Labor Day Monday

ILLINOIS: Harvard - Illinois State Time Trial RESULTS are in, and for the Pro 1/2 Men - Bryce Mead pipped Ryan Freund by a mere 0.02 seconds over the 30km course. That works out to be around 20 cm,  less than a half of a wheel, or much less time than it takes to blow your nose on the road. Do you want to blow your nose, or be the state champion?
More PHOTOS are presented by the North Branch Cycling Club.


1 Bryce Mead Sterling, IL 0:42:53.22 ABD Cycling Team
2 Ryan Freund Lake In The Hills, IL 0:42:53.24 ABD Cycle Club

MICHIGAN: Auburn Hills - Debaets Davos criterium. No news yet, but with an abundance of Cat. 5's that forced the opening of a second field, hopefully we'll get some news soon.  This race is in it's 47th year,so what's the history behind it? According to the Cadieux Bicycle Club web page, the race has Beglian roots originally named after Gerard Debaets, a Beglian racer who won the Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927, and later came to America to be very successful in the 6 day races, winning in New York 6 times, Chicago 4 times, and in Detroit twice. Later, when one of the founding organizers of the Debaets Race, Robert Davos, passed away, the name was changed to the Debaets Davos Criterium. (why is there a Wikipedia article on the Chicago Six Day races in French, but not English? There should be! - Ed.)

MISSOURI: St. Louis - The Gateway Cup. Touted as the "Most exciting 4 days of racing in St. Louis!" ... yet they can't send out a short press release naming the daily winners? 'Ya got a connection to the world in your pocket, but .... Anyway, VN reports that Eric Young (Bissel) took day 1 in the Tour de Lafayette (remember him? one of the winning Cutters in the Little 500 and the recently crowned US PRO Criterium Champion in Grand Rapids). VN then reports on day 2 that Isaac Howe (Kenda - 5 Hour Energy) won over Zack Davies (V Australia) and Cole House (RealCyclist.Com).

So, while we wait, let's ride along with Steve Tilford in last year's Gateway Cup. (hard crash @ 3:30, but then watch him breeze through the last corner)





Here's Rahsaan Bahati during his latest midwest race tour as he visits Chicago's Pony Shop.