Gopher Wheelmen Cycling Club

Gopher Wheelmen Junior racer Ethan Furois is this year’s Minnesota Cycling Federation Cyclocross Rider of the Year for boys 15-18. Coming hot off the mountain bike and road season, Ethan has had a stellar cross year. Considering this is only his 2nd year racing cross, he continues to show amazing progress. His first year racing, he won CRY for his age group and this year it is no surprise that he won again. He has been consistent all season with multiple podium finishes in his junior age category and category 4. He recently upgraded to a category 3. He plans to go to Cross Nationals in January of 2012 in Madison, WI where he will compete against some of the best cross racers in the county.

Shorts weather in October, it just doesn’t seem right for cyclocross. We can’t control the weather (good or bad), but we can guarantee costumes and one of the best CX courses in the state. The Red Barn CX Classic is back at Erickson’s Tree Farm for our 7th year on October 29, 2011. Registration opens at 8:30AM, first race at 9:30. $25 to race, additional races $5 each, and Juniors race free! Free kids race for 10 and under! This is a Cyclocross Rider of the Year event, better hustle up that hill.

See the RedBarn 2011 Official Race Flyer for complete information.

We want to thank team sponsor County Cycles and our excellent race sponsors:
Hammer Nutrition
Wildwood RV Park & Campground
Anderson Custom Bicycles
Dixie’s on Grand (supplying food for racers!)

It was a great day for racing in Sogn Valley for the 2011 Ken Woods Memorial Road race, with an all-time record 371 racers braving the early cold drizzle to roll up to the line. Soon enough the roads started to dry, and sun came out in time for the second wave. What’s a Ken Woods race without both numb fingers and the chance for sunburn?

We had great fields all around, including 25 juniors, and nearly 70 collegiate racers including good showings from North Dakota and Kansas. Thanks to Gopher Wheelmen and University of Minnesota club members for all their help volunteering and all the racers who came out!

Top 3 results in each category, detailed results at the links below.

Women Cat 1 2
Teresa Moriarty
Paula Plant
Linda Sone

Women Cat 3
Amy Hanenburg
Nicki Soderberg
Abby Reuss

Women Cat 4
Stefanie Bergh
Jennifer Rife
Julie Hull

Junior Girls 14U
Anya Malarski
Valerie McGoldrick

Men Cat 1 2
Alex Meyer
Jon Toftoy
Doug Swanson

Men Cat 3
Brandon Manske
Toby Henkels
Vance Fletcher

Men Cat 4
Derek Virta
Kenny Pike
Todd Foster

Men Cat 5
Joris Custers
Matt Maurer
Craig Outcalt

Masters 35+
Mark Milnar
Peter Maxwell
Mark Brinda

Masters 50+
Charlie Townsend
Tom Pletcher
David Ludwigson

Junior Boys 15-18
Aaron Shaw
Mitch Nordahl
Michael Gaines

Junior Boys 14U
Ethan Berry
Alec Porter
Paul Dahlen

College Male A/B
Kevin Tempel
David Carpenter
Matias Perret

College Male C/D
Eric Brekke
Matt Bloom
Karl Schuchard

College Female A/B
Amber Markey
Gracia Folkeringa
Jennie Zhu

Complete results at the MCF Results page, and the PDF links below:

College A-B
College C-D
Men Cat 1-2
Men Cat 3
Men Cat 4
Men Cat 5
Women Cat 1-2-3
Women Cat 4
Juniors
Masters 35+
Master 50+

One of our club sponsors, Twin Cities frame builder Dave Anderson won the President’s Choice award at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show this past weekend in Austin, Texas! Dave builds custom frames of chromoly and stainless steel, including frames for the Gopher Wheelmen cyclocross team. It’s great to see Dave get recognition for his excellent work.

Also, congratulations to local builder Vincent Dominguez, who won Best Filet Brazed Frame at the show!

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is in its 7th year of showcasing the best work in bicycle frame building today. Go to the show website to see the full list of show winners

It was another epic weather day at the Ken Woods Memorial Road race, with rain and wind unable to deter the 200+ racers who came out to compete in the first ROY race of the year. Chip timing results are at the following links:

Men Cat 1-2

Men Cat 3

Men Cat 4

Men Cat 5

Men Masters 35 plus

Men Masters 50 plus

Men Masters 30 plus, Cat 4-5

Women Cat 1-2-3

Women Masters 3-4 & Women 3-4

Juniors

College A-B

College C-D

The KWMRR Flyer is now available!

The race will be Saturday, April 24, 2010, featuring the same course you know and love. We’re continuing with the chip timing from last year, with plans for an even smoother and faster registration process. KWMR is also once again part of the collegiate district championships, with collegiate road race fields and a team time trial.

See the flyer for full details, we’ll see you there!

The 2009 Red BarnCX Flyer is now online! Because of ever-growing fields, we’re switching to a 5-race format this year:

10:00 – women CX 4 and juniors (30 min)
10:45 – Men CX 4 (30 min)
11:30 – Women CX 1/2/3, Masters 45+, single speed (45 min)
12:25 – kids race (free, 1 short lap)
12:45 – Men CX 3 (45 min)
1:45 – Men CX 1,2s (60 min)

Award to top 3 costumes in each race!
Super Single Speed award!
Complete bike giveaway courtesy of County Cycles!

Check http://redbarncx.blogspot.com for the latest race details.

Another Ken Woods Memorial Road Race is in the books! Thanks to a delayed thunderstorm, it was beautiful weather for a race, if a bit windy. 345 riders toed the line this year, including almost 70 college racers for the Collegiate District Championships!

** all results are posted in PDF format – click here if you need the Adobe Reader program to view these files **

Category Results

College Results
College_TT.pdf
KWMRR_College_AB_Results.pdf
KWMRR_College_CD_Results.pdf

Women
KWMRR_Women_1-2-3_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Women4_Women_40+_Results.pdf

Men
KWMRR_Cat_1-2_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Cat_3.pdf
KWMRR_Cat_4_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Cat_5_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Mast_35_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Masters_50+_Results.pdf

Juniors
KWMRR_Juniors_Results.pdf

Timing Splits

Morning Wave
Men Cat 1-2 splits
Men Cat 3 splits
Masters 35+ splits
College A-B splits
College C-D splits

Afternoon Wave
Women 1-2-3 splits
Women Cat 4 splits
Juniors splits
Men Cat 4 splits
Men Cat 5 splits
Masters 50+ splits

The flyer for the 2009 edition of the Gopher Wheelmen/County Cycles Ken Wood Memorial Road Race is now available.

We’re using chip timing again this year – same great course, with hopefully much less ice and snow this year. Start getting those miles in!

There are some great race reports in the bulletin boards, and the team is pulling together the last pieces for this year’s edition of the Red Barn CX Classic. If you were at yesterday’s Wirth park CX race you might have seen a preview of the new Red Barn waterbottles featuring Sara Sahara!

Some photos from last week’s muddy CX race in Hudson, courtesy of Jessica: