Sunday, April 02, 2006

Attkisson rides to cycling series title

Patrick O’Donnell and Kevin Attkisson led the Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team to another impressive showing in the finale of the Kentuckiana Spring Training Series on Saturday, finishing atop the men’s 1/2/3 category in Promotion Cycling’s Lexington (Ky.) Spring Circuit Race as Attkisson won the series points title.

O’Donnell and Attkisson placed first and second, respectively, for the second consecutive race. Teammate Curtis Tolson - who also won the Masters 35-and-over race - followed them in third.

That was enough for Attkisson, a Louisville resident, to secure a series-best 77 points in the category. O’Donnell, an Indianapolis resident, finished second in the standings with 59 points.

Louisville’s Clayton Omer (Papa John’s Racing Team) won his first race in the 4/5/Citizen category and surged into second place in the final standings with 51 points. Louisville’s Sean Steele (Team Louisville), who placed ninth in the race, won the points title with 71.

Wellington, Ky., resident Brian Schworm (Pedal Power) equaled Omer in the 3/4 category , winning the race and clinching second in the final standings with 39 points. Fishers, Ind., resident Paul Wood (Sorenson VRS), who was third in the race, won the points title with 57 points.

Texas Roadhouse teammates Tracy Huber, a Louisville resident, and Briana Kovac, an Indianapolis resident, did not compete in the women’s race but still finished first and second, respectively, in the final standings with 65 and 50 points. Lexington’s Bena Halecky (Pedal Power) won the race in their absence.

The Lexington Spring Circuit Race, originally scheduled to be the fifth of six races in the 2WheelSports-sponsored series, instead was the fourth and final race. The New Washington (Ind.) Classic Road Race, scheduled for March 11,and the Shawnee Park Criterium, scheduled for April 15, both were cancelled.