Hangover 5/11/2009

Bear sleep now.

Bear Mountain has come and gone and now we are on the downward slope of the peaks of dozens of racers. We can now proceed to pick through the results and reconstruct what happened.

Many of the races that were held on Saturday haven’t tossed their results up yet, but the results for the Bristol Mountain Road Race are up, showing that people from the Rochester area really like this race.

At the Bear Mountain "Mom, isn’t a card enough?" race, Evelyn Stevens of Radical Media wins yet another race contested by women of cats 1, 2 and 3, an occurrence that has now become so familiar that I have that phrase in my cut and paste library, next to the words "Boonen" and "Booger Sugar". The Pro 1/2 men’s race was won by Clayton Barrows of Empire presented by Northwave. Meredith Ehn of Anthem Sports Women’s Cycling wins the women’s cat 3/4 race. Benjamin Salibra of CRCA junior development squad wins the junior’s 15-18 race. Mark Sumner of the Clinton Cycling Club wins the 45+ masters race. The 50+ masters race goes to William Thompson, also of the Clinton Cycling Club. The 55+ race goes to Horacio Ahumada of Cafeteros Cycling Club. The cat 3 race was won by Zack Noonan of Young Medalists/Team Dual Temp. Race 1 for the men’s cat 4 was won by the unattached James Ruhl. Race 2 for the cat 4 men was won by Danny Inoa of Brooklyn Velo Force. And finally, the 35+ race was won by David Freifelder of Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage Capital. Results are here.

There’s sure to be many tales to be told of a big day of racing, feel free to share them here.

 

 

 

134 Comments

Wheelsucker

I thought my bike was suddenly afflicted with a death wobble on the Lake Welch descent. I’m just a cat 4, Bear’s about the closest to an Alpine descent I’ll probably ever ride, so that shit was skeeery.

Wheelsucker

Wobble: wheels true and tensioned evenly? frame material and alignment? position on bike? squeezing Top Tube with legs to reduce vibration?

Wheelsucker

I read this site to follow local cycling and tape the Giro to watch it later. Many thanks for spoiling that fun. If I wanted to know what was happening at the Giro I could follow it on cyclingnews.com or something.

Wheelsucker

are you serious? you wanted the “fun” of seeing a rider crash without knowing about it first? you’re reading the comments section of a site devoted to bike racing and you’re offended because people are talking about a bike race? get a grip.

Wheelsucker

yeah seriously you have some problems if you are looking forward to surprise crashes in races

Wheelsucker

any info is a spoiler for those of us who want to watch it later when we get home from work. 99% of the people on this site get that and have some common sense not to spoil. You are in the minority.

Wheelsucker

anybody that wants to go home and watch the coverage of a sprint stage needs to get a life. You really only need to see the catch and the sprint. I can see watching it live (like I am now), but not worth the replay. This commentator is not that great.

Wheelsucker

Tour de Parc is a very fast and safe course. I am extremely psyched the race is still on. Thanks Charlie!

Wheelsucker

Levi Leipheimer is short.

Lance Armstrong is 37

The Italian riders want to win stages in the Giro

Boonan is a rockstar in Belgium, and gets away with much worse than we hear about.

schmalz

It might be a good idea to work out the spoiler procedure here? I watch live as I don’t get universal on my TV. Should the comments wait until after the stage airs on TV? Or should it be anything goes and if you don’t want to know, stay away until after you see the stage?

Gluteous Maximus

Andy – how about a separate feature for people that want to talk about races real time. Comments on that page don’t feed to “most popular” or “most recent” comment boxes. Nobody posts about races on other features and the geeks who think this is a website for talking about pro races can have their own little private anonymous conversations among themselves on the new “talk about pro bike races here” page while the rest of us can let this site do what it does best . . . stir up trouble on the local Cat 3 and Cat 4 scene.

Andy

We might have a Giro page up by tomorrow. We have to set it so the comments don’t go to the newest comments section on the homepage.

Wheelsucker

On a day when there is a stage you really want to watch “as live” is that you avoid these sites entirely: NYVC, CN’s the NYT’s (since they will put it on the home page if its really unusual resultor an American wins the stage etc..)

You really should be able to do without these sites for 8-9 hours. Very easy procedure. So don’t go bug Andy to code a whole separate site… never mind…

Wheelsucker

PLEASE don’t tell me the Tour de Parc results!
I want to race it and find out myself.

Wheelsucker

I understand that people want to avoid spoilers…

But it is INSANE that people visit nyvelocity, a cycling website — that includes daily VDV Giro updates — and then complain about spoilers.

