Longbranch Masters / Juniors WSBA Road Race Championships

Event Name:	Longbranch Masters / Juniors WSBA Road Race Championships
Date:	4-30, 2011
Description:	A nice rolling hills course to determine state champs.  We got great representation across sexes and categories and do get to claim one new state champion - Dave Hecht! State Champ Dave Hecht - he chose not to accept any beer. Erica and her Second Place medal!
Cat 1-3 Men 30-39yrs:	5th - Dustin Van Wyck 6th - James Bender
Cat 1-3 Men40-49yrs:	4th - Brad Kilcline 5th - Peter Avolio
Cat 1-3 Women 35+:	2nd - Erica Lorenzen 7th - Karen Kowalchyk
Cat 1-3 Men 50-59yrs:	1st - Dave Hecht

Race Report - Chico, CA, by Jed Barden

Jed ventured South to race his bike in California and filed this report:

Stage 1 Road Race: Our course was a 45-mile loop starting in the small town of Paskenta. The course featured a 4-mile stretch of gravel about 3 miles from the finish. It was in the mid 70s and sunny for the race, which was quite a change from racing in the pouring rain and 40s at Olympic View the previous weekend. My hosts in Chico gave me the local knowledge of how to race the course, encouraging me to be at the front when we got to the gravel and avoid the inevitable chaos. During the early part of the race there were a lot of attacks to keep things interesting. A couple riders broke away just before we got to the gravel. I worked myself up to the front and led the pack onto the loose stuff. The cross skills definitely helped and the hole shot allowed me to pick my line. By the end of the gravel the two in the breakaway were still ahead by about 20 seconds over my group, which had dwindled to four. One of the leaders flatted so it was the four of us chasing one guy. Our chase was somewhat dysfunctional and we never did catch the leader.

Road Race Place: 5th. GC: 5th +33

Stage 2 Criterium: A six-corner crit in downtown Chico. There were time bonus primes on offer and I wanted to take advantage of those as well as the bonus seconds for finishing in the top three. I got five seconds in primes and another six seconds for finishing second. I thought I had the win but was passed at the line in a photo finish.

Criterium Place: 2nd. GC 3rd +22

Video of the road race and crit with Soundgarden soundtrack is available here: http://wordpress.ncncaracing.com/2011/04/17/road/april-16-17-chico-stage-race

Stage 3 Time Trial: An out and back TT in the Chico farm country. The out leg was into a headwind, again. Every TT I have done this year has been into a headwind on the way out. I'm afraid I won't know how to pace myself properly in a non-windy TT. Can't say it was my best TT, I lost a few seconds here and there, but good enough to hold onto 3rd overall.

Time Trial Place: 6th. GC 3rd +1:20 It's interesting but probably not a coincidence that the first three riders onto the gravel section in the road race went 1-2-3 overall.

what a training ride!

This eyewitness report from last Saturday with the nice weather...

Everyday at the office i get in the elevator, and ride from the parking garage where the bike lockers are, up to the 4th floor to get clean clothes from my desk to wear...
Everyday the same questions, that I have to take my ear buds out for.
How do you ride in this weather?
How far is your commute?
If I was not such a lazy ass I'd ride my bike to...they dont say that I just think it.

Well, TODAY I did an early training ride and it was different.
No elevator up to the office, it was Saturday.
No annoying biking questions from people who probably never REALLY learned how to ride a bike.
AND THE SUN WAS SHINING!!!!

Sure it was 42 degrees but there was not a cloud in the sky.
After the weeks and weeks of riding in the cold rain I needed this sunny ride with my teammates.

This prescription was hills, North Lake Wa.
Spaggetti, Cat 6, The Diesel, The Eye Dr, Mud Bog, RC, and Harry Legs all rolled outta S-$s promplty at 8.

Pacific Raceways 4/26 - we have a winner!

