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Thursday, May 23, 2013

2013 Fox River Omnium

In it's second year, two days of racing on Chicago's north side. The first day being a fast, slightly rolling, criterium next to Elgin's Lord's Park, and the second being a brutally hilly circuit race in Fox River Grove, climbing under the backside of the Norge Ski Club's 100 year old ski jump

ILLINOIS: Elgin - Elgin Cycling Classic - RESULTS PHOTOS
Day one, a partly sunny, warm day with temperatures in the mid 80's, a fast course with a small uphill on the back straight, and a twisty, down/up chicane just 300 meters from the finish line.

Bucking the system, race promoters actually had a higher prize list for the top women's race than the men and in fact, the top podium in the women's race was worth TWICE as much ($200 vs $100). Perhaps licking their chops on this fact, Team Vanderkitten was in town after sharpening their claws at Tour de Grove in St. Louis the week before, and gave the Chicago locals what-for on their home turf. It was agressive racing from the start, but nothing stuck and a sprint finish was the end result with Kate Chilcott leading Starla Teddergreen out through the last turn for the 1-2 punch, locals Kristen Meshberg taking 3rd, Jannette Rho - 4th.

Women - Cat 1/2/3/4 - Open
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	Starla Teddergreen	Mill Valley, CA	Vanderkitten
	2	Kate Chilcott	Argyle, TX	Vanderkitten Racing
	3	Kristen Meshberg (1 - Cat1)	Lyons, IL	Spidermonkey Cycling
	4	Jannette Rho (1 - Cat2)	Chicago, IL	Les Petites Victoires
	5	Jeannie Kuhajek (2 - Cat2)	Crystal Lake, IL	Vanderkitten

Pro 1/2/3 men. Only 34 riders toed the line, but that doesn't mean it's going to be a boring race, it only means that there's no place to hide. The fireworks were going off steadily for the full 60 minutes. Five riders got away late in the race with Andrew Bates taking his second win of the year, followed by Brian Ellison (SPBRC) and Sven Gartner. Notable in 4th was Ben Kanute who had just finished winning the Cat. 3 race with a late attack, dropping his co-worker, soloing in to an easy victory, Alexander Voitik appears to have pulled his foot in the final sprint, and it was Shane Feehery (South Chicago Wheelmen) taking the field sprint for 6th.

Men - Cat 1/2/3 - Open
	Place	Name	City, State	Bib	Team
	1	Andrew Bates (1 - Cat1)	Evanston, IL	729	Scarlet Fire Racing
	2	Brian Ellison (1 - Cat2)	Chicago Heights, IL	733
	3	Sven Gartner (2 - Cat2)	Park Ridge, IL	726	WDT-Allvoi International Cycling Team
	4	Ben Kanute (1 - Cat3)	Geneva, IL	720
	5	Alexander Voitik (3 - Cat2)	Champaign, IL	718	Sammy's Bike

ILLINOIS: Fox River Grove - Fox River Grove Criterium - RESULTS PHOTOS OMNIUM RESULTS - Day 2 of the omnium featured a nasty 15% climb followed by a fast, twisty descent. Totally different skills than were required the day before in Elgin. Not much info out of the Pro women's event except that Team Vanderkitten took all the money.

Women - Cat 1/2/3/4 - Open
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	Kate Chilcott	Argyle, TX	Vanderkitten Racing
	2	Jeannie Kuhajek (1 - Cat2)	Crystal Lake, IL	Vanderkitten
	3	Starla Teddergreen	Mill Valley, CA	Vanderkitten
	4	Jennifer Reither	Boulder , CO	Vanderkitten
	5	Kelli Richter (2 - Cat2)	Libertyville, IL	PSIMET Racing

Omnium:

Starla Teddergreen 18 pts

Kate Chillcott 18 pts

Kristen Meshberg 13 pts

Jannette Rho 13 pts

Jeannie Kuhajek 14 pts

The Pro 1/2/3 men's race was determined by 1) defending of the omnium lead by Sammy's Elite Racing for Alex Voitik, and 2) the appearance of the Danish riding sensation, out of Indianapolis, Nickolai Broechner. Second place Dustin Morici gives his whole story HERE and watch the video below, which is a nice recap of the race from a racer's point of view.

