Team Get A Grip Cycles brought a 6-man entourage for the Cat 3 Men's Twilight Criterium in Grafton, WI this past Saturday. A first-year event, its interesting, 6-corner downtown course lined with many supportive, local spectators, it meet all expectations and then some, offering a great venue for crit racing.
Active in the major moves of the day, Eric Wiecek, Chip Gray, Steve Vandeven, Seth Meyer, James Holton, and Jon Tenney tried to make the breakaway happen. With three laps to go, it was looking good as Meyer bridged to Brazen Dropouts riders Matt Waite and Dallas Fowler, and the three held a respectable gap.
Alas, the field came back to the threesome, but it wasn't time for TGAGC to go down yet, as Wiecek took advantage of the moment of confusion in the last lap and jumped up to second position, with a bit of a gap on the field, coming into the final corner. From that spot, he sprinted nicely into third place, and, charging out of the field, Vandeven and Holton nabbed 8th and 11th, respectively.
Meyer, after his efforts rolled through for 22nd, with Tenney and Gray, also active during the day, coming in with the main bunch as well. All these efforts for three, top-15 money spots was definitely worth it for the entire squad!
Later on, Devon Haskell, preparing for Nature Valley this coming week (six stages from June 20-24) entered the Women's Pro/1/2/3 race. Conserving energy very well the entire day, she sprinted out of the field behind a solo breakaway for 5th place overall, another great result for Team Get A Grip Cycles.
Even more success: While most of the men's squad was at Grafton, Lee Heaton made his way to Carroll County for an ABR road race Saturday, taking a convincing win and giving TGAGC yet another W. Congratulations to Heaton, stepping onto the top spot of the podium for the first time this season!
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