What a Great Weekend!

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So many people to thank:
Sponsors (look right!)
BBBQ Planning Committee
Music and Food Organizers! GREAT Music BTW!
ALL VOLUNTEERS!
Spouses!
Sheffield Volunteers!!! Thanks Kathy, Larry and CSU!
Mark Guthart and Erin Hawley - Best USA Cycling Ref's around!
City of Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County,
Hancock County and Franklin County!
The Weather!

... And all the Bike Racers!!!

Thanks for coming and we'll see you all next year!

Results: Clear Lake Bicycle, Blues and BBQ Criterium

Clear Lake Bicycle, Blues and BBQ
Criterium
July 11, 2009

Cat1/2/3 Men
1 Lane Anderson All 9 Yards
2 Sean Walker Bikes 2 You
3 Bryan Moritz Bikes 2 You
4 Paul Deninger Zoom
5 Brandon Krawczyk Speedfix
6 Lee Venteicher Bikes 2 You
7 Jared Osterloh Bike World
8 Tim Campbell Bikes 2 You
9 Tracy Thompson Bikes 2 You
10 Ryan French All 9 Yards
11 Adam Price Mercy Specialized
12 Jerome Rewerts All 9 Yards
13 Chad Bishop Harper's Cycling
14 Dave Lippold All 9 Yards
15 Will Greenwood World of Bikes
16 Lou Waugaman Rasmussen
997 Scott Robinson All 9 Yards
997 Steven Robinson All 9 Yards
997 Derek Cassaday DICE
997 Andy Cornelison All 9 Yards
997 Finn Kolsrud Bikes 2 You
997 Carson Christen HBA Cycling

Cat 3/4 Men
1 Brandon Krawczyk Speedfix
2 Derek Cassaday DICE
3 Kris Kunze Rasmussen
4 Garrett Ping RVCC / Brones
5 Jerome Rewerts All 9 Yards
6 Carson Christen HBA Racing
7 Daniel Galles Colorbiotics
8 Steven Robinson All 9 Yards
9 Rich Wince Rasmussen
10 Peter Basso Rasmussen
11 Ryan French All 9 Yards
12 Chad Bishop Harper's Cycling
13 Doug Klahsen All 9 Yards
14 Shawn Loomis Colorbiotics
16 Todd Juhlin Powerade / Ind Fab
17 Nicholas Campbell Bikes 2 You
18 Jacob Kuperman University of Iowa
19 Craig Priebe
20 Gavin Huseboe Colorbiotics
996 Scott Robinson All 9 Yards
996 Justin Schnee
996 Steve Reynolds All 9 Yards
997 Bob Greigg Powerade / Ind Fab
997 Rich Bergstrom Gopher Wheelmen
997 Chris Reed HBA Racing
997 Grant Headley University of Iowa
997 Andrew Bantz University of Iowa

Cat 4 Men
1 Rick Noyes ICCC
2 Tim Putnam NI Spin
3 Travis Jass MOB Racing
4 Evan Peterson NI Spin
5 Nicholas Campbell Bikes 2 You
6 Andy Johnson NI Spin
7 Gavin Huseboe Colorbiotics
8 Ben Acree MOB Racing
9 Carl Buchanan Rasmussens
10 Eric Knox MOB Racing
11 Richard Fliehr RVCC Brones
12 Mike Johnson Bike Tech
13 Lee Current Iowa Orthopedic
14 Daniel Davis DMOS / RDMB
15 Brent Hansen Colorbiotics
16 Todd Her…??? DMOS / RDMB
997 Steve Reynolds All 9 Yards
997 David Parrott ICCC
997 Andrew Bantz University of Iowa
997 Grant Headley University of Iowa
997 Jacob Kuperman University of Iowa

Cat 5 Men
1 Johnathon Meyer DMOS / RDMB
2 Nathan Hicks DMOS / RDMB
3 John Johnson NI Spin
4 Scott Wilson World of Bikes
5 Dan Jennings
6 David Nelson
7 Edward Parks World of Bikes
8 Kevin Westman HBA
999 Don Maschka NI Spin
999 Steve Bailey
999 Scott Peitz

