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Helmet.8:00 AM - First Cat 5 is under way!
First race didn't count towards GC so no overall points awarded. However, with nothing to lose, everyone went for the win. John Kladis (Tarmac Cycling) took the win, with Denis Mikhaylov (CRCA-Organic Athletes) taking his second second. Michale Pugrab (Pedal Power) finished third. Blaine Hurty took fourth, with Pawling Cycle Club's Steven Arket taking fifth. Gary Quinlin finished sixth, and Henry Agudelo (Cafeteros) took the last point in seventh.
Note: today there are seven points places, awarding 10, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for first through seventh respectively.
Cat 5 Race 1 Name Team
1 John Kladis, Tarmac Cycling
2 Denis Mikhaylov, CRCA- organic athletes
3 michael pugrab, pedal power
4 Blaine Hurty
5 Steven Arket, Pawling Cycle Club
6 Gary Quinlin, Unattached
7 henry agudelo, cafeteros cycling club
8 Lukas Siska, bikeway
9 James Tierney
10 Clint Underwood
11 Steve Burrows, Unattached
12 John Amico, bikeway
13 Craig Thaler, Tarmac Cycling
14 jeffrey lesser, targetraining tri and cycle
15 Nicolas Caitlin, Team Danbury audi
16 Wayne Zimmerman, TargetTraining
17 Ed Wolf, Bethel Cycle
18 Stuart Hazlewood, Bethel Cycle
19 Samuel Hanford, Unattached
20 Tom Peterson, Bethel Cycle
9:something AM - whoowee, that was a close one... The Navone Studio boys had tried everything to dislodge the overall leader Sam Rosenholtz (Green Line Velo), but no matter what they did, Rosenholtz responded with brilliant victories every week. The last race promised to be a barnstormer, with Rosenholtz holding a tenuous 5 point lead.
With a more cohesive plan, the Navone boys tried launching in the last four laps of the race. Although ultimately unsuccessful with any break attempt, the endless attacking started telling on Rosenholtz's legs. He managed to hold a good position going into the sprint but faded to fourth in the sprint.
Second overall going into the race, Edinilson Da Silva (Navone Studios) took the field sprint and the 10 points up for grabs. This also won him the overall by a single point. Hans Morefield took second, netting him fifth overall. Andrew Payne (Bethel Cycle), took a strong third place, tying Morefeld in points but taking sixth overall. Behind Rosenholtz came Hank Osborn (Tarmac Cycling) in fifth. Navone Studio's Gercy Barboza De Morass, third overall, took sixth place in the sprint, consolidating his podium position. Christopher DeLuco (Tarmac Cycling) took the last point in seventh.
Cat 5 Race 2 Name Team
1 Edinilson Da Silva, Navone Studios
2 Hans Morefield
3 Andrew payne, bethel cycle
4 Sam Rosenholtz, Green Line Velo
5 Hank Osborn, Tarmac Cycling
6 Gercy Barboza De Morass, Navone Studios
7 Christopher DeLuco, Tarmac Cycling
8 Neil Suto, Bethel Cycle
9 Jim Klewicki
10 Gregory Dorsch, Tarmac Cycling
11 john monroe
12 Lorenzo Grippo, Tarmac Cycling
13 massimo scoditti, unione sportiva italiana
14 Declan Nicholls, Team Bikeway.com
15 Paul Lapin, Unattached
16 Chris King, Tarmac Cycling
17 Brian Shea, Unattached
18 John Alvarez, USI
19 Eric Eckley, Team Bikeway.com
20 Zachariah Pratt, Team Mossman
10:35 AM, Cat 4. Yikes. First off, Sean Smith (Champion Systems), who soloed and won last week in the Cat 5s, did the same thing in the Cat 4s. Yes, this was his first Cat 4 race.
Because it was his first race in the 4s, he didn't affect the overall. But there was a huge shakeup in the GC. The Leader's Jersey wearer, Bill Muzzio (Bethel Cycle), went at the bell on a seemingly suicidal move. He drew out the Bikeway racer in third place, Justin Harris, and allowed Bethel Cycle teammate Denis Adiletti to win the sprint for second. This gave Adiletti the overall, and their combined efforts gave their team the team trophy. Christian Venegas (USI) finished third, followed by Pedro Sanchez (DC Racing/Sebago) in fourth, and Zak Abdullah (CRCA/fgx racing) in fifth. Jeffrey McKay (Zama) took sixth, and Daniel McMahon (Kissena), took the last points place in seventh.
Cat 4 Name Team Number
1 Sean Smith, Champions system racing
2 Denis Adiletti, Bethel Cycle
3 Christian Venegas, USI Cycling
4 Pedro Sanchez, DC Racing / Sebago
5 Zak Abdullah, CRCA/fgx racing
6 Jeffrey Mckay, zama
7 Daniel McMahon, Kissena Cycling Club
8 Reid Evans, Pawling Cycle and Sport
9 Lee Davis, pawling cycle
10 eduardo atehortua, Cafeteros Cycling Club
11 Paul Lestage, Tarmac Cycling
12 v Thomas siano, Danny's cycle
13 Saverio Fiorino, danny's cycle/sebago
14 Sung Pak, Danny's Cycles/ Sebago Footwear
15 Etsu Taniguchi, CRCA/Teany Cycling
16 Matthew rettig, pawling cycle
17 Max Caspescha, target training
18 steven levine, Tarmac Cycling
19 Justin Harris, Bikeway
20 Andrew Gillis, usi
Women's results... Ann Marie soloed to a strong win. She won the overall series with a dominating performance for CRCA/Houlihan Lokey Sanchez. Amanda Braverman (Team Stage 1/FusionTHINK) finished second overall, fifth for the day. Stacey Jenson (Kissena) took third overall with her second place today, a point out of second. 21.
Women Name Team
1 Ann Marie Miller, CRCA Houlihan Lokey Sanchez
2 Stacey Jenson, kissena
3 Nancy Ford, The Simple Principles
4 Kristen Lotito, CRCA Houlihan Lokey Sanchez
5 Amanda Braverman, Team Stage1 FusionTHINK
6 Amy Miner, Onion River Racing
7 Megan Searfoss, Bethel Cycle Sport
8 Erica Adelberg, Radical Media
9 joanne Ross, Stage 1 / fusionTHINK
10 Katie Bea Mullaly, CVC/Subaru of New England
11 Megan kelly, target training
12 Beth Saman, Williams cycling
13 Rebecca Hussey, Bethel Cycle Sport Club
14 Laura Mullaly, CVC/Subaru of New England
15 Nancy Leach, Williams cycling
16 maria dumoulin, Bethel Cycle Sport
17 Siri Hildonen, Stage 1 / fusionThink
18 Kelsea Mullaly, CVC/Subaru of New England
19 dana prey, International Bicycle Centers
20 Jennifer Magur, gsm training center
Stories galore in the M45 race, but that'll be for later.
(Adding in the story, 9:24 PM)
So yesterday evening when I was setting up registration at Navone Studios, I heard that John Funk, a New England favorite racer, had lost his mom just then. I'm not sure exactly when, but suffice it to say that it was within the last 24 hours. She'd been sick and passed quietly with her family surrounding her.
They say that motivation counts for a lot. Funk originally felt it best to stay with the family but his Dad said that Mom would really want him to race. So, with mixed emotions, all cranked up to high, he arrived at the race.
Unaware of the personal sides of things, the race went on as usual. Three strong protagonists, teammates Stephen Gray and Joseph Regan (IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners) and Carl Reglar (Team Danbury Audi/Pedal and Pump) escaped the field.
Between those three racers it should be noted that the latter soloed for the WHOLE RACE last week and won, and the former two basically did the same the race prior. Combined... well, the story's really hard to change.
Funk, unable to respond at that moment, watched them roll up the road. A math person by trade, he realized that if Reglar won, Funk would lose. So Funk did the only thing he could do - stack the deck in his favor.
Funk is not a field sprinter (with all due respect). He prefers to pulverize riders so far from the line that they can think about it for the hour or three it takes them to finish the race. But today he couldn't escape the field and he had to contest the field sprint. Incredibly, in an amazing blur, he pulled out the clutch win. Up ahead, Reglar could only manage second against the two IRS Medic boys, with Gray winning and Regan taking third.
Funk took the overall win with that combination, Reglar second, Regan third.
After the race, Reglar and Gray were talking. Gray realized that if Reglar had won the race, he'd have won the Series. They started talking about what might have happened - trade some primes for the win, stuff like that. Then someone pointed out that Funk had lost his mom just prior, and that he'd come her to essentially race for her. Gray and Reglar both came to the same conclusion in about two seconds flat - the standings were great the way they were.
Kudos to everyone who raced, and our condolences to John and his family.
Masters 45+ Name Team
1 stephen gray, IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners
2 Carl Reglar, Team Danbury Audi/Pedal and Pump
3 Joseph Regan, IRSMedic.com/Berlin Bicycle/Best Cleaners
4 John Funk, Cycle Fitness
5 Juan Pimentel, James Vincent Bicycles/JV Racing
6 Frank Arroyo, brauer / Mick mgmt.
7 Rick spear, target training
8 Michael Norton, cyclonauts racers
9 Jim Escobar, The Simple Principles
10 Douglas Crane, Cafeteros
11 Brian Wolf, Team Rockstar Games/Signature Cycles
12 Mike Allaire, team danbury audi
13 Greg Pelican, Bethel Cycle Sport
14 Steven Suto, Bethel Cycle
15 Bruce Schwartz, signature cycles/rockstar
16 Roger Billharz, pawling cycle
17 Alvaro Betancur, Cafeteros Cycling Club
18 Roland Merk, Bethel Cycle Sports
19 #N/A #N/A, #N/A
20 Randall Wolf, Tarmac Cycling
More stories in the 3-4 race, but, again, that'll be for later.
(Later... 9:42 PM)
Today would be the Hatfields and McCoys, but much friendlier. Expo Wheelmen and IRSMedic had the top two riders in the overall, basically out of reach of the others. So the two teams went to work, both working for their leaders.
IRSMedic had a two pronged plan to support Bryan Haas. First, if seven riders got away with no GC riders, there'd be no points, and with no points in the sprint, the standings would remain the same. This worked well for them the week prior. Second, if it came down to a field sprint, they had some hardened veterans working for them, and they'd control the field and launch Haas to the win.
Expo Wheelmen had a much simpler plan, by virtue of the one point deficit of leader Aki Sato and the fact that he could only do one thing: sprint. So their plan was to keep things together, chase everything, pull when it was slow, and basically let it wind down to a field sprint.
The race started out aggressive and stayed that way for the duration. With a couple laps to go the two protagonists were literally side by side. Five or so racers had escaped the field, two IRSMedics in there, trying to take points off the table. Expo desperately chased until half a lap to go when Pawling Cycle started a leadout. Expo's Cliff Kenyon launched Sato into the sprint, closing much of the gap in the leadout. Sato caught all the break members in the sprint save Chad Dalles (IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners). Dalles won the race, Sato took second. Break members Juan Pimentel (James Vincent Bicycles/JV Racing), Gray (IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners), and Frank Arroyo (Brauer-Mick Management) took third through fifth respectively. IRSMedic's Regan rolled in sixth, with Haas in seventh.
The second place gave Sato the overall, with Haas in second. Evan Thomas (Bethel Cycle) took third overall based on his superb opening three weeks.
Cat 3/4 Name Team
1 Chad Dalles, IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners
2 Akira Sato, EXPO/Superior Energy
3 Juan Pimentel,James Vincent Bicycles/JV Racing
4 stephen gray, IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners
5 frank arroyo, brauer-mick management
6 Joseph Regan, IRSMedic/ Berlin Bicyclie/Best Cleaners
7 Bryan Haas, IRSMedic/Berlin Bicycle/Best Cleaners
8 Sean smith, Champions system racing
9 john morales, cafeteros cycling
10 Miheal Ginghina, Cause & Effect
11 Brian Wolf, Team Rockstar Games/Signature Cycles
12 Pedro Sanchez, DC Racing / Sebago
13 Zak Abdullah, CRCA/fgx racing
14 Thomas mikolinski, CRCA-ny velocity
15 Daniel McMahon, Kissena Cycling Club
16 Rich Foley, BETHEL CYCLE SPORT
17 Lance Jones, Expo/Superior Energy
18 Andrew Hackel, Cycle Fitness
19 Christian Venegas, USI Cycling
20 Alvaro Betancur, Cafeteros Cycling Club
And even more stories in the P123 race, but, again, a bit later.
(9:53 PM)
Greg Olsen knew he had a big race in front of him - he brought his son along for the podium.
