Van Uden goes out with win at PIR Tuesday Nighter

Aug 25, 2010 by editor

One more week remains in this season's PIR Tuesday Nighter race series.

PORTLAND — Rubicon-Orbea’s prolific winner Roman van Uden notched one last victory in Oregon Tuesday night at PIR before heading home to New Zealand next week. The Portland Twilight Criterium winner racked up 21 points over the evening in a tight battle with Rapha Racing’s John Leonard, who finished just one point behind. Guinness Cycling’s Cliff Heaberlin and Jason Riffle (HPC/Scott’s Cycles) tied with 15.

Hammer Velo’s Lincoln Wettenhall won the Cat 3/4 race in front of Mark Crawford (Ironclad Performance Wear) and Brad Whetstone (Colorado State). Jesse Trigg won the Cat 4/5 race ahead of Matthew Rider (Team Bike Tires Direct) and Michael Scalzo.

John Leonard (Rapha Racing) battled Rubicon-Orbea's Roman van Uden all evening and finished one point short of the New Zealand rider..

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RESULTS
PIR Tuesday Nighter
August 24

Pro/1/2/3
1. Van Uden, Roman (Rubicon-ORBEA) 21
2. Leonard, John (Rapha Racing) 20
3. Heaberlin, Cliff (Guinness Cycling Team) 15
4. Riffle, Jason (HPC/Scott’s Cycles) 15
5. Harwood, Jeff (Ironclad Performance Wear) 13
Cat 3/4
1. Wettenhall, Lincoln (Hammer Velo) 18
2. Crawford, Mark (Ironclad Performance Wear) 13
3. Whetstone, Brad (Colorado state) 12
4. Penner, Daniel (Ironclad Performance Wear) 11
5. Weinstein, Jason
Cat 4/5
1. Trigg, Jesse 15
2. Rider, Matthew (Team Bike Tires Direct) 12
3. Scalzo, Michael 10
4. Webb, Emerson (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 10
5. Russell, Cameron 9