Turkey Hill and The Bunny Hop

Another weekend, another series of races on the books for LCBC. Once again, Joe Siegel and Andrew Stroup hit the road, with Joe heading North to race in the Turkey Hill Cat 4/5 and Andrew heading South to race The Bunny Hop Cat 5.

The rain held out on Saturday and made for a great day of racing up in Lancaster, PA. At around lap 3, Joe found himself once again at the front of the group, leading a breakaway. Unfortunately, no one was willing to work with him and the race ended up in a sprint finish. Getting boxed in at the last 50 meters, Joe came in at a solid 12th place out of 55 racers (7th among the Cat 5s).

More importantly, due to Julie Elliot's fantastic photography skills, she was able to capture Joe's true emotions while racing at the front of the field, right behind Andrew Dunlap. Perhaps it's because he had free hot dogs and ice cream on his mind, but whatever he was thinking about, you can't fake this type of happiness.

Joe at Turkey Hill

Although confused on which day his race was; on Sunday, Andrew made his way down to Suitland, MD to race on a misty, chilly morning. Andrew found himself towards the front of the group the entire race and held a strong position up until the end. On the last lap, he got caught up and slowed down in a turn and found himself sprinting to catch the group before the last turn on the final lap, finishing 20th-ish out of 50 racers.

Andrew at The Bunny Hop

We'd like to give a more precise placing, but the judges experienced some "technical difficulties" with the finish line camera, asking racers who thought they finished top 10 to step forward ... which was EVERYBODY. This race is also Andrew's last Cat 5 as he has put in his time and will be upgrading to Cat 4 this week, congratulations!

With Bike Jams only a couple of weeks away, we look forward to LCBC making a strong presence on their home turf. Keep spinning.