We’re all about riding, but racing is in our name and DNA. Check out the team’s results in a number of different cycling disciplines.
2026
October
Battle of Waterloo CX
WATERLOO, WISC. – When the park is on the side of hill… expect to climb.
Archer Munson continued his Cat. 4 juggernaut with a 2nd-place finish in both the geared Cat. 4/5 race and singlespeed Cat. 4/5.
Bailey Rudolph put in a strong ride to finish 3rd in the Women’s Cat. 3/4 race.
Nelsen Wahlstrom stormed to a win in the Masters 40+ Cat. 3/4 race. He was followed by Matt Becker in 6th and Nate Phelps in 30th.
Chad Cannon took 9th in the Cat. 1/2 race while Brent Rohrs was 5th in the Masters 50+ 1/2/3 race.
Sunnyview CX
OSHKOSH, WISC. – With a race close to home for many GVR riders, Sunnyview generally has a good team turnout.
The day’s racing kicked off with Archer Munson scoring a 3rd-place finish in the Ct. 4 race.
Mary Kremer took the win in the Women’s Cat. 4/5 race followed by Ava Paruleski in 4th and first-time CX racers Heather Mroczenski in 8th and Emily Marenger in 9th.
Women’s Cat. 3/4 saw Mary Kremer double up on wins for the day. She was joined by Bailey Rudolph (3rd) on the race podium.
In Men’s Masters 40+ Cat. 3/4: Matt Becker was 2nd, Andy Boettcher 11th, Nate Phelps 14th, and Robert Sorenson was a DNF.
The Men’s Cat. 1/2 race saw Chad Cannon finish 6th while Brent Rohrs took 2nd in the 50+ 1/2/3 race.
Racing wrapped up with Archer Munson notching the W in the Cat. 4/5 Singlespeed race followed by Robert Sorenson in 4th.
Nate Phelps was 6th in the Cat. 1/2/3 Singlespeed race.
Big Sugar
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS – Big Sugar is one of the newest big deals on the gravel scene.
Sally Lester scored a 4th-place overall finish in the women’s 31-mile race Oct. 17.
Jon Lester recovered from his crash at a recent gravel event in Wisconsin to finish 239th overall in men in the 58-mile race.
Englewood CX
FALL RIVER, WISC. – A feature-packed course, the Englewood Farms CX race felt a heck of a lot more like the middle of summer than the second weekend in October.
In the Women’s Cat. 4/5 race, Mary Kremer overcame a pair of crashes to finish second.
In Women’s Cat. 3/4, Maddie LeBeau rode to a solid 4th-place finish followed by Kremer (making her Cat. 3/4 debut) in 6th.
Men’s Cat. 3/4 40+ saw Matt Becker ride to a 7th-plce finish followed by Mike LeBeau in 15th and Nate Phelps in 18th.
Brent Rohrs rounded out the days racing with a 5th-place finish in the Masters 1/2/3 50+ division.
Red Granite Gravel Grinder
ATHENS, WISC. – Gravel racing headed to the Wausau area in north central Wisconsin on Oct. 10.
Emily Marenger finished 2nd in the 50-mile race (in a tight race for the win); as did Jeremy Pomeroy who was racing in the singlespeed division.
Mark Schindel finished 33rd overall in the men’s 50-mile race.
Karl Becker Memorial Gravel Race
JONESBURG, MO. – Racing wasn’t all in Wisconsin this weekend.
Kensa Koeppen was flying the team colors at this 40-mile grassroots gravel event in the Show Me State.
She finished 4th overall in women.
Huntsman World Senior Games
ST. GEORGE, UTAH – How much racing can you cram into a week? Quite a bit actually at the World Senior Games in Utah.
Matt Hall was the lone GVR rider in the event — like he usually is.
He finished 8th in his age division in Tuesday’s hill climb; 7th in Wednesday’s road race; 6th in Thursday’s individual TT; and his team took the win in the co-ed triathlon on Saturday.
September
Badger Prairie CX
VERONA, WISC. – Another double weekend of ‘cross saw many of the usual GVR suspects — and a few returning to CX — in action both days day.
Branden Downs was back in action, and on the podium, in the Cat. 4 race where he finished second. He was followed by Archer Munson in 14th.
In Masters 3/4 40+: Matt Becker was 5th, Taylor Bogdanske 7th, and Mike LeBeau in 11th.
