Hope=eternal
The parks will be active and there’s opportunities for glory up north, so let’s see what the weekend’s racing has in store for we in the lycra ensembles.
Saturday has a CRCA Club Race in Central Park, and the opening round of the Lucarelli & Castaldi Cup in Prospect Park. Up north in Ware, MA there’s the Quabbin Reservoir Classic Road Race.
Sunday has the final race of the Spring Series in Prospect Park.
quabbin predictions?
….cold and rainy – that’s the prediction
as a non-USAC race, its very hard to predict what the race will bring. Non-USAC means there are no known rules in effect.
Since the promoter has chosen not to use USAC rules and policies for this race (and not publish his own rules), confusion for me as to how this race will be run exactly. No need for a USAC license to race, and no way of enforcing what categories people race in, as they cannot use any USAC info, since its not USAC sanctioned.
No upgrade points for the unwise cat5 racers who will show up in the cold and rain expecting it to count for one of their ’10’, is a definite.
Not clear on the extent of marshaling and safety. No ability to sanction or disqualify riders, so cross the yellow line as you please – no ramifications if you do. There will be no USAC officials at this race to enforce.
Sound dangerous? Maybe. Maybe not.
It’s a great course, and well organized race. Except for upgrade points, I see no differences.
who know to mengoni
Why the hostility? As the below poster mentioned, Quabbin is a great race, and, save for the lack of upgrade points, it is virtually identical to a USAC sanctioned race.
3:15 here’s the rules: start race, ride fast, don’t fall down, try to win or place on podium via the final sprint, finish race.
good luck.
I think “WHO KNOW” raise some valid points.
However, given that Mike Norton, has been promoting GREAT races in the past(Sturbridge/Palmer) and the whole reason behind hosting Quabbin away from the USA cycling is bc of the insurance issues – From reading his websites and speaking w/ him with him, his insurance will cover you better than if you raced a USA cycling race if you get hurt. He is on the racers “side”. Last thing he wants to do is harm his reputation or participants. So, I am pretty confident that he will have marshals and other necessary measures in place…But again, those are valid questions. Perhaps ask him directly rather than speculate too much especially in negative light?
No one is forcing you to go. Stay home or go get your little league trophy for your participation in a CAT 5 race.
not every race can be as tight as the spring series
ESL battles Bing!!!
3,2,1…GO!!!
any race can be an occasional crapper. just ask schmalz.
sick of the crappy weather.
How heavy does this rain have to be to cancel the race? The only thing worse than racing in the rain is showing up to race in the rain and then not racing.
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Quabbin was not USACycling sanctioned in 2010 either, so this is nothing new:
https://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?EventID=9832
It’s just an excellent race on a nice course run by one of the best promoters in the northeast. All USAC rules are followed except the requirement to buy over-priced insurance that provides little coverage. USAC does not have to count quabbin for upgrades, but they did for some last year.
I hope “who know” at 3:15 enjoys his Spring Series race and appreciates the valuer he gets from AvD’s race. (no upgrade points there either if he doesn’t submit the results.)
nice one, hammerindioslaki– not too transparent. Very much like the VoMax attention-getters.
yeah but seriosly. ya’ think the shit is real. Looking at the photos and the price?! hard for me to tel.
you suckers got beat by a kissena on a cross bike
Results and a link to overall GC can be found at:
http://spasport.com/results.htm
Charlie Issendorf
Race Director
Kissena Cycling Club
Foundation to Mengoni
It is Mengoni to Foundation in this case.
Also please, one “______ to Mengoni” per thread”. It is too good to overuse.
I think Foundation to Mengoni is better
Bear Mtn reg closed. No explanation. Anyone know what’s going on?
[scooby doo voice] ruh roh [/scooby doo voice]
results = going to Mengoni. Foundations got ’em.
Be easy guys Mengina banged out 7th today. They put a Triple Rush on it.
