Winter adventure bike

To bad i never get to ride outside!

Next Year

Some of us are already preparing for cross 2010

VA Series Final

Pretty much say it all. Thanks for a great season! Can't wait for next year!

Richmond Festival of 'Cross Sponsors

Huge thanks to our sponsors this year for making this year's race weekend a tremendous success. Please shop their stores and buy their products- they support cyclocross, so we should all support them!

Cyclocross Magazine
Mad Alchemy Embrocation
Outlaw Earth
Stellina Sport
Carytown Bicycle Company
3Sports Endure
Rowlett's Bicycles
Tifosi Optics
Palani Drive

A big thanks also to Savor for providing snacks and coffee!

Custom Omnium prize cowbells can be found at Cowbell.com

Bryan Park Cyclocross Race 2009 Results

Bryan Park Cyclocross Race 2009 Results
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Women's Collegiate A
1 Hannah Young NC State

Women's A
1 Lenore Pipes UNATTACHED
2 Katherine Shields Carolina Masters Cycling
3 Emily Shields Carolina Masters Cycling
4 Lynn Pitson Carolina Masters Cycling
5 Katie Simmons Team Marshal Mechanical (River City Women's Racing)

Women's B
1 Mary Alex Evolution Cycling Club
2 Debbie Conway Evolution Cycling Club
3 Maryanne Snavely Altius Cycling Team
4 Jennifer Pope Fat Frogs Racing
5 Malissa Hundley Altius Cycling Team
6 Julia Casals unattached
7 Susan Revere Altius Cycling Team
8 Starr Walker Team INVISIBLE BIKE
9 Pam Zimmerman Kitty Hawk

Junior 10-14
1 Ethan Revere Altius Cycling Team
2 Josh Fournier unattached
3 Danny Oughton Team Carytown Bicycle Company
4 Nash Johnson Altius Cycling Team
5 Kasey Fournier unattached

Men's Collegiate A
1 Andrew Troy VCU
2 Aaron Oakes NCSU
3 Reid Beloni VT
4 Brian Savin NCSU
5 Will Stoughton NCSU
6 Nicholas Reeves NCSU

Men's A
1 Jeffrey Buckles ALAN / Richmond Pro
2 Craig Dodson Richmond Pro Cycling
3 Jared Nieters Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit
4 Michael Stoop Speedy's Hot Sauce pb Fuji
5 Joseph Dombrowski Haymarket Bicycles/Home Visit
6 Ian Marcuse Richmond KAF
7 Stuart Louder ALAN North America Cycling Team
8 Gonzalo Escobar Haymarket/ HomeVisit
9 Jimmy Bruner Inland Construction
10 Justin Raynes Bikes Unlimited

Men's Collegiate B
1 Bradley Kendall App State
2 Andrew Ali VCU
3 Harris Bassett NC State

Men's B
1 Steven Kendall NCVC/Inova Health System
2 Tom Jeffery 3Sports
3 Cj Congrove Team Invisible Bike
4 Terry Anderson Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers
5 Russel Jones Charlottesville Racing
6 Ethan Lindbloom Team Carytown/Niner
7 Jonathan Nisbet VA Beach Wheelmen
8 Shawn Tunstall Kazane Racing
9 Bob Carrico Altius Cycling Team
10 Robert Cook TNP

Mens Collegiate C
1 Samuel Hilgartner VCU
2 Brandon Smith VCU
3 Quinn McFrederick University of Virginia
4 Will Canup UVA
5 Rob Sherpa VT
6 Joseph O'Brien-Applegate William And Mary
7 Ben King VT
8 Caleb King VCU
9 Shawn Waters WVU Cycling
10 Eric Halveson VCU

Men's Cat 4
1 Elliot Craddock Champion Systems
2 Chris McMillan HPC
3 Jim Fisher 3 Sports
4 Jack Sparks Bikeworks Racing
5 Jeff Trinh Georgetown University
6 Terry Turner Carytown Bikes
7 Timothy Pope Fat Frogs Racing
8 Andres Demarchena Fat Frog's Racing
9 Taylor Doyle Unattached
10 Ben Hatton Team Invisible Bike

