Team Kaos

NORFOLK, Neb. -- Team Kaos had a successful weekend at the Norfolk Classic, held on June 5 and 6 in Stanton and Norfolk.  In contrast to last year's windy and rainy weekend, perfect weather greeted this year's record turnout.

Justin Maresh crossing the finish line for the win at Old Capital Criterium in Iowa City,IA. Photo Lois Brunnert.

The Cat. 3 racer worked with teammate Vaughn Pierce in the April 25 race, setting the pace, offering a few attacks and then holding back until the right time.

Maresh and Pierce rolled off the start of the 25-lap race in the back of the pack after a late arrival. Maresh worked to get to the fornt of the group about three laps into the race.

“And as I did this, I saw Vaughn moving to the front,” Maresh said in a team letter after the race.

Pierce then took over, attacking and bridging to more groups.

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas -- Team Kaos’ Chris Spence hammered into a second place finish in the Masters 40+ general classification at the Joe Martin Stage Race in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The National Racing Calendar event brought together some of the best riders in the U.S. and the world for four days of road races, crits and time trials in the lush hills of northwest Arkansas.

Team Ouch Bahati’s Floyd Landis finished 24^th in the overall pro classification and Team Bissell’s Ben Jacques-Maynes took 2^nd place.

Spence broke away in the Saturday road race and held a two-minute lead for a whopping 50 miles.

Team Kaos riders Scott Tarry and Doug Semisch recently had a victorious cycling weekend, although it did not involve a race.  They rode the usual 50 mile Saturday Bikemasters ride,  then on Sunday joined 6 others on the Branched Oak 150.  Starting at 129th & Fort Street in Omaha the tough little band rode through Elkhorn, Waterloo, Venice, Yutan, Mead, Ceresco, Raymond, around Branched Oak Lake, and then back through Raymond, Ceresco, Ashland, Yutan, Venice, Waterloo, and Elk City, arriving back at the start several hours later.  The brutal conditions tested their determination and stamina.  Only Tarry, Semisch and three other riders completed the quest, although Semisch reported having serious internal arguments with himself--why was he still on the bike and not in the van?  In the end, though, Semisch was proud of himself for sticking with it, completing the longest, most brutal ride of his life.  He was also proud for not quitting on his team/ride mates who rallied around him as they battled that monster wind. In the end, not even rain at the 143 mile mark could get Semisch, Tarry or the others off their bikes. The younger Tarry, a cat IV racer, was clearly up to the challenge.  Not only did he help pull Semisch through the wind, but he also sprinted for just about every town sign against the younger riders.  This was Tarry's second 150 mile ride this year.

This ride was designed, in part, to be a training/prep ride for Tarry and Bike Masters shop manager, Dave Reinarz, as they prepare for a July cross-country trek over 30 days.