Perhaps stung by its loss Saturday, ABD/Geargrinder put on a tactics seminar Sunday at the ABR national criterium championships in Winfield. Both White brothers got in a nine-man break that lapped the P/1/2 field. Once it did, ABD/Geargrinder kept up an intense tempo to prevent any other escapes, and it was Rob White (ABD/Geargrinder) barreling down the homestretch for the win (above).

Clark Priebe (Team Mack) impressed by not only getting in the P/1/2 break, but racing back-to-back he also got in the winning two-man break in the 30+ race, although he would lose to Dave Stone (Lucas Oil).

Kristen Meshberg (Flatlandia) also doubled up nicely, taking home jerseys for both the women’s 30+ and the women’s 1/2/3 and going 3-for-3 over the weekend.

The Whites weren’t the only brothers to kick butt. Check out those Zionts boys from Alberto’s: Jacob and Zachary went 1-2 in the juniors 10-12.

Team Get a Grip Cycles had a productive day, with Devon Haskell getting 2nd in the women’s 1/2/3 and Chip Gray and Aspen Gorry hitting the podium in the 3’s behind winner Gabe Looker (ABD).

I should also note XXX Racing-AthletiCo: Peter Strittmatter and Jacques Cartier hit 3rd and 8th in the 4’s. Beth Christiansen repeated as women’s 40+ champ, and rookie Anna Loney won the women’s 4’s.

Elsewhere, the few Chicago riders who went to the Sussex Criterium in Wisconsin all had success. Jeff Holland (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) took home two top 10’s: 2nd in the masters 4/5’s and 5th in the 4’s. In the 4’s he was joined by Alex Smetana (Spider Monkey Cycling) in 6th and Calvin Smythe (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) in 9th. And the 3’s were once again ruled by local juniors: Chris Hurst (Baraboo Sharks) in 1st, James Bird (IS Corp) in 2nd.

Winfield results. Sussex results.

Winfield photos
ABD
Team Get a Grip Cycles
Vitaminwater-Trek
Ellen Wight
John Wilke (plus video)

Winfield race reports
Gary Chioda (Tower Racing; 4): “There is only one winner in these races. For everyone else it is personal victories, accomplishing goals and looking back and feeling proud of what you attempted.”

Pat Dillon (Tower Racing; 4): “I felt like I had a 200-pound weight on my back.”

Nick Gierman (Vitaminwater-Trek; 4, 3): “It was nice to be up at the front as you didn’t have to worry about the yo-yo effect near the back with slowing down in the turns.”

Aspen Gorry (Team Get a Grip Cycles; 3): “The last time up the hill I drilled it to stay in the top 10 with Chip right on my wheel.”

Terry O’Grady (Tower Racing; 4): “I found a seam on the right and hit the gas and was able to get about 15 positions back to my favor, until a rider blew up in front of me and sent me into the gravel coming out of Turn 3.”

Chris Padfield (Team Pegasus; 4): “I was no longer anonymous in the peloton and people were recognizing me, chatting with me about the race, and it really threw me off.”

Phil Painter (Tower Racing; 50+): “Took everything I had to hang on.”

Jared Rogers (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 5): “I keep forgetting that I sometimes descend like ‘The Juggernaut’ without trying to.  What this means is that with three to go I found myself crossing the line secnd wheel and then pulling the field in first wheel toward the Stairmaster down the backstretch.”

Luke Seemann (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 3, 30+): “She showed a picture of me. I was sticking my tongue out and fluffing my mullet.”

Mike Shea (Spider Monkey Cycling; 5): “I took Turn 4 hot and then began to kill it to the finish.”

Mike Sherer (Alderfer Bergen; P/1/2): “I messed the sprint up and was too far up and went to early. Story of my life recently.”

Mark Swartzendruber (Lucas Oil; 30+): “We had three guys with us as well who begged us to slow down, promised not to sprint and otherwise generally bogged the break down. It was only about 15 minutes into the race at this point and talk of conceding the sprint was in my mind a bit premature.”

Andy Skeen (ABD/Geargrinder: P/1/2): “Together we pull our dudes up to the front and get to work keeping the pace high enough to discourage any would-be last lap heroics.”

Scott Van Maldegiam (Spin Doctor Cyclewerks; 4): “I found it easy to move up on the home stretch as the field would take a break.”

Kyle Wiberg (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 30+): “I got one of those might-as-well-have-some-fun itches and gassed it up the hill.”

Sussex race reports
Jeff Holland (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 30+ 4/5, 4): “The pack reminded me of a little kids soccer game: one big scrum that follows the ball wherever it goes.”