More highlights from the past week of Superweek:

• » Feedback has been positive for the new Lake Geneva course, which opened for business Wednesday with an interesting profile and picturesque views. Greta Neimanas (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) put her time trial skills to use by soloing away from the women’s P/1/2/3 field with 10 laps to go, and Ryan Freund (Verizon u25) got in another elite break, finishing 3rd in the P/1/2’s after lapping the field twice with two others.
• » Tour of America’s Dairyland sensation Jannette Rho (Chicago Cuttin’ Crew) finally made her Superweek debut Friday and finished 3rd at in Brookfield, Wis. At Saturday’s Schlitz Park course in Milwaukee, she joined Stacy Appelwick (Bouledogue Tour Noir), Mia Moore (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) and Canada’s Nettie Neudorf (Portage Junkyard Dogs) in taking advantage of Brewer’s hill and lapping the women’s 3/4’s field, with Appelwick taking the win and Rho rolling in 2nd. Kimberly Gialdini (Flatlandia), meanwhile, has ridden a very consistent series and has a solid lead in the overall with just three races left.
• » Ricardo Otero (WDT-Allvoi) clings to a one-point lead in the 35+ 1/2/3 overall, having finished out of the top 10 just once.
• » Although he has lost his grip on the overall, Mike Seguin (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) earned his first win as a 3 at Brookfield. Victor Rentas (Team G Force) has a number of top 10’s to his name and is the highest-placed local rider in the 3’s with 3rd.
• » Rookie Brian Karlow (Verdigris) is having a dynamite Superweek and will no doubt be joining his brother Rob soon in the higher categories. After winning at Homewood, he’s twice finished 2nd and twice 3rd and now enjoys a healthy lead in the 35+ 4/5’s overall.
• » Young Trevor Rolette (South Chicago Wheelmen) is also nearly perfect in the 4/5’s. He’s won twice, in Richton Park and Willow Springs, on top of three other podiums. He starts the day 10 points out of 1st in the overall.

Full results.

Lake Geneva reports
Greta Neimanas (XXX Racing-AthletoCo; W-P/1/2/3): “Nobody ever wants to sack up and take a pull because they’ll get tired, or it’s too hot, or they have a hangnail.”

Verizon u25 (P/1/2): “Going into the finish, Mike Sherer kept Ryan is as good of a position as possible to help him fend for the win, but the pair was ‘jammed up’ on the back side in the final lap.”