Nobody died as far as of last report, despite the ruthless heat and climby course that made up the Southwest Ohio Master’s road race, held June 20, 2010. Yup, for you yunguns, that’s a race for those 30+ sinewy crusty riders, that took place on a hilly course akin to the Bond Rd course of Spring Series, but a helluva lot hotter! But to put it in perspective, the fastest dudes in Cincinnati are over 30, wait, they’re over 40 years old! Something to look forward too, huh? Well, if you’ve been paying attention, its no surprise the Huntington boys blew the barn doors off with some good ‘ol bait and switch tactics, then one (John Gatch) just plain powered to a solo flight win in the 40-49 group. But as you might be thinking, “Masters race, what the?”, fellow … Read More »

The TRRG is a three day Omnium ( cumulative points race) held yearly in and around the beautiful and challenging Red River Gorge in Kentucky. This year, the Saturday road race served as Kentucky’s CAT4/5 state championship race. THC represented as Andrew Suchocki, Alex Steinker, and Zach Cahill to race Saturday’s CAT4/5 road race, Brendan Kiefer racing Saturday CAT3, Zach Cahill racing Sunday’s CAT4/5, and Scott Pardi on the injured list offering support, drunken slurs, and coffee bumps. The boys reported an amazing course(s) with excellent race organization and course support.

The highlight of the weekend goes to Andrew Suchocki who, in top form, toasted the front group by riding away from the bunch sprint!! Andrew has been on fire since St. Leon, racking up points in the Ault Park Crit Series, and this powerful finish in the Kentucky State Championship race shows … Read More »

The Spring Road Race Series ended with the epic St. Leon course near Brookville, Indiana. Alex, Zach, Scott, Andrew, Nathan Kemphues, and new member Brendan Keifer (CAT3), were Hungry for action (but ended up very thirsty for water). The day was hot, the course was an 18 mile loop, country roller coaster, featuring a Paris-Roubaix sandy, wooded, wet, knarly climb, lots of rollers, wind, rough pavement, fast twisty decent, and a false flat finish. The 5′s did two laps, the 4′s did three, and the 1,2,3′s roughed it for 4 laps. The race was very challenging, but THC vet, Andrew Suchocki layed waste to any challengers for the sprint in the CAT4 race. Drews acceleration up the last set of hills before the finish broke the break group of ten including a shredded Scotty P who scraped in to 8th. Congrats … Read More »

THC boys showed up in force to battle Bond Road. This course had essentially two major challenges: 1st, make it up the steep switchback and drawn out climb, and 2nd, survive the wicked white-knuckle decent to do it all over again. The uphill bit hard, but perhaps the smell of burning brake pads while trying to hold a good line downhill was the most daunting aspect of the race. Chewning, Suchocki, Pardi, Steinker, Cahill, Kemphues, and Puryear all paid to play. Best finishes came from Pardi, 3rd in CAT4, Suchocki, 5th in CAT4, Kemphues, 9th in CAT5, and Zach in CAT5. Here are a few pics.

Only two brave THC boys made it to the washout race east of Cincinnati. Zach and Alex, both first year rookies, had guts and determination to race in heavy rain on this mostly flat, fast course. Early on, Zach hit the deck because of slick conditions, while Alex held strong and stayed upright to finish 10th. Sorry no photos, not even the photographers were up for the weather.

Second race in a series of five this week. This week the B squad raced against the weather radar. Black clouds, thunder and lightning came rolling in only seconds after the final sprint of the race. We had enough time to find shelter, but the A race was cancelled unfortunately.

The boys who raced did great as always. Andrew racked up enough points for second for the day!

Results posted at : http://tinyurl.com/23s3g9r

zach with the throttle down!

ben took 4th in this crit!