Some belated highlights from the holiday racing:

• » ABD/Geargrinder’s White Bros. did it again, with Ryan and Rob going 1-2 at Saturday’s University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Road Race. On Sunday, their teammate Jeff Schroetlin mistook the Wood Dale Criterium for a velodrome and lapped the field not once but twice, taking the victory and leading out Josh Carter (ABD/Geargrinder) into 2nd place.

• » Matt Smith (Vitaminwater-Trek) proved his Proctor state championship was no fluke by repeating the feat at ABR’s state championship in Wood Dale. His gap was so wide that when I first saw the photos of the sprint, I thought he was being lapped. Sorry, Matt. I’ll never doubt you again. But I think it’s time for a new post-up. The one-arm “hailing of the cab” just isn’t working any more. Have you considered a crucifixion? (Complete with stigmata cycling gloves!)

• » Thanks to some lap counting confusion, the Chicago Cuttin’ Crew had the ignominy of sprinting for 2nd -- twice. Newly attached Avi Neurohr did it on the bell lap of the 4/5’s race, and then Brean Shea did it when it counted.

• » I’m dying to see the UWW results so that I can identify the women in this photo series from the women’s 4’s race. I’m curious whether the woman on the left made it to the line in time. It appears she either flatted or her broke her chain and had to dash for the finish. Or perhaps she just wanted an early jump on some cyclocross drills. Update: I bumped into a heavily bandaged Lindsay Jones (Unattached) at the junior state track championships, where she was coaching Yojimbo’s Track Cats. She said had been engaged in some cat and mouse about a quarter-mile from the finish when she got tangled up and went down. Despite having done quite a number to the right side of her body, she picked up her inoperable bike and ran to the line, barely missing out on 6th place to Liz So (Team Tati) riding from behind.

• » Attention, masters riders: Your races just got a little more challenging. Mike Jones (MetCycling) has returned to racing after breaking several bones over Memorial Day weekend. Jones is one of the nicest guys in the peloton, but when he turns the pedals in anger, he turns them fast and he turns them hard.

Full Wood Dale results.

Whitewater photos
Carolyn Golz
Team Tati
John Wilke

Wood Dale photos
Carolyn Golz
Vitaminwater-Trek

Whitewater race reports
Doug Braun (Tower Racing; 30+ 4/5): “Having a milelong leadout at full gas was a new experience.”

Tamara Fraser (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; W-4): “When we crested the little rise before the finishing stretch, I popped up to a big gear, stood up and mashed gamely.”

Ari Neurohr (Chicago Cuttin’ Crew; 4/5): “I’m not a total idiot. There were a bunch of us that got screwed and left flat in the final lap.”

Brean Shea (Chicago Cuttin’ Crew; 4/5): “It was hard. Like when you come home late at night and your keys don’t work because your landlord is too cheap to replace the lock and you have been in your sweaty chamois for hours and your ankle hurts and you are wearing racing shoes and trying to climb into your window and you are poor and your credit is bad. That kind of hard.”

Team Tati (W-4, 4/5): “Tommy cramped up on this, his inaugural road race, so more bananas next time.”

Tom Theisen (Endeavor; 3): “If you’re not too concerned about your own result, it can be fun to frustrate a chase effort.”

Wood Dale race reports
Brian Boyle (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 30+, 3): “Helped with tempo. Chased.”

Gary Chioda (Tower Racing; 40+): “There were several occasions when the hammer was down that the entire 40-man field was strung out in a single file. I only noticed maybe two times when the pace actually eased up a bit.”

Fran Connelly (Tower Racing; 50+): “It became a little dicey as suddenly about 5 riders all at once, rounded the final turn into the straightaway.”

Ron Cook (Project 5; 3): “They called a prime of a box of Powergels that I ended up winning but that seemed to kill off the rest of my break partners.”

John Coyle (Wolverine Sports Club; 30+, 40+): “I put on the afterburners and re-accelerate into the corner in 6th, with a lock on 3rd coming out of the corner -- that is until the rider in 5th suddenly gets out of his saddle and swings 3 feet left, hitting my front wheel, bending half my spokes and almost taking me down.”

Debbie Dust (MetCycling; 40+): “I even got in on the action a couple of times, just for kicks and to hear Kenny Labbe call my name as we crossed the start/finish.”

Seth Meyer (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; P/1/2/3): “At least this time I didn’t have any trouble sticking in. Heck, I even had some promising bridge attempts.”

James Pradun (Endeavor; 3): “I threw up a little in my mouth. I got some water, sucked it up and kept close to the front. “

Matt Smith (Vitaminwater-Trek; 3, P/1/2/3): “I jumped hard from the front of the pack at the bottom of the hill, caught him at the top, and kept going for the win.”

Vitaminwater-Trek (30+, 3): ”Corey Hickman and Jeff Schroetlin (ABD/Geargrinder) clung to the front of the pack and found enough power to explode out of the penultimate turn of the bell lap.”