Evanston

It was back to the windy city of Chicago again for more racing, this time on the east side, in Evanston.

It's a fast course that is hard on both man and machine..

In the Pro Women's race it was Hub Racing's Josephine Giddens of New Zealand that took a gamble with 2 laps to go and held it for a sweet win over a hard charging field.

The Pro Men's race seemed to be locked up early when Carl Menzies (Ouch), James Stemper (Gear Grinder), and Ronnie Strange (San Jose) rolled off to a quick 40 second lead and it looked like they were gone.

Meanwhile, back in the pack, the battle for the red points jersey continued between local hero Rob White (Gear Grinders) and South African Jay Tomson (MTN).

Isn't it ironic that they would both be taken down when a spectator got on the course. Both riders returned to the race on replacement bikes.

After 48 laps (61km) in the lead, from what appeared to be a winning margin, the three man break was caught. with 16 laps (21km) to go.

Immediately counter attacks were launched and a group of five slip up the road.

Local Garmin favorite Mike Freeman gave it a go with two laps remaining. But it was not to be, MTN got ANOTHER victory, this time with Christoff Van Heerden.

Bernard Solzberger (Fly V Australia) remains in the yellow leader's jersey that he earned back on the first race, 9 days ago. Jay Tomson takes back the red points jersey from Rob White with a two point lead but White's team mate James Stemper closes in to within 4 points with still 7 days remaining.