William O’Donnell (Westwood Velo) bursts past Word-RCB’s Stephen Bedford to take the win in the men’s Cat 3 race.
Sublime Sublimity Circuit Race photo gallery
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- Portland Velo’s Jeffrey Otto beats EWeb’s Scott Goldstein and Echelon Gran Fondo/ZteaM’s Matt Slater to the line at Sublime Sublimity.
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- The Masters 40+ field rolls out of the neutral start in the morning under sunny skies and warm temps.
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- Cherry Pie masters winner Ivan Meadors drove a break attempt on the back side of Basil Hill.
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- The masters field quickly came back together on the tough course.
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- The colors of spring racing: green grass fields well on their way, freshly plowed soil with some early sprouts, and some unseasonably blue skies envelope the bike race.
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- Small break groups used the rolling terrain to dangle just out of reach of chasers.
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- Like the rest of the day’s races, the challenging course made a quick selection in the women’s Cat 4/Masters field
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- Women’s Cat 4/Masters winner Anna Christiansen (Ironclad Performance Wear) has entered two events in her brief cycling career, and she’s won both of them. She also won the Cherry Pie race last week.
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- The Cat 4/5 men had plenty of breakaway attempts in the two-lap race, but the group bunched back up for the finale.
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- Brendan Gallant (Willamette U./Capitol Velo) slipped away in the closing kilos and held on to win the men’s Cat 4/5 race.
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- With the field coming in mostly together, the sprint for third in the Cat 4/5 race proved to be one of the most exciting finishes of the day.
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- Attacks in the men’s Cat 3 race kept the pace quick.
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- Cherry Pie winner Adam Edgerton (Team Oregon) tried a solo flier for two of the three laps of the men’s Cat 3 race, but Westwood Velo’s William O’Donnell and Word-RCB’s Stephen Bedford caught and dropped him on the final approach to the special uphill finale.
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- William O’Donnell (Westwood Velo) bursts past Word-RCB’s Stephen Bedford to take the win in the men’s Cat 3 race.
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- The rolling terrain at Sublmity creates multi-level viewing opportunities.
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- Hammer/CMG Racing’s Angelo Roman powered his way up to a third-place finish in the cat 3 race.
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- The the podium placers for the women’s Cat 1/2/3 race were at the front early and often on the difficult course.
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- MacKenzie Madison (Therapeutic Associates/GNR8) emerged from a four-rider break to solo in the for the win in the women’s Cat 1/2/3 race.
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- An early lead group in the men’s Pro/1/2 race forms an echelon heading into the crosswinds.
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- Seattle’s Sam Johnson (Hagens Berman), fifth at Cherry Pie, joined Cyclepth’s Ryan Carlson in a two-rider break about halfway through the race.
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- Cyclepath’s Ryan Carlson left break companion Sam Johnson (Hagens Berman) on the way to a solo win in the men’s Pro/1/2 race.
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- Hagens Berman’s Sam Johnson supplied plenty of power to the break, then struggled to the line for second in the men’s Pro/1/2 race.
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- Team Oregon’s Chris Swan led the decimated field across the line for third in the men’s Pro/1/2 race.
