UPDATED - (2008-07-17) EX MERCY & JELLYBELLY
RIDER IN CHINA
Brad Huff from Fairgrove MO is
currently taking part in the
TOUR OF QUIGHAI LAKE (2.HC) in
China. Brad, who is an ex-Mercy rider, is racing on the
Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team. On Stage 1, Brad took a fantastic
4th place in the opening prologue. On Stage 7, Brad fought out the sprint
to take 8th. Teammate, Nick Sanderson (AUS) took 4th on the day.
Brad rides strongly in China.
(2008-07-09) TULSA CRIT RESULTS
Results from Tulsa.
“A” RACE Chad Cagle 1 Chris Zenthoefer 2
Gary Ziegler 3 Chad Shanks 4 Shane Carter 5
Philip Stauner 6 Steve Webb 7 Kary Cummins 8 John
Moore 9 Todd Reed 10 John Allen 11 Frank Gruntkowski
999 Mitch Houtman 999
(2008-07-06) ROTHE TAKES 2ND IN THE POINTS
COMPETITION AT THE FITCHBURG LONGSJO CLASSIC (MA)
Last weekend, Stefan Rothe,
was in action on the West coast at the Manhattan Beach GP. This
week, he is in the far North East competing in the huge
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic in Massachusetts !! Stefan is
riding composite
for
the very strong Marx & Bensdorf team from Memphis TN.
News from the event indicates that Stefan is
on fire yet again !!!
At Fridays
Stage: he was off the front for 100KM
with Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) who was
also the 2006 winner of this event. At the end of the day, both
riders were eventually reeled in by the hard chasing Colavita
Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team.
However, by virtue of being off the front for
so long, both riders accumulated huge points in the Points
Competition. Going into Saturdays stage, Stefan was 3rd
in the Points Competition.
Saturdays Stage : Stefan was able to win two
more sprints and place in the top 3 in a few more. As a result,
Stefan has now moved up into 2nd in the Points
Competition !!!
Sundays Stage :
Stefan was able to gain enough points at Sundays final Criterium
stage to consolidate his 2nd place overall in the Points
Competition. Great job Stefan!!! He was in good company, with
Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) taking first;
Eneas FREYRE (TargetTraining) a distant third. Rounding
out the top positions in the points competition were
Emile ABRAHAM (Team Type 1), Michael OLHEISER
(Team Marx & Bendsdorf) and
Christopher JONES (Team Type 1)
Another fantastic result for a Mercy Elite Cycling
Team member !!
(2008-07-04) US MASTERS NATIONALS
Congratulations to Mercy Elite Master rider,
David LeDuc, on taking Silver
at Masters Nationals this week. David was
competing in the highly competitive Masters 55-59 age group. He
had to use all his experience to counteract the constant barrage
of attacks from the super strong "Amgen/Giant Masters Racing"
team - which included super famous Kent Bostick (also an
ex-Mercy team member). Kent Bostick eventually took Gold by just
2 seconds from David. Great job David LeDuc !!
US Masters Nationals / Men - Master - 55-59 1 Kent Bostick
Amgen/Giant Masters Racing
2 David LeDuc
Mercy Cycling Team 3 Wayne Stetina Amgen/Giant Masters Racing 4 Thomas Officer
Cycle Fitness 5
Thomas Doughty Amgen/Giant Masters
Racing
(2008-06-29) TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA
Mercy Cycling would like to wish Alex
Welch a speedy recovery after a horrific 45mph crash on
stage 5 of the Tour of Pennsylvania. At the
time, Alex was wearing the Most Aggressive Rider Jersey for the
Tour while riding composite for "Team VRC:NOW MS Society". News
from the event organizers indicate that Alex suffered a broken
collarbone, broken pelvis and concussion and has been kept overnight at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for treatment.
We wish you a speedy recovery Alex !!
Alex Welch (Mercy Cycling Team) Signs Autographs At The
Tour of PA
(2008-06-27) TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA
Mercy Cycling is on a roll!
Mercy Elite Team rider, Alex Welch, riding
composite for Team Team VRC: NOW-MS Society, earned himself the
Most Aggressive Rider Jersey in Stage 4 at Tour of
Pennsylvania, a UCI 2.2. stage race for U25 riders.
A small group of 12 riders fought out the finish
today. The group included usual suspects Luyt, Van Heerden and
his team-mate Dennis Niekerk along with Phil Gaimon (Fiordifrutta),
Peter Salon and Calob Fairly (VMG-Felt), Alex Welch
(Team VRC / MERCY) and Chad Beyer (Zteam).
