Race History 2008: Team Alliance Environmental of Chester County Cycling Foundation (CCCF), and Hincapie/ Coca-Cola/ Barkley of the Greenville Spinners and Blue Collar Cycling

2008:  Team Alliance Environmental of Chester County Cycling Foundation (CCCF), and Hincapie/ Coca-Cola/ Barkley of the Greenville Spinners and Blue Collar Cycling
Date	Place	Category	Race	Location	Distance	Notes
2/2/2008	2nd	A	2nd Andrew Gold	Blacksburg, VA	42 miles
2/9/2008	3rd	A	3rd Owen Cup	Blacksburg, VA	83 miles
6/15/2008	4th	Pro, Expert	Dirty Dawg Mountain Bike Race, Mountain Lake Getaway Resort	Giles County, VA	21 miles
7/1/2008		USCF 1,2	Team Alliance Environmental of Chester County Cycling Foundation	West Chester, PA
7/5/2008	43rd	Pro, 1, 2	Iron Hill Twilight Criterium	West Chester, PA	60 km
7/6/2008	12th	USCF 1,2,3	East coasters Criterium	Blacksburg, VA	75 min
7/14/2008	7th	1.12B	SINAAI	Sinaai, Belgium	112 km
7/15/2008	32nd	1.12B	WACHTEBEKE - OUDENBURGSE SLUIS	Wachtebeke, Belgium	119 km
7/20/2008	18th	1.12B	BORSBEKE	Borsbeke, Belgium	118 km
8/3/2008	74th	Pro, 1, 2	Hanes Park Classic Criterium	Winston-Salem, NC	90 min	Not much of a race
8/16/2008		USCF 1, 2	Hincapie/ Coca-Cola/ Barkley of the Greenville Spinners and Blue Collar Cycling	Greenville, SC
8/17/2008	63rd	Elite USCF 1	USA Cycling Elite Nationals Criterium Championships	Downers Grove, IL	80 km	Clustered mess of 175+ riders with sketchy bike handling skill that don’t want to ride in the wind
8/23/2008	4:09:00	Open	Burkes Garden Century	Narrows, VA	103 miles	4:11
9/6-7/2008		USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Omnium	Oak Ridge, TN
9/6/2009	7th	USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Individual Time Trial	Oak Ridge, TN	13km
9/6/2009	1st	USCF 1, 2, 3	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Road Race	Oak Ridge, TN	68 miles
9/7/2008	5th	USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Criterium	Oak Ridge, TN	20 miles
9/6-7/2008	4th	USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Omnium General Classification	Oak Ridge, TN
9/13/2008	21st	USCF 1, 2	Asheville Grand Prix Crit	Asheville, NC
9/21/2008	45th	Invitation	Capital Criterium	Washington, DC	85 km	Finished on a Neutral bike and did not trust it to push into the finish.
10/5/2008	1st	Any Bike	Poor Mountain Hill Climb	Roanoke, VA	6.75 miles	6.75 miles long with about 3000 vertical feet of climbing.  I was the second participant to the top with a time of 41:20 minutes
10/11/2008	24th	USCF 1, 2	St. Francis Downtown Greenville Cycling Classic	Greenville, SC	50 km
10/12/2008	20th	USCF 1, 2, 3	St. Francis Downtown Greenville Cycling Classic	Greenville, SC	50km
10/26/2008	1st	Single Speed	Rowdy Dog Mountain Bike Race	Blacksburg, VA	22 miles
11/15/2008	5th	USCF 1, 2	Tech Cross Day 1	Blacksburg, VA	60min
11/16/2008	5th	USCF 1, 2	Tech Cross Day 2	Blacksburg, VA	60min
Back to top of Race History

Final Derby of 2008

Final Derby of 2008

Made it home for Christmas and one of my favorite group ride happened to be on my birthday. The derby is a short hammer ride out of the Lehigh Country Velodrome. There has been some strong talent coming out of the area over the years. Some of the current strong men were in the area, and hitting it on Sunday, but the legend Paul Person handled them as always. Check out the sweet video Stephan Kincaid took and put together.

