Stanley Giveaway: Predict Who’s Going to Win the Portland USGP Races This Weekend!
The Portland Stanley Cup is fast approaching – and it’s one of my favorite races of the year. It’s the time when Portland racing puts on its big-kid pants and sits at the adult table for dinner. The course is taped off all proper style and semi-grumpy UCI officials line you up in the starting lanes.
The course at Portland International Raceway is always mega-awesome, looping over the motocross course so you get to fly over woopties like you’re a little BMX-bunny on a badass tear.
Except you’re not. You’re a cross racer on kinda skinny-ish tires and drop bars.
The resulting feeling is all kinds of anti-gravity and super gravity.
And then there’s the straightaway. A long stretch of pavement just perfect for winding shit up and laying down power like it’s going out of style.
If it rains, it’s guaranteed amazingness. Slippery mud and steep descents with punchy, short little climbs. Off-camber chaos.
God, it’s so good.
And it’s not just the racing that I love. It’s the chance to see the pros throw it down during the last races of the day. Big names will be in town and they’re gonna make it pretty, mark my words. (For full details on the event, go here.)
Which leads me to the title of this post?
Who do you think is going to win?
Leave your picks for both days in the comments section and you’ll be entered to win a free Stanley one-handed water bottle. I’ve put a list of the registered riders for both men and women (both days) below to help you with your decision. The winner will be selected randomly by my tech guy using some crazy random black magic. Or something.
Note: The bottle will ship directly from Stanley and winner will unfortunately not be able to choose the model (they’re giving away the 24oz version by the way) These are Stanley one-handed water bottles. They retail for ~$20. Also, Stanely will not ship internationally for this one, sorry! (But they tell me they love you and they’ll be sure to make it happen next time.) Here’s more scoop on the bottles:
One-handed push button spout. Open, drink, close with one hand.
100% stainless steel body. Tough as nails.
Residue free. No liners or coatings. Naturally BPA-free.
Bike cage & car-cup compatible. Built for your ride.
Saturday – UCI Women
| Kaitlin | Antonneau | Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com |
| Katrina | Baumsteiger | Team Rambuski Law |
| Serena | Bishop | Sunnyside Sports |
| Rebecca | Blatt | silverbull centralwheel |
| Becca | Blay | |
| Tina | Brubaker | The Vanilla Workshop/Speedvagen Racing |
| Maureen | Bruno Roy | |
| Sue | Butler | Hudz Subaru |
| Amanda | Carey | Kenda/Felt |
| Carrie | Cash | Team Vera Bradley Foundation |
| Megan | Chinburg | Veloforma |
| Corey | Coogan | Team Plan C PB Stevens |
| Tiffany | Cromwell | Lotto Ladies Team |
| Katy | Curtis | Bow Cycle/Cyclemeisters |
| Amy | Dombroski | Luna Pro Team |
| Patricia | Dowd | Team Delphine |
| Megan | Elliott | Black Mountain Bicycles |
| Jenni | Gaertner | Riverstone CDA |
| Shannon | Gibson | VeloBella- Ellsworth |
| Georgia | Gould | Luna Pro Team |
| Pepper | Harlton | Juventus Cycling Club |
| Barbara | Howe | Ibis and the Danger Twins |
| Ashley | James | Team Kenda |
| Linnea | Koons | Embrocation Cycling Journal |
| Jo | Markham | OOA |
| Meredith | Miller | |
| Katerina | Nash | |
| Karen | Oppenheimer | Yard Sale Cyclocross |
| Annette | Padilla | Celo Pacific |
| Alice | Pennington | S&M |
| Christina | Probert | The Team |
| Coryn | Rivera | Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12 |
| Kathy | Sherwin | Hudz-Vista Subaru |
| Wendy | Simms | RIDLEY – FSA |
| Linda | Sone | Planet Bike |
| Teal | Stetson-Lee | California Giant/Specialized |
| Brigette | Stoick | River City Bicycles |
| Emily | Thurston | Missing Link/ 3rd Rail |
| Abby | Watson | Embrocation Cycling Journal |
| Wendy | Williams | River City Bicycles |
| Laura | Winberry | Elite Endurance/Cascade Couriers |
**
Saturday – UCI Men
| Alan | Adams | Hagens Berman LLP |
| Tim | Allen | Feedback Sports |
| Jesse | Anthony | Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling Team |
| Nathan | Bannerman | CyclocrossRacing.com pb Blue Competition Cycles |
| Andrew | Bennett | Team Redline |
| Ross | Bowden | |
| Ian | Brown | TonicFab.com/River City Bicycles/Oatmeal Enthusiast Quarterly |
| Molly | Cameron | |
| Alex | Candelario | World Bicycle Relief |
