Stark Velo News ...
9.01.10: The event flyer for the 2010 Stark Velo CX Race is now available here (PDF).
Congratulations to Bill Flecher for finishing 3rd in his age group at the Ohio State Masters Road Race Championship in Georgetown, OH on August 28. Bill finished on the podium despite a crash late in the race.
8.30.10: See all 857 photos (courtesy Mike Schiltz) from our Zoar Road Race, August 8, at this link.
The second annual Stark Velo f/b Subway Cyclocross race is scheduled for September 25 at the Stark Campus of KSU in North Canton, Ohio. A race flyer is coming soon. Ours is the third race in the 2010 NEOCX Series, which opens this weekend, September 4, at Camp Manatoc in Peninsula, Ohio.
The Cap City Cross Series begins October 3 in Columbus. There is also on Sunday, September 5, in Scioto Trails State Park, the Frankenbike 50 event which reportedly defies easy explanation. See this link for more info.
Congratulations to Cameron Schmidt, son of Joel Schmidt, for placing second in the 10-12 year old age group at the Ohio State Junior Road Race Championship on August 21 in Zanesfield, Ohio. See a few photos of Cameron in our gallery.
8.21.10: That's Bill Flecher in the photo at right winning the Masters race at the Garrett Wonders Crit in downtown Columbus on August 1, 2010 (photo courtesy VisualLightbox.com).
Thank you to Orrville Cycling Club and all of their volunteers for the Smith Dairy Milk Race last Sunday, August 15. It was another great addition of the Milk Race. See race results and photographs here.
8.09.10: We would like to thank the Zoar Community Association, race participants, USAC officials, Gary ByWaters, Rich Corfman & Andys Burns, and all of our volunteers for a great 2010 Zoar Roac Race.
The weather was beautiful on Sunday, August 8, for our 8th edition. We had 148 participants in total. Race results have been submitted to USAC and are available here. We'll post a link to photos when they are available.
Carbon Racing impressively swept the top three places in the cat. 1/2/3 field. Shawn Adams won in a 2-man break with teammate Dan Quinlan. Matthew Weeks attacked the field alone for third. Eric Przepierski of PICC won the group sprint for fourth.
Gray Patton [National Velo] won the women's race solo, followed by Jennifer Martin [Team 53x11] and Samantha Brode (House) [Carbon Racing]. Stark Velo's Marjorie Parr was fourth. Mary Ellen (Bailey) Valentino returned to race for Stark Velo on Sunday and finished ninth.
Rob Thompson of Spin/RR Donnelly attacked the cat. 3/4 field late for the solo victory. Mike Quigley [Steel City Endurance] won the field sprint for second. Rick Parr [Stark Velo] completed the podium in third place.
2010 Zoar Road Race Results & Photos
| Cycling Links ... |
| Upcoming Regional Events ... |
- August - |
| 8.31 - Westlake Race Series, Westlake, OH |
- September - |
| 9.04 - NEOCX Manatoc, Peninsula, OH |
| 9.04 - Alexandria Circuit Race (ABR), Alexandria, OH |
| 9.05 - Tour de Tamarack, Meadville, PA |
| 9.10 - Sunflower Revolution Crit, Milford, OH |
| 9.11 - ABR State Crit Championships, Granville, OH |
| 9.12 - Heath CX (ABR), Heath, OH |
| 9.12 - NEOCX Wendy Park, Cleveland, OH |
| 9.18 - Yellow Springs Crit (ABR), Yellow Springs, OH |
| 9.19 - Hueston Woods RR (ABR), Oxford, OH |
| 9.19 - Colavita TT, Deerfield, OH |
| 9.25 - NEOCX Stark Velo Cross , North Canton, OH |
| 9.26 - OMBC West Branch State Park |
| Notable Outlying Events ... |
additions or corrections? email calendar@starkvelo.com |
The Stark Velo Cycling Team is a USAC club, founded in the spring of 2002, in Northeast Ohio. We are dedicated to the development of competitive cyclists and the promotion of racing. We emphasize sportsmanship, teamwork, and respect for the sport and the communities in which we live and ride.
Stark Velo promotes the annual Zoar Road Race.
Stark Velo in the Press ...
December 21, 2008, Elves & More of Northeast Ohio delivered around 1,000 bicycles to children of the Mason Park neighborhood in Akron, Ohio. See related media coverage at Ohio.com and WKYC Cleveland
Photographs of the 2008 Zoar Road Race in the Times Reporter (Dover-New Phily