Team VeloVeloce at State TT championships

Hey,

This is a pretty good looking crew for having just completed a beastly State Time Trial Championship course in Norfolk, NE. The 25 mile course (40K) was 12.5 miles out, turn around and 12.5 miles back. The first easterly part of the course was marvelous. Wind at our backs, speeds were really fast. Then we turned into the 25-35mph wind out of the northwest. That last hill to the turn-around point was a killer. After the turn, we had some relief, but only temporary. The last part of the race was westerly into the teeth of the howling wind. Never mind the endless hills without any flats.

Afterwards, we all gathered around the awards tent. While waiting for the collection of hardware, we snapped this team photo. Fred, Pete, Jackie, Randy and John! Good showing for our sponsor, Xtreme Wheels of Council Bluffs. Thanks Bill and Blaine!!

Two State Time Trial Champs!

We have two new state champions: Fred Galata and Pete Duryea. Fred won the Masters 55+ with a great time of 1:00:55 in extremely windy conditions on the tough 40km Norfolk course. Pete finished first in the Masters 35+, riding the course in 1:04:15. I managed to snag third place in Cat 4, riding 1:03:14. Jackie Weires finished 6th in the Womens Cat 4, while John Dean finished 4th (just out of the money) in 55+. A strong showing by the team.

Galata at Joe Martin

Fred is doing well at the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas. He finished on the podium in the uphill time trial, and is currently 4th on GC (must be an extremely tough field). Given his ability to race crits, he has a great chance at a GC podium placing in the 55+ Masters. Good luck, Fred!

Johnny hits the spot!

Don't forget John the Carpenter's inspirational performance at the Swanson MTB race. After being knocked senseless by an offending tree when his front wheel falls off, he remounts his steed and finishes the race. Next time out, fellow VV racers will do a pre-flight check on his Ritchey.

Swanson Pictures

Here's a few pictures of the Swanson race from Tom Winfield. More are available here.

Swanson Sunday

Big turnout today at Swanson. We had six people racing-Jeff, John C., Pete, Andy, Ted and myself. Great day for racing-course was dry (even dusty), and it seemed that every one in Omaha showed up. Jeff and John did well in Beginners (don't know exact placing, but they seemed satisfied), and Pete won his division of 45+ Beginners. He would have done well in any of the Beginner classes based on the time I saw. Second race featured Sport and Expert classes. Difference in speed between them is remarkable-I was turning over lap times averaging 25:30, while Kent McNeill (overall winner) was running 21:00. Ted finished well in Sport Open, placing 18th out of 30; Andy rode a great race and ended up 7th in Open. I rode Sport Really Old Guy division (45+) and finished 2nd out of 11 (nosing out Mark Brackenbury by 4 inches). I was 42 seconds behind the winner.

Pete took some pictures at the race-hope he can post them soon.