If you don’t want to know what is happening in a race, don’t visit cycling websites. Simple.

“holdja line”

Wheelsucker

i can’t help if its around lunch time and I m hungry.

by the way, the last 20k were awesome! worth sitting stooped over your computer at 1030 at night after a good game of dungeons and dragons! oops. didn’t mean to spoil it for anyone.

Wheelsucker

So, considering today’s events, does this mean we won’t be getting updated reports from VDV turing the Giro?

Now, if you got get VDB and all his issues, that would be interesting!

Wheelsucker

Why was he racing Cat3s at Bear? He is a Cat2 and registered and raced Cat2 at Battenkill. Shouldnt this be a DNF?

Wheelsucker

Uh, I think you are mistaken. Didn’t see him in the results of B-kill, nor any Cat2 race this season. Is he really a 2?

Wheelsucker

Well, I stand corrected. He sure showed the Cat3’s what a Cat2 can do by sandbagging (bandSAGing?).

*SNAP*

Wheelsucker

It looks like Will got himself a jersey:

2009 Collegiate Road Nationals

Division 1 Men Team Time Trial
1. University of California-Davis 35:17:41
Paul Mach
Philip Mooney
Will Riffelmacher
Adam Switters

Wheelsucker

Wondering how some of these guys compete at nationals when they are on Pro Teams also. EX. Driscoll won Div1 A RR. He is now on Rock Racing. Are there different rules for cycling than the other NCAA sports?

Wheelsucker

there aren’t the same eligibility rules. it is governed by the NCCA, not NCAA. That’s why you can have grad students racing collegiate for more than 4 years. I do find it weird that they allow this though. Many non-NCAA sports still follow the NCAA guidelines for eligibility, etc.

Wheelsucker

I heard Evie finished Bear yesterday and asked Mike Green, “I’m done with my warm-up, when does the race start?”

Wheelsucker

avg lap times

4A 37:00
M12 37:17
M3 38:00
M35+ 38:00
M45+ 38:40
4B 40:15
W123 40:30
J 40:40
W34 44:00

cat 4s are awesome!

Wheelsucker

Only 4 guys went that fast. The rest of the field was 10+ minutes (or 2.5minutes per lap) slower. I bet no one gave those guys split times.

Wheelsucker

I saw the Excitable Cat 4s open for the Brian Setzer Orchestra at Roseland in ’97. What ever happened to those guys?

Wheelsucker

Times are off …

Those 4 guys got a gap right near the end of the race. I would put the gap at 10 seconds maybe?

My computer showed 2:38. That time is off by 10 minutes. The Cat4A field was running 39.5 minute laps.

It pays to do a reality check before posting …

Wheelsucker fcuker

Masters 35+ Cat56 miles 62 starters
Place Bib First Name Last Name Team Time City State
1 227 David Freifelder Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage Capital 2:31:41 Glenwood NJ
2 279 Kenneth Harris CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing 0:00:00 New York NY
3 202 Edward Angeli TARGETRAINING 0:00:00 Southington CT
4 216 Edward Ceccolini 0:00:00 Pompton Lakes NJ
5 239 Troy Kimball Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage Capital 0:00:10 Randolph NJ
6 264 Will Schneider VO2maxOut.com 0:00:10 New York NY
7 204 Stephen Badger TARGETRAINING 0:00:10 Roxbury CT
8 229 Gregg Galletta CRCA – Pacifico/Hincapie Sportswear 0:00:10 New York NY
9 242 Max Lippolis TARGETRAINING 0:00:10 Pound Ridge NY
10 254 Karl Rahn CRCA/Empire Cycling Team p/b Northwave 0:00:10 New York

Wheelsucker

Here’s to the elephant in the room… a certain rider coming in fifth after just about hanging in a few weeks prior.

From 0 to 100 in one sweet injection.

Wheelsucker

I agree with the 5th place comment. You don’t go from being park pack fill to fifth at Bear in a month or two. A confirmed and unrepentant doper does it and you don’t need a test to see the obvious.

Wheelsucker

Heredia won the spring series 3 weeks ago. His progression this year is consistent an normal.

Wheelsucker

The results this year at Battenkill and Bear are some of the worst I’ve seen at these big races? WHacked out scoring, missed riders, revamped “final” results. No reasonable way to protest or appeal missed results, DQs, etc. Putting riders in the wrong finishing fields.

Am I correct that the same company that did bear results also did Battenkill? weren’t they a mess!

Congrats to dieter and green and the ny clubs for putting on a tremendous race. putting results and scoring aside, BOTH those events are the tops around. But its just amazing how whacked out scoring can foul up a race a good bit.

if its the same company, they should be embarrassed.

