Sherer Wins in Glencoe!

Photo by Greg Sailor-VeloArts.com

Mike Sherer sprinted to his first victory of the year in a big way at the Glencoe Grand Prix. Despite a strong season the “W” had remained elusive for Mike but he took matters into his own hands on Saturday to finally seal the deal.

With only 65 minutes to contest the tricky 1.3 mile course the entire team raced aggresively from the gun and both Will Nowak and Sherer found themselves in early moves. At around the 15 minute mark a lead group of six began to establish a gap, and the move included Sherer, Andy Crater (AeroCat), Pat Lemieux (Texas Roadhouse), Dave Moyer (XXX-AthletiCo), Rob Kelley (Bicycle Heaven) and Kyle Jacobson (IS Corp). The riders worked well together and by the time the officials gave them 8 laps to go the lead had stretched out to 50 seconds. Back in the field both Will and Hogan had worked hard to shut down any chase efforts.

Sherer led out the sprint from well before the final turn and let off the gas just enough going through the turn to set up a full jump out of it- which meant that anyone behind would have to jump just as hard plus some to come around him. The plan played out perfectly as Mike held off his breakaway companions with just enough space to a post a hard earned victory salute- a photo of which we’ll have posted soon!

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