May May 11th-13th.  The Women's Team valiantly fought the pro peloton at Joe Martin in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  In Stage 1TARGETRAINING's Women's Team put three riders in the lead group of 26 and placed fourth in Team GC on the opening day.  Anna Milkowski led all TARGETRAINING riders with a 13th place finish, followed closely by Hiroko Shimada and Kathleen Billington.  Please see the full report in the Cyclingnews article.  In Stage 2, Anna earned a hard fought 11th as the group again finished together. Perhaps showing a little fatigue, the women faded a little in the uphill time trial and in the criterium.  Hiroko earned top honors with a 19th in the GC.  The team earned 4th place in team GC. 

Here are some thumbnails of TARGETRAINING in full action.

April 26th-May 8th. The TARGETRAINING Professional Women's Team ventured south for a week of criterium races.  On the final race, Robin Farina grabbed a 4th place in the Decatur Criterium and finished 15th overall in the series.  Kathleen Billington won a number of primes as well.  This was great experience building as these were the first criterium races the team has done at the national level. 

Cool photos from the criterium series courtesy of Trish  Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com

 Mandy Lozano and Andrea Meyers round a turn Leigh Valletti concentrates on the wheel in front of her

Leigh alongside the legendary Tina Pic.

Photo by J.Lamont Brown

Robin Farina in the winning break of six at Decatur. Robin will finish fourth on the day.