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Today's race action was intense! Epic Velo had Jeremy and Joe K. in the 8am race. This race was cut and dry until the pack sprint at the end where Joe K. did the team proud with a 3rd place finish! Jeremy placed top ten.

The 11am race was much faster then the last plainville crit. This race averaged 24.5 MPH with attacks, breaks, and bridges all over the place and Dillon, Gregg and Chris A. trying to hold it together! The last break of the race Chris A. jumped in and it stuck till the end with Chris A. coming in 2nd. (he thought it was 1st but due to the lapped riders not getting pulled, an unaccounted man was up the road)

Dillon and Gregg back in the peleton had no reason to pull back the break so they planned for a Field sprint with Dillon leading out Gregg 1/4 mile to the finish! The timing was perfect and the peleton was toasted! Dillon popped 150m from the line and Gregg sprinted to a Field sprint win and an overall place of 9th!

Check out Chris A. giving it his all and the other rider getting a perfect view!

Check these bad boys out -- Hunter will be setting up a tent and sleeping overnight to be the first to get a pair of these:



Dimples on the tires now!!!
Zipp's new Tangente tubulars are claimed to save 1-3 watts at race pace. Who said tires can't be aero?

So the kid that won the 1st Plainville 11am race stuck his hands in the air well before the line in a victory salute to himself, then promptly veered left and hit the 2nd place guy resulting in a crash and the 2nd placer breaking his frame in two spots! The rules are clear about keeping your hands on the bike at all times...

What should be done about this, if anything. The kid was paid his prize $ and is on the plainville web-site as point leader.

What do you guys think?

Well the Plainville series is back in action and the spring birds are chirp-chirp-chirping away!
The race Epic Velo chose was the 11am slot so we can race as a team and challenge ourselves with the most competition. Although the competition was lacking Benidorm due to their choice of racing the 40+ division. We missed you guys! Maybe next time...

The race started with two juniors bouncing off the front as soon as the whistle blew! (one of the kids was the Maxxis boy who's quick, too quick) Dillon and Chris A. worked at pulling them back, and off he went again and again. This kid has energy to burn! 8 laps from the end a break away of 4 guys got 15 seconds on the peleton and Chris and Dillon were tired of the constant chasing! Chris B. on the other hand, had some in the reserve tank! He bridged up to the gap in a seemingly effortless move that took all of half a lap! Well, once your team mate is in the break you don't need to chase. Dillon, Chris and Jeremy rested, with Dillon and Chris doing some blocking.

The results were Chris B. getting 3rd in the break.
Chris A. & Dillon placing 1 and 2 in the field sprint, for a 6th and 7th overall(I guess they had some juice left as well) and Jeremy placing 9th as well!

WELL DONE!!! Top 10 for the whole team!

P.S.
The standings are all kids of messed up! Hopefully Jim can get that worked out!!!

The current USA Cycling National Racing Calendar standings after two events are as follows:

Men’s Individual Standings
1. Ivan Dominguez (CUB/Toyota-United) 120
2. Karl Menzies (NZL/Health Net presented by Maxxis) 92
3. Dominique Rollin (CAN/Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada) 60
4. Shawn Milne (Gloucester, Ma./Health Net-Maxxis) 56
5. Russell Downing (GBR/Health Net-Maxxis) 54

Women’s Individual Standings
1. Brooke Miller (Los Altos, Ca./Team Tibco) 160
2. Mackenzie Dickey (Rochdale, Mass./Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light) 56
3. Chantal Beltman (NED/T-Mobile) 46
4. Sarah Caravella (Asheville, N.C./Team Lipton) 48
5. Suzanne Degoede (NED/T-Mobile) 48

Men’s Team Standings
1. Health Net presented by Maxxis 207
2. Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 193
3. Successfulliving.com 119
4. Kodak Gallery presented by Sierra Nevada 107
5. BMC Racing Team 59

Women’s Team Standings
1. Team Tibco 190
2. Team Lipton 100
3. T-Mobile 86
4. Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 63
5. Metromint Cycling 48

After the first race of the inaugural USA Cycling Professional Tour – the AMGEN Tour of California – current standings have been calculated. With the overall win in California to his credit, American Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Discovery Channel) became the first-ever USA Cycling Pro Tour leader, followed by German Jens Voigt (Team CSC) and Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) of Argentina. The next event on the 14-race calendar is the U.S. Open in Richmond, Va., April 7.

Men’s Individual Standings
1. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Discovery Channel) 234
2. Jens Voigt (GER/Team CSC) 104
3. Juan Jose Haedo (ARG/Team CSC) 50
4. Jason McCartney (Coralville, Iowa/Discovery Channel) 48
5. Graeme Browne (AUS/Rabobank) 45

Men’s Team Standings
1. Discovery Channel 288
2. Team CSC 255
3. T-Mobile 86
4. Rabobank 56
5. Liquigas 43

MTB

After two events, the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar standings are as follows:

Men’s Individual Standings
1. Travis Brown (Durango, Colo./TREK-FRS) 60
2. Harlan Price (Philadelphia, Pa./Independent Fabrication) 60
3. Christian Helmig (Irving, Texas/Mad Duck) 40
4. Rob Lichtewalner (Bare Naked-Cannondale) 40
5. Harvey Minton (Tampa, Fla./Independent Fabrication) 30

Women’s Individual Standings
1. Carey Lowery (Athens, Tenn./Team Outdoor Store) 20
2. Christina Smith (Denton, Texas/Team Ortho-Sage Cycles) 20
3. Dyan Lee (Cape Coral, Fla./Trikes and Bikes) 15
4. Leslie Reuter (Cedar Park, Texas/Bicycle Sport Shop) 15
5. Shontelle Gauthier (Austin, Texas/Austin Flyers) 12

This weekends crit was intense!
The feild was fast due to the mild winter and everyone pumped from the new season.
Jeremy, Skip & Dillon were the racers from Epic Velo and they were hurtin!!!
Skip and Dillon got a big FAT D.N.F. "The hill was just to much for us sprinters!"
Ya right!!!

Jeremy had a good showing though, comming in about 30th-35th- not bad for the 1st time out!

Check out the team on Saturday in the plainville crit throw down!

So Brad Duke, 34, a manager for five Gold's Gym franchises in Idaho, pocketed a lump sum of $85 million after winning a $220 million Powerball jackpot.

Amoung the first things he splurged on:

· $63,000: A trip to Tahiti with 17 friends
· $125,000: Mortgage retired on his 1,400-square-foot house
· $18,000: Student-loan repayment
AND
· $65,000: New bicycles, including a $12,000 BMC road bike

· $14,500: A used black VW Jetta.

-- Personally, i would have upgraded to a BMW...
At any rate -- we like this guy...