This weekend saw limited racing, with Matt Spohn and Stephan Kincaid taking on the prestigious Mengoni GP in NYC. It was dreary conditions as they joined 100 others in what is dubbed the “NYC Worlds”. Matt was one of the races bigger animators, present in many of the most dangerous break attempts, while Geronimo took turns [...]
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Riverfront Cross Update
I just received the great news that, out of several staple cross races on the NJ calendar, the Phillipsburg Riverfront Cross, set for Saturday December 5th, was selected to host this years New Jersey State Cyclocross Championships. The NJ Cross Committee welcomed the new venue based on the three year old events reputation as being such a fun, challenging course [...]
Client Reminder
As a reminder to all Elliston Coaching clients, as we are an affiliate of Echappe Equipment, you are eligible for 5% discount on any wheel or equipment rentals. No matter what type of event: road, track, tri’s, cyclocross, or just the local century ride, Echappe has a huge inventory of wheels to pick from. The [...]
Crit Natz
This weekend saw the country’s best head to familiar Downers Grove, IL, for the US National Criterium Championships. Racing got underway with the Saturday evening warm-up races. Laura rode a conservative race to prep for Sundays biggie, rolling in just inside the top 20. In the men’s Pro/Am, both Geronimo and Matt Spohn were on hand [...]
Phillipsburg Crit
Just a reminder that as September approaches, that means that one of our events is on the horizon. The 9th Annual Phillipsburg Crit is set for Saturday, September 5th, a week earlier than normal this year. Once again, we are part of the Maxxis Garden State Cup for the Masters events, and the Champion Systems [...]
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CAT 1!!
As a culmination of last years 13th place overall at the UCI Tour of Belize, numerous top 10 finishes throughout this spring, 4th place overall at Fitchburg, and 7th overall at Crossroads, Gabe has been approved for his Cat 1 upgrade. Big congrats to Gabe for achieving goal number one for the season, as we now look [...]
NC Wrap-up
Well, the weekend is officially wrapped. Saturdays final Crossroads race visited the Charlotte suburb of Harrisburg. On a tight and technical course, both Gabe and I made the final selection of 13 after numerous attacks. The plan was to try and put Gabe on the podium, which would hopefully move him into top 5 on the [...]
Crossroads Update
So far, we are 4 days down and one to go in the Crossroads Classic Crits. Tuesday and Wednesday saw bunch finishes, with Gabe logging top 25 finishes both nights. Thursday nights Salisbury crit once again saw Gabe ride aggressive and attentive only missing the winning break due to an ill timed crash. He recovered well [...]
Elk Grove, Lancaster, and NC..
Last weekend saw success in different parts of the country for several clients. Out in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove, Laura Van Gilder sprinted her way to the win on day one, also taking the big mid race preme, and then a close second on day two. And back at east at the Tour of [...]