Men - Cat 1/2/3 - Open
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	Nicolai Broechner	Indianapolis, IN	BISSELL-ABG-GIANT
	2	Dustin Morici (1 - Cat2)	Saint Charles, IL	Sammy's Bike
	3	Brandon Feehery (1 - Cat1)	Homewood, IL	Astellas Oncology Cycling Team
	4	William Pankonin (2 - Cat2)	Highland Park, IL	xXx Racing
	5	Timothy Doelman (3 - Cat2)	Glencoe, IL	787 Racing
	6	Jake Buescher (4 - Cat2)	Springfield, IL	xXx Racing
	7	Alexander Voitik (5 - Cat2)	Champaign, IL	Sammy's Bike

Omnium Overall:

Alexander Voitik 17

Brian Ellison 14

Andrew Bates 13

Sven    Gartner    13
Ben    Kanute    13
Shane    Feehery    13


Photo: Sammy's Bike

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Wheels on Willy Criterium

WISCONSIN: Madison - Wheels on Willy Criterium - RESULTS PHOTOS PHOTOS In it's 26th year, racing returned to Madison's southeast side for racing on Willy St, where the Chronometro bicycle shop was located until recently, home for Team Brazen Dropouts. The course is a fast, rectangular one with a false flat on the start/finish stretch (uphill naturally), and a sharp downhill between turns 1 and 2. Typically one of the first big races of the year, this year with a $4,000 total purse ($1,000 for Pro 1/2 paying 12 deep), it repeatedly draws riders from all neighboring states. The weather this year was near perfect for most of the day with the exception of a thunderstorm that shortened both the Master's 1/2/3 and Junior races.

One would speculate that the fast turn 2 located at the bottom of the downhill would be the most difficult part of the course to negotiate, however it was the pan flat, turn 3 that caused the majority of crashes either due to the manhole cover in the apex, or folks running out of room on the outer curb. This was a particularly troublesome spot during the Master's 1/2/3 race as the thunderstorm approached and the wind gusted to 40+ mph.

Once the weather cleared, the Cat. 3's were let loose for their shortened 30 minute race, and they did not waste any time, easily posting the fastest laps of the day. Crashes were trouble some in this race as well. Race winner Innokenty Zavyalov (Basso pb Tonka Cycle) of Minneapolis stated in a post race interview that near the end of the 3's race, a rider went down right in front of him, forcing evasive 'cyclocross action'. The positive side effect of this was a shot of adrenaline that coursed through is veins enabling him to easily take the field sprint. He also won the 3's race the day before up in Neenah, WI.

In the Pro Women's race, after a half dozen or so laps of 'test' attacks by various teams, New Zealand rider Hayley Giddens (ISCorp p/b Intellgentsia Coffee) was sent off the front and blocked for by her team mates. Giddens easily rode to a solo victory while two other IS Corp riders snuck away late in the race to secure the podium - Holly Mathews (3 wins this year already) and Andrea Pether (2012 WI State Criterium Champ). The field sprint for 4th place was snapped up by 18 year old Valentina Paniagua (miss spelling of her name in the results is suspected) of Colombia who is riding for ISCorp p/b Intellgentsia Coffee. She is an upcoming rider on both road and track recently competing in El Salvador and Costa Rica (LINK) Just beaten by Paniagua, and in 5th place was Abby Reuss (SPBRC) of St. Paul who was the only non IS - Corp rider to crack the top 7 places. She also won the Neenah Criterium the day before.

This brings us to the top race of the day, Men's Pro 1/2 which started with a field that was 85 riders strong and pretty much stretched the entire start finish straight in early laps. Heavy pressure on the front made for miserable racing in the back, in addition to the occasional crash or flat tire on the still damp course following that thunderstorm just 45 minutes earlier.

