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June 2008 
Evanston Race Report
Posted on Jul 23rd, 2007
by 
OrganicAthlete
OrganicAthlete
You should've seen Ben and Akira race tonight. It was a thing of beauty.
This was the first ever Evanston Grand Prix, and I hope this race
continues for years. A well-designed course wound through beautiful
downtown Evanston, IL, the home of Northwestern University.
I drove down to the race with every intention of racing, but on the way down I mentally cracked. My task list for the Tour d'Organics and the West County Revolution have piled up, and the stress of work is affecting my racing (more on this at my blog soon). So I went shopping and watched the race instead.
An eight rider break formed in the final 10 laps that stayed away to
the finish, but I was stoked to see Ben at the front of the peloton
with 3 laps remaining. Akira was caught behind a crash in the final lap, but Ben finished top 20 in the field sprint and was JUST out of the money. Go team!
Posted by Bradley.
This was the first ever Evanston Grand Prix, and I hope this race
continues for years. A well-designed course wound through beautiful
downtown Evanston, IL, the home of Northwestern University.
I drove down to the race with every intention of racing, but on the way down I mentally cracked. My task list for the Tour d'Organics and the West County Revolution have piled up, and the stress of work is affecting my racing (more on this at my blog soon). So I went shopping and watched the race instead.
An eight rider break formed in the final 10 laps that stayed away to
the finish, but I was stoked to see Ben at the front of the peloton
with 3 laps remaining. Akira was caught behind a crash in the final lap, but Ben finished top 20 in the field sprint and was JUST out of the money. Go team!
Ben corners
Akira behind Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Dawson
Posted by Bradley.
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Glad to hear the event was a success. I'm not a cyclist, but was there as an integrative bodyworker at the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare tent. Three of us worked with quite a number of people at the event - at no charge. It was fun. And I hope the event continues, also. Evanston is a great place to live - or visit.