Event Name:	Pacific Raceway's Tuesday night race
Date:	4/26
Description:	Martin Criminale wins Masters field, Dustin Van Wyck gets points in 1/2's.
Cat 2 Men:	5th - Dustin Van Wyck
Masters Men :	1st - Martin Criminale

Green Valley Time Trial

Event Name:	Green Valley Time Trial
Date:	April 23rd, 2011
Description:	Down in scenic, historic Auburn where dreams of time trial fame go to be put to the ultimate test, our friends at Pedal Dynamics & BuDu Racing put on this nice little time trial.  We thought it would be neighborly to go ahead and podium for them so we did. Sprinkled some other top tens around for good measure.
Cat 2 Men:	3rd - Dustin Van Wyck 5th - Alex Telitsine
Cat 1/2/3 Women:	10th - Karen Kowalchyk
Cat 3 Men:	8th - Guy Tucker
Cat 4 Men:	4th - Tim Farrell
Cat 4 Women:	6th - Alexie Montaland
Masters Men A:	6th - Keith Faretra

Seward Park Criterium Series as of 4/21/11

Event Name:	Seward Park Criterium Series
Date:	4/21/11
Description:	Dustin Van Wyck sits atop the leader board for the 7pm race.

It's early but Dustin raced well two weeks ago and then followed that up with a strong second place last Thursday, so he is currently the king of the world!

photo courtesy of www.wheelsinfocus.com

Alex Telitsine is now category 2!

Congratulations to Alex Telitsine for both winning the super hard Ronde Van Palouse (he was solo participant from Farestart p/b Cobalt Mortgage) and then parleying his points into his cat 2 upgrade.  He joins the other eleven cat 2's to make a dirty dozen heading into the Spring racing.

Alex's dedication to the sport has never wavered, earning him beloved moniker's such as the "wizard of watts", or the "Iron Curtain", but he clearly took it to another level this year, contesting nearly every race he's entered to date.

Go Alex!

Tour of Walla Walla - Final GC

Event Name:	Tour of Walla Walla - Final GC
Date:	4/15-4/17, 2011
Description:	Top 10 GC final results.  Congratulations!!
Cat 3 Men:	3rd - Jeff Dunn 7th - Ryan Gist
Cat 3 Women:	6th - Suzie Kauper
Cat 4 Men:	5th - Andrew Eisen

Tour of Walla Walla - Stage 4

Event Name:	Tour of Walla Walla - Stage 4
Date:	4/15-4/17, 2011
Description:	Kellogg Hollow Road Race - another podium for the team! Photos courtesy of Amara Boursaw at http://www.wheelsinfocus.com/
	Andrew E sprinting for podium in the 4's! Ryan G riding tough following a crash the night before. RC is smiling, must be early on! Suzie holding her GC spot. Photos courtesy of Amara Boursaw at http://www.wheelsinfocus.com/
Cat 3 Men:	7th - Jeff Dunn 22nd - Ryan Gist
Cat 3 Women:	7th - Suzie Kauper
Cat 4 Men:	3rd - Andrew Eisen 32nd - Tim Whiteaker 45th - Tim Farrell 48th - Gabe Templeton
Masters Men :	43rd - RC Rogers

Tour of Walla Walla - GC after Stage 3

Event Name:	Tour of Walla Walla - GC after Stage 3
Date:	4/15-4/17, 2011
Description:	Top 10 GC after Stage 3
Cat 3 Men:	3rd - Jeff Dunn 7th - Ryan Gist
Cat 3 Women:	9th - Suzie Kauper
Cat 4 Men:	3rd - Gabe Templeton 10th - Andrew Eisen

Tour of Walla Walla - Stage 3

Event Name:	Tour of Walla Walla - Stage 3
Date:	4/15-4/17, 2011
Description:	Downtown Walla Walla Foundation Criterium - Eight corners of sheer madness! Photos courtesy of Amara Boursaw at www.wheelsinfocus.com Aaron S looking fast in Pro/1/2's Suzie K showing the ladies her heels...!   Photos courtesy of Amara Boursaw at www.wheelsinfocus.com
Cat 2 Men:	26th - Aaron Shaw 55th - James Bender
Cat 3 Men:	13th - Jeff Dunn 59th - Guy Tucker 60th - Ryan Gist 61st - Steve Owens
Cat 3 Women:	23rd -  Suzie Kauper
Cat 4 Men:	26th - Andrew Eisen 28th - Tim Whiteaker 33rd - Gabe Templeton 39th - Tim Farrell
Masters Men A:	22nd - RC Rogers

