Bits

A few weeks back, Horner and Megan went to Jingle Cross Rock . Todd Wells had a nice write up about the race and photo of he and Chris signing autographs. Thanks, Todd!

Click here for Todd's write up!


A bunch of photos from the team's great season will be posted shortly!

Nationals

Nationals had a bit of a change of unexpected plans. Upon arriving to KC, I received word that Chris was in the hospital. I'm sure you've heard, but Chris had an emergency appendectomy Saturday evening. Thankfully he is fine and this happened while not on the bike or traveling.



The long and short of it all...
Chris arrives Friday night, doesn't sleep because he's not feeling well and experiencing what he thought was lower abdominal pain. Goes to the hospital, they admit him, do some tests and realize he need his appendix removed. He spends the night in the hospital, released Sunday night and flies home Monday morning to Bend, OR. That was his experience for Nationals! Chris was extremely disappointed that he couldn't race, especially after I showed him photos and video clips from the race.

Megan was on hand to represent IRMC and raced extremely well. With the course lined with large crowds and the conditions being mud, snow and deceivingly deep frozen mud ruts, racing was a task at hand. Several riders would be racing and would have there wheels slide out as if some one pulled the rug out from underneath them. Megan stayed up right the entire race and was able to make nice ground. It is also nice to repeatedly hear over the loud speaker, "Here comes Megan Elliot of Indiana Regional Medical Center".

PezCycling Interview

PezCycling interviewed Horner while we were in Portland for the third series of the USGP. Chris discusses road racing and cross. Take a look. Thanks to Dave and Richard at Pez for the great job!

Part 1 of the Interview

Part 2 of the Interview

Portland

This was the Portland USGP.
Craig prepping for the race in the hotel room. Things get a bit hectic in the room when you have bikes, a whole mess load of wheel sets, bike stand, tools and your own luggage. It's a whole lot of fun, though. Thanks to PEDROS for the awesome repair stand and tools!

Megan warming up and staying out of the rain under the SRAM tent.

This upcoming weekend, IRMC Cyclocross team heads to Kansas City for cross nationals. Click on the image below to find more information on the race!

Philipsburg Riverfront Cyclocross

Indiana Regional Medical Center Cyclocross Team member Bill Elliston is putting on the Philipsburg Riverfront Cyclocross race this Sunday in Philipsburg, NJ! BIKEREG.COM has all the info you need! Make the trip for this great event, which is the last race of 2007 NJ
Cross Cup Series...not many races left in the season. Start times are posted below.

	CATEGORY	DISTANCE		START TIME	FEE	PRIZES
	C (Cat 3/4)	40	minutes	10:00 AM	$25	Medals / 3
	Juniors (M:10-14 & 15-18; W:10-18)	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$10	Medals / 3 (per age group)
	Masters 45+	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$25	Medals / 3
	Masters 55+	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$25	Medals / 3
	Women	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$20	200 / 5
	B (Cat 2/3/4)	45	minutes	11:40 AM	$25	200 / 5
	Masters 35+	45	minutes	11:40 AM	$25	200 / 5
	U23	45	minutes	11:40 AM	$25	200 / 5
	A (P/1/2/3)	60	minutes	12:35 PM	$25	500 / 10

Final race of the 2007 NJ Cross Cup Series

Carlisle Cross

Cyclingnews has the complete race report from Carlisle Cross...check it out.

1 Alec Donahue (Joe's Garage)                                             55.45
2 Charles Pendry (Inland Construction - Btd)                               0.11
3 Jon Hamblen (Rgm Watches - Richard Sachs)                                   
4 Wes Schempf (C3-Sollay)                                                  0.12
5 Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light)        0.43
6 Nathan Chown (Handlebars Cc/Kona Canada)                                    
7 Michael Gallegher (Us Army Cycling)                                         
8 Jacob Fetty (Myogenesis/Thebikegame Dot Com/Hamblen Rules)               1.03
9 Ryan Leach (Gpoa-Cannondale)                                             1.05
10 Stephan Kincaid (IRMC/Rite Aid Pro Cycling)                         1.19
11 Stephen Cummings (Indiana Regional Medical Center / Fuji Bikes!)        1.40
12 Bill Elliston (Indiana Regional Medical Center/Fuji)                    1.49
13 Tyler Wren (Colavita / Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light)          1.52
14 Nathan Wyatt (Carolina Fatz/Sram/Santa Cruz Bicycles)                   2.03
15 Greg Wittwer (Fort Factory Team)                                        2.08
16 Peter Rubijono (Cambridge Bike/Igleheart Frames)                        2.31
17 Todd Cassan (Westwood Velo)                                             3.21
18 Ernesto Marenchin (Asylum Cycles)                                       4.15
19 Michael Yozell (Fort Factory Cyclocross Team)                           5.15
20 Gregory Lindstrom (Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing)               5.43
21 Andrew Wulfkuhle (C3/Sollay.Com)                        

