It was a wet and eventful weekend, so let us delve into the weekend’s successes and not-successes.
At the CRCA Club Race, Allan Rego of Champion Systems presented by Stan’s won the A race. Noah Gellner of Sid’s Bike NYC won the B race. Kristin Lotito of Houlihan-Lokey/Sanchez won the women’s race and Glenn Hartrick of the CRCA won the C race. Results are here.
Due to a bad crash at the finish in the Spring Series race in Central Park, the finishes for the Pro 1/2/3 and masters races were neutralized, and also the finish of the 3/4 race? Details are unknown at this moment. Potentially information could spring up here. If you know who won the cat five race, let us know—and we wish a speedy recovery for all those involved in the crash.
At the Ronde de Bethel on Sunday, Sam Rosenholtz of Green Line Velo wonthe Pro/1/2/3 race. Bryan Haas of the Exposition Wheelman won the cat 3/4 race. Unattached Amy Bevilacqua won the women’s race. M Andrew Ruiz of CCC/Keltic/Zanes won the masters 45+ race. Josh Grossman of FGX racing wonthe cat 4 race. Jamisen Ogg of CRCA/ Cause & Effect won the cat 5 race. Full results are here.
was the mayhem guy from the allstate commercials sitting in the boathouse having coffee?
whats racing in nyc w/o something to chat about???
Road should have been shut down at E72nd…
Double Points/Money next week???
Anyone know what the state of the riders down may be???
AvD has posted some sort of rider status on his twitter.
So double payouts next week for the SS races that were neutralized yesterday, right?
But not in neutral a Spring Series Race.
Sounds like First is still recovering from a concussion.
which field had the crash, the 3/4’s?
The 5’s crashed at the Boathouse and there were guys all over the road as well as people helping out and an ambulance. Some guys, and the moto, went around and kept “racing”. Lame.
Maybe even triple if you have disability coverage.
somebody tell him his logo is wrong. Its 2012.
If the payouts are doubled next week….will there be even more crashes? I can’t for next weeks Thunderdome…er Spring Series! (old reference lost on younger viewers)
Hello Racers:
The first race of this years Spring Series has brought a few things to light. The MCA will try to address all points as we continue to develop racing in New York City.
As you know we are reducing the maximum amount of riders in the 3,4 field to 100 plus the racers who have already registered for the whole series.
Also for the Floyd Bennett Field event we will have a maximum field of 50 riders in all fields except the Pro 1,2,3. However we will add additional fields as needed. Meaning that there can be three category 3,4 fields that day or 2 cat 5 fields if needed. Each field will have their own prize list.
The spirit of the Spring Series is to prepare racers for the upcoming season. To that point we are lowering the laps for the cat 5 racers from 3 laps to 2 laps for the month of March in Central park and from 7 to 6 laps in Prospect Park. We believe that many riders are very fit and excited to race. We are very inspired by their enthusiasm. However we are committing ourselves to build racer knowledge as well as handling skills. We will continue to keep you posted on these changes.
For the Masters field and the Pro, 1,2,3 field, all riders who attended the Sunday March 4, 2012 race will get Sunday March 11, 2012 as a comp race. You will get new numbers and need to sign a new release. We ask that you show up to registration a little earlier so we can address all concerns in enough time to start the race on time.
Going forward, for all fields, if an event incident does happen where the road is closed the actions for a race finish are as follows. After the road is opened and if time allows for one additional lap, the finish for that lap becomes the results for that field. However if a full lap is not possible we will have a 1-mile scratch race to decide the finish of the event.
The results for the Cat 3,4 race and Cat 5 stand as they are and will be posted as such. From these results we will choose the wearer of both race leader jerseys.
Thank you for your time.
Anthony Jay Van Dunk
Metropolitan Cycling Association
LINSANITY!!!
Spike Lee to play AVD at the next race…
Free gauze wrap and 4″ bandages with each prepaid registration?
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“The spirit of the Spring Series is to prepare racers for the upcoming season”
How does lowering the laps for the cat 5 racers help prepare racers?? More miles is better preparation AVD!!!!
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“Going forward, if an event incident does happen where the road is closed … we will have a 1-mile scratch race to decide the finish of the event.”
Yeah, okay, I want to see an entire field do a 1-mile scratch race. That may actually be awesome to watch.
I’m sure that will end as well as using a 3-wheeled scooter as a pace vehicle for a crit.
make it stop
It will. Only four days till next week’s bitching starts!