CX in full swing

After a long road season and countless hours grinding out the paved miles, a few Downeast Racers are finding their second wind in the mud, dirt and grass of New England cyclocross.  

Earlier in the month, Mainers were treated to a great weekend of local racing between Downeast Cyclocross (hey - great name there!) and Casco Bay CX.  This past weekend New Hampshire hosted the epic Orchard Cross, a venue with no rival, complete with massive dirt berms, a small pump track and numerous tight turns through the apple orchard.  Eager to mix it up with a packed 3/4 field Matt Moon and Eliot Pitney carved the course finishing a respectable 10th and 11th out of the field or nearly 100 New Englsnd CX'ers. 

Dan Vaillancourt did not want to miss out on the action either, and he shredded the course, and the P1/2/3 field for a 9th place finish.  Watch out New England, Danny V is getting his CX swagger back!

Orchard Cross hosted their annual costume ride and the giraffe made another appearance, as elegant as ever.  

There is racing every weekend but it might be a few weeks before the boys in blue lace up the boots for another slog through the mud and dirt.