DENMARK: Copenhagen - World Professional Road Race Champs - Wisconsin's Mathew Busche (Radio Shack)
reflects on his first time at Worlds where he feels he didn't contribute much and looks forward to the rest of the season.
"I'm traveling home from Copenhagen, and I have to be honest by saying I
am less than satisfied. I don't know what my expectations might have
been going into the race, but leaving here knowing I did nothing for my
team is a horrible feeling."
WISCONSIN: Madison - Planet Bike Cup - Sheboygan's Tristan Schouten (CyclocrossRacing.Com)
writes about his Planet Bike Cup race and his travels for his team out west to Star Crossed.
"I knew 500ft into the race on day 1 that I didn't have it and
despite giving it everything I couldn't go harder than 70% it felt like.
I lost ground the whole race, couldn't ride with anyone and felt off
balance in every corner. It was ugly and very frustrating as I was
hoping to ride a bit better on the home course. Sunday came and so did
the wind, rain, thunder, lighting, and hail. By the time we raced at 4pm the course was well beyond destroyed with a 2-3" layer of mud and slippery slimmy corners."
Also from Sheboygan (sort of an east/west Sheboygan County thing), Brian Matter (Gear Grinder) writes in his blog "
Jumping Head First into The Mud" about his Planet Bike Cup experience and gives us a blow by blow recap of the race:
"It was a super hard mental transition going from Chequamegon to lining
up behind Bart Wellens 6 days later. I had really only been on my cross
bike 2 times off-road, I didn't get to do any local races beforehand,
and I didn't really know how I was going to perform."
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| photo @ D Marchewka photography | |
Kaitie Antonneau warms up.
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| Todd Prekaski’s Photo |
INDIANA: Indianapolis -
Bloomington Velonews gives us a great wrapup of the double header of 'cross racing in that part of the Midwest, the Indy CX weekend.
"The OVCX series rolled on this weekend with tw
o races in Indianapolis.
Saturday's race at Brookside Park featured a slightly slick "power
course" with multiple road sections and three dismount points per lap:
the famous old stone stairs, a fallen tree, and of course, the regular
barrier section. The light rain that spit on and off throughout the day
on Saturday started up in earnest in the evening and fell steadily
through the day on Sunday. This turned what would have been a pretty
flat and straightforward course at Fort Harrison State Park into an epic
mudfest for the afternoon races." It's a great read, check it out.
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