Kristen LaSasso wins the Cascade Cycling Classic! Kristen covered a break on stage 1 and rode in alone on the finishing climb. She then hung on through a road race, TT, crit, and circuit race to take the overall win over teammate and defending champ Kristin Armstrong by 14 seconds. Congratulations Kristen on her first NRC win!
Schmalz comes down with a case of the vapors after Park Ridge, Ah do declayre! My ph level has yet to return to it’s normal level and as such I am unable to access my snarkiness.
Jon Orcutt wins Union Vale 3!Jon Orcutt has lovely thighs. Francisco Liuzzi solos the last lap to claim 5th in front of the charging peloton.
Alejandro Guzman was in a break of 2 at Park Ridge. Neither rider heard the bell, so they just rolled through and did one more lap. Unfortunately, Alejandro rolled through 2nd. Mr. Guzman has an eye for color.
Looks like Devin Flaherty and Jamie Nicholson-Leener got wins at Prospect. Dev Flaherty enjoys wildlife and long walks.
Too busy mourning Toto’s loss yesterday to dig up more results. Help us out here.
Mr Commesso is a hard working professional and deserves our respect.
Kimille Taylor won the crit and Nancy Camp won the circuit race at the Giro del Cielo in Sussex County.
schmalz…nothing to brag about but took 6th in the cat 5 park ridge race…glad i hadn’t upgraded yet because i probably wouldn’t have lasted 1 lap on the 3/4 race…oh yeah, i threw up twice during the race (did you metion how HOT it was?)
Good job walter that race is a crotch kick no matter how you do it. Vomit=trying hard
Congrats Jon. It was darn hot out there yesterday at Union Vale. Jon, Scot W., J. Lubeley, and Francisco in top 5.
chris chapman got 1st in the 35+ 4’s at UV.
nice win Jon O.
You know it’s hot when you’re sweating buckets……………….in the pace car!!
Poughkeepsie was fun this weekend. The few that came to the crit (NYC’ers…mark this race on your calendar for next year) loved it, and the road race has been well liked for years. Was pacing the 4/5 Masters and the women, so didn’t get to see much else; congrats to Orcutt on the win — I’m putting him on my pre-favorites list for GMSR. And I’m sorry I missed the bear too; although I did see a couple of wild turkeys and a deer that were eager to checkout the race as well.
See you all at Owasco.
Alan
Great ride by Jon–he seemed to get stronger as the break continued. I, on the other hand, got slower as the break continued and eventually got popped at the start of the last lap. No top 5 for me but nice of Ted to say so.
Aaron Wolfe and I were 3rd and 2nd respectively at UV in the Cat 4, 35+. Great job by Chris of WV on his solo break that stuck. Aaron rode very strong and had a sweet solo bridge that almost worked on the end of lap 3, but we just caught him right before the line on the "hill of death". Nonetheless, sweet showing for CRCA in this race.
The biggest Holy SH*t moment though was when a HUGE black bear ran across the road 50 yards in front of the field. During races I have seen dogs, cats, deer and almost ran over that f’ing duck at Bear Mt., but i didnt think the first time I ever saw a Bear outside a zoo would be during a bike race.
Ben Harris (ML) and Chris Cummings (NYVelocity) came in 8th and 9th respectively in the Union Vale under 35 CAT4/5 race. Decent rides considering both riders raced in Prospect on Sat., w/ Harris off the front in a 9 lap break and Cummings and the rest of the NYVelo squad doing tons of work on the front and sucessfully chasing down the break. Anyone notice the time differences b/w the under 35 and over 35 groups? Young guys rule!!!
Well, it’s not a time trial. The 35+ race was pretty slow. Lots of guys doing their first race ever, everyone waiting for the final climb. I don’t know why no one chased Chapman–that was strange. I didn’t see him roll away. I was really 4th across the line, but Roach was relegated one spot for unclipping his helmet on the line. The rest of the field was not really ST.
Chris Cummings rides for Edgemont.
It looks like the CAT4/5 U-35 group was faster than the CAT4/5 35+ and CAT3 fields (although the 3’s had to do an extra lap). Average speed of 21.8mph vs 20.6mph for CAT3 and 19.4mph for the 35+.
Did the Gimbels / Unionvale double this wkend – I’ve got serious Hangover but enough deposited for Owasco and let the beatings begin!!
The Marshalling @ Unionvale was very professional – I was impressed. The course was great even without the finishing climb there were some challenging hills. I’ll look to target this race nxt season definitely!
also my teammate Brett Cleaver of BVF got 10th in the U35 4/5. It’s his first year of racing. Chris Cummings was with us until last week but left us to be on a CRCA team (sniff…sniff) Seriously, he’s a great guy and super strong. Brett is also someone to watch in the future.
Any pro sightings @ Parkridge this year. Last year Mike Jones showed up and damn near lapped the field!
schmalz and ken would know better since i’m new to road racing but a 16 yr old that won the jr race placed 4th in the pro/1/2…
btw ken raced sick after doing a 100 mile ride on sat…very impressive
schmalz looked good in his race too…they basically let 7 people finish the 3/4 race
Last Year Mike Jones and Eric Murphy did lap most of the field last year.
This year there was Kyle Wamsley (Colavita), Mike Dietrich (Kodak/Sierra Nevada), Mike Jones (Health-Net), Greg Wolf (AEG-Toshiba), John Delong (Rite-Aid), The whole VMG Racing team, Jamie Carney (The Ageless Wonder). On the amatuer side there were 6-7 Fiordufruta Weelworks Guys, Roger Aspholm and his Westwood posse who are damn good. Not a huge field but a pretty good quality field.
Great rides Aaron and Greg, although you should have asked the marshall to talk to that bear. On second thought, that bear should have been relegated.
Roger did Park Ridge after taking 3rd in the viciously hard 35-39 national championship RR the day before (55 miles, 6,000 feet of climbing). Rob Lattanzi was 11th.
Pascal Sauvayre finished 8th in the 45-49 race Sunday on the same course.
This race is no fun unless you like making yourself suffer . It was very hot and that hill is no joke. It
Thanks guys. Really great riding by everyone willing to commit to racing off the front in tough conditions.
the cat 4 race in propsect park over the weekend proved to be one of the more exciting i have ever done. an attack went up the road in the first k and stuck. lots of fire power in the group. i must thank all of you in the group: greg, james, zack, ben and the others whose name i didn’t catch. you are all gentlemen. as for the rest of the field who bore down on us in the final k…….. you rewarded our early celebration by pissing in our popcorn. you ruined my life and i hate you all passionately…….. see you next week
Jeez…judging from the pic, that Bear looks massive. I’m glad I wasnt working the feedzone! I wonder if the USCF has a clause for race disturbances by feedzone volunteers being eaten by a bear.
Look at the trees. That’s not Unionvale. And I doubt the bear at Unionvale was that big
Max respect to Ben Harris. He was doing massive pulls in Prospect on Saturday in the break and then goes out and rips peoples legs off on Sunday. Watch out for Ben in the stage races.
To the other from the PP cat 4 break, thanks for working together and for taking a chance on a break and not just riding around in cricles for 30 miles.
Although history is against us having the balls to make a move is what cycling is all about.
Great job to all in the break in PP. It was a heart-breaker, but we will get them next time.