Brent Rohrs nabbed a 5th-place finish in the Masters 50+ 1/2/3 race while Archer Munson wrapped up the day with a 2nd-place finish in the Cat. 4/5 Singlespeed race.
Field of Riches CX
RICHFIELD, WISC. – Turns hills, and historic structures are all hallmarks of this course.
Archer Munson kicked off the days racing with an 8th-place finish in the Cat. 4 race. He also took the win in the Cat. 4/5 Singlespeed race.
In the Women’s Cat. 3/4 race, Bailey Rudolph scored her first podium of the season with a third-place finish.
Matt Becker finished fourth in the Masters 40+ Cat. 4/5 race followed by Mike LeBeau in 9th.
Brent Rohrs was 5th in the Masters 50+ 1/2/3 race and Chad Cannon rounded out the day with a 9th-place finish in the Cat. 1/2/3 race.
The Hibernator
LAONA, WISC. – Green forests are fading to autumn colors in the northwoods, but there are still a few weeks of gravel racing/riding ahead.
In the organized ride category of late-season gravel events is the Hibernator.
Mark Schindel and Sharon Bauch finished the 31-mile event.
In the 61 mile distance, finishers were: Sally Lester, Kris Tiles, Robert Sorenson, and Emily Marenger.
Jon Lester was a DNF (crash) in the 100 mile event.
Tour de Tigerton CX
TIGERTON, WISC – It’s been about 35 years since Wisconsin cyclocross racers last raced on a motocross track.
That changed Sept. 26 at Tigerton MX in north central Wisconsin.
GVR riders had a full day of operating the race and racing.
On the women’s side, Mary Kremer made her CX start of the season and took the win in the Cat. 4/5 race. She was followed by Ava Paruleski in 5th.
Maddie LeBeau scored a 2nd-place finish in the Cat. 3/4 race while Niki Birkholz secured the uncontested win in singlespeed Cat. 4/5/ race.
Branden Downs scored in the win in the Men’s Cat. 4/5 35+ race (his first CX race in almost two years) with Archer Munson finishing 5th in the Cat. 4 division.
Masters 40+ Cat. 3/4 saw the biggest team field with Matt Becker leading it in 2nd. He was followed by Mike LeBeau in 5th, Taylor Bogdanski in 7th, Andy Boettcher in 9th, Nate Phelps in 10th, and Robert Sorenson in 14th.
Brent Rohrs finished second in the Masters 1/2/3 50+ race.
In singlespeed, Jay Birkhoz was second in the 1/2/3 division followed by Nate Phelps in 5th (making his 400th career cyclocross start). Archer Munson brought home the win in the Cat. 4/5 SS race.
Simba’s Crossing CX
WAUKESHA, WI – Wisconsin CX racing moved the greater Milwaukee area Sept. 27 at Simba’s Crossing.
A large hill in the middle of the course is one of the key features of this event.
Joseph McCrary scored an 8th-place finish in the Cat. 4 race.
Hitting the podium for the second day in a row, Brent Rohrs took the win in the Masters 50+ 1/2/3 race.
Chequamegon Fat Tire 40
CABLE, WISC. – A fall mountain biking tradition, the Chequamegon Fat Tire 40 is big deal in the northwoods of Wisconsin.
Nelsen Wahlstrom put up fastest team time of the day, finished 59th overall in the full event. He was followed by Derek Moran in 192nd and Mark Schindel in 426th.
In the Short & Fat 16 race, Jeremy Pomeroy secured a 29th overall finish in the race.
Marji Gesick
ISHPEMING, MICH. – Why end the season with a reasonable event when you can ride 100+ miles of trail in the UP of Michigan?
Chad Cannon finished the race 9th overall.
Did we mention the nearly 13,000 feet of climbing?
Silver Creek CX
MANITOWOC, WISC. – The 2026 WCA CX series kicked off Sept. 12 with a challenging course along the Lake Michigan shore — including plenty of beach sand in the shoes.
In the Masters Cat. 4/5 35+, Mark Schindel scored a 5th-place finish followed by Robert Sorenson in 8th.
The Cat. 4 contest saw Joseph McCrary take a 7th-place finished followed by Archer Munson in 10th.
In Cat 3/4 Archer Munson finish 15th followed by Joseph McCrary in 17th.
The Cat. 3/4 40+ race saw Matt Becker nab a 5th-place finish followed by Nate Phelps in 18th.
Chad Cannon started his season with a 6th-place finish in the Men’s Cat. 1/2/3 race while Brent Rohrs was 4th in the Masters 50+ 1/2/3 race.
