Mudhole Tuesday

ILLINOIS: Rantoul Patriot 'Cross RESULTS are posted and they had some where around 70 riders present for their first outing of the event.

INDIANA: Apple 'Cross RESULTS. I didn't realize this was a two day event. Noteworthy was the Pro 1/2 winner both days - Ryan Trebon. 

RIDER UPDATES:

Theresa Cliff-Ryan

Mathew Busche (Radio Shack) is scheduled to ride the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark next week. Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Cedar Springs, Mich./Colavita-Baci p/b Cooking Light) will be on the women's squad,  as junior national champion road champion, Alexey Vermeulen (Pinckney, Mich./Prochain) will be on the junior men's world championship team.

Bjorn Selander (Radio Shack) rode Paris - Brussels 219.1km/136mi on Saturday, September 10th, and finished 4th in the main peloton @ 13:00 . Many of the same team riders will race again on Sunday in France at the Grand Prix de Fourmies.

Cole House (RealCyclist) has wrapped up his successful road season with seven victories, one at Redlands pictured at left. Most recently, Cole has been tearing up the mountain bike trails, scoring a second place in this past weekend's Treadfest (WORS). Next up for him and many of the other roadie/'cross/MTBers is Chequamegon, the second stop in the "Triple Crown" of Midwest MTB racing.

Silent Sports Magazine gives us the head's up on the favorites for the win: "The Chequamegon 40 and Short & Fat courses will again use the same routes as last year.  With the wet summer, some of the traditional mud holes have filled up, but even so Crandall expects another possible record in the long race set at just under two hours and three minutes by Brian Matter in 2009.

Brian Matter will return to defend his 2010 title.  The Sheboygan, Wis. rider also won the Chequamegon 40 in 2004, and he was a member of the US World Championship cyclocross team in 2008.  He will be challenged by two-time champion Doug Swanson and three-time champion Steve Tilford from Topeka, Kan.  Garmin-Cervelo professional rider Christian Vande Velde will also be a factor.  He finished 17th in this year’s Tour de France, the seventh Tour he has finished in his long career. 

And expect a strong ride from Cole House, riding for Realcyclist.com, who was just nipped at the line by Matter in 2009. Tristan Schouten, who trailed Matter by just a few seconds last year in the race, is having a good year, leading WORS (Wisconsin Off-Road Series).

WISCONSIN: Joe Mercado of Hammond, IN has agreed to share with us some of his photos of racing back in the 1980's. I hope you'll enjoy looking at these as much as I do.The first is from a criterium in West Allis. I recognize the buildings, but don't remember this race. "Joe Mercado, (leading w/ purple and pink jersey, lol)  Jeff Boldt, Herb Miengast, Bob Mionske (hidden), and Richard McClung" Can anyone else help identify these riders? Richard McClung (Pizza Hut/Pepsi) takes the win at West Allis, Wi., over an unknown 7-11 rider in 1987.