Indiana Regional Medical Center Cycling Team

Mercer

2008-11-18T06:39:00.000-08:00

This past weekend Ed and Steevo went out to the Mercer Cup, the second stop of the USGP. Here is a great photo courtesy of Velonews.com of Steevo (#60) heading out on the course...

Wilderness 101

2008-07-29T05:20:00.000-07:00

The 5th leg of the National Ultra Endurance mountain bike series stopped in Coburn, PA this past weekend. Two IRMC racers were in attendance. Steevo Cummings and Mark Nicoll lined up for the 101 mile mountain bike race alongside multiple national champions, a 6 time world champion and nearly 300 other competitors. The course consisted of a single 101 mile loop with over 10,000 feet of elevation gain. The terrain varied from technical rocky singletrack to dirt forest roads.

Mark had bad luck during the race. He managed to flat his tire, and get lost. After missing a turn and riding down a long descent, Mark realized his error and had to backtrack to where he went astray. Following this he rode a conservative ride to finish in the middle of the group. This made for a very long day.

Steevo managed to have good luck and experience from the previous year on his side. He fulfilled his goal of a sub 8 hour race, finishing the race in 7:46. He finished in 11th place as the 4th amateur.

Around mile 90 for Steevo...
Around mile 90 for Nicoll too...

Fort Cherry Road Race

2008-06-22T12:39:00.000-07:00

Indiana Regional Medical Center Cycling team is proud to be a supporting team for the Fort Cherry Road Race. Come out to Western PA for this great event.

Details are below...

JULY 20th Fort Cherry Road Race announcement

CATEGORY	DISTANCE		START TIME	FEE	PRIZES
	Cat 1/2/3	56	miles	10:00 AM	$20	$600/7
	Cat 4/5	40	miles	10:05 AM	$20	$300/5
	Masters 45+	40	miles	10:10 AM	$20	$250/4
	Womens Open	24	miles	10:15 AM	$20	$250/4

Mill Creek Circuit Race

2008-06-13T08:57:00.000-07:00

Although it wasn't the longest race, the 90 degree heat made for a great race. Early on during the race there were many attacks. One of the attacks started by Ray Haung of Team Columbus rolled off the front at a point when everyone wanted some rest and stuck. Chris Cioccio quickly bridged the short distance and was joined by Nick Fisher of Team Freddy Fu and Thom Dominic of Team Spin. There were 2 others that joined Nick and Thom, but went back to the field shortly after. The heat and pace quickly took there toll on the riders. After getting about a 30 second gap, the break was having a hard time working together. Regardless, the break was able to hold off the field. On the final climb to the finish, Nick attacked with Chris Cioccio finishing second. Back in the field, none of the riders were willing to put in the effort to bridge to the break. Although many attacks occured, nothing developed which lead to Jake Lifson winning the field sprint for 5th! Overall, another good day for IRMC Cycling.

Start Line...Jake & Nicoll
Chris in the field

Jake in the mix
From the break of four, Chris rolling in for 2nd.

Mohican 100

2008-06-02T07:28:00.001-07:00

Nearly 300 cyclists lined up to compete in the Mohican 100 mountainbike race on Saturday in Loudonville Ohio. This was the second stop onthe National Endurace Series race schedule. Notable racers includedpast 24 hour solo world champions, 24 hour solo national champion,previous Endurance Series champion, current Series points leader, and2006 Tour de France winner, Mr. Floyd Landis. IRMC's Steevo Cummingslined up alongside them.

The 100 mile course is nearly 60% singletrack, 10% pavement, and 30%dirt roads or doubletrack, which makes for a brutal day. Cummingsfound himself sitting in the top 10 at the 50 mile mark, beforefatigue started to set in. 6 hours into the race, he started crampingand needing to walk up some of the longer climbs. Pushing on as besthe could, he held out for 15th place and a finish time of nearly eightand a half hours.

16th annual Wilkesville cycling classic

2008-05-08T04:41:00.000-07:00

Sunday May 4th
16th annual Wilkesville cycling classic
Wilkesville OH
Stephen Cummings

Sunday was the 16th annual Wilkesville cycling classic in Wilkesville
OH. The course is a clover shape, which brings the riders through the
town two times before finally coming back for the finsih, after 67
hilly miles. Only six riders were together the first time through
town, and only 4 the second time. Cummings found himself with only one
other racer heading into the famous "hawk station" climb, a 1 mile 6%
grade. Cummings attacked and soloed the final 5 miles for the win.

Urban Velo

2008-05-03T11:59:00.000-07:00

Steevo describes his racing experience from the beginning until present in a great article in the most recent issue of Urban Velo. Click HERE to read the article.