He delivered, big time.
He and Chad Butts (Champion System) took a painful looking flyer to escape the field. Rolling huge gears, with monster 90 mm wheels front and back, the pair looked like prototypical Aero Road Racers. You could hear them 20 meters away and their body language told their efforts.
Overall leader Robert Sweeting (GlobalBike) found himself too heavily marked to make a move so he watched them roll up the road. He seemed frustrated or confident, attacking from the front at the bell.
Olsen took the win, the first P123 win for him, with Butts trailing in just behind. Matthew Baldwin (TargetTraining) took the field sprint, with Christopher Fisher (Priority Health Cycling Team) in second. Mike McGinley (Zanes) took fifth with his teammate Anthony Allessio just behind. Matt Muney made the jump up to take seventh. Sweeting, out of the points, finished tenth.
However Sweeting's tally was enough to hold off the others and he took a well earned win. Olsen's win shot him up into second overall, with McGinley taking third overall.
Pro/1/2/3 Name Team
1 Greg Olsen, CRCA/ Jonathan Adler Racing
2 Chad Butts, champion system
3 Matthew Baldwin, TARGETRAINING
4 Christopher Fisher, Priority Health Cycling Team
5 Michael McGinley, ZCC-ZANES CYCLING
6 Anthony Alessio, ZCC-ZANES CYCLING
7 Matt Muney, Young Medalists/Team Dual Temp
8 luciano bezerra, greenwood floors
9 Jacob Hacker, Unattached
10 Robert Sweeting, Team Globalbike
11 Anthony Santomassimo, Stage 1 / fusionTHINK
12 Brian Cooblall, We Stand United W.S.
13 Connor Sallee, Echappe Equipment/ CRCA
14 Kevin Yarde, IRSMedic/ Berlin Bicycle/Best Cleaners
15 Zane Wenzel, Horst-Benidorm-PRC Cyling Team
16 Bryan Zieroff, Stage 1 / fusionTHINK
17 Jim Escobar, The Simple Principles
18 Thomas Hinnershitz, Rapha Racing
19 Todd Hamel, Stage 1 / fusion THINK
20 Jeremy Brazeal, Unattached
First race didn't count towards GC so no overall points awarded. However, with nothing to lose, everyone went for the win. John Kladis (Tarmac Cycling) took the win, with Denis Mikhaylov (CRCA-Organic Athletes) taking his second second. Michale Pugrab (Pedal Power) finished third. Blaine Hurty took fourth, with Pawling Cycle Club's Steven Arket taking fifth. Gary Quinlin finished sixth, and Henry Agudelo (Cafeteros) took the last point in seventh.
Note: today there are seven points places, awarding 10, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for first through seventh respectively.
Cat 5 Race 1 Name Team
1 John Kladis, Tarmac Cycling
2 Denis Mikhaylov, CRCA- organic athletes
3 michael pugrab, pedal power
4 Blaine Hurty
5 Steven Arket, Pawling Cycle Club
6 Gary Quinlin, Unattached
7 henry agudelo, cafeteros cycling club
8 Lukas Siska, bikeway
9 James Tierney
10 Clint Underwood
11 Steve Burrows, Unattached
12 John Amico, bikeway
13 Craig Thaler, Tarmac Cycling
14 jeffrey lesser, targetraining tri and cycle
15 Nicolas Caitlin, Team Danbury audi
16 Wayne Zimmerman, TargetTraining
17 Ed Wolf, Bethel Cycle
18 Stuart Hazlewood, Bethel Cycle
19 Samuel Hanford, Unattached
20 Tom Peterson, Bethel Cycle
9:something AM - whoowee, that was a close one... The Navone Studio boys had tried everything to dislodge the overall leader Sam Rosenholtz (Green Line Velo), but no matter what they did, Rosenholtz responded with brilliant victories every week. The last race promised to be a barnstormer, with Rosenholtz holding a tenuous 5 point lead.
With a more cohesive plan, the Navone boys tried launching in the last four laps of the race. Although ultimately unsuccessful with any break attempt, the endless attacking started telling on Rosenholtz's legs. He managed to hold a good position going into the sprint but faded to fourth in the sprint.
