Andrew Gold 2012

Andrew presenting the champion Scottie the trophy created by Chris

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KREM'S 22nd NEW YEAR'S DAY CYCLING CLASSIC

Video of Race finish and interviews.

My race data

Top 10 Elite finishers in the 2012 Krem New Year’s Classic
1st	Geovanni Choto	Belize	Western Spirit	3:43:10	24.57 m.p.h.
2nd	Byron Pope	Belize National Champion	Benny’s Megabytes	3:43:41
3rd	Peter Choto	Belize	Western Spirit	3:43:43
4th	John Delong	USA	VeloShine Cycling Team	3:43:44
5th	Edward Reyes	Belize	D&D Cycling Team	3:43:45
6th	Marlon Castillo	Belize	Santino’s	3:43:49
7th	Leroy Casasola	Belize	Santino’s	3:44:56
8th	Gregory Lovell	Belize	Santino’s	3:45:01
9th	Allen Castillo	Belize	Benny’s Megabytes	3:45:01
10th	Christian McNish	Belize based Panamanian	Benny’s Megabytes	3:45:10

Race reports and interviews

New years Day Race Corzal to Belize City 91 miles

The race started 9am with 90degree temps and 80% humidity.  The race went from the gun with groups slipping off the front.

 3.5 miles into the race team captain Chris Harkey and I started trying to catch or bridge to the many groups of breakaway riders.  Chris would attack, everyone would chase, once the pack was on his wheel he kept the pace high.

I would then attack and bridge to the small group ahead.  This scenario happened six times till someone on my wheel started to yell that the pack was on us. This was at the 17 mile mark, I started to time trial for 2 miles till the top Belizean rider Marlon Castillo attacked me. I bridge up and we started to rotate. A group of 12 riders was rotating with us till Orange Walk, at mile 32 in the center of Orange Walk there was a Station Prize of $1000.00BZ Marlon jumped 1km out, 2 riders countered, I caught them with 500 meters to the station prize and was going to pass on the left, they came left I braked dove right, thought I still had the sprint but was passed with

50 meter to the line.  The group was reduced to eight riders after the sprint.  At mile 50 Marlon attacked hard.  Guys started jumping after him in groups of 2. Finally I was 30 seconds back with the rest of the break chasing without me.  I jumped and made it to one bike length behind Marlon, at this point I checked to see if anyone was on my wheel. Peter Choto was there I swung off to make him finish the chase. He said we should let him go and chase him with the group, 40mile to go was too far for anyone to go solo. Peter had his brother Geovanni Choto in our group.  The group rotated for 20miles with Peter and Marlon's teammate sitting at the back, Marlon was holding a one minute lead on us. 20 miles to go it started to rain.  Belize is known for having very slick pavement when it is wet.  18 miles to go Marlon sat up and came back to the chase group.  There were attacks but nothing serious.  10 miles to go Geovanni Choto attacked, he had been helping me the most chase Marlon, I thought it best to let him stay away to possible get everyone work except his brother Peter just sat on my wheel.

There were attacks but we rotated to keep him close. Every time I was on the front Belizean National Champion Byron Pope would attack (Byron had lost his brother to gun violence the day before the race). The final turn was about

500 meters from the finish, the turn was around a pot hole filled roundabout and we had to turn about 100 degrees.  It was pouring rain and the road was flooded Marlon attacked into the final turn. I came out of the turn 5 bikes off the back of the 4 riders.  The final 500 meters was up a steep bridge and down the other side.  Geovanni was winning the race 20 seconds in front of us.  I jumped and caught the 4 at the top of the bridge, Byron opened up his sprint and Peter followed I was able to beat Marlon and Edward Reyes for 4th overall.

http://www.krembz.com/index.php/tidbits/222-krems-22nd-new-years-day-cycling-classic

http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=21431

http://ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=426052

http://belize.com/blog/krem-2012-new-year-cycle-race/

http://www.plustvbelize.com/Featured/NewsDetails/tabid/63/ArticleId/1960/Krem-hosts-22nd-annual-New-Years-Day-Cycling-Classic.aspx

Photos
Training the day after the race

Video

Memories of Belize 2012 from THESWPLACE.COM on Vimeo.

