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NEW LG-SPONSORED RACE 2021: The La Verne Grand Prix NEW
RACING NEWS: Morgan James podium @ Ontario
RACING NEWS: Peter Do podium @ Tour de Murrieta
UPCOMING EVENTS: All-Clubs Community Ride—July 17
UPCOMING EVENTS: LABA joins LG for Raymond's Birthday Ride
The LG Club Event Calendar is up and ready for action!
LG Sponsors The La Verne Grand Prix
Velo Club La Grange is very proud to announce that we are sponsoring an exciting criterium race, the La Verne Grand Prix, on July 24, 2021. This race will feature the best amateur and professional Crit racers in a beautiful tree-lined setting. We will have a beer garden, vendor and food expo, kid’s race, and some of the best women’s and men’s racing in the country! Did I mention the twilight Fixed-gear Turbulence Race? This is sure to be a highlight of the 2021 Southern California racing calendar. More details to come. Hope to see you there!
Same race, different name…Cory Williams Wins!
VOLUNTEERS
Let’s make this race a success! We need volunteers! Volunteering is easy, fun and you can really help out. Reach out to Alfie Sanchez from Majestic Cycling at alfiesanchez@aol.com for more information.
RACING NEWS
June La Grange Racing
Tour de Murrieta - W3/4/5 Grand Prix - Full Race filmed by Tina Grant, 6th place overall
Morgan James powers to 2nd @ Ontario
Second place for Morgan in the W4/5 field at Ontario.
Ontario Majestic Crit Race Report
This was my first race of the season and I was a bit nervous. Coming to the race site and helping my fellow team members set up Fort La Grange early before the race start helped settle my nerves as we all got our bearings together to warm up. As we warmed up, I felt the moment settle in. This being the first race in over a year brought back the missed pre-race jitters. As we came to the line, the team felt strong together, standing out in our bright red kits. Once the race began, it was quite obvious everyone was being quite precautious, including myself. The race was holding a slow pace and we knew that could cause trouble. Speeding up the race by taking pulls off the front, many La Grangers showed their fitness in this aspect, although tiring many of us for the sake of a safe race. I was just recovering from a couple of weeks of having a cold, so my fitness wasn’t exactly where I wished it would be for my first race. Coming into the finish, Tina was anticipated to be my lead-out, but I wasn’t able to hold on to her wheel. I ended up with a 2nd place Cat 4 finish and so did captain Tina! Overall, it was a great day and venue, although I wish the primes were announced while the race was slow and dangerous in order to incentivize a more intense race. However, I am happy to have been surrounded by my fellow La Grangers and to have had a safe and fun race! Thanks for reading.
Morgan
Peter Do breaks away @ Tour de Murrieta
Race Report: Tour de Murrieta 2021 (two stages)
The first stage was the usual six-turn criterium in downtown Murrieta. The race was really fast from the beginning. Unfortunately, I missed the break and ended up in a field sprint for 17th place. overall.
The second stage was the hard and exciting circuit course in Murrieta. We had a really strong 35+ / 45+ field. This race was also very, very fast from the beginning. On the third lap, Phil Tinstman and Rudy Napolitano went on a breakaway. I decided to bridge over to the break and brought four other guys with me. Then we had a very strong six-man breakaway for the next seven laps. We were able to stay away from the field with a really good gap. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the power at the end to sprint and ended up with 2nd place in the 45+ category. Thanks for reading!
Peter
UPCOMING EVENTS
All-Clubs_LA Community Ride
ALL-CLUBS_LA is Back! Our friend and local man-about-town, Ken Vinson, has organized a community ride where all local riders and clubs can come together in friendship, family, and respect. The ride is Saturday, July 17. La Grange will be rescheduling July’s LG50 ride to coordinate with this ride.
THE RIDE
On July 17, 2021, at 11 am, All Clubs_LA will resume activities with a short, easy pace recreational ride with purpose: "All-Clubs_LA!!! We are stronger together than apart!" This ride will go from Hawthorne to the Korean Bell of Friendship in San Pedro. For a round trip of 35 miles, this will be a no-drop social ride. La Grange will be taking a group from the Marina del Rey Bridge at 6:30 am to join at the starting point, for a total of 70 miles. Refreshments will be available at the start and finish. More details to come.
THE MISSION
All Clubs_LA was created, in part, to build bridges among the diverse communities within our cycling ecosystem where open and honest dialogue could occur within an atmosphere of respect for differing opinions. The discourse that happens over the common act of riding a bike has proven to create bonds that turn acquaintances into friendships.
The All-Clubs_LA rides are intended to create an atmosphere where people can get to know each other and to be a place where everyone is invited and welcomed.
Here is the event on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/2e0WWXKLI
Ride with LA Bike Academy
In the spirit of Velo Club La Grange’s efforts to support youth cycling in our community, we are thrilled to partner with Los Angeles Bike Academy. LABA’s mission is to empower, educate and develop entrepreneurial and leadership skills in boys and girls between the ages of 12-18. The Riders of LABA will be joining VCLG on Sunday, July 18, for a very special Nichols Ride. This will be a notable event as we present this worthy organization with monies raised from the proceeds of our Nichols kit. Not only that but we will be celebrating VCLG Founder, Raymond Fouquet’s birthday. More details to come but mark your calendars. This will be a day not to be missed.
LG Event Calendar is Live!
The La Grange event calendar is up and running. This calendar is where you’ll find all of our upcoming events IN ONE PLACE. You’ll find both LG On-Bike and Off-Bike events as well as non-LG events. Check it out and bookmark it! Here is the schedule for July!
July 10 – LG Cup #1: Trancas TT
July 14 – LG Monthly Board Meeting
July 17 – All-Clubs / LG50 Community RIde
July 18 – Raymond Fouquet Celebration / Nichols Ride with LABA
July 24 – The La Verne Grand Prix, sponsored by La Grange
July 31 – LG Santa Barbara Century
Have an event you would like to add? Send a request to Sam at sam.selfridge@lagrange.org
SOS: Support Our Sponsors
Free Skratch Bottles now at Bike Improve
Every member of Velo Club La Grange gets TWO FREE SKRATCH WATER BOTTLES courtesy of our friends at Skratch Labs. If you haven’t already received yours then top by Bike Improve today to pick yours up.
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New Members
Please welcome our new members who joined in June 2021!
Jonathan R., Shilpa R., Shayna S., Taisha W., Anna L., and Aaron W.,
Welcome, everyone! We are happy to have you.
