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Blacksburg Cycling Classic
July 26, 2010
Rogues Racing put on a spectacular show in the Blacksburg area over the weekend with an omnium that was made all the more challenging by the oppressive heat. Saturday were the crit races at Viginia Tech and followed by an evening Time Trial in Christiansburg. Sunday was a road race in Maggie to the Northwest of Blacksburg.
The weekend started off with Paul Low missing his start time for the Cat 4 crit and effectively time trialling the entire race to catch up after starting one lap down. Paul managed to make up all but the last couple 100 yards and finished 8th in a field of 25 or so. Mary finished 3rd in a race that was a little confusing with combined fields.
Time Trial was next at 5:30 pm. Paul had a slight mechanical issue after adjusting his rear derailleur before the event. He still managed to finish 3rd, just 2 seconds off the leader. Mary finished 2nd in the 3/4/40+ women's field for the TT and was pretty pleased. Both went into Sunday with a shot at placing in the omnium.
Sunday brought out Marshall Walden for the Cat 5, and Ken for the Cat 4 road race. The event is in the middle of nowhere, south of Newport and northwest of Blacksburg, in a crossroads called Maggie. Marshall arrived with 20 minutes until his race started and started on time (we forgot to tell him about the hill at the end). Mary went 5 minutes later with the women's 3/4/40+. Mary finished second and took placed 2nd overall. Marshall almost made it to the top, but the heat and the hill got the best of him and he crossed the line walking, but one race closer to the 4's.
The cat 4 race started with Paul leading and Ken drafting for the first lap. on the second lap Ken pulled for a little while and Paul took off in the hills with Ken trying to follow. Ken blew up for a while and Paul pased through the second time in 3rd place. The third time around Ken had some cramps and Paul was about 3 minutes off the leaders. Paul made that all up and passed them on the hill climb to finish first and grabbing 3rd overall in the omnium.
Paul Low Advances to Category 4
July 17, 2010Paul Low has received his upgrade to Category 4 after 6 races. Paul had top place finishes in road races and a couple crits. Paul joins Dan Baur, Ken Hewett, Erinn McQuagge, Ryan Hartman, Judah Brownstein and Dave Cobb in Category 4. Paul is signed up for the Blacksburg Cycling Classic next weekend and will be racing the 4/5's in Roanoke next week.
Roanoke Civic Center Training Criterium Series July 14
July 15, 2010
Paul and Gordon, Low and Wadsworth, Paul and Gordon, Low and Wadsworth.....and Gordon wins it! Paul Low led the race for about 25 laps or so out of the 40, but Gordon Wadsworth did what sprinters do and took it on the last lap. Unofficially, Paul won the "Most Aggressive Rider award". Next Wednesday is the penultimate race of this series and Gordon will be racing the 1/2/3's and Paul will move from 5 to 4.
Bryan Park Circuit Race
July 14, 2010Ryan Hartman's second race this year. Ryan raced the Category 3/4 event on the longer circuit course in Bryan Park in downtown Richmond. Ryan finished 16th. Next up for Ryan are more of the Tuesday Training Crits in the park and the 5 crit series in North Carolina, the Giordana Crossroads Classic in August.
Roanoke Civic Center Training Criterium Series
July 8, 2010
A small group of riders braved the 100+ degree temps in Roanoke and raced the second installment of the Roanoke Civic Center Training Series. Paul Low, Dave Cobb and Rob Benevento competed against 16 other souls for some trinkets and a week's worth of glory.
This was Rob and Paul's third criterium and Rob dropped back in the standings while Paul finished third after a hard fought event with Gordon Wadsworth finishing first and a Dire Wolf rider finishing 2nd. One crash took out Dire Wolf rider Barry Witt, who suffered some road rash when his rear tire blew.
ID3 Omnium Criteriums
July 4, 2010The team did not race in these events but we did go to Roanoke to take some photos and cheer on our friends. You can check out the pics on our Flickr Page.
Roanoke Civic Center Training Criterium Series
July 1, 2010
The first of this series was cancelled due to a rainy forecast, but there was no rain during this event. Marshall Walden, Rob Benevento, Dave Cobb and Rick Beville raced the 4/5 event outside the Roanoke Civic Center.
Dave eventually was dropped and caught up to Marshall who had a flat. Dave gave Marshall a wheel to continue the race and he took his free lap. Unfortunately his rear derailleur hanger was loose from the previous incident and he crashed and picked up some road rash and dropped out. Marhsall was patched up and deemed to have lost only some skin and his "newbie" status.
Rob and Rick stayed with the peloton the entire 40 laps. Rob finished 6th and Rick came in third 20-feet behind a Rogues rider. This series will be every Wednesday for a few weeks and we'll be back to mop up next time.
We stayed for the 1/2/3 event and watched Just the Right Gear owner, Steve Hetherington, race in his 6-man event finishing 5th. We have photos of both events.