Archer Munson took the team’s first CX win of 2026 in the Cat. 4/5 singlepeed race. Nate Phelps was 9th in the Cat. 1/2/3 SS race.
Green Acres CX
ST. FRANCIS, WISC. – Day two of the WCA CX series rolled into the Milwaukee area Sept. 13.
Joseph McCrary finished 11th in the Cat. 4 race and followed it up with a 14th-place finish in the Cat. 3/4 race.
In the Cat. 1/2/3 50+ race Brent Rohrs scored his first podium finish of the season in 3rd.
USA Cycling Gravel Nationals
LA CRESCENT, MN. – For the second year, USA Cycling Gavel Nationals went off in the Driftless Region of southeastern Minnesota.
Derek Moran crushed his time from 2025 to bring home a 33rd-place finish in the 67-mile race (With 5,318 feet of climbing) in the 50-54 age division.
Ironman Wisconsin
MADISON, WISC. – Kensa Koeppen checked off another date with this event in the 70.3 event Sept. 12.
She finished 60th in her division.
Door County Century
STURGEON BAY, WISC. – Mary Kremer knocked out 100 windy miles with her family at the Door County Century Sept. 13.
She was rewarded with tacos.
Gray Duck Grit
CANNON FALLS, MINN. – One hundred and eleven miles of gravel over 7,700 feet of climbing.
That was Bella Gruener’s day in the saddle at the Gray Duck Grit gravel bike race in eastern Minnesota.
She finished 2nd in the women’s open race in her first result for the team.
Copper Harbor Trails Festival
COPPER HARBOR, MICH. – Some of the nicest trails in the Upper Midwest can be found in the UP of Michigan.
Chad Cannon raced 31 miles of those trails as part of the Long XC race at the Copper Harbor Trails Fest over labor day weekend.
He finished 3rd overall in the race.
Wisconsin Masters Games
MILWAUKEE, WISC. – Calendar may say Sept. 1 and 2, but it feels more like the middle of July.
Hot weather fueled two days of racing at the Wisconsin Masters Games.
In Tuesday results, Matt Becker took the overall in in the 10K time trial followed by Derek Moran in 2nd, Nate Phelps in 3rd and Matt Hall in 5th.
In the 20K road race, Becker and Moran went 1-2 in the overall result followed by Nate Phelps in 5th and Matt Hall in 6th.
Wednesday’s racing saw Matt Becker take in the win in the 5K TT followed by Derek Moran in 3rd, Nate Phelps in 6th, and Matt Hall in 8th.
Moran was 2nd in the 40K RR followed by Becker in 3rd, Hall in 6th, and Phelps in 7th.
August
Boone County RR/WI-ILL State RR
BELVIDERE, ILL. – North central Illinois played host to the both the Wisconsin and Illinois state road races Aug. 30.
On the women’s side, Ava Paruleski and Mary Kremer helped Emily Marenger score the win in the 47-mile-long Cat. 4/5 race. In a very unofficial state podium for that category, Marenger took the top step followed by Kremer and Paruleski (Official championships are awarded to Cat. 3 and higher categories).
On the men’s side, Archer Munson was the team’s top finisher in the Cat. 4/5 race followed by Nate Phelps and Matt Becker. Official results were not immediately available.
Battle of CamRock (WORS #8)
CAMBRIDGE, WISC. – Joseph McCrary finished up his 2026 WORS series campaign with a 2nd-place age group finish. It was his best result of the season.
He’ll be back at the start line shortly for the 2026 WCA cyclocross season.
Nocturnal Cross
ALPINE VALLEY, WISC. – Pre-season CX racing kicked off under the lights at Alpine Valley in southeast Wisconsin Aug. 22.
Madison LeBeau nabbed a 3rd-place finish in the Women’s Cat. 3/4 race.
Mike LeBeau was 4th in the Masters Cat. 3/4 45+ while Joseph McCrary finished 6th in the Cat. 3/4 race (he finished 25th earlier in the night in Cat. 4/5).
Iowa Games Gravel Grinder
AMES, IOWA – Matt Hall nabbed a 2nd-place finish in the 60+ division at the Iowa Games Gravel Grinder in central Iowa Aug. 22.
The 30-mile course included a little more than 1,200 feet of climbing.
Race The Lake
FOND DU LAC, WISC. – Racers faced an altered course this year due to severe tornado damage in the Fox Cities three weeks ago.
The 88-mile race stayed on the east side of Lake Winnebago.
