I’ve had a weekend full of breathing paint fumes, so you will forgive me if I am not my normal self today as I type up the weekend’ monumental achievements. I smell colors.
At the CRCA Club Race, Zach Koop of Blue Ribbon/Translations.com won the A race. Svenn Mikalsen of Velorigin Performance won the B race. Gregory Fowlkes of Rapha Racing won the master’s race. Regis Dupont of Siggi’s/NYVelocity won the C race. Kathryn Murtagh finished first in the women’s clinic. Results are here.
At Saturday’s Lucarelli & Castaldi Cup in Prospect Park, Karl Nelson of EECT/Green Arm Bandits won the pro1/23 race. Juan Aracena was the top placed 45+ racer. Gregory DeFiore won the cat 4 race. Louisgie Shoy of MCBR won the cat 5 race. Results are here.
At the final Bethel spring race of the season, Euris Rafael of Foundation won the pro/1/2/3/ race. Amanda Braverman of Stage-1/FusionTHINK won the women’s race. Gregory Dorsch of Black Tie Sports/Spine won the cate 3/4 race. Gary Steinberg of Brauer/Mick Management won the masters race. Lorenzo Serra of Pawling Cycle and Sport won the cat 4 race.
In the overall standings, Eneas Freyre of Target Training won the pro/123 overall, withTarget Training taking the team win also. Raquel Miller of Farm Team Elite Women’s Cycling Team won the women’s overall title, with Stage-1/FusionTHINK winning the team title. Stefan Singer of FGX Racing won the cat 3/4 overall, with FGX also taking the team title. Gary Steinberg of Brauer/Mick Management won the master’s title with his team, Brauer/Mick Management, winning the team title also. Lorenzo Serra of Pawling Cycle and Sport and Pawling Cycle and Sport also won the team competition. Results are here.
There was a Spring Series Time Trial, no results, but Mihael Ginghina is rumored to have worn hiking boots.
FIRST, FIRST FIRST!!!!!!! OMG WHAT DO I WIN?????????
Stephan Dioslaki has just signed up for this Saturday’s Lucarelli & Castaldi race in Prospect Park. Let’s give him a warm NYC welcome, only a weekend after he tried to deceive everyone.
Allowing him to race again sends the wrong message, on behalf of USA cycling and the race organizers & sponsors. You cheat, just get DQ’d but come back next weekend and no worries.
Pathetic.
Is this series done for or possibly starting later in the summer?
yet nobody has the balls to go up to him personally to tell him of these things, witness all the anonymous vitriol.
It happened Saturday and didn’t come to light until Sunday.
I guess you don’t have balls either. But identifying you is easier, his mom, or team mate.
It does not matter who “we” are. It matters that the opinion is heard and hopefully someone with authority will take action.
I was neutered at an early age, so technically I don’t have balls.
Lance has 1 ball, but that’s not important right now.
There was no proof to DQ Steve. It was based on accusations from a team who had two riders in the break, one of which flatted in the final laps, and then some how finished 10th while never getting overtaken by the chase group… Super fast wheel change or illegal free lap?
Sounds like a good strategy… point fingers at Steve so Rodrigo doesn’t get caught cheating.
Was that Francesco Moser rolling down 9w Sunday?
starts may 7
There are more than enough witnesses who can testify to Dioslaki’s chicanery. If the “authorities” want to hear from them, all they have to do is ask.
Ernesto Liner you are such a fu_king idiot
I told you there were boots.
http://teamtargetraining.com/2013/04/22/the-race-of-truth/
yes it was him on 9W.
That’s just awesome.
Go read that Mihael story, it’s awesome. Well done Mehi.
For those of us not there what actually (or allegedly) happened?
He took my milk money.
Here are some photos from the first Lucarelli race….
http://www.oneimagingphotography.com/2013RaceSeasonSeason/LucarelliCastaldiCup420
The funny thing about racing against Dioslaki
Is that even if he cheats and beats you,
winning that bike race is all that he can see
and all that he has.
Dude: you cheated in a bike race and got DQ’d. Get over it. This “it wasn’t me it was HIM” thing ain’t working.
wicked burn….not!
Who else cheats to try and win a race that happens every other weekend 8 month a year every year
Dio still beats you every week when there is no controversy.
what makes it even more pathetic
the axis rider’s face in the background really tells the story
Y’all are pathetic… bet you wouldn’t care if you could beat Dio, thats why you want him out
Being a good local bike racer does not give you the right to fuck with a lot of other guys that got there on time.
JP was 1 minute late too, did he shit on the rules and the race? I don’t believe he did. Any rider is an once of integrity does not pull this kind of bullshit.
Stephen, I’d like to hear you defend yourself or at the very least apologize.
I love that you guys always want a public defense on this forum, like when you “demanded” DA explain himself. Do the crime, do the time…that’s all there is to it.