Colton Barrett (Texas Roadhouse) fruitlessly set off on his own for a few laps, but was able to pick up all the cash primes. While the pace never really relaxed, and numerous attacks were launched, the race did come down to a field sprint that was hotly contested by Barrett and Chad Hartley (Sharecare).
It took the photo camera to tell 1st from second and even Colton and Chad could not tell who won.

After a cool down lap, Hartley now celebrates his well earned victory.

Men - Pro/Cat 1/2/3 - 19-29
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	Chad Hartley (1 - Cat1)	Fox Point, WI	RACC pb GG
	2	Colton Barrett (2 - Cat1)	Indianapolis, IN	Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team P/B Motorex
	3	Chris Arndt (3 - Cat1)	Wauwatosa, WI	Lakes Area Physical Therapy
	4	Brandon Krawczyk (4 - Cat1)	Waukesha, WI	Revolution Cycle/Twin Six
	5	Michael Woell (5 - Cat1)	Minneapolis, MN	Freewheel Bike
	6	John Acker (6 - Cat1)	Sherwood, WI	Team Wheel & Sprocket
	7	Anthony Olson (7 - Cat1)	Kasota, MN	Mitsubishi Laser/Grand Performance
	8	Lionel Rocheleau (1 - Cat2)	Waukesha, WI	RACC pb GG
	9	Dan Teaters (8 - Cat1)	Green Bay , WI	RACC pb GG
	10	Bryan Fosler (9 - Cat1)	Madison, WI	KS Energy Services / Team Wisconsin

Women - Women - 19-29
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	Hayley Giddens	Wanganui	ISCorp Cycling
	2	Holly Mathews	Madison, WI	ISCorp p/b Intellgentsia Coffee
	3	Andrea Pether	Lake Geneva, WI	ISCorp p/b Intellgentsia Coffee
	4	Valentina Panaguia		ISCorp Cycling
	5	Abby Ruess	Saint Paul, MN	St Paul Bicycle Racing Club

Wheel and Sprocket Criterium

Photo: Big Ring Flyers

WISCONSIN: Neenah - Wheel and Sprocket Criterium - RESULTS PHOTOS PHOTOS USAC sanctioned bike racing once again to the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin this past Saturday with a criterium on the Kimberly-Clark Office Complex in Neenah. There used to be numerous races in the Fox Valley area: Ripon, Omro, Green Lake, Oshkosh, Greenbay, even as far north as Washington Island on the tip of Door County, but lately racing in that neck of the woods has been limited to MTBs and citizens racing (WISPORT, Race the Lake). Not much news coming out of this race with the exception of that from Team Big Ring Flyers who do a great job of self promotion!

Men - Pro/Cat 1/2 - 19-29
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	David Paquette (2 - Cat2)	Decorah, IA	KS Energy Services / Team Wisconsin
	2	Kevin Berger (1 - Cat1)	Madison, WI	Team Wheel & Sprocket
	3	John Acker (3 - Cat1)	Sherwood, WI	Team Wheel & Sprocket

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Tour de Grove - Dutchtown Classic - FULL RESULTS

MISSOURI: St. Louis

Tour of America's Dairyland Host Housing

WISCONSIN - Karen Larson, host housing coordinator sends along this friendly reminder:

Hosts and Riders for the Tour of America's Dairyland PLEASE READ: We have a new system for housing application where your requests must be made online. I have received a number of riders requests where I can't start placing you because your team mates have not applied online and it's slowing down the hosting process quite a bit. Please encourage them to do so asap. And Hosts, thank you so much for your patience. I know some of you have already been contacted by riders you have hosted before which is awesome but if you can please have your riders apply for housing online and have them put your name in so I know that would be helpful. It is in your best interest that they apply online as they must acknowledge certain things before they apply. Thank you!

http://www.tourofamericasdairyland.com/housing/faq-riders.php

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Tour de Grove - SATURDAY RESULTS

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PRO MEN RESULTS

JUST IN PRO WOMEN!

