No More Yellow Tuber Fruits.

Thanks to Rapha and Jeff Mitchem for another fine Banana Belt series, one Mother Nature saw fit to let us compete in without the rain or snow we’ve grown accustomed to in previous years.

A fine third race was turned in with the headlines being another podium finish for The Ace with a 2nd place, and Harwood in the men’s 3’s with an 8th. By our picture count and completely unofficial, we might add.

For the Men’s 3’s we had Harwood finishing best along with a seaworthy Willis, Crawford, Weber, Gerow, and Spahr. We read the early move right and got Johannes in the break, but a flat scuttled that move.  Unable to bridge the gap to the break, we got a sneak into the top ten in the bunch sprint to the line. Congrat’s to Ironclad sponsored Portland Velo’s Mitch Lee on a well deserved win after spending all damn day in the one and only break group. Well done!

For the women’s 3’s we had Anona going solo and trying some stabs here and there in a small field. Good racing prevailed with our girl coming home just off the pace after some attacking, and Leia Tyrell coming home for her 3rd straight win, to take the overall prize. Good racing, ladies.

maggie the dog got sick, but hung in to cheer us on

In the women’s 4’s we had Ace, Steph, Lana, and Alana all duking it out. Skipping across to the solo break, The Ace hung on for a fine 2nd place finish well ahead of the field, after some good set-up work by the team. What a start for the new bike racer!

Men’s 4’s saw Leineweber and Koller going at it, with Joe getting a bit of a respiratory snakebite, and Mark sticking it out for a long solo sojourn after losing contact on the early climbs. Good job to both for flying the flag!

Tons of pics from the day right HERE.