Hi Team, This weekend I traveled to Wisconsin for the 4th round of the Life Time Grand Prix at the Chequamegon MTB Festival. This mass participation event takes place on the nordic ski trails of the Birkie classic, which are 50ft wide grass covered rollers in the summer. The race is a 40-mile […]
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Hi Team, Justin will be racing the Leadville 100 tomorrow which is arguably the premier off-road event in North America. He will be starting with the pros at 5am Pacific time, but will be battling for the under23 men’s title. The event will be live streamed on Lifetime’s YouTube channel for those of you who
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Dear Teammates, here’s the update! Lexi and I packed up 4 kids and all the gear and drove down to Watsonville a couple weekends ago to toe the line at the annual Watsonville Crit. If you’ve never been, it’s a fun, tricky course with 6 turns, one of which is sweeping and one of which
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Route is here. ~5k of climbing, 42 miles, high temp 84F predicted at the time of this email. I’m guessing low 70s while we’re going up to “the cube”. I loaded this route on my computer and it loaded and appears to be ok. Apologies for the issues last week with the routes not being tip-top.
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Hi Team, Last weekend I continued my US Cup race trip with the Soldier Hollow bike festival in Midway, Utah! This was my 5th year in a row racing this event as it was my first ever UCI race back in 2021. This year it was part of the Continental Series, where a top 5
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Race report – Lemurian Classic XC Race. The race was in Redding, CA and took place on May 10th. Race: Lemurian Classic XC Race – Expert 35-44 Racers: Gianluca Ambrogio (Reporter), 8th place; Akos Salga, 7th place. Course: 27 miles of mostly single tracks and few sections of fire roads Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/14441067045 Event Recap: Because of a heat
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Hi Team, This weekend I flew out to Kansas for the Unbound 100 gravel race, the second round of the U23 Lifetime Grand Prix. Since this was only the second week of my internship at SRAM, I decided to fly out from SLO on Friday morning at 5am so I could still work most of
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Attendees: Ben Dodge Lexi Dodge Randy Domolky Serenity Marshall and friend Joseph Dan Phillips and friend Kori Dan Scannell and wife Christina Mark Thompson Rachel Vasquez Friday, May 9th at approximately noon we headed south of Healdsburg along Westside Road. The pavement was smooth, and we were greeted by verdant rolling hills lined with vineyards.
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Racers: Eric Brown, Luis Gomez and Salvatore Talarico After a roughly 4 hour crawl on Friday to our accommodations in Auburn we arrived at the race venue early on Saturday morning to pin numbers and get warmed up to set off with the first wave of racers at roughly 8am. It had been blazing
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Race Report: Slug Circuit – Cat 3/4/5 35+ Date: April 5, 2025 Field Size: 10 LGBRC Racers (finishing position): Salvatore Talarico (5th) Brian Paden (6th) Vu Nguyen (10th) Reporter: Brian Paden Course: 11 laps on a scenic but hilly 3-mile loop through the UC Santa Cruz campus. Excellent pavement, non-technical layout—you might not even touch your brakes the
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Date: March 29, 2025 Placed 8/9 Video to follow With 9 riders at the starting line, the whistle blew and our neutralized 100m start was not so neutralized as one of the riders pulled out a 15m lead. I’m not sure if he knew or heard the neutralization or if he just thought we were
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Race Report Writer: Salvatore Talarico Race: Copperopolis Road Race – 35+ 3/4 Date: Saturday, March 29th, 2025 LGBRC racers: Salvatore Talarico, Dan Scannell, Eric Brown, and Vu Nguyen Top Results: Salvatore (3rd place) Course: 42 miles race composed of 2 laps, where each lap features two climbs, one at the start and one toward the finish with tough rollers in between, and
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RACE REPORT from Shane Ruggieri – Categories 4/5 I’d like to start this with gratitude for LGBRC and its members. While I’ve not raced since I did the Cat 5 30+ Red Kite on Feb 7 in Livermore in 2016 under LGBRC colors, I told myself this was the year that I’d get back out
