Race Reports

I had some family obligations on the East Coast this fall, and I decided to have my plans include the Pan American Cyclocross Championships in Washington, D.C.  The promoters have put on an annual race for more than a decade on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home just a few miles north of […]

Hi Team, This year was my first trip to collegiate national mountain bike championships to watch Justin race, and I wanted to send an update to the club even though he is required to race in his UC Berkeley kit and not LGBRC p/b Ben Dodge Realtor kit. Justin, the reigning national champion in the

    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

Justin and I made the long drive to Breckenridge, Colorado, to compete in this event on challenging high-altitude single-track.  With typical stage lengths of three to four hours with six thousand feet of elevation gain, it was tough to recover each day so that we could race at full speed later in the week. I

Justin and I wrapped up our racing in Virginia at USA Cycling’s mountain bike national championships yesterday with a win for me in the men’s 55-59 XC race and top finishes for Justin in the under-23 short track and XC.  Justin had epic rainy conditions in his XC race, which made the roots and mud

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

Justin and I are in the heat and humidity of Roanoke, VA this week for three different mountain bike national championship events.  The first of these was yesterday with the marathon event (~3-4 hrs) and later in the week are the short track (~20 minutes) and cross country (~90 minutes) events. On Monday Justin set

  This event on Vancouver Island in British Columbia has been on my radar for a few years with its focus on racing on technical single track for seven straight days!  The first stage started off with a relatively short 17-mile ride, but only 5 miles of this was timed, consisting of a twisty single-track

Justin, Heather, and I all raced in one of California’s largest gravel events this past weekend in Portola.  Heather took 2nd in the age 51-60 women’s 64 mile race, and I struggled with leg cramps to finish 7th in the 51-60 men’s 97 mile race.  But the star of the show was Justin who battled

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

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.

Justin and I returned for the second year to this event in Carson City, NV that has a somewhat unique format of three timed gravel segments that are added together to determine the overall standings.  This makes the rest of ride pretty enjoyable in that you don’t have to suffer and can ride with family/friends

  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

Race Report: Grasshopper Ukiah Mendo Gravel Epic, Justin Justin won this past weekend’s Grasshopper race for pro men and you can read about it on cyclingnews.com with a podium shot below! Race Report: Whiskey 50 Off-Road, Prescott, AZ, Chris This event is in it’s 20th year and had been on my radar for a number

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

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

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

Justin – UCI Elite short track and UCI U23 XC Just a few days after getting home from Puerto Rico, my Dad and I repacked our things and drove down to Temecula for the US Pro Cup at Vail Lake. I had a midterm in the afternoon so we didn’t leave until rush hour and

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

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

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