Alex made his move with 4KM to go and
was only caught a mere 100 Meters from the line. He had to be
satisfied with 9th place on the day. However, he was rewarded
for his efforts when he was given the "Most Aggressive
Rider" jersey.
Alex has also moved up to 13th on
overall GC just 82 seconds behind the Yellow Jersey
holder, Christo Van Heerden, from South Africa.
Also, don't forget that daily coverage is on
VERSUS every day this week !!!
(2008-06-25) ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
June 15th in Galloway, AR - Mercy team member,
Scott Barnes from Bentonville, won the
2008 Arkansas State Time Trial Championship. Scott
recorded a time of 55:34 for the 40KM course.
His time was also the fastest time recorded by any rider in all
of the State Championship categories on the day - Congratulation
Scott.
This makes it FOUR State
Championship jerseys that Mercy Cycling Team has won thus far in
2008 and we're sure that there will be more to come.
Scott Barnes (Mercy Cycling Team)
(2008-06-22) ROTHE GETS HIS WIN
Today the Mercy Cycling Team netted another
big win - this time in Austin, TX.
Bill
Marshall, Mat Stephens and new Austin resident
Stefan Rothe competed in the Professional Cat 1 race at
the "eRacing Stigma" Criterium. Team Rock Racing including
Kayle LeoGrande, Rahsaan Bahati and Tyler Hamilton attended the race as well. The technical
course combined with 100F degree heat made it a tough challenge
for all riders who took part.
Stefan Keeps Good Company - Tyler Hamilton
Just 20 minutes into the
race, Stefan found himself in a break with Tyler
Hamilton (Rock Racing), Ian Dille (Super Squadra) and Jared
Barrilleaux (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling). The quartet
rode well together and put almost one minute into the
Rock-Racing-led peloton. With 5 laps to go, the attacks started
to happen in the group of break away riders. This kept Stefan
busy chasing down various moves by Hamilton and Barrilleaux. In
the end, it came down to a sprint "man vs. man" and Stefan was
in the right place at the right time coming around the final
turn in first place. He held it all the way to the line
to take the biggest win of the year for him ahead of
Dille, Barrilleaux, and Tyler Hamilton.
Mercy Ex-National Track Champion, Mat Stephens, goes off the front
trying to soften up the Rock Racing controlled field
Bill Marshall Controls The Chasing Bunch With
Kale Leogrande (Rock Racing)
Congratulations Stefan - and the whole of the supporting Mercy
Elite Team who helped make this happen !!!
1st - Stefan Rothe (Mercy); 2nd Ian Dille (Super Squadra);
3rd Jared Barrilleaux (Jittery Joes Pro Cycling)
(2008-06-21) CAGLE GETS HIS WIN
It had to happen. With such great
form lately, it was only time before Elite Team rider,
Chad Cagle, would pull off a great win for the team.
Last weekend in Dallas TX, Chad won the Matrix Challenge Criterium.
The race saw many break-aways go up the
road but in the end it was a field sprint which Chad easily won.
Riders from Jittery Joes Pro Cycling Team and
Successful Living Pro Cycling attended
the race, too. Team Texas Tough/THSJ had 11 (!) riders in a race
but could not break the three man team of Stefan Rothe, Kolt
Bates and Chad Cagle. Stefan and Kolt did their job by
closing every gap that opened; bridging up to breaks and towing the field for 1 or 2
laps at a time in order to pave the way for Chad, who did
what he does best: Sprinting to a nice win.
Congratulations Chad !!!
PRO 1/2 RESULTS
Chad
Cagle / Mercy Cycling Team
Jared Barrilleaux / Jittery Joes Pro
Cycling Team
Tyler Jewell / Tx Tough Hotel San
Jose
Jorge Alvarado / Velo Club La Grange
Westwood
John Trujillo / Velossimo Racing
David Wenger / Super Squadra
Joseph LaFico / Gulf Coast Cycling
Association
Carlos Vargas / TxTough/Team Hotel
San Jose
Tristan Uhl / TxTough/Team Hotel San
Jose
Phil Wikoff / Super Squadra
Chad Cagle Wins Big In Dallas, TX
(2008-06-11) CAGLE CONTINUES TO PERFORM WELL
Mercy Elite Team riders are rocking at the moment !!! Long time team member, Chad Cagle from Tulsa,
continued his streak of great results last weekend at the Tour of Winghaven near St.Louis MO. On an extremely
tough course with extreme heat and humidity, Chad took a fine 3rd spot. Winner on the day was Daniel Halloway -
current US National Criterium Champion with Super Strong Carlos Vargas (Tx Tough / Austin TX) in 2nd. Chad was part of
a 6 man break away that also included team mate, Alex Welch from Tulsa.
