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The racing season is back, and with it returns the Ticker. Let us know who won what, who placed where and all the other gory details (even if you’re posting about yourself). You need to be accurate, and you need to log in.
First shots in, these from Branchbrook, courtesy Eugene Boronow.
Oh well, that didn’t work. We’ll add it to the to do list for version 3.
I know this has been asked before, but how about it?
in that pic of me I’m complaining to the officials about lapped riders in the field. If a race is under road race rules, lapped riders can’t hop back into the field.
What about this?
http://jt10000.com/team/tgal/ssfloyd00jt.htm
George, thanks for clearing up the credit in the 3/4 race. You worked your @$$ off in the break and deserve to be recognized for the nice work. You and Marcus both did a great ride. For all those involved in the crashes, please have a speedy recovery! Looking forward to seeing you guys out there again.
And the CP bathrooms were open early with lots of clean TP.
Just mentioning the important stuff.
…he’s looking where he’s going – that’s good technique
but i think u know what i mean, as in, hold on and be careful since there might be, ahem, 30 guys right behind you. i seem to recall similar disasters last year in CP by experienced riders caught off-guard. sh*t happens. we heal and move on.
I just realized you were referring to the field sprint finishes, not the break…
No, I thought they had the win– wrong facts.
Apparently the (1st) crash, which took place on lap 5, was the result of the leader of the pack looking over his shoulder & losing control, bringing down about 10+ guys. Most got back up but the 3 of us left on the pavement ended up shaken and stirred w/ broken clavicle (me, OA), separated shoulder (Steve, Pro-Pedals), and tons of road rash (Chris – not sure the team: Sid’s?). Fortunately nothing worse. But it still sucked. I hear something similar happened in today’s C race in the Park. Lesson: don’t look back over yer shoulder, guys!!
I was one of the 3 in the break. There were no Adler guys in it. It finished William something from Westwood, me for 2nd (in all black-no team kit), and then Marcus from Merryl Lynch.
Yeah – it was good seeing Jon yesterday. The nice thing is that his fitness isn’t 100% back so I can keep uo with him. Dont know about 2 weeks from now.
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okay, seriously, jon erdelyi stayed at my house when i was a youngin’ and he was still on ofoto where everyone disliked him on his team. he spent the entire night on the corner of his bed, shaving his arms. probably about 3 or 4 hours.
last year, he was a a new jersey race, marshaling, with long, flowing, led-zeppelin-esque hair, cheering on his once-fellow comrades.
it’s good to know he realized what he was exceptionally good at, and now we can see him race once again. good going, jon!
It was nice to be back in the pack again but there were several crashes in Branchbrook in most of the fields, including a few riders to local hospitals. 2007 begins with a bang and some whimpers…
I was around there somewhere…
Though the season is still early. A win is a win is a win. Now I have to win something. Maybe the fattest guy in the peloton? The slowest guy in the peleton?
Adler didn’t win the 3/4, that must have been a different category. The 3/4 had a 3 man break from lap 2 with West Wood taking the honors on an early jump just before the overpass.
The 3/4 was won from a 3 man break that stayed away from the second lap. (actually a 5 man break, but 2 guys dropped back.) The filed sprint was Adler 1, 2, with Ugli and Cisco taking the honors. The crash in the 4th lap was…not good. Best wishes and speedy return to all the guys who were seriously hurt.