JOHNSTON—Doug Klahsen placed second in the Green Days Criterium on Saturday helping the Pella Bike Racing team take three of the top five spots on the day.

Klahsen went hard right from the start, spending almost two laps in a two-man break as soon as the gun went off. Klahsen was reeled in and then his teammates, Steve Reynolds and Jacob Oyen went to work taking turns trying to split up the field with no success.

A late race prime was used to break up the field. Oyen came out of the pack to take the prime and continued off the front for two and a half laps, forcing the Colorbiotics team to chase and bring the field back together.

In the final laps Reynolds played a key role in controlling the tempo of the race. With a half lap to go, Klahsen surged out of the field to take a second place finish. Oyen and Reynolds came through in fourth and fifth place respectively to round out the top five.

“This race gave our team a chance to work on our race tactics. I think we learned a lot as a team and how we can ride better together.” Oyen said.

The race team will take a short break before heading north for the Fourth to race in the Northfield Criterium in Northfield, Minn.