We’ve noticed everyone has taken a liking to talking about the race. So we’re giving you a place to do that, and just that.
Feel free to use this area to discuss anything and everything about the Little 500 — Qualifications, Spring Series, the race itself.
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33to1 
Noble
Langley
Xavier
Tisdale
La Valle
Settle
Huibregtse
Krahulik
These riders pulled their weight through spring series, in both ITTs and TP, and were a big factor in their teams’ finishes Saturday. A bit tough to see on the broadcast, but Settle and Tisdale each brought their teams back into the sprint from a decent gap in the last 8 laps to bridge up to X, Noble, and Caleb, with Tisdale getting edged out by that top 3 and Settle trailing suit. Although each lacked podium finishes, they lost to the 3 best finishers in the field. imo, these picks don’t cancel each other out. Krahulik and La Valle are toss ups. Krahulik did an impressive job singlehandedly bringing his team to a lead lap finish, and La Valle rode his legs off, but had everyone scratching their head on lap 199.
What about the deep teams? Cutters deserve Guyon and either Hubrex or Coulter in there as well. 3PH deserves Thompson and Singhal. SIGEP should have Settle and Harris but due to Spring series, no Harris. Bkb, obviously Xavier and strobel is head and shoulders the best rookie, so he will be rookie. For the girls it be Lauren Britt and then all of ski and DG with the a chi o girls
What about the Cutters rookie? He blew all the other rookies away as far as I know.
^Help me understand, why no love for 3PH. If they finished 10th that’s reasonable but no all-stars and a fifth place finish?! Just don’t get it. Oehler not even in the discussion either. Even if he didn’t sprint for 6th (ahead of Settle) he still led the attack that almost stuck.
La Valle’s set at the end wasn’t gutsy, it was dumb and bad pacing. Great riders and athletes know what their bodies are capable/not capable of. He dropped the ball for an 8th place finish. Nevertheless, he did carry his team through many strong laps. I think @AllStarThoughts ‘s list is mostly right but I’d sub in oehler, another cutter, and a 3ph rider to the discussion.
All-Star:
– Guyon
– Martinez
– Tisdale
– La Valle
– Settle
– Huibregtse
– Langley
– Someone from NEH? or Oehler? or Ahaan?
Rookie:
– Grossling
– Strobel
– Small La Valle
– ?
As far as the race goes Viktor Grossling, Richard Strobel, Andy LaVelle, Josh Richards, and likely a few really good ones I don’t know about.
Fergus Arthur of NEH deserves some ROY consideration. Top 10 ITTer and had a good race performance.
Additional rookies?
-Imlay
-Hansen
-Chien
Forgot Hansen.
Criteria for selection per the 2019 Little 500 Manual:
All-Star Rider Awards
There are eight recipients of this award for both the men and women. The criteria to be an AllStar Rider include: excellent performance in the race and series events, being a leader during
practice by helping others, and congeniality. The recipients are determined by a peer vote.
Rookie Rider Awards
This award is given to the top four first time riders for each race. The award is based on riding
skill and safety, number of laps ridden in the race, qualification lap times, and performance in the
Little 500 Series events. The recipients are determined by a peer vote.
How are the ballots determined for allstar and roty? Or is it entirely write in?
RC decides
Women?
Audrey Morlan
Caitlin Kamplain
Emily Carrico
Hanna Coppens
Ivy Moore
Jackie Mooney
Laura Britt
Marie Wirsing
Noble Guyon (Cutters, 1st)- Undisputed leader of a podium team, won the sprint, ITT top 3, won pole, back to back titles
Caleb Langley (Bears 2nd)- Undisputed leader of a podium team, team was only 3 deep, ITT top 5
Xavier Martinez (BKB 3rd)- Undisputed leader of a podium team, 2x ITT Champ, 3x Fall ITT Champ(!!!), RC President
Logan Tisdale (Goats 4th)- Go to man for the Goats, made a hard bridge look easy to take 4th in a sprint, Top 10 ITT
Rob Krahulik (SAE 9th)- Biggest team MVP, rode half of the race, attacked from 5 laps out
Albert La Valle (Phi Psi 8th)- Leader of Phi Psi, made a winning move, ITT top 5, strong all year, most improved from last year
Tom Settle (SigEp 7th)- Leader of SigEp, ITT top 10, clawed SigEp back from wrecks, proven himself already
Greg Huibregtse (Cutters 1st)- 2nd man on the winning team, ITT top 10, won pole, back to back titles
LaV and McGorry Of Jetblach Really stood out to me as my 2 top rookies watching the film, at a lot to do with influencing how the race ran
Josh Smith (SAE) for Rookie of the year
Ill advised tactics
Ski’s tactic of tying to mix it up off the front was good for the race but a poor decision for them. Lest anyone be fooled their goal was to not win but make the race interesting. They clearly were not the strongest team (DG proved that), or the smartest (Teter). My question is if they felt they could do it, did they hold back in spring series. Cutters have had a history of not giving away at spring series in the past, and apparently it worked for them, but they really di have the weapons to do it. Kirkham’s theory was badly flawed but understandable being from the Cutter camp. Doubt it will change the training regimen for the majority of teams other than the typical contenders, and good luck to all going forward.
Also being the strongest team doesn’t help if you allow faster sprinters to be with you on the last lap. DG, being arguably the strongest team could have forged ahead, when catching up to SKI, rather than letting the pace drop and allow other teams back into the fray. I doubt AXO and Teter would have caught them had they pushed past SKI ( who appeared to be fading at about lap 80). Take a page out of Thetas book from the last few years.
Teter are the early favs for next year. They’ll have a contingent of experienced strong riders. Ski will also be there as will AXO. Theta will be back. DG may well be rebuilding with four new riders.
Whoever wrote this has about as many brain cells as a rock.
Who are the Women and Men All-Stars?
Who are the Women and med – All-Stars? Rookies? Inquiring minds want to know.
Hank Lusk
Any rider seen out at riders week will be banned ! banned i say! by the power invested in me……NO FUN BECAUSE IM A LAME GEED
Let’s see what people had to say about the Men’s teams this year…
Gray Goat – Best Recovery from a warm-up Crash and Best Practice Race Team
Phi Psi – Most numerically challenged team
SAE – Best non-competitive team
Forest – “Somehow always near the front” award
Jetblach – “Fucked up a two team break” award
BKB – Frattiest non-frat team
3PH – Best finish for a team relatively left out of predictions
Cutters – “Need to chill the fuck out” award
Phi Delts – Greasiest mustache(s) award
SigEp – Only top team to go down. Best race-day crash recovery
Bears – Raced to their strengths and finished well for it
That concludes this year’s unofficial official awards for the men’s field.
Women: Laurie Bignal, Lauren Britt, Hanna Coppens, Miller Fahey, Emily Heldman, Caitlin Kamplain, Rylee Ollearis
Men: Jeff Beaumont, Noble Guyon, Caleb Langley, Albert La Valle, Xavier Martinez, Robert Oehler, Tom Settle, Logan Tisdale
Finally got around to re-watching the women’s race… was the chief steward taking a nap for the whole race? 1) Impeding in the final sprint à la Hans in 2004. 2) Several teams taking *way* more than three pits to exchange or exchanging in the middle of the track. 3) Blatant creeping under yellow. 4) Teams not moving and staying on the outside for the last ten laps.
Shocking, considering how much IUSF loves their rules.
1. Cutters- Hard to argue this one as cutters returns 3 of 4 including Noble Guyon. Clearly the team to beat next year.
2. Phi Psi- Strong showing from Phi Psi this year in the race, look for their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th riders to improve a lot this year to give Albert more support. Phi Psi looks like the only Greek team with a realistic shot at winning next year.
3. Gray Goat- Gray Goat’s depth makes them an easy choice for next year’s podium. Improvement from their young team could make them a threat to break away and finally get that win.
4. 3PH- Coming off a surprising 5th finish, and returning their entire team, 3PH looks like a contender once again. Expect Singhal and Thompson to be among the strongest 1-2 punches in the field.
5. BKB- Although losing Xavier is big, BKB always finds a way to reload and peak in April. Strobel has the top end speed to win in a sprint. If BKB can provide enough support, he might be the one rider who can beat Noble on lap 200.
got lucky this year
stupid
Oh the envy.
You can “if”, “an”, “but” or “luck” all day if you like, but 100% of the time the 2019 Little 500 happened, the Cutters won.
I was able to trigger some cutters. See ya next year
Cutters won, phi psi choked, and big la valle will again make half of his phi psi team want to quit by next spring. Cutters 3 peat
PS3 would eat this board alive.
Truth!
Heard a csf rider crashed a guy in the worlds ride and destroyed his derailleur then refused to make good on their promise to replace it when they couldn’t get it for cheap. Real class act.
