Jim Vandeven Crushes the Ozark Mountains and All Competition at the Dogwood Classic

Jim Vandeven established his winning move in the opening miles of the hilly, challenging roads of the Dogwood Classic Road Race. He bridged to the from-the-gun attack of Shawn O'Neal, traded pulls with O'Neal for fifty miles, then attacked his break-mate to take the win by himself ten miles later.


Jim's recollection was succinct: "After placing second in Hillsboro I was hungry for a win. Sean O'neal and I attacked from the start and stayed away for the entire race. Twelve miles from the finish I realized he was getting weak, and I road away and won the race. I put 1 1/2 mins on him and about 3 mins on the chase group."