Dennisbike provided the photos below and has more from the weekend!

Geronimo leading a group


Bill and Steevo

So Far

Portland, Day 1...The crowds were huge, so were the gusts of wind and rain! With rain, wind and mud, this was a hard day of racing with several crashes. It was great to see the crowds turn out to and show great enthusiasm for the racers.

Below is a shot from the race posted on Velonews where you can see Horner cresting the top of the short hill lined with fans.

Some brief word of mouth results from the MidAtlantic Carlisle Cross Classic

Stephan was 10th, Steevo 11th and Bill 12th. Full race reports to come.

Randoms

The IRMC Cross Team is spread out this weekend. Chris and Megan are racing the third weekend of the USGP in Portland, OR. Bill, Stephan and Steevo are in PA racing the third weekend of the MidAtlantic Cyclocross Series.

Results from today's races will be posted later.

Until then, enjoy some random pics from the Mercer Cup weekend of racing...

Horner and Bill warming up on the trainers.


IRMC Team mechanic Craig Merritts enjoying a laugh after a busy day.

Stephan "Geronimo" Kincaid post race


Horner post race
Group shot

Tacchino Cross

A few weeks back Steevo had an excellent 4th place finish at Tacchino Cross. Below are some great shots via Velophotos.net

Bikereg has the complete report.

Men Cat1/2/3                                        
Place        Bib #  First Name    Last Name Team                                                City                    ST
1            517    Jeremiah      Bishop    Trek / VW                                           Harrisburg              VA
2            504    Greg          WITTWER   FORT Factory Team                                   Richmond                VA
3            516    Jonne         Sundt     KBS Medifast                                        Chanceville             0
4            511    Stephen       Cummings  Indiana Regional Medical Center                     Pittsburgh               PA
5            519    Jeffrey       Buckles   Alan N. America                                     Richmond                VA
6            505    John          BREWER    Squadra Coppi/IM SAAB                               Arlington               VA
7            503    Dave          WEAVER                                                                 Towson                  MD
8            520    Nick          Bax       Hot Tubes                                           Bethesda                MD
9            515    Stephen       Koelbl    Blue Competetition
10           509    James W.      WAGNER                                                                 Bethesda                MD

Thanksgiving Recap!

I received this Thanksgiving weekend race recap from Bill Elliston...Thanks, BIll and good job!

"Yo Ed-

Quick weekend race update:

Saturday:
Bay State Cross, Stirling, Mass. New England Championship Series Round 5; UCI C2
15th place

Lousy last row start of 40-odd starters. Felt pretty good and got through some traffic to a group of 12, right to the front of that and split it into a group of 4. Stayed like that til we got caught by Jeremy Powers when we were on 2 to go. (lap times were 6 and change; shorter than what they are supposed to be for UCI races) Took the sprint from the group.

Sunday:
NJ Cross Championships, Augusta,NJ
1st place
Went away on first lap w/ one other guy, Aaron Oakes (Van Dessel), stayed clear til finish. Some attacking last lap, smoked him in sprint for win.

Next week: Carlisle, Pa UCI C2 on Saturday; Capitol Cross, Reston, Va, UCI C2 on Sunday."

IOWA CITY

Meanwhile Chris and Megan were in Iowa City for Jingle Cross Rock. Chris podiumed for second place both days, while Megan finished 11th on Saturday and 7th on Sunday!

Here are a few photos from the days of racing Jingle Cross Rock. Thanks to Steve Fry for the photos.

Podium from Saturday.

