Basecamp Bike Fest - Wisconsin Off Road Series Race # 4

June 14, 2026
Nine Mile Country Forest Recreation Area
Wausau, WI
www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/wors/

Series Information & Schedule: www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/wors/

Diablo Cycling's Jeff Abitz has been dipping in and out of WORS Olympic distance (1-2 hour) mountain biker races for
over 30 years. It has been a few seasons since he raced a sub five hour mountain bike race.
"Nine Mile" has always been a familiar location. Lots of WORS and 6-24 hour racing history there.
The familiar rocky singletrack, and punchy two track is his comfort zone. 
With zero people to race in Elite 50-59, Jeff Abitz switched to Comp. 
One minute in, Jeff quickly realized he needed to up his pace, compared to his usual long event pace.
A divebomb pass into the finishing singletrack section, found him drifting through the remaining corners to a 2nd place finish. 
In case you haven't figured it out yet, Jeff (me) wrote this. 

Colin Nieforth gave Diablo Cycling its second 2nd!

Of course Tyler Steckling was there, always putting in a great race.

Comp Men 50-59 (5 total)
Jeff Abitz – 2nd

Kids Comp Boys 13-14 (3 total)
Colin Nieforth – 2nd
 
Citizen Men 12 & Under (12 total)
Tyler Steckling – 8th
 
Full Results: my.raceresult.com/405549/results

Next WORS race: 
Colectivo Coffee Classic
June 27-28
Waukesha, WI

Sidebar:
Jeff Abitz wishes to thank Cranked Biked Studio for their guidance and set up, in replacing his retired 2017
mountain bike. Jeff's sentimentality was quickly forgotten as he realized the potential of the updated geometry and the efficiency of the Flight Attendant suspension. 
Come get you some at: www.crankedbikestudio.com/ !

- Jabitz