Alex eventually took a fantastic 6th spot after helping his team mate Chad all day.
(L-R) 3rd Chad Cagle Mercy; 1st Daniel
Halloway; 2nd Carlos Vargas TX Tough
(2008-06-11) MARSHALL WINS KANSAS STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP ROAD RACE
Last weekend in Kansas, Mercy Elite Team rider Bill
Marshall, captured the State Road Race Championship
title. This make it three State Championship jerseys that Mercy
Cycling Team has won in just one weekend !!! Bill attributes his
State Championship win to his teammates for the event,
Scott Barnes and Chris Wallace. On the
day, Scott Barneswas first across the lineto take another fantastic win for Mercy Cycling Team!!!
However, because Scott is a resident of Arkansas, Bill Marshall
took the KS State Championship title by crossing the line in
2nd.
Congratulations Scott on winning the
race... and congratulations Bill for being the 2008 KS State
Champion !!
Bill Marshall (Mercy) leads Ex-Pro Steve Tilford
(2008-06-07) TWO NEW MERCY STATE CHAMPIONS
Kolt Bates wins U23 Age-Based Texas State
Championships; Stefan Rothe wins 23-34 Age-category Title
Mercy Team Members scored a "double" when winning the
age-based Texas State Road Championships held in Copperas Cove,
TX, this Saturday. The only two Mercy riders in the field,
competed in combined fields of U23 riders and the 23-34 category
for a distance of 80 miles . Stefan initiated a early break 5
miles into the race and later dropped his break-away companion.
45 miles into the event, 4 riders including Kolt bridged up to
him and it was clear that the Winner of the race would come from
this select group of 5. The constant 25 mph wind, hot
temperatures and rough roads made it a challenging for everyone.
"Energizer" Stefan attacked that break 10 miles out from the
finish and was soloing towards the line. Here's where Kolt
showed class and strength and bridged up to Stefan after leaving
the other 3 riders behind. The two Mercy riders came across the
line hand-in-hands and finished a strong 1-2, with Kolt actually
winning the event. Each rider won their respective age-category
and took home a jersey.
Congratulations to our new TX State Champions!
(2008-06-04) CAGLE IS BEST AMATEUR AT TULSA TOUGH
Tulsa local and Mercy Elite Team rider, Chad Cagle, has risen to a new level of racing excellence.
After three extremely difficult days of criterium racing at the mega huge Tulsa Tough event, Chad came out
as the top placed Amateur for 2008. AT the end of the weekend, Chad came out with 6th place overall.
Finishing in front of Chad in the first 5 positions
were 5 members of the top Professional squad - Toyota United. What a finish for Chad !!! Mercy Cycling Team is so lucky
to have a rider of your caliber riding for us !! Of course, we can't forget the most excellent teamwork carried out
by the rest of the Elite squad - Mat Ankney(OK); Bill Marshall(KS); Mat Stephens(TX); Alex Welch(OK)
and of course Stefan Rothe (TX). Everyone on the team put on a great display teamwork in defense of Chads Overall GC
position. Great riding team !!
Final General Classification Results Can Be Found
HERE
Good Times at Tour of Arkansas-JOURNAL ENTRY BY STEFAN
Check out Stefan Rothe's Journal entry from the
Tour of Arkansas just a few weeks ago
(CLICK)
(2008-05-30) CAGLE SHINES AT TULSA TOUGH
As expected, Chad Cagle is hitting top form
right now and is turning in some fine performances this weekend
in Tulsa. At Fridays Blue Dome Criterium (Stage
1 of Tulsa Tough), Chad came home as the the first
Non-Professional rider in the extremely tough night-crit. On the
night, Chad took 9th place just a spot behind
the Cuban Missile, Evan Dominquez. The ultra
strong, Toyota United Pro Cycling Team,
dominated the event with 6 of their riders finishing in the top
8 placings. Great Riding Chad !!
This weekend sees the running of the 2008 edition of the Tulsa Tough weekend. The event consists of
three criterium events over three days - Friday Night, Saturday and Sunday. This year, the event is part of the
NRC Calendar for Women and part of the USA Crit Series for Men. Already signed up for the event is the full
Toyota United squad as well as other major professional and top amateur teams from around the whole country.
Mercy Elite Team For Tulsa Tough (Pro Cat 1 Event)
Chad Cagle
Mat Ankney
Bill Marshall
Mat Stephens
Alex Welch
Stefan Rothe
Mercy Development Team For Tulsa Tough (Cat 1/2 Event)
for
the very strong Marx & Bensdorf team from Memphis TN.
