by by Todd Nutter, wors.org
Suamico, WI- After a short hiatus on cross country racing, the Trek Sponsored Wisconsin Off Road Series (WORS) returned with back to back race weeks. Last week, in Mount Morris Wisconsin, Cole House (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin) dominated the course for the Men’s race while Amber Markey (5 Nines/ Motorless Motion) chased down Abigail Strigel (Honey Stinger/Bontrager) to finish 2nd. This week they both House and Markey came back to win.
Pro mountain and road racer, Cole House (Intelligentsia Coffee/ Broken Spoke) has been on a hot streak in the past few weeks since winning at Ore to Shore and the previous WORS race, The Scarlet Knights Scramble. It also doesn’t hurt that the Reforestation Ramble happens to be a home course for House. In his typical style, House sprinted off the line to push for an early break away. KS Energy Services/Team Wisconsin pro, Joe Maloney is one of few that can answer the call to take an early sprint. Knowledge of every turn of the course allowed House to create a gap on Maloney, who did not have the opportunity for a pre-ride of the course. The chase came from current WORS overall points leader, Nathan Guerra (Vision Cycling/ Attitude Sports) and Tyler Gauthier (Bike Marquette/ Quick Stop) who worked together to try to reel in the two young pros. Although they were, as Guerra put it “the best of the rest,” they were not able to close the gap on Maloney and House. Maloney, however, was able to catch House at one point. Knowing that the gap was closing, an out of breath Maloney told House to go faster. He may have regretted the suggestion, not know how many matches House still had. But in the end, Maloney grabbed a very satisfying 2nd place with Guerra taking the lead over Gauthier for 3rd. Gauthier finished 4th.
Article originally published – August 26th:
http://wors.org/2014/08/house-wins-suamico-markey-also-grabs-victory/