Men's 35+ Race
1 Mark Wilson Speedys Hot Sauce pb Fuji Bikes
2 Matt Marchal Altius Cycling Team
3 Steve Fife Bike Doctor
4 Brian Sorrell Speedy's Hot Sauce pb Fuji
5 Mike Yengling Team Nature's Path / 3Sports
6 John Kamenick Evolution Cycling Club
7 Jim Miller Altius Cycling Team
8 Brent Williamson Rostello presented by Fiorucci/Cycor
9 Russell Jones Charlottesville Racing Club
10 Brent Lehew Speedy's Hot Sauce pb Fuji

Men's 45+
1 Keith Johnson Carolina Masters
2 Chris Huhn Evolution Cycling Club
3 James Revere Altius Cycling Team
4 Michael Satterfield Mock Orange Bikes
5 Edward Dickenson Blue Ridge Bike Club
6 Karl Kissenger NCVC/Inova Healthcare
7 Mike Jenks BikeWorks
8 Gary Hoffman TNP
9 Jim Edwards Inland Construction Company
10 John Messersmith Altius Cycling Team

Chimborazo Park Cyclocross 2009 Race Results

Chimborazo Park Cyclocross 2009 Race Results
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Women's Collegiate A
1 Hannah Young NC State

Women's Cat 1/2/3
1 Jennifer Maxwell ATAC Sportswear p/b The Bike Rack DC
2 Lenore Pipes UNATTACHED
3 Katherine Shields Carolina Masters Cycling
4 Emily Shields Carolina Masters Cycling
5 Lynn Pitson Carolina Masters Cycling
6 Katie Simmons Team Marshal Mechanical (River City Women's Racing)

Women's Cat 4
1 Mary Alex Evolution Cycling Club
2 Emily Bashton Endorphin Fitness
3 Maryanne Snavely Altius Cycling Team
4 Jennifer Pope Fat Frogs Racing
5 Debbie Conway Evolution Cycling Club
6 Malissa Hundley Altius Cycling Team
7 Julia Casals unattached
8 Susan Revere Altius Cycling Team
9 Starr Walker Team INVISIBLE BIKE

Junior 10-14
1 Ethan Revere Altius Cycling Team
2 Danny Oughton Team Carytown Bicycle Company
3 Josh Fournier unattached

Men's Collegiate A
1 Aaron Oakes NCSU
2 Andrew Troy VCU
3 Andrew Olshi Duke
4 John Crow NCSU
5 Reid Beloni VT
6 Will Stoughton NCSU
7 Brian Savin NCSU
8 Nicholas Reeves NCSU
9 David Morris UVA

Men's Cat 1/2
1 Jeffrey Buckles ALAN / Richmond Pro
2 Joseph Dombrowski Haymarket Bicycles/Home Visit
3 Craig Dodson Richmond Pro Cycling
4 Jared Nieters Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit
5 Michael Stoop Speedy's Hot Sauce pb Fuji
6 Gonzalo Escobar Haymarket/ HomeVisit
7 Callum Ingram unattached
8 Justin Raynes Bikes Unlimited
9 Stuart Louder ALAN North America Cycling Team
10 Jordan Kahlenberg Breakawaybikes.com


Men's Collegiate B
1 James Wittwer App State
2 Bradley Kendall App State
3 Ed Van Brunt NC State
4 Harris Bassett NC State

Men's Cat 3
1 Steven Kendall NCVC/Inova Health System
2 Tim Brown The Bike Rack
3 Terry Anderson Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers
4 Cj Congrove Team Invisible Bike
5 Dennis Throckmorton Design Physics/Rowletts
6 Shawn Tunstall Kazane Racing
7 Robb Peterson Unknown
8 Kyle Knott Speedy's Hot Sauce pb Fuji
9 Chris Carraway NCVC/Inova Health System
10 Brian Beckmann Team Carytown Bicycle Company U-25

Mens Collegiate C
1 Samuel Hilgartner VCU
2 Quinn McFrederick University of Virginia
3 Brandon Smith VCU
4 Will Canup UVA
5 Rob Sherpa VT
6 Caleb King VCU
7 Eric Halveson VCU
8 Shawn Waters WVU Cycling
9 Joseph O'Brien-Applegate William And Mary
10 John Draminski VT

