2012 Hillsboro-Roubaix, Great Dane #1

Hillsboro-Roubaix 2010

 ILLINOIS: Hillsboro - Hillsboro-Roubaix - RESULTS - Maybe it's living in the big city, or something else, but there is something about crummy roads that Illinois racers just can't get enough of.  Their spring classic race in Hillsboro offers high crowned streets paved with cobbles, followed by wind swept country lanes that gets area riders all excited every spring. Then add rain into the mix?  For example, take this great race report written by Jake Buescher (XXX), 3rd in the men's category 3 race as he writes for their team blog:

 "Waking up to a forecast of rain the entire day oddly made me happy.  I’d raced in rain before at races like Snake Alley and Tour de Grove and it was scary.  I did not feel confident cornering or descending.  So, your guess is as good as mine as to why I was creepily smiling on the hour-long drive through a drizzle from Springfield to Hillsboro.  Maybe it was the idea that this was “classics weather”.  Not only was I going to be racing on the crummiest roads in Central Illinois, but also I got to do it while soaked to the bone the entire time!  There’s really no way of rationalizing a jubilant attitude like this going into it…"

Bissel - Nuvo swept the podium in the Men's Pro 1/2 race, and for the cat 2 women ... ??? ... who knows, they aren't listed in the results. Maybe there weren't any?

Men's Pro 1/2Mac
1. Mac Brennan
2. Alex Wieseler
3.Weston Luzadder




WISCONSIN: Madison - GDVC #1 - RESULTS - Racing continued in Wisconsin on Sunday in Madison with the first of the annual double header sponsored by the Great Dane Velo Club. The same course is used on both days, but with the riding direction reversed. No pix or video from this day, not surprising since the weather was pretty raw.

Holly Mathews (IS Corp) (2011 Wisconsin State Criterium Champion) took her first win of the year in the Women's 1/2 as did perennial Men's Pro 1/2 favorite Steve Scholzen (IS Corp)..

Their team, IS Corp, has a nice wrap up over on their blog, of the women's race:

With three laps to go, the wind picked up, and it started raining, but Andrea was feeling strong and bridged back up to Holly and the Kenda rider.  She continued her fast pace and rode right by them, and continued with her lead until the last lap.  Holly stayed with the Kenda rider until the last corner, then launched a massive attack to drop the Kenda rider and sprint past Andrea for the win.  Andrea hung on for second place, and Jenn came in 4^th.  Lindsey played it smart in the field while her teammates were up the road and sat in, refusing to do any work.  She timed the field sprint well, placing 2^nd in the field and 6^th overall.