In the women’s race, Katie Kornaus finished 7th overall while taking the win in Wave 2 starters.
On the men’s side, Derek Moran finished 71st overall followed by Jon Lester (making his return to road racing) in 121st.
Treadfest (WORS #8) and Border Battle (WORS#9)
LAKE GENEVA, WISC. – A traditionally techy course, Joseph McCrary was the lone GVR rider at Treadfest in Lake Geneva on Aug. 15.
He finished up with a 7th-place age group result in the Sport division.
He backed that up Sunday with more WORS racing Sunday in Rockford, Ill. where a flat tire ended his day early.
Waupaca Sprint Tri
WAUPACA, WISC. – Making her GVR racing debut, Heather Mroczwenski scored an age group win in the Waupaca Sprint Tri on Aug. 15.
She finished the event just shy of 1:50 (with the help of sparkles).
Welcome to the squad!
Ore to Shore
MARQUETTE, MICH. – Ore to Shore in the first of the late-season mountain bike classics.
In the 28-mile Soft Rock race Rebecca Downs scored an 8th-place age group finish. She also checked off a few personal goals for the season.
In the 48-mile Hard Rock race, Chad Cannon finished 17th overall followed by Branden Downs in 97th.
Oshkosh Aurora Alley Cat
OSHKOSH, WISC. – The six-person “Good Gawd, Y’all” mountain bike relay team rode to a 3rd-place finish in this laid back race in Oshkosh.
The team was comprised of Big Daddy Ken Munson, Archer Munson, Julie Phelps, Nate Phelps, Henry Eberhart, and Bella Gruener.
Minnesota Senior Games
MANKATO, MINN. – Matt Hall continued his tour of upper Midwest senior games races with a stop in Minnesota August 8 and 9.
On Saturday he finished 3rd in the 20K TT and followed that up with a 4th-place finish in the 10K TT.
Sunday’s racing saw Hall take second in his age group in the 5K TT and the 40k road race.
Tuesday Night Track Racing (Aug. 4)
KENOSHA, WISC. – With just a few more weeks of racing left at the Washington Park Velodrome, Ken Munson made the trek to go in circles on Aug. 4.
He finished 4th in the combined Cat. 4/5 Miss-and-Out Race and the 10-lap Points race. He rounded out the night with a 6th-place finish in the points race after dong “too much pulling.”
Duel at Dickinson RR
IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH. – It’s tough to find an actual road race these days.
The Duel at Dickinson offers up almost 65 miles of undulating racing across two states (Michigan and Wisconsin).
In the women’s race, Julie Phelps scored the win followed by Emily Marenger in 2nd, Ava Paruleski in 3rd, and Jaime LeCapitiane in 5th.
On the men’s side, Daniel Morrell put up the top team finish in 10th followed by Matt Becker in 18th, Matt Hall in 25th, and Nate Phelps in 26th.
Refo Ramble
SUAMICO, WISC. – The most recent stop of the WORS mountain bike series rolled into the Green Bay area the first week in August.
Rebecca Downs kicked off the day’s racing with an 8th-place age group finish (in the largest age group) in the Citizen’s Women’s division.
In the Men’s Sport division, Joseph McCrary nabbed a 4th-place finish in his age group followed by Archer Munson in 9th. Mark Schindel was 3rd in the Clydesdale race while Derek Moran was a DNF due to a crash.
In the Men’s Comp race, Branden Downs finished second in his age group.
Jon Lester (making his return to MTB racing after a multi-year absence) scored a 2nd-place finish in the Men’s 50+ Elite race.
In Saturday night short track racing, Derek Moran took the age group win the Sport division. In a slightly younger age group, while Joseph McCrary finished 3rd followed by Archer Munson in 4th.
Chequamegon 100 (50K)
SPIDER LAKE, WISC. – Mike LeBeau and Maddie LeBeau started their August with a day in the dirt riding the 50K race at the Cheq 100 in northern WIsconsin.
Maddie LeBeau finished 6th in the women’s race while Mike LeBeau was 28th in the men’s division.
Bluff to Bluff RR
ARPIN, WISC. – Remember when I said it was hard to find road races these days? It was a double weekend for them with the Bluff to Bluff RR going off Sunday near Marshfield.
Nelsen Wahlstrom finished 6th overall (1st in age group) in the 49-mile race followed by Matt Hall in 25th (2nd in age group).
July
Wisconsin State Time Trial
STOUGHTON, WISC. – Twenty-five miles. More than 600 feet of climbing. And the clock.
