Nature Valley Update

We're three stages done through the six that make up the Nature Valley GP.

Stage 1: St. Paul Crit
Stage 2: Cannon Falls Road Race
Stage 3: 6-Mile TT
Stage 4: Minneapolis Crit
Stage 5: Mankato Road Race
Stage 6: Stillwater Crit

Stage 1 was a wild, wet, and slippery criterium. The large field didn't stand a chance on the wet roads and crashes were often and numerous. The race didn't even make it to the halfway point before it was called due to a motorbike crashing into a rider through a turn.

Stage 2 was the normally windy, windy, windy Cannon Falls Road Race, but the winds never materialized and the group stayed mostly together heading into the circuits. Frey and Guttenplan were well placed for the circuits and finished well with Guttenplan in 18th after getting stuck behind a crash with half a lap to go.

The Stage 3 time trial was different than in years past - longer and harder - finishing on top of a tough climb. Ramsey led the team home with a sub-13 minute time that should definitely see him in the top 15 for the day, whilst Nick Frey was the next best, somewhere in the 14-minute range. Duncan, Gruber, and Guttenplan rode their TTs on road bikes and managed to do the necessary - make the time cut.

Tonight is the Minneapolis Downtown Criterium, which always draws a huge crowd. We're all looking forward to that, and hopefully a good result, as everyone seems to be going very well at the moment.

The weekend will see the two most important days though...