Wheelsucker

Shut up and train. Stop all the backbiting and rumors and better yourself. All you guys are concerned with is doping, that’s all you ever talk about. Just because you suck and have better morals than to dope doesn’t give you the right to talk shit all day about someone. That constitutes low morals as well!

Wheelsucker

battenkill was fouled by dieter getting greedy and feeling the need to create 100 different fields

Wheelsucker

wahhh! too many bikes, wahhhhh!

oh, you saw your name listed as finishing 34th instead of the 32nd that you thought you had? did you get passed by a 15 year old from the junior field?

wahhhhh!

Wheelsucker

wow, you are an ass. there were so many stragglers on the course, leisurely riding around, choosing the good lines, riding smack dab in the middle of the dangerous sections. it was dangerous.

Wheelsucker

wheelsucker, says…blah blah blah
wheelsucker, responds…yuk yuk yuk
wheelsucker, counters…yada yada yada

wheelsucker

Wheelsucker

how about that cr@p editing of the giro last night. did they outsource it to a high school media class?

Wheelsucker tucker

Masters 35+ Cat 1-3 56 miles 80 starters

Place Bib First Name Last Name Team City State
1 227 David Freifelder Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage Capital Glenwood NJ
2 279 Kenneth Harris CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing New York NY
3 202 Edward Angeli TARGETRAINING Southington CT
4 216 Edward Ceccolini Pompton Lakes NJ
5 239 Troy Kimball Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage Capital Randolph NJ
6 264 Will Schneider VO2maxOut.com New York NY
7 204 Stephen Badger TARGETRAINING Roxbury CT
8 229 Gregg Galletta CRCA – Pacifico/Hincapie Sportswear New York NY
9 242 Max Lippolis TARGETRAINING Pound Ridge NY
10 254 Karl Rahn CRCA/Empire Cycling Team p/b Northwave New York NY

Wheelsucker

Masters 35+ Cat 1-3 56 miles 80 starters

Place Bib First Name Last Name Team City State
1 227 David Freifelder Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage Capital Glenwood NJ
2 279 Kenneth Harris CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing New York NY
3 202 Edward Angeli TARGETRAINING Southington CT
4 216 Edward Ceccolini Pompton Lakes NJ
5 239 Troy Kimball Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage Capital Randolph NJ

<<<< ----- >>>>
6 264 Will Schneider VO2maxOut.com New York NY
<<<< ----- >>>>

7 204 Stephen Badger TARGETRAINING Roxbury CT
8 229 Gregg Galletta CRCA – Pacifico/Hincapie Sportswear New York NY
9 242 Max Lippolis TARGETRAINING Pound Ridge NY
10 254 Karl Rahn CRCA/Empire Cycling Team p/b Northwave New York NY

Wheelsucker

Masters 35+ Cat 1-3 56 miles 80 starters

<<<< ----- >>>>
6 264 Will “no pull” Schneider Provincetown, MA
<<<< ----- >>>>

Wheelsucker

Oh c’mon man, your just jealous cuz Will balled out in a field predominently of cat 1’s with no team members.

Nice result Will

Wheelsucker

The Bear MT event brought in approx $25,000 from entries…

who gets all this MONEY?

None of the volunteers!

how much dope can that get u? lol

Wheelsucker

$25k? How did you come up with that number? How much do officials get paid? How much does the park get paid? How much does the ambulance get paid? How much does the police get paid? How much does SRAM and Mavic neutral support get paid? Have YOU ever put on a race and see what the expenses are?

Wheelsuckers

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP TEN, WHY WOULD HE DO ANYTHING WITH 3 TARGETRAINING RIDERS, 2 WESTWOOD RIDERS AND 2 EMPIRES?
what would you do…take 25,000!

Wheelsucker

First, a few important reminders:

1. While racing at Floyd Bennett Field is competitive please remember it’s still just a TRAINING SERIES! I heard some disturbing reports that riders were fighting, cursing and even taking their hands off their handlebars to grab other riders during the race. This behavior will not be tolerated at this TRAINING SERIES and riders who act this aggressively are not welcome at our races and should just stay home.

2. Please use the number you received tonight for the entire series.

3. A reminder that if you are a Cat 3 rider and your racing license says your racing age is 39 or younger you MUST race in the Cat. 1-2-3 race. Licenses will be checked at next week’s race.