1 Todd Wells (USA) GT
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Indiana Regional Medical Center
3 Bjorn Selander (USA) Ridley Factory Team

Sunday's Race...

Sunday's Podium!

1 Todd Wells (USA) GT
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Indiana Regional Medical Center
3 Tristan Schouten (USA) Planet Bike

Jingle Cross

The 2007 Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock

Men

1 Todd Wells (USA) GT
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Indiana Regional Medical Center
3 Bjorn Selander (USA) Ridley Factory Team
4 Tristan Schouten (USA) Planet Bike
5 Steve Tilford (USA) HRRC-Trek Bike Store
6 Sam Krieg (USA) Sienna Dev't
7 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light
8 Brian Matter (USA) Pcw - Trek
9 Joshua Johnson (USA) Big Shark Racing
10 Kurt Refsnider (USA) Fort Factory Team

Women

1 Wendy Williams (USA) River City Bicycles
2 Sue Butler (USA) River City Bicycles
3 Linda Sone (USA) Ridley Factory Team
4 Sydney Brown (USA) Badger Cycles
5 Kristin Wentworth (USA) Team Kenda Tire
6 Anne Schwartz (USA) Flying Rhino Cycling Club
7 Catherine Walberg (USA) Team Kenda Tire
8 Devon Haskell (USA) Team Get A Grip Cycles
9 Debbie Dust (USA) Team Kenda Tire
10 Maria Stewart (USA) Velo Bella- Kona
11 Meghan Elliott (USA) Indiana Regional Medical Center
12 Linda Cooper (USA) Great Plains Cycling Club
13 Robin Williams (USA) ICCC
14 Margot Herman (USA) Silver-Hollywood Cycles

Cyclofile

Courtesy of Cyclofile, here is a great video from the Redline Cup/Boulder Cup in Colorado. At the end of the video Horner is on the podium in the IRMC kit! The other videos on this site are great too. Take a look...

2nd Round of USGP Photos

Bill working his way up through the field


Courtesy of Cyclingnews... Stephan through the twisty Selle Italia section...

Megan leading a group

First lap (L to R) Adam Craig, Chris Horner and friend of the team Ryan Leach

Stephan ready to come down the "run up"

Horner rollin' down

Mercer Cup

Indiana Regional Mediccal Center Cyclocross Team was in Mercer County, NJ over the past weekend for the second weekend of the USGP. Chris and Megan made the trip from Bend, OR, while, Bill and Stephan made the trip up from Eastern PA. Steevo was unable to make the trip out this weekend, which I'll expand upon at a later time.
It was great to have the team together, share some great racing and team work. A big thanks to Erik Mitchell for all of his help, John and Stubna for being a great press crew.

A few photos below from the sand on Saturday..

Megan through the sand with a smile.
Bill...
Geronimo...

Horner...
More photos from the weekend coming soon.

Team Kits

Thanks to Jim and everyone else at Voler' for making the great team clothing. They look fantastic and everyone has positive comments when seeing the kits.

Welcome

Welcome to the Ed Krall Racing blog. There is lots to catch up on, but I'll start with the basics. Below is the run down on the team, riders and sponsors. This is the press release that was posted on cyclingnews, cyclocrossworld & other various sites.

Ed Krall Racing is proud to present the Indiana Regional Medical Center Cyclocross Team, based in Western Pennsylvania but competing in events throughout the United States . This is the team’s first year, but it has targeted the US Grand Prix series and plans on being a factor in each of the six national races.

For the 2007 cyclocross season, the team will feature Chris Horner ( Bend , OR ), Megan Elliot ( Bend , OR ), Stephan Kincaid ( Pottstown , PA ), Bill Elliston ( Easton , PA ), and Steevo Cummings ( Pittsburgh , PA ). The team will be managed by Ed Krall and Craig Merrits will lead the team’s pit crew. With this impressive lineup, the Indiana Regional Medical Center Cyclocross team anticipates a successful racing season.

In the 2006 cyclocross season, the team’s current racers managed a number of victories and high placings. With increased support, the team members look forward to even greater success in 2007.

Contributing sponsors include: Nicholas Homes, Fourth River Development, AcuIce, Sportsbalm/Acrista Imports