Trexlertown Derby December 28 2008 from Geronimok on Vimeo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULEUHF2dizc&feature=channel_page

Third race of the year

Finished my first race in Belgium, it was a kermesse in Sinaai, Belgium. I was nervous at the start. After three of 14, 8km laps I bridged a couple gaps after the tail wind cobbled section. As I caught the leaders, I kept on driving into the head wind. Only one followed and we dug in, seven more bridged up, and the rotations began. Three of the guys could really drive it at parts. I felt supper but with four 8km laps to go I got the bonk and was dropped form the group with Two laps to go. We had put so much time on the rest of the race the officials had finished them a few laps early. Therefore, I crept around for another lap and the officials felt bad for me and let me finish a lap early. Matt finished with the main pack on lap nine. On the ride home, Dan drilled it into the headwind.

Made it to Gent today and it is just as it was. Got nice and lost and rode some sweet roads in good temps. Maybe I try a race tomorrow and we will see how it goes

Back to racing

It has been a while since I posted on my own blog maybe specifically for the blog since the fall of 2003. I was unmotivated. After living in Gent, Belgium and racing for Royal Antwerp cycling club I could not motivate myself to write much while racing in the states, even though I may have squeezed something out while on Snow Valley and Rite Aid.

So last year was a little rough racing wise it started out great and I was slowly improving. Unfortunately one of my big goals didn’t go my way the tour of Virginia. The tour of VA was going great until I bent a link in my chain on stage four while I was bridging to the break. After getting a chain swap form Sram I was way behind the field and Ian Ayers was yelling out of the broom wagon for me to get in so I did. Ian had stopped to wait on his team leader who also broke a chain but Ian did not grab onto the team car when they gave the team leader a ride back to the race. It is interesting how the officials look the other way for certain people. The rest of the week was not a big deal. Until once the last stage was over and the fatigue and high emotions got the best of everyone and an altercation occurred. I don’t currently feel like going into detail but about the altercation but the real trouble started about a hour after the altercation when the first race official arrived on the scene and promised someone would be punished for the altercation he did not see. So this guy made it his personal intention to give a year break form racing. It all worked out because I was able to focus on my job and it is rock solid and now I have money in my pocket.

I got a 2008 racing license on July 1^st and started of racing Saturday night at the 4th Annual Iron Hill Twilight Criterium. Sunday at a Circuit race in Blacksburg, VA. I survived them both and they felt t like early season training races where I couldn’t turn well and things hurt at times and I felt great at times.

Saturday I am heading for a week in Gent, Belgium. I am hoping to race three times in a week an ride the RvV course while riding and drinking the rest of the time.

Race History 2007: Team Alliance Environmental of Chester County Cycling Foundation (CCCF)

