April News from VOS- Cycles Gladiator

A recap of April news and the tail end of March, what a busy month for the team. Our Jr's have been busy in high school racing the Nor Cal MTB series and the master have been traveling through out nor cal getting their fill of racing.

April started off with a 4 man TTT and Scott, Jon, John and Rich were up against the Specialized boys plus a few other team and finish second.



The Nap crit was it usual crash fest with the P turn we came away unhurt with a couple in the top ten.

Santa Cruz Crit

In the E5 we had Sean and Eamon, the race ended up having a break and they missed it so with a lap to go Eamon attacked out of the pack and caught the break and took the win , Sean was 6th. In the M35 123 it was full on racing and Matt placed in the top 10 , what a race.

The Same weekend the CCCX MTB was back at it and Nico was 1st in the Expert and Scott C was 3rd and Courtney was 9th in the master races.

Also going on was the Nor Cal MTB races and Brian continued his good racing with another 1st.

The following weekend was Copperopolis RR and this race and the road conditions always make for a tough day of racing.

The M55 boys work hard( Dana, Manny and Scott) Scott placed 6th, the M45 crew Jon, Jan and James worked hard all race an finished 2 in the top ten. The M35 boys had there work cut out for them and Norm placed in the top ten as well. Wow what a day at the races.

Sea Otter weekend we had some of the boys race the crit and others play in the dirt. At the circuit E5 race Sean raced very well and made up on the podium for 3rd.

Courtney and Shannon raced the master crit and finished 13th and 16th

The cross country racing was hot and our jr's did very well racing in the expert field Nico was 10th and Tyler was 12th. Courtney raced the Master and was 16th.

The Wente RR and crit was a weekend of racing. In the Jr RR Eamon was solo and was able to sneak into the top ten. The M35 worked very hard and Norm pulled off a 6th with the hard work of team. In the M45 Rick was off in a break and placed 6th and James took the pack finish for 7th. Dana and Manny had a good workout with the M55 boys

The Wente crit tends to be a hectic race with road rash attached to it. Eamon again was solo with the Jr and just missed the podium and was 4th. The M35 was fast and furious and up until the last lap we were in position for the win. But a not so cool move by a rider that took out 7 rider in the sprint finish and took a couple of our boys down Norm just escaped and took 4th.

The M45 race was a little safer , we got Rich off in a break then all we had to do was work the front and cover attacks which we did Rich took 3rd and Bill was 8th.