MoPro PHOTOS

Tour de Grove - Midtown Grand Prix

MISSOURI: St. Louis - Midtown Grand Prix - RESULTS PHOTOS

(will update this post as info becomes available. Props to Cycling Dirt for having the FIRST news out of TdG on Friday!)

Photo: Instagram

JUST IN: Friday's Pro 1/2 results

5/10/2013 11:02:26 PM Midtown Grand Prix - Men Pro 1-2 Page 1 of 4
Finish - Results
Start: 5/10/2013 21:33:24.9 (Manual)
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Place Id Last Name First Name Affiliation Time Gap
1 65 VAN DER VELDE Ricardo Jelly Belly P/B Kenda 1:10:04 1:10:04
2 100 LEIBOVITZ Adam Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team P/ 1:10:04 s.t.
3 102 HOLT Daniel Team United Healthcare Georgia/ 1:10:05 s.t.
4 153 CLARK Devin Qdoba p/b Bushwhacker 1:10:06 s.t.
5 51 SULLIVAN Ryan The 706 Project 1:10:06 s.t.
6 124 EASTER Griffin Gateway Harley-Davidson 1:10:06 s.t.
7 84 KOBLE Adam 1:10:07 s.t.
8 76 MULLERVY Kevin Champion System p/b Stan's NoTu 1:10:07 s.t.
9 117 RAY Alexander IsCorp Intelligentsia Coffee 1:10:07 s.t.
10 113 WHITE Robert Sharecare Cycling p/b Wheeland 1:10:08 s.t.
11 71 HOWE Isaac UCI CT: Team SmartStop p/b Moun 1:10:29 25
12 101 BARRETT Colton Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team P/ 1:10:29 s.t.
13 72 KLINE Shane UCI CT: Team SmartStop p/b Moun 1:10:29 s.t.
14 1 ABRAHAM Emile Predator Cycling 1:10:29 s.t.
15 23 WADDELL Jason Tulsa Tough Racing pb ICEdot 1:10:30 s.t.
16 95 CORNETT Brendan Team United Healthcare Georgia/ 1:10:30 s.t.
17 15 DAHLHEIM Andrew UCI CT: Bissell Cycling 1:10:31 s.t.
18 46 REGO Allan Champion System p/b Stan's NoTu 1:10:31 s.t.
19 77 MULLERVY Conor Champion System p/b Stan's NoTu 1:10:31 s.t.
20 79 MELE Ryan Stans No Tubes p/b Proferrin 1:10:31 s.t.
21 90 ALLISON Zack Think Finance p/b Trek Bike Sto 1:10:31 s.t.
22 111 HARTLEY Chad RACC pb GG 1:10:32 s.t.
23 78 HILL Jacob Stan's NoTubes P/b Proferrin 1:10:32 s.t.
24 87 HIRSCH Stephan Team United Healthcare Georgia/ 1:10:32 s.t.
25 35 VIDAL Euris R. CRCA/Foundation 1:10:32 s.t.

Women Pro 1/2 results:

From http://www.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/250742-Tour-De-Grove

Watch more video of Tour De Grove on cyclingdirt.org

Watch more video of Tour De Grove on cyclingdirt.org

Watch more video of Tour De Grove on cyclingdirt.org

Friday, May 10, 2013

Tour de Grove Pre-race

While there are local races in WI, IL, IN, and MN, the big draw this weekend is the Tour de Grove in St. Louis with racing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. So, don't be surprised if you don't see your top local riders in your hometown race. Here's a sample of the pre-registered racers on BikeReg.Com.

Queen's Day Criterium

MICHIGAN: Holland - Queen's Day Criterium - RESULTS PHOTOS

The first year a criterium is included in the Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan. In fact, the national radio of Holland, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) featured an interview on their network about the race!

