Some highlights from the holiday weekend’s other races:

• » Out of the youngest of the old at the Wood Dale masters races, Erik Tomlinson (Unattached) never placed higher than 4th in the 30+, but he was consistent enough to win the overall, one point ahead of Tomasz Boba (WDT/Allvoi), who won both Sunday (above, outsprinting Chris Mosora (Verizon Wireless) and Frank Rowley (South Chicago Wheelmen)) and Monday.
• » The 50+ was just as close, with Monday’s winner Tom Doughty (Amgen-UBS) finishing one point down on Wayne Simon (Verdigris), who won Saturday and Sunday.
• » Like Simon, Wisconsin’s Geno Tolli (CZ Velo) won both Saturday and Sunday in the 40+, ending up four points up on Rob Karlow (Verdigris).
• » John Westergaurd (Unattached) and Edward Ekstrom (Tower Racing) both rode aggressively in the 40+ 4’s. On Saturday I saw them repeatedly off the front, finally dangling off the front with Joe Berenyi (Psimet) and barely holding off the field to go 1-2-3. Westergaurd and Ekstrom traded 1st and 2nd place finishes the balance of the weekend, with Westergaurd taking the overall by a single point.
• » Small fields from the women, but Stacy Appelwick (Bouledogue Tout Noir) continued to perform, sweeping the women’s 30+.
• » The inaugural Tour of Elkhart Lake had a regrettably small turnout. That’s a shame for a rare stage race, but it’s tough to go up against the big Iowa series. On the upside, nearly everyone went home with a top-10 finish. Jason Mindeman (Burnham Racing) was one of the few who came up from the Chicago area, and he nearly swept the 3’s, winning the criterium and road race and placing 3rd in the time trial to clinch the overall.

Full Wood Dale results. Full Tour of Elkhart Lake results.

Wood Dale reports Debbie Dust (PACT/Dish Network; 50+, 40+): “I had about a tenth of a second to make a choice: Run him over or lean left and hope he sticks to the road.”

Tour of Elkhart Lake reports Jason Mindeman (Burnham Racing; 3): “My teammate and I tried multiple times to set something up but the rest of the riders were just there to follow wheels.”