Panoche Cat 1/2 Race Report

Panoche Valley RR P1/2 Report:
By: James Enright

SquadraSF: Pablo, Mike, Kurt and James

THE SCENE. The small field seemed content to have a nice Sunday training ride. Kurt pulls through a few miles into the race and decides to get some tempo work in (eventually gaining 2:30 before being reeled back). Some guys were getting anxious and the pace quickened. The back to back surges and attacks left the pack shattered in small groups.

“GAME ON!” MIkes Bikes hit it in the crosswind section, alternating attacking and just plain drilling it. After getting dropped at the turnaround at the Stanford Collegiate RR earlier this year on the same course, I make sure to be one of the first few to hit the narrow turnaround. Shawn from Mike’s attacked just after I took a pull and I let the gap go assuming someone else would jump on. I launched an all out bridge attempt realizing this may be the last time we see Shawn. Rainier was again on my wheel, my all out effort closed about 80% of the gap, but that was it; the gap slowly began to grow again and I was mentally defeated.
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Sea Otter Success!

The past weekend’s Sea Otter Classic saw the team rack up more great results in one of the biggest races events in California:

Franco Campilongo – 2nd Cat 2 Cross Country / 5th Cat 4 Criterium.

Alex Palmer – 3nd Cat 3 Criterium.

Santa Cruz Photoshoot

A few weeks back Photographer Frank Schott accompanied the team to Santa Cruz Criterium to capture some team portraits and other sponsor images. Here are a few of the best ones, the full set can be viewed here.

It was another successful day of racing with Matt Hough winning the Cat 4 Masters (35+) race, Alex Palmer taking 2nd in the Cat 3 Elite, and Matt Quann 9th in the Cat 1-2 Masters (35+).