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Getting the Win at Bazaar

Over the years, Iโ€™ve considered racing the Bazaar Road Race many times, and this year I finally decided to do it. The road race in the Flint Hills is just close enough to NWA to drive there, race, and drive home in one day. The 47-mile course is an out and back course oriented mainly… Continue reading Getting the Win at Bazaar

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Back to Racing at Johnson City

This past weekend, I made the long drive to East Tennessee for the Johnson City Omnium. One of the races I make sure to include in my calendar every year, it features a road race that finishes atop a major climb, a short TT and a crit. As usual, there were several strong riders at the… Continue reading Back to Racing at Johnson City

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Second Overall at the Land Ronde Omnium

This past weekend, Ben Gramling, and I headed over to Oklahoma City for two days of racing put on by the students on the OU collegiate cycling team. The weekend started with a road race and a time trial on Saturday and concluded with a criterium on Sunday afternoon. Road Race The road race was… Continue reading Second Overall at the Land Ronde Omnium

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Podium Finish at Hotter ‘n Hell

This year was my first time to make the trip down to Wichita Falls, Texas for Hotter โ€˜n Hell. The 80 mile road race is held in conjunction with the largest century ride in the country, bringing over ten thousand cyclists to the city for the weekend. ON the flat roads of North Texas, the… Continue reading Podium Finish at Hotter ‘n Hell

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Omnium win in the Hometown Race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2elL3_8TH0 The Rogers Cycling Festival took place this past weekend with a new omnium format featuring and Eddy Merckx time trial, the Brick Street Crit, and the Walnut Valley Road Race. After winning the time trial and then picking up a few points in the crit, I had a small lead in the omnium standings… Continue reading Omnium win in the Hometown Race

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Closing out the Tour of Lawrence with a Solo Win

The Tour of Lawrence is back and better than ever. The race featured three criteriums and an Eddy Merckx style individual time trial over the four-day Independence Day weekend. I had the Friday time trial and the hilly Sunday criterium circled as days that gave me the best opportunity for a result. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcokAYxrl8 After a… Continue reading Closing out the Tour of Lawrence with a Solo Win

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Killington Stage Race

This year, I would make my first ever visit to the state of Vermont on Memorial Day weekend for the Killington Stage Race. The race has road races on Saturday and Sunday before finishing with a time trial on Monday. I got to the race courseFriday evening and had a chance to pre-ride the Stage… Continue reading Killington Stage Race

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A Disappointing Joe Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bh_NBz6RDY For 42 years, Fayetteville has been home to the Joe Martin Stage Race, one of the toughest stage races in the country. The elite amateur cat 1/2 racers faced two challenging road race courses on Thursday and Friday before the Devilโ€™s Den time trial on Saturday and finally concluding with the downtown Fayetteville criterium… Continue reading A Disappointing Joe Martin

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Back on Top at Tall Chief

This past Sunday, the City Title Cycling team traveled to Tulsa for the #Fullgas Tall Chief Road Race. The course is one of my favorites to race on, and has rolling hills, a few short climbs, exposed crosswind sections, and a 300 meter climb of an 8% grade to the finish. The P/1/2 race featured 3 laps of the 20-mile course. It was… Continue reading Back on Top at Tall Chief