That’s the Wisconsin State TT in a nutshell.
Sally Lester and Matt Becker both picked up state champion titles in their respective categories with wins.
Jon Lester and Matt Hall brought home second-place finishes.
Derek Moran finished 4th while both Nate Phelps and Ava Paruleski scored 5th-place finishes in their race divisions.
Wausau 24
WAUSAU, WISC. – The end of July means it’s time of the Wausau 24 mountain bike race.
In the 12-hour solo race, Chad Cannon scored the win, completing 12 lap. He was followed by Branden Downs in 6th and Archer Munson in 26th.
Jeremy Pomeroy and Nelsen Wahlstrom were part of a four-man team with Caleb Bush and Ben Bluhm that scored a second-place finish in the 12-hour team race.
In the 24-hour co-ed division, Kris Tiles and Mark Schindel went one full spin around the clock to take 4th in the race.
Riverwest 24
MILWAUKEE, WISC. – Part community part and part eclectic bike race, the Riverwest 24 has become a staple of summer in the Cream City.
Joseph McCrary is the first GVR raider to make a start in the event.
He unexpected rode the event solo, making an early exit after 13 laps and four bonus checkpoints.
Lake Country Tri
OCONOMOWOC, WISC. – Making her second tri start of the season, Emily Marenger took on the Half Iron Man distance at the Lake Country Tri near Milwaukee.
She finished the event in 5:49, good for a third-place age group finish.
Tuesday Night Track Racing (7/21/26)
KENOSHA, WISC. – Ken Munson was back on the banked concrete of the Washington Park Velodrome for Tuesday night racing on July 21.
He raced the elimination and 500 meter chariot races as well as the 25 lap combined Cat. 4/5 and women’s race where he finished 7th overall.
Iowa Senior Games
BOONE, IOWA – Senior games across the nation pack a lot of racing into a short amount of time.
Matt Hall made the trip to central Iowa for that state’s games on July 18 and 19.
He notched a second-place finish in the 5K TT; a second-place finish in the 10K TT; and a win in the 20K TT.
He was scored in second place in his age group in Sunday’s road race.
Minigamie Bike Challenge
CHICAGO, ILL. – Sharon Bauch has built much of her season around the 484-mile Minigamie Bicycle Challenge.
The event takes riders from Chicago to Ludington. Mich, then across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisc. and back to Chicago.
Her race came to end in Waukegan, Ill., after 437.43 miles of riding.
A short video from her stop in Manitowoc can be found here:
Nicolet Roche Boulder Dash
WOLF RIVER, WISC. – Throwing a little dirt in the weekend’s results, Branden Downs rode to a 3rd-place finish in the six-hour race at the Nicolet Roche Boulder Dash in north central Wisconsin Saturday.
The race is part of the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series.
Bluenose Gopher 50 Gravel Race
GRANITE FALLS, MINN. – Despite a late start (that means missing the start), Matt Christiaansen battled Minnesota gravel for almost 55 miles to score an 11th-place overall finish in the event.
Triple Bypass
ELK MEADOW PARK, COLO. Katie Kornaus has her share of hills south of Madison, but she took on a larger challenge at the Triple Bypass ride in Colorado July 11.
She finished 121-mile ride that features about 10,500 feet of climbing in just under eight hours. It is also listed as her “longest ride ever” on Strava.
June
2026 USA Cycling Masters Nationals TT and RR
FALL RIVER, WISC. – Masters road nationals retuned to Wisconsin for a second year at the tail end of the ToAD series of races.
Team Results from Monday’s 13-mile time trial
Julie Phelps: 3rd
Sally Lester: 5th
Matt Becker: 7th
John Lester: 13th
Derek Moran: 15th
Nate Phelps: 16th
Matt Hall: 18th
Derek Moran finished 44th in sweltering conditions in Wednesday’s Road Race.
WORS #5 (Waukesha)
WAUKESHA, WISC. – One last race before it gets really hot for the week.
The WORS series of mountain bike races rolled into southeast Wisconsin June 27 and 28.
In Saturday’s short track race, Joseph McCrary and Derek Moran scored uncontested age group wins (and finished 4th and 5th overall).
Sunday’s cross country race saw Moran score a second-place age group finish while McCrary was 5th in his age division.
Mark Schindel was 5th in the Clydesdale Division.