Kazane Working Man's Series
June 24, 2010
Ryan Hartman and Marshall Walden make their first appearance in this three-race series in the scorching 100+ degree heat of Bryan Park in the middle of downtown Richmond. The first race was a 4/5 event with 18 laps. The indications that there was repaving of the course sounded better than it was. A few spots had been patched, but it was still a really bumpy ride in most places.
Dave Cobb and Marshall raced and Marshall finished around 15th among a group of 40. Ryan was unable to make it to the first race but showed up for the second race to finish 8th, while Marshall hung on in the peloton with a 20th place finish.
For the last day, Marshall broke a couple of spokes during his warmup and Dave sacrificed his bike. The race was faster than the previous two days and Marshall was pulled from the race just three laps before the finish. Still a great showing for a first time out, racing against 4's and 5's.
Ryan Hartman and Marshall Walden Start Their Season at Kazane Working Man's Series
June 21, 2010Ryan Hartman, a junior at Washington and Lee is back from Russia and ready to race the entire summer. New recruit, Marshall Walden, a graduating senior of Rockbridge High School will be joining Ryan in the Kazan Working Man's Series in Richmond, VA on June 22nd through the 24th, 6 pm at Bryan Park.
The series is three criteriums, one each night, on a different course in Bryan Park. According to some Virginia Cycling Association emails, parts of the course have been repaved. We'll give you an in-depth review of the race and the course.
Wednesday June 16th Roanoke Civic Center Criterium Postponed
June 15, 2010Due to the strong possibility of Storms and flash floods in Roanoke, Kazane is postponing the Crit for 2 weeks. Next one will be June 30th. We'll be there and better than ever. Next up for us is the Kazane Working Man's Series in Richmond, June 22nd through 24th.
Local Evening Criteriums Added to Racing Schedule
June 1, 2010Kazane cycling has added 4 new races to the local bike race schedule with evening criteriums in Roanoke at the Civic Center on June 16, June 30, July 14, and August 4th. The Wednesdays in between will serve as rain dates. You can check out the particulars at Kazane Racing
Tour of Tucker County
May 30, 2010
"The Tenth Hardest Race in the Country" according to VeloNews. This is the mother of all Hill Climb road races in the Eastern U.S. Three hills to climb, the last a seven-miler. Dan dropped several minutes over last year's result finishing 17th in a field of 75. Paul had one flat tire, two dropped chains and one wrong turn from some bad marshalling, but still managed to finish 3rd just a few seconds away from the two leaders.
Mary blew away the Cat 4 Women's field with a first place finish about 5 minutes ahead of the next Cat 4 competitor. Mary won $60.00 and a bottle of champagne for the hard work and points toward upgrade as well.
Dave drove and got the team lost in the West Virginia Mountains fording streams and driving on dirt roads, but still managed to get the team to the race with some time to spare in spite of having a last minute detour (caused by a truck accident that blocked the road) a few miles from the race that required an additional 30-minutes on the road. Learned that GPS is not always your friend in West VA.
photos are posted and results are coming soon.
Statewide Road and Criterium Standings
May 22, 2010Mary Cerkey and Dan Baur are first in their categories for road racing in Virginia. Dan is also 1st overall in Cat 4 for Criteriums in Virginia and 21st in the nation. Judah is in third place in Cat 4 in Virginia Criteriums. Elliott is in 2nd place in Cat 2 Road Race for Virginia. Congrats to Dan, Elliott, Judah and Mary for their great work.
Tour du Life Omnium, May 14/15/16, 2010
May 17, 2010
A fantastic finish to the Spring season. The weather threatened and always held off until the very last race on Sunday. May Cerkey, Elliott O'Brien, Dan Baur, Judah Brownstein, Erinn Mc Quagge started with the Hill Climb Time Trial up Beech Mountain. It was described at a "Little Wintergreen".
Time Trial results had Elliott in 14th place in the pros. Dan placed 8th and Erinn in 14th because of a traffic-related, late arrival. Mary Cerkey finished 6th in the Women's pro/1/2/3/4.
Saturday was the road race, just outside of Boone at 10 am. Elliott and the pros had a couple of laps while the remaining fields had one. Elliott finished 16th, Dan finished 6th, Judah 15th and Erinn 20th in the 4's and Mary finished 6th.
On Sunday we had the criterium and Dave joined in. Erinn and Dave were lagging behind because of a nasty hill, but an accident in the field gave them a chance to catch up. In the end Dan finished 3rd in the crit. Still waiting on the results from the Crit to be posted. Other results and photos are posted.
Tomato Head Omnium in Maryville Tennessee
May 9, 2010
Great time with the Franklin Family in maryville. First time we've raced in the volunteer state. We underestimated those Tennessee boys. Gave us a run for our money. Judah finished 2nd in the TT and 3rd in the Omnium and Elliott finished 7th in the Crit and 2nd in the TT among the 2's. Dan had good showings finishing 10th in the crit and the rest of us had a lot of fun. Preston Franklin raced and placed in the junior event. Congrats to Preston!
