Tour of Galena

Hogan Sills by Sammy's Racing

ILLINOIS: Galena - RESULTS PHOTOS - From Sammy's Elite Racing blog: "

With help from team mates Dustin Morici, Axel Voitik, and Eric Blankinship Hogan Sills brought home the overall win at the TOG this weekend. Hogan was up against some very stiff competition including Liam Donoghue (Natural Grocers Cycling Team) and Anthony Olson (St Paul Bicycle Racing Club/Mitsubishi Laser/Grand Performance)  

Hogan's consistent results on Friday and Saturday placed him in second going into the final Sunday crit. Hogan sealed the deal by winning the bunch sprint taking 2nd in the crit and moving up to the top spot in the omnium competition."

Check out the entire race report, blow by blow!

"I was not feeling very confident heading into the road race. Something about riding for 89-miles, including over 6,500 feet of climbing, after burning my legs up in two races, did not sound pleasurable. The previous year I bonked during the road race, after racing hard the previous day, getting dropped by the main field. This year I was focused on recovery and proper eating between and during races. Fortunately for me, my nutritionist (my girlfriend) was kind enough to tell me exactly what to eat and when to eat it. This was a huge help when all your blood is flowing to your legs and not your head.

Our leader after day 1 was Hogan, sitting in 3rd overall. Our backup plan was Axel, sitting in 6th. I was in 9th. We like multiples of 3....

Hogan seemed unsure of his chances for moving up the standings after cramping up near the end of day 1’s circuit race. Liam, the races current leader was also proving a tough nut to crack. He had placed 1st in the circuit race and 1st in the time trial. ,,,,,,,, "

Men - Pro/Cat 1/2
	Place		Name	City, State
	1		Hogan Sills (1 - Cat2)	West Lafayette, IN	85 points
	2		Liam Donoghue	Glen Ellyn Il	76 points
	3		Anthony Olson	Kasota, MN	74 points
	4		Matthew Zimmer (2 - Cat2)	De Witt, IA	70 points
	5		Nicholas Ramirez	Normal, IL	61 points
	6		David Paquette (3 - Cat2)	Decorah, IA	56 points
	7		chris yotter (4 - Cat2)	Saint Paul, MN	49 points
	8		Dustin Morici (5 - Cat2)	Saint Charles, IL	43 points
	9		Brian Ellison (6 - Cat2)	Chicago Heights, IL	42 points
	10		Christopher Curran (7 - Cat2)	Normal, IL	36 points

Photo by Aaron Delabre

Jeannie Kuhajek shares her thoughts on the race and her overall victory:

"The Tour started on Friday afternoon with undoubtedly the most challenging stage, a 30 mi (48 km) circuit race – four laps of a 7 mi circuit that was either up or down, including a significant climb with a grueling two-part 15% section and semi-technical descent. By lap three the hill had whittled the bunch to just three riders. The final climb up the ‘wall’ I tuned off the signal from my body to stop pedaling and fall over on the spot and pushed hard against the gradient. Carrying an advantage at the top of the climb, I was able to extend the gap over the final 6 km to finish clear. Win number one.  "

Women - Pro/Cat 1/2/3 Place  Name City, State 1 Jeannie Kuhajek (1 - Cat2)    Crystal Lake, IL 118 points  2 Lisa Johns (1 - Cat3)    Madison, WI 77 points  3 Cady Chintis (2 - Cat2)    Chicago, IL 73 points  4 Daphne Karagianis (2 - Cat3)    Chicago, IL 5 Arrietta Clauss (3 - Cat3)    Madison, WI 54 points  6 Amanda Mack (4 - Cat3)    Madison, WI 53 points  7 Ellen Ryan (5 - Cat3)    Chicago, IL 51 points  8 Jannette Rho (3 - Cat2)    Chicago, IL 40 points  9 cathy frampton (4 - Cat2)    La Grange, IL 31 points  10 Leah Sanda (5 - Cat2)    Western Springs, IL 9 points

Check out Team Ultimate Pro Bikes for a great recap of the Cat. 4/5 overall race!