The Blythewood Omnium – Saturday Prologue and Criterium

Blythewood Omnium PHOTO: Jennifer Bennett

Being contested this weekend is the Blythewood Spring Omnium. Today the prologue was held in the morning followed by the criterium in the afternoon. Sunday is a circuit race held on a 5.1 kilometer circuit. This two-day, three-race weekend was the kick off to the WE RACE series that is being promoted to encourage women [...]

Metzler wins Va Du Mar cyclocross race

Noah Metzler the happy winner of the Va Du Mar race

The harsh weather was a factor in the Va Du Mar cyclocross race in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. The evening before had seen the temperature drop below freezing with rain showers. One racer described the 3.4 kilometer course as riding in peanut butter. This created a rutted course that made picking a good line through [...]

South Carolina state cyclocross championships

Elliot takes a convincing win

Under a clear blue sky the South Carolina cyclocross state championships were contested at the abandoned Mill Stone golf course. The course had been altered from the October weekend of races that were also held at this venue. The championship loop included more hard pack and golf cart tracks than the October course. Also the [...]

Vista Grand Prix

Vista Grand Prix

In the shadow of the Colonial Life Arena deep in Gamecock territory the Vista Grand Prix in Columbia, South Carolina was one of the final races of the 2010 season. Throughout the day rain had been a factor in the races. However for the main event of the day, the Pro 1/2/3 race, the rain [...]

French Broad Omnium

Boyd Johnson of Globalbike was omnium winner at French Broad

While the cycling world’s attention is focused on France here in the Southeast racers were competing in the French Broad omnium held in the Asheville area. The three-day omnium started on Friday with a 20.5 kilometer time trial. Saturday the racers lined up for the infamous road race portion of the omnium. While only 65 [...]