ILLINOIS: Elgin - Elgin Cycling Classic - RESULTS PHOTOS - A western suburb of Chicago, Elgin has a long history of bicycle racing, going way back to the '30s and beyond. From the Elgin - Chicago race that ran for 30 years, to the more contemporary Four Bridges of Elgin, the legacy continues with a new race put on by Team PSIMET as part of a two day omnium series. It was pretty much a day of locals racing, but considering the size of the city, the talent pool can be pretty deep. There were a few exceptions to that as well. They included Alex Bowden of Team Type 1 in the Pro 1/2 mix, Sven Stolz of Gothenburg, Sweden who took control of the 4's race, and Jeannie Kuhajek of Tazman, New Zealand who is here during her 'winter' to race here in the Midwest with the PSIMET Elite Women's Team. As part of a two day omnium, points were awarded on certain laps that would go towards the overall competition. This is the first 'points race' of any sort held on the road here in the Midwest in some time since Superweek stopped doing them some 20 years ago.
ILLINOIS: Fox River Grove - Fox River Grove Criterium - RESULTSPHOTOSOMNIUM Most certainly the toughest course on the Chicago area circuit these days, encircling the 70 meter Norge Ski Club's ski jump - the oldest operating ski jump in the United States - still going after 105 years. (There's a ski jump in Chicago??? - Yup!) This course is a brute with a relatively long climb reaching pitches of 15% followed by a fast twisty decent.
Alex Bowden of Team Type 1 took the win today, but fell short in the Pro Omnium which was taken by local rider Ryan Freund (Enzos). Kiwi Jeannie Kuhajek of Team PSIMET got her first win in the USA this 'winter' taking both the stage win and the omnium title.
MICHIGAN: Ada - West Michigan Stage Race - RESULTSPHOTOSPHOTOS The Second Annual West Michigan Stage was a two day, three stage event that awarded winners for individual stage performances as well as overall. This was a single event that was broken into 3 stages. Racers must complete the previous stage in order to advance to the next stage. Daily Peloton: The WMSR consisted of three events: a 7.2-mile time trial at Chief Hazy Cloud Park near Ada; a second stage on a 0.9-mile criterium on a closed-course at Kent Intermediate School District at Knapp Street and the East Beltline; and Sunday's final stage—a road race consisting of 30, 60 or 90 miles, depending on the rider’s racing category. Sunday’s road race began at the Flat River Grill in Lowell. The event offered $8,000 cash awards.
Piecing the action together from the results posted - Team Bissel was the team to beat in the Pro 1/2 with Alex Vanias taking the TT win in 14:40 and Nathanial Willams second in 14:50. However, in the criterium, Team Bissel got skunked placing no better than 8th with Chicago racer Liam Donahue (XXX Racing) taking the win along with a 10 second prime and the 30 second bonus for the win. Despite Nathanial Williams placing a distant 17th, he did pick up a 20 second bonus which, in the overall, turned out to be the winning move. In the 90 mile road race, none of the top 3 place any better than 23rd, Donahue had Willams marked and lost less than a second to him in the field sprint, but in the end Williams topped Donahue by 6 seconds overall.
WISCONSIN: Kenosha - PHOTOS - Tuesday was the second day of competition in the 2012 track season at the Washington Park Velodrome in Kenosha. A fair turnout of racers populated all categories. The main event was a Pro 1/2/3 (men and women) 65 lap scratch race. Pro rider Chad Hartley (Kenda / 5 Hour Energy) gave the rest a lesson in speed work by lapping everyone else at least once and easily took the win.
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