Banana Belt #3 made its way around Hagg Lake for the last time of the season Sunday at the third and final race of the 2010 series.
HENRY HAGG LAKE — The 2010 Fuji Banana Belt Road Race series is in the books after three weekends of great racing and spectacular spring weather. About 350 riders each week tackled the course around the lake, with Gentle Lovers’ Steven Beardsley winning the Pro/1/2 Men’s series and a brand new Fuji carbon frame, among other prizes. Word-RCB’s Stephen Bedford took the Cat 3 Men’s series and the other Fuji carbon frame. CAPA Cycling’s Leia Tyrrell swept the women’s series and won a complete Fuji racing bike. Complete final series standings are HERE.
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- The rain was gone and clear skies prevailed for the third week in a row at Banana Belt #3.
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- An early break attempt in the Pro/1/2 Men’s race.
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- The pro/1/2 men’s field picks up the chase.
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- Another break attempt goes off the front in the Pro/1/2 race.
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- More chasing from the Pro/1/2 Men’s field.
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- This is the break that stuck in the Pro/1/2 Men’s race. Cyclepath’s Ryan Carlson leads HP Chiropractic’s Donald Reeb and Bicycleway.com’s Galen Mittermann.
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- Jelly Belly/Kenda’s Jacob Rathe and Rubicon-ORBEA’s Quinn Keogh tried to bridge to the leaders but couldn’t shake the pack.
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- Donald Reeb took the win in front of Ryan Carlson and Galen Mittermann.
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- Jacob Rathe won the field sprint for fourth in front of series winner Steven Beardsley (Gentle Lovers) and Brad Gebhard (Team Old School).
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- Attacks in the Cat 3 women’s race whittled the lead group to a select few.
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- CAPA Cycling Team’s Leia Tyrrell swept the series with a win on Sunday. She finsihed ahead of Mindy Simmons (Hammer Velo) and Elise Huggins (Veloforma).
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- Veloforma’s Megan Chinburg initiated a break and won Sunday’s Cat 4 Women’s event at just her second-ever road race.
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- Ironclad Performance Wear’s Anna Christiansen was able to bridge to Chinburg in the Cat 4 Women’s race.
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- Anna Chistiansen (Ironclad Performance Wear) and Megan Chinburg (Veloforma) worked togther in the break before Chinburg took the win.
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- Sorella Forte’s Sarah Tisdale won the Masters Women 40+ race Sunday and the series overall.
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- The Men’s Cat 4 field.
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- Austin Boswell (Hot Tubes development Team) initiated the winning move and took Sunday’s Cat 4 Men’s race.
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- The field in the Cat 4 Men’s race seemed content to watch the leaders ride up the road.
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- The Cat 4 Men’s field sprint.
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- An early breakaway in the Cat 3 Men’s race started gaining traction.
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- Team Oregon missed out on the breakaway and sent numbers to the front to chase.
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- The Cat 3 Men’s break stayed away despite the chase behind.
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- Portland Velo’s Mitch Lee outlived the shattered break group and won the Cat 3 Men’s race. BRIHOP’s Brent Emoff was second.
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- Cyclepath’s Jeffrey Henderson won the field sprint for third ahead of series winner Stephen Bedford (Word-RCB).
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- Breakaways seemed to rule the day, and Masters 40+ 1/2/3 race had its own early escapees.
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- The Masters 40+ 1/2/3 field picks up the chase.
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- Series overall winner David Zimbelman and Karsten Hagen, both Echolon Gran Fondo/ZteaM riders, tried to bridge to the breakway group.
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- The field behind is left playing catch up in the Masters 40+ 1/2/3 race.
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- Echelon Gran Fondo/ZteaM’s Matt Slater crosses the line for the Masters 40+ 1/2/3 race.
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- Pacific Power Blue Sky rider harry Phinney wins the Masters 50+ race by a bike throw.
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- Another close finish in the afternoon.
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- This Apple is ready for the races, which means this lucky quadruped is the Cycling Action race dog of the week.
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- The 2010 Fuji Banana Belt has flown by but will be back again next year, and promoter Jeff Mitchem says the course may run counterclockwise for two races instead of one.
My best finish of the year and my “Apple” gets race dog of the week – nice!