Second overall going into the race, Edinilson Da Silva (Navone Studios) took the field sprint and the 10 points up for grabs. This also won him the overall by a single point. Hans Morefield took second, netting him fifth overall. Andrew Payne (Bethel Cycle), took a strong third place, tying Morefeld in points but taking sixth overall. Behind Rosenholtz came Hank Osborn (Tarmac Cycling) in fifth. Navone Studio's Gercy Barboza De Morass, third overall, took sixth place in the sprint, consolidating his podium position. Christopher DeLuco (Tarmac Cycling) took the last point in seventh.
Cat 5 Race 2 Name Team
1 Edinilson Da Silva, Navone Studios
2 Hans Morefield
3 Andrew payne, bethel cycle
4 Sam Rosenholtz, Green Line Velo
5 Hank Osborn, Tarmac Cycling
6 Gercy Barboza De Morass, Navone Studios
7 Christopher DeLuco, Tarmac Cycling
8 Neil Suto, Bethel Cycle
9 Jim Klewicki
10 Gregory Dorsch, Tarmac Cycling
11 john monroe
12 Lorenzo Grippo, Tarmac Cycling
13 massimo scoditti, unione sportiva italiana
14 Declan Nicholls, Team Bikeway.com
15 Paul Lapin, Unattached
16 Chris King, Tarmac Cycling
17 Brian Shea, Unattached
18 John Alvarez, USI
19 Eric Eckley, Team Bikeway.com
20 Zachariah Pratt, Team Mossman
10:35 AM, Cat 4. Yikes. First off, Sean Smith (Champion Systems), who soloed and won last week in the Cat 5s, did the same thing in the Cat 4s. Yes, this was his first Cat 4 race.
Because it was his first race in the 4s, he didn't affect the overall. But there was a huge shakeup in the GC. The Leader's Jersey wearer, Bill Muzzio (Bethel Cycle), went at the bell on a seemingly suicidal move. He drew out the Bikeway racer in third place, Justin Harris, and allowed Bethel Cycle teammate Denis Adiletti to win the sprint for second. This gave Adiletti the overall, and their combined efforts gave their team the team trophy. Christian Venegas (USI) finished third, followed by Pedro Sanchez (DC Racing/Sebago) in fourth, and Zak Abdullah (CRCA/fgx racing) in fifth. Jeffrey McKay (Zama) took sixth, and Daniel McMahon (Kissena), took the last points place in seventh.
Cat 4 Name Team Number
1 Sean Smith, Champions system racing
2 Denis Adiletti, Bethel Cycle
3 Christian Venegas, USI Cycling
4 Pedro Sanchez, DC Racing / Sebago
5 Zak Abdullah, CRCA/fgx racing
6 Jeffrey Mckay, zama
7 Daniel McMahon, Kissena Cycling Club
8 Reid Evans, Pawling Cycle and Sport
9 Lee Davis, pawling cycle
10 eduardo atehortua, Cafeteros Cycling Club
11 Paul Lestage, Tarmac Cycling
12 v Thomas siano, Danny's cycle
13 Saverio Fiorino, danny's cycle/sebago
14 Sung Pak, Danny's Cycles/ Sebago Footwear
15 Etsu Taniguchi, CRCA/Teany Cycling
16 Matthew rettig, pawling cycle
17 Max Caspescha, target training
18 steven levine, Tarmac Cycling
19 Justin Harris, Bikeway
20 Andrew Gillis, usi
Women's results... Ann Marie soloed to a strong win. She won the overall series with a dominating performance for CRCA/Houlihan Lokey Sanchez. Amanda Braverman (Team Stage 1/FusionTHINK) finished second overall, fifth for the day. Stacey Jenson (Kissena) took third overall with her second place today, a point out of second. 21.
Women Name Team
1 Ann Marie Miller, CRCA Houlihan Lokey Sanchez
2 Stacey Jenson, kissena
3 Nancy Ford, The Simple Principles
4 Kristen Lotito, CRCA Houlihan Lokey Sanchez
5 Amanda Braverman, Team Stage1 FusionTHINK
6 Amy Miner, Onion River Racing
7 Megan Searfoss, Bethel Cycle Sport
8 Erica Adelberg, Radical Media
9 joanne Ross, Stage 1 / fusionTHINK
10 Katie Bea Mullaly, CVC/Subaru of New England
11 Megan kelly, target training
12 Beth Saman, Williams cycling
13 Rebecca Hussey, Bethel Cycle Sport Club
14 Laura Mullaly, CVC/Subaru of New England
15 Nancy Leach, Williams cycling
16 maria dumoulin, Bethel Cycle Sport
17 Siri Hildonen, Stage 1 / fusionThink
18 Kelsea Mullaly, CVC/Subaru of New England
19 dana prey, International Bicycle Centers
20 Jennifer Magur, gsm training center
Stories galore in the M45 race, but that'll be for later.