4. The Tour de Parc criterium in Wantagh, Long Island, is this Sunday, May 17. For more info and to register online go to: http://www.bikereg.com/events/Register.asp?EventID=8137

Cadence Tuesday Night Race Series
May 12, 2009
Brooklyn, NY

Pro/1-2-3
28 miles
43 starters

1. Amaury Perez (GS Mengoni) 1:01:39
2. Neil Bezdek (Kissena) s.t.
3. Edwim Morrel (GS Gothm) s.t.
4. David Sommerville (Sommerville Sports) 1:01:44
5. Christopher Chaputt (CRCA/Jonathan Adler) 1:02:18
6. Anthony Lowe (WS United) s.t.
7. Vladimir Estevez (Champion System) s.t.
8. Euris Rafael (Champion System) s.t.
9. Gavin Robterston (WS United) s.t.
10. Eric Roberston (Kissena) s.t.

SPRINT # 1 Presented by Lucarelli & Castaldi Attorneys At Law

1. Neil Bezdek (Kissena) 3 pts
2. Rafael Meran (GS Mengoni) 2 pts
3. Brett Cleaver (Sommerville Sports) 1 pt

SPRINT # 2 presented by Lucarelli & Castaldi Attorneys At Law

1. Neil Bezdek (Kissena) 3 pts
2. David Sommerville (Sommerville Sports) 2 pts
3. Eric Roberston (Kissena) 1 pt

Category 3-4
23 miles
63 starters

1. Anthony Maisto (Deno’s Wonder Wheel) 0:53:58
2. Frank Arroyo (CRCA/Western Union) s.t.
3. Victor Lopez (Innovation Bike Shop) s.t.
4. Sheldon Warner (BVF) s.t.
5. Samuel Martinez (WS United) s.t.
6. Jackson Wandres (Deno’s Wonder Wheel) s.t.
7. Chris Castaldi (Deno’s Wonder Wheel) s.t.
8. Kevin Griffan (Unatt) s.t.
9. Alan Buday (CRCA/Global Locate) s.t.
10. Cooper Ray (GS Gotham) s.t.

SPRINT # 1 presented by Lucarelli & Castaldi Attorneys At Law

1. Anthony Maisto (Deno’s Wonder Wheel) 3 pts
2. Victor Lopez (Innovation Bike Shop) 2 pts
3. Ian Stanley (Unatt) 1 pt

SPRINT # 2 presented by Lucarelli & Castaldi Attorneys At Law

1. Anthony Maisto (Deno’s Wonder Wheel) 3 pts
2. Frank Arroyo (CRCA/Western Union) 2 pts
3. Victor Lopez (Innovation Bike Shop) 1 pts

NOTE: Anthony Maisto (Deno’s Wonder Wheel) is leading both the Overall (Yellow Jersey) and Sprint (Green Jersey) competitions. Anthony will wear the yellow jersey in next week’s race Victor Lopez (Innovation Bike Shop), currently in 2 place in the Sprint Competition will wear the Green Jersey.

Category 5
12 miles
16 starters

1. Orlando Valencia (CRCA) 0:28:49
2. Ruben Osborne (Kissena) s.t.
3. Alsonso Torres (Cheslea Bicycles) s.t.
4. Jose Rosario (GS Gotham) s.t.
5. Peter Bysshe (Unatt) s.t.
6. Remus Tomici (Unatt) s.t.
7. John Buenaventura (CRCA/NYVelocity) s.t.
8. Edward Beaton (WS United) s.t.
9. John Nesbit (GS Gotham) s.t.
10. Bryan Fried (CRCA/NYVelocity) s.t.

Thanks to all the marshals, registration volunteers, pacers and officials!

Charlie Issendorf
Race Director
Kissena Cycling Club

BIG MONEY

733 entries x $35+ = $25,655.

nice chunk of cash… (what about sponsors donations), I doubt if the expenses are $25k… even big reg makes a decent profit on such a large event. Bike races in the 80s didn’t cost an arm & a leg to enter, it’s totally out of control now, u need a second job just to complete (the gov must be behind it, lol)!

😉

http://www.bikereg.com/events/ConfList.asp?EventID=8615

CRC has been around since 1898… they know the deal!

Wheelsucker

why don’t you find out how much it costs to put on a race you socialist-entitled-dooshiebag-cat-5-a**clown?

for example, cops get paid this little thing called OT to watch out for the safety of dudes riding around on skinny tire bicycles while clad in lycra all morning, not that there’s anything wrong with that. add in insurance, equipment, city fees, this, that & the other thing and i’d be surprised if any big race like b-kill or whatever makes $, if any.

whatabunch o’ namby pamby chicken littles. go race. or don’t race. think anyone cares if you do or not?

Wheelsucker

Good for crca-I hope they make 250k not just 25k.
Without them we can pretty much hang our bikes.

