LAKE WASHINGTON VELO CIRCUIT RACE SERIES
CAT 1/2 MEN OVERALL SERIES POINTS
Individual Race Placings
Pts Rider Team SF GH CF
24 Ian Mensher Garage Racing 2 3 0
19 Nick Clayville Hagens Berman Cycling Team 0 1 0
15 Sam Johnson Hagens Berman Cycling Team 1 0 0
12 Ryan Iddings Lapierre 0 2 0
12 James Stangeland Gin Optics Cycling 0 4 0
8 Pat Gray Benaroya Research Institute 4 0 0
6 Doug Davis Carter VW/Saab/Subaru 5 0 0
6 David Richter Benaroya Research Institute 0 5 0
6 Bing Knight Hagens Berman Cycling Team 8 8 0
5 Ross Spero Hagens Berman Cycling Team 6 0 0
5 Robert M. Campbell Team Bobs-Bicycles.com 0 6 0
5 Ian Tubbs Carter VW/Saab/Subaru 9 10 0
4 Jason Schniepp Wines of Washington 7 0 0
4 Patrick Stanko Hagens Berman Cycling Team 0 7 0
2 Cooper Lange Hagens Berman Cycling Team 0 9 0
1 Warren Atkey Wines of Washington 0 0 0
1 Jay Hilwig Garage Racing 10 0 0
CAT 1/2/3 WOMEN OVERALL SERIES POINTS
Individual Race Placings
Pts Rider Team SF GH CF
27 Suzie Weldon Wines of Washington 4 1 0
24 Carol Johnson Team Group Health 2 3 0
23 Robin Secrist First Rate Mortgage 1 4 0
14 Dana Robertson Halter Team Group Health 0 2 0
11 Izette Swan Team Group Health 3 0 0
8 Zana Faulkner First Rate Mortgage 5 9 0
6 Morgan Schneidler Wines of Washington 0 5 0
5 Michele Conrad Avanti Racing 6 0 0
5 Elizabeth Nettles Avanti Racing 0 6 0
4 Tricia Sandstrom Team Group Health 0 0 0
4 Jacqueline Cohen Unattached 7 0 0
4 Tamara Donnelly Team Group Health 0 7 0
3 Laura Chang Wines of Washington 8 0 0
3 judith wexler first rate mortgage 0 8 0
2 Shannon Payne Wines of Washington 9 0 0
2 Gina Kavesh Wines of Washington 10 10 0
1 Mindy Ziffren-Hall Team Group Health 0 0 0
CAT 3 MEN OVERALL SERIES POINTS
Individual Race Placings
Pts Rider Team SF GH CF
19 Dirk Mynatt First Rate Mortgage 0 1 0
18 Steve Markley Hagens Berman Cycling Team 8 2 0
15 Ryan Prentice First Rate Mortgage 1 0 0
13 Travis Venable Carter VW/Saab/Subaru 4 6 0
13 David Schmidt First Rate Mortgage 3 8 0
13 Dustin Van Wyck ByrneInvent 2 10 0
11 Gregory Kauper ByrneInvent 0 3 0
11 Dan Hazzard Garage Racing 6 5 0
8 Brian Estocapio Garage Racing 5 0 0
8 Morgan Coleman Starbucks Cycling 0 4 0
6 Ryan Lent Hagens Berman Cycling Team 9 0 0
4 Darren Marino WWU Cycling Team 7 0 0
4 Clayton Binkley Starbucks Cycling 0 7 0
2 David Williams Unattached 0 9 0
1 Brad Kilcline ByrneInvent 10 0 0
CAT 4/5 MEN OVERALL SERIES POINTS
Individual Race Placings
Pts Rider Team SF GH CF
19 Adam Kaufman Boat Street Cycling/Recycled 1 0 0
15 Dave Holden 0 1 0
12 Ryan Dean Cycle University 0 2 0
10 Duane Draper Wines of Washington 3 0 0
10 Jonathan Youell Oh Boy Oberto/Redline 0 3 0
8 Terence Auyeung Unattached 4 0 0
8 Ross Gilbert Old Town Bicycle 0 4 0
6 Rashid Farooqui Unattached 5 0 0
6 Zachary Daab HUP United 0 5 0
5 Misha Zaitsevsky Cucina Fresca 6 0 0
5 Alec Moorman Wines of Washington 8 0 0
5 Brian Smith First Rate Mortgage 0 6 0
4 Koji Connors First Rate Mortgage 0 0 0
4 Sam Alexander Shuksan Velo/Fanatik Bike 7 0 0
4 Patrick Dean Cucina Fresca 0 7 0
4 Jon Hernandez Webcyclery.com 0 8 0
3 Hugh Reed Unattached 0 0 0
2 Colin McKenna Native Planet 9 0 0
2 Matt Heck Cucina Fresca 0 9 0
1 Scott Carlyle Oh Boy Oberto/Redline 10 0 0
1 Jeff Spaulding Cucina Fresca 0 10 0
CAT 4 WOMEN OVERALL SERIES POINTS
Individual Race Placings
Pts Rider Team SF GH CF
26 Heather Lang Wines of Washington 2 4 0
24 Ali Ritter Starbucks Cycling 1 5 0
23 Liz Marzolf Starbucks Cycling 7 1 0
13 Patti Dobrowolski Wines of Washington 3 9 0
12 Alyson Sharron Starbucks Cycling 0 2 0
10 Heidi Copes van Hasselt Wines of Washington 0 3 0
8 Barbara Wilkie Starbucks Cycling 4 0 0
6 Kate Ronkainen Starbucks Cycling 5 0 0
5 Kim Shigenaka Team Group Health 6 0 0
5 Kristina Bajema University of Washington / 0 6 0
4 Brenda Biernat Avanti Racing 0 7 0
3 Pam Massey Wines of Washington 8 0 0
3 Katherine Smith Old Town Bicycle 0 8 0
2 Katy Hayes Starbucks Cycling 9 0 0
1 Liga Mezaraups Starbucks Cycling 10 0 0
1 Amanda McNabb Team Group Health 0 10 0
MASTER MEN OVERALL SERIES POINTS
Individual Race Placings
Pts Rider Team SF GH CF
32 Tony Ogden Carter VW/Saab/Subaru 2 2 0
20 Alex Rosenast Garage Racing 1 6 0
16 RC Rogers ByrneInvent 6 3 0
15 Gregory Kauper ByrneInvent 0 1 0
14 Mike Burdo Excel Sports 3 0 0
