There was a lot of racing going on this past weekend! It kicked off on Saturday at the Folsom Winter Criterium with Doug Vrieling, Perry Johnson, Mike Miller and Albert Coble getting in on the action. The fun continued on Sunday at the Copper Town Square Circuit Race where close to 20 men and women from the Funsport Bikes Cycling Team raced in a day that saw many podium and Top 10 finishes across fields, including 2nd place finishes from Christophe Butterworth in the 35+/5’s and Michael Wilkins in the 45+/4’s. Speaking of that 45+/Cat 4 race…there were 7 FSB racers in that field attacking, taking flyers, and working together the whole race. An excellent display of what team work is, and as you’ll see below, the results were awesome! It was nice to see four Cat 4 women out racing as well, they made up 1/5 of their field and had two Top 10 finishes as well. What was just as great as seeing the fields filled with the new FSB kits, was the tremendous support we received from non-racing team members who spent the day in Copperopolis cheering everyone on, snapping photos (thank you Joey Giva, Dan Leitner, JC Cox and others out with cameras) and enjoying the well stocked team tent area, beautiful weather and camaraderie. I think it’s safe to say that a great time was had by all. There were also FSB colors flying in Southern California this weekend with Dave Simons competing in a huge field of 75 at the Ice Sportswear Criterium and coming in 5th place! Watch for him to be upgrading to Cat 4 very soon. Full results are posted at USA Cycling, but below are some of yesterday’s highlights from Copper Town.
- 35+/Cat 5:
- 2nd-Christophe Butterworth
- Elite 5:
- 6th-Christophe Butterworth
- 45+/Cat 1/2/3:
- 12th-Philip (Doug) Vrieling
- 22nd-Herman (Perry) Johnson
- Elite 3:
- 15th-Philip (Doug) Vrieling
- 45+/Cat 4:
- 2nd-Michael Wilkins
- 5th-Mike Miller
- 7th-James Ruffin
- 8th-Allen Shaw
- 12th-Albert Coble
- 14th-Pete Schoenenberger
- 27th-John Kekuewa
- Women’s Cat 4:
- 7th-Donna Hallberg
- 9th-Megan Ruble
- 14th-Anna Stewart
- 16th-Jennifer (Jenn) Vrieling
- 55+/Cat 4:
- 8th-John Shore
- 18th-Roger Von Rotz
- 35+/Cat 4:
- 12th-Pete Schoenenberger
- 20th-Bao Thanh
- 24th-John Kekuewa
- 27th-Chris McGrew
- 28th-John Gerling
- Elite 4:
- 22nd-Mike Miller
- 39th-Robert Cortes