Background
Nothstein was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of five children to Wayne Nothstein, owner of a local automotive business, Nothstein Motors.
Nothstein was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of five children to Wayne Nothstein, owner of a local automotive business, Nothstein Motors.
Nothstein is a 1989 graduate of Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Cycling career Nothstein began cycling in 1987 and made his international debut in 1989, at the UCI Track Cycling World Cycling Championships in Lyon, France. He did so while nursing a broken heel bone.
In March 2001, he turned professional (on the road) with the based Mercury Viatel team, before moving to the Navigators Insurance Cycling Team in 2002.
He remained with Navigators for four years to the end of his career. In 2004, Nothstein had success on the road as well as track, proving many people wrong.
Many had said that this wasn"t possible for a sprint rider. In order to transfer to road riding, he lost 30 pounds of body mass, compared to his weight at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He earned the nickname The Blade for his razor thin victory margins.
He was also called this for his skill at cutting through a field of riders into first place. Retirement Nothstein retired from competitive cycling after the 2006 season, and now drives an NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Carolina for Follow A Dream. He finished 11th in points in the 2007 NHRA Alcohol Funny Carolina season.
As of 2015, Nothstein was living in Lowhill Township, Pennsylvania, and working as executive director of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center.
In February 2015, Nothstein announced he was running as a Republican for the Board of Commissioners of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, marking his first foray into politics. In May, Nothstein received the highest amount of votes of any Republican in the primary election, collecting 8,260 votes.
That was 104 votes higher than the next-highest Republican vote-getter, and the second-most overall of any candidate, behind Democratic candidate Dan Hartzell"s 8,324 votes. Nothstein ran on a slate with Republican incumbents Brad Osborne, Vic Mazziotti, and Amanda Holt, who ran on a platform of continuing what they called a successful record of cutting taxes and creating a more efficient government in the Republican-led board of commissioners.