Summer finally arrived in June — and a lot of racing came with it.
Tracy Peters gutted out 10 days of racing at the Tour of America’s Dairyland while new GVR riders continued to making their racing debut with some nice results.
GVR riders also made appearances (and one podium) at the USA Cycling Juniors & Masters Road Nationals in southeast Wisconsin at the end of the month.
Results from the month can be found here: https://gryphonveloracing.com/results-2/
Junior and “experienced” riders from around the nation headed to southeastern Wisconsin at the end of June for American cycling’s premier event of the season — national championships.
With the time trial essentially in our back yard (yeah, never mind those two- to five-hour drives home), a half dozen GVR riders went to the line for across four different age and gender groupings.
Matt Hall was the first to the line where he finished 16th.
Matt Becker powered to an 12th-place finish in his age group.
Jon Lester was 12th, Nate Phelps 16th and Derek Moran 16th in their age grouping.
On the women’s side, Julie Phelps rode to a 5th-place age group finish followed by Sally Lester in 8th.
Whoa, that was quite the month.
Road racing. Mountain Bikes. Gravel. New GVR riders. New time trial helmets (and bikes).
We checked a lot of boxes.
Results from the month can be found here: https://gryphonveloracing.com/results-2/
It’s been a tough spring to ride in the upper Midwest. Windy and chilly seems to sum it up.
But Rule No. 5 and all, our riders have been on out riding and racing the past two months.
The road season just got underway and there’s a lot more racing planned in the coming in the months, even if the tan lines are a little lacking right now.
Results from the months can be found here: https://gryphonveloracing.com/results-2/
There’s light at the end of the tunnel.
The days are longer and high temperatures no longer have a minus (-) sign in front of them.
But the team had riders active (and picking up strong results) through the darkest and coldest months of the year.
We’re all looking forward to snow-free rides and that first accidental sunburn of the season in March.
Results from the month can be found here: https://gryphonveloracing.com/results-2/
The 2025 season marks a decade of racing and riding for the team.
We’ve covered a lot of tarmac, dirt, mud, grass and snow in the past 10 seasons.
We’re looking forward to what the decade decade of racing in the upper Midwest and the nation have to bring (besides drastically new age groups for all of us).
Happy New Year from Gryphon Velo Racing
What a season.
Races wrapped up in December with GVR riders scoring wins and podiums at the Illinois State CX Championship and U.S. Cyclocross Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky.
The final results of the year capped off a great season for the team that saw team riders make 529 race stats which were good for 93 wins and 106 podiums.
As one year exits, we look forward to a new one.
Results from December can be found here: https://gryphonveloracing.com/results-2/
Happy New Year!
November was full gas with seven CX races in Wisconsin and a couple in Minnesota.
Riders scored a number of wins and podiums, including one Wisconsin State CX title.
There are just a handful of races left this year….
Results from the month can be found here: https://gryphonveloracing.com/results-2/
CAMBRIDGE, WISC. – Julie Phelps reached a career milestone Nov. 16 at the CamRock & Roll CX race near Madison when she started her 400th career race.
Phelps began racing ‘cross in 2009. She capped off her Ironwoman milestone with a slow-motion bike throw for the “win” while riding with women’s singlespeed “tootle train” in the Women’s 1/2/3 SS race.
The event was commemorated by the Gelbbrucke squad out of Milwaukee
Phelps completed races 401 to 403 the following day.
A dry October in much of the upper Midwest helped save wear and tear on a lot of gear as the ‘cross season hit full stride then mountain bike season entered its final phases.
Team members put up a number of strong results — nabbing wins and podiums at large events like Trek Cup and small local races.
Results from the month can be found here: https://gryphonveloracing.com/results-2/
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