OBRA announces four-week Wednesday night cyclocross series at Alpenrose Dairy

Portland metro area racers just got another reason to get excited about cyclocross. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 23, and running through Oct. 14, the Blind Date at the Dairy will provide an opportunity for weeknight fun.

OBRA announced the new four-week Wednesday night series at Alpenrose this week. Sponsored by Alpenrose Dairy, OBRA, Field Jerger LLP Law Offices, Peer Technologies and Dogs are Cool Photography, the races start at 5 p.m. and will finish under the dairy's lights.

Schedule
5:00 p.m. Kiddie cross (no parents on course) and Toddler Cross. (parents may run along)
5:10 p.m. Juniors. (30 minute race)
6:00 p.m. Category C men and women. (45 minute race)
6:50 p.m. Category B, Men and Women. and Single Speed (45 minute race)
7:45 p.m. Category A Men and Women.

Registration: Register on site up to 10 minutes prior to your race and preferably at least 30 minutes prior.

Cost: Kids free, juniors $8, senior men and women $15.
Sign up for all four races on the first night for $60 and receive a really cool Blind Date at the Dairy T-shirt for $10.

Cameron, Terrell win final Monday night PIR races

RESULTS
River City Bicycles Monday Night Race Series
Portland International Raceway
Aug. 31

Novice Women
1. Lewis, Leigh 15
2. Fanning, Linda 12
3. Thompson, Lynn 10
4. McCasker, Cindy (Portland Velo) 8
5. Parker, Rachael (Olson's Hammer) 7
Novice Men
1. Nor, Adam 15
2. Murphy, Douglas 12
3. Sundberg, Joseph 10
4. Hein, Mark 8
5. Geschke, Grant 7
Masters Men 4/5
1. Aldersebaes, Dave (Ironclad Performance Wear) 20
2. Berndardt, Eric 19
3. Kowalsky, Greg (Team Oregon) 12
4. Anderson, Eric (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 8
5. Cecotti, Shawn 7
Masters Men 1/2/3
1. Cameron, Molly (Portland Bicycle Studio) 16
2. Creem, Joshua (Portland Bicycle Studio) 16
3. Holcomb, Joseph (Specialized River City Bicycles) 15
4. Alling, Chris (Fred Meyer/Lakeside Cycling Team) 9
5. Mallison, Dickie (Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop) 8
Senior Women
1. Tyrrell Leia (CAPA Cycling Team) 22
2. Bussell,Cara 19
3. Livingston, Denise (Three Rivers Racing) 10
4. Reeve, Lisa (Veloforma) 12
5. Moss, Jan (Team Group Health) 7

ZteaM's Zimbelman wins Masters World Championship Time Trial in Austria

PHOTO: OBRA rider David Zimbelman on his world championship ride in Austria. Photo courtesy of ZteaM.

OBRA rider David Zimbelman has added a fresh rainbow jersey to his collection of cycling trophies. The 55-year-old White Salmon, Wash., resident won the Masters 55-59 World Championship Time Trial earlier this month in Austria.

The ZteaM rider also finished third two days later in the World Masters Road Race Championships after breaking away solo in the 55-59 category race. He was eventually swallowed up by the field but hung on for bronze.

Zimbelman's impressive palmares include multiple national road championships, multiple national time trial championships, multiple team time trial national championships, and a national stage race championship. The former professional road racer has won numerous state championships (more than 35) and notched wins at this year's Cascade Classic, Gila, Mount Hood, Elkhorn, Eugene Celebration, Walla Walla, and Steamboat Springs.

Turnbull, English cap season with victories at Eugene Celebration Stage Race

EUGENE -- Lisa Turnbull won the Senior Women's overall with a dominating performance that saw her take two stage wins and never finish off the podium in each of the four stages. The Therapeutic Associates Cycling/GENR8 rider won the McBeth prologue and the stage two Maxon Road Race. She finished second in the stage three Coburg Time Trial and third in the stage four Celebration Criterium.

Midtown Direct's Rob English used his time trialing skills to take control and win the Men's Pro/1/2 category. English set the pace with the best time in the prologue but dropped to third overall after a 15th-place finish in the Maxon Road Race. He climbed back into the overall lead with another win in the time trial, and then he secured the overall win Sunday evening, finishing with the field during the final criterium.

