Once a year the Iola Winter Sports Club opens up the rolling hills, open ski trails, and sandy wooded singletrack to mountain bike races. Thank you Race Director Phil Johnsrud. Participating Diablos (wide angle podium positions indicated): wors.org/results/ Junior (14 and under) Female 11 to 12: Kylie Lester- 3rd Junior (14 and under) Male 9 to 10: Vincent Dipiazza – 5th Cat 3 (Citizen) Female 11 to 14: Macy Lester – 1st, 1st overall! Cat 3 (Citizen) Male 11 to 14: Andrew Dipiazza – 1st, 5th overall Samuel Dipiazza – 4th Gabriel Rogaczewski Hunter Lester 40 to 44: Mike Lester – 4th Cat 2 (Sport) Female 15 to 18: Megan Lester – 2nd 40 to 49: Sally Lester – 2nd Cat 2 (Comp) 40 to 44: Brian Davis – 3rd 45 to 49: Greg Cullen – 2nd Cat 1 (Elite) Junior Male 17 to 18: Ethan Janssen Elite (Pro & Cat 1) Males 19 to 29: Nick Niemi  - Jabitz
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WEMS Race #1 May 18, 2019 Veterans Memorial Park, Deerbrook, WI 3, 6, or 10 hours in the woods, what is your pleasure? WEMS races provide a laid back party (with plenty of 80's metal thank you very much) atmosphere in the woods, that is very appealing to those who like to ride with the trees. A few Diablo's ignored the 100% chance of forcasted rain to attend first race of the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series wemseries.com/ The Lester family entered the Long Distance / Solo (10 hour) category, with a plan to ride until the rain came: Megan Lester - 1st in Long Distance / Solo Junior Macy Lester - 2nd in Long Distance / Solo Junior Sally Lester - 3rd in Long Distance / Solo Female Jon Lester - 2nd overall in Long Distance / Solo Male (rode the fasted laps but discontinued when the rain came) Jeff Abitz opted for the 6 hour category, due to time constraints: Jeff Abitz - 1st overall in Mid Distance Solo  - Jabitz
 Benefitting the Laona Rescue Squad. Take road racing tactics, equipment selection, adventure, and off road handling skill, mix them up, and you get the growing sport/activity of gravel racing. You can sit on that wheel, but be ready for that hole, rut, stick, or road kill to knock you sideways. Did I mention the deer, snakes, and bears that wander onto the course? Race it or just ride it, you decide, just don't leave without a post race beer. In the 108 mile race: Jon Lester rode his mountain bike at front for much of the first 15 or so miles, reducing the front group to less than 30. At about mile 52, with the advice of 2017 winner Jeff Abitz, Jon and Dan Naef moved to the front and attacked hard up a very rough, technical, and long climb. This put them several hundred yards off the front. Jeff found himself in a seven rider chase group, doing his best to "gum up the works" with slow pulls and negotiating a neutral "nature" stop. Meanwhile Dan spent the next three hours heroically building his lead. Dan cruised across for the win 9 minutes ahead of 2nd place! In the last mile, Jeff's 50 year old carcass succumbed to the youth and speed of a couple 33 year old Cat 1/2's, and was happy with a 4th. After spending much of his 6 hour race working for his teammates, Jon Lester finished in the chase group with a 7th. Diablos with top 10 finishes noted: 108 Mile (97 total) 1st - Dan Naef - newly hired by team sponsor Recyclist Bicycle Co. 4th - Jeff Abitz 7th - Jon Lester Nick Niemi 68 Mile (102 total) 7th - Todd Mertz Scott Barclay Cyclocross Magazine did a short write-up: www.cxmagazine.com/gravel-race-2019-bear-100-wisconsin-northwoods?fbclid=IwAR10C5EytfEpbfnchZodYuNtBD9B_HDOgTRORkn2qyNpbQQZ--_UD85RUxU  - Jabitz
 May 11, 2019 Mahler Park in Neenah, WI www.dutrirun.com/page/show/845794-neenah-duathlon-may-3-2015 2 mile run, 13 mile bike, and 2 mile run Diablo Scot Rajsich had the team covered in multisport last weekend, scoring a 2nd place in his divison and 16th overall. runsignup.com/Race/Results/76196/#resultSetId-154350;perpage:10   Sunday, May 5th, 2019 Englewood Farm Fall River, WI wors.org/schedule/englewood/ A nice group of Diablo's raced the rock gardens, wood berms, downhill flow trails and punchy climbs, in the Wisconsin Off Road Series (WORS) race number 1. Participating Diablos (wide angle podium positions indicated): wors.org/results/ Junior (14 and Under) Female 11 to 12: Kylie Lester- 4th Junior (14 and Under) Male 9 to 10: Vincent Dipiazza Cat 3 (Citizen) Male 11 to 14: Andrew Dipiazza – 4th Samuel Dipiazza Gabriel Rogaczewski Hunter Lester 40 to 44: Mike Lester Open Fat Bike Joey Cleaves – 4th For 29 years this series has provided quality mountain bike racing accross the state. Here is the WORS 2019 series schedule: wors.org/schedule/  - Jabitz
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