​Metro East Cycling put on the O’Fallon Grand Prix Omnium the weekend June 14-16, in lovely downstate O’Fallon, Illinois.  The weekend featured the Illinois State Road Race and an Illinois Cup Series race - plus a time trial, to boot.  

• Official USA Cycling results are posted; as are www.road-results.com
• Nick Hand of Quantum Mesa Cycles posted a nice race report 
• Check out photos posted by Mike from Edwardsville
• For Illinois State Road Champs, here are the first-finishers in each category (but haven’t seen the official list of State Champ categories)

Elite Men Cat 1 - Nicholas Ramirez, Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team

Elite Men Cat 2 - Alex Voitik, Sammy’s Bike

Elite Men Cat 3 - Konrad Witt, ABD Cycling

Elite Men Cat 4 - Neil Fortner, Wild Card Cycling

Elite Men Cat 5 - Andre Vandeelen, Korte Hammer Down Racing

Masters 30+ Men Cat 4/5 - Antonio De La Torre, Korte Hammer Down Racing

Masters 35+ Men Cat 1/2/3 - William Pankonin, xXx Racing

Masters 45+ Men Cat 1/2/3 - Rob Landes, Korte Hammer Down Racing

Elite Women Cat 1/2/3/4 - Janette Rho, Les Petites Victoires

Elite Women Cat 3/4 - Tracie Vogel, Balanced Bike Coaching

Junior 10-14 - Diego Arana, Beverly Vee

Junior 15-18 - Ryan Hospelhorn, Bloomington Cycle Racing Team

​Hopefully we’re all recovered from a demanding ToG, because we’ve got another solid weekend of racing - including Illinois and Michigan state championships!

• With an Illinois State Road Race champion jersey and Illinois Cup points in the offing, head out to the O’Fallon Gran Prix Omnium this weekend June 14th-17th. It is a three day omnium, featuring Friday’s Time Trial, Saturday’s Illinois Road Race Championship, and Sunday’s Illinois Cup criterium (btw anyone know the Illinois Cup Standings…)
• And then there’s the Michigan State Criterium Championships for Juniors, Women and Masters at Cherry Roubaix in Traverse City, MI.  Its a drive but we have heard that this is really a great race - and another one worth taking the family or significant other - its summer, be spontaneous!
• Grab your BFF and suffer together in the Scarlett Fire 2-Person TT in Garden Prairie, IL, on Saturday, June 15th
• Check it out, we added the ABR Winfield Criterium Weekend, July 27-28, to the race calendar
• The Tour of America’s Dairyland is just around the corner kicking off Thursday, June 20th, in Shorewood
• Registration for Tour of Elk Grove Village, August 2-4,  is open - check out the race schedule
• Thanks Justin Taylor of Bonkers Cycling for a great ToG race recap

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The Tour of Galena presented by xXx-Athletico Racing happened June 7-9.  A full weekend of racing including a four-race omnium for P/1/2/3 and three-race omnium for all other categories.  These courses truly test all facets of racing - very competitive.  And xXx (and all their sponsors and volunteers) put on a great event.

• Results posted on Tour of Galena site ; official USA cycling results; www.road-results.com
• Check out Les Petites Victoires race report by Cady Chintis
• Race report from Sammy’s Elite Racing (congrats to bringing Hogan Sills to victory 
• The crew from Team UPD (http://www.ultimateprobikes.com) had a good day (go Bernie Hosey!)
• Here’s a report from W2 Racing (thanks Dan Dodson)
• Jeannie Kuhajek covers the Women P/1/2 in her race report (which she fully dominated btw)

​Another great weekend of racing!  This weekend is Tour of Galena presented by xXx-Athletico Racing.  Pre-registration ends Wednesday. Racing starts Friday so take a “sick day”.  These are great courses and will attract strong fields.  And Galena has a lot going on for pre- and post-race fun. 

Here are a few other tidbits of news:

• Illinois Cycling Association and xXx Racing have organized a new Wednesday night Summer Practice Race Series.  Starting June 19 at 6PM at Labagh Woods Picinic area
• Let’s not forget about our track racing - here’s The Ed Rudolph Velodrome (Northbrook) 2013 Summer Nights Racing Schedule
• Gran Fondo’s are en vogue.  Two VERY hilly rides worth checking out: Horribly Hilly (June 15) and the Dairyland Dare (Aug 10)
• A few random, mystery links: 1, 2, 3, 4

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​The 7th annual Glencoe Gran Prix went off this past Saturday, June 1.  Despite a few unfortunate mishaps and variable weather conditions, there was some fantastic racing.  Hats off to Jon Knouse, the event production team, volunteers, sponsors and Glencoe.  This is a top rate event.  By all the reports we heard the innovative race staging was a hit - particularly for the highly technical course.

• Official USA Cycling results and www.road-results.com are posted
• Check out photos from Peloton Pix
• Check out the VeloNews race report on the Pro Men and Women; and photo1, photo2, photo3, photo4
• xXx Athletico race report posted by Jim Barclay
• Here’s a race report by Meredith Miller covering the Women Pro race
• Nick Hand put together a race report for the Cat 2/3 race
• The Peloton Star race report with some photos and video
• Masters 35+ 1/2/3 video posted by Matt Haiduk

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