School's Out ... and ABD Jr's ramp it up!

School is out and ABD's Junior riders are off to a blazing start. After recent podium finishes at the ABR National Championship by Jessi Prinner, Savannah Underwood, Konrad Witt, MJ Redlich and Graham Clark, the riders continued their winning ways at the Wheaton Criterium and Junior Track Championships at Northbrook.

Konrad Witt and MJ Redlich stormed to a 1-2 finish in Wheaton, and later in the day Jessi Prinner decided to do the same as she and teammate Susan Peithman lapped all but one rider in the Women's Open race - just one day after turning the screws to the Junior Men at the velodrome in Northbrook!

Next up, the ABD MaJORS event, where riders will race to bring home a prize for Dad!

Riding at the Morton Arboretum

A bit of interesting information from former ABD'er Pete Hill:

"I don't know if you have heard this, but the Morton Arboretum has
opened their roads (7 miles) to bikes when ever they are open. The
only time bikes were allowed to ride in the past was on Fri nights
and Sat mornings, for members only. They would shut down half the
roads to bikes only at this time. Friday nights and Sat mornings
are still part of the bike plan, but now open to everyone. The
Morton Arboretum under the new leadership has become very bike
friendly; I'm thinking time trial in about 2 years!"

- Pete

Liz Omen goes Pro - Discounts for ABD'ers!

Liz Omen, who's now traveling as a massage therapist with the Men's Elite Team, has started working in Elmhurst doing massages at the Body and Soul Spa Retreat on Mondays and Wednesdays. She's offering all ABD club members a discount on her services. There are still a few opening for this coming Monday, June 11th. 

For more information give her a call or email lizoehmen@yahoo.com

Body & Soul Spa Retreat

381 N. York Road, Suite 1 & 2

Elmhurst, IL 60126

SoreNoMoreMassage.com

cell: 773-484-8969

Winfield Criterium Weekend Warriors

Thanks to everyone who helped make this event happen. I would dare to say that this was the best Winfield Criterium Weekend yet! It was certainly a year to remember:

- We had our most riders ever with 200 riders on Saturday and 400 on Sunday!

- We had our first dose of rain at the criterium weekend, and the volunteer crew was totally prepared.

- After our initial 6-year drought, the Elite Men not only pulled off a repeat but went two for two: thanks to Jeff and Josh for two exciting "W's" (of course, made possible from all-around strong team efforts)

- We had no less than four national champions yesterday: Konrad Witt in the Boys 10-12
Savannah Underwood in the Girls 13-14
Jessi Prinner in the Girls 15-16
Josh Carter in the Men's 1/2

- On a sad note, this was our last event (for a while at least) with Dave and Nancy LaRue around. They will be moving to England on Thursday for an indefinite amount of time and will be sorely missed. Best of luck, Dave & Nancy!

- Last but not least, a totally new date meant we conflicted with a lot of other things and had to run with a smaller staff, but so many people stepped up and almost literally pulled dawn to dusk shifts: The Witt family, the Cerwin/Prinner gang, Dan & Pat Tillotson, the Ozguc's, the Stewart family (with Tim on the results until midnight!), the Redlich family, the LaRue's, Vicki, Mom (Mary Lee), Dad (Greg), Farrell, Scott Ligocki, Jimmy C., Mark Y., Paul Z, Robert Fortelka, the Hempe's, "the kid" Ryan Baumann, "the voice" Todd Busteed, my "medical attendant/assistant/minion" Jeff Hansen and my Main Street counterpart: Gary Gall.

... and to everyone else that worked a corner, made rounds on the course, helped set-up, or just jumped in wherever needed: Keith B, Mike Maravilla, the Billingsley's, Dave & Sherri, Dan Reilly, Ben App, Irene Pang, Sue S., Kevin Kelly, Jim Lund, Bill Michaux, Mel Macasu, the Grotto family, Rob Hawco, James Sneddon, Gary Rulo, Coop (Ryan), Jim Flechsig, the Elite Team guys and their families, Ken Fry, Chris Karsten, Brandon Skweres, the Bowden family, Jay Corgiat, Brian McRae, Bill Kallas, Dave Trotter, Sue and Steve Gage, Leitha Walling, Cathy Webb, the Glinka family, Dave and Graham Clark, my little brother Sean and my Dad Ray for hosting the party!

I had a lot of fun this weekend and am very proud of what we all accomplished together.

Hopefully, I'll see you all at the pancake breakfast on Saturday! -Ebert

ABD 40k 2-Person Time Trial Results are posted..

Here they are..

John Fraser Memorial TT Results Are Posted!

Results for the John Fraser Memorial TT AND Overall TT Series Standings Are Posted!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the 300+ riders and army of ABD volunteers who braved epic conditions to help wrap up the 2007 Time Trial Series. ABD loves organizing events for such a great group of people, and as an event director, I couldn't ask for a better crew of folks to work with. It's a pleasure from start to finish. Thanks again -Ebert

A huge thanks also goes out to the residents of Maple Park and American Legion for hosting us!

JFMTT medals will be available for pick up at Prairie Path Cycles Winfield next week as well as at the next MATTS event: the 20k Single Bong on April 15th. Overall Winners will have their prize checks mailed to them within two weeks.