OVERALL RESULTS
Eugene Celebration Stage Race
Aug. 28-30

Women Cat 4
1. Vaughn, Anna (Hammer Velo) 2:27:04.00
2. Atwill, Amanda (Bend Bike n' Sport) +:43
3. Simmons, Mindy (Hammer Velo) +:52
4. Fletcher, Sara (Bridgetown Velo) +1:52
5. Reinhart, Katherine (University of Oregon) +2:06
Women Cat 1/2/3
1. Turnbull, Lisa (Therapeutic Associates/GENR8) 3:44:49.00
2. Akeroyd, Jen (Team Group Health) +1:21
3. Brynjolfson, Kristine (Westwood/Cannondale) +1:33
4. Madison, MacKenzie +1:52
5. Wilcoxson, Jade (Flywheel Bicycle Solutions) +2:34
Masters Men 40+
1. Hagen, Karsten (ZteaM) 3:28:53.00
2. Quirk, Dan (Veloce/Felt) +1:46
3. Holland, Steven (Finnegans Toys/Discover Chiropractic) +2:17
4. Vijmoet, Dan (Hutch's) +3:09
5. Frerichs, Ron (Hutch's) +3:35
Cat 4/5
1. Johnson, Kevin (Adventure's Edge) 3:36:35.00
2. Lewis, Winter (Green Ridge/In Focus) +:12
3. Wait-Molyneux, Colby (North River Racing) +:40
4. Bagshaw, Sean (Flywheel Bicycle Solutions) +:46
5. Hartz, Whitfield (Oregon Trail Racing) +1:31
Cat 3
1. Krause, Mark (Land Shark) 5:01:19
2. Shepherd, Davis (Hutch's) +:21
3. Gray, Spencer (Etna Brewing Co./DeSalvo)+:32
4. Chiou, George (Nike Cycling) +:59
5. Reitz, Dave (Etna Brewing Co./DeSalvo) +1:26
Pro/1/2
1. English, Rob (Midtown Direct) 4:43:35.00
2. Elasser, Philip (Fanatik Bike Co.) +:54
3. Applequist, Kai (Bob's Bicycles) +1:04
4. Mittermann, Galen (Midtown Direct) +1:14
5. Bourcier, Paul (Hutch's/OIC) +1:55'

Complete OBRA results are HERE.

Hamilton takes final PIR Tuesday night

RESULTS
PIR Tuesday Night Race Series
Aug. 25, Portland

Cat 1/2/3 -- 61 finishers
1. Hamilton, Chris (Rapha Racing) 17
2. Tresser, Christian (Cyclepath Racing) 15
3. Ginsberg, Mark (Ruckus) 14
4. Gates, David (Bridgetown Velo) 14
5. Arguello, Austin (Hammer/CMG Racing) 8

Cat 3/4 -- 49 finishers
1. Spahr, Trevor (Ironclad Performance Wear) 17
2. Allen, Gary (Liberty Cycle) 17
3. Lightman, Alex (Word-RCB) 16
4. Gallant, Brendon 14
5. Bedford, Stephen (Word-RCB) 14

Cat 4/5 -- 28 finishers
1. Burton, Michael (Fred Meyer/Lakeside Cycling Team) 15
2. Chasse, Derrick 13
3. Rogers, Ian 13
4. Kellogg, Sean 8
5. Catto, Reily 7

Complete OBRA results are HERE.

Rathe finishes 6th in Germany's Regio-Tour

OBRA's Jacob Rathe (Hammer/CMG Racing) finished sixth and brought home two yellow jerseys from the Rothaus Regio-Tour Internationale stage race Aug. 20-23 in Germany.

The 18-year-old Portland racer, a member of the USA Cycling Junior national Team, won the first stage of the race and held the yellow jersey through the end of stage two. But the American squad, which included Bend's Ian Boswell, ran into some tough luck on stage three and missed the day's winning move. Rathe dropped to fourth at 43 seconds down and slipped two more places on the final stage as teammates continued to abandon the difficult international junior race.

OVERALL RESULTS
Rothaus Regio-Tour Internationale
Aug. 20-23

1. Pfeifer, Ron GER 09.56.10
2. Fricke, Tassilo GER +04
3. Sütterlin, Jasha GER +09
4. Krieger, Alexander GER +32
5. Schlichenmaier, Tim GER +33
6. Rathe, Jacob L. USA +43
7. Lergenmüller, Tobias GER +51
8. Krauwel, Bas NED +54
9. Freienstein, Raphael GER +1.20
10. De Groot, Daan NED +1.32