2007:  Team Alliance Environmental of Chester County Cycling Foundation (CCCF)
Date	Place	Category	Race	Location	Distance	Notes
1/20/2007	1st	A	Andrew Gold	Blacksburg, VA	42 miles
1/27/2007	2nd	A	2nd Owen Cup	Blacksburg, VA	83 miles
1/1/2007	Upgrade	Category 1	United States Cycling Federation (USFC) and Union Cycliste International (UCI)	USA
1/1/2007		USCF 1,2	Team Alliance Environmental of Chester County Cycling Foundation	West Chester, PA
2/10-18/2007		UCI Elite	Tour of Belize	Belize	952.6km
2/10/2007	19th	UCI Elite	Road Race, Orange Walk - Corozal - Mexican Border - Orange Walk	Orange Walk, Belize	125.5km
2/11/2007	5th	UCI Elite	Road Race, Orange Walk - Belmopan	Orange Walk, Belize	152.9km	Attacked 45 mile mark and rode to the longest solo break in Tour of Belize history, it was 25 miles solo until a chase group caught me.
2/12/2007	2nd	UCI Elite	Team Time Trial, Hattieville - Northern Highway Jct. - Hattieville	Hattieville, Belize	40.2km	Time 50:21, Moved up to 4th on General classification
2/13/2007	24th	UCI Elite	Road Race, Leslie's Imports - Mile 25 Western Highway - Leslie's Imports	Belize City, Belize	80.5km
2/14/2007	60th	UCI Elite	Road Race, Belize City - Hattieville - Northern Highway Jct. - Hattieville – Belize City	Belize City, Belize	80.5km
2/15/2007	5th	UCI Elite	Individual Time Trial, Data Pro - Hattieville	Hattieville, Belize	19.3km	Time 25:29, Moved up to 3rd on General Classification
2/16/2007	10th	UCI Elite	Road Race, Belize City - Benque	Belize City, Belize	128.7km
2/17/2007	32nd	UCI Elite	Road Race, Benque - Dangriga - Gap	Benque, Belize	180.2km	Crashed 2 miles into race and was run over while getting up from crash and bruised knee ligaments.  In the last 30 miles of the race I rode away from the GC contenders that were in my group but was unable to cross a gap to the next group, my knee hurt to much
2/18/2007	35th	UCI Elite	Road Race,  San Ignacio - Benque – Belize City	San Ignacio, Belize	144.8km
2/10-18/2007	14th	UCI Elite	Final General Classification	Belize	952.6km
3/10/2007	24th	Pro, 1, 2	Fork Shoals Road Race	Greenville, SC	75 miles
3/11/207	50th	Pro, 1, 2	Donaldson Center / Road Race	Greenville, SC	56 miles	Teammate Joe Whitman was in a break and finished 5th, I helped a lead out for teammate Bill Short who took the field sprint for 9th
3/24/2007			Dynaflow Cycling Team Training Camp	Montebello, VA
3/25/2007	9th	Pro, 1, 2	Jefferson Cup Road Race	Charlottesville, VA	70 miles	Pulled eyelet thought rim on lap 3 and kept riding with wheel rubbing
4/1/2007	6th	Pro, Expert	Dirty Dawg Mountain Bike Race, Mountain Lake Getaway Resort	Giles County, VA	18 miles
4/10/2007	2nd	Pro, 1, 2	Raccoon Mountain Road Race	Chattanooga, TN	81 miles
4/24-29/2007		Pro, 1, 2	Tour of Virginia	Virginia, USA	477 miles
4/24/2007	56th	Pro, 1, 2	Stage 1 Natural bridge Individual Time Trial	Natural Bridge, VA	5 miles
4/24/2007	34th	Pro, 1, 2	Stage 2 Lynchburg Criterium	Lynchburg, VA	25 miles
4/25/2007	17th	Pro, 1, 2	Stage 3 Bedford to Covington Road Race	Bedford, VA	110 miles
4/26/2007	52nd	Pro, 1, 2	Stage 4 Hot Springs to Waynesboro Road Race	Hot Springs, VA	103 miles
4/27/2007	DNF	Pro, 1, 2	Stage 5 Waynesboro to Staunton Road Race	Waynesboro, VA	99 miles
4/28/2007	DNS	Pro, 1, 2	Stage 6 Harrisonburg Criterium	Harrisonburg, VA	35 miles
4/29/2007	DNS	Pro, 1, 2	Stage 7 Charlottesville to Albemarle Road Race	Charlottesville, VA	100 miles
4/24-29/2007	DSQ	Pro, 1, 2	Final General Classification	Virginia, USA	477 miles
5/5/2007	4th	Pro, 1, 2, 3	Turkey Hill Country Classic Road Race	Millersville, PA	125 km
5/22/2007	4th	Pro, 1,2	US Open 40km Time Trial	Harrisburg, PA	40km
5/25/2007	5th	Pro, 1, 2	Leith BMW Raleigh Downtown Twilight Criterium	Raleigh, NC	80 km
5/26/2007	DNF	Pro, 1, 2	Bike Jam / Kelly Cup Circuit Race	Baltimore, MD	40 miles
5/28/2007	106th	Pro, 1	Tour of Somerville Criterium	Somerville, NJ	50 miles
6/3/2007	19th	USCF 1, 2	Lancaster Classic	Lancaster, PA
6/7/2007	25th	USCF 1, 2	Reading Classic	Reading, PA
Back to top of Race History