Master Men 40-49
1 Scott Wall CICC / Colorbiotics
2 Tracy Thompson Bikes 2 You
3 Shawn Loomis Colorbiotics
4 Dave Lippold All 9 Yards
5 Steve Lauber Colorbiotics
6 Scott Robinson All 9 Yards
7 Bob Greigg Powerade / Ind Fab

Master Men 50-99
1 Dan Shaffer ICCC
2 Randy Jones CICC / Colorbiotics
3 Dave Delperdang NI Spin
4 Wayne Fett ICCC
5 Richard Gilmore Bike Tech
6 William Marshall Iowa City Cycling
996 Kim West All 9 Yards
997 James Meyer Iowa City Cycling

Cat1/2/3/4 Women Open
1 Keely Shannon Punk Rock Cycling
2 Jenn Perricone IS Corp
3 Anne Meyer BH USA
4 Kelli Mente Punk Rock Cycling

Cat 4 Women
1 Sara Brock Punk Rock
2 Dee Mable All 9 Yards
3 Emily Schaapveld Punk Rock
4 Cassandra Kessler Team Skin
5 Kim Hopkins All 9 Yards
6 JoAnn Schmidt All 9 Yards
7 Heather Myer-Davis Punk Rock
8 Paige Behowske
9 Erin Hawley DICE

Results: Clear Lake Bicycle Blues and BBQ Road Race

Clear Lake Bicycle, Blues and BBQ

Road Race

July 12, 2009

Cat1/2 Men

1 Lou Waugaman Rasmussen

2 Jeff Barnes Iowa City Cycling

3 Finn Kolsrud Bikes 2 You

4 Sean Walker Bikes 2 You

5 Paul Deninger Zoom

6 Tracy Thompson Bikes 2 You

7 Adam Price Mercy Specialized

8 Bryan Moritz Bikes 2 You

9 Will Greenwood Bikes 2 You

10 Tim Campbell Bikes 2 You

11 Lane Anderson All 9 Yards

12 Dave Lippold All 9 Yards

13 Lee Venteicher Bikes 2 You

14 Jared Osterloh Bike World

(See end for results 1/2/3)

