Giro Della Saturday

Missouri: St. Louis - Giro Della Montagna. HEY! We finally got some good photos from the Gateway Cup. Too bad this isn't a shot of Brad Huff, but one day Nate Labecki (IS Corp) could very well be riding like him. Here's Nate during his sweet post-up in the Cat. 3 race on Sunday. Photo by "themiwas"






HOLLAND: Papendrecht - 2011 Ladies Holland Tour - Today's stage 4 was 128km in this UCI 2.1 stage race in southern Holland. Samantha Schneider (Tibco) of Wisconsin crashed today, but finished a solid 71st place. Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) was a DNF..


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SPAIN: Madrid - Vuelta a Espana - Mathew Busche (Radio Shack) from Wisconsin finished the second to last day in 160th place, at the tail end of the last laughing group.  Looks like a shoe-in to finish his first grand tour.

ILLINOIS: Wauconda - Preparations are under way for the 2012 season as this article in Chicago's Daily Herald indicates.
"Schuler and Ochowicz are looking at several communities in Illinois for an annual race, Kraniak said. They’ve never run a race in this state.
Ochowicz, a co-founder of the Dairyland series, believes Wauconda would make a good setting for a race because the roadways have some elevation and the town has some interesting architecture. The downtown area’s proximity to Bangs Lake also is a draw, he said. “We could create a really cool venue there,” said Ochowicz, of Pewaukee, Wis."  The race would be held, perhaps in late July.