Tour of Walla Walla - GC after Stage 2

Event Name:	Tour of Walla Walla - GC after Stage 2
Date:	4/15-4/18, 2011
Description:	Top 10 GC after Stage 2 Time Trial
Cat 3 Men:	4th - Jeff Dunn 9th - Ryan Gist
Cat 3 Women:	4th - Suzie Kauper
Cat 4 Men:	2nd - Gabe Templeton

Tour of Walla Walla - Stage 2

Event Name:	Tour of Walla Walla - Stage 2
Date:	4/15-4/17, 2011
Description:	Time Trial - top ten's for Men's 3's, Men's 4's and Women's 3's! Photos courtesy of Amara Boursaw at www.wheelsinfocus.com Aaron S is all business in Pro 1/2 field TT Jeff D en route to a super strong 4th place! Steve O busting a move in the 3's Valiant Suzie! Tim W getting 'er done in the 4's! Time Trial - top ten's for Men's 3's, Men's 4's and Women's 3's! Photos courtesy of Amara Boursaw at www.wheelsinfocus.com
at 2 Men:	63rd -James Bender 78th -Aaron Shaw
Cat 3 Men:	4th - Jeff Dunn 9th - Ryan Gist 32nd - Guy Tucker 64th - Steve Owens
Cat 3 Women:	4th - Suzie Kauper
Cat 4 Men:	2nd -Gabe Templeton 11th - Andrew Eisen 15th - Tim Farrell 24th - Tim Whiteaker
Masters Men A:	28th - RC Rogers

Tour of Walla Walla - Stage 1

Event Name:	Tour of Walla Walla
Date:	April 15-17, 2011
Description:	Waitsburg Road Race - stage one had the hills this year in a reverse from last year's course.  Cat 3 men land some good top ten's to start the campaign!
Cat 2 Men:	41st - Aaron Shaw 80th - James Bender
Cat 3 Men:	8th - Jeff Dunn 9th - Ryan Gist 56th - Steve Owens 58th - Guy Tucker
Masters Men:	40th - RC Rogers

Pacific Raceways

Event Name:	Pacific Raceways
Date:	April 12th, 2011
Description:	Dave Hecht is on a roll!  Podium at Volunteer, Win at Olympic View Road Race and now a win at PR with over 70 riders in the field.  They lapped the 1,2,3's to boot.
Masters Men A/B:	1st - Dave Hecht

