Road Rash and Podiums
The start of May brought two great local races and a mixed bag of crashes and breakaways for Iron City Bikes Racing. When all was said and done ICBR walked away with good results in the cat 4/5 fields. Jacob took his first ever win at Aliquippa, and Mike had his first podium of the year with a 3rd place at Race at the Lake in Kent, OH.
The annual Aliquippa Training Crit Series got off to a very wet start. Despite the rain, Iron City Bikes had strong representation in the 1/2/3 race (John, Paul, Steve) and the 4/5 race (Dave, Jacob). The 4/5 race went very well: A four-man break (Nehemiah McHugh, Greg Flood, Jacob Yundt, and Joe Biss) opened a gap with ~6 to go. The break held to the end of the race with the victory going to Jacob. Dave finished with the lead group in 8th place.
Shaky video of the finish (with narration by Emily!) below:
Unfortunately the rainy weather proved to be very unlucky for the 1/2/3 riders. Paul and John crashed early in the race and Steve flatted out with ~5 to go.