Duck Creek Tri
HOWARD, WISC. – Emily Marenger kicked off her brief 2026 tri season with an age group win and second place overall in the women’s division at the Duck Creek Tri near Green Bay Sunday.
Marquette Trails Fest
MARQUETTE, MICH. – GVR riders headed north to Marquette, Mich., June 28th for cross-country MTB racing on the trail system in that city.
Chad Cannon finished the day in 9th-place in the 30 mile race that features more than 3,000 feet of climbing.
2026 Tour of America’s Dairyland
EASTERN WISCONSIN – For the past 18 years the Tour of America’s Dairyland has been a staple on the Wisconsin — and national — racing calendar.
Through the first half of the 11-day event, GVR riders have made the rounds (literally) in the races.
18 – Oak Creek
Cat. 3/4 – Daniel Morell: 33rd
19 – Racine
Cat. 3/4 – Daniel Morell: 23rd
20 – Kenosha
Cat. 3/4 – Daniel Morell: 40th
21 – Suamico
Cat. 3/4 – Chad Cannon: 23rd; Archer Munson: 35th
Women’s Cat. 5 – Maddie LeBeau: 5th; Jaime LeCapitaine: 12th
22 – De Pere
Cat. 3/4 – Chad Cannon: 11th; Daniel Morell: 26th
Women’s Cat. 5 – Jaime LeCapitaine: 7th
Fat Bike –
The Blender Gravel Race
RIB MOUNTAIN, WISC. – The WORS MTB series is running a set of three gravel races this year. Stop number two was Near Wausau on June 13.
In the 25-mile race, Joseph McCrary, Archer Munson and Jay Birkholz (single speed) went 3,4,5 in the under 40 division. Ava Paruleski was 3rd in the Women’s race followed by Niki Birkholz in 4th.
In the 50-mile race, Mary Kremer took to the overall women’s win, while Nate Phelps recovered from a flat tire at mile 36 to finish 14th overall.
WORS #4 Wausau
RIB MOUNTAIN, WISC. – Singletrack replaced gravel for Sunday (and Saturday) WORS races in Wausau.
Rebecca Downs kicked off the day’s racing with a 6th-place age group finish in the Women’s Citizen’s race.
In the Sport division age groups: Derek Moran finished 3rd; Joseph McCrary 6th; Archer Munson 2nd (Fat bike); and Mark Schindel 5th.
Branden Downs wrapped up the days racing with a 2nd-place finish in the Comp division.
In late Saturday racing, Joseph McCrary scored an uncontested age group win in the Short Track race.
The Hotdish
WINONA, MINNESOTA – Southeast Minnesota has plenty of gravel, and the Brent Rohrs lined up to ride 60 miles of it as part of The Hotdish races.
Rohrs managed a 6th-place age division finish after a mid-race crash found him limping home to finish.
ABR ILL State TT
GARDEN PRAIRIE, ILL – Matt Hall headed south for the 20K ABR Illinois State TT on June 13.
He faced off against the wind and fellow riders to score a 2nd-place finish in what is essentially the 65+ division.
Tuesday Night Track Racing (6/9/26)
KENOSHA, WISC. – Why wait for the weekends to race where there’s track racing to be had on a Tuesday night?
Ken Munson made the weekday trek to the Washington Park Velodrome on June 9th.
He finished 2nd in the Cat. 5 Snowball Points race and 3rd in the Cat.5 Miss-And-Out Race.
Refo24
SUAMICO, WISC. – The Refo24 mountain bike race near Green Bay offers riders 6, 12, and 24 hour race options on the trials of the Brown County Reforestation camp.
In the six-hour solo races, Jaime LeCapaitine rode the win in the Women’s Fat Bike division while Chad Cannon scored a 6th-place finish in the Men’s race.
In the six-hour Men’s Duo race, Nate Phelps and Matt Becker teamed up to take the win over Chris Edwards and Derek Moran.
In 12-hour racing, Kris Tiles rode just shy of 100 miles to score in the win in the Women’s Masters race. Archer Munson and Brent Rohrs hung on for a 2nd-place finish in the dark in the Men’s Duo race.
Mark Schindel was the team’s lone 24-hour racer. He finished 14th.
May
Extremely Flat TT
OCONTO, WISC. – With a little more than 150 feet of climbing over 22 miles the Extremely Flat TT is … extremely flat.
Matt Becker took the overall Men’s Division win followed by Nate Phelps in 5th.
In the Women’s race, Julie Phelps scored the win followed by Ava Paruleski in second. It was Paruleski’s competitive TT debut.
