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Successful start to the season for the Rams
Sunday, 07 March 2010 21:41

CSU Rams Cycling

The first races of the season are always a crapshoot. Nobody knows what kind of form their legs hold, who else is going to be on or off their game, or even who’s going to show up. So when a team’s first few races go as well as it did for the CSU Rams Cycling team this past weekend, it’s particularly encouraging.

Races opened up on Saturday at the Denver University City Park Crit, a triangular loop First_Crit complete with three roundabouts and a nasty little chicane. Not and ideal course for brand new racers, as much of the Men’s C and Women’s B fields were. But the Rams were ready- this wasn’t their first rodeo after all. Thanks to some pre-season team practice crits, the new Ram racers weren’t quite as new as everyone else, and it showed. In the first four laps, a field of 60 in the C’s was whittled down to 30, and all but one CSU rider (who got caught up in a nasty crash) made the selection. A few laps later another selection was made, this time in the form of a breakaway of 8 heading off the front. Four of the eight were CSU.

Though they didn’t pull off the win (officially, there was some fuzzy officiating), we had more riders up front than any other team. Zack Bodhane in 3rd, Matt Nunelly in 4th, Joey Chiavetta in 7th, and Branson Bartlett in 9th makes 4 out of the top 10. That’s a victory in and of itself in that category, and more than I could possibly have hoped for in the team’s first showing. Tactical geniuses, these were not. But they still kicked everyone else’s ass in the points.

The Men’s C’s and Women’s B’s weren’t the only success story that came out of the DU crit. Our Women’s B racers again all made the decisive splits, and all finished inside the top 10. Jamie Davis led the charge in 4th, with Clair Mechtly in 5th and Alyson Sothoron in 9th. The B men controlled the race with only five guys, went with every move and still pulled together a near perfect leadout train for Jacob Koonsman, who finished 10 yards ahead of the rest of the field, and just behind a late attacker who took the win. Luke Harris, Jacob’s leadout, held on for 4th. The A men put Zack Allison up the road early and left him there. As Zack took 2nd out of the break, Chris Hall and myself trounced the field sprint to put three in the top 5. Logan VonBokel returned from a recent knee injury to take a number of primes and finish inside the top ten – encouraging, to say the least

Break to Sunday and the Metro State ITT. CSU went two for two early on, taking out the Men’s C race with Joe Munchak and Women’s B race with first_tt Marlena Grovenstein. Recognize that last name? There are some good genetics there I think…

We put three, maybe four (I haven’t seen the official results yet) Men’s B riders in the top 10, took 3rd, 4th, and 8th in the Men’s A’s, and went into the top ten in the Women’s A field as well.

We have the talent on our team to win a hell of a lot of races this year. This weekend we got our feet wet, and I for one can’t wait to see what these guys and girls can do over the coming weeks.

Caley Fretz

President, CSU Rams Cycling

To stay up to date on the Rams Cycling Team, keep an eye out here on YourGroupRide.com, follow us on Twitter @ramscycling, check out our website ramscycling.com, and find us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fort-Collins/CSU-Rams-Cycling/121226357828
 
Frostbite Time Trial Results
Sunday, 07 March 2010 21:20
Place First Name Last Name Team City Race Group
4 Aaron Jeffrey Fort Collins Cycling Team Wellington SM 3
5 Barry Schmidt Blue Sky Velo Loveland SM 3
8 Matthew Benti Team Rio Grande Fort Collins SM 3
13 Matthew Perry Unattached Fort Collins SM 3
14 Thomas Taylor Fort Collins Cycling Team Fort Collins SM 3
1 Hugh MacEachran Natural Grocers p/b XP Companies Loveland SM 35+
2 Steven Porter Fort Collins Cycling Team Berthoud SM 35+
5 Gary Blackden Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 35+_3
6 Eric Carlson Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 35+_3
7 Bob Green Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 35+_3
14 Joseph Manning Team Rio Grande Fort Collins SM 35+_4
21 Heath Garvey Fort Collins Cycling Team Fort Collins SM 35+_4
24 Jon Smela Blue Sky Velo Loveland SM 35+_4
25 Matthew Fix Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 35+_4
27 Adam Johnson Fort Collins Cycling Team Fort Collins SM 35+_4
28 Timothy Lynch Fort Collins Cycling Team Fort Collins SM 35+_4
30 Paul Tanguay Fort Collins Cycling Team Fort Collins SM 35+_4
31 Donald Dority Unattached Fort Collins SM 35+_4
35 Dane Emde Unattached Fort Collins SM 35+_4
37 Scott Pollyea Unattached Loveland SM 35+_4
10 Ben Nelson Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 4
12 Chris Johnson Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 4
14 Ryan Sahd Blue Sky Velo Loveland SM 4
17 Jerod Dawson Unattached Loveland SM 4
18 Justin Hall Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 4
2 Jim Dickerson Great Divide Brewing Cycling Team Fort Collins SM 45+
6 Michael Williams Peloton Cycles - Specialized Fort Collins SM 45+
11 Mike Ewer Team Sanjan Design Fort Collins SM 45+
6 Greg Opper Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 45+_4
10 Eric Houck Fort Collins Cycling Team Loveland SM 45+_4
16 Quinn Schultz Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 45+_4
21 Jerry Fremaint Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 45+_4
2 Chris Orton Team Rio Grande Fort Collins SM 55+
3 Kim Workman Velo-One Cycling Bellvue SM 55+
9 Jim Houck Velo-One Cycling Windsor SM 55+
10 Tony Riccio Team Rio Grande Fort Collins SM 55+
16 Terry Opgenorth Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 55+
17 Donald Haywood CV-Denver Spoke Fort Collins SM 55+
19 Jack Irving Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SM 55+
1 Lawrence Bosch Vic's Espresso-Peerless Tire Fort Collins SM 65+
2 Nadia Sullivan Team 3xFast Loveland SW 2
1 Lesley Butler Fort Collins Cycling Team Fort Collins SW 4
5 Liz Boese Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SW 4
6 Kathleen Nix Velo-One Cycling Fort Collins SW 4
2 Darcy Tiglas Fort Collins Cycling Team Loveland SW 45+
5 Audrey Stine Fort Collins Cycling Team Windsor SW 45+
 
Sports Nutrition & Supplementation
Thursday, 04 March 2010 16:24
 
CSU Online Reg.
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 17:33

 

CSU_Oval2010 Not only is the  CSU Crit  regarded as the best crit in Colorado but it's also just out your front door.  Absolutely no reason to miss this one.

Online registration is being handled by the event registration company:  Evntr designed by Fort Collins' own Desmond Yap.

Save yourself some time on race day and register online and if you are planing an event please go local with Evntr.
 
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