Tag Archives: MN

Time-lapse Videos from the Aurora Displays on 7/14 and 7/15

By admin | Published July 16, 2012

Time Lapse videos assembled from a lot of individual photos of last weekends aurora display.

July 14th

July 15th

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NVGP Stage 1 – Saint Paul Time Trial – Saint Paul, MN

By admin | Published June 15, 2011

Some photos from the Saint Paul time trial held in rainy conditions this morning…

Defending champion Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare Professional Cycling Team) rode into the race lead with a time of 13:08.02.

Current NRC Leader Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo p/b Cooking Light) finished 7th on stage 1

Amber Neben (HTC High Road) held the fastest time until the last grouping of riders and had to settle with 4th place.

Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12) rode into the race lead with a 14:30.160 much like she did in the earlier editions she won.

Current US TT Champion Evelyn Stevens (HTC High Road) finished in 2nd place with a 14:53.410

Defending champion Shelley Olds (Diadora Pasta Zara) was off the pace of her rivals and finished over a minute back.

Tria Best Young Rider Rushlee Buchanan (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo p/b Cooking Light), Nature Valley Best Top Amateur Jade Wilcoxson (NVGP Pro Ride), Sport Beans Queen of the HIll and Nature Valley Grand Prix Race Leader Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12)

Adrian Hegyvary (United Healthcare Professional Cycling Team) set the early best time and held onto 2nd place in stage 1.

Stefan Rothe was the top rider from the Nature Valley Pro Ride Qualifiers

Jesse Anthony (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) rode to a 4th place on stage 1 with a time of 13:23.170

Tom Zirbel (Jamis Sutter Home) was 3rd place in stage 1 with a time of 13:13.7

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Sunday at the 2011 Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic – Blaine, MN

By admin | Published June 13, 2011

The final day of racing at the Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic brought tempo, handicap, team sprint and madison racing.

Men’s Team Spring – Kevin Mansker, Michael Blatchford, and Daniel Walker (Project London 2012) won the team sprint in a time of 48.07

Women’s Team Sprint – Cristin Walker (Momentum Coaching Group p/b Atomic) and Maddie Godby (enCompass Racing) posted the fastest time.

Women’s Handicap – Cristin Walker (Momentum Coaching Group p/b Atomic) takes the win.

Men’s Tempo – Much like the Saturday Miss and Out, Colton Barrett (Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optum Health) and Franco Marvuilli (Assos) battled for the win. Ultimately Marvuilli finished with the most points.

Women’s Madison – Jennifer Tripplet (Broadmark Capital Cycling Team) and Valerie Brostrom (Bouledogue Tout Noir) perform and exchange after having lapped the field for the first time in route to their first place finish.

Men’s Madison – Dan Harm (Broadmark Capital Cycling Team) is thrown into the race by his partner Zachary Kovalcik (Diamond Law Cycling) at the same time Franco Marvuilli (Assos) is thrown in by Ryan Sabga (Black Dog Professional Cycling). Harm and Kovalcik took the most points in the 100 lap event to win with Marvuilli and Sbaga finishing second.

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Snowflake Skijoring and 4 Dog Sprint Classic

By admin | Published March 6, 2010

A few photos from the Skijoring and Dogsled events today at the Snowflake Ski Area in Duluth, MN. For the full gallery click here. More information related to Skijoring available at http://www.skijor.org/.

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