Near and far, Develo Coaching athletes are off to a quick start this season. Over in Belgium, Richard pushed through a run of bad luck to capture 11th in a 160-rider junior field. He followed that up with another top 20. Closer to home, Alexey Vermeulen won the cat. 1/2 Reily Road Race on March 23 in Ohio. And David Palan nabbed the win in the 50-54 age group and 6th overall in the 24 mile race at Barry-Roubaix.
It was a good season for Develo athletes on the cyclocross scene. Tom Barrett grabbed many top 5 places in the Tailwind series, finally getting the "W" at day 1 of the Lake Orion High School races. He continued to ride strong finishing with a 3rd at the state championship and 2nd overall for the series in B men 40+. Sean Geary saw a lot of action in the B men and the single speed racing, taking some solid finishes. And David Palan "discovered" CX, putting road racing out of his mind and landing multiple top 5s in the C men 40+, including 5th at the state championship at Addison Oaks.
