Heading into the 2014 road season, Bill Smith wanted to do well at the Spring Fling criterium races. Kurt Wilson also was intent to see if his downtown airport training would produce results at the 19th Annual Spring Fling series in Lawrence, KS.

Indeed, Smith and Wilson took advantage of the team tactics and efforts put out by Shawn Knight, Dan Ruettimann, Joe Kleidosty, Greg Vaught and Jim Clevenger. It was a team effort, but it also took Bill and Wilson recognizing the opportunities given to them and putting their training and skills to good use to capitalize on those opportunities!

In short, Smith wrapped up first place going into the final weekend of racing. Wilson was tied for third. In the final weekend of racing, Clevenger was involved in a serious crash, but he is on the mend and plans to be competing at the Velotek Gran Prix Cycling Classic in early May. With good team tactics and a strong effort by Wilson, he was able to secure third place in this tough category of criterium racing.

A double podium result for Big D Cycling and Keen Wealth Advisors. Great job, Bill and Kurt!

Special thanks to Lindsey Meyers for use of her image. See more of her great pics on the Revolution Racing Facebook Page.

Special thanks to Roger Harrison of Lanterne Rouge for providing the feature image for this post. See more of his images on his Flickr site.