Sussex Criterium
SUSSEX, WISC. – With summer rolling in, Wisconsin’s crit season is reaching the mid point of the season (If you count Tour of America’s Dairyland).
Mary Kremer made her crit racing debut Saturday alongside Emily Marenger and Jaime LeCapitaine in the Women’s Cat. 4/5 race.
The day ended with Marenger in 5th; Kremer in 6th, and LeCapitaine in 9th.
Quad Cities Regional Senior Games
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS – What better way to start a weekend than Friday racing .
Matt Hall scored the win from a early break in the 20K road race. He paired that with a second-place finish in the 10K TT.
He then had a hankering for dinner at Denny’s.
Coulee Crusher Gravel Race
LA CRESENT, MINN. – The driftless region of Minnesota was the backdrop to first stop on the new WORS gravel race series.
Matt Hall rode to a 20th-place overall finish in the 54-mile race with more than 4,000 feet of climbing.
Mad City Bike Jam
MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA – Wait, there’s a Madison, South Dakota?
Matt Christiaansen rolled in the Mad Town Bike Jam gravel race Saunday and nabbed an 8th-place overall finish in the 50ish-mile race.
WORS #3 (La Crosse/ORA Trails Fest)
LA CROSSE, WISC. – Riders rolled into southwest Wisconsin for two-days of gavel (see above) and mountain bike races.
Derek Moran wrapped up the weekend’s events with a second-place age group finish in the Sport division of the cross-country MTB race.
Tuesday Night Track Racing (May 19)
KENOSHA, WISC. – Ken Munson kicked off his 2026 track racing schedule May 19. It was also the first night on a new track bike.
He finished second in the six-lap points race in Cat. 5. He followed that up a third-place finish in the scratch race and a not-last-place finish in the 15-lap temp race.
Wisconsin State Criterium
MEQUON, WISC. – It was a solid day of racing for GVR riders at the Wisconsin State Crit at Concordia College near Milwaukee on May 16.
Daniel Morell made his GVR racing debut in the Masters 35+ 4/5 division finishing 4th overall after a late-race crash. It was good enough to earn him a 3rd-place finish amongst Wisconsin riders. Nate Phelps finished 4th in the Masters 50+ Cat. 4/5 race, also good for a 3rd-place Wisconsin finish.
In the open Cat. 4/5 race, Daniel Morell finished 8th followed by Archer Munson in 19th and Nate Phelps in 22nd.
Archer Munson doubled up into the Cat. 3/4 race where he finished 23rd.
Jaime LeCapitaine launched her crit racing career with a solid 8th-place finish in the Women’s Cat. 4/5 race.
Calvin’s Challenge
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO – It was a 12-hour day — solo — on the bike for Sharon Bauch at the endurance road races at Clavin’s Challenge May 16.
She pounded out 173 over half a day, battling wind and rain, to finish 3rd for women in the non-drafting race.
WORS #2 (Englewood Open)
FALL RIVER, WISC. – It’s back-to-back race weekends for the WORS Series of mountain bike races.
Riders rolled into a beef-farm-turned-racing-venue for the second event in as many weeks.
Rebecca Downs made her 2026 season racing debut with a 9th-place age group finish in the Citizens Women’s division.
In Sport racing, Joseph McCrary nabbed a 4th-place age group finish while Derek Moran was 6th in his bracket.
Branden Downs rounded out the day’s racing with a 4th-place age group finish in the Comp division.
Muskego Park Criterium
MUSKEGO, WISC. – It was a fast start to Mother’s Day weekend for Tracy Peters at the Muskego Park Crit near Milwaukee.
She launched a late, uphill, attack to score the win in the Women’s 35+ race.
It’s her second win of the road season.
Snacking Bear 60 and Climbing Cub 25 (singlespeed)
CABLE, WISC. – Spring gravel racing rolled on May 9 in northwest Wisconsin with Nelsen Wahlstrom and Jeremy Pomeroy hitting up the family of Hungry Bear 100 races.
In the Snacking Bear 60-mile race, Wahlstrom finished 5th overall which was good for second in his age group.
Pomeroy nabbed an age group in (8th overall) riding a singlespeed in the Climbing Cub 25 mile race.
The Bear 100; Granny’s Gravel Grinder; Cheesehead Roubaix
WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA – It was all about gravel and dirt this weekend, with some tarmac chucked in for good measure.