JFMTT Profile Design Raffle Winner: Devon Dickson

JFMTT Sigma Sport Raffle Winner: Kelly Lathrop

Please contact Prairie Path Cycles to receive your prize! 630-690-9749

Congratulations to our Fastest Men's & Women's Times of the day!

FASTEST SENIOR MEN:

1. Reid Mumford Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 20:35.19

1. Francis Manfred M.O.B-U Build IT 21:05.58

3. Michael Zellman Team MACK 21:55.93

FASTEST SENIOR WOMEN:

1. Jennifer Harrison Planet X 25:21.13

2. Diane Roanhaus Team Wisconsin 26:36.28

3. Susan Peithman ABD 27:07.13

FASTEST JUNIOR MEN:

1. Alex Bowden ABD 25:39.84

2. Theo Quednau ABD 26:13.82

2. James Bird ISCorp 26:43.56

FASTEST JUNIOR WOMEN:

1. Devon Dickson Multisport Madness Kids 31:02.89

2. Kelsey Clawson Unattached 32:31.49

3. Maggie Scanlon Multisport Madness Kids 33:11.18

The 2007 Indoor TT Series was made possible through the efforts of: Alex Billingsley, Alex Bowden, Ben App, Bill Kallas, Bob Marshall, Brandon Skweres, Brian Hildreth, Cathy Richmond, Dan Reilly, Dan Tillotson, Dave Clark, Dave LaRue, David Trotter, Don Janes, Doug George, Fred Yoder, Gina Kenny, Irene Pang, James Hibbler, James Sneddon, Jeff Bloomfield, Jenny Busch, Jenny Cerwin, Jessi Prinner, Jim Cannella, Jim Flechsig, Joel Molitor, Ken Fry, Ken Glinka, Kent Billingsley, Laurel Salvador, Liz Oehmen, Lori Miller, Mark Yurcheshen, Mary Lee Geraghty, Matt Wenc, Maya Tubic, Mike Farrell, Mike Redlich, Nancy LaRue, Oz Ozguc, Pat Murphy, Paul Zelewsky, Rob Fortelka, Robert Hawco, Sandy Glinka, Scott Bowden, Sean Geraghty, Steve Bielski, Steve Gage, Steve Parrish, Susan Peithman, Ted Quednau, Terry Cerwin, Theo Quednau, Tim Keeley, Tim Stewart, Todd Busteed, Todd Underwood, Tom Egan, Tom Pedrick, Tom Pedrick, Valerie Redlich, Vicki Heck, Wendell Richmond, the Village of Maple Park, the Maple Park American Legion and the Winfield Public Schools.

The ABD Cycle Club 2007 TT series was SPONSORED BY: PRAIRIE PATH CYCLES, TREK, BONTRAGER, SERFAS, SIGMA, EMERGEN-C, POWERBAR, PROFILE, CYCLOPS .

ABD Results At Parkside #3

Congrats to the ABD'ers who enjoyed some sunshine and tough racing at the final Parskide Spring Crit!

Jessi Prinner won and Sue Semaszczuk finished 5th in the women's 4 race, with teammate Gina Kenny rolling in safely with the pack.

Bill Kallas and Jan Wierzbicki both finished top 5 the men's 60+.

Pat Murphy swept his field for the win!

Some strong pack finishes were Steve Middaugh in the 40+, Don Jones, Pat Murphy, and Ken Fry in the 50+.

Scott and Alex Bowden, Paul Zelewsky, Brain Hildreth, Tim Keeley and Ben Demong braved the cat 4s and set up for new ABD’er Ryan Cooper for a 4th place in the sprint!

Congrats to Mike Redlich Jr. who made the podium and finished 3rd in the Junior Men's 10-12!

Last, but not least, in the cat. 1/2's Ebert took 2nd, Rob Jungles took 7th and Alex Sharon worked his bum off to help his teammates and ended with a strong pack finish.

Thanks to Crashzalot for this race report!

Baumann Podiums Twice At Mizzou Races

Check out Ryan's Reports at the Elite Team Page!

ABD Monday Night Rides!

Although it's still March, daylight savings time has kicked in, and outdoor racing is officially under way. If anyone is interested in joining in on the ABD Monday night recovery ride, Terry & Jenny Cerwin are ready to start them off this year!

The ride departs from Prairie Path Cycles at 6:15 since it still gets dark early, and will move to 6:30 PM in mid-April.

For those new to the club, the recovery ride is about 23 miles with a MAX MPH of 18. No lactic buildup allowed. Helmets are required. Any ride cancellations due to weather will be posted to www.ABDcycling.com on Monday afternoons.

Perfect Training AND Weather @ Forest City Velodrome

ABD'er Pat Murphy has a tip for any riders looking to gain a leg up on the competition with some great early season speed-work — minus the cold weather and need for your own motorpace vehicle.

No climate's as perfect as the completely controlled one at the Forest City Velodrome, a beautiful indoor track that's open 6 days a week and has structured workouts scheduled 5 days a week (Fridays off).

Located on just the other side of Detroit, the Forest City Velodrome is a great training destination for any road or track rider.