| Scott | Chapin | BAY101/HRS/ROCKLOBSTER |
| Brad | Cole | KCCX/Verge p/b Challenge Tires |
| Eric | Colton | The TEAM |
| Adam | Craig | |
| Jamey | Driscoll | Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld.com |
| Zachary | Edwards | DRT Racing |
| Eric | Emsky | Cyclocrossracing.com pb Blue Competition Cycles |
| Jeremy | Ferguson | California Giant/Specialized |
| Chris | Fisher | Velorochester |
| Steve | Fisher | Rad Racing NW / Hagens Berman LLP |
| John-Christian | Flack | Olympia Orthopaedic Associates |
| Matthew | Fox | Sunnyside Sports |
| David | Hackworthy | Team Plan C |
| Christopher | Horner | Team RadioShack |
| Patrick | Jackson | Buy Local |
| Tim | Johnson | Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld.com |
| Christopher | Jones | Rapha / Focus |
| Geoff | Kabush | Team Maxxis / Rocky Mount |
| Cody | Kaiser | California Giant/Specialized |
| Brady | Kappius | Team Clif Bar |
| Luke | Keough | Champion System pb Keough Cyclocross |
| Allen | Krughoff | BOULDER CYCLE SPORT |
| Benjamin | Kubas | TAI Cycling Team/Genr8/Smith Optics |
| Travis | Livermon | Mock Orange Racing |
| Brett | Luelling | Buy Local Cycling |
| Brian | Matter | Gear Grinder |
| Connor | McCutcheon | Rebound SPL / Bear Valley Bikes |
| Zach | McDonald | Rapha / Focus |
| Adam | McGrath | Thule/Van Dessel Cyclocross |
| Aaron | Mickels | Stanwood Velo Sport |
| Adam | Mills | KCCX/ Verge p/b Challenge Tires |
| Brett | Nichols | Scott USA |
| Kevin | Noiles | La Bicicletta Pro Shop |
| Clayton | Omer | Papa Johns’ Racing Team |
| Matt | Pacocha | Hudz-Subaru |
| Spencer | Paxson | Team S&M |
| Jeremy | Powers | Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld.com |
| Justin | Robinson | California Giant/Specialized |
| Will | Ross | Kaladi Bro’s/Subway |
| Joseph | Schmalz | KCCX/Verge Presented by Challenge |
| Aaron | Schooler | Team H&R BLOCK |
| Tristan | Schouten | cyclocrossracing.com/Blue/Rolf Prima |
| Chris | Sheppard | Rocky Mountain/Shimano/Giro |
| Mike | Sherer | The Pony Shop |
| Frank | Spiteri | Peninsula Velo/Pomodoro |
| Daniel | Summerhill | Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin |
| Andre | Sutton | Hardcore Cycling Club |
| Brue | Syvertsen | De la Paz coffee |
| Ryan | Trebon | |
| Nicholas | Weighall | California Giant/Specialized |
| Todd | Wells | Specialized |
| Troy | Wells | |
| Barry | Wicks | KONA |
**
Sunday – UCI Women
| Usher | Anne | Bridgetown velo |
| Kaitlin | Antonneau | Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com |
| Katrina | Baumsteiger | Team Rambuski Law |
| Serena | Bishop | Sunnyside Sports |
| Rebecca | Blatt | silverbull centralwheel |
| Becca | Blay | |
| Tina | Brubaker | The Vanilla Workshop/Speedvagen Racing |
| Maureen | Bruno Roy | |
| Sue | Butler | Hudz Subaru |
| Amanda | Carey | Kenda/Felt |
| Carrie | Cash | Team Vera Bradley Foundation |
| Megan | Chinburg | Veloforma |
| Corey | Coogan | Team Plan C PB Stevens |
| Tiffany | Cromwell | Lotto Ladies Team |
| Katy | Curtis | Bow Cycle/Cyclemeisters |
| Amy | Dombroski | Luna Pro Team |
| Patricia | Dowd | Team Delphine |
| Megan | Elliott | Black Mountain Bicycles |
| Jenni | Gaertner | Riverstone CDA |
| Deirdre | Garvey | Louisville Cyclery |
| Shannon | Gibson | VeloBella- Ellsworth |
| Georgia | Gould | Luna Pro Team |
| Pepper | Harlton | Juventus Cycling Club |
| Barbara | Howe | Ibis and the Danger Twins |
| Ashley | James | Team Kenda |
| Linnea | Koons | Embrocation Cycling Journal |
| Jo | Markham | OOA |
| Meredith | Miller | |
| Katerina | Nash | |
| Annette | Padilla | Celo Pacific |
| Alice | Pennington | S&M |
| Christina | Probert | The Team |
| Coryn | Rivera | Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12 |
| Kathy | Sherwin | Hudz-Vista Subaru |
| Wendy | Simms | RIDLEY – FSA |
| Linda | Sone | Planet Bike |
| Teal | Stetson-Lee | California Giant/Specialized |
| Brigette | Stoick | River City Bicycles |
| Emily | Thurston | Missing Link/ 3rd Rail |
| Abby | Watson | Embrocation Cycling Journal |
| Wendy | Williams | River City Bicycles |
| Laura | Winberry | Elite Endurance/Cascade Couriers |
**
Sunday – UCI Men
| Alan | Adams | Hagens Berman LLP |
| Tim | Allen | Feedback Sports |
| Jesse | Anthony | Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling Team |
| Nathan | Bannerman | CyclocrossRacing.com pb Blue Competition Cycles |
| Andrew | Bennett | Team Redline |
| Molly | Cameron | |
