News
Some of our boys went down in a crash at Redlands this weekend. Omer Kem and Aaron Olson Tuckerman hit the deck. Norrene reports that Aaron hurt his back and neck while Omer is in a neck brace. I’ll check in with him and see if I can get any more details. Lisa Turnbull was also crashed out on Friday but is ok, except for the bruise below. (Look closely and you’ll see ONO in the bruise)
Willamette’s 2009 dates are preliminarily April 16-19.
Brad Ross said the De Ronde was nuts with lots and lots of riders. Photos.
Team Camp 2008 video: Evan Elken
Team Camp 2008 video: Chad Hartley
Racing
Despite the crashes, some of our NW guys and gals did quite well at Redlands. Emily Martini reported that Evan finished an awesome 4th at yesterday’s circuit race while Eric Lynch relayed that Suz Weldon took 9th on Sunday! Norrene also reports that Kirk rode well at the front for Slipstream.
Stage 3
Elite Men
23 Evan Elken (Jittery Joes)
39 Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly)
52 Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling Team)
97 Kirk Carlsen (Slipstream Chipotle H3O) Photo
103 Michael Creed (Rock Racing)
114 Aaron Olson (Bissell Pro Cycling Team)
130 Cameron Evans (Symmetrics)
131 Chad Hartley (Jittery Joes)
Elite Women
7 Nichole Wangsgard (Colavita/Sutter/Cooking Light)
10 Marni Hambleton (Value Act Capital)
22 Jadine Riley (Wines of Washington)
34 Leah Goldstein (Value Act Capital)
38 Hilary Billington (Bicycle John’s)
44 Suz Weldon (Wines of Washington)
64 Martina Patella (Value Act Capital)
Stage 4
Elite Women
9 Suz Weldon (Wines of Washington)
14 Leah Goldstein (Value Act Capital)
30 Hilary Billington (Bicycle John’s)
42 Nichole Wangsgard (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light)
44 Jadine Riley (Wines of Washington)
45 Marni Hambleton (Value Act Capital)
48 Martina Patella (Value Act Capital)
See Scott’s race report.
Elite Men
4 Evan Elken (Jittery Joe’s) Photo of the finish
27 Aaron Olson (Bissell)
43 Kirk Carlsen (Slipstream-Chipotle)
69 Michael Creed (Rock Racing)
Initial reports indicate that Horning’s was a mudfest. Results are here.
Final results from Willamette are up.
Blogs
Martha Walsh’s Willamette Stage 4 report.
Mike Szwaya Horning’s report.
Jimmy’s PSU Omnium Day 1 report. Jimmy also reports that he accepted the job in Phoenix.
Erik V. has a series of reports on the De Ronde. Molly also started the De Ronde.
Oh boy oh boy. Ironclad is up to their shenanigans again while keeping up their racing.
Brian Marcroft skipped Willamette but mentions he’s a building a TT bike for Kevin Gann.
Steven Beardsley gives us a brief update on Willamette.
Heather VanValkenburg seems to have completed a deck with in record time. Did Chris Horner stain her deck?
Oh What Fun
Chris Brandt wrote,
Hey Kenji,
My brother Nick was also racing Redlands in the Pro-1 field. He’s an Oregon native, currently racing for Liquid Fitness, based out of LA. He started his racing here in OBRA. The following results come from cyclingnews.com:
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Stage 1 Prologue time trial, 5 km:
125 Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson (Liquid Cycling) 1.25.56 down
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Stage 2 Beaumont Circuit race, 110/138 km
63 Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson (Liquid Cycling) 3.14 down
GC Overall:
79 Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson (Liquid Cycling) 4.26 down
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Stage 3 Redlands criterium, 60/90 minutes:
102 Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson (Liquid Cycling)
GC Overall:
84 Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson (Liquid Cycling) 5.16 down
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Stage 4 Sunset Road Race, 105.8/146.5 km:
DNF Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson (Liquid Cycling)
I haven’t yet heard if he got involved in the big crash that affected Omer.
I was really proud to see how well he did, in his first Pro-1 stage race. He did the TT w/o any aero equipment, and raced the entire event on old parts, heavy wheels, and an old helmet from 2003. Seeing as he’s broke after a string of medical bills after getting hit multiple times by cars, he’s barely getting by. He is selling clothing to earn funds at http://www.brandt-sorenson.com and I have previously posted info about this cause last fall.
That info can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/66f47q
Thanks!
Chris
Link | April 7th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
erikv wrote,
That’s the greatest bruise I’ve ever seen! Congrats Lisa!
Link | April 7th, 2008 at 4:56 pm