In last night’s Racine Criterium, cyclocross star Jonathan Page (Battley Harley-Davidson/Planet Bike) went up a lap with four others, then outwitted the sizeable Kelly Benefit Strategies leadout train to take the victory.

Sterling Magnell (Rock Racing) continued to find himself marked like a jelly donut at a Weight Watchers meeting and couldn’t slip away from the field. In the sprint, Jonathan Cantwell (Jittery Joe’s) was able to pad his lead by a few more points and now leads by 5.

I don’t have any 3’s results from Racine, but it continues to be a tight race for the overall between Tomasz Boba (WDT-Allvoi), Alex Voitik (Turin), Matt Hebard (GS Boulder) and Robert Quinn (Unattached). Crashes again marred Thursday’s race. Here’s video of one that Tim Keeley (ABD) reports was caused by a crosswalk that was “slick as snot,” and this photo from John Wilke suggests Quinn was the victim of one as well. No word on whether he made it to the finish.

Word from Ben’s Cycles in Milwaukee is that Saturday’s crowd prime at the Great Downer Avenue Bike Race will be a minimum of $4,000. With Tour of Elk Grove primes topping out at $2,500, I believe that makes this the largest prime in the entire Midwest.

And speaking of Tour of Elk Grove, Voytek Glinkowski (WDT-Allvoi) tells me only 10 spots remain in the amateur time trial. He also shared a photo of the trophies his team his providing for the top 10 amateurs, and they are handsome indeed.