Caleb Langley from Bears finished 16th in the road race and 17th in the criterium this weekend at Collegiate Nationals.
Way to represent IU!
Get well soon Griffin Tichenor!
Word around the track is that McKay from Forest tried to piggy back a record *three* full-grown thicc boys and threw out his back and will be out for minimum 10 months due to back surgery as a result. Will he take a fifth year? Stay tuned….
xoxo
Gossip Tree
Sucks to see another fraternity kicked off campus, but you could have guessed it would happen to Beta sooner or later. The question is whether this means Gafombi will be racing again next year, or if this is the end of the Beta Cycling program.
It will be interesting to see if this makes the SAE and SigEp teams stronger in the future (unarguably 2 of the top 3 greek teams of the last decade) or if this only means that there will be one less competitive greek team.
It should be noted that Beta is NOT kicked off IU, rather their nationals removed them from the chapter house. Beta will still be a well connected unhoused fraternity with rich alumni who value intramural success. Sounds a lot like the recent Phi Psi surge to me.
I heard Bradley and Castetter both quit the team after Beta got kicked. Good luck to an unhoused fraternity with no riders!
“Life is about determining your own finish line”
Tier 1: Cutters
Tier 2: Phi psi, Gray goat
Tier 2.3333: BKB
Tier 3: Jetblach, 3ph, SAE
Tier 3.5: NEH
Tier 4: Forest, Fiji
Tier 5: SigEp, BetaSig
Cutters on paper win easily but if the pressure is on them all race like last year then Psi Psi might be able to pull off a winning breakaway after learning from last year.
No Bears on your list?
Oh, that’s right they are going to suck. Maybe they will do us all a favor and change their name back to Wright when they don’t crack the top 12. lololol
Clearly you have some problems…
Cutters Gray goat and Phi Psi will be the only contenders next year. Too much talent lost/non existent on other teams
Ryan Knapp’s Little 500 coaching victories while having the Firehouse Hill KOM: 5
Ryan Knapp’s Little 500 coaching victories since losing the Firehouse Hill KOM: 0/2
Top 3 Men’s Finishers
1: Noble Guyon – Still taking photos
2: Caleb Langley – Still crazy strong on the road
3: Xavier Martinez – Still gay
LIL Nas X(avier) just came out… but I mean, we knew.
Albert La Valle- Still a cry baby
Top 5 riders in next years little 5. Go.
Noble
Strobel
Albert
Curtis
Fergus
Greeeeeeeeeeeg!
Why are the women never given credit in these posts?
I bet you’re the same person who came up with forcing students who buy basketball tickets to buy football tickets too.
CSF cyclist Thomas McArtie is out for the season with a torn ACL after going over the handlebars at 5mph while stunt jumping.
How do I get invited to a Phi Delt shirtless ride? Asking for a friend
-xoxo!&,;!’:/-<333z
Name someone in the little 500 field who no one actually likes:
Albert LaVelle.
Can’t argue that one. “Life is about determining your own finish line” lol.
Then why are all the girls on his peepee
Wait was it opposite day and no one told me?
Cause I’m in the little 500 field and I like Albert
You seem liked quite the stand up person. No wonder everyone in Little 500 likes you more than Albert! He doesn’t have the courage to anonymously call out a competitor on a forum during the summer. You are a hero. Thank you for speaking for everyone. ❤
other
Eva Thomas – Edward T. Gamino, Edward G. Goldschmidt
Is Gayvier Dicktinez still at IU? lol. Scrub
Profess your love for him already!
Theta too busy hazing rookies to get actual miles in, looks like another independent team W
Tom Schwegs be coaching ATO this year. Found mutual grounds for their love of film and audio. What a combo
The track may as well be a sandbox after the condition it was in today.
Water: Needed
You or anyone know why IUPD was at rookie clinic yesterday.
The water allocation was spent on Friday at the Indy Marriott for the SC RC overnight alumni gathering. Drinks there are expensive as are the rooms.
cops were there to pull T-Schwags off the track after he laid there for 45 minutes making cinder angels crying and yelling “damn you Andrea!!!!”
JICAC
Andrea called IUPD to have Tom removed from the stadium. They told her that Tom could be in the stands and she could not have him removed.
Hot take: RC doesn’t add any real value to the Little 500 and instead just wastes IUSF funds for expensive binge drinking trips at luxury hotels
Yup! So get that GPA above a 3.0 and you can do it too! (I assume this is GG since it takes 9 guys on their team to accumulate a 2.0 GPA)
You can ride all the miles in the world and still be unhappy
You will not be required to have your coaching credentials by the Fall Series.
IU can afford to keep water continuously running in the showalter fountain 24/7 but can’t afford to water the track for just one Tuesday night. Sad!
Ha! Please tell me you’re joking about the fountain! After 65 years, you’d think they would have a blueprint of instructions on how to groom the track based on different weather conditions.
I imagine the track is a pretty complex “organism” compared to a tennis court or even to a grass field. That said, its too bad that there is either not enough institutional knowledge or concern to make it adequate, or at least safe, for racing when weather conditions are consistent and predicable.
They put water on the track around 10 am. But it was mostly evaporated by noon. After 5pm was the right time to do it.
AB seems to be really good at not doing her job. MNO cancelled last spring, TNRS cancelled this Monday, ITTs cancelled today.
It’s 2019 and the person directing Little 500 can’t outsmart cinders. Let THAT sink in.
Don’t forget the street sprints debacle last year when the several of the fastest guys got eliminated because the timing system was way off and they didn’t bother to use common sense and allow them a do over.
Knowledge, resources and/or effort – what combination is to blame for the failure to have the track prepared for Fall Series?
Considering the TNRS was cancelled due to poor dry track conditions you would think they would have first hand experience on game planning how to not let the exact same thing happen a few days later. Did they expect different results? Did they water it a couple times yesterday and again this morning and then right before it started?
Andrea is leas effective as a race director than the titanic was at staying afloat.
Sooooooooo, are they gonna score fall series??
No
Long time no see my fellow Little 500 friends and family. I have since started a go fund me to fire Andrea and get back Jordan Bailey. I consider myself an environmentalist, some even say I am a martyr for the sake of the outdoors. Buy my friends we are now at a crossroads where the track is in terrible condition and due to Global Warming, I can not kayak back in my chacos to save the track since there is little to no water left and we will all die within the next 12 years. Andrea has destroyed and neglected our track, my anger has fueled past a talk at Nick’s English Hut in my yellow jersey with my poc helmet on. A beer can not suffice, I am ready to battle for the track and take down Andrea and the fake news media coming out of the IUSF emails. There is sand in those beautiful cinders, I write this as I rub my legs with cinders still in them, yes mhmmmm it is heart warming but back to the point my fellow Little 500 friends, we must take back the track!!!! The go fund me is now live and we are ready to fight! Only we can take on this fight and make good of this evil. I feel the rage in my chaco straps as I write this, I plead to you, lets fix this track and save the race..
-Your’s truly,
Nicholas Hartman
How’s the fundraising going Nick?
Let’s focus on the task at hand first before talking about the women’s race not getting enough attention. We won’t be able to fix sexism if there isn’t a race to put on.
Hmm seems like you are mad that your race isn’t getting the same amount of attention… I’ve heard that somewhere before..
Maybe we shouldn’t pit the men’s race vs the women’s race and just work together as a community to make sure Little 5 is as successful and fun for everyone as it can be.
It is IUSF’s duty to promote every aspect of the race. Check out their social media, what little there is. For an event that is supposedly the premiere event on campus, it’s an embarrassment. And good luck with that community thing. That’s because none of you have any voice in anything of substance that happens. It is all Andrea, and if you cross her… bye bye Little 5 for you.
There hasn’t been a full women’s field since 2015. I’m sure increasing the race to 200 laps is a monumental stride in discouraging less women to compete, since the field isn’t already lob-sided (only 4 teams finished on the lead lap last year).
It’s not sexism, the men’s race draws bigger crowds because there’s more fandom when more than 4 teams are competitive. I don’t see the women’s L5 riders showing up at women’s IUBB games either… #womensupportingwomen?
Interesting that the last time the men’s field tried to support one another was when Albert willingly gave the race away to the Cutters… and you call your field competitive
This comment has a certain goat smell to it
Imagine getting cucked because you’re not as fit as someone else
^ You have to be outlandishly ignorant to type that nonsense. What does Albert exchanging have to do with Little 500 supposedly being sexist?
Last year more women’s teams finished 10 laps down than men’s teams did…..and the men’s race is twice as long. And if the men’s field isn’t competitive, maybe the women that want to race 200 laps should try and qualify?