It was another soggy affair in Wisconsin for Saturday’s Matt Wittig Memorial Bicycle Race in Muskego, but a few Chicagoans nonetheless headed up for some hilly crit action. Joel Friedman (Bicycle Heaven) continued good form with a 2nd in the 4/5’s, and Waylon Janowiak (WDT-Allvoi) placed 3rd in the 3’s.

Much farther away, Chicago repped well at the Joe Martin Stage Race in Fayetteville, Ark. In the 4’s, Liam Donoghue (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) and Brian Hill (Get a Grip Off Road Racing) cracked off stellar times in a difficult uphill time trial, then broke away in Sunday’s criterium to finish 2-3 in the crit and 2-3 in the general classification. The 3’s saw three Chicagoans in the top 20 GC, including James Bird (ISCorp) in 17th, Peter Strittmatter (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) in 15th and your humble correspondent in 7th.

The most impressive result was in the 1/2’s,  where Ryan Freund (ABD) never finished outside the top 10 over his four days of hard racing. In the end that was good for 11th in the GC.

Full Muskego results.

Muskego race reports
Rob Curtis (Bicycle Heaven; 30+ 4/5): “Everyone took the corner slow and then accelerated out of the corner then into the hill. It got old quick.”

Seth Meyer (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; P/1/2): “Attacked for scraps and got huge 20-second gap with three laps to go, but died and couldn’t hold it.”

William Pankonin (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 30+ 4/5, 30+ 3/4): “Our largest gap grew to 12 seconds, which looks promising when you can’t see them because of the hills and turns.”

Muskego photos
Waylon Janowiak
John Wilke