Tuesday, April 29, 2008

BBC Marilla East 1


A Race



B Race


Time: 1 hours 55 minutes

Time: 1 hour 47 minutes
Distance: 47.5 Miles

Distance: 40.0 Miles
Plc. Name Pts. Team
Plc. Name
Pts. Team
1 Jason Skalski 39 Handle
1 David Van Horn
47 Berts
2 Joe Cooke 38 TBS
2 Gary Nadeau
46
3 Steve Burgett 37 Dundees
3 Adam Trost
45 TBS
4 Ken Thomas 36 Wachovia
4 Cameron Townsend
44 TPB/P2P
5 Dan Youhess 35 Handle
5 Stephen Hoadley
43 Job One
6 James Cowle 34 Wachovia
6 Greg Jensen
42 TBS
7 Peter Nuessle 33 Ingram
7 Vince Lorenz
41 TBS
8 David Hawkes 32 Ingram
8 Larry Watkins
40 TBS
9 Jeff Yurko 31 TPB/P2P
9 Bob Patterson
39 TPB/P2P
10 Steve Forrestel 30 Job One
10 Peter Ziolo
38 Job One
11 Ben Badagliacca 29 Job One
11 Stuart Green
37 TPB/P2P
12 Mike Bridges 28 Shickluna
12 Rob Hillyard
36 Wachovia
13 Andy Cummings 27 Wachovia
13 Jim Kuberka
35 Job One
14 Joe Niezgoda 26 TBS
14 Tom Wehling
34 Job One
15 Steve Toorongian 25 Ingram
15 Ed Knab
33 TPB/P2P
16 Attilio Nicosia 24 Job One
16 Tim Galvin
32 TPB/P2P
17 John Roden 23 Dundees
17 Rob Johnson
31 Ingram
18 Vinnie Bolt 22 Shickluna
18 Sean McGovern
30 Job One
19 Mike Loranty 21 Wachovia
19 Tom Tobias
29 Job One
20 Chris Cej 20 Wachovia
20 Jim Puglisi
28 TPB/P2P
21 David Bisenius 19 Wachovia
21 Debbie Matteliano
27 Job One
22 Joe Halter 18 Handle
22 Larry Fillinger
26
23 Tim Putman 17 Ingram
23 Tim Bouchard
25 TPB/P2P
24 Frank Grillo 16 Job One
24 Brian Rohr
24 Wachovia
25 Glenn Hansen 15 TPB/P2P
25 Larry Wehling
23 Job One
26 Bryan Bonn 14 Handle
26 Ron George
22
27 John Fabian 13 TPB/P2P
27 Glenn Speller
21 TPB/P2P
28 Tony Hoffman 12 Ingram
28 Garrett Getter
20
29 Scott Farrell 11 Ingram
29 Craig Polston
19 TBS
30 John Garrett 10 Handle
30 Rolf Weberg
18 TBS
31 Rob Nowinski 9 TPB/P2P
31 Allen Erb
17 TBS
32 Stan Skotnicki 8 Wachovia
32 Rob Leary
16
33 Traci Mariniello 7 TPB/P2P
33 Joe Saviola
15 Wachovia
34 Peter Cummings 6 TPB/P2P
34 Rick Ferro
14 TBS
dnf Todd Backes 0 Handle
35 Rich Milazzo
13 TPB/P2P
dnf Eric Curtis 0 Handle
36 Jason Kozak
12
dnf Chris Fuller 0 Wachovia
37 Bruce Hoover
11
dnf Joe Giovenco 0 Job One
38 Keith Pellerin
10 Wachovia
dnf John McClory 0 TBS
39 Bob Glanville
9





40 Thomas Bamrick
8

Preems: Pts.

41 Stefan Buczak
7 Wachovia
1 1. Jason Skalski 3 Handle
42 Melissa Nicosia
6 Job One

2. Steve Burgett 2 Dundees
dnf Elizabeth Persons
0

3. Joe Halter 1 Handle
dnf Dennis Blair
0 Job One





dnf Bill Dowling
0
2 1. David Bisenius 3 Wachovia
dnf Dan Park
0 Wachovia

2. Mike Loranty 2 Wachovia
dnf Chuck Yates
0

3. Joe Niezgoda 1 TBS





















Preems:
Pts.
3 1. Steve Burgett 3 Dundees
1 1. David Van Horn
3 Berts

2. Mike Loranty 2 Wachovia

2. Gary Nadeau
2

3. Joe Halter 1 Handle

3. Stephen Hoadley
1 Job One











C Race - 25 miles

2 1. David Van Horn
3 Berts
1 Lindy Erb 10 TBS

2. Gary Nadeau
2






3. Stephen Hoadley
1 Job One


26th in B race at the Sunday BBC Marilla, a 5-6 mile circuit with some short leg burning technical climbs that we went around some 5 times for a 40 miler.

There was an early breakaway of 3, one included a new friend I met, Dave Horn, from the mechanical engineering department in UB. We let them go and never saw them for the rest of the race. Obviously team strategies kicked in and Job One did all the blocking up in front, which made solo riders like me a little frustrated because the pace was kind of slow and something in me wanted to have a go.

I was at the front of the main chase group, and tried accelerating a couple of times to no avail. With some 3 miles to go, I drilled it at 28mph for no reason to catch up with some lone rider up in front, which I did pretty quickly but I soon found out that he was slowing and I had burnt a critical match I had for the last remaining climb. What I should have done instead of slowing down was to counterattack him and just time trial in no-man's land but lactic acid was not too friendly to me, I think.

So the final hill saw me sucked up by 20 some riders and ended up finishing mid pack. We saw some crashes - atleast one that I can remember behind me. Lots of DNF's. Fat people can't do races like these.

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