Schneiders, Labecki Keep Overall Jerseys at ToAD

Samantha Schneider (TIBCO) finished third in the Oshkosh Criterium de Titan to keep her overall series lead at the Tour of America's Dairyland. Tina Pic (Fearless Femme) won the sprint finish.

Schneider, from West Allis, is trying to repeat her 2013 ToAD overall victory. 

Her 15-year-old sister Skylar continues to lead the Cat. 2 overall series by five points. 

Meanwhile Milwaukee-native Nathan Labecki (ISCorp) maintained his lead in the Cat. 2 overall series in the pro men's race, won by Justin Williams (Astellas).

Velocause riders Brian Leatherman and Mario Medina finished third and eighth in the Masters 1/2 while Ross Giese finished seventh in the Masters 3/4. Giese moved up to third in the Masters 45 plus 3/4 overall. Andy Feuersthaler, Leatherman, and Medina now sit seventh, eighth, and ninth in the Masters 35 plus 1/2 overall.

See all the results here.

Schneider Narrowly Keeps Jersey at Schlitz Park Criterium

The Tour of America's Dairyland visited arguably the most challenging course of the series: the Schlitz Park Criterium. Racers climb a long, steep hill up Second Avenue, then a winding downhill.

A three-woman break got up the road and New Zealand rider Joanne Kiesanowski (TIBCO) took the win. Sam Schneider, also of TIBCO, took fifth and maintained a narrow one-point lead over Erica Allar (Colavita-Fine Cooking)

Schneider's 15-year-old sister Skylar (TIBCO) finished back in the field and lost her Cat. 2 series leader's jersey. Skylar is limited to "junior gearing" because of her age, which means she doesn't have the big gears needed to ride fast down hill.

As a testament to her positive personality, Skylar awarded the Oarsmn Capital Top Amateur Jersey to Laura Jorgenson (Mellow Mushroom). Skylar is now just two points behind Jorgensen.

Here is Tom Held's report in the Journal Sentinel.

Nathan Labecki (ISCorp-Intelligentsia Coffee) finished again as the top amateur in the Pro Men's field to maintain his lead in the Cat. 2 Oarsman Capital series.

Wisconsin natives Jordan Cullen (Hagens Berman Development Team), James Stemper (Kenda 5-Hour Energy) and Cole House (Intelligentsia Coffee) finished second, third, and sixth in the pro men's race respectively.

For Team Velocause, Benny Smith had a great result in finishing third in the Masters 3/4 race. Ross Giese also finished 13th. Smith is now fifth in the 35 plus overall series, while Giese is sixth in the 45 plus overall.

Brian Leatherman, Michael Froh, and Chris Zugel finished the Masters 1/2 race. Andy Feuersthaler, who took the night off, is still in seventh overall in the 35 plus series, while Leatherman moved up to ninth. Froh is now fourth in the 45 plus series.

Schneider Keeps Overall Lead After Beloit ToAD Race

Samantha Schneider (TIBCO) narrowly held onto her overall series leader jersey as she took second in the Beloit Bike Classic.

Samantha Schneider

Schneider leads Erica Allar (Colavita-Fine Cooking) by just two points in the Tour of America's Dairyland Pro Women series. Allar finished third, while Tina Pic (Fearless Femme), who sits in third overall five points behind Schneider, won the sprint finish. 

Schneider, Allar, and Pic have all finished in the top five each day of the ToAD series. 

Skylar Scheider

Schneider's 15-year-old phenom sister Skylar (TIBCO) is leading the category 2 series competition and sits in sixth overall in the pro women's series. 


Here is Active Pursuit's Tom Held on the racing. The Wisconsin Bike Fed also did a nice article on the Schneiders and 19-year-old Nathan Labecki.

Nathan Labecki pulls on Best Amateur jersey.

In the Pro Men's race at Beloit, Justin Williams (Astellas) won the race, while Daniel Holloway (Athlete Octane, finished second and held onto his healthy overall series lead. 

After racing in the category 2/3 division, Milwaukee rider Labecki (ISCorp) raced in the pro division, earning him top honors in the category 2 series while taking an impressive 16th in the pro race. 

Al Krueger (KS Energy/ Team Wisconsin) won the 2/3 event. 

In the masters 1/2 race, Velocause rider Brian Leatherman took third, winning the field sprint. Andy Feuersthaler (Velocause) finished 11th and held onto fifth overall, while Leatherman moved up to 11th. Michael Froh of Velocause continued his consistent placings and moved into fifth overall in the category 1/2 45 plus division. 

The Velocause category 3/4 masters had a more difficult day, with Jeffrey Elam getting 11th. Benny Smith is 8th in the overall. 

Schneider Third in East Troy ToAD Race

West Allis native Samantha Schneider (Team TIBCO) placed third in the East Troy stop of the Tour of America's Dairyland. Tina Pic (Fearless Femme) won the second round of the ToAD series Friday while Schneider's teammate Kendall Ryan took second.

Here's the story at the ToAD site.

Schneider, Pic, Ryan, and Erica Allar (Colavita-Fine Cooking) are all tied for points in the series. Schneider's 15-year-old sister and teammate Skylar finished 15th and kept her lead in the Oarsman Capital Category 2 competition.

Andreina Rivera of Kenosha finished 10th.

Andrew Dahlheim and Daniel Holloway of the Athlete Octane team finished first and second in the pro men's race. Their teammate Chad Hartley of Fox Point finished 19th.

James Stemper (5-Hour Energy/ Kenda) of Wauwatosa finished 10th. Chris Hill (KS Energy) of Racine leads the Category 2 series competition, while Milwaukee native and friend of Ben's Nathan Labecki (ISCorp) is in third.

In the Masters 35 plus Category 1, 2 race, Velocause racers Andy Feuersthaler placed fourth and Andy Ohlsson eighth.

Benny Smith of Velocause finished 6th in the Masters 3/4 race.