Wheelsucker

big money, that’s what you’re doing on the internet at 1:26 am? practicing your multiplication tables? jesus, it’s past 1am … go to redtube like every other decent person, you weirdo.

Wheelsucker

Big money goes around the world
Big money underground
Big money got a mighty voice
Big money make no sound
Big money pull a million strings
Big money hold the prize
Big money weave a mighty web
Big money draw the flies

Sometimes pushing people around
Sometimes pulling out the rug
Sometimes pushing all the buttons
Sometimes pulling out the plug
Its the power and the glory
Its a war in paradise
Its a cinderella story
On a tumble of the dice

Wheelsucker

1. if it was really so profitable, there’d be more races

2. entry fees are roughly what they were in the late 80’s/early 90’s–especially when adjusted for inflation.

Wheelsucker

In his second 4s race my bud Mitch takes 2nd in the cat4 b. Way to go be-atch!

The milkman

BIG MONEY cry babies...

it’s obvious that are you projecting… what’s the matter, did someone touch your guilt cell… u must be a CAT 9 going on the CAT 10…

LOSER… lol

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa cry babies…
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa cry babies…
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa cry babies…

btw I’m running a CRC CAT 10 race, regi is $100, come on SUCKER give me your money since your such an advocate… lol

😉

BIG money event NEXT week

There’s a nice event coming up, (no saddle required) to stimulate your prostate (what you’re in deep need for)… lol

no go out there & train hard on the cobblestones!… lol

LOSER!

oh registration is $250 not bad right… lol

the prize is a

~FSA GOLDEN Dildo Seatpost!~

LOL

Wheelsucker

convicted doper and long time cheater placed top 5. why does the promoter let him participate in races? what are the chances he stopped doping and cheating??? when is somebody going to say something??? what kind of prestige does a race like that have??? what a joke!

Jordan Sagalowsky

…was the P/1/2 at Bear. I did not attend Battenkill because I didn’t think my upgrade had been approved yet. Same reason why I registered as a 3 for Bear, then switched to P/1/2 when I got news of my upgrade. Funny you guys think I would sandbag. I put in for an upgrade as soon as I could.
Also, whatever enterprising cyclist saw fit to file an official complaint against me ought to make sure he’s got his facts straight next time. You might get a kick out of wasting your time on this stuff, but I don’t, and I don’t think the USA Cycling officials do, either.

Wheelsucker

Bear Results
Anyone Tested?
Maybe shows hard work still counts
I trust the results were fair
Some are able to go to Tenerife or Colorado
Some use tents and masks
Some have used the needle in the past and served and should be accepted back
until the race promoters want “clean” racing (and racers/sponsors insist and pay for it) and test with an independent authority (USADA?) there will be doubts about every race…

Wheelsucker

Honestly, I could care less. If someone wants to dope on the super duper amateur race circuit then the joke is really on them. It would be so certifiably pitiful to use illegal drugs for such an inconsequential race, that true justice would be served eventually.

Wheelsucker

Someone actually sent in a complaint from the Cat3 race? I dont know Jordan but unless he won the Cat 3 as a Cat2 why would anyone take the time to protest?

Even if the results were correct he was given a mid pack finish. So someone in the mid pack protested?

Awesome!

Wheelsucker

Why bother to race at all? The issue (drugs) are inherent to the system. Millar is no better than Basso, JV or Ferrari…change the system, don’t blame the player…
Race “standard” bikes, training, etc. NOT!
Make the UCI/USAC/Promoters TEST if they want a prizelist or Pro/1,2 race…let the Masters/3/4/5 self medicate…

Wheelsucker

I would rather race for $5k with testing, than more $ and no testing. EPO, on down…or don’t “certify” the results.
How can AMGEN ToC say there was nobody using EPO in 2006 when they didnt even test for it, coincidence???
You shouldnt be able to upgrade to 2 w/o a baseline passport?
Who here even knows their baseline? I would expect all the cat2 and above to know it…

Wheelsucker

“Guy Crackpipe Wheelsucker” aka Tom Boonen…

a star is born…created by Jeff D’Hont…
but crack isnt banned unless used in competition!
Now, who’s on CRACK!

BURN!

Wheelsucker

avg lap times

4A 37:00
M12 37:17
M3 38:00
M35+ 38:00
M45+ 38:40
4B 40:15
W123 40:30
J 40:40
W34 44:00

cat 4s are awesome!

Wheelsucker

The time listed for the Cat 4As is wrong. They were actually about 10 minutes slower which is why there is a 10 minute gap between 1-4 and 5.

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