Rumors? Tiorati will be closed?
http://www.crca.net/2011/04/spring-bear-mountain-classic-update/
I imagine many riders signed up to race because of the unique course. If it is going to be like the course in the spring 2010, I imagine many climbers will not be interested in doing it. Will CRCA or bikereg consider giving racers refund?
Raquel miller cat 4 from CRCA/houlihan-lokey sanchez team won by a solo break and took over 3 min over the main field, Kate Amos got 4th and Kristin Lotito got 7th in 1-2-3… Awsome day for the NYC woman Sanchez team!!!….
Bikereg explicitly states that they do not offer refunds. CRCA usually does and in this case they’ll have to since they’ll have to cut the number of fields and the length of most races.
Is that a picture of Jeremy on the front page?
Quabbin for the hardcore indeed, 35 degrees with contant pissing down rain throughout, with many riders turning around after just a few miles in.
Congrats to james stevens for taking 3rd in pro 1,2. And james ruhl winning the cat 3 , a lot of local riders made the trip up to get soaking wet.
Great race and well organised and great payout.
Bear a climber race? only if you are a Cat 5. Otherwise, it’s just a race. Pussy.
The climb from the PIP to lake welch is more difficult than the tioratti brook climb.
With the tremendous help of Alan Atwood, the Board is working with PIPC to figure out a course and what races will be run. As some of you may have noticed, registration on Bikereg.com is closed until CRCA knows exactly what the race schedule will be. Many of you have also contacted me concerning registration issues. Please be assured that all of this will be worked out as soon the course and schedule is finalized.
Sonny
Not him, the real TT Vegan is very fat, and would be spewing words of advice here for Pro racers just after only racing four Cat5 events. For all you haters out there (I am one), the guy is a Cat2 and never even raced 10 mass start Cat5 events… thankfully, I dont think he even “races” anymore… but he is still “pro as shit!”
the climb they put in instead of tiorati is much, much easier.
i think it’s harder, actually. and i’m not a huge sprinter either.
I can’t imagine how anyone could find the climb from the parkway turnaround to lake welch to be easier than tioratti is beyond me, but ok.
Division: Pro – Cat 3 51 Started
Place Bib # Name Start Finish Elapsed Age Gender City Team Name
1 26 Peter Hurst 9:00:00 11:56:38 2:56:38 26 M Norwalk BikeReg.com / Cannondale
2 50 Fred Thomas 9:00:00 11:56:49 2:56:49 43 M Cape Elizabeth OA/CycleMania
3 47 James Stevens 9:00:00 11:56:54 2:56:54 27 M New York CRCA/BH Garneau
4 16 Ryan Fleming 9:00:00 11:56:58 2:56:58 30 M Exeter MetLife Cycling Team
5 56 Benjamin Woodbury 9:00:00 11:56:58 2:56:58 31 M Brooklyn G.S. MENGONI
6 8 Brian Breach 9:00:00 11:57:00 2:57:00 33 M Brooklyn GS Mengoni