RATL Video

2008-05-03T11:57:00.000-07:00

Below is a clip of Jake winning the 2nd Race at the Lake!

Greenbrier Challenge

2008-04-30T04:46:00.000-07:00

Sunday
AMBC Greenbrier Challenge National Championship qualifier
Greenbrier State Park
Boonsboro Maryland

Cummings 20-29 Expert
Mayhew Single Speed Open

"If I hadnt seen the guy in front of me ride through it, I would have
maybe gotten off and walked"  Stephen Cummings said referring to the
"creek" (river) crossing on Sunday's 4 lap 22 mile cross country
mountain bike race. The rain from the previous week had really washed
out a lot of the course, and caused the creeks and puddles to swell
into rivers and ponds. This did not prevent IRMC from placing two
racers into podium spots during Sunday's race. Chris Mayhew rode a
time trial, holding second place from the first lap until the finish
line without seeing another racer in his class. Cummings fought his
way back after a sloppy first lap, slowly picking riders off to find
the final podium spot and a qualification for the National
Championship in Vermont this summer.

It is estimated that 20 lbs of Maryland mud was brought back to
Western PA attached to their bikes and clothing. Pictures of the
epically messy race to follow.

Steevo through the muck...

Race at the Lake #2

2008-04-29T05:11:00.000-07:00

Saturday.
Race at the Lake RATL#2
Munroe Falls Ohio
IRMC Team Present
Cioccio
Lifson
Nicoll
Cummings


At RATL #1 the IRMC team missed the breakaway and had to settle for
winning the field sprint for a bitter sweet 6th place finish. This
week at the prerace meeting, it was agreed on that we had to be in
every move, or we would risk the same result. There were plenty of
strong Regional/National teams present, including the current Elite
road national champion and men's 30-35 road national champion (same
person). This led to a very aggressive race with lots of attacks and
counter attacks, which eventually split the field in two.

Chris Cioccio was in the longest lasting breakaway of day, which might
have lasted 4 or 5 laps. The field was too strong and impatient to
allow any other threatening moves to develop.  The final lap came and
Cummings started the lead out from the start finish in an attempt to
prevent any last lap attacks. The goal was to try and set up a clean
sprint for Lifson. As Cummings ran out of gas, he was immediately
counter attacked by an Inferno rider. Cioccio took over with the lead
out, reeling in the rider and setting Lifson up for a hotly contested
sprint. Jake managed to pull out the victory against some of the
strongest riders in the midwest and the current elite national
champion.

Mingo Creek Spring Road Race Series

2008-04-15T05:31:00.000-07:00

IRMC with two race wins and the overall Mingo title!

40 degree rain did not keep four members of the IRMC cycling team away
from the final Mingo Spring Series Road Race. The race started slow,
but eventually the field splintered into a small group containing
Cummings and Lifson. UPMC cycling had 3 team members in the group,
which posed a threat.

The group further whittled down to just Jake Lifson for IRMC and
Justin Kanter for UPMC. Jake is an odds on favorite in a bunch sprint,
and did not let down. He lead the sprint out and won the race.
Cummings held on for 5th place to clinch the overall series victory.

April 13, 2008
CATEGORY 1-2-3 and MASTERS 40-49 = 7 laps = 33 miles
1 Jake Lifson Indiana Regional Medical Center 1:33:48
2 Justin Kanter UPMC st
3 Jeremy Kirchin UPMC 1:34:20
4 Steve Bedillion UPMC st
5 Stephen Cummings Indiana Regional Medical Center



   
2008 Mingo Creek Road Race Series Points
CATEGORY 1-2-3 3/30 4/6 4/13 TOTAL
1 Stephen Cummings 10 6 4 16
2 Justin Kanter 0 3 8 11
3 Jake Lifson 0 0 10 10

Mingo

2008-04-05T06:58:00.000-07:00

A quick recap of the Mingo race:
Present:
Chris Cioccio
Stephen Cummings
Ed Krall
Jake Lifson
Chris Mayhew
Mark Nicoll

Sunday's race was a good race the IRMC team. We started the race
aggressively and finished it successfully. From the start whistle, we
had a man in every move. The initial move slipped away within the
first mile containing Chris Mayhew. Over the first climb, Mountain
bike legend Gunnar Shogren and Cummings got away for a lap. After
being  chased down, Jake Lifson attacked with strong man Joe Valese.
That move threatened to be the winning move for the day. However,
unrepresented teams chased it down. The counter attack went and the
numbers were right. It contained: Cummings (IRMC), Johnson (PSU Cancer
Center), Valese (ProGraphics), Quinlin (MVC), Fisher (Freddie Fu), and
Kirchin (UPMC).