At the Bear 100 in Laona, Wisconsin, Diane Callaway scored a third-place age group finish in the 61-mile race. Morgan Fisher started her season with a 7th-place age group finish in the 31-mile event.
Jon Lester finished 51st overall in the men’s 61-mile race followed by Robert Sorenson in 122nd and Bob Callaway in 123rd.
Joseph McCrary was the sole team rider in the 103-mile race. He finished in 31st.
Matt Christiaansen lined up for the 56-mile Granny’s Gravel Grinder race near Princeton, Minnesota. He finished the race 74th in the men’s division.
Back before there were more gravel events that you knew what to do with, there was Cheesehead Roubaix.
The 65-mile ride used a new route this year. Emily Marenger, Ava Paruleski, Julie Phelps, and Nate Phelps, all finished the event.
WORS #1 (Eau Claire)
EAU CLAIRE, WISC. – The WORS mountain bike series kicked off it’s 2026 season with a return to racing in Eau Claire, a city that has been off the schedule for several seasons.
Derek Moran rode to a 4th-place age group finish in the Sport division. Mark Schindel was 5th in his group, also in the sport division.
Rookies and Rockstars Tri
ST. PETERS, MISSOURI – Why just ride when you can run and swim too?
Kensa Koeppen rolled (well, ran), into an age group win at this event Sunday.
April
Battle on the Border
KENOSHA, WISC. – The 2026 WCA road season kicked off with a tight and fast half-mile crit course in Kenosha.
On the women’s side, Emily Marenger made her crit racing debut with a 10th-place finish in the Women’s Cat. 4/5 race. Tracy Peters kicked off her season with a win in the Women’s 35+ Cat. 1/2/3/4 race.
Nate Phelps finished 8th in the men’s Masters 35+ 4/5 race. Archer Munson took 41st in the Cat. 4/5 race followed by Nate Phelps in 43rd.
Archer Munson rounded out his day with a 44th-place finish in the Cat. 3/4 race.
Rough Road 100
MORRIS, ILL – What’s become one of the team’s traditional season kickoff event, this year’s Rough Road 100 went off in some of the best conditions of its 10 year history.
On the women’s side: Julie Phelps scored a 4th-place finish in the USAC Masters 35+ race. Mary Kremer took 20th in the USAC Women’s Open race followed by Ava Paruleski in 26th and Emily Marenger in 27th. Sharon Bauch over came a late-race crash to finish 312th in the 100K Open race. Jaime LeCapitaine completed the 64K race.
In the men’s races: Nate Phelps finished 52nd in the USAC Masters 35+ race. In the Open 100K race, Joseph McCrary was 156th followed by Mark Schindel in 208th, and Matt Hall in 245th.
March
Alabama Masters Games
MOBILE, AL. – Brian Kult kicked off the team’s 2026 road season with a podium finish in the 20K road race at the Alabama Masters Games March 14.
He finshed 3rd in his race.
Dirty South Roubaix
ALTO PASS, ILL – Eight inches of rain in the week leading up to the Dirty South Roubaix created some interesting challenges — and big ruts and erosion – on the gravel roads of this event.
Derek Moran finished his annual kick off to the season with a 51st-place finish in the 61-mile race in southern Illinois on March 7.
Sweaty Yeti
NEILSVILLE, WISC. – There’s no guarantee in March that you’re going to be racing a fat bike on snow. Sometimes it’s mud.
Nelsen Wahlstrom teamed up with Caleb Bush to score the overall win in the men’s two-man team division at the snow-free Sweaty Yeti Fatbike Race in Neilsville, Wisc., Saturday.
February
U.S. Fat Bike Open
BRILLIION, WISC. – The final stop of the 2026 Snow Crown Series saw races roll on the groomed trails of the Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion, Wisconsin, on Feb. 7.
Jaime LeCapatine rode to a 5th-place finish in the women’s beginner race.
January
Fat Camp
SUAMICO, WISC. – Five degrees below zero. Remember that when we’re racing in July.
Jaime LeCapitaine dressed just right for the conditions at the Fat Camp fat bike race at the Reforestation Camp near Green Bay Jan. 24. She finished 6th overall in the Women’s Beginners division.
This was the second event in the Snow Crown series of races.
Fatty Shack
LEDGEVIEW, WISC. – The 2026 racing season kicked off the Fatty Shack fat bike near Green Bay. It’s the first event in the Snow Crown series of fat bike races.
Jaime LeCapitaine finished 6th in Women’s Beginners division while Archer Munson was 32nd in the Men’s Intermediate race.