7 23 Jake Hollenbach 9:00:00 11:57:03 2:57:03 30 M Winooski Boston Bicycle School – Firefly
8 1 Roger Aspholm 9:00:00 43 M Haworth Westwood Velo
9 12 Anthony Clark 9:00:00 11:57:06 2:57:06 24 M Feeding Hills Team JAM/NCC
10 49 Adam Sullivan 9:00:00 11:57:09 2:57:09 28 M North Kingstown Embrocation Cycling Journal
11 22 Joshua Gunn 9:00:00 11:57:11 2:57:11 37 M Cambridge Embrocation Cycling Journal
12 10 Ben Carbonetti 9:00:00 11:57:39 2:57:39 28 M Manchester Ct NorEast Cycling
13 24 David Hoyle 9:00:00 11:57:51 2:57:51 26 M Rocky Hill HurleyMetalFab.com p/b CCNS
14 33 Colin H. Murphy 9:00:00 11:58:07 2:58:07 32 M Cambridge Embrocation Cycling Journal
15 21 Patrick Goguen 9:00:00 11:58:35 2:58:35 25 M Hopedale TEAM CF
16 43 Kurt Schmid 9:00:00 11:58:38 2:58:38 39 M Marblehead CCB Racing Team
17 54 Steve Weller 9:00:00 11:59:10 2:59:10 29 M Montague BikeReg.com / Cannondale
18 28 Ryan Kelly 9:00:00 12:00:40 3:00:40 26 M Dover NorEast Cycling
19 25 Aaron Hubbell 9:00:00 12:00:50 3:00:50 37 M Durham NUVO Cultural Trail
20 30 Ron Larose Iii 9:00:00 12:02:02 3:02:02 30 M Plainville HurleyMetalFab.com p/b CCNS
21 9 Evan Burkhart 9:00:00 12:04:33 3:04:33 25 M Winston-Salem BikeReg.com / Cannondale
Division: 35+ 31 Started
Place Bib # Name Start Finish Elapsed Age Gender City Team Name
1 100 Timothy Ahern 9:08:00 37 M Woodstock egglestonequine.com
2 124 Nax Lippolis 9:08:00 43 M Pound Ridge Team Danbury Audi / Pedal and Pump
3 147 Eneas Frye 9:08:00 35 M Target Training
4 127 Ciaran Mangan 9:08:00 12:18:14 3:10:14 39 M Brighton CCB Racing Team
5 108 Saen Cahill 9:08:00 12:20:10 3:12:10 38 M Burlington U.S. Army/Central Wheel-GHCC
6 142 Peter Vollers 9:08:00 12:20:43 3:12:43 44 M Woodstock Killington Mountain School Cycling Team
7 132 Mark Pohndorf 9:08:00 43 M Pottersville Colavita Racing
8 143 A. Zane Wenzel 9:08:00 12:21:00 3:13:00 42 M Middletown Horst Engineering Masters Cycling Team
9 134 Todd Roberts 9:08:00 12:21:03 3:13:03 41 M Easthampton BikeReg.com / Cannondale
10 120 Cliff Kenyon 9:08:00 12:21:09 3:13:09 37 M Manchester Expo / Superior Energy
11 137 Timothy Smith 9:08:00 12:21:50 3:13:50 39 M Roslindale unattached
12 145 Bill Yabroudy 9:08:00 12:21:53 3:13:53 44 M Coventry NBX/Narragansett Beer
13 105 Patrick Brandon 9:08:00 12:23:36 3:15:36 44 M Killingwoth HurleyMetalFab.com p/b CCNS
14 138 Mike Spangenberg 9:08:00 12:29:44 3:21:44 44 M Shaftsbury VALLEY BIKE AND SKI WERKS RACING
15 119 Arik Jon Holm 9:08:00 12:30:09 3:22:09 42 M Westborough Union Velo
16 133 Wayne Prescott 9:08:00 12:35:40 3:27:40 48 M Canton Horst Engineering Masters Cycling Team
17 115 Kyle Gates 9:08:00 12:41:25 3:33:25 44 M Dorchester WeeBike/Hasyun/GVCC
Division: Cat 3 48 started
Place Bib # Name Start Finish Elapsed Age Gender City Team Name
