West Branch Classic

On Saturday, June 1st, there was a hilly road race and on Sunday, June 2nd, there was an intense, fast criterium race.  Both races were MBRA points series races. 

The road race course was a very hilly 22 mile-per-lap course, with the pro 1/2 men doing 88 miles.

Notable finishes for the road race:

Sven Baumann - 10th in the pro 1/2 men

Alex Stchekine - 8th Masters 35+

Paul Heirtzler - 9th Masters 35+

Cameron Roberston - 7th junior 12-14 men

Anup Diwakar - 6th junior 15-18 men

Max Staran (18 years old) - 1st cat 5 men

Ben Hume (16 years old) - 4th cat 5 men

 

Notable finishes for the criterium:

Donald Cumming - 3rd pro 1/2 men

Randy Rodd - 6th pro 1/2 men

Ray Dybowski - 5th Masters 45+

Luke Mullis - 1st junior 15-18

Cameron Robertson coming up the huge hill at the finish! Only 13 years old! 

Luke Mullis, 15 years old, participated in the cat 4 men's race and upgraded to a cat 3 afterwards!

Max Staran, junior, takes the win in the cat 5 men!

Sven, 10th in the pro 1/2 men.

Two of our junior boys up together on the cat 5 podium!
Max in 1st (18 years old) and Ben Hume in 4th (16 years old)

Tour de Frankenmuth

The Tour de Frankenmuth is part of the Michigan Challenge Series.  Some of the juniors did one lap, 16 miles, but the pro 1/2 men did 80 miles/5 laps.
The race took place in the downtown area of Frankenmuth on May the 25th.

Some notable places:
James Roberton - 7th in the cat 5 40+
Patrick Robb - 5th in the cat 3
Scott Kroske - 8th in the masters 45+
Cameron Robertson - 5th in the Junior men age 10-14
Max Staran - 4th in the junior men age 15-18
Anup Diwaker - 7th in the junior men age 15-18
Dori Leib - 2nd in the pro women 1-3

Dori Leib coming in 2nd place in the sprint
(Photo Credit: Scott Kroske)