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Kolo t.c. has the full race recap: " The first Queen’s Day Criterium went off in professional style this morning, with the whole town’s attention turned on some absolutely amazing racing in the heart of Holland. A huge turnout, with most categories filled up to the limit, made the day exciting from start to finish. The much anticipated showdown in the Men’s Elite race between BISSELL and Einstein Racing certainly lived up to the hype, as the two Michigan superpowers squared off almost man-to-man. The squads matched each other move for move right from the gun. BISSELL had the early upper hand when they put two riders up the road in a group that included Leadout’s Dan Korienek, Anthony Prentice and, watching patiently, Jason Young. ... MORE"

Men - PRO/1/2/3 - 15-99
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	Nathaniel Williams (1 - Cat1)	East Grand Rapids, MI	ICC BISSELL-ABG-GIANT/BISSELL-ABG-GIANT
	2	Jordan Diekema (1 - Cat2)	Holland	ICC BISSELL-ABG-GIANT/BISSELL-ABG-GIANT
	3	Ryan Cross (2 - Cat1)	Holland , MI	Einstein Racing
	4	Adam York (3 - Cat1)	Plymouth, MI	Cleveland Clinic Sports Health
	5	Cory Stange (2 - Cat2)	Millington, MI	Bissell/ABG Cycling Club

Chad Rector of CyclingAndSuffering.Com gives us the FULL Category 4 recap: I was caught pretty quickly, as expected, and slowed up hoping for someone to counter attack so I could grab their wheel and be in a great position for the bunch sprint. Mike Bellovich made a good move on the back straight, where I had made many moves earlier to gain ground towards getting away from the back. He had a commanding lead of about 50 ft coming out of the final turn and carried his speed out of it quite well also. I tried to answer his move at the back but had to slow up to make the two turns before the final straight. Shortly after clearing the corner, and still on the front of the pack, I started sprinting ....

2013 Cone-Azalia Road Race

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MICHIGAN: Milan - Cone-Azalia Classic Road Race - RESULTS PHOTOS

“The Paris-Roubaix of the Midwest”

Under near perfect weather (for a change), a near record number of riders raced in Michigan's Paris-Roubaix type road race. Paul Martin wrote of this race back in 2011: "Cone Azalia is about as epic of a road race as you will find in the Midwest. Sure, it’s only 70 miles and pancake flat southeast Michigan, but when the race’s website says “anything you have that is carbon fiber on your road bike, if you can, LEAVE IT AT HOME! Seriously! It may BREAK!” you know you’re in for it. 28 miles of the 70 are dirt/gravel roads, littered with 6 inch deep potholes filled with water by morning rain. This turned the dirt into a wet cement like spray that coated your face, legs and drivetrain. Riding in the wind on the dirt was imperative, not only to avoid the mud spray off the back wheel of the guy in front of you but to steer around the huge potholes that constantly ejected water bottles and punctured tires."

Martin Veccio of Team Panther gives us the 2013 blow by blow:

Team Panther showed to Michigan’s version of Paris-Roubaix with a strong squad. The cross winds and the potholed dirt roads would certainly play a role in deciding the race. The winner would be a hard man. I flatted after only 7 miles. I hit a particularly square cornered pothole and pinch flatted. I had my rear wheel off already as the wheel truck slammed on the brakes. I tossed a new wheel in and and got rolling again, and was quickly paced back to the field. Probably the best wheel change of my life. ... More attacks went as the field was dwindling because of flats and a hard pace and no place to hide from the cross winds. A group of 4 riders went and were able to make a sustainable gap. Panther had only one rider in the break. Paul said “we need another ride up there, Martin, GO.” ... The Panther boys kept it aggressive leading into the finish, keeping the other teams on their toes and forcing them to chase. The remainder of the field sprinted and Panther was able to get four in the top 10, with Paul Martin in third. - Martin Vecchio

Men - Cat 1-2 - SENIOR (70.7 Miles)
	Place	Name	City, State	Team
	1	DAN KORIENEK	Grandville, MI	Leadout Racing
	2	SVEN BAUMANN	Lake Orion, MI	Wolverine Sports Club
	3	PAUL MARTIN	North Royalton, OH	Panther/Bakehouse