Cat 3 Men

1 Rich Wince Rasmussen

2 Carson Christen HBA Cycling

3 Jerome Rewerts All 9 Yards

4 Garrett Ping RVCC / Brones

5 Kris Kunze Rasmussen

6 Steven Robinson All 9 Yards

7 Daniel Galles Colorbiotics

8 Justin Schnee CICC

9 Brent Mitchell Rasmussen

10 Ryan French All 9 Yards

11 Chad Briggs The Bike Surgeon

12 Chad Bishop Harper's Cycling

13 Peter Basso Rasmussen

14 Scott Robinson All 9 Yards

15 Derek Cassaday DICE

999 Doug Klahsen All 9 Yards

Cat 4 Men

1 Gavin Huseboe Colorbiotics

2 Andrew Bantz University of Iowa

3 Tony Muse Rasmussens

4 Eric Knox MOB Racing

5 Grant Headley University of Iowa

6 Marcklin Schelburg HBA Racing

7 Mike Johnson Bike Tech

8 Ben Acree MOB Racing

9 Rick Noyes ICCC

10 Dustin Mars Rasmussens

11 Carl Buchanan Rasmussens

12 Jason Alread Rasmussens

13 David Hammer DMOS / RDMB

14 Evan Peterson North Iowa Spin

15 Daniel Davis DMOS / RDMB

16 Chad Mason Rasmussens

17 Daniel Swenson HBA Racing

18 Tim Putnam North Iowa Spin

19 Richard Fliehr RVCC Brones

20 Lee Current Iowa Orthopedic

21 Ryan Wilcox DMOS / RDMB

22 Nicholas Campbell Bikes 2 You

23 Travis Jass MOB Racing

24 Tony Nelson North Iowa Spin

996 Steve Reynolds All 9 Yards

996 Gregory Schultz Swiss American

999 Andy Johnson North Iowa Spin

999 Jacob Kuperman University of Iowa

Cat 5 Men

1 Jonathon Meyer DMOS / RDMB

2 Edward Parks World of Bikes

3 Nathan Hicks DMOS / RDMB

4 Todd Reichenberger

5 Scott Wilson World of Bikes

6 Don Maschka North Iowa Spin

8 Craig Outcalt

9 Scott Peitz

10 Robin Bennett Bennett's B & F

11 John Johnson North Iowa Spin

12 Kevin Westman HBA

13 Ron Vos Colorbiotics

14 Curt Krieger

15 Brian Thurow River Valley Cycling

16 Grigory Pankrukhin DMOS / RDMB

17 James Thacker DMOS / RDMB

18 Jin-Ter Lim DMOS / RDMB

19 Charles Landau

20 Taylor Patterson

21 Jonathon Hudson

22 Steven Cunningham DMOS / RDMB

23 Grant Johnson

24 Michael Hummel North Iowa Spin

25 Cale Parsons

26 Tim Newman

27 Scott Holtz

Master Men 40-49

1 Shawn Loomis CICC / Colorbiotics

2 Scott Wall CICC / Colorbiotics

3 Neil Schaben Powerade / Ind Fab

4 Russell Seaton DMOS

Master Men 50-59

1 Dan Shaffer ICCC

2 Kim West All 9 Yards

3 James Hopson Iowa City Cycling

4 Randy Jones CICC / Colorbiotics

5 Dave Delperdang NI Spin

6 Dale Blakestad NI Spin

7 Wayne Fett ICCC

8 William Marshall Iowa City Cycling

9 Richard Gilmore Bike Tech

10 Paul Buchanan Bike Tech

Master Men 60+

1 Paul Black DMOS

Cat1/2/3 Women

1 Anne Meyer

2 Jenn Perricone IS Corp

3 Kelli Mente Punk Rock Cycling

4 Keely Shannon Punk Rock Cycling

Cat 4 Women

1 Ana Nelson Punk Rock Cycling

2 Cassandra Kessler Team Skin

3 Tara Brick Bennett's B & F

4 Emily Schaapveld Punk Rock Cycling

5 Heather Myer-Davis Punk Rock Cycling

6 Elaine Kay All 9 Yards

999 Kim Hopkins All 9 Yards

999 Dee Mable All 9 Yards

999 JoAnn Schmidt All 9 Yards

999 Sara Brock Punk Rock Cycling

Cat 1/2/3 Overall
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01. Rich Wince
02. Lou Waugaman
03. Jeff Barnes
04. Finn Kolsrud
05. Carson Christen
06. Jerome Rewerts
07. Sean Walker
08. Garrett Ping
09. Kris Kunze
10. Paul Deninger
11. Steven Robinson
12. Daniel Galles
13. Justin Schnee
14. Tracy Thompson
15. Adam Price
16. Bryan Moritz
17. Will Greenwood
18. Tim Campbell
19. Lane Anderson
20. Dave Lippold
21. Brent Mitchel
22. Ryan French
23. Chad Briggs
24. Chad Bishop
25. Lee Venteicher
26. Jared Osterloh
27. Peter Basso
28. Scott Robinson
29. Derek Cassady

Iowa Crit Championships

Iowa Crit Championships Cat 4 Podium
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Sunday was the Iowa Criterium Championships held in downtown Cedar Rapids. The weather was perfect, and the crit set up was a standard four corner flat course and was 0.6 mile per lap. The Cat 4s raced for 25 laps.

Kim Prices got the race off with an immediate prime lap, and this got things going right away with speeds of around 26 mph. We never slowed down from there, averaging over 26 for the entire race.

