Spring Ride-- May 3, 2:00

Legal Spin will have one big spring road ride prior to everyone leaving for their summer jobs. It will be Saturday at 2:00. If you want to come, please meet at the bike rack on the south side of the law school. We will ride either a 20 mile rout out to Provo Canyon and up to Nunns Park, or a 30 mile flat rout out to the town of West Mountain. Both are great rides, and the forecast is calling for afternoon temps in the 60's, which means perfect spring riding. We'll try to ride a comfortable pace for everyone, but for those of you hammerheads out there, you can take off at any pace you like, and we'll regroup from time to time. I'll be there, my wife will be there, and you should too. Bring your friends. If you can't come, have a great summer and stay tuned for periodic summer rides.

Boonen gets his win on the cobbles-- about time

Tom Boonen, team Quickstep strongman and classics expert, finally picked up his first win at Sunday's Paris-Roubaix. Boonen lead a late breakaway with two other race favorites, CSC's Fabian Cancellara and Alessandro Ballan while riders from CSC and Quickstep controlled the initial break allowing the favorites to battle it out. At the finish, only Boonen had enough in his tank to make the sprint, and he edged the other two riders out by about 2 seconds. The chase group came in 4 minutes adrift, and included surprise Martijn Maaskant, the rookie from Slipstream-Chipotle, who was not favored in the race. The weather proved to be nice, and a strong tailwind allowed the leaders to set a new record for the course since it was changed in 1968. Boonen averaged 45.13 kph (about 26 mph) over the cobbles.

Contador Wins Tour of the Basque Country/ Who wants to ride on april 25?

Since Astana cannot compete in the Tour or in any of the ASO run spring classics, Alberto Contador seems content on winning everything else. In his second major stage race of the season, Contador held off the filed in the final time trial to win the overall classification by 30 seconds over Australian Cadell Evans. Congrats to Contador and Astana.

In other news, we are thinking about a club ride on Friday, April 25 around 1:00. We would likely meet here at the law school and do a 25-30 mile road ride. It should be a lot of fun, and finals are over for everyone. If you think you'd be in, please leave a comment saying so. Hope to see you all there. Stay tuned for tomorrow's Paris-Roubaix post. (go Cancellara)

Devolder upsets in Flanders

By now, i'm sure that you have all noticed my unhealthy enamorment with professional cycling. Here is yet another fun race result. Belgian national champion Stijn Devolder won the Tour of Flanders on sunday. Some say that Flanders is the hardest of the spring classics, with several short, steep cobble stone climbs, terrible weather (it hailed and was in the mid 30's this year), and very competitive field. It is the Belgians' race, but Devolder was not on anyone's list to win.

Riding pace for Belgian favorite and Quicstep teammate Tom Boonen, Devolder staged a late attack that Boonen and Swiss Fabian Cancellara could not chase down. The attack took the entire field by surprise, and Devolder soloed to win by a gap of about 19 seconds.

Don't you all wish we were riding instead of studying for finals? Lets try to do it soon-- maybe the Friday after finals are over. Also, Paris-Roubaix-- "the hell of the north" is next week. It is one of the most prestigious races of the season, and my favorite rider, Cancellara is favored to win. Stay tuned for another post from the pro race circuit.

forgot one

I neglected to include Drew White as our SBA Liaison. Sorry Drew.

Board Members Elected and other meeting stuff

So we elected the board for next year today, sort of. There is still room for a couple more board positions if anyone is interested. A historian would be nice (to take some pics at the rides, etc.) and maybe a ride coordinator too. Let me know if you are interested. Positions elected are as follows:

President: Spencer Brown
Vice President: Dustin Kelley
Secretary: Lindsey Romankiw

Also, we discussed our big end of summer/ beginning of school year social: the Legal Spin Century. We will have 100 mile, 100 KM, and 50 mile options. It will be the Saturday before school starts. Stay tuned for a posted training plan for anyone who thinks they need one-- it might be a good idea.

Check back for info about rides over the summer. Also, if any of you are racing, let us know how you do and we will post it on the blog. Thanks again for a good turnout today. I'm looking forward to this club.

Meeting on Friday

Dont forget about the meeting in room 320 at 1:00 pm. Spencer's going to provide lunch for everyone.

Just kidding. About lunch. Not about the meeting.