(Adding in the story, 9:24 PM)
So yesterday evening when I was setting up registration at Navone Studios, I heard that John Funk, a New England favorite racer, had lost his mom just then. I'm not sure exactly when, but suffice it to say that it was within the last 24 hours. She'd been sick and passed quietly with her family surrounding her.
They say that motivation counts for a lot. Funk originally felt it best to stay with the family but his Dad said that Mom would really want him to race. So, with mixed emotions, all cranked up to high, he arrived at the race.
Unaware of the personal sides of things, the race went on as usual. Three strong protagonists, teammates Stephen Gray and Joseph Regan (IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners) and Carl Reglar (Team Danbury Audi/Pedal and Pump) escaped the field.
Between those three racers it should be noted that the latter soloed for the WHOLE RACE last week and won, and the former two basically did the same the race prior. Combined... well, the story's really hard to change.
Funk, unable to respond at that moment, watched them roll up the road. A math person by trade, he realized that if Reglar won, Funk would lose. So Funk did the only thing he could do - stack the deck in his favor.
Funk is not a field sprinter (with all due respect). He prefers to pulverize riders so far from the line that they can think about it for the hour or three it takes them to finish the race. But today he couldn't escape the field and he had to contest the field sprint. Incredibly, in an amazing blur, he pulled out the clutch win. Up ahead, Reglar could only manage second against the two IRS Medic boys, with Gray winning and Regan taking third.
Funk took the overall win with that combination, Reglar second, Regan third.
After the race, Reglar and Gray were talking. Gray realized that if Reglar had won the race, he'd have won the Series. They started talking about what might have happened - trade some primes for the win, stuff like that. Then someone pointed out that Funk had lost his mom just prior, and that he'd come her to essentially race for her. Gray and Reglar both came to the same conclusion in about two seconds flat - the standings were great the way they were.
Kudos to everyone who raced, and our condolences to John and his family.
Masters 45+ Name Team
1 stephen gray, IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners
2 Carl Reglar, Team Danbury Audi/Pedal and Pump
3 Joseph Regan, IRSMedic.com/Berlin Bicycle/Best Cleaners
4 John Funk, Cycle Fitness
5 Juan Pimentel, James Vincent Bicycles/JV Racing
6 Frank Arroyo, brauer / Mick mgmt.
7 Rick spear, target training
8 Michael Norton, cyclonauts racers
9 Jim Escobar, The Simple Principles
10 Douglas Crane, Cafeteros
11 Brian Wolf, Team Rockstar Games/Signature Cycles
12 Mike Allaire, team danbury audi
13 Greg Pelican, Bethel Cycle Sport
14 Steven Suto, Bethel Cycle
15 Bruce Schwartz, signature cycles/rockstar
16 Roger Billharz, pawling cycle
17 Alvaro Betancur, Cafeteros Cycling Club
18 Roland Merk, Bethel Cycle Sports
19 #N/A #N/A, #N/A
20 Randall Wolf, Tarmac Cycling
More stories in the 3-4 race, but, again, that'll be for later.
(Later... 9:42 PM)
Today would be the Hatfields and McCoys, but much friendlier. Expo Wheelmen and IRSMedic had the top two riders in the overall, basically out of reach of the others. So the two teams went to work, both working for their leaders.
IRSMedic had a two pronged plan to support Bryan Haas. First, if seven riders got away with no GC riders, there'd be no points, and with no points in the sprint, the standings would remain the same. This worked well for them the week prior. Second, if it came down to a field sprint, they had some hardened veterans working for them, and they'd control the field and launch Haas to the win.
Expo Wheelmen had a much simpler plan, by virtue of the one point deficit of leader Aki Sato and the fact that he could only do one thing: sprint. So their plan was to keep things together, chase everything, pull when it was slow, and basically let it wind down to a field sprint.