10 Greg Carter Step Down Racing/Second Ascent 4 0 0
8 Mike Rolcik Step Down Racing/Second Ascent 0 4 0
6 Alistair Leigh ByrneInvent 5 0 0
6 Jim Johnson Step Down Racing/Second Ascent 0 5 0
4 Nicholas Rhodes Step Down Racing/Second Ascent 7 0 0
4 Tom Hackleman Old Town Bicycle 0 7 0
3 David Mezera Personal Economics Racing Team 8 0 0
3 John Dowell Team Escapados 0 8 0
3 Josh Gerak Avanti Racing 10 9 0
2 David Hecht ByrneInvent 0 0 0
2 Jim Clevenger RunningShoes.com 9 0 0
1 David Hills Garage Racing 0 10 0
Kirkland, WA was host to the inaugural Kirkland Criterium. This was a 6 turn course that for 70 minutes would challenge the riders with tight roads in between - a perfect course for a breakaway and stay out of trouble by getting to the front early.
The gun fired...Bing Knight, Greg Miller, Patrick Stanko, and Ross Spero were off...
Lap 1 was peppered with sketchy moves as riders jockeyed for position. Lap 2 coming into the last corner a crash ensued. Stanko stayed clean of the crash as he rolled up front. Unfortunately, the others found themselves hung up in the traffic jam of mangled bikes. Greg Miller suffered the worst of any team injuries and had to sit out. Stanko and five others gave it a couple of kicks, and they were off and running.
For the next fifty minutes the breakaway held off the pack and continued to put time into them. In rare fashion the breakaway lapped the field. Time to take a slight breather...
The last ten minutes of the race were intense as riders sprinted for the last few primes. The final two laps saw BRI put all their riders on the front to set up one of their guys that had made it into the break. Like a sly mongoose, Bing Knight kept Stanko mentally in check, and helped him navigate and maintain a top spot coming into one of the last straight aways.
Dumping into the last corner BRI found their lead out train disrupted, then the first half of it hitting the deck. Stanko took the inside tight, stayed clear of the crash, and headed for the finish. A Second Ascent rider came around on the left, then a Carter rider (who had made the early break) on the right, and HB held off the remaining pack.
Team Carter took top honors, while Stanko put HB on the second step.
8/10/2008
Nick Weighall stormed to the top of the popular climb in a blistering 11:26. On his way to the summit, Nick broke teammate Lang Reynold's previous course record by 8 seconds. Teammate Bing Knight took 3rd with a respectable 11:40.
Known as one of the most difficult climbs in the area, the Cougar mountain course climbs roughly 1000 vertical feet in 2 miles for an average grade of 7.2%.
see www.climb4cancer.net for full results
This past Sunday was the WA State TTT Championships held in Elma, WA.
The Cat 1/2s put two teams together that most definately instilled fear among their competitors. Both teams were stacked well with fire power and were ready to roll. A large part of the day's tactics were two fold; win the overall (by no less than 60s per Sam Johnson's request) and maintain HB's high rankings (2 in the top 5) in the race for BARR points.
The first team (Hegyvary, Stanko, Johnson, and Harm) confidently rolled out. Constant communication, steady smooth pace, nail the turnaround, and keep all four together were the main tasks at hand. The group of four kept things as tight as possible, nailed the turnaround, and adjusted their efforts accordingly as they blazed the course. The group put their stamp on the day with the only sub 49 minute course time - the next closest team was a minute and forty seconds down!! KaBoom!!
The second team (Clayville, Wingfield, Campbell) rolled out as well with nothing short of a smackdown in mind. Unfortunately, bike racing has a bad habit of going pear shaped at the most inopportune times. Twenty-two minutes into their effort Clayville's pedal body sheared off of the spindle crippling the team and bringing them to an untimely hault. It's required that at least 3 riders finish the race; with only 3 riders in their group, their day was done...some wonder if Clayville's brute strength simply destroyed the pedal.
HB nailed it, State TTT Champs and high BARR rankings intact.
Next big event for the team is the State ITT Championships, and then it's off to Nationals.
Go get 'em boys!!
