In other and less dramatic news, the famous Tour De Toona is well underway in steep Altoona, PA. The week has been brutally hot and the leaders are nipping at each other each day. The usual suspects, Health Net and Navigators are showing quite well in the Pro 1/2 races.
My World Cup/c5 teammates, Ben Smith and Zach Putt are headed north today to begin day one of their 3 day Cat 4 stage and points race. I will be joining them for the Cat 4/5 road race on Saturday. We have a monster field and about 800 feet of higher elevation to look forward to. We look forward to a safe and fun race!
I will keep the cranks "posted"!
From tourdetoona.com,
A cloudy morning and treatening forecasts have not dampened enthusiasm as the Hollidaysburg stages of the 20th anniversary edition of the International Tour de Toona gets set to roll from the county seat. Thursday's races will consist of three, 20-mile circuits of a hilly course surrounding the town. A few sprinkles dampened race set up, put peaks of sun were breaking through as racers prepared for the 9 a.m. men's start. Forecasters are calling for thunderstorms later in the day, after the expected 3 pm finish of the women's circuit that begins at 1 p.m.
Only four seconds of team time separated the top three men’s teams at the end of the longest stage of racing in this year’s Wednesday International Tour de Toona PREIT/Logan Valley Mall Road Race. The 96-mile trek through the mountains of four central Pennsylvania counties ended with a sprint to the finish with the top three riders – Frank Pipp of Target Training, Karl Menzies of Health Net Pro Cycling, and Ciaran Powers of Team Navigator’s Insurance – tied at 3:36:21.
The women’s Cambria County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Road Race over the same course ended with winner, Kristin Armstrong of Team Lipton, on a solo breakaway three minutes ahead of her nearest challengers. Armstrong traversed the mountainous 96 miles in 4:21:15, besting Tuesday’s stage winner, Tina Pic of Colavita Cooking Light and time trial winner Alex Wrubleski, both of whom finished with times of 4:24:14.
Overall, the yellow jersey for race leader was on the shoulders of Kristin Armstrong, for the women, and Karl Menzies reclaimed his jersey from the opening day’s time trial.
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