EVCC riders did well at the Psycowpath Tranquility Tire Tantrum this last Saturday.

Dan Ertz won his class AND the entire Beginner division, duplicating his sweeping of the Cornhusker State Games.

Duane Blair debuted in the Sport 35+ category and took 5th! Duane mentioned something about trees and rabbit whistles though; details at the year end banquet!!! Joe Savoie also made a run at the Sport class with his SS CX bike, but crashed. In typical Joe tradition, he said he had fun anyway. RIch Anderson also took to the course on his CX bike, finishing fourth.

Newcomer, and hopefully future EVCC rider, Taira Anderson of Burwell won the Beginner Women 13-15 class, quite handily. Some might remember Taira from the last Norfolk MTB Series race at Maskenthine.

Great job folks!

Results are posted here with a promise of series results to follow.

Norfolk-based Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club was well-represented at the Gut Check 212 endurace race across South Dakota August 15 and 16, 2008. The four-man team made up of Allan Walton (53), Timothy Powell (54), Joshua Rasmussen (22) & Devin Bethune (24) all of Wayne NEshattered the race record in the Leap Frog Division, besting the previous record of 34hrs:41min by over 14 hours! Their official finish time is 19:28!!  read more »

Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club developes its second category 3 racer in Nick Ziemet, paralleiing the meteoric rise of the fellow Cat 3 Devin Bethune. Nick's upgrade comes on the heels of his victories at the Tour of KC and is in time for his Cat 3 debut at the Nebraska State Road Race Championships in September at Branched Oak Lake near Raymond.

Congratulations Nick, the upgrade is well-deserved.

The Norfolk Criterium Series wrapped up August 12 at Northeast Community College, with three races comprising the rain-shortened series. The NECC campus provided a great venue for some good racing action throughout the year with plenty of space for close battles and full-on attacks.

Duane Blair made a clean sweep of the series, handily winning each of the "A" Category 45 minute races held in 2008. Jon Downey won the "B" race, picking up the series win as well with two wins and one second place finish for the year.
Newcomer Joe Schreiner soloed in the "C" men's race as did Sara Herzinger in the "C" women's race.

The Norfolk Race Series, which includes the Crit series, resumes on August 26 at 7PM with a mountain bike race at Maskenthine Lake.  read more »

EVCC/The Bike Way rider Rich Anderson at the 3rd day of the Tour of KC

EVCC/The Bike Way's rising star Nick Ziemet takes two of the three legs of the Tour of Kansas City held August 8, 9, and 10th. Nick won the KCK Criterium Friday night and the Cliff Drive Classic on Saturday. Joe Savoie reports that Nick lead for the majority of both races and by other reports Nick little trouble holding off the field up the last hill of the final lap of the Cliff Drive Classic.

Other EVCC riders in attendance were Joe Savoie and Rich Anderson, who both had successful weekends. Field sizes were quite large and the trio did well in all three races.

Race results for the Friday and Saturday races can be found here where the Sunday race results should be posted soon as well.

A new race course was used for the August 5 edition of the Norfolk Time Trial series run under clear skies and near perfect conditions. The new course, starting and finishing at the Norfolk Airport Authority building south of Norfolk features several turns and elevation changes on roads that see little traffic. A three mile roll south on Old Highway 81 is followed by some rolling hills on secondary roads around the mile section before returning to Old 81 at the Fairplay road. The "A" racers completed a second lap around the section for 12 miles while the "B" riders did the entire course just once for 8 miles.

Duane Blair took the A race with an average speed of 24.19mph. Dennis Smith won the "B" race at 20.47mph with Jan Hake taking the Women's B race.

The next race promoted by the Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club will  be a criterium at Northeast Community College on August 12 at 7PM. This will finish a three-week stand of club races including a mountain bike race, a time trial and the August 12 criterium. The full schedule of upcoming races along with fast and recreational group rides can be found at www.nencycling.org  read more »