Race History 2011: Hincapie / Green Creation Cycling Team

2011: Hincapie / Green Creation Cycling Team
Date	Place	Category	Race	Location	Distance	Notes
1/1/2011		USCF 1,2	Hincapie / Green Creation Cycling Team	Mt Pleasant, NC
1/23/1011	3rd	WBL	Haymarket Bike Shop Winter Bike League Mt Weather	Haymarket, VA	72 miles
1/29/2011	2nd	A	5th Andrew Gold	Blacksburg, VA	42 miles
2/26/2011	28th	Pro, 1, 2	Fork Shoals Road Race	Greenville, SC	75 miles
2/27/2011	12th	Pro, 1, 2	Donaldson Center / Road Race	Greenville, SC	56 miles
3/19/2011	12th	Pro, 1, 2	Adam Little Memorial Crit	Albermarle, NC	60min
3/20/2011	12th	Pro, 1, 2	Adam Little Memorial Crit	Albermarle, NC	60min
4/9/2011	13th	Pro, 1, 2, 3	Asheboro Criterium	Asheboro, NC	60min
4/10/201	14th	Pro, 1, 2, 3	Denton Criterium	Denton, NC	60min
4/16/2011	22nd	Pro, 1, 2	Roanoke Twilight Criterium	Roanoke, VA	90min
4/23/2011	7th	International	82nd Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic	Belize City, Belize	140 miles
5/7/2011	11th	USCF 1, 2, 3	Turkey Hill County Classic	Lancaster, PA	80 miles
5/8/2011	22nd	USCF 1, 2, 3	Jefferson Cup Road Race	Charlottesville, VA	70 miles
5/16/2010	2nd	Open	36th Assault on Mt. Mitchell	Spartanburg, SC	102 miles	5:04
5/29/2010	2nd	Open	Mountains of Misery Double Metric Century	Newport, VA	128 miles	7:47:24 total 8:04:36 ride time
6/4-5/2011		Pro, 1, 2	People's Community Bank Omnium
6/4/2011	14th	Pro, 1, 2, 3	Roan Groan Road race	Elizabethton, TN	55 miles
6/4/2011	15th	Pro, 1, 2	Time Trial	Erwin, TN	3 miles
6/5/2011	25th	Pro, 1, 2	Johnson City Crit	Johnson City, TN	90min
6/4-5/2011	19th	Pro, 1, 2	People's Community Bank Omnium Overall
6/5/2011	15th	Masters 30+	Johnson City Crit	Johnson City, TN	60min
6/18/2011	4th	Open	Tour de Kale Summit Challenge	Denton, NC	135 km
6/26/2011	31st	Cat 1	Elite National Championship Road Race	Augusta, GA	103 miles
7/3/2011	14th	Pro, 1, 2, 3	Coatesville Criterium	Coatesville, Pa	27 miles
7/4/2011	9th	Pro, 1, 2, 3	Coatesville Road Race	Coatesville, PA	85 miles
7/19/2011	3rd	Cat, 1, 2, 3	Roanoke Civic Center training criterium	Roanoke, VA	22 miles
7/31/2011	2nd	Cat, 1, 2	Pennsylvania Road Race Championship	Birdsboro, PA	84 miles
8/6-7/2011		USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Omnium	Oak Ridge, TN
8/6/2011	2nd	USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Road Race	Oak Ridge, TN	82 miles
8/6/2011	7th	USCF 1, 2, 3	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Individual Time Trial	Oak Ridge, TN	8 miles
8/7/2011	3rd	Masters 30+	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Criterium	Oak Ridge, TN	18 miles
8/7/2011	1st	USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Criterium	Oak Ridge, TN	23 miles
8/6-7/2011	2nd	USCF 1, 2	Oak Ridge Fall Classic Omnium General Classification	Oak Ridge, TN
8/13/2011	2nd	Open	Blue Ridge Brutal Hundred	West Jefferson, NC	101 miles
8/20/2011	1st	Open	Burkes Garden Century	Narrows, VA	102miles	3:59:35
8/27/2011	20th	Pro, 1, 2	BMW Omnium - River Gorge Time Trial	Chattanooga, TN	4.3miles	8:23
8/27/2011	2nd	Masters 30+	BMW Omnium - Chattanooga Downtown Criterium	Chattanooga, TN	20 miles
8/27/2011	24th	Pro, 1, 2	BMW Omnium - Chattanooga Downtown Criterium	Chattanooga, TN	28 miles
8/28/2011	28th	Pro, 1, 2	BMW Omnium - River Gorge Road Race	Chattanooga, TN	60miles
9/3/2011	44th	Pro, 1, 2	Sunbrella Criterium	Anderson, SC	35 miles
9/6/2010	34th	Pro, 1, 2	Sunbrella circuit race	Anderson, SC	69 miles
9/10/2011	5th	Pro, 1, 2	Old Winston-Salem Criterium	Winston-Salem, NC	18 miles
9/11/2011	1st	Pro, 1, 2	39th Carolina Cup	Greensboro, NC	50 miles
9/17/2011	Fun	Open	Adam Little Memorial Ride	Albemarle, NC	70miles
9/24/2011	Fun	Invitational	Dynaflow Cycling Team Training Camp	Montebello, VA	107 miles	To Thunder Ridge and back
10/8/2011	Fun	Invitational	Blacksburg to Boone via Blue Ridge Parkway	Blue Ridge Parkway	168 miles
10/9/2011	Fun	Invitational	Boone to Blacksburg via Blue Rideg Parkway	Blue Ridge Parkway	165 miles
10/29/2011	1st	A	3rd Ronde van DeLongen	Blacksburg, VA	58miles
10/30/2011	4th	Expert	Rowdy Dog Mountain Bike Race	Blacksburg, VA	22 miles
12/12/2011	2nd	Invitational	Tru Gold Roller Racing East Coasters Cup	Blacksburg, VA	1km TT, 2km head to heads	8 man Double elimination bracket. I went through the loser bracket