An early break animated by Ken Harris set the tone for an aggressive race. The break had about five riders, and looked strong for the first two laps, with Blue Ribbon doing most of the chasing. At the feed zone during the third lap, the peleton got a time reading of 40 seconds. One by one, the remnants of the break were swallowed up by the pack. When Ken Harris and Jonah Tower were caught, the pack started to breathe easier. Surely one rider all alone who had been away since the start couldn’t survive. The field worked together, but with each successive time check, the peleton was actually losing time to Daniel Zmolik, the eventual winner. About halfway into the last lap, the field conceded the win and started to think about the race for 2nd. Jon Orcutt made the first attack but was quickly covered by the flurry of attacks that followed, and no one got away. Inevitably, the field sprint determined second through ninetieth, with Daniel finishing dramatically, 4:18 ahead of the field. His averaqge speed for the race was 22.7 mph (over 22.2 mph for second place).

We had a little chat with the winner, and race animator Ken Harris:

NYVC: When did you go, and what were you thinking at the time?

Daniel Zmolik: “On the climb in the fourth lap, I thought the breakaway was slowing down, so I decided to try on my own.”

NYVC: Ken, what happened to you after your break was caught?

Ken Harris “After I came back, I attacked again and everything really strung out on the last lap. But after the last climb, there were a series of jumps where I got popped off the back. I was able to get back on, but after that we really slowed down.

NYVC: What’s next for you Daniel?

Daniel Zmolik “I will be upgrading after this race.”

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1 377 Daniel Zmolik Cuevas 3:05:02

2 342 Ryan Morris Independent 04:18

3 378 Will Sladek

4 327 ken harris CRCA / merrill lynch – hincapie sports

5 367 Chad Totaro BESC/Breakaway Bikes

6 365 Patrick Todd

7 361 Glenn Snyder Meredith Group/GPOA

8 360 Matt Shechtman

9 323 Edmund Geschickter Velo Europa Cycle Sport

10 337 Francisco Liuzzi Skyline Cycling – CRCA

11 340 Kenneth Lundgren Westwood Velo

12 351 Alex Quintero ACT-Cuevas

13 357 Eric Schildge 3D Racing Team

14 368 Jonah Tower Quad Cycles / Arlington Bicycle Club

15 343 Jon Orcutt CRCA Merrill Lynch-Hincapie Sportswear

16 339 M Justin Lubeley CRCA/Blue Ribbon/Translations.com

17 314 stephen cummings Kraynicks/Mezzatesta

18 318 Daniel Estevez Hot Tubes Cycling Team

19 350 Matthew Purdy North Atlantic Velo/Mercury Web Solutions

20 372 Scot Willingham SanchezMetro/CRCA 08:07

21 322 David Freifelder Skylands Cycling 08:31

22 361 Stephane Slotten Northeastern Hardware/CJCT

23 306 Joaquin de Baca 10:38

24 302 Pablo Arias 3D Racing Team/Toms Atlantic Cyclery 19:42

25 328 Michael Hensle North Atlantic Velo (NAV)/Mercury Web Solutions Cycling

26 374 Robert Woudenberg Westwood Velo

27 370 Gregory Vadas Rockville Harley-Davidson/Bicycle Pro Shop

28 304 Alvaro Betancur Cafeteros Cycling Club

29 312 Reb Cole CTS/ cranford 20:51

30 348 michael prokopec unattached 21:39

31 336 Titus Leung Arc en Ciel 24:47

32 307 Jeremy Burcham 30:59

33 349 Hunter Pronovost Trailblazer – CCCC 32:15

34 352 Andrew Riss CRCA 32:53

35 319 Chris Facas Westwood Velo Masters

dnf 301 Salvatore Abbruzzese

dnf 303 Thomas Bencivengo Champion System Racing

dnf 305 Didier Blanc Van Dessel Factory Team

dnf 308 Chad Byers Unattached

dnf 309 Anthony Canger CRCA/NEXT

dnf 310 Dan Ciano COLAVITA-RACING

dnf 311 jeff cline kreb/eastend

dnf 313 Alan Connell Van Dessel Factory Team

dnf 315 Armand Della Monica CRCA/Blue Ribbon-Translations.com

dnf 316 doug dicks crca/bennetts bicycles

dnf 317 Jesus E. Espitia CRCA Blueribbon

dnf 320 Mark Fontanilla Liberty Cycle

dnf 324 Michael Gisler Westwood Velo

dnf 330 Peter Hines CRCA/Skyline Cycling

dnf 331 Mark Izhak Amino Vital

dnf 332 Mark Jamieson CogWildRacing.org/RocknRoadCycles.com

dnf 333 Matthew Jamieson CogWildRacing.org/RocknRoad Cycles.com

dnf 334 Herb Jimenez Aspen East Cycling Team

dnf 335 Jeff Knisely CTS/CBT

dnf 338 Blake Longacre Merrill Lynch-Hincapie Sportswear

dnf 341 Chris Mayhew Meredith Group/GPOA

dnf 344 Gordon Parola Cuevas Development

dnf 346 Patrick Peterson ACT

dnf 353 David Rosen Team Oregon

dnf 363 Timothy Spence Global Locate

dnf 364 Scott Sullivan team casterama

dnf 366 Alan Tooraen Tokeneke

dnf 369 Ben Tufford Skylands Cycling

dnf 371 Doug Williamson Meredith Group-GPOA Cycling Team

dnf 379 Hammean Walker USI