Nebraska Cycling News

Tony Wilhelm led most of the race with Andy Mills right on his tail. Photo John Peterson

Bellevue, Neb. –

Wilhelm cruised in four seconds ahead of teammate Adams Mills and 1:08 ahead of Bill Stolte to win for the second straight day. Saturday’s race was run on the same course, only in the reverse direction.

Sunday’s racers enjoyed slightly better weather conditions, with temperatures in the upper 30s and occasional sunshine.

Wilhelm and Mills rode together for much of the hour-long race. With 300 meters to go, Wilhelm took the lead just before the uphill S-curve to the finish.

“We were pushing each other real good,” Wilhelm said. “Adam was going good on the flats and straight, but he had problems where the course was technical.”

The day’s most impressive performance was turned in by Trek/KC’s Thomas Price, who crashed early on in the Cat. III-IV race and was nearly a minute behind after the first of eight laps.

The day’s most impressive performance was turned in by Trek/KC’s Thomas Price, who crashed early on in the Cat. III-IV race and was nearly a minute behind after the first of eight laps.

“I crashed and someone ran over my bike,” Price said. “My wheels were both off kilter so I had to stop and re-adjust them before I could get going again.

Price made up 30 seconds on the next lap, took the lead from MBWC/Team 14’s Thadeus Neil with three laps to go and went on to win by 15 seconds.

Tom Price comes back from a mishap to win the Cat 3, 4 race. Photo John Peterson

Lincoln Plating’s Sydney Brown won the women’s open category and Bill Becker won on his hometown course for the second straight day in the Cat. IV race.

Wilhelm, who finished 17th at the Cross Crusade Cyclocross race in Portland last weekend, said he’ll compete at the second annual Boulevard Cup in Kansas City, Kan., next Sunday, then head west to Colorado for the third and fourth rounds of the 2006 US Gran Prix of Cyclocross.

“I don’t know if I’ll be back (in Nebraska) for the second Cyclocross Series race next month, but we’ll see,” he said.

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