The race started out aggressive and stayed that way for the duration. With a couple laps to go the two protagonists were literally side by side. Five or so racers had escaped the field, two IRSMedics in there, trying to take points off the table. Expo desperately chased until half a lap to go when Pawling Cycle started a leadout. Expo's Cliff Kenyon launched Sato into the sprint, closing much of the gap in the leadout. Sato caught all the break members in the sprint save Chad Dalles (IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners). Dalles won the race, Sato took second. Break members Juan Pimentel (James Vincent Bicycles/JV Racing), Gray (IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners), and Frank Arroyo (Brauer-Mick Management) took third through fifth respectively. IRSMedic's Regan rolled in sixth, with Haas in seventh.
The second place gave Sato the overall, with Haas in second. Evan Thomas (Bethel Cycle) took third overall based on his superb opening three weeks.
Cat 3/4 Name Team
1 Chad Dalles, IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners
2 Akira Sato, EXPO/Superior Energy
3 Juan Pimentel,James Vincent Bicycles/JV Racing
4 stephen gray, IRSMEDIC/Berlin Bike/Best Cleaners
5 frank arroyo, brauer-mick management
6 Joseph Regan, IRSMedic/ Berlin Bicyclie/Best Cleaners
7 Bryan Haas, IRSMedic/Berlin Bicycle/Best Cleaners
8 Sean smith, Champions system racing
9 john morales, cafeteros cycling
10 Miheal Ginghina, Cause & Effect
11 Brian Wolf, Team Rockstar Games/Signature Cycles
12 Pedro Sanchez, DC Racing / Sebago
13 Zak Abdullah, CRCA/fgx racing
14 Thomas mikolinski, CRCA-ny velocity
15 Daniel McMahon, Kissena Cycling Club
16 Rich Foley, BETHEL CYCLE SPORT
17 Lance Jones, Expo/Superior Energy
18 Andrew Hackel, Cycle Fitness
19 Christian Venegas, USI Cycling
20 Alvaro Betancur, Cafeteros Cycling Club
And even more stories in the P123 race, but, again, a bit later.
(9:53 PM)
Greg Olsen knew he had a big race in front of him - he brought his son along for the podium.
He delivered, big time.
He and Chad Butts (Champion System) took a painful looking flyer to escape the field. Rolling huge gears, with monster 90 mm wheels front and back, the pair looked like prototypical Aero Road Racers. You could hear them 20 meters away and their body language told their efforts.
Overall leader Robert Sweeting (GlobalBike) found himself too heavily marked to make a move so he watched them roll up the road. He seemed frustrated or confident, attacking from the front at the bell.
Olsen took the win, the first P123 win for him, with Butts trailing in just behind. Matthew Baldwin (TargetTraining) took the field sprint, with Christopher Fisher (Priority Health Cycling Team) in second. Mike McGinley (Zanes) took fifth with his teammate Anthony Allessio just behind. Matt Muney made the jump up to take seventh. Sweeting, out of the points, finished tenth.
However Sweeting's tally was enough to hold off the others and he took a well earned win. Olsen's win shot him up into second overall, with McGinley taking third overall.
Pro/1/2/3 Name Team
1 Greg Olsen, CRCA/ Jonathan Adler Racing
2 Chad Butts, champion system
3 Matthew Baldwin, TARGETRAINING
4 Christopher Fisher, Priority Health Cycling Team
5 Michael McGinley, ZCC-ZANES CYCLING
6 Anthony Alessio, ZCC-ZANES CYCLING
7 Matt Muney, Young Medalists/Team Dual Temp
8 luciano bezerra, greenwood floors
9 Jacob Hacker, Unattached
10 Robert Sweeting, Team Globalbike
11 Anthony Santomassimo, Stage 1 / fusionTHINK
12 Brian Cooblall, We Stand United W.S.
13 Connor Sallee, Echappe Equipment/ CRCA
14 Kevin Yarde, IRSMedic/ Berlin Bicycle/Best Cleaners
15 Zane Wenzel, Horst-Benidorm-PRC Cyling Team
16 Bryan Zieroff, Stage 1 / fusionTHINK
17 Jim Escobar, The Simple Principles
18 Thomas Hinnershitz, Rapha Racing
19 Todd Hamel, Stage 1 / fusion THINK
20 Jeremy Brazeal, Unattached