Cherry Blossom Stage Race 2011

Event Name:	Cherry Blossom Stage Race 2011
Date:	April 1-3, 2011
Description:	Cherry Blossom SR-Columbia Hills RR Our goal for stage one was just to get one of us in the break and we blew it. Twice. In the first lap Dan M (Safeway) goes off the front but Brad K covers it. Then Todd G counters the bunch and Dave H goes with him. Nice! Greg and Martin are simply patrolling now. But then Brad flats out of the winning move. When Dave catches him (both groups were not very far up the road at this point) he stops to give Brad his wheel. Unfortunately this takes so long that we catch them both and now the two groups that are up the road don’t contain anyone from our team. There are a few attempts to counter and bridge but Westend had two riders away so weren’t contributing (and are a strong team) and Dan is one of the strongest riders period so we quickly realized it was fruitless. By the finish two riders were dropped from the second break but Dan simply soloed in for the win always increasing his gap. Impressive for sure. Props to Brad for getting into the early move and to Dave for getting into the chase group. We all got together for dinner and 'planned' the rest of the weekend. Cherry Blossom SR-Dufur Valley TT We showed up at the start plenty early and the wind was BLOWING. It also was not as warm as any of us wanted so the clothing debate began. We had heard horror stories from everyone that finished this course. Everything from "I could only go 20 mph on the way out!" to "I never even shifted into the big chainring!" so we had no idea was in store. Turns out it was not that bad. Assuming you have a bit of experience on the TT bike of course. Less than one km from the start it was big ring for sure. Once around the cone it was off to the races. In very short order the tail wind had us all in the 55x12 bombing the return. Passing people/getting passed can be a mental game in any TT. At times on the way back we were positively grinning as flying down this road at top speed was a BLAST. Kind of like being on a roller coaster. Brad had a great ride and placed 5th as did Martin who finished in 8th. Karsten H gave us a preview of things to come by blowing second place away. Cherry Blossom SR-Cherry City CT Tonight Safeway schooled everyone and showed them how to ride a short crit. Dan M (1st place in GC) took off like a shot. As soon as he was caught his teammate did likewise. With this constant barrage of attacks Dan managed to win no less than three primes and in the end they had enough left to get one their riders across the line in first place. Nice. With three laps to go we were all sitting in the top 10. On the last lap Safeway had just been neutralized again and Greg anticipated another Safeway melee. He grabbed their wheel into the last corner and started his sprint. He managed to hold on and took 3rd with a bike throw. Fantastic stuff. Podium pictures were taken and prizes were shared. Cherry Blossom SR-Orchard Run CR This stage is one of the classics. A short loop with power climbs and short fast descents. Then a long loop; 2k+ climb, fast descent into a windy valley. 2k dirt road climb, long 45mph+ descent, and back into the short loop...repeat 3 times. We survived the two short loops with the bunch. As we headed out onto the long loop we got to witness Dave Z to simply ride away from most of the field. He didn't so much attack as he just accelerated until everyone was shelled. Brad K was posting another strong showing and hung with the first chase group. Again props to Brad for hanging strong and finishing 9th in the stage and getting 7th overall. The team had a great weekend racing in Oregon and look forward to the rest of the 2011 racing year. Special thanks to our host housing in Mossier.

Olympic View Road Race

Event Name:	Olympic View Road Race
Date:	April 10th, 2011
Description:	A flat circuit race on a cold and wet day in early April. Two days, two podiums for Dave Hecht!
Masters Men A/B:	5th - Martin Criminale
Masters Men D:	2nd - Dave Hecht  **Subsequent to official race results, the credited winner posted to WSBA listserv that he was not the official winner, therefore Dave Hecht is credited with this victory!**

Volunteer Park Criterium

Event Name:	Volunteer Park Criterium
Date:	April 9th, 2011
Description:	A lovely loop in the heart of Seattle's famous Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Cat 3 Men:	2nd -Ryan Gist
Cat 3 Women:	10th - Erica Lorenzen
Masters Men D:	2nd - Dave Hecht

Something for Everyone at the 2011 Cherry Blossom Classic - OBRA Stage Race

Fare Start p/b Cobalt Mortgage delivers spectacular results in this three day, four-stage race. All participating teammates delivered a near top ten result!!

• General Classification: Masters Men 40+: Brad Kilcline, 7th


• Stage 2, Time Trial: Cat 3 Men: Alex Telitsine, 2nd; Jeff Dunn, 11th Masters Men 40+: Brad Kilcline, 5th; Martin Criminale, 8th


• Stage 3, Criterium: Cat 4 Men - Tim Whiteaker, 10th Masters Men 40+: Greg Kauper, 3rd; Dave Hecht, 6th; Brad Kilcline 9th


• Stage 4, Road Race: Masters Men 40+: Brad Kilcline, 9th

Way to go, team!! Stay tuned for a colorful race report...

Tour of the Frozen Flatlands Final Omnium

Event Name:	Tour of the Frozen Flatlands Final Omnium
Date:	April 3rd, 2011
Description:	Total scoring of all three events in totality for a ranking of all riders.
Cat 4 /5Men:	9th - Jed Barden

Tour of the Frozen Flatlands Stage 2

Event Name:	Tour of the Frozen Flatlands stage 2
Date:	April 2nd, 2011
Description:	A road race over 24 miles following the earlier time trial stage.
Cat 4/5 Men:	8th - Jed Barden

Tour of the Frozen Flatlands Stage 1

Event Name:	Tour of the Frozen Flatlands Stage 1
Date:	April 2nd, 2011
Description:	Individual Time Trial over 5.5 miles
Cat 4/5 Men:	1st -Andrew Eisen 3rd - Jed Barden