Two podium weekend

Jun 21 - This past weekend saw Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery ladies atop of two podiums.

Sue continued her dominance in the hills winning the first race in the "Northeast Bike Up the Mountain Points (BUMP) Series" (http://www.hillclimbseries.com/) held on Saturday at Whiteface Mountain, NY.

Sarah was atop of the podium at Ottawa Bike Race's Preston Street Crit in Ottawa, albeit it under some not-ideal circumstances. Once racing got back underway, a break formed that contained Sarah, Sophie and Trish and one 7th Groove rider. After strong work by all the Stevens riders, Sarah took the final sprint with ease for her first win of the season!

Next up: Rachel and Sarah are off to the Canadian road championships in Edmonton (Rachel will represent in the time trial as well) then several ladies will make the trek down to the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic in Mass.

Footnote: The report does not tell the whole story. There was an unfortunate crash in the women's race at Preston. Sarah managed to avoid it but Sophie and Trish did go down. They got off lucky relatively speaking with some scrapes, surface damage to the bikes and what seems to be the worst for them--a sprained wrist for Sophie that will be in a split for a few days. Allsion Lampi and Jen Stephenson were both ambulanced to hospital. Early reports are that both remain in good spirits but will need to take some serious healing time.