A good day for Team Kappius at CX Worlds

Ward Baker, Dave Weber, and Michelle and John Bliss raced in the 2013 Cyclocross Worlds in January.  Here is their story:

"The temps dropped to 15 degrees on Thursday night and all the power washers were frozen on Friday morning. A muddy course was now frozen and rutted, making for a really challenging World Championship that just got muddier as the day went on and temps started to warm the frozen course. All the racers on Friday had to rely on pit crews to do their best to clean bikes, despite not having any power washers or water. Bikes that normally weigh 17lbs were so covered in frozen mud that they weighed 35lbs after just 1 lap of racing. Pit crews could not keep up with cleaning and many racers had to leave the pits on bikes they rode in with.

Bikes were completely destroyed and after sitting for 15mins the wheels and drive train were frozen solid. The conditions were epic and it made for one of the most difficult masters world championship races."

Dave Weber raced 45-49 category, the second largest category of all the masters fields. Dave Weber placed 9^th in his qualifying heat and that earned him a 25^th place call up for the world championship race on Friday. Dave raced well and finished 23^rd in the championship race.

John Bliss raced the 55-59 category and placed 15^th in his qualifying race, that earned him a 30^th place call up for the final race. John placed 24^th in the world championship race for 55-59.

Ward Baker raced the 40-44 category, the largest master field of the whole event. Ward placed 3rd in his qualifying heat on Wednesday and earned a 7^th place front row call up for the Championship race on Friday. Ward finished in 6^th place at the Championship race 40-44 on Friday.