Several teams (Atlas, MOB, Burlington, and DICE, plus Steve Reynolds and I) spent the day at the front keeping the his pace high and staying out of trouble. A few of us tried to get off the front, and as Reynolds predicted, no one was really motivated to commit to it.

I knew I could not sprint with several of the guys in the group, and with about 5 laps to go, I was just waiting for an opportunity to take a flyer off the front. With 3 laps to go, either a MOB or a DICE rider came right next to me making his move, and I was able to catch his wheel and join him off the front. When I pulled around him with about 2 1/4 laps to go, I just nailed it and completely committed my self t staying away. Crossing the start/finish, I was alone and had about a 1/4 block gap, I was motivated, and I was all in. On the bell lap, I had increased my lead, but the peloton was moving now and closing in. I did not have the speed left in my legs that I had the previous lap and just went into TT mode. As I turned into corner three, I clipped my pedal and my rear wheel skipped 2-3 times. I thought that would have really sucked to have gone down (plus embarrassing) now. In the my final corner, I heard a wheel blow in the peloton, and they had closed the gap to a 1/4 block. They were closing fast. I had the finish in sight and gave it all I had left and was able to do what all racers enjoy to do as they cross the finish \o/ . It was a great feeling!

Couple of thanks: Whenever you can race on a holiday weekend, you have to thank your family for letting you go. Thanks KP! The afternoon of the 4th, I noticed my rear tire was down to the threads in a few places, and Evan from Wayne's got me a tire that night. Thanks Evan! The Trek Madonne 6.2 - what a race machine. This bike is complete forward momentum once you get it going and into race mode. What a treat to race on such a fast comfortable bike. Thanks Matt! Also, special thanks to Steve S. for editing this post and making me look even better than I normally do.

Congrats to HBA for putting on a fine race!

Race Report: Scraps: Street Theorist

Senior 4
1 Timothy Putnam MASON CITY IA North Iowa Spin
2 Michael Hunter BURLINGTON IA Bike Burlington
3 Norbert Koenigsfeld CEDAR RAPIDS IA Atlas Cycling
4 Jay Gorsh NORTH LIBERTY IA Atlas Cycling
5 Chad Lambi NORTH LIBERTY IA Atlas EcoLips Cycling Team
6 Eric Knox FORT DODGE IA MOB Racing
7 Aaron Robnett North Liberty Ia Geiff;s Bujde & Ski
8 Nathan Kullbom IOWA CITY IA Unattached
9 Brad Bach ANKENY IA DMOS/RDMB Race Team
10 Lee Current PELLA IA Iowa Orthopaedic Center Race Team

Ultra Smooth - Finishing Stretch

Ultra Smooth - Finishing Stretch
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Clear Lake BBBQ Road Race Fresh Blacktop

This road just re-opened on Monday, June 29 and is the finishing 3 miles stretch of the Clear Lake Road Race.

See what's is possible when you are really nice to your County Supervisors and County Engineer!!!

We also have a new sponsor this year for the Clear Lake Crit: Goose Island - 312 Urban Wheat Ale! We will have primes for all races and those winners will be able to enjoy some ice cold 312 at the sponsors tent in City Park. Unfortunately you will not be able to purchase this produce from the tent and only those speedy fast enough to win the prime will be able to enjoy this fine brew while watching the races and listening to Clear Lakes Municiple Band!
Also welcome Nora Springs Insurance - Mark Dix as a new race sponsor as well!

>>>>>Race Flyers in the upper right corner of the blog>>>>>

Clear Lake Road Race Map
Sunday, July 12
42/82 miles

Hy Vee Tri Results

		DivPl	Time
Steve	Younker	30/135	2:30:53
Mike	Haberman	55/159	2:36:25
James	Simon	26/87	2:39:14
Hunter	Callanan	10/72	2:39:20
Katie	Fistler	9/74	2:43:50
Ryan	Torkelson	39/73	3:00:02
Steve	Bailey	49/73	3:09:45
Mark	Koerber	39/50	3:20:52
Brian	Derosier	157/159	3:52:54
North Iowa Spin Team Members

Ironman 70.3 Kansas - Swimmers, Bikers, and Runners. Oh, my!

