Lynn Wilson took on a domestique role at Olsburg, but found herself in postion for a good result in the women’s Cat 4’s, while Ryan Kelley survived a grueling 75-mile contest to win the bunch sprint in the Men’s 3’s.

Kelley and teammates Paul Fancher, Shawn Knight and Kurt Wilson created a strong group in the Cat 3 race, and worked together to keep their top riders fresh. This field stayed pretty tight after the first climb up the Carnaham, when three riders got away. Big D was content to let the rest of the field chase, and the group stuck together until the final rise to the finish when Kelley made his move. At 200m he had a sizable lead on the rest of the field, and cruised to a fourth place finish. An awesome result for this new Cat 3 rider! Fancher and Knight both craked the top ten with a seventh and eight place respectively.

In the women’s Cat 4’s, Lynn Wilson came across state lines to give her Sunflower State teammates a hand. “My goal was to help Rochelle and Susan, since I am not a Kansas resident. At least if not placing, then to score some points for the Big D women,” said Wilson. The field stayed together until the hills on the backside. Rochelle Schleicher battled for KOM, but got edged out by Alaina Beckwith (VeloTek). The feild fell apart, but the three Big D ladies were able to regroup with the rest of the leaders. It came down to a sprint, with Lynn in third, Rochelle in fifth, and Susan Ruettimann finishing strong in sixth! “I was totally stoked to have both my teammates with me up to the end!” said Wilson.

In the Mens’s Cat 5’s the field broke apart with about three miles to go. Stephen Whalen went with the attack, but blew up on the last few hills. John Taton was able to bridge to a small group and held it together to finish in fifth place. Rafael Frontaura and Twan Winkelmolen both finished in the top ten.

Special thanks again to Roger Harrison for the allowing us to use his images (bottom two) in this post. See more of his images on his Flickr site here.