Race Report for May 19th and 20th, 2007
Roger’s May Race Report 5/19 and 5/20
Kings County Circuit Race Report:
With 16 laps of the 2.2 mile course to go, I got in a move that formed with Jared Bunde (GS Mengoni) and former US National Team rider John Durso (Liberty Cycles) - we were then joined by Rob Lattanzi from Sid’s, Perez from Mengoni, Mike Margarite from Empire, and Matt from Bandit (the other Matt not Matt Howard).
Jared was riding to try and split the group with very hard pulls. I rode fairly conservatively but tried not to miss a turn although a few of the others were sitting on more. I stayed in the rotation behind Jared for most of the race because I didn’t want to be getting back on when he was coming to the front.
I felt really good up until 2 to go when I felt the tell tale signs of cramping. I knew I wasn’t going to outsprint the Mengoni guys. I was waiting for Jared to take a hard pull to launch an attack but he wasn’t going for it. I guess he is confident enough in his sprint. So the bell lap was pretty slow with no one wanting to pull. I dropped back about halfway down the stretch before the last turn and stood up to attack. As soon as I got passed them both of my legs seized up and by the time we hit the turn they were sprinting passed me. I rolled in for 6th.
It’s a big if but without the cramps the result would have been better.
Ricky rode great and got into a promising looking early move but Eugene from Mengoni kept trying to gap him off the back. That move came back right before the one I was in went off.
Great Neck Criterium Report:
George, Steve, Danny, Ricky, and I lined up for the Great Neck International Bike Race. Basically it played out like this:
Pedal hard, turn, pedal hard, turn, pedal hard, Danny gets popped, turn, pedal hard, Steve gets popped, turn, Ricky gets popped, pedal hard, George gets popped, turn, pedal hard, turn, pedal hard, I got popped, day over.
None of us finished and I feel like I got run over by an SUV. There’s always next year- It’s a great course.
Roger
