Marlboros are still more than gas and somehow Goth is still around on Milwaukee's East Side. This girl had her corset tied so tight it seemed like a straight jacket.
Rock's Sterling Magnell and Rashan Bahati held the yellow and red jerseys for over 13 days until Australia's Johnny Cantwell took yellow at Whitnall Park. Superweek announcer for 30 years, Eddy van Guys who played the bad Italian from Team Cinzano in Breaking Away.
The women's podium from Shorewood, one of the biggest Superweek stages. Founder Otto Wenz with registrar Kris Franklin. Otto started Superweek in 1969 with one stage and it grew and grew.
Souvenirs available from the International Cycling Classic, otherwise known as the Superweek Pro Tour or just Superweek. 90/90, heat and humidity meant that the outfits were small and many cold beverages were needed at Shorewood. Here the local barkeep serves up the cold ones and of course, Brats.
Shorewood also has a public beach nearby, clearly a distraction. The House of Guiness right on the course at Waukesha.
The view from inside the House of Guiness where I sampled a nice black and tan while the action heated up out on the street.
The peloton climbs to the feed zone at The Tour of Holy Hill, one of the classics in American bike racing. Canadian Ryan Roth jumped away from a 10 man break with only 2 miles or less in the race to take the stage and the title, King of Holy Hill.
Rock Racing's Ashley Diamond was quite distracting. Clearly we're in farm country, the men's podium from Holy Hill, L to R, Ben King, Ryan Roth and Frank Pipp.
Brat Fest '08, Tom Schuler's annual party on Milwaukee's west side. Former US Pro Champ and 7 time Bastille Day's Champ, Tom Schuler and yours truly. I met Tom when he broke into Nordic racing in the late '80's.
Max Taam from Aspen getting ready to race the Whitnall Park RR in his new kit from The Hub. Series leader Sterling Magnell talks with legendary 2-wheeled warrior Steve Tilford.
Ashley Diamond, training for road nationals later in the year, held her own for 50 of the 60 miles at the Whitnall Park Road Race against the men, while many had dropped out. SRAM neutral support follows the field up the final hill at Whitnall.
The Jittery Joe's team with Johhny Cantwell on the right, were ecstatic having lifted the leader's yellow jersey off of Rock Racing. Eddy van Guys uses a local Columbian as an interpreter to interview the winner of the Whitnall Park stage.
Today is Racine but Max is taking the day off and we'll go to Kenosha tomorrow. Then Saturday is the big one, the Great Downer Avenue Bike Race with thousands of fans and a all day long Belgian Beer Fest, should be great. We'll skip the final stage in Whitefish Bay in favor of going back down to Chicago on Sunday for the first ever Chicago Criterium with $40,000 in prize money for the Pro, 1/2 race. Then it's back onto I-80 and homeward bound. Look forward to seeing you all again when we get back. Stay tuned. Trecker.
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