On Sunday October 17th the BioWheels Racing team split up with members heading west to Bloomington, Indiana for the sixth stop on the Ohio Valley Cyclocross Series while others headed north for Cap City Cyclocross race number two in Dublin, Ohio.
Phil Noble led the charge for the northern contingent by landing on the top step of the podium in the Cap City A/Elite race. Phil left the start line with the lead group and by mid race had gone of the front by himself. He was able to hold the pace without being challenged again for the victory. Bridget Sempsrott was the lone BioWheels Racing female rider on the day, competing in the women's A/Elite race. After a rough start, falling behind many in the mixed field of elite women and singlespeed riders, she found her rhythm and moved up to finish in 4th place on the day.
Scott Murschel also made the trip north for BWR and doubled up, competing in both the men's Cat 3 35+ race as well as the singlespeed race. Scott finished 7th in the Cat 3 35+ race and 5th in the singlespeed race. Jaden Sempsrott picked up his first podium spot with a 2nd place finish in the Cat 3 open race. Following a start that found him around 15th position he was able to steadily work through riders on each lap and went off the front of the first chase group with a little over two laps to go secure 2nd place.
In Bloomington, Indiana Brian Collier and Tony Franklin had the strongest races of the day pulling off 2nd place in the Cat 3 35+ and Cat 3 45+ races respectively. Nathan Mirus came through the line in 10th place in the 35+ race as well. Meanwhile James Billiter made the jump to the elite race for the day which featured Barry Wicks, a pro racer from the Kona team, and finished 18th for the day. Karen Hamilton had her highest finish of the season with 4th place in the women's Cat 3/4 35+ race.
This weekend the team will be focused on the USGP races at the all new cyclocross park in Louisville, KY. Riders are excited to see the course that will also host the first Cyclocross World Championships to be held on US soil in January of 2013.
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