Other Americans
47. Eastman, Ryan P. USA +8.14
58. Mannion, Gavin J. USA +12.53

Tyrrell, Tresser top Monday PIR fields

RESULTS
River City Bicycles Monday Night Series
PIR, Aug. 24

Novice Women
1. Hackenberg Emily (ZteaM) 15
2. McCasker Cindy (Portland Velo) 12
3. Thompson Lynn 10
4. Daniel Heather 8
5. Armbrust Tori 7
Novice Men
1. Usher, Craigan 18
2. Hewitt, Dan (Mt. View Cycles) 12
3. Lehto, Danny 10
4. Bauch, Todd 10
5. Murphy, Douglas 7
Masters 4/5
1. Lanners, Eric (Word-RCB) 16
2. Anderson, Eric (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 15
3. Deaton, Christian 10
4. Polonsky, Jon 8
5. Dirks, Tony (Mt. View Cycles) 8
Masters 1/2/3
1. Tresser, Christian (Cyclepath Racing) 21
2. Wessel, Robin (Team Oregon) 12
3. Schwaeber, Steve (Veloce/Felt) 11
4. Holcomb, Joseph (Specialized River City Bicycles) 10
5. Ryan, Kelly (Portland Bicycle Studio) 8
Women
1. Tyrrell, Leia (CAPA Cycling Team) 20
2. Reeve, Lisa (Veloforma) 18
3. VanValkenburg, Heather (Land Rover-ORBEA) 13
4. Larson, Elena (Therapeutic Associates Cycling/GENR8) 9
5. Levo, Jenn (Bridgetown Velo) 9

Cycling Tweet of the week

"Pain on the Peak CX race Sept. 12. Gotta be there. It's a great race and probably one of the most difficult courses I did last year." Aug. 23 ... U.S. National Cyclocross Champion Ryan Trebon -- @ryantrebon -- about the Pain on the Peak 'cross race Sept. 12 on Bald Peak outside Hillsboro, Oregon.

Get more information about Pain on the Peak HERE.

Featheringill, Kovalcik win Team Beer Track Race

OMNIUM RESULTS
Team Beer Track Race
Alpenrose Velodrome
Saturday, Aug. 22

Women Cat 4
1. Cartwright, Liz (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 17
2. Shepard, Amy 11
3. Severson, Tiffany (Team Beer) 10
Senior Women
1. Featheringill, Jen (Bike Central) 19
2. Alves-Hyde, Hanan (North River Racing) 14
3. Charbonneau, Emily (Therapeutic Associates/GENR8) 8
Cat 5
1. Harwood, Jeff (Ironclad Performance Wear) 17
2. Ratliff, Brian (Portland Velo) 17
3. Dixon, Robert (Word-RCB) 5
Cat 4
1. Riehl, Damian 17
2. Lightman, Alex (Word-RCB) 10
3. Duff, Cameron (Word-RCB) 10
Cat 3
1. Arguello, Austin (Hammer/CMG Racing) 17
2. Hansen, Jake (Word-RCB) 10
3. Culpepper, Clint (Team Beer) 8
Masters Men
1. Alling, Chris (Fred Meyer/Lakeside)17
2. Thompson, Cliff (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 15
3. Hausner, Rob (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 11
Senior Men
1. Kovalcik, Zak (Team Beer) 21
2. Beardsley, Steven (Gentle Lovers) 10
3. Adamson, James (Veloshop) 8

Complete OBRA results are HERE.

Mitterman/Turnbull lead Co-Motion Classic tandem race after first stage

RESULTS
Stage One
Co-Motion Tandem Stage Race
Aug. 20-23
Eugene, Oregon

Cat A
1. Galen Mitterman / Lisa Turnbull (Midtown Direct) 2:30:45
2. Davis Shepherd / Greg Shepherd (Hutch's) +:02
3. Nick Skeuzick / Daniel Vrijmoet (Hutch's) +7:49
4. John Cacabelos / Margareta Germeaux (RCC) +8:09
5. Todd Sahl / Patrick Mann (Co-Motion Tandem) +8:15

Cat B
1. Ryan Champion / Amy Champion (Galen Cycles) 2:50:32
2. Patrick Jackson / Jenny Vannoy (WebCyclery.com) :00
3. Dave Campbell / Jo-Hanna Wienert (Hutch's) +2:21
4. Zqwen Peterson / Jessica Cutler (Cucina Fresca) +2:29
5. Mike Petersen / Carol Peterson (Capitol Velo) +2:33

Cat C
1. Johathan Vinson / Ames Vinson (Gentle Lovers) 1:05:23
2. Russell Gauthier / Alec Gauthier (IC3) +:12
3. Eric Downing / Cooper Sprocket (Downing Mission) +:12
4. Paul Duncan / Eli Duncan (Second Summer Tours.com) +:12
5. Cameron Bittle / Carson Bittle (Co-Motion) +:20