Jeff Schalk winning this year's Lumberjack 100
The race features a 101-mile loop of off-road riding showcasing the rustic beauty of central Pennsylvania. With rolling hills and plenty of wooded singletrack the Wilderness 101 is always a challenge. With thunderstorms in the area today and clear skies forecast for Saturday conditions for the 101 may be tacky, nothing new for the East Coast racing crew. Last years winners were Jeff Schalk and Cheryl Sorrensen.
Contenders rumored to be attending the 2009 Wilderness 101 include Jeff Schalk (Trek), Chris Eatough (Trek), Chris Beck (Gary Fisher), Mike Simonson (Gary Fisher), Christian Tanguy (Fraser Bicycles), and Jesse Jackomeit (Cannondale). There's a heated battle in the NUE points series which count your 4 best race results in the National Series of 100-mile MTB races. With 4 of the 8 races completed so far, Schalk and Simonson are sitting 1 and 2 in the points. That could change as the others better previous results on their way to completing the required 4 races for a complete tally in the points.
Stay tuned to MTBracenews.com for the latest results and report from this weekend's Wilderness 101 and the Laramie Enduro in Laramie, Wyoming.