North Iowa Spin / MC2 was well represented at Ironman 70.3 Kansas in Lawrence on Sunday, June 14, 2009. Nine members followed the yellow brick road, and most had spectacular times; mine was a bit slower. The forecast was 60% chance of rain, but there were only a few sprinkles during the early part of the bike leg. Then the sun came out, while the temperature and humidity rose; the wind was light. The swim course was very flat, but the bike course made up for it with lots of big hills. It was amazing to see about 2,000 bikes racked in T1 and out on the course. The run course was quite well planned with 2 loops of mostly flat terrain. However, there was one significant hill that we had to do twice. The race volunteers were amazing, and the coordination was awesome. I dropped off my rain jacket and a hat at the first aid station on the bike course as I shouted out my bib number. When I retrieved my bike and paraphernalia at T2 after the race, there was my jacket and hat hanging on my bike! The run course had an out-and-back loop twice through the campground, so spectators saw each runner four times. Casey and Hunter Callanan brought the Winnebago, so our team had great support. Each time one of us would pass, horns were blasting and bells were ringing. Bloody Marys and other libations were enjoyed by those not suffering on the course. Chrissie Wellington, who won the womens pro division didn't stop for the Bloody that was offered, but the second to last age grouper runner in the whole event did have a glass of champagne as he passed by. Overall, it was a great day!

Hunter Callanan - 5:41:11
Katie Fistler - 5:43:39
Wade Busch - 5:49:49
Mike Irving - 6:09:46
Mark Koerber - 6:14:03
Mary Davenport - 6:14:15
Steve Schurtz - somewhat less than a whole day
Joan Vrieze - chip "lost" at T1, so no recorded time, although she did well
Tina Friday - had to DNF on the run due to a calf problem

Race?

"Here is a universally-understood cycling axiom:

* Any time two or more cyclists of approximately equal ability share a ride, that ride will become an impromptu race.

And here are the universally-understood corollaries to that axiom:

* At no point shall any party to that race state that a race is about to begin.
* At no point shall any party to that race acknowledge that a race is in progress.
* After the race, the loser shall decide whether to acknowledge the winner’s superiority, or to instead make a lame excuse.
* If the loser makes a lame excuse, the winner shall treat the aforementioned excuse as implicit acknowledgment of the loser’s loss, and may in fact treat said excuse as more valid than an explicit admission of the winner’s superiority."

From the FatCyclist.com
To read Eldon's full post, click here.

Clear Lake Race Flyers:

Clear Lake Iowa BBBQ Criterium Flyer 2009

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Clear Lake BBBQ Road Flyer 2009a

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Brochures & Catalogs Magazines & Newspape bicycle blues and bb clear lake

The pimp, the animal and the softie dominate at BC Tri!

North Iowa Spin / River City Racers had a great showing.

The race was held at Don Williams Park north of Ogden. The lake was very dirty and we came out of the water looking like raccoons after taking off our goggles. The bike section of the Sprint distance was an easy ride with rolling hills. Tail wind out, head wind back. The Olympic distance ride was epic; wind and fighting the hills of the Des Moines river. There were three hills that all dwarfed Breathless. Hunter’s training obviously has paid off! She is an animal! I’m still a ‘softie’ and insist on putting on socks. That was the difference between 2nd and 3rd. I guess it is time to toughen my feet up so I can complete the run without socks but still make it to work on Monday.

Hunter Callanan:
1st Place in the F30-34 age group;
5th Overall in the Olympic Distance

Madi (Pimp) Johnson: 1st Place in the F15-17 age group;
19th Overall in the Sprint Distance

John Johnson: 3rd Place in the M45-49 age group;
42nd Overall in the Sprint Distance

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Keep riding, keep racing!
JJ