Cyclists solidify series leads

The Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team dominated the men’s 1/2/3 category in the third race of the 2006 Kentuckiana Spring Training Series on Saturday, and team member Kevin Attkisson extended his lead in the overall standings.

Attkisson, a Louisville resident, finished second behind teammate Patrick O’Donnell in Team Barbasol/Rapid Transit’s Clark State Forest Road Race in Henryville, Ind., and increased his series point total to 57. Attkisson had won 2WheelSports’ St. Peter’s Road Race one week earlier.

O’Donnell, an Indianapolis resident, moved into second place in the standings with 34 points with his victory. Helena, Ohio, resident Michael House and Louisville's Frank Cox took third and fourth, respectively, for Texas Roadhouse.

The race originally was scheduled as the fourth of six in the series. But Ohio Valley Racing’s New Washington Classic Road Race was washed out on March 11 and the Louisville Bicycle Club’s Shawnee Park Criterium, intended to be the last race on April 15, has been cancelled. So Promotion Cycling’s Lexington (Ky.) Spring Circuit Race on Saturday will be the fourth and final race in the series this year.

Louisville’s Sean Steele (Team Louisville) cemented his lead in the 4/5/Citizen standings with a win in that category. He has 64 points, and Cincinnati’s Jason Horn (Queen City Wheels) sits in second place with 34.

Louisville’s William Eisner (Team Barbasol/Rapid Transit) won the 3/4 category, but Fishers, Ind., resident Paul Wood (Sorenson VRS) snuck into the top spot in the series standings with a third-place finish. In the closest race for a series title, Wood has 41 points and Lexington, Ky., resident Bill Crank (Commonwealth Eye Surgery) has 36.

In the women’s category, Louisville’s Tracy Huber (Texas Roadhouse) followed two second-place finishes with a win and overtook Indianapolis resident Briana Kovac (Texas Roadhouse) in the series standings. Huber has 65 points; Kovac, who did not race, has 50 points after winning both previous events.

Louisville’s Stephen Spanbauer (Papa John’s Racing Team), who won two Masters national championships in 2003, prevailed in the Masters 35-and-over category, which was contested for the first time. Louisville’s Curtis Tolson (Texas Roadhouse), who has won multiple Masters national titles in different disciplines, was second.