Nebraska Cycling News

44th Annual Tour of Kansas City will be held August 10th, 11th and 12th. There will be a great Friday night Criterium to round out the weekend. a rectangular course through downtown with two hills that are certain to shake things up. The purse has been increased to $14,000!! Fields will be limited to 125 for most races, and we are usually near capacity on a few of the fields, so register online to guarantee a position. Beginner/ Cat 5 fields limit out at 50. 

Register early at https://www.sportsbaseonline.com/Item.aspx?item_id=1850

 Tour of Kansas City flyer...

Lincoln, NE - In five of the seven "Rider of the Year" categories, the 2007 Nebraska "Rider of the Year" titles are all pretty well locked up. It's in the Men's Category 1/2 and 4 that things have become interesting heading into the final two events of the season. In the Men's Category 4 standings, Nebraska Medical Center/Team Kaos rider, Justin Maresh has vaulted into first place after claiming the overall title at the 7th Annual Dave Babcook Memorial Stage Race this past weekend in Omaha. Maresh leads Duane Blair (Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club) by only 8 points. Midwest Cycling Club's, Don Raskey is 20 points behind falling to third overall after leading the standings.

Duane Dickey (Mercy-Specialized) on his solo break and eventually laps the field. Photo John Peterson

Dickey also won Saturday’s morning’s 72-mile road race, which opened the two-day, three-stage United States Cycling Federation-sanctioned event. His strongest challenge came from Omahan Chris Spence (Team Kaos), who won the nine-mile time trial Saturday afternoon.

In the final standings, Spence finished one minute and 48 seconds behind Dickey and one second ahead of third-place finisher Jarred Berger (Team Einstein’s) of Fort Collins, Colo. Spence and Berger were teammates last year on the Omaha-based Nebraska Medical Center/Team Kaos squad.

Nebraska riders won eight of 13 categories: Omahans Jackie Weires (Women IV), Morgan Chaffin (Women I-II-III) and Fred Galata (Open Masters 55-and-over), Daniel Schuldt of Doniphan (Cat. V), John Vondracek (Open Masters 45-and-over) and Justin Maresh (Cateogry IV) of Lincoln, Jerry Arnold of Valentine (Masters 45-and-over) and Richard Hake of Madison (Masters 55-and-over).

More than 130 competitors from nine states enjoyed a lavish spread of food during Saturday night's appreciation dinner at the Upstream Brewery. Sunday dawned with cloudy skies and rain showers, but the precipitation moved out of the area before the first race and competitors enjoyed dry pavement on the half-mile course.

One of the most exciting races of the day came in the Cat. IV men’s division where road race winner Daniel Everhart (SKC Racing) of Kansas City, Kan., tried to overcome his 12th place performance in the time trial that knocked him down to 12th overall, 1:31 behind first-day GC leader Justin Maresh (Team Kaos) of Lincoln.

With the help of one of his SKC Racing teammates, Everhart broke away from the field early on and eventually soloed around the course to lap the field and gain back one minute and 10 seconds. Needing even more time, Everhart went after the 15-second bonus that would be awarded to the criterium winner. The 19-year-old burst through to win the field sprint and vaulted himself from 12th to second place overall in the final standings.

Scott Fairbairn (All9Yards.com) and Michael Bantle (Hoigaard-CLR-LHS) crossing the finish line in the Category 3 Criterium. Photo John Peterson

 DBMSR Results Day 2

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