Dominic reaches podium at Nationals!

What an exciting weekend we had at the 2014 Amateur Road Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin!

Dominic came in fourth in the 13-14 Nationals Road Race (he's the first one on the left)

The road race came down to basically a 10 man sprint which Dominic played with real aplomb.  Starting at about 10th place he patiently picked off rider after rider on the lee side of the road -- there was a very strong crosswind.  Congratulations to Andy Schmidt, also of Wisconsin, for his win.  He started the sprint very far out and held it to the finish. He's a strong one, Andy is.

It's encouraging that Dominic can compete at such a high level with so little experience compared to the other boys on the podium.  We need to figure out how to get him to more races!  That would have helped in the criterium, where he found the large field to be a little overwhelming.  Still, he finished 17th, which isn't half bad.  He had the fitness to compete for the win, however, and only lacked the pack skills to get to the front. 

Overall, it was a very fun and rewarding National Championship weekend.  Way to go, Dominic!

Also, Northstar Development had an incredible showing for their first year.  I'm not sure how many podiums there were in total, but we had two wins (Kelly Catlin), three 2nd places (Nick Carter), a third, a fourth and a fifth.   There might be more.