1st Place
Sport Men Junior
Alex Horwath
Chain Gang

1st Place
Sport Senior 1
Greg Linstrom
First Capital Velo

1st Place
Sport Senior 2
Peter Bruinsma
Cycle Fit

1st Place
Sport Vet 1
Rob Lyon
First Capital Velo

1st Place Beg Master 2 Mark Slouf kept an even pace throughout the race and thought that first and second place were far ahead of him. As he popped out of the woods in the next to the last section of singletrack much to his surprise.............. there was John Hendrickson - First State Velo Sport and Gladden Floyd, leading the race about a mile from the finish. He put his head down and gave chase. They all raced through Deputy's Woods (the last little section of singletrack) and up through the last open field section at full throttle with Mark stealing away 1st Place. John Hendrickson - FSVS was 2nd Place just six seconds back and Gladden Floyd 25 seconds back from first place. Racing at it's best.

Sport Race

Claire Hayes - Bike Line was the fastest woman Overall and 1st Place Sport Women 35+. Claire is a full time working mom from Wilmington, DE and her weakness is climbing. She is a monster on the downhills and a very good technician. Michaux last week must not have worn her out too much............ she placed second there. Gwen Livingston - Wooden Wheels also raced Michaux last week placing third in that race. She brought it up a notch at Granogue taking 2nd Place with Jill Morgan - Evolution Racing (former Expert Women racer who is making a comeback to racing) placing third and sister Lyn Shaffer - Wooden Wheels fourth. Chelsie Rose won 1st Place Sport Women 34 &under with a commanding lead. 2nd Place Nicole Sheets - Tailwind was 3:24 back and Kristin Lamb - Guys Bicycles came in third.

1st Place Junior Men was none other than the 2nd Place winner of Michaux last week - Alex Horwath - Chain Gang. Alex's seat was a bit high at Michaux and his grips fell off.......... guess he fixed those problems and made a comeback on another demanding course taking the win with time to spare. Taylor McClain - Yellow Breeches Racing had a great race placing second and Chad McCurdy - Cycle Fit came in third.

The powerful First Capital Velo team rider Greg Linstrom set a course record coming in 1st Place Overall and Senior 1 (2 laps) with a time of 1:29:41. Marty McKeon - Gretna Bikes was second and Kyle Gery third. In the Sport Senior 2 race Peter Bruinsma - Cycle Fit took top honors with a time of 1:32:58. The second through fourth place spots were hard fought crossing the line all within 30 seconds. The iron willed Chris Yanavich - Action Wheels was second, 3:10 back, Matt Thompson - Wooden Wheels third, 3:16 back, and Tony Doll - First Capital Velo fourth, 3:34 back.

It was First Capital Velo again taking 1st Place in the Sport Vet 1 race with Rob Lyon clocking in at 1:34:55. This makes two 1st Places in a row for Rob as he also won top honors at Michaux. Rob was third going into the singletrack and rode a steady race, taking the lead by the second lap. He knew he was winning so just held a steady but strong pace for the rest of the race. The formidable Buddy Briggs - Wooden Wheels who placed fifth last week at Michaux worked his way up to second place this week at Granogue, 3:20 back. Thayer Seese - Bike Line was third, 6:19 back.

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