MAY 3 BRINGS 4 PODIUM FINISHES FOR HPC

Poolesville Road Race - This Montgomery County, Maryland race is known for its gravel section. This year the conditions were dry and the gravel fairly well packed, which made for better than usual riding, but the tricky entrance into the section took its usual toll on the riders. Kate Flore won the field sprint to take 2nd in the women's 1/2/3 field, followed by Lesley Golenor in 8th, Kristy Scheffenacker in 9th, Chris Kelley in 11th and Lorena Candrian in 12th. The 3/4 women's race saw Tania Steinschneider place 6th and Anna Kelso finish 11th. In the Men's 4/5 race, Manny Samaniego placed 3rd. And Jeff Anderson placed 12th in the Men's 40+ field.
Meanwhile at the Wintergreen resort in Virginia, other HPC team members were testing their legs in the annual Wintergreen Hill Climb. Kay Tsui won the women's 40+ field and was the 5th fastest woman to take on the climb. Jeff Brandon placed 3rd in the men's 1/2/3 field and Wayland Hundley tied for 8th in the Men's 4

MAY 4 MICHAUX MAXIMUS MTB SUCCESS

Kenny Shapiro took the 25 mile Michaux Maximus in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, turning in the 9th fastest time among all 110 competitors, a time that put him in 3rd place among the Veteran class.

APRIL 26 & 27 - HPC RACES WELL IN PENNSYLVANIA

Tour de Ephrata - This 3-stage, 2-day event includes a road race, a time trial up "Pain Mountain" and a downtown criterium. HPC's Jeff Brandon raced the Men's 1/2/3 field and placed 10th in the Road Race, 21st in the Time Trial and 7th in the Criterium with an end result of 12th place in the General Classification. In the Women's Open, Kate Flore finished 7th in the Road Race, 3rd in the Time Trial and 14th in the Crit finishing 6th in the GC, and Tania Steinschneider, racing her first stage race, finished 29th in the GC.
In Carlisle, Mimi Newcastle put her new time trial bike to the first test of the season in a 40km contest and came away with 2nd place among the women competitors.