Lexington Road River Relay and Wintergreen Ascent
May 2, 2010
Lexington Road River Relay was a big success for us. Dan Baur, Judah Brownstein and Elliott O'Brien beat the competition in traditional category, along with the coveted trophy. Dan's Team has won the event for two years in a row. Rob Benevent won the Men's Individual as the "Lone Traveller". Als participating were Peter O'Shaughnessy, who rode the bike leg for another team.
Wintergreen was a success. For the third year in a row, we have won a categeory. Paul Low won the 30-39 men's category with a time of 36 minutes flat. Won his category by 2.5 minutes and had the 4th fastest time overall behind three of the Category 1/2 riders. Dave was happy to make it to the top, but started a couple minutes late finishing 17th in the 40-49 men's category.
Photos of both events are posted. Thanks to Celerity cycling for posting a comprehensive collection of the entire race with about 750 photos. You can click through on the gallery to get to their Flickr page to check out more of their photos. Results are posted for Wintergreen.
Rock Hill Omnium, Rock Hill South Carolina
April 13, 2010
This is the first big race of the year. We had the largest crew for a race ever: Eight riders and a baby. Mary Cerkey and Alexandra Fernandez raced in Women's 4 and Mary finished 2nd in the Road Race and 5th overall in the omnium, Paul Low and Dave Cobb raced the 4/5 Massters 35+ and Paul won the Road Race and finished 6th overall. New recruit Erinn McQuagge and Dan Baur race the Cat 4's and had top 20 performances in both Road Race and Crit. Judah Brownstein and Chris Clayton-Syrrist raced in the Cat 5's and Chris finished second in the Crit.
The road race began at the 9 am with Elliott's 94-mile two-lap race. Groups went off at roughly 20-minute intervals. Best finishes of the day were Mary Cerkey finishing 2nd in the Cat 4 Women's and Paul Low finishing 90-seconds ahead of the pack in the Cat 4/5 Men's 35+. We were out of there after 4 pm having raced in 4 different categories and proceeded back for pasta and ice-baths.
Sunday was criteriums and it started earlier with 6 am wake-up calls and breakfast. 8 am was the cat 4's with Erinn and Dan, 11 am with Elliott in the Pro/1/2 and then women's 4 with Alex and Mary. Paul Low and Dave Cobb raced the Master's 4/5 35+ with Paul and Dave leading the race for a few laps. Finished the weekend with Chris Clayton-Syrrist finishing 2nd in the Cat 5's with Judah following behind. Everybody, including Mary and Chris' baby Max had a great time.
Results are up and photos are in the 2010 gallery. We are looking for more photos, particularly the women's 4 crit and men's 4/5 masters 35+ crit and will post them when we find them.
Greenville, North Carolina Criteriums
March 29, 2010
Second weekend was great weather and eventful, with several firsts for the team. Judah, Chris, Dave and new recruit Mary Cerkey raced in glorious weather in Greenville, NC. Sunny and 60's both days, We picked up the first prime of the season and Judah and Chris are that much closer to cat 4.
The Saturday Cat 5 race was off to a rocky start as Dave dropped out of the 3/4's after a few laps and Chris Clayton-Syrrist crashed at a corner in the second lap of the Cat 5's. He dropped his chain and had to work his way back from the rear. Judah was up front for a while but dropped back in the end. Chris had some road rash but went on to finish 4th.
Sunday was eventful. Our first woman rider Mary Cekey raced in the Woman's Open field and finished 9th. Dave Cobb Competed in the 3/4's, and Judah and Chris put on a show in the 5's finishing 3rd and 5th. Chris picked up a prime lap and won a ton of gear. After the races we talked to a potential recruit for the team and Chris and Mary's baby son Max was happy with the weekend.....Two weeks until Rock Hill. Time to take the training wheels off.
Blythewood Roubaix and Forest Acres Crit
March 15, 2010
The first race of the season is a particularly happy one for the team, as it heralds the end of the worst winter in Lexington for some years. After a scant week of training, the team took off to Columbia South Carolina to race a road race and crit put on by the Forest Acres Junior Team.
Blythewood Roubaix is a little misleading. The name implies some unpaved sections which were removed from the course this year. First up were the Cat 5's. Lucian Grove, Brian Keegan, Judah Brownstein and Chris-Clayton Syrrist. All put in worthy performances with Chris and Judah finishing 3rd and 7th respectively. In the pro/1/2, Elliott O'Brien abandoned after 30 miles, but Dave Cobb stuck it out to the bitter end of the 4's.
Sunday was a criterium, but with some similar results. Chris and Judah delivered solid results finishing 4th and 8th respectively while Brian and Lucian built up some more experience. Elliott finished at the back of the pro/1/2's and Dave abandoned after 3 laps in the 4's. We all have our work cut out for us in the next couple of weeks for the Greenville North Carolina Crits.
First Race on March 13/14 in Columbia, SC
February 16, 2010With the winter keeping us off the roads, the team has delayed the beginning of the racing season and picking races that are further south. The first weekend will be in Columbia South Carolina for the Blythewood Roubaix Road Race and Forest Acres Crits. You can check out the partial schedule on the Race Schedule page.