1 252 James Ruhl 9:16:00 12:17:56 3:01:56 23 M Carle Place CRCA / Scotto’s Wood Fired Pizza
2 233 Bryan McGill 9:16:00 12:18:24 3:02:24 31 M Mystic CLR- CLRracing.com
3 217 Johan Gibcus 9:16:00 12:19:46 3:03:46 33 M Brookline unattached
4 247 Phil Penman 9:16:00 12:20:28 3:04:28 34 M New York CRCA/BH Garneau
5 234 R. Michael McKittrick 9:16:00 12:20:36 3:04:36 39 M Cambridge Ma Cambridge Bicycle / Igleheart Frames
6 242 Nate Morse 9:16:00 12:22:42 3:06:42 16 M Cohasset CL Noonan/Bay Hill Capital/Corner Cycle
7 228 Jonathan Lombardo 9:16:00 12:22:51 3:06:51 39 M River Edge Finkraft Cycling Team
8 239 Eli Mernit 9:16:00 12:22:52 3:06:52 18 M Bronx CRCA Junior Development
9 257 Christopher Tracy 9:16:00 12:22:53 3:06:53 33 M Cambridge GREEN LINE VELO driven by Zipcar
10 208 Wei Chen 9:16:00 12:22:55 3:06:55 19 M Elmhurst CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing
11 220 Danny Habig 9:16:00 12:22:55 3:06:55 42 M Herricks CRCA/Scotto’s Wood Fired Pizza
12 236 P J McQuade 9:16:00 12:22:56 3:06:56 31 M Millbury Minuteman Road Club
13 253 Matt Sack 9:16:00 12:22:57 3:06:57 24 M Cheshire Cheshire Cycle Racing
14 214 Anthony Eisley 9:16:00 12:23:00 3:07:00 32 M Norwich CLR- CLRracing.com
15 240 Matthew Miller 9:16:00 12:23:01 3:07:01 28 M Roslindale Threshold Cycling
16 263 Stefano Zanotti 9:16:00 12:23:06 3:07:06 33 M Hartford Createx Colors-Benidorm Bikes-Eastern Bloc
17 200 Alexander Barouh 9:16:00 12:23:09 3:07:09 28 M Brooklyn CRCA/BH Garneau
18 238 Laurence Merling 9:16:00 12:23:14 3:07:14 35 M Guilford Cheshire Cycle Racing
19 245 Everhard Paredes 9:16:00 12:23:22 3:07:22 30 M Edgewater unattached
20 262 Michael Wissell 9:16:00 12:23:39 3:07:39 34 M Allston B2C2/Boloco/BackBayBicycles
21 202 Miguelangel Blanco 9:16:00 12:24:21 3:08:21 31 M Rego Park CRCA/Scotto’s Wood Fired Pizza
22 221 Justin Inglis 9:16:00 12:24:48 3:08:48 38 M New York CRCA – Gotham / TOGA!
23 211 Dominique Desmonts 9:16:00 12:32:08 3:16:08 42 M Norwalk Team Danbury Audi / Pedal and Pump
24 216 Benjamin Fackler 9:16:00 12:33:34 3:17:34 39 M New York CRCA / Scotto’s Wood Fired Pizza
25 206 Cosmo Catalano 9:16:00 12:41:52 3:25:52 29 M Hartford Cheshire Cycle Racing
26 261 Jordan Winkler 9:16:00 12:42:15 3:26:15 28 M Jamaica Plain Cambridge Bicycle / Igleheart Frames
Division: 45+ 55 Started
Place Bib # Name Start Finish Elapsed Age Gender City Team Name
1 387 Carl Reglar 9:26:00 12:26:50 3:00:50 49 M Mount Vernon Team Danbury Audi / Pedal and Pump
2 388 Paul Richard 9:26:00 12:30:08 3:04:08 45 M Amesbury CCB Racing Team
3 337 Anthony Felitte 9:26:00 12:30:10 3:04:10 49 M Delmar CCC/Keltic Const/Zanes Cycles
4 339 Jeffrey Fisher 9:26:00 12:30:10 3:04:10 49 M Durham OA/CycleMania
5 372 Kevin Mosher 9:26:00 12:31:18 3:05:18 52 M Voorheesville CCC/Keltic Const/Zanes Cycles
