Littlehales repeats week-three PIR win

Rapha Racing's Todd Littlehales repeated his week-three win (pictured in this file photo) at Portland International Raceway Tuesday night ahead of Cyclepath's John Browning and Sunset Cycle's Jonathan McCoy. April overall winner Christian Tresser may have had tired legs from his Monday Night Masters win the evening before and finished seventh.

Portland Bicycle Studio's Kelly Ryan won May's first week in a crash-shortened event ahead of Ryan Taylor (Land Rover/ORBEA) and Chris Haverty (Bridgetown Velo).

Hot-spot and finish points are totalled to arrive at the overall race result each night. Points for the monthly contest are then assigned 10 deep: 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Ties go to the most recent highest result.

In the Cat 3/4 race, Mopha's Christopher Osolin took the night, finishing ahead of Robert Vigeant (Team Oregon) and Matthew Neff (Aeolus Cycling). Beaverton Bicycle Club's Stephen McDade won the Cat 4/5 race ahead of Darrin Seeds (Yakima Bike Vigilantes) and Johannes Weber (Ironclad Performance Wear).

RESULTS
PIR Tuesday Night, May 12

Cat 4/5 - 37 finishers
1. McDade, Stephen (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 15
2. Seeds, Darrin (Yakima Bike Vigilantes) 12
3. Weber, Johannes (Ironclad Performance Wear) 12
4. Zack, George (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 11
Cat 3/4 - 55 finishers
1. Osolin, Christopher (Mopha) 17
2. Vigeant, Robert (Team Oregon) 13
3. Neff, Matthew (Aeolus Cycling) 12
4. Condron, Kevin (Gentle Lovers) 11
5. Brush, Walton 10
Pro/1/2/3 - 76 finishers
1. Littlehales, Todd (Rapha Racing) 15
2. Browning, John (Cyclepath Racing) 12
3. McCoy, Jonathan (Sunset Cycles/CycleOne) 10
4. Coker, Aaron (HPChiro/Hammer Nutrition) 10
5. Gates, David (Bridgetown Velo) 10

Littlehales takes PIR Tuesday Nighter

UPDATE: Wednesday, 9 p.m. -- Complete April 21 PIR photos are now posted HERE.

Former Navigators and Sierra-Nevada pro Todd Littlehales returned to the old haunts at Portland International Raceway Tuesday, winning the final sprint and enough hotspot points to snatch the overall in the Men's Pro/1/2/3 race.

Huge numbers showed up for the third race of the 2009 Tuesday night series. Sixty-five riders competed in the Cat 4/5 race, more than 100 in the 3/4 race and nearly 90 in the Pro/1/2/3 event.

Littlehales, who rides for Rapha Racing's veteran squad, battled Land Rover-Orbea's Evan Elken, HP Chiropractic's Aaron Coker, Cyclepath's Christian Tresser and a host of others throughout the night for sprint points.

Littlehales' Rapha Teammate Jon Grochau won this year's first PIR April 7.

RESULTS (unofficial)

Pro/1/2/3
1. Littlehales, Todd - Rapha Racing (17)
2. Coker, Aaron - HPChiro/Hammer Nutrition (14)
3. Abers, Brian - Bike Central (10)
4. Tresser, Christian - Cyclepath Racing (10)
5. Elken, Evan - Land Rover/ORBEA (9)

Cat. 3/4
1. Ratliff, Brian - Portland Velo (15)
2. Goff, Wade - Half Fast Velo (12)
3. Swearingen, Wes - Mountain View Cycles (11)
4. Harwood, Jeff - Ironclad Performance Wear (10)
5. Gibson, Nick (8)

Cat. 4/5
1. Cummings, Jacob - tarck (15)
2. Seeds, Darrin - Yakima Bike Vigilantes (12)
3. Severson, Tom - Centrex Construction Inc. (10)
4. Cecotti, Shawn (8)
5. Utz, Zachary (7)