Lake Geneva, Sussex, West Branch
Coming around the final turn there were no problems, but the last straightaway gave its share of laughs and misery as it normally does. There were some blatant yellow-line violations (which I do not believe were enforced) as the field began to spread for the sprint. I was in the right lane, probably about two or three riders from the far right of the road. I recall that there was a rider to my left and a rider to my right just ahead of me. I was in between them, with my head at about the point where their saddles were. The rider to my left faded his line very hard to the right, forcing me into the rider next to me and my right shoulder and his left thigh collided. Incredibly, we did not go down (as I thought we were going to when it was happening), and the contact between the three of us caused us to sort of bounce off each other, and from there I opened up my sprint between them and took the win. It was very exciting to win, especially because I had lots of family present. I am also very thankful that we did not crash, as I also heard that there was a crash somewhere behind us where a guy got his bike run over by the moto. I feel very lucky for my results today, but I also know that my development as a rider has come from hard work and perseverance –and not to mention a healthy dose of learning how to ride and stay upright over these months of racing! To top things off, with the win today I was able to apply for and receive my Cat. 3 upgrade. I am so happy to have achieved one of my big goals for the season.
| Men - Elite Category 4/5 - 19-29 | |||||||||
| Place | Name | City, State | USAC # | Team | |||||
| 1 | Michael Fioretti | Schaumburg Il | 360847 | Brazen Dropouts Cycling Team | |||||
| 2 | David Ross | Hampshire, IL | 368066 | Bicycle Heaven | |||||
| 3 | Robert Berry (1 - Cat5) | Milwaukee, WI | 355424 | ||||||
| 4 | Matthew Stachelski | Milwaukee, WI | 287795 | Team Fond Du Lac/Oshkosh Cyclery | |||||
| 5 | Carlos Monzon (2 - Cat5) | Chicago, IL | 380443 | ||||||
| Men - Pro/Cat 1/2 - 19-29 | |||||||||
| Place | Name | City, State | USAC # | Team | |||||
| 1 | Eric Hill (1 - Cat2) | Pewaukee, WI | 334878 | Lakes Area Physical Therapy | |||||
| 2 | Chris Arndt (2 - Cat2) | Wauwatosa, WI | 219506 | Lakes Area Physical Therapy | |||||
| 3 | Brian Kaker (3 - Cat2) | Milwaukee, WI | 240194 | LAPT CC | |||||
| 4 | John Acker (1 - Cat1) | Sherwood, WI | 67867 | Team Wheel & Sprocket | |||||
| 5 | Sam Stone (4 - Cat2) | North Freedom, WI | 213424 | Lakes Area Physical Therapy | |||||
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| Women - Women Open - 19-29 | |||||||||
| Place | Name | City, State | USAC # | Team | |||||
| 1 | Andrea Pether | Lake Geneva, WI | 343188 | ISCorp Cycling Team | |||||
| 2 | ASHLEY JENSEN | Kenosha, WI | 304607 | ISCorp Cycling Team | |||||
| 3 | Kae Takeshita | Itasca, IL | 314568 | RACC pb GG | |||||
WISCONSIN: Sussex - Cafe Hollander Sussex Criterium - RESULTS PHOTOS - Some of you may know Cafe Hollander, but if you don't, here's the scoop. It is a bicycle racing themed Cafe on Milwaukee's east side that just happens to be smack dab in the middle of the finish area of the Downer Avenue Criterium, one of the biggest races in this part of the Midwest (If not the country, and no, the race is not located here because of the cafe, it's there because Otto Wentz's grocery store used to be across the street.). If you're in the area for Superweek or Tour of America's Dairyland, be sure to check it out. Once again, very little info coming out of this race, a typical office park criterium held on a 1 mile circuit that features a longish uphill finish. What little this press this race has generated this week has to be the most interesting. The Wanganui Chronicle of New Zealand published an article on Haley Giddens, one of their riders racing here this summer for the power house IS Corp cycling team. They write: The 23-year-old road racer left New Zealand in May to spend fourth months with the Wisconsin-based IS Corp Cycling squad.
