We had another strong showing this past weekend with racers contesting both the Blue Sky Velo Cup in Longmont and the Excel Sports Monarch High Cross in Louisville. Here are the results and reports.
Weekend Cyclocross – Blue Sky Velo Cup & Excel Sports Monarch High Cross
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Tagged Blue Sky Velo Cup, Cyclocross, Monarch High Cross, Xilinx
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The New Belgium Cup
Over the weekend we had several riders out racing in the cold and mud in Ft. Collins at the second stop of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross. Here are the results and reports. Continue reading
Frisco Cross
Kirk Groves and Ciro Zarate both took part in Frisco Cross over the weekend. Kirk raced Saturday and Ciro was out there Saturday and Sunday. Kirk overcame a little bit of an “off” day to place 32nd in the SM4 race. Ciro raced strong to place 8th in the SM3 race on Saturday and took the win on Sunday! Here’s what Kirk had to say about his race.
Ever have one of those days where things are just off? Well yesterday at Frisco CX was one of those days for me.
I arrived early so the kids could play around on their bikes at the new Frisco Bike Park. So far, so good. I registered several hours early and got a low number for the SM4s at 3:05, I’m on a roll! As I was gearing up to do some practice laps I noticed that I apparently I left my kit at home – a sign of things to come. I rushed to the Pearl Izumi store in Silverthorne to buy some cheap shorts and I rode in a t-shirt.
Sunday training ride Doubleheader!
Game (ride) 1: Cross Technique Practice. Meet at Keith Holart Park in Louisville at 9:00 am. We’ll work on barrier technique, starts, and 10 second efforts for about an hour.
Re-fuel: From the park we’ll head to Big Daddy’s bagels in Lafayette for a snack and some coffee. We’ll be there from about 10:15-10:50.
Game (ride) 2: Dirty Bismark ride. Meet at the shop at 11:00. We’ll ride the Dirty Bismark loop at a easy/moderate pace. Bring a cross or mtn bike, should take about 2 hours. I’d recommend a little higher pressure than normal in a clincher cross tire as the trail has some nice square edge hits.
Come for the whole event or any part and please invite anyone.
Keith Holart Park at 9 am
Big Daddy’s Bagels at 10:15
Foxtrot Wheel and Edge at 11:00
Mountain Bike Marathon Nationals
Our own Robert Stanley, 2010 50-59 Open Mountain Bike Marathon National Champion, recently traveled to Bend, Oregon to defend his title. Here is his report.
It was great to get the first call up spot for the mountain bike marathon national championship on a cool crisp day in Bend, OR.
The 5 miles of pavement was easy until the last 1/2 mile before the singletrack when a failed attack produced a second one and I found myself about 5th going into the singletrack. I almost missed a turn and ended up on the ground and out of contact with the leaders. When we started climbing on the singletrack I started to pass racers and was soon in contact with a group of 4 racers and in 7th place.
Foxtrot at Xilinx
We had a good showing at Xilinx with Brad, Jon, Kirk, Dave, Ryan and Paul out there throwing down in the dust on Saturday. Here are the reports.
Paul Wins in Steamboat!
Paul Shumate represented the Cat. 3 team over Labor Day weekend at the Steamboat Stage Race and won the criterium on the last day.
His race report from that day consisted of “I won today with authority out of the bunch sprint (and made sure to celebrate after I crossed the line)! More later…”. Luckily he was a little more descriptive for the other races. Here’s his account of the first three stages.
Prologue
Aero helmet, check. Skinsuit, check. Loaner TT bike, check. Ciro and I started off by pre-riding the course. It was advertised as 6.5 miles, but everybody said it was actually 7 miles. Pretty straight forward, non technical course which included one right hand turn, a couple of nice kickers, a nice long section in the middle with really bumpy pavement, and a long false flat straight heading into the finish.