6 315 Michael Brown 9:26:00 12:31:20 3:05:20 49 M Chester Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer Volvo
7 344 Daniel Fox 9:26:00 12:31:24 3:05:24 45 M Wilton Corner Cycle
8 406 William Thompson 9:26:00 12:31:25 3:05:25 53 M West Hartford CCC/Keltic Const/Zanes Cycles
9 390 M. Andrew Ruiz 9:26:00 12:31:32 3:05:32 47 M Delmar CCC/Keltic Const/Zanes Cycles
10 300 Stuart Abramson 9:26:00 12:31:33 3:05:33 47 M Falmouth OA/CycleMania
11 313 Ron Bourgoin 9:26:00 12:31:34 3:05:34 47 M Windham OA/CycleMania
12 350 Kurt Gustafsson 9:26:00 12:31:35 3:05:35 46 M Brooklyn CRCA/AXIS
13 370 Samuel Morse 9:26:00 12:31:54 3:05:54 48 M Cohasset Corner Cycle
14 318 Keith Button 9:26:00 12:31:59 3:05:59 49 M Nottingham CCB Racing Team
15 397 Will Schneider 9:26:00 12:32:10 3:06:10 46 M Nyc VO2MAXOUT.COM RACING
16 320 Paul Carbonara 9:26:00 12:32:12 3:06:12 48 M Brooklyn Century Road Club /Axis
17 374 James Nash 9:26:00 12:32:16 3:06:16 52 M North Hampton CCB Racing Team
18 335 Mark Dutka 9:26:00 12:32:18 3:06:18 53 M Uncasville Mystic Velo Club
19 316 Dzmitry Buben 9:26:00 12:32:19 3:06:19 52 M Hamden CCB Racing Team
20 378 Gerard O’Shea 9:26:00 12:32:33 3:06:33 47 M Clinton CCC/Keltic Const/Zanes Cycles
21 330 Jerry Dezutter 9:26:00 12:32:37 3:06:37 47 M Hudson 545 Velo
22 322 Marc Cesare 9:26:00 12:33:00 3:07:00 46 M Brooklyn Deno’s Wonder Wheel
23 373 Tyler Munroe 9:26:00 12:34:31 3:08:31 51 M No. Andover CCB/Volkswagen
24 389 Bob Roldan 9:26:00 12:34:41 3:08:41 53 M Somerville CCC/Keltic Const/Zanes Cycles
25 323 Tom Chimenti 9:26:00 12:35:30 3:09:30 48 M Fairfield Team Thule
26 343 Rich Foley 9:26:00 12:35:54 3:09:54 50 M Wallingford TARGETRAINING | TRI&CYCLE
27 367 Chris Mears 9:26:00 12:36:00 3:10:00 47 M Brookline 545 Velo
28 408 Jay Trojan 9:26:00 12:45:30 3:19:30 52 M Lincoln Century Drywall Inc.
29 347 Christopher Grady 9:26:00 12:45:33 3:19:33 45 M Douglas Arc-en-Ciel Racing Team
30 398 Timothy Shea 9:26:00 12:59:00 3:33:00 52 M Amherst BOB-Goodale’s Bike Shop/Speed Merchant Aero/Ted
31 327 Christofer Dehahn 9:26:00 12:59:36 3:33:36 54 M Belchertown NCC
32 377 Eddy O’Rourke 9:26:00 13:00:01 3:34:01 51 M Riverside Swansea Velo Club – Flandria Cafe
33 342 James Flaherty 9:26:00 13:01:36 3:35:36 45 M Collingswood Pro Pedals
34 349 Eric Gustafson 9:26:00 13:08:08 3:42:08 51 M Little Compton Swansea Velo Club – Flandria Cafe
35 369 Brad Miller 9:26:00 13:08:15 3:42:15 52 M Cranston Swansea Velo Club – Flandria Cafe
Mengoni rode a smart race
Megoni rode a smart day yesterday. Wrong day.
Hurst to Mengoni
Here they are. They are in random order.
http://www.oneimagingphotography.com/Cyclings/NYC-Spring-Series-Race-2011end/16755779_kJ6rLb#1264074461_SNjRp7M
okay, okay, jeeze.
Whilst DA comes blazing across the line (lately in 1st place more often than not), does he break into show tunes?
is this some sort of horrible inside joke spam bot?