| Alex | Candelario | World Bicycle Relief |
| Scott | Chapin | BAY101/HRS/ROCKLOBSTER |
| Brad | Cole | KCCX/Verge p/b Challenge Tires |
| Eric | Colton | The TEAM |
| Adam | Craig | |
| Jamey | Driscoll | Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld.com |
| Zachary | Edwards | DRT Racing |
| Eric | Emsky | Cyclocrossracing.com pb Blue Competition Cycles |
| Jeremy | Ferguson | California Giant/Specialized |
| Chris | Fisher | Velorochester |
| Steve | Fisher | Rad Racing NW / Hagens Berman LLP |
| John-Christian | Flack | Olympia Orthopaedic Associates |
| Matthew | Fox | Sunnyside Sports |
| John | Frey | All Access Productions / Hutch’s Bicycles |
| David | Hackworthy | Team Plan C |
| Christopher | Horner | Team RadioShack |
| Tim | Johnson | Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld.com |
| Christopher | Jones | Rapha / Focus |
| Geoff | Kabush | Team Maxxis / Rocky Mount |
| Cody | Kaiser | California Giant/Specialized |
| Brady | Kappius | Team Clif Bar |
| Luke | Keough | Champion System p/b Keough Cyclocross |
| Allen | Krughoff | BOULDER CYCLE SPORT |
| Travis | Livermon | Mock Orange Racing |
| Brett | Luelling | Buy Local Cycling |
| Brian | Matter | Gear Grinder |
| Connor | McCutcheon | Rebound SPL / Bear Valley Bikes |
| Zach | McDonald | Rapha / Focus |
| Kyle | McGilvray | Old Town Bicycle |
| Adam | McGrath | Thule/Van Dessel Cyclocross |
| Aaron | Mickels | Stanwood Velo Sport |
| Adam | Mills | KCCX/ Verge p/b Challenge Tires |
| Brett | Nichols | Scott USA |
| Kevin | Noiles | La Bicicletta Pro Shop |
| Clayton | Omer | Papa Johns’ Racing Team |
| Matt | Pacocha | Hudz-Subaru |
| Spencer | Paxson | Team S&M |
| Jeremy | Powers | Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld.com |
| Justin | Robinson | California Giant/Specialized |
| Will | Ross | Kaladi Bro’s/Subway |
| Matt | Russell | evanplews.com/kenda |
| Joseph | Schmalz | KCCX/Verge Presented by Challenge |
| Aaron | Schooler | Team H&R BLOCK |
| Tristan | Schouten | cyclocrossracing.com/Blue/Rolf Prima |
| Eric | Sheagley | Rocky Mountain Bicycles |
| Chris | Sheppard | Rocky Mountain/Shimano/Giro |
| Mike | Sherer | The Pony Shop |
| Frank | Spiteri | Peninsula Velo/Pomodoro |
| Daniel | Summerhill | Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin |
| Andre | Sutton | Hardcore Cycling Club |
| Brue | Syvertsen | De la Paz coffee |
| Ryan | Trebon | |
| Nicholas | Weighall | California Giant/Specialized |
| Todd | Wells | Specialized |
| Troy | Wells | |
| Barry | Wicks | KONA |
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“The course at Portland International Raceway is always mega-awesome, looping over the motocross course so you get to fly over woopties like you’re a little BMX-bunny on a badass tear.
Except you’re not. You’re a cross racer on kinda skinny-ish tires and drop bars.”
Um, actually, no. I AM a grown-up BMX-bunny whooptie-ing over the rhtyhm section on my sort-of mountain bike, and if OBRA ever decides to ban mountain bikes and BMX bikes from cross races I will be one sad BMX-bunny. Until then, I’ll be riding my singlespeed Monocog like it’s BMX For Big People. Bring on the whoops! Yippee!
(Can you tell I LOVE this course?)
As for the results — I’d have to say that my money’s on Nash and Powers for Saturday, and Nash and maybe Johnson for Sunday. I could be totally wrong but there it is. See you at the races.
I’m going with Butler and Trebon on Saturday. :) Local love!
For Sunday let’s say Nash and JPow.
Hey Heidi
Does the bottle come filled with mud? 3 wishes? Well, I am going with Gould and Trebon on Saturday. Sunday…Butler and JPow! Why?–because I like to say JPow.
Well rumor is it is not going to rain, That being said I`m going with Trebon Sat, Powers Sun, Gould on Sat Nash on Sunday! and you somewhere in the mix!
Ver cool that Horner is in the field can he get a top 10 in Portland?
Gould/Bannerman on Saturday cause those are fun names to say and Horner/Williams on Sunday, I mean I have to pick Horner once right?
Nash|Trebon on Saturday, Nash|JPow on Sunday!
Johnson/Nash – Saturday
Trebon/Nash – Sunday
Nash/ Trebon Sunday!
Trebon gets revenge today! And Nash, again, for the women.
Trebon is rested and I think can win today. Gould will win the womens race. She looked crazy smooth and intense yesterday. She’s an animal!
Missed this post until today, but I’m going with the Beast of the
East, JPOW for the men and Gould for the Women.
Sunday – Gould and Powers