Race Reports

Race Report: Slug Circuit – Cat 3/4/5 35+ Date: April 5, 2025 Field Size: 10 LGBRC Racers (finishing position): Salvatore Talarico (5th) Brian Paden (6th) Vu Nguyen (10th) Reporter: Brian Paden Course: 11 laps on a scenic but hilly 3-mile loop through the UC Santa Cruz campus. Excellent pavement, non-technical layout—you might not even touch your brakes the […]

Race Report Writer: Salvatore Talarico Race: Copperopolis Road Race – 35+ 3/4 Date: Saturday, March 29th, 2025 LGBRC racers: Salvatore Talarico, Dan Scannell, Eric Brown, and Vu Nguyen Top Results: Salvatore (3rd place) Course: 42 miles race composed of 2 laps, where each lap features two climbs, one at the start and one toward the finish with tough rollers in between, and

RACE REPORT from Shane Ruggieri – Categories 4/5 I’d like to start this with gratitude for LGBRC and its members. While I’ve not raced since I did the Cat 5 30+ Red Kite on Feb 7 in Livermore in 2016 under LGBRC colors, I told myself this was the year that I’d get back out

Justin – UCI Elite short track and UCI U23 XC Just a few days after getting home from Puerto Rico, my Dad and I repacked our things and drove down to Temecula for the US Pro Cup at Vail Lake. I had a midterm in the afternoon so we didn’t leave until rush hour and

Race report writer: Luis Gomez Race: Land Park criterium; two races, Master 35+ 3/4 and E4 Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025 LGBRC racers: Dan Scannell, Luis Gomez Course: horseshoe shaped loop with chicane at narrow end Master 35+ 3/4 race recap: The day started off chilly at about 45F but dry, despite the possibility of rain predicted for later

Hi Team, These last 2 weeks I have been down in Puerto Rico for a total of 5 UCI mountain bike races, including one of the U23 Continental Series competitions and several Elite C1/HC events. This tops my list as one of the coolest places I have been for a bike race, and it was

Date: March 1, 2025 Field Size: 43 LGBRC Racers (finishing position): – Dan Scannell (20th) – Salvatore Talarico (7th) – Vu Nguyen (18th) – Brian Paden (11th) Reporter: Brian Paden Course: 4 laps on a flat 11-mile circuit with very poor road conditions (Strava segment). An oil slick from a spill made one of the

Hi Team, I made the trip with Justin to the Cyclocross National Championships, which were held in Louisville, Kentucky, for the second year in a row.  I raced the Men 55-59 event on Friday, and Justin was racing twice with the collegiate race on Thursday and the U23 Men on Saturday.   The course was

Missoula Montana hosted this year’s championships which were open to racers from the US, Canada, Central America, and South America.  The northernly location meant that it was mostly US and Canadian riders in attendance, but there were strong fields to battle for the coveted PanAm jerseys that were on the line.  I raced four times

Justin and I made the journey to Bear Creek Mountain Resort near Allentown, PA to contest the Mountain Bike National Championships for XC and short track.  I was focused on trying to repeat my title from 2022 in the 50-54 age group and Justin hoped to get inside the top 10 in the U23 races.

Justin and I made the journey to Louisville, Kentucky for what we expected to be a wet and muddy battle against the nation’s fastest cyclocross riders. Our first events were on Thursday with Justin racing the collegiate race in the morning with me in the afternoon for the 50-54 event. Justin then finished off the

Hi Team, The last two weekends I had the opportunity to race for USA Cycling at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Snowshoe, West Virginia and Mont Saint Anne, Quebec! I competed in the U23 cross country events, racing against the fastest mountain bike athletes from development, factory, and national teams around the world.

Hi Team, We had a number of LGBRC racers at the first two cyclocross races of the season this past weekend with Justin Peck taking the Men’s A race win at both events!  The two courses were completely different with Saturday’s VSRT in Livermore on a super dusty course with lots of loose cornering and

Justin and I finished up the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike stage race on Friday with some solid results at this high altitude event in Breckenridge, Colorado.  The single track in this area is amazing (and occasionally rocky) with all six stages starting right in downtown Breckenridge and heading out in a different direction each

Justin and I traveled to hot and humid Bear Creek Resort in Pennsylvania the past few days for the MTB national championships for XC and short track.  We each wrote race reports from our different events so you will receive two separate emails since we each wrote a fair amount. If you subscribe to FloBikes

Hi Team, Last week my dad and I flew out to mountain bike nationals at Bear Creek Resort in Pennsylvania, a totally different venue than the previous few years in Winter Park. Although it was great to be competing at sea level, this area presents its own difficulties in the hot, humid, and often rainy

Last weekend my mom and I drove out to Utah for the Soldier Hollow Bike Festival, which included UCI elite short track and cross country races. This event was postponed from its original date in May due to lasting snow conditions, making it the final race before national championships next week. Riders came from all

Hi Team, Last weekend I traveled to Montana for the Missoula XC. This year they had 3 cross country races and a short track, all UCI races and part of the Junior World Series. I was only able to make it out for two race days, but I made the most of my short trip.

Justin and I raced the Grinduro gravel event in Mt Shasta this past weekend, and we each came away with the win in our categories (Pro men for Justin and 50-59 for me).  It is a somewhat unique format in that there are four timed stages spread throughout the 61 mile course.  The stages are