We Are The Champions

State Champions, that is! Team Pegasus have been killin' it over the last two weeks, posting an incredible series of results. Chris Padfield won the Ilinois State Criterium Championship last week, and Katy Steudel won the Wisconsin State Single Speed MTB Championship!

Chris Padfield (center) of Team Pegasus having won the Ilinois State Criterium Championship. Damn, son! Nick Gierman (left) of VitaminWater-Trek came second, and Stanley Schultz (right) of Chicago Cuttin' Crew came third.

In addition to winning the State Criterium Championships, Chris also won the Fox River Grove Crit, and in addition to winning the State Single Speed MTB Championship, Katy won the Giro d’Grafton, and won a couple of races at Kenosha velodrome two weeks ago. Andrew Utz won the Matteson crit, riding his bike there and back, 100 mile round trip punctuated by a crit win. Jason Ludtke came 1st in the Single Speed MTB category at Stump Farm in Green Bay. Henry Loud came 7th in the State Champ Crit. Aaron Dykstra had a 2nd, 5th, and 3rd on the track at Northbrook last Friday, and came 3rd in the Omnium. On the same night, Andrew Yeoman had a 5th, 5th, and 4th. Michelle Dykstra traveled to Indiana and came 4th, 5th, and 3rd at Major Taylor Velodrome. Cale Wenthur got 3rd at a recent race at Kenosha velodrome, and Andy Toumanoff got 2nd at Kenosha a couple of weeks ago.

Chris Padfield crossing the line for the Illinois State Championship win. Photo by Matt Smith.

Those are just the results from the last two weeks! For a small team, we are certainly kicking some ass. Oh, and I worked out a new training route that takes me over some ridiculously steep Caracas hills and past the Belgian embassy. Okay, it’s not much, but it’s all I have to contribute...