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There are some Oregon and Washington riders doing well at the Independence
Grad Prix this holiday weekend, resident OTC rider Jennie Reed won the
Keirin and the Scratch , guess the girls under estimated the sprint
specialists endurance, Obra's Miranda Duff and Heather VanValkenburg are
doing well (results listed below). Today's schedule is Women sprint 200
meter time trial (8 qualify) Men 1000 meter time trial, Women points race
heats, Men scratch race heats, Men keirin heats,Women's sprint round one (4
x 2 - 1st to semis; 2nd to 5 - 8 final), Men scratch race,Women sprint 5 -
8 final Men keirin semi-final ,Women sprint semi-final (one ride) ,Womens
point race ,Women sprint finals (one ride), Men keirin final ,Men madison.
You can check out the action on fixgearfever.com
Women?s Keirin --
1. Jennie Reed (Gregg?s Trek/VW, Kirkland, Wash.),
2. Anna Lang (Big City Velo, San Diego, Calif.),
3. Miranda Duff (Team Rubicon, Sherwood, Ore.),
4. Heather Van Valkenburg (Sarella Forte/TVG, Vancouver, Wash.),
5. Erica Allar (Team Fuji, Fogelsville, Penn.),
6. Maatje, Benassi (Excel Sports, Colorado Springs, Colo.),
7. Amy Creed (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Women?s 5 mile Scratch ?
1. Jennie Reed (Gregg?s Trek/VW, Kirkland, Wash.),
2. Erica Allar (Team Fuji, Fogelsville, Penn.),
3. Miranda Duff (Team Rubicon, Sherwood, Ore.),
4. Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports, Colorado Springs, Colo.),
5. Heather VanValkenburg (Sorella Forte/TVG, Vancouver, Wash.),
6. Shelby Reynolds (Southern Elite, Cypress, Texas).
Women?s 500m Time Trial ?
1. Anna Lang (Big City Velo, San Diego, Calif.),
2. Jennie Reed (Gregg?s Trek/VW, Kirkland, Wash.),
3. Miranda Duff (Team Rubicon, Sherwood, Ore.),
4. Erica Allar (Team Fuji, Fogelsville, Penn.),
5. Melissa Thompson (Vitamin Cottage, Colorado Springs, Colo.),
6. Heather VanValkenburg (Sorella Forte/TVG, Vancouver, Wash.),
7. Shelby Reynolds (Southern Elite, Cypress, Texas),
8. Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Men?s Sprints ?
1. Ben Barczewscki (East Coast Velo, Breiningsville, Penn.),
2. Kevin Belz (CKR Racing, Irving, Texas),
3. Christian Stahl (CKR Racing, Colorado Springs, Colo.),
4. Aaron Kacala (Velo Worx, Colorado Springs, Colo.),
5. Anton Quist (Wyndham Hotels, Arlington, Va.),
6. Giddeon Massie (Great Divide/Fuji, Colorado Springs, Colo.),
7. Michael Blatchford (Velo Worx, Cypress, Calif.),
8. Jonathan Norfolk (Great Britain).
Men's 30km Points Race ?
1. Colby Pearce (TIAA Cref, Boulder, Colo.),
2. Will Frischkorn (TIAA Cref, Boulder, Colo.),
3. Alex Candalario (Jelly Belly-PoolGel, Boulder, Colo.),
4. Bobby Lea (Northwestern Mortgage, Mertztown, Penn.),
5. Chad Hartley (TIAA Cref, Golden, Colo.),
6. Bryan Smith (TIAA Cref, Madison, Wisc.),
7. Brad Huff (Mercy Cycling, Springfield, Mo.),
8. Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-PoolGel, Colorado Springs, Colo.).