Gopher Cycling Blog

The men's final points race was held over 60 laps, or 20km tonight. Ben R scored a 6th place finish after initiating an early breakaway with Dan Larson (University of Florida) that put the Penn State team under pressure to respond. A group of about seven people, among which were Ben, Dan, Stephan Rothe (MSU), Mike Friedman (Penn State), and Bobby Lea (Penn State) lapped the field, picking up some sprint points along the way.

Ben finished in 6th place with 24 points, and Eric S, who had so glamorously qualified in the first heat stuck it out with the main field and no points. This was in a very fast race that saw the likes of Andy Lakatosh of Penn State drop out, so hats off to Eric! We will have to wait for the final results to see where the order of finish leaves Eric, but there were certainly riders who were lapped by the field, and Eric was not one of them. Check back here for the results as they are posted.