TREK WCA Cyclocross Series- Sheboygan

Race Report by Brandon Andrews: Race #1 for the Trek WCA Cyclocross Series was held at Quarryview Park in Sheboygan Wisconsin. The first race of the season was not as well attended as I had hoped. Numbers for the fields were a bit on the smaller side. Still it was a fun race and we had a number of Angry Monkeys racing that day. Laura Andrews was not able to race due to a flight delay that caused her to miss her flight home. So I made the trip up to Sheboygan by myself. Once there I was joined by Muse Davis, Derek Slates and Mio Suzuki. Derek was up first sporting his new green Trek Boone Bike. This was Derek's first CX race and he ended up 14th in the CX5 group. Muse and I were next in the CX4 group. We both started in the very back of the field. It is funny how when you line up behind someone others start filling in front of you where the course is not? I had a good race enjoying and pushing myself for the most part through the race. The mid pack where I was seemed to be equally talented and stayed together for the most part of the race. The run up was just as challenging as last year. I was not able to ride it, but felt good form on the run, not fast but good form.  I was finally able to pass a few riders while trying to catch one more on the last lap. I didn't but I did hold of the guy who was chasing me down. Muse had a good race at first but then rolled his tubular so spent the last lap running to finish. Even though he ran the last lap he was able to salvage the race for 27th out of the 30 racers. I ended up in 19th place out of the 30th. Mio took 7th in her race against the CX4 Women's group. We all hung out at our Angry Monkeys tent and enjoyed just watching some of the other races, gave a few hand ups out in the name of true Cyclocross atmosphere. Muse also raced again in the single speed group gaining some more points for AMR in the team standings. He ended up 7th in the Single speed group while sporting his tiger shirt over his AMR kit. We have a fantastic schedule for the WCA Series with Lake Geneva on the 14th and TREK CXC Cup the 20-21st! That will be a big day for our team, and lots of fun. -Brandon.

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