March 23, 2025 – Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Classic Criterium Cat. 4/5 -Shane Read More »
Race report writer: Luis Gomez Race: Land Park criterium; two races, Master 35+ 3/4 and E4 Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025 LGBRC racers: Dan Scannell, Luis Gomez Course: horseshoe shaped loop with chicane at narrow end Master 35+ 3/4 race recap: The day started off chilly at about 45F but dry, despite the possibility of rain predicted for later
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Race Report Writer: Salvatore Talarico Race: Bariani Road Race 3/4 Date: Sunday, March 16, 2025 LGBRC racers: Salvatore Talarico, Dan Scannell, Huang-Ming (Elvis) Wu Top Results: Salvatore (4th -> relegated to 5th), Dan (13th), Elvis (DNF). Course: 60 miles race composed of 3 laps with lots of flat and a small punchy climb toward the end followed by 2Km of rollers before crossing
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May 9-11 LGBRC is hosting a ride weekend in beautiful Healdsburg, CA. New this year! The club set aside funds to help offset the cost of lodging and a group dinner on Saturday. Thank you, Sponsors! After the two-hour drive wheels roll at Noon on Friday May 9 from Best Western Dry Creek Inn Day
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Hi Team, These last 2 weeks I have been down in Puerto Rico for a total of 5 UCI mountain bike races, including one of the U23 Continental Series competitions and several Elite C1/HC events. This tops my list as one of the coolest places I have been for a bike race, and it was
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Date: March 1, 2025 Field Size: 43 LGBRC Racers (finishing position): – Dan Scannell (20th) – Salvatore Talarico (7th) – Vu Nguyen (18th) – Brian Paden (11th) Reporter: Brian Paden Course: 4 laps on a flat 11-mile circuit with very poor road conditions (Strava segment). An oil slick from a spill made one of the
Snelling Road Race – Held March 1, 2025 – Report for Cat 3/4/5 35+ Read More »
Date: Sunday, Feb 23, 2025 LGBRC racers: Salvatore Talarico, Vu Nguyen, Elvis Wu, Luis Gomez Results: Salvatore (13th), Vu (8th), Luis (4th), Elvis (10th) Course: Closed course; 2.5 miles, 2.5 miles back; 180 degree hairpin turns Strava: https://www.strava.com/segments/642369?filter=overall Race recap: At the line, was a group of 19 revved up Master 35+ racers; a group
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Hi Team, Hope you are enjoying the summer weather and getting lots of good riding in! My season is now in full swing, and I spent the last 7 days competing in 4 UCI xc races in Montana and Canada. It was a last minute trip, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to race
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Hi Team, This weekend I flew out to Utah for the Pan American mountain bike championships! This was my fourth time returning to Soldier Hollow (my first ever UCI mountain bike race 3 years ago), but the first time that Pan Ams have been hosted by the US in recent years. Athletes flew in from
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Snelling Road Race – 2024 NCNCA Premier Series MARCH 3 All day Original Merced Criterium MARCH 10 All day Chico Downtown Criterium MARCH 16 All day Land Park Criterium HWY 17 Spring Classic Omnium – 2024 March 23 & 24 Los Gatos and Santa Cruz
The following account is from Trang: “19 women preregistered but only 16 were at the start. For today’s race my personal goal wasn’t placement but it was to learn how to attack. I attempted 3 attacks and they were all successful. The race was a 40mi race: 7 miles out, turn around to the start
Cantua Creek RR Women’s 3/4/5(novice) Feb. 17, 2024 Category 4 Read More »
Hi Team, The last two weekends I had the opportunity to race for USA Cycling at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Snowshoe, West Virginia and Mont Saint Anne, Quebec! I competed in the U23 cross country events, racing against the fastest mountain bike athletes from development, factory, and national teams around the world.
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Last weekend my mom and I drove out to Utah for the Soldier Hollow Bike Festival, which included UCI elite short track and cross country races. This event was postponed from its original date in May due to lasting snow conditions, making it the final race before national championships next week. Riders came from all
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