"I'm absolutely loving it," said the former Wanganui High School student who led her team to a 1-2-3 finish in the Sussex Grand Prix Criterium at the weekend.
Giddens also claimed the King of the Mountains points category for best climber on the hilly course, and the victory followed her win by more than six minutes in a 48-kilometre road race in Baraboo two weeks ago.
Last week Giddens took part in two criteriums a day over the Saturday-Monday long Memorial Weekend, gaining five top 10 finishes.
Those finishes included a third place and saw her getting sprayed with champagne on the podium after what she rated as her best race so far in her Stateside sojourn.
| Women - Women Open - 19-29 | |||||||||
| Place | Name | City, State | USAC # | Team | |||||
| 1 | Hayley Giddens | Milwaukee, WI | 380901 | ISCorp Cycling Team | |||||
| 2 | ASHLEY JENSEN | Kenosha, WI | 304607 | ISCorp Cycling Team | |||||
| 3 | Jennifer Perricone | Fond Du Lac, WI | 258437 | ISCorp Cycling Team | |||||
| Men - Pro/Cat 1/2/3 - 19-29 | |||||||||
| Place | Name | City, State | USAC # | Team | |||||
| 1 | John Acker (1 - Cat1) | Sherwood, WI | 67867 | Team Wheel & Sprocket | |||||
| 2 | Robert White (2 - Cat1) | Brown Deer, WI | 197162 | RACC pb GG | |||||
| 3 | Jacob Mueller (3 - Cat1) | Fond Du Lac, WI | 248510 | Stan's NoTubes/AXA Equitable | |||||
| 4 | Eric Hill (1 - Cat2) | Pewaukee, WI | 334878 | Lakes Area Physical Therapy | |||||
| 5 | Maxwell Anderson (2 - Cat2) | Hartford, WI | 178840 | LAPT CC | |||||
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| Photo: Kolo t.c. |
Then the race report from Kolo t.c.
A gusting wind out of the west pushed riders with an extra miles per hour worth of breeze at the start line, though the real effect wouldn’t be felt until the racers completed 3/4 of a circuit. Rounding the corner to Engel Road, the wind slapped the peloton in every category hard and cruel. The run-in to Fairview, and the infamous finishing climb, is usually a quick and easy jaunt with a handful of rollers en route to the final showdown on the Mur. This year, it was a veritable wind tunnel.
All of the racers put in a long warm-up, taking an extra to map out the finish climb and test the gearing options. Perhaps the most difficult part of the race was the fast first forty minutes in a steady downpour. Cruising along a touch over 30 miles per hour with nearly as much rain coming up off tires as came down from overhead, the peloton was treacherous and tense. The rain relented to a sprinkle after a lap or so, but the roads were still soaked thoroughly for the rest of the race.
Saturday’s horrible weather knocked out more than a few riders, though the Pro class survived almost four hours of wind and rain without bowing out. The field was stacked, though with the noted absence of Alex Vanias, who was off racing somewhere else. The slack was picked up and pocketed by Alexey Vermeullen, Vanias’ Bissell ABG Nuvo teammate. ... Swen Baumann took the victory out of a two man breakaway with Alexy Vermeullen, three minutes ahead of the charging field. Mike Anderson, yes, that Mike Anderson took second in the field’s assault on the final climb, finishing just behind Matthew DeGiacomo.
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| Photo: Ogemaw Herald |
| Men - PRO/1/2 | |||||||||
| Place | Name | City, State | Time | USAC # | Team | ||||
| 1 | Alexey Vermeulen (1 - Cat2) | Pinckney, MI | 1:00:19.80 | 258681 | Bissell-ABG-NUVO/Indianapolis C | ||||
| 2 | Matthew DeGiacomo | 1:00:19.92 | 381288 | Garneau-Quebecor-Norton Rose | |||||
| 3 | Adam York (1 - Cat1) | Plymouth, MI | 1:01:37.73 | 210584 | Cleveland Clinic Sports Health | ||||
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