Final March Weekend
Stoop Gets Two More
The weekend in North Carolina was punctuated by a CycleSafe rodeo on Saturday, which was attended by JON HAMBLEN (who recently fell off his bike and broke a rib as well as injuring a few tendons in his shoulder and leg but nonetheless rode the trainer everyday last week and made some incredibly handsome life size stand up posters for the rodeo), Andy Baker and David Duncan. Mike Stoop had some car troubles (?) and got to race in Greenville, North Carolina instead with Pat Raines... and he won.
The next day, Andy and David joined in and once again, it was all Mike Stoop. In the final sprint, Duncan was narrowly beaten by Rich Harper to take 3rd.
San Dimas
At San Dimas, things weren't nearly as smooth or dominant, but still a good effort and some good signs for next week at Redlands.
The TT wasn't too much to write home about. Oscar Sevilla had a mechanical and still blew everybody's doors off. He big ringed the climb. Another guy big ringed the climb, but apparently his big ring is different than theirs. He was 91st. Daniel Ramsey was our best finisher in 30th, just inside a minute of Sevilla.
Stage 2's circuit race was a ball-buster. The circuit was technical, dicey, fast, hard, you name it, the circuit had it, including a tough climb preceded by a Philly-like lead-up to the hill...each lap...12 times.
The racing was incredibly aggressive, and TIME was always at the front and present especially leading into the climb. Barlevav was taken out early after having his rear derailleur torn off in a second lap wreck. Some guy followed suit with a flat 7 laps later, and there was no hope of getting back on after a mechanical.
Up ahead, the race blew to pieces on the final lap, with the field splitting in half the last time up the hill. None of us made it into the final selection, but it was still a hard fought day.
Sunday's crit was a GC battle for the leaders, with everyone taking dead aim at Rock and eventually getting the better of them. A two-up break defined the latter half of the race, and a once again active TIME team was present at the front in the crucial finishing laps. All looked good for a possible breakout result, but a crash in the last lap in front of our team put paid to any chances of that. Myerson hopped into a front yard, whilst Guttenplan tried a track stand. Guttenplan got going again well enough to finish 18th.
It was a tough weekend with a first rate field, but we definitely have big hopes for Redlands starting on Thursday.
The weekend in North Carolina was punctuated by a CycleSafe rodeo on Saturday, which was attended by JON HAMBLEN (who recently fell off his bike and broke a rib as well as injuring a few tendons in his shoulder and leg but nonetheless rode the trainer everyday last week and made some incredibly handsome life size stand up posters for the rodeo), Andy Baker and David Duncan. Mike Stoop had some car troubles (?) and got to race in Greenville, North Carolina instead with Pat Raines... and he won.
The next day, Andy and David joined in and once again, it was all Mike Stoop. In the final sprint, Duncan was narrowly beaten by Rich Harper to take 3rd.
San Dimas
At San Dimas, things weren't nearly as smooth or dominant, but still a good effort and some good signs for next week at Redlands.
The TT wasn't too much to write home about. Oscar Sevilla had a mechanical and still blew everybody's doors off. He big ringed the climb. Another guy big ringed the climb, but apparently his big ring is different than theirs. He was 91st. Daniel Ramsey was our best finisher in 30th, just inside a minute of Sevilla.
Stage 2's circuit race was a ball-buster. The circuit was technical, dicey, fast, hard, you name it, the circuit had it, including a tough climb preceded by a Philly-like lead-up to the hill...each lap...12 times.
The racing was incredibly aggressive, and TIME was always at the front and present especially leading into the climb. Barlevav was taken out early after having his rear derailleur torn off in a second lap wreck. Some guy followed suit with a flat 7 laps later, and there was no hope of getting back on after a mechanical.
Up ahead, the race blew to pieces on the final lap, with the field splitting in half the last time up the hill. None of us made it into the final selection, but it was still a hard fought day.
Sunday's crit was a GC battle for the leaders, with everyone taking dead aim at Rock and eventually getting the better of them. A two-up break defined the latter half of the race, and a once again active TIME team was present at the front in the crucial finishing laps. All looked good for a possible breakout result, but a crash in the last lap in front of our team put paid to any chances of that. Myerson hopped into a front yard, whilst Guttenplan tried a track stand. Guttenplan got going again well enough to finish 18th.
It was a tough weekend with a first rate field, but we definitely have big hopes for Redlands starting on Thursday.
posted by captain tenneal at
10:38 PM
4 Comments:
Jon, you really DO read the team blog!
no... no, i don't...
Erik, do you think all the teams are going to ride against Team Rock this year??
Erik, When are you going to hook Rahsaan up with a new bike??
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