Race Report: WP TT and AATS #4

Great weekend of racing for the WMCR/Andrie Jr. Team.  Austin Schouman, Kevin Baumann and Nathan Perkins take 1st, 2nd and 4th and the Willow Park Time Trial while Luke Harvitt the final race of the Ann Arbor Training Crit series.  The tean will be working hard over the next few weeks to prepare for the West Michigan Stage Race May 19-20.  

Race Report: Tour of Battenkill.

      

The Tour of Battenkill is credited as America's largest single day roadrace and provided a perfect opportunity for the WMCR/Andrie Jr. Devo Team to race against some of the top juniors in the country. The team arrived early friday and had a chance to preride the course on their newly arrived Velocity wheels. The racing started early saturday morning with Logan Zueger and Nick McKey racing in the Boys 13-14 age class while Janelle Cole raced in the Girls 15-18 class sporting an exciting new pair of pink Velocity Spartacus wheels.

The majority of the pack stayed together over steep climbs and technical sections of dirt scattered througout the 22 mile course. Janelle rode an amazing race as she not only was able to stay in contact with the boys group but was actually on the front of the pack pushing the pace. Nick and Janelle lead the field through the last turn with hopes of launching Logan down the final straight and to the win in the boys race. In the end Logan finsihed 3rd while Nick held on for 4th and Janelle was in 6th overall and the first female by over 3 minutes.

Our next major race will be the West Michigan Stage Race on May 19th and 20th.

Luke Harvitt wins the Lowell 50.

 

Last weekend marked the start of the 2012 race season for the West Michigan Coast Riders/ Andrie, Inc. Junior Development Cycling Team with the Lowell 50 Road Race. Much like the spring classics raced in Europe the Lowell 50 race route featured several dirt sections. Luke Harvitt, 18, out of Grand Haven, Mi. was the only entrant this weekend since the majority of the team headed off for warmer riding weather while on spring-break.

Luke rode his Specialized Allez Evo to near perfection in the 28 mile race as he found himself in the lead group after the field of 128 riders narrowed itself down to a small group of approximately 15-20 riders. The uphill finish played out perfectly as Luke lead the group through the Historic Fallasburg Covered Bridge and up the final climb to the finish.

This not only a great win for the team and a great way to start off the season, but this is an ultra special win for Luke, because he lives with Turrets Syndrome everyday. Luke is an amazing person and athlete who wants to use his talents on a bike as an example to inspire other kids with Turrets to get out and be active. Luke has acknowledged that the effects the Turrets has on him seem to decrease when he starts riding a bike or doing something physically active. Brant Hendler, who is the WMCR/Andrie Jr. Team manager said, "Luke is an incredible person and anyone who is around him for a minute will realize that. I think his talent on the bike speaks for itself and his aspirations to give back to other kids that he can relate to is truly inspiring. We look forward to seeing lots of great things come from Luke and the rest of his teammates this year."

The WMCR/Andrie Jr. Development Team would like to congradulate all of it's sponsors on a great start to the season.

Andrie, Inc.

Breakaway Bicycles And Fitness

Ion Loop

LeRoy Tool And Die

Machine-Star LLC

Specialized Bicycles

Thermoforms, Inc.

Velocity Wheels

Machine-Star Factory Team is launched.

Machine-Star is proud to launch the Andrie, Inc./Machine-Star Junior Cycling Team.  The team will focus on developing young kids under the age of 18 in the sport of cycling.  The 2012 team will compete throughout the midwest as well as Junior Nationals in mid June. Stay tuned for more details.