End of week post

Elk Horn wrap up. road stage 1, 1st Aaron, Kirk 3rd
Time trail. Aaron 2nd
Crit, Brad 2nd
Road Race, Kirk 1st, Aaron 2nd

Brad was nice enough to give me a report on the weedend's racing.

Elkhorn was a good weekend racing for the team, we went there with a few
differnt goals and in the end we got most of them, we picked some good stage
wins and the overall GC, we all rode well as a team helping each other to
get the result they wanted, and each result we got was set up by another
team member, the last stage was good for us as we wnted danger in the EB and
it took a while to go but he was in there and was the strongest in there by
far as they hit the climb he attacked from the bottom and got caught by the
small group left in the bunch with 1 k to go, but we still got 1st and 2nd
but would ob been good if he got the win for 160k out in the front, but we
all drove home happy and tired.

Tuesday. Brad and Dougy spent the day off the front at pir. Brad just got Doug at the line for the w. Not that it matters much but I am sure both of them had done some riding earlier in the day. Brad finished up 190K day. Check out Dougy's stat's on the day.Thanks for tracking that down K.

Wednesday. at this point I kind of feel bad for Dougy. Aaron just barely nipped him at the line for the win. I think that secures the series for him too.

Friday. Dean rides a 10.6 in C-Springs. and is apparently missing some of portland's finest.

Kirk gets 2nd at Fitchburg. and is 12th on gc at the moment. With out any one dominat team (VMG is there with 12 riders) it should be a crap shoot for tomorrow's 100+ hilly day.

Elkhorn 1 and Thursday track

Day one of elkhorn went ok. if 1st and 3rd is ok. ANT got angry as usual and won, kirk ended up taking the field. I would assume that Danger and brad had something to do with the whole thing.

Thursday didn't go so hot. Norrene and I got spanked in the madison. I have a long way to go! Norrene rode the womens race and remembered what it was like to spin. Then I rode the big boy points race. It didn't go so good. I got dropped on the first sprint then as I was getting in back into the field Casey and Zak ran into each other. Zak, only being 110 lb, ended up loosing the battle and went down with 2 others. He is broken now so that sucks big time.

More on elkhorn later.

Tabor 6-23

Wednsday Mt Tabor is a good afternoon hit out for us with us all doing 3-4
hrs in the morning and then go out there and have a race, we started with 4
guys, covering most of the early moves, it was raced very aggresive and fast
which is always fun, the race started to spilt early with guys getting spat,
Kirk managed to get the cash prime which was good and i also got a prime for
some great Bontrager handlebars, there wre a few attacks that came late in
the race with only a handfull left in the bunch but most riders wanted a
bunch sprint, so coming in to get the bell big dougie attacked with one lap
to go, he opened up a nice liitle lead, and on the back straight he was away
with one other guy, with aaron trying to jump across guys just wanted to sit
on him, so i did a nice turn with him and kirk on my wheel and caught the 2
front guys and aaron with his super sprint the win easy,, so aaron got up
for the win which is always good, even tho its only a club race its good to
turn up and try things, a good days training for all four of us leading into
Elkhorn..

Brad

This just in! exclusive interview with Vancouver Chocolate eating Champion.

DC
So ANT, tell me about the event.

ANT.
i just won the annual monday afternoon chocolate eating contest,, there was one contestent so i had to go deep to beat him, but i came out on top...the race went well i started hard, then refrained for a little then attacked again late in the race to set my self up for the finish.

DC
Some find this an unexpected result for you. Any comments to them?



ANT.
editor note. After such an amazing effort on ANT's behalf, he has not supprisingly fallen asleep. More to come later.

Mt Tabor

Tessa curl beat Darien Curl in the tricycle race early in the morning and set the good juju in motion. Keep an eye on that one! Chauncey gave it a go in the SS race but came up short when he had some mechanical issues. Apparently the selected gear was too big for the engine on that day. Next it was Norrene’s try in the women’s race. I think we are going to be looking for a new mechanic because Norrene had the same problem as Chauncey…. A few more hard rides like that will get them both up to speed soon enough.

There was a very good field in the pro 1-2 race this time. In attendance was overall favored Shannon Skeret, which is amazing because he just received his 10 anniversary card from AARP! Also in attendance was Doug O., Evan Elken, and The Chad + the rest of Oregon’s finest.

The race started with ANT going blocks and staying away for the first 6 or so laps. Doug ended up chasing him down and going it alone for a lap or two as well. Then it all came together for a bit and Danger
tried his hand, getting away in a small group for a few laps. With about 10 to go the stink hit the fan and Doug, Chad, Evan, Shannon, and ANT all having a go at it. In the end it was Shannon, Luke Pennington, and Kirk getting away with about 5 to go. Shannon should have had some Endurolytes from Hammer because he was suffering from the hammie cramps. With 3 to go Luke dropped off the pace some which left Kirk at the front by him self. All the heavy hitters tried and failed to bring him back. Even got away to try to bridge but with 1 to go Kirk still had a 30+ second gap.

Here are the results of the day.
Place Number NAME TEAM

1 185 Carlsen Kirk Team Rubicon
2 151 Elken Evan Jittery Joe's
3 611 Stevens Roger Nike
4 101 Hosmer Seth CMG Racing/Alpine Mortgage
5 1302 King Joe Hagens Berman
6 917 Rathe Jacob Beaverton Bicycle Racing/Bike N Hike
7 106 Skerritt Shannon Bike Gallery
8 196 Tuckerman Aaron Team Rubicon
9 53 Keooh Quinn CMG Racing/Alpine Mortgage
10 885 Blackwelder Mark Gentle Lovers
11 884 Hamilton Chris Casa Bruno - Adidas
12 1336 Reeb Donald CMG Racing/Alpine Mortgage
13 172 Blindert Yann Bike Gallery - Trek
14 1772 Forbes Brian Ride Clean
15 148 Holland Steven R Finnegan's Toys/Discover
Chiropractic
16 178 Quirk Dan Veloce/Felt
17 802 Sander Aaron Half Fast Velo
18 127 Roberts Carl First Rate Mortgage
19 191 Sampson Jesse Veloce/Felt
20 128 Braun Mathew Team S&M/SCR
21 119 Walsh Mick First Rate Mortgage
22 146 Bannink Jeff TBD
23 169 Rigg Rob Bike Gallery
24 132 Ollerenshaw Doug Health Net/Maxxis
25 892 Hartley Chad BMC
26 837 Groblewski Pete Garage
27 1906 Marzullo Patrick Guinness Cycling
28 887 Schwaeber Steve Veloce/Felt
29 896 Heaberlin Cliff River City Bicycles
30 850 Pennington Luke Team S&M
31 813 Collura Sal First Rate Mortgage
32 352 Haverty Chris Bridgetown Velo Cycling
33 774 Powell Scott Nike Cycling
34 852 Rosenberg Michael Hutch's / OIC

Oh, and this guy was there with his funny helmet cam.

All in all, it was a good day. We sold some coffee, won some bike races, and thanks to the Tracy’s all had full bellies.


Up next Wednesday Tabor and Elk Horn

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