The field behind splintered, with remaining teammates in smaller
groups. At one point, Chris Cioccio was hanging mere seconds off the
lead group.

The break worked together for the remaining 4 laps. On the finishing
lap, Cummings attacked over the climb. It was a predictable move, and
was pretty quickly brought back. The fact that it was chased down so
quickly showed that some of the guys were still pretty fresh. Cummings
sat in the remaining half lap to try and recover for what was going to
be a group finish.

There were few attacks with 1 mile and 1/2 mile to go.Cummings didnt
chase and saved energy for the finish.  The finishing straight has a
long run in and he waited until almost too late to jump passing 3
riders in the last 100 meters for the win.

It was a great day for the Indiana Regional Medical Center team, we
were aggressive enough to be in every move, and conservative enough to
hold out for the win. Great job guys, we set a high bar for the
season!

1	Stephen Cummings	Indiana Regional Medical Center
2	Joe Vallese	Pro Graphics
3	Nick Fisher	Freddie Fu
4	Turner Johnson	PSU Cancer Institute
5	Dan Quinlan	Elves and More
6	Jeremy Kirchin	UPMC
7	Gunnar Shogren	Swashbuckler	1st 40+
8	Gerry Pflug	Speedgoat / SPK / Salsa	2nd 40+
9	Mike Jernigan	Pro Graphics
10	Chris Cioccio	Indiana Regional Medical Center

Steevo takes the win in the break. See below!

Early Season

2008-03-07T11:38:00.000-08:00

On Sunday, March 2, 2008, Indiana Regional Medical Center scored its first top-ten finish of the year in the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic Criterium in Columbus, Ohio. This was a big-money criterium held in conjunction with the annual bodybuilding contest...and yes, the Governator was, in fact, in attendance.

Team member and current Allegheny County champion, Jake Lifson, was aggressive throughout the race, showing the IRMC team colors at the front throughout. Jake won a mid-race prime (i.e., a prize given out for the first person across the line which does not count toward the overall results), and put in a strong showing to finish 8th overall (out of almost 100 participants). In the process, Jake beat some of the best racers in the mid-Atlantic states, including several current and former national champions.

This race is but a taste of things to come, and, as always, we could not have done it without our sponsor, Indiana Regional Medical Center.

Jake leading the group below...

Race to any Place

2008-02-26T18:00:00.000-08:00

IRMC Cyclocross and Road Team rider Steevo Cummings was involved with The Race To Any Place. This is a great cause that involved "cyclists who took 15-minute intervals in a six-hour race on stationary bikes in the lobby of the U.S. Steel Building to raise money for the Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society."

Everyone appreciates Steevo's time for such a great cause.

Philipsburg Cross Photos

2008-01-08T16:13:00.001-08:00

Below are a few photos of Bill Elliston and Stephan Kincaid courtesy of Anthony Skorochod and his site CyclingCaptured.com from the Philipsburg, NJ race that IRMC Team rider Bill Elliston puts on. Good job, Bill. Lots of time and hard work go into putting on races! Thanks again to Anthony for the photos. Click HERE to visit Cyclingcaptured.com

Geronimo pre-race

Bill cornering...

Bill rockin' his way to victory!
Geronimo descending...

Men A
1 1:00:45.9 Bill Elliston Easton PA EK Racing/Indiana Regional Med. Ctr.
2 1:01:25.8 Stephan Kincaid Pottstown PA EK Racing/Indiana Regional Med. Ctr.
3 1:01:52.1 J Gabriel Lloyd New York City NY CRCA - REMAX
4 1:02:02.6 Ben Showman West Point NY United States Military Academy
5 1:02:46.1 Jeremy Gardner Ithaca NY
6 1:04:04.5 Andrew Crooks NY NY Endurex
7 1:04:28.7 Martin Jones High Bridge NJ Team Somerset/Van Dessel/Bike King
8 1:05:02.8 Frank Zgoda Sussex NJ Skylands Cycling
9 1:06:10.7 Brian Lariviere Rockaway NJ Team Bulldog/Campmor
10 1:06:42.1 William Irving Rosendale NY Table Rock Tours and Bicycle Shop
11 1:00:49.0 Partland JP NY NY Watchung wheelman
12 1:04:25.2 Keith Licata Andover NJ Team Bulldog/Campmor

Bits

2007-12-25T09:59:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-25T09:35:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-12T05:45:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-09T16:28:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-07T05:31:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-05T06:20:00.001-08:00

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

2007-12-02T08:36:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-01T09:53:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-27T16:08:00.000-08:00

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!

2007-11-26T19:19:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-25T10:31:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-22T07:38:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-21T04:35:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-20T04:34:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-13T18:11:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-13T17:39:00.000-08:00

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