Compton wins Superprestige, Page 21st

photo: ispaphoto.com

Compton resumed her winning ways on Sunday in Beligium for the Superprestive in Gavere. Muddy conditions greeted the riders and Compton gapped her competition on the second lap and rode solo the remainder of the race. Vos finished nearly a minute behind, with Van den Brand in third. Congrats to Katie on another impressive ride!

Velonews report, Cyclocross Magazine, Cyclingnews

photo: ispaphoto.com

Jonathan Page was also racing at the event and after suffering a crash was forced to chase back and finished 21st.

photo: Dan Seaton

Reports: Cyclingnews, Cyclocross Magazine

New Jersey USGP

Four Planet Bike riders headed to New Jersey for the third weekend of USGP racing. Plenty of rain on Friday created wet ground that was soon churned into grass filled peanut butter like mud. This caused a few sections of the course to be unrideable. Bike changes were key as the drivetrain and tires were quickly bogged down with the grassy mud.




Elite Women - full results
Linda - 12th
Kaitie - 14th
Kristin - 19th

Elite Men - full results
Mark - 19th

Day 1 reports - Podium in Sight, CX Magazine Men/Women, Cyclingnews Men/Women

Day 2 brought sunny skies and warmer temperatures and thick, soft, tacky mud. Solid finishes again by all the Planet Bike riders with Kaitie racing especially well and grabbing the final UCI point in a talented field of riders.



Elite Women - full results
Kaitie - 10th
Linda - 13th
Kristin - 14th



Elite Men - full results
Mark - 23rd

Day 2 reports - Podium in Sight, CX Magazine, Cyclingnews Men/Women

Thanks to Lyne Lamoureux for photos!

Wisconsin Weekend

Elite riders Tristan and James raced back to back days in Wisconsin this past weekend. Tristan took two wins with James in 2nd both days. The WI superfans were in full effect on the run up at Kletsch Park and gave James some especially spirited heckling.


Some other Planet Bike riders in action.
Sarah
Diane
Gordy

Full results - Saturday, Sunday

All photos thanks to djonnymac

Compton wins World Cup in Nommay

Continuing her winning streak and undefeated season Katie Compton won the World Cup race in Nommay, France by nearly 40 seconds over second placed rider Marianne Vos. Congratulations to Katie on an impressive race!
Cyclocross Magazine report, Cyclingnews report, Velonews report,
Cyclingnews article, Daily Peloton interview

photos by Bart Hazen

Planet Bike MidWest Nov 7/8 Recap

Team Planet Bike riders were competing across the world this weekend. In addition to Katie's historic win at the World Cup in France (Jonathan was also racing in Nommay but is fighting an illness - hope you feel better soon JP!) a large group of riders were racing locally in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.

Mark LaLonde won the Midwest Regional Singlespeed CX Championship in MN on Saturday

photo thanks to Frye

Tristan represented at the Iceman Mountain Bike Race in Traverse City, MI and finished an impressive 6th place amongst fierce competition

photo thanks to Dave Smith

James won the Wisconsin race at Estabrook on Sunday

photo thanks to Renee

Kristin won both Saturday and Sunday Wisconsin womens events and raced with the 30+ men on Sunday too

photo thanks to Renee

Kaitie was 2nd and 3rd in the Wisconsin womens races

photo thanks to djonnymac

Linda won the womens race in Minnesota on Sunday and finished 6th racing with the Cat3 men on Saturday (a belated congrats on her win in that race last weekend!)

photo thanks to Steve Kotvis

Junior phenom Jordan Cullen won the Cat 3 Mens events in MN both days

photo thanks to Steve Kotvis

Other top performances by Masters and Juniors riders included

Sarah winning the Junior girls 15/16 race both days in Wisconsin

photo thanks to djonnymac

Emma Swartz winning the Junior girls 10-14 both days in Wisconsin

Bob Downs winning the 40+ race on Sunday in WI

photo thanks to djonnymac

Diane Ostenso winning the Womens 3 race on Sunday in WI

photo thanks to Renee

Congrats to all Planet Bike racers!

Compton Doubles up in Boulder, WI Halloween Racing

photo thanks to Dave McElwaine

After a few weekends off of racing to focus on training Katie Compton continued her winning streak in muddy Boulder. The area received nearly 20 inches of snow earlier in the week and promoters were forced to move Sunday's race to a drier venue. Compton rode away from the competition each day to take decisive wins. Katie will head to Europe for the next month and will be wearing her World Cup leaders jersey this weekend in Nommay, France.

Video from Saturday's race:

Cycling Videos on CyclingDirt

Saturday reports - Podium in Sight, Cyclingnews

Sunday reports - Podium in Sight, Cyclingnews

Meanwhile most of the Elite team were racing locally in Wisconsin at the Washington Park Halloween race. In the Mens race Tristan took the win


and the mysteriously moustached James was 2nd

In the womens race a devilish Kristin won (check out the coffin hop!)

Lady Bug Kaitie had a solid second place until 2 laps to go when a mechanical forced her to run nearly half a lap to get her pit bike. Kaitie still held on to a solid 4th

Other Planet Bikers out for the races included:

Gordy

Diane (nice hopping skills!)

Patti (who suffered a nasty crash - hope you're feeling better soon!)

and Sarah

Ian

PB employee Heath

PB employee Chris

All Wisconsin photos thanks to our wonderful queen of cross Renee!

USGP Louisville weekend

Second weekend of USGP racing in Louisville had several Planet Bike riders making the trip to Kentucky. In attendance were Elites Mark LaLonde, Kaitie Antonneau, and Kristin Wentworth; Juniors Jordan Cullen, Sarah Huang, and Emma Swartz; and Masters Bob Downs and Greg Pautsch. Great racing by all! Tough competition faced the riders in all of the categories.

Most photos used in this post are thanks to the talented Lyne Lamoureux. Check out her website Podium in Sight for great coverage of cyclocross racing.

The course was flat and better suited to power riders with it's long straight stretches. Two days of rain leading up to the race made for a few muddy sections and soft ruts formed on several parts of the course. The rain stayed away for the weekend though and sun and seasonable temperatures greeted the riders both days.

On Saturday Emma was 1st in the Girls 10-14 and Sarah (who is 14!) was 3rd in the Womens 3/4. Jordan (not pictured - sorry!) easily won the Boys 15-16.

In the Mens 50+ Greg continued his USGP streak with another win. Bob, who had been out of the country for business all week, rode a strong race in the Mens 45+ and finished 9th.

In the Elite Womens race Kristin lost a sprint with Alison Sydor to take a solid 7th.

Kaitie picked off riders throughout the race and grabbed the last UCI point with a strong 10th.


In the Elite Mens race Mark battled on for 13th.


Saturday race reports - Podium in Sight, CX Magazine, Velonews

The Juniors again put on a strong show on Sunday with Jordan repeating his win.


Sarah moved up to win the womens 3/4 race.


And Emma racing strong to take 2nd.


In the Masters 55+ race Greg made it 4 USGP race wins in a row!

In the Elite Womens race Kristin was 8th


Kaitie took 10th after attacking a rider in the last quarter lap of the race.


In the Elite Mens race Mark improved on Saturday's performance and finished a strong 10th


Sunday race reports - Podium in Sight, CX Magazine, Velonews,

A great weekend of racing by all Planet Bike riders. Thanks to the support crew David Kohli and Jim Cullen!