This is a good site for strong reminders of why so many leave the sport of “competitive” bike racing…
What time is Dioslaki doing?
The bastard cheated everyone and he’s continuing to race as if nothing ever happened.
No suspension for breaking the rules = no incentive for following them.
Showed up late, placed, and got DQ’d. Is that really not enough punishment?
uh, other than the dq…
should be required to wear a big red “C” on the front of his kit
How is the DQ an incentive not to cheat? It’s equivalent to a DNS, which is what he would have had if he hadn’t cheated. Instead, because cheated he got the thrill of racing/winning. You think he cares he won’t get the upgrade points or cash? You think that’s not a better outcome than just riding home and being sad you showed up late? If this had been a CRCA club race, I’ve got to think he would’ve been suspended for a couple of races.
BEEFCAKE!!!
i’d be a lot more bothered if he did something which put others at risk, like sprinting in the joggers lane, which happens all the time. Getting DQ’d (and worse, shamed on NYVelocity) seems sufficient.
I doubt one guy in a local Cat1-3 race can really dictate the outcome of a race in NYC and especially on that course. He was DQed, likely embarassed and the guys in the break were bumped up a position. The rest of the pack was never a factor in the break and having one guy up the road who should not have been did not prevent any of you from trying to bridge up.
Its funny how over the years the most critical racers are the new Cat3s who think but for … I would have won the race, recieved my upgrade points and so on. Just move on and enjoy the next race.
It’s the best reality show ever.
“I doubt one guy in a local Cat1-3 race can really dictate the outcome of a race”
Dioskaki placed 3rd in the KOM competition and since the officials only took the top 3 places then the guy who got 4th, who would have eventually ended up 3rd after the DQ, got SCREWED bc he gets nothing. Imagine if that guy ends the series with enough points for 2nd overall in the KOM and could’ve had 1st but no, because of Stephan… how does that not affect the outcome.
King of MOUNTAIN in Prospect Park? Umm, what kind of crackhead title is that? What is it, a 50′ elevation gain?
Second place in KOM in Prospect Park is not a race result and he did not impact anything with this. BTW – the KOM points guys ( I cant believe that have a KOM in NYC) could have bridged to eat up the points early…
So entertaining.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4q2QsqatfLA#!
I’ve seen announcements about Tuesday night FBF races but anyone know if there will be Thursday night races this year?
Shouldn’t Lisban be racing again soon?
It was announced on their FB page that the race starts as planned on May 7, that the permit is being processed and all debris that is on the course will be cleared.
5/7
Yeah that’s Tuesdays but I’ve seen no update for Thursday’s from WS United. Anyone know their plans?
will there be a kom at floyd? i need to get my gearing set up for the season.
I have moved from Cat 5 to Pro in just one season by always starting one lap ahead of the field at the whistle. Something wrong with that?
well den yer clean as a vistle, just like irish spring!
You make a big fuss over someone who has already (perhaps wrongfully) got his DQ, while you not so much mention 10th place Rodrigo Echeverri who got away with taking a free lap! Yes, the same Rodrigo Echeverri who got caught racing both the Cat 3 and P/1/2 at Tour of Fort Lee.
King of the Pothole maybe. Concrete tan jersey for whoever blows out the most tires.
Well there you go again. If at first you don’t succeed…
There’s no “perhaps wrongfully”. Stop it already.
And you keep fishing this Rodrigo thing and nobody’s biting cuz you’re obviously making it up to deflect attention from what you did.
http://thescore.thejournal.ie/the-paul-kimmage-film-about-his-lance-crusade-doping-and-the-uci-that-you-should-see-883020-Apr2013/
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/excursions/post/massive-crash-mars-cyclings-tour-of-turkey/
Well, since prizes went 10 deep and there were 11 in the break, it wouldn’t be good feng shui to DQ two people.
if a man rides bicycle in counterclockwise circles in central park, is he moving forwards?
Ohhhh the drama!! Damn!! But how famous can one get from one shittin’ little (arguably) questionable move?!? Oh – and this Rodrigo dude???…??? by the way, did he not walk out of there with 10th place and thus some prize money after flatting out, getting a wheel change, taking a lap off and then jumping back into the race?!?! (Grounds for a DQ ?!??!) Oh – and as a result of all that, doesn’t this Rodrigo dude CURRENTLY appear on the Leader’s Jersey List for not one, but TWO of the leader’s jerseys (overall & Sprinters) ? And…um…wasn’t it HIS Team that was protesting the other famous guy’s (Dio’s) results? And his teammate (Rodriguez) appears on ALL THREE of the race jersey’s leader’s lists!! Whoa!! Are we missing something here? Hmmmmm…Seems like the only difference here is 1 got DQ-ed while the other didn’t. Sounds like he too, the other dude, should be equally (if not more) famous.