Geoff Passo. After racing locally for Gardenschwartz Sports (1981) and Strings ‘n Spokes (1982), he joined Ten Speed Drive (1983–86), for whom he won the National Team Time Trial Championship in 1986 (with Kent Bostick, Carl Maxon, and Andy Paulin), just shy of setting the national record.
Subsequently, he raced for four years under teams directed by Len Pettyjohn, with sponsors Lowenbrau (1987), Crest (1988), and the powerhouse American squad Coors Light (1989–90), where he was teammates with Greg LeMond. In 1991, he joined Subaru Montgomery, directed by Eddie Borysewicz, where he was teammates with Lance Armstrong; Subaru Montgomery later became the U.S. Postal Team. Following several seasons of injuries and declining results, he retired from racing in 1992.
He raced for the US National Team in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. In 1985, he represented the US at the amateur Giro d'Italia and in 1987 at the Peace Race in Eastern Europe, and in his career had over 100 victories.
In the late 1990s, after a hiatus from the sport, he worked in PR for a start-up bicycle tire company, and then shifted into promotions for the Saturn Cycling Team, announcing their Cyberbike events. In 2006, he began doing stage announcing for bicycle races, with ongoing commenting at Philly Week, Redlands, the National Championships, the Tour of Utah, and numerous others.
In 2009, he joined the NBC Universal Sports cycling TV commentary team with Steve Schlanger, with whom he covers the Tour of the Basque Country, the Giro d'Italia, the Vuelta a España, the World Road Championships, Milan–San Remo, and others. In 2011, he joined the Versus Tour de France TV broadcasting team alongside Bob Roll, Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen, and Liam McHugh. He currently lives in Boulder, Co.
Gogulski's results include:
1982 (Strings ‘n Spokes):
1st New Mexico State Championships, Road Race, Time Trial, and Cyclocross1st Juarez Inaugural Criterium, Juarez, Mexico1983 (Ten Speed Drive):
1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb, Category 3, Mt. Evans, CO1984 (Ten Speed Drive):
2nd, National Road Championship, Team Time Trial1st Team Time Trial, US National Team, Commonwealth Bank Classic/Tour of Australia (1st Team GC)1st Santa Fe Hill Climb, Santa Fe, NM1st Palo Alto Criterium, CA1985 (Ten Speed Drive)
US National A Team Member (Giro d'Italia)1st Tour of Morocco Prologue (2nd Road Race)4th GC Tour of Asia, Korea & Japan20th Coors International Bicycle Classic, CO2nd Mount Evans Hill Climb, Mt. Evans, CO1st Azusa Hill Climb, Azusa, CA1st Santa Fe Hill Climb, Santa Fe, NM1986 (Ten Speed Drive)
National Champion, Team Time TrialUS National A Team Member (Giro de la Libarazioni in Italy; Giro de las Regioni, Italy)3rd National Prestige Classic StandingsUS World’s Team Captain at the World Road Race Championships18th Amateur World Road Race Championship, Colorado Springs, CO, Top US Amateur18th GC Coors International Bicycle Classic, CA, NV, CO, Top US Amateur (3rd Vail to Copper Mountain Road Race, 8th Niwot Time Trial)1st Tour of Nevada City Bicycle Classic1st Sandia Crest Climb, Albuquerque, NM1st Team Time Trial, Vulcan Tour, Redding, CA1st Rocky Mountain News Classic, Castle Pines Road Race, Denver, CO7th 7 Eleven Cup Serios1987 (Lowenbrau)
US World Championship Team CaptainUS Pan American Games Team CaptainUS National A Team Member (Peace Race in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland; Circuit des Mines in France)2nd in the National Prestige Classic Rankings4th Pan American Games Road Race, Indianapolis, IN1st GC Pan American Games Selection, Rocky Mountain News Classic, Denver, CO1st GC Munsingwear Classic, World Championship Trials, Crested Butte, CO (1st Prologue Time Trial, 1st Black Canyon Road Race)7th National Road Championship5th Road Race, Austrian Stage Race (US National Team)1st Mount Evans/Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb, Mt. Evans, CO1st GC Casper Classic Stage Race, Casper, WY (1st Time Trial, 2nd Hill Climb, 2nd Road Race)1st GC Steamboat Stage Race, Steamboat Springs, CO1st Battle at the Brewery, Superweek, Milwaukee, WI1st Colorado State Road Championship3rd Overall Tour of Brazil, Winner of Mountains Competition, (1st Road Race, 1st Team Time Trial, 1st Prologue Team Time Trial, 2nd Mountains Classification)1988 (Crest)
US National A Team Member1st GC Cascade Cycling Classic, Bend, OR (1st Mt. Bachelor Road Race, 1st Mountains Classification)1st Nevada City Bicycle Classic1st GC Mammoth Cycling Classic, Mammoth, CA (1st Prologue Time Trial, 1st Altitude 9000 Road Race)2nd GC Mt. Hood Classic Omnium (1st Mt. Hood Loop Road Race, 1st Time Trial)1st Team Time Trial and Team GC, Redlands Bicycle Classic, Redlands, CA15th Overall Coors International Bicycle Classic2nd Sonoma County Coastal Road Race, Coors Classic, Santa Rosa, CA5th Vail Criterium, Vail, COMost Aggressive Rider, Coors Classic, Aspen, CO1989 (Coors Light)
1st Redlands Bicycle Classic, Criterium, Team Time Trial, Team GC, Redlands, CA1st, Cascade Cycling Classic, Bend, OR, Santiam-McKenzie Road Race (6th GC)1st St. Louis Road Race, St. Louis, MO1st GC Oklahoma City Retailers Classic, Oklahoma City, OK (1st Criterium, 3rd Road Race)1990 (Coors Light)
3rd, Tour de Trump, Charlottesville to Winchester Road Race10th, US Professional Criterium Championship, Washington, DC1st Altitude 9000 Road Race, Mammoth Cycling Classic, Mammoth, CA (3rd GC)1991 (Subaru Montgomery)
King of the Mountain, Manayunk Wall, Corestates U.S. Pro Road Championship, Philadelphia, PA1st Stage One, Tour of Indonesia1st Team GC, Settimana Bergamasca, Italy2nd Team GC, Tour of Luxembourg
