Report and Wrap up from Nationals

Report & Wrap Up from Nationals
Sunday, June 27, 2010

This morning the Elite women raced the Road Race at Nationals. Jenna, Julia and Lauren all started the race and had good rides, Julia despite catching the stomach bug that haunted the teams this weekend. Jenna had a great race, the culmination of her steady progression the past few races from Tulsa to Tahoe, Reno and this week at Nationals. There was a lead group of approximately 20 women including Mara Abbott of Peanut Butter & Co who won the race. Jenna was in a group of 12 or 15 farther back and finished strong.

Sergio is a lot better, he went out to the feed zone for today's race, with Dan Katz.

"This has been a successful Nationals for sure," said Team Director Kurt Stockton. USA Cycling's VP of Athletics Jim Miller spoke with Kurt and complimented the NOW-MS Society U25 program. Congratulations to all who raced this weekend!

Next up... Superweek, which begins July 9! And also the men's team will be headed back to Bend, Oregon for the Cascade Classic July 20-25.

Watch this post Road Race interview from Saturday with Kendall Ryan (and Kaitlin Antonneau, 2nd place in the RR) about Italy in July and the future possibility of racing at Worlds...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDu2lG0m0AQ&feature=player_embedded

P.S. The NOW-MS Society men and women were last sighted rafting down the river through Bend, Oregon, bonding "like one giant Brady Bunch" according to Kurt. Bertha (the team van) and the teams will be headed back to LA tomorrow. And apparently Bertha has made some fans of her own. She's received many compliments and a few offers!