It was a very soggy weekend in the Upper Midwest, but a few GVR riders managed to slip in some racing between rain drops.

A  rundown of team results can be found here.

Photo: Galen Murray

Photo: Anderson Bortoletto

Another full weekend of events with GVR riders active on gravel and dirt in Wisconsin and Michigan.

A  rundown of team results can be found here.

That was one heck of a weekend featuring three days of great racing in the greater LaCrosse area of western Wisconsin.

A  rundown of team results can be found here.

In an annual tradition, GVR riders packed up and headed to Westby, Wisconsin, for three days of riding in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin (That means there are a lot of hills and valleys).

True to tradition, early season weather was a challenge (temps never got out of the 30s and there was plenty of snow on the roadsides), but roads were largely dry and the team crammed in a bunch of miles – and elevation gain – over the weekend. We also got a set of nice team photos.

We also had one rider at another spring classic, Barry-Roubaix, in Michigan on Saturday.

A  rundown of team results can be found here.

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With cobbles and hard people of the peloton top of mind in the spring, a small group of GVR riders headed down to the Rough Road 100 mixed surface race in north central Illinois Saturday … then followed it up with more riding Sunday.

A  rundown of team results can be found here.

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We had riders all over the central part of the United States this weekend from north to south. One more sign the meat of the racing season is approaching.

A  rundown of team results can be found here.

Photo: Ryan Lipski

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Photo: Ryan Lipski

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Photo: Ryan Lipski

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There’s still plenty of snow (and winter) left across northern Wisconsin making it the magical time of the year where fat bike races (Fat Bike Birkie) and preparation for the upcoming road season intersect.

A  rundown of team results can be found here.

Photo: Once In A Blue Moon Studio-Kelly Randolph

Photo: Once In A Blue Moon Studio-Kelly Randolph

February was a challenging month for weather in the upper Midwest, but a number of GVR riders made it to start lines for real, and virtual, races.

Here’s to better weather in March.

A  rundown of results can be found here 

2019 Zwift Nationals Recap

Cold weather and a little bit of snow arrived just in time for weekend fat bikes at two Wisconsin venues.

A  rundown of results can be found here.

After a two week break for the holidays, GVR racers were back to the start line of a pair of fat bike races Saturday in m-than-normal winter conditions. The team’s 2019 kit also arrived at many doorsteps Friday.

A weekly rundown of results can be found here.