Archive for May, 2010

Tour De Syracuse
The Tour De Syracuse
Overall Category 1/2 omnium was won by Pitt student Nick Reinert.
John Heffner (Iron City Bikes) got 2nd in the cat 3 Road Race.
Bike Jam Kelly Cup
BikeJam in Baltimore MD
Women’s Cat 4
Patty George (steel city endurance) 8th
Rachel Weaver (steel city endurance) 11th
Wilmington Grandprix
The Wilmington Grandprix in DE
Dan Greene (Iron City [...]

The Riverview Grandprix is Sunday May 30, 2010. The race is a circuit race on a .75 mile course. The race is characterized by its Main Street feel, as it rides along Allegheny River Blvd in the heart of Oakmont.
The start finish is along a cobbled section that is slightly uphill.
90 Degree left turn [...]

ACA Saturday
Steve Bedilion (CAT) – 1st 1/2/3 on stolen wheel
Kemper Edwards – 1st Junior 12 lap solo break
Eric Vowcheck (DPS Penn) – 1st 4/5 sprinted past the break to win
Poolesville Road Race Results
Patricia George (Steel City Endurance) – 1st Cat 4 Women
Stephen Cummings(IRMC) – 15th 1/2 Men (report)
Chippewa Creek Road Race Results
Mike Quigley (Steel City [...]

Pittsburgher-turned-Euro-racing-pro Sinead Miller represented the ‘burgh and her Indiana college, Marian University this weekend at collegiate nationals. She took home several podiums including 3rd in the road race, 5th in the criterium, 2nd in the omnium while she and her team took 1st in the team time trial and team omnium. Check out the Full [...]

The Tour of Tucker County (ToTC) is the 3rd race in the Appalachian Road Race Series and will take place on Saturday May 29. It is being promoted by J.R. Petsko of the Appalachian Bike Racing Association. The course, nestled inside the Monongahela National Forest, features an inner loop taking the riders an [...]

Pitt Cycling finished up their nationals races in Wisconsin with the team time trial on Sunday. Bob Stumpf checked in with us again to describe the race and give some concluding thoughts on the whole collegiate nationals experience:
Our TTT started at approximately 11am. We had plenty of sleep time and arrived to the course [...]

Exciting racing this weekend, and not just because of the wind. Several strong finishes at the final RATL, Jacob Yundt does the double at Aliquippa, and Freddie Fu fast man John Cotter showed his stuff both in the hills of West Virginia and the wind-swept runways of Aliquippa.
RATL #4 Full Results
Dan Greene (Iron City [...]

The criterium circled the state capital. Photo by USA Cycling.
Checking in with us again on his way to today’s team time trial is Bob Stumpf of Pitt Cycling describing yesterday’s collegiate nationals criterium.
The D1 men’s crit started at 6:15 and fortunately for us that was probably the nicest part of the day. Andy, Nik [...]

Today was the collegiate nationals road race at Blue Mound State Park outside Madison, Wisconsin. Pitt Cycling made the drive from Pittsburgh a few days ago with 3 guys taking part in the race. Checking in with pghracing.org is Bob Stumpf, sharing his take on the rather unfortunate events of the day:

Woke up [...]

The second of two Aliquippa crits, promoted by Gary Dugovich and officiated by Gary Bywaters, is this Sunday.  The Garys have put on this quality race series for several years.  Races take place at the Aliquippa Industrial Park in what amounts to a 3x size version of the oval.  The smooth course features four sweeping corners [...]