Men's Cat 4
1 Jack Sparks Bikeworks Racing
2 Matt Michel NCVC / Inova Health System
3 Tim Lamb Team Invisible Bike
4 Jim Fisher 3 Sports
5 Jeff Trinh Georgetown University
6 Timothy Pope Fat Frogs Racing
7 Andres Demarchena Fat Frog's Racing
8 Zach Tyler
9 Barry Hindman Ben's Performance Bicycles, Inc
10 Chad Rathbone Kazane

Men's 35+
1 Mark Wilson Speedys Hot Sauce pb Fuji Bikes
2 Jim Miller Altius Cycling Team
3 Joe Panella TNP
4 Brent Williamson Rostello presented by Fiorucci/Cycor
5 Robert Cook Team Nature's Path/3 Sports
6 Mike Yengling Team Nature's Path / 3Sports
7 Chris Harnish Unattached
8 Brent Lehew Speedy's Hot Sauce pb Fuji
9 Christopher Dinsmore TriPower
10 Terry Turner Carytown

Men's 45+
1 Edward Dickenson Blue Ridge Bike Club
2 Chris Huhn Evolution Cycling Club
3 Michael Satterfield Mock Orange Bikes
4 James Revere Altius Cycling Team
5 Keith Johnson Carolina Masters
6 William Gilmer tri-power
7 Jim Edwards Inland Construction Company
8 John Messersmith Altius Cycling Team
9 James Schaffer Rostello pb Fiorucci/ Cycor
10 Kerry Shields Carolina Masters Cycling

Happy Hour Saturday

Saturday after the race at Chimbo come join us at the downtown Capital Ale House. From 4-6 PM will be a enjoying the many fine beers they have and reflecting on all the things we could have done better in the race. Capital Ale house is on Main St less than three miles from the course and we will have flyers at the race. Hope to see many of you there.

Chimborazo snacks and coffee

Savor - www.savorcompany.com will have coffee, pastries, and sandwiches on Saturday starting around 9am at Chimborazo Park. It will be cash-only, so please bring money and help support a local business that's supporting cyclocross!

Richmond Folk Festival + Festival of Cross

So here at Altius we are still working on the whole festival thing. We have been stymied by the city not allowing beer sales. So we realized the next best thing, why make a big festival when there is already one going on. One of the largest folk music festivals in the country is in town the same weekend as our event. It is going on Friday through Sunday with multiple music stages and all sorts of music . So if you were asking yourself, "How can I spin this into a family weekend and not burn wife/husband points?" this is your answer. See the attached link for more information of the folk festival. http://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/

2009 Tuesday Night Cross Clinics

2009 Tuesday Night Richmond Cyclocross Clinics @ Byrd Park Tennis Court Complex

6pm Weekly

Every Tuesday starting September 15, 2009 through December 1, 2009


Join Richmond cyclocross riders on Tuesday nights at Byrd Park for a short-course clinic and ride. All levels welcome. Experienced riders will be available to guide and help new riders.

Work on your technique over UCI-height barriers, race starts, run-ups, and grass cornering in a friendly and fun learning atmosphere.

Questions contact Sean Yeager at csyeager /at/ gmail.com

ALTIUS CYCLOCROSS

We are on for October 10 and 11 this year. As in years past we will be at Chimborazo on the 10th and Bryan Park on the 11th. We are also partnering with the VCU cycling team to host collegiate races those days. More to come but wanted to get this out there.

Bryan Park Update

Sorry this has been a bit tardy, trying to ride and it's amazing how that gets in the way of things.
So a quick recap of the past few weeks
Impressive feats/notable items
- Two weeks ago we had a handicap race where the Cat 5s got a 30 second lead on the 4s in the B race and the 3's got the same on the 1/2s in the A. It was unannounced and made for some fun racing. The 5's almost held off the 4s. The 3's wilted like a cheap flower though and were caught pretty quickly. We'll do that again sometime.
- Dan King continues to rock the A race winning two weeks in a row (and 5of 9 total) with a bike throw each time. He now has a nearly insurmountable lead and I don't think I would recognize him without the Tuxedo jