Donkey Label Racing

03/09/2026

A few weeks ago, two humble DL riders participated in the TBC bike race. Tucson Bicycle Classic is a 4 stage omnium which tested early season form mark duffin and matt muyres. Both held their own and finished every stage. TT, RR crit and circuit. Matt ended 11th in GC and Mark was happy with his form and used TBC as training.

Matt is down in Tucson and challenged himself at the ASU Sun Devil crit in Superior Az this past weekend. With a grueling 5% hill for 500 meters, the race shredded guys every lap. Matt fell off the main group but held on for 4th in the 40+ and 2nd in the 50+ . A rare appearamce from Tom Danielson, who trains on Mt lemmon everyday, won the 40+ . Must be nice to be 135 pounds !! , Good job !

Hard working and humble - Donkey Label

02/17/2026

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02/04/2026

Wanting a new speedsuit this year? We have a store open until 10 pm Wed Feb 4 with our peacock/navy line. Message me for the discount code.
https://donkeylabel.com/collections/donkey-label-racing-2026
Some clothing items are will say out of stock you can still add those to the cart and buy those it will take 6 weeks from now to receive those keep that in mind thank you

01/21/2026

If you're interested in some Hip new aero socks this year that will make you look aero, fast, pro, dignified, elite and exalted ! send us a message -

01/03/2026

Throwback Saturday - 2011, maybe 2012 - Nature Valley Grand Prix
A premier midwest(MN) stage race held every June in Minnesota. Ending at the stillwater crit(steep climb to finish) fathers day every 3rd sunday in June -
Penn Cycle was a local bike shop, and sponsored the local amateur team entry. Stacked with MN talent - doug and dan swanson, andy and andy, matt gates(went on to winning the masters crit age group 2014 ?) one or two others not shown -
What was cool, is they had an amateur crit for the stillwater crit mid-day before the pro women and men.

12/03/2025

A big shout out to Dan Naef as he won the overall Wisconsin cyclocross Series 50+ !! Good job man !! Many good battles !!
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11/11/2025

This past weekend, Minnesota had its CycloCross Championships....its a 2 day event with Age groups saturday and categories on sunday. Here are a few Pro pics from Noel Stave - https://www.flickr.com/photos/noelstave/albums/72177720330207646/
PHOTO CREDIT _ NOEL STAVE - Thank You :)
Saturday -
Anna Luckow - 1st womens 23-34
Joel LaFrance - 1st 45-54, Paul Krumrich - 3rd, Kyle Rickert 6th
Brian Koeneman - 3rd 55-64, Matt Muyres 4th, Peter Maxwell 5th, Arik Holm 6th
Sunday(cold windy day) - Fat Bike - Joel 1st and Steve Marshall 2nd -
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10/22/2025

Another DL Beard update !!
Dan Naef continues his 2025 Cross podium streak @ Cross Fire CX with a 1st in the 50-54 after a tough sprint finish ! Great Job DAN !

Down at Big Sugar - Arkansas, Joel LaFrance, and his son pursued glory on gravel, with riveting results. Joel 3rd in the 50 miler(shoulda/coulda have been 1st after a number of unfortunate stops/mechanicals)...and his son Noah won the 25 miler ! excellent work !

Locally in the Mn area, DL rider Jared Verbeke had a great weekend with winning the Croix Cross 35+ on saturday and getting 3rd at the Versus Cross masters ! good job Jared !
Jose Dundee was 6th in the 1/2 race !

Hard Working and Humble
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10/10/2025

DL has a new Fall Kit - available on the site soon - EVERGREEN/OX-BLOOD Color - jersey/bib/SL and LS Speedsuit - if interested, send me a message - [email protected]

A coupe weeks ago, Dan Naef continued his awesome Cross season .....1st @ Field of Riches 50+ / Richfield, Wi. Good Job DAN !

DL 'All-rounder' Steve Marshall is in the Netherlands - he will compete in the Age group division of GRAVEL WORLDS - saturday morning - mixed in with the Elite/Pro Women field - Good Luck Steve ! (his wife also is competing)

Saturday, a few DL riders will be at the Filthy50 Gravel Race in Lanesboro, MN -

10/07/2025

09/22/2025

Gravel Nationals were held in LaCrescent Mn this past saturday. We were excited that it was close to home this time. This area of the state is called Driftless region, a period of time the glaciers formed the rugged bluffs.

DonkeyLabel had participant's scattered across many categories.
Our biggest team was in the 50-54 with 6 guys. 3 more in the same wave in the 55-59.

It began to rain at the start, but ended just before we got to Hokah, which was the first of 5 big climbs in the 74 mile route. At the top of the climb, the main group had already formed. Despite the 2nd group re-forming with them later, it split again, and this time for good. In that lead group was Aaron, Dan, John and Jose. In the 2nd group was Matt, Tim, Arik and Laszlo.

We were super stoked to have 2 riders on the Podium in the 50-54 - Jose Dundee 4th and John Holtan 5th -
Joel LaFrance, who road the 100 miler(45-49) was 6th. Awesome job !! Aaron and Arik also had kids in the Junior categories.

We want to thank Jay Woller for putting up with our shenanigans for a couple days - bottle handups, kitchen, parking etc - ! thanks !

We will have this lightweight 500ml bottle 'live' on the site soon - https://donkeylabel.com/collections/all-accessories-2024/products/bottle-fly-550-ml



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09/16/2025

Dan Naef continues his early Cross season form by having a solid 1st place at Kenosha. Top spot for the 50+ ! Good job Dan !

Chequamegon is a long time mountain bike race in the northern forest of Wisconsin. Joel LaFrance battled with ex-pro roadie rider Peter O - came down to the final stretch - 2nd for Joel -!! Congrats man !! Joel is wearing our new Madhouse jersey :) *dozens of DL riders Chequamegon MTB Festival

We put together a small squad for a local free grassroots gravel race/ride in Monticello MN. We all stuck together util the end - great job team ! Laszlo, Matt, Arik and his son Eli. Gritty Goose 75 Mile Gravel Donkey Label DL was also 2nd and 3rd in the 50 miler - Ben Schinke

Up next is the Nationals Gravel event in LaCrescent, MN. DL will have a 7 man squad in the 50-54. Lets bring home the stars/stripes !
Jesse, one of DL designers, on a full rigid at Cheq - (former cheq winner btw)