The Wednesday Heap

Just a heap of stuff on various topics from various sources.

Peloton Star was at the Kenosha Velodrome Tuesday enjoying the second night of racing in the 2010 season. There was a fairly good turnout of both racers and spectators on this last 'training' night. Starting next week, they race for money.



Events during the evening included 3 lap sprints, unknown distance, and the featured 50 lap points race. The unknown distance was just that, ranging from a very short 2 lap, Cat 3 race which caught half the field napping, to a rather drawn out Cat. 1/2 event of perhaps a dozen laps where Alex Wieseler (Nova/IS Corp) went out solo from the gun, only to be caught just as the bell rang. His efforts were vindicated in the final event however, the 50 lap Cat. 1/2/3 points race where they sprint every 5 laps, with double points being awarded on the half way and final sprints. Wieseler escaped with two other riders early on and they held a half lap lead over the rest of the 20 or so riders. Perhaps gassed after a full night's racing, he sat up just before the final, double point's sprint, yet still won the event by a single point! (unofficially) Well done. 
Here's the finish line video from Urbana's Cat. 3 race. It was very close.

WiSport had their uphill L'Alp Bl'Huez Time Trial ascending BlueMound, the highest point in Southern Wisconsin with gradients up to 20% in places. Here's the video from Team Big Ring Flyers.