All week the forecast for Traverse City was cold and rainy. Come Saturday morning the weatherman was perfect, as it was in the high 50’s with lots of precipitation. The course was great, but the weather was going to be the biggest factor. There was a stretch of road that was bricks and looked to [...]
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Cherry-Roubaix Old Town Crit Masters 35+ & Cat. 3
Posted: 2nd September 2009 by Leadout Racing in Race NewsTags: Crit, Dan K, Race, Race report, Racing, Results
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Tour de Gaslight Crit Masters 35+ and Cat. 3
Posted: 25th August 2009 by Leadout Racing in Race NewsTags: Cat. 3, Crit, Dan K, Race, Race report, Racing, Results
I had registered for both races and wanted to focus on the masters race and just help out in the Cat 3. The masters race went as planned as Dan S. and Jimmy made constant attacks for the first part of the race. I take a little longer to warm up and didn’t [...]
Meijer Grand Cycling Classic – in pictures
Posted: 11th August 2009 by Leadout Racing in Race NewsTags: Dan S., Race Photos
I’ll let Geoff tell his story from inside the peloton but from the sidelines it looked really hard. With $2K on the line for the win, and guys like Bissell Pro Tom Zirbel lining up. The pace was going to be anything but slow. Trial by fire for Geoff’s 2nd race as a Cat. 2
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Chicago Criterium – Cat 3
Posted: 28th July 2009 by Leadout Racing in Race NewsTags: Cat. 3, Chicago Criterium
The Cat 3 race was a lot of fun. Peter, Mark, Nick, Mike, Geoff, and I all discussed our plan before the race. Naturally, our plan didn’t work worth a crap.
At any rate, I wanted to stay near the front, because passing was somewhat difficult, turns 2 and 3 are tight enough that [...]
We were told by weather.com that we had a 0% chance of showers, but driving down we realized that we might not be so lucky as we encountered some sprinkles.
We arrived in Racine and parked on the lake, the course was a pretty fun 8 – corner criterium, it had a very mild climb also. [...]