From 1985 to 1987, as an amateur cyclist, Andy won 76 races, which led to a professional contact for 1988. During that first year, he rode with the winning Dutch team in the Tour de France, racing the world's largest cycling race three more times after that. He also competed in all of the major European road races before switching to mountain biking in 1996 where he finished as the highest ranked American on the World Cup Circuit in 1997. Andy represented the U.S. at ten World Championships throughout his career: nine as an athlete and one as assistant National Coach for the Junior Team at the World Championships in Sweden. The year 2000 marked Andy's retirement from competitive cycling as he embarked on new and exciting chapters.
Since retirement, he has worked in a number of different positions, including time as President of Global Reach Sports, LLP, a company providing technological solutions for the sport world, a few years with Bombardier Structured Finance, and then four years as Director of Technology for P and F Metals, a metalworking company that provides large-scale engineering solutions primarily for companies in the agriculture industry. He recently left P&F to work full time with his wife in their successful photography business, Daria Bishop Photography. Additionally, he coaches two athletes and still leads a number of cycling clinics throughout the year, working with young kids to adults to elite level racers.
Andy currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Catamount Outdoor Family Center in Williston. In the spring of 2005, Andy was appointed by Vermont Governor, Jim Douglas, to serve on the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and he is chair of the Fit & Healthy Kids Committee. Additionally, Andy serves on the board of advisors to the Center for Global Leadership Development at Champlain College.
Andy lives in Williston with Daria, his wife of 16 years, and their two children, Summer and Baxter.