We are coming to the end of a week that started with a revolting weather forecast, which begat power outages, followed by invading emerald inebriates, and finally an elderly radio host threatening to do to cyclists what he normally does to open air markets. It’s been an eventful week. Thankfully we can soothe our psyches with an array of racing choices so vast, it’s almost shameful. Of course, we are cyclists, and years of lycra-clad purchases in convenience stores have eliminated our abilities to feel shame.
Saturday looks to be a busy day for riding in circles. There’s a Spring Series race in Central Park. There’s a Branchbrook race in, well, Branchbrook. There’s the Johnny Cake race in Coxsackie (yes, it’s a place) and there’s the Brooklyn Spring Series race at FBF, with a separate women’s only field.
Sunday is also busy, with another Spring Series race in Prospect Park this time, and if you hurry afterwards, you can make it up to the Bethel Spring Series race.
First!!!
Need to take a dump
will report back later with details
we’d all prefer you didn’t.
RED HOOK.
ALL THAT HAPPENS IN NYC HAPPENS IN RED HOOK.
sooooo, are there any teams out there that are threatening to suspend racers if they do Red Hook?
why would teams suspend riders for Red Hook?
Because it’s unsanctioned and probably uninsured?
so your cat 3 team is going to “suspend” you?
everyone knows not to wear team kits while racing an unsanctioned race.
saw an AXA Equitable commercial during 30 rock on NBC last night. serious business.
was it the one where the gorilla issues a stern warning that no axa riders are to take part in unsanctioned races?
no, no. it’s the one where margarite is in a break with a gorilla, the gorilla tells margarite to “pull through” his investment portfolio. instead, margarite attacks and solos for the win.
cool – i haven’t been suspended since high school
No real racer would jeopardize his or her season racing the red hook crit
a surreal racer might
it’s a race! if you want to race it, race it! it’s no more a “risk” to your “season” than any other race…
i disagree. regular races have brakes and insurance.
For riders there really isn’t much difference between Red Hook and any another race besides that it’s at night and on track bikes and there are no bullshit upgrade points nor people calling each other sandbaggers.
But the promoter is either very trusting, nuts or somehow got insurance. In a cooler less litigious world with universal health care, (not bs Obamacare) there would be a lot of Red Hook’s.
What insurance does a regular race have?
[jeez, I spelled “brakes” b-r-e-a-k-s for my captcha. These questions are too hard.]
Real cyclists don’t have health insurance, think about it.
real cyclists don’t ride TRACK BIKES ON THE FUCKING ROAD.
What I meant was that cyclists have at least some insurance in a usa cycling sanction race. The insurance is to protect the racers not just the promoter.
USACycling’s coverage for riders is intended to be secondary coverage. They will pay the deductibles and expenses not covered by your primary coverage if you meet their deductible. If you do not have primary coverage the deductible is high ($5000) and the max coverage is relatively low ($25,000) in case of something really serious. That’s better than Red Hook (nothing) but not great.
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=2042
USACycling offers opportunity for members to buy cheap insurance that can be useful for crashes in or out of races
http://www.adventureadvocates.com/usacycling/
Most of the insurance in USACycling race is liability for the promoter, USACycling and course owner, and the waivers you sign will be used to fight any lawsuit.
Blue Cross rode a smart premium increase.
Blue Cross rode a smart premium increase.
both years the winner of the red hook crit when on to pro contracts. perhaps they are real cyclists
Red Hook couldn’t get a permit if they wanted one, no one else can either in NYC, so you got to hand it to them for putting on a good fun event.
does the winner get a free swedish meatball dinner at ikea?
Trek-Livestrong
Rapha Condor Sharp
Fly V Australia
Bahati Foundation
Kenda-Geargrinder
Team Type 1
Mountain Khakis-Jittery Joe’s
Jamis-Sutter Home
Spidertech-Planet Energy
MetLife
Jetfuel Coffee
Bikereg.com-Cannondale
CRCA/AXA Advisors
MazurCoaching.com
Holowesko Partners u23
Wheelhouse Racing
Haymarket Bicycles
IFRacing.org
Ride with Rendall
Garneau-Club Chaussures
Champion System
CCB
2:46 made me laugh
5:01 pm (and others)
i actually read my health insurance policy (once, two years ago). i work for a good employer with a top care health plan. technically, it does NOT cover accidents in a cycling race. i forget the exact wording, but it was pretty clear that by the letter of the law an injury sustained in a race was non-kosher. very surprising (and totally unenforceable) but keep that in mind when youre at the hospital getting fixed up after a crash
http://blue-mondays.blogspot.com/2010/03/pro-treams-announced-for-tour-of.html
Most promoters only go to USA Cycling because of the insurance and, of course, hoping to win the officials lottery and get that lovable, jolly, bearded master of rules and regulations to oversee the safety of their race. God Bless Alan Atwood.
Saturday Spring Series Results:
123 race
1 Gavin Robertson Foundation
2 Jermaine Burrowes Mango Seed
3 Wilson Vasquez Mengoni
34 race
1 Chris Leong BH-Garneua
2 Miguelangel Blanco Luzzos
Masters
1 Eutimo Quintero
If you know of other placings, feel free to share.
Processing pics and video now. Check back later.
2nd – Doug O’Neill
3rd – Tim Spence
@Bastien – The Adventure Assoc insurance is really a waste because of the low maximum policy limits. The quote their premiums as a monthly cost but as an annual expense it’s extremely expensive for the limited coverage.
@Barolo – most insurance policies do exclude participation in competitions, but they usually exclude from the exclusions participation in “amateur athletics”. It’s all legalese but unless you’re a pro, you’re probably covered in any amateur race.
I like how the promoter of RHC put a picture himself on the poster wrapped in world champion stripes..
Full results are here:
http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?year=2010&id=309&info_id=20933
Floyd race was windy. AXA took all the money. Well, not all, Adler got some of it.
Scott Savory of Adler wins the Cat 4.
Brooklyn Spring Series
March 20, 2010
Floyd Bennett Field, NY
Pro / Cat 1-2-3
40 miles
1. Mike Margarite (CRCA/AXA)
2. Ken Harris (CRCA/Adler)
3. Daniel Zmolik (CRCA/AXA)
4. John Loehner (CRCA/AXA)
5. Karl Rahn (CRCA/AXA)
6. Brian Breach (GS Mengoni)
7. Chris Chaput (CRCA/Adler)
8. Roservert Marte (GS Mengoni)
9. Ben Woodbury (BVF)
10. Kyle Peppo (GS Mengoni)
Brief Race Report: Ken Harris attacked from the gun and took Mike Margarite with him….and that was the last the field ever saw off them. A chase grouped formed mid-race composed mostly of CRCA/AXA riders and from that group CRCA/AXA teammates Daniel Zmolik and John Loehner came in together for 3rd and 4th. Yet another three rider group formed consisting of Karl Rahn, Brian Breach and Chris Chaput and they finished in that order. Mengoni’s “Pollo” won the fieldsprint for 8th. Once again, the dead flat Floyd Bennett Field course shattered the field. If you hate sitting around waiting for fieldsprints and want to experience some hardcore racing come on out the Floyd Bennett!
Women
25 miles
1. Kelsey Crew (Kissena)
2. BrittLee Bowman (Kissena)
3.Cynthia Lo (CRCA/Gotham)
4. Joanne Cabello (CRCA/Houlihan-Lokey Sanchez)
5. Katherine Amos (Unatt)
Brief Race Report: The women’s race was run as a handicap race with the Cat 4’s starting 2 minutes ahead of the Cat 1-2-3’s. In theory, the 123’s should have caught the 4’s or come very close to catching. Instead, we witnessed some of the best Cat 4 women’s racing we have seen in awhile. Like seasoned pro’s, they quickly organized a super smooth paceline and instead of losing time they actually started gaining time and by the end they had a 2:10 gap. In the end, Kissena’s Kelsey Crew took the win over her teammate BrittLee Bowman with Cynthia Lo rounding out the podium in third.
Category 4
25 miles
1. Scott Savory (CRCA/Adler)
2. Leznek Sniadowski (CRCA/Organic Athlete)
3. Michael Perlberg (Kissena)
4. Rick Lam (Kissena)
5. Aleksey Urosov (Propeller Racing)
Brief Race Report: From the start, the Cat 4’s launched attack after attack until three riders separated themselves from the field: Scott Savory, Leznek Sniadowski and Michael Perlberg. Working well together they established a 30 second lead and held it to the finish with Scott Savory taking the win over Leznek Sniadowski. Yet another breakaway win on the always hard Floyd Bennett course!
Masters 40+
25 miles
1. Jesus Espitia (CRCA/Blue Ribbon – Translations.com)
2. Thomas Pennell (CRCA/Blue Ribbon – Translations.com)
3. Thomas Luzio (Deno’s Wonder Wheel)
4. Chris Castaldi (Deno’s Wonder Wheel)
5. Robert Lombardi (BVF)
Brief Race Report: Hats off to Jesus Espitia who broke away by himself and soloed in for the win. Thomas Pennell and Thomas Luzio came in a two rider group over a minute later. Once again, the dead flat Floyd Bennett Field course shattered the field. If you hate sitting round waiting for fieldsprints and want to experience some hardcore racing come on out the Floyd Bennett!
Category 5
12 miles
1. Colin Tanner (TargetTraining)
2. Dominic Condello (Unatt)
3. Jonathan Zimmerman)
4. Joseph Mueller (Unatt)
5. Denis Mikhaylov (CRCA/Organic Athlete)
Brief Race Report: The race stayed together with Colin Tanner taking the fieldsprint win.
Thanks to all the officials, marshals, pacers, registration volunteers and to Mr. I who spent the whole week getting the course ready to race! There’s another Brooklyn Spring Series race next Saturday, March 27.
For more info and to register online go to: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=10087
Charlie Issendorf
Race Director
Kissena Cycling Club
Told the guys on the break he wouldn’t sprint and he did. That is all.
Scott Savory Sucks.
Congrats to Savory for out Lezneking Leznek, then! I wonder which will upgrade first. It’s pretty stupid for either of them to be in a four field.
ha you suck for believing him! welcome to bike racing.
Nice guys finish last
leknek is nice? i heard he went ape shit after the race.
You’re missing the point.
Crca/axa & “all the money”? You say that as if it were a considerable purse. In reality, if they pooled their winnings, collectively they could maybe buy a new saddle.
A guy that fakes it in a small break, lying and pleading that he won’t contest the sprint so that he could just sit in and swindle to a win, is like a one trick pony, he isn’t impressive at all, he isolates himself quickly with a bad reputation and gets no second chances. First thing you’ll learn in local racing is that making friends pays more dividends, not lying to breakmates. But hey, good luck with that!
Didn’t Leznek used to ride for Cinzano? He’s the right age.
I agree. I would never trust him again next time I race with him. Not sportsman-like at all.
Leznek should stand a model of the spirit of sportsmanship to us all!
Thanks for the race recaps Charlie. Great to read those.
AVD Twitter sez, p123,
1. Jermain Burrowes
2. Gerry Martinez
3. Stephan Dioslaki
Masters
1. Paul Carbonara
2. Pascal Sauvayre
3. Jose Collado
5
1. Greg Waggoner
2. Sean Smith
3. Joe Meyer
3/4
1. Leszek Sniadowski
2. Miguelangel Blanco
3. James Mahimann
Now he’s won a 3/4 race. And the bagging of sand continues.
He needs to upgrade and stopped sandbagging
4. Brian Gatens
Gatens is a sandbagger
The 800 pound gorilla is a sandbagger
Now I can die happy…
I’m sure we won’t see him in the 4 onlys in a month or so, the one you should be woofing on is Blanco! He’s a 3, raced all last year as a 3 and does the 3/4’s to get a win or some kind of result-pathetic. Lesnek don’t be a Radoslaw!
3/4 field didn’t do any effort to bring the break back!!
They don’t deserve a win anyways.
yeah, only suckers race for results!
Cat3,4 don’t know how to race
at least be original.
They need skills
I <3 SCOTT SAVORY
1. Dan Chabanov
2. John “K-Tel” Kniesley
3. Al Barouh
4. Chris Thormann
5. Pavel Marosin
6. Matthew “Tio” Arleck
7. Brean Shea
8. John Taki Theodorakapoulos
9. Izumi Kuremoto
10.Joshua Wright
1. NOT TIMED
2. 1:43
3. 1:46.80
4. 1:45.70
5: 1:45.50
6. 1:50.60
7: 1:48.50
8. 1:49.30
9 1:43.80
10. 1:43.20
11. 1:46.80
12. 1:44.60
13. 1:44.40
14. 1:46.70
15. 1:47.20
16. 1:47.50
17. 1:46.00
18. 1:52.30
19 – NOT TIMED
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/news/in-brooklyn-unifying-machines-and-a-win-for-a-russian-bike-messenger_108837
to wear your team jersey in a nonsanctioned race? Chabanov was in full Adler kit.
That article was ridiculous. Come on, people, don’t get ahead of yourselves. It was a fixie race in Red Hook, not the world championships.
Chabanov is a sandbagger and should have been riding a restricted gear, like a 62×11.
I have a 62 for him, but you can’t get an 11 on a track hub.