Team Kaos' Matt Farnham stormed to a Cat. 4 men's victory in the opener of the Sobe No Fear CX weekend Saturday at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Farnham completed the 30-minute race with a nearly one-minute gap over Randall Crist of Omaha Velo Club. Farnham also turned in the race's fastest lap, in 5:38.

The Sobe No Fear weekend continues Sunday with the Nebraska State Cyclocross championship races, also at Pioneers Park. Races begin at 11 a.m. and conclude after the Men's 1/2/3 race at 2 p.m.

New wins mark highlights 2007 season

Just a year ago, Team Kaos reached its high-water mark with 48 victories for the 2006 campaign.

A year later, Kaos flooded the road with 63 wins in a dominant season that ended with 12 state championships across three events – time trial, road race and criterium.
 

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Elkhorn, Neb. - Duane Dickey (Mercy/Specialized) grabbed the first day lead in the Pro-I-II division by winning the morning road race and finishing in the top six in the afternoon time trial at the Dave Babcook Memorial Cycling Weekend

Dickey leads Omahan Chris Spence (Team Kaos) by 40 seconds heading into Sunday’s 75-minute Chipotle Burrito Buster Criterium that caps off the two-day, three-stage race. Spence won the Masters 35+ overall earlier this month at the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic.

In third place, one second behind Spence, is his former teammate, Jarred Berger, who now rides for Team Einstein’s. Berger was six seconds slower than Spence’s winning time in the nine-mile time trial.

Overall, riders from Nebraska are in the lead in eight of 12 categories after the first day of the Dave Babcook Memorial Cycling Weekend.

Omahans Jackie Weires (Cat. IV women), Peter Duryea (Masters 45-and-over), Fred Galata (Masters 55-and-over), Sydney Brown (Senior women I-II-III) and Justin Maresh (Cat. IV men) of Lincoln, Daniel Schuldt of Doniphan (Cat. V men), Richard Hake (Cat. V Masters 55-and-over) of Madison and Jerry Arnold of Valentine (Cat. V Masters 45-and-over) all lead their respective divisions.

Team Kaos' Morgan Chaffin (pictured at left) won the Women's I-II-III time trial by 49 seconds and sits second overall to Sydney Brown (X Plane/Team Revolution).

The more than 140 racers from nine different states enjoyed sunny skies for Saturday morning’s road race and afternoon temperatures in the mid-80s for the time trial. The final 20 starters of the time trial did endure a brief afternoon rain shower, but it did not seem to significantly affect the times.

At least one category could be decided by time bonuses on the finish line of Sunday’s criteriums. Scott Fairbairn (All9Yards.com Cycing Team) holds an eight-second lead over Matt Pavlovich (Team Kaos) in the Cat. III division and three others are just 20 seconds off the lead.

Complete race results and the first day communiques are available for download at Nebraskacyclingnews.com.