Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Boulder Cup Weekend #1

Cross Vegas creaters DBC events brought all the big hitters to Boulder, CO this weekend for the Boulder Cup. Saturday's action was at the sand heavy Boulder Reservoir. Photo-Cycle.com was there to capture the torture of cyclocross racing at this level. Let the Cross Eyed pain cave be populated...
Travis Lukens pushing up and out of the sand in the Cat3 race.
DPA rider on his special Grateful Spot Brand singlespeed.
Ex Pro, mtn biker advocate and trail builder, and Boulder local Peter Webber kicks up a roost with all his horsepower for a first place in the 35+ field.
The Senior 35+ class is fast & has a ton of miles in the legs.
LunaChix Georgia Gould leads out the pro ladies for 45 minutes of pain and suffering.
Georgia lead the race from start to finish with a flawless performance and some valuable UCI points.
Boulder local and ex pro mtn biker Kerry Barnholt was able to bring it on home for the 3rd spot on the podium.
A pack full of the fastest cross racers in North America sprint off the line to be first onto the grassy and sandy course.
Madness and mayhem mid pack on the first lap.
Jeremy Powers sacrificed himself at the start for his teammate, the current US National Cross Champ Tim Johnson.
The crowds ran tape to tape to watch the action in the Pro Mens race.
This sandy section gave everyone a hard time, even the men dressed like women or variants of!
Tod Wells hammers his gap over Ryan Trebon and Tim Johnson on the last lap.
Pro Mens podium, L-R Ryan Trebon, Tod Wells, and Tim Johnson.

Keep an eye here for Day 2 as well...Cheers!

2 comments:

DMC said...

Dear mr. tall Travis...Your bike has gears ......get with the times..

Oh and come and play in Wisco..

dmc

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