Snow and cold follows spring-like warmth and sun in Verona
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Abby Strigel retained her Wisconsin Cycling Association
state cyclocross championship Saturday, Dec. 8, in Verona.
Strigel (Cyclocrossracing.com) Madison, topped Amber Markey
(My Wife Inc.) Monona, who took second in the Pro 1/2 field, and Linda Sone
(Cycle-Smart Inc.) Northfield, Minn., on a warm and sunny Badger Prairie Park
course just hours before winter arrived in Wisconsin.
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| Photo by Julie Phelps Snow finally arrives for one of the last races on the 2012 Wisconsin cyclocross calendar. Riders like Nate Phelps (Big Ring Flyers) De Pere, who raced Dec. 8 and 9 at Badger Prairie Park, Verona, saw two very different sets of conditions. The previous day featured sun and temperatures near 40 degrees. |
Badger Prairie would soon be transformed into a stereotypical
Belgian 'cross dreamworld of snow, mud and cold on Sunday.
But, before fall was virtually ushered, out the mens Pro 1/2
field took to the future site of the USA Cycling national championships.
Isaac Neff (Trek Cyclocross Collective) Madison, took the
top step after finishing off the podium in fifth place in 2011.
In 2012, Neff came in ahead of Corey Stelljes
(Cyclocrossracing.com) Madison, and Tom Burke (Midwest Cycling Group) Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Snowy regionals
While racers enjoyed temperatures near 40 degrees and sun
Saturday at Badger Prairie, things changed quickly overnight as up to three
inches of snow fell Sunday near Verona, and high temperatures climbed only into
the low 30s, under cloudy skies.
In that winter wonderland, Stelljes flipped his Saturday podium
position with Neff in the Pro 1/2 race to claim a regional championship.
Burke again took the third step on the mens podium.
On the womens side, Strigel chose not to race, according to
results posted on USA Cycling's website, leaving the door open to Corey Coogen
Cisek (Cyclocrossracing.com) Minneapolis, to claim a regional title.
Corrie Osborne (Team Extreme) Mequon, finished behind Coogen
Cisek, while Sone, again rounded out the womens podium.
The sloppy, wintery race might have been an ideal preview of
essentially the same course to be used at the USA Cycling cyclocross national
championships Jan. 9 to 13.
Last season, cold weather and snow gave way to fall-like
conditions just before the race in Verona turning the course into a muddy
track.
This past weekend allowed racers who took part in both
events to get a feel for the course in two distinct sets of conditions, dry and
hilly, and wet, slippery and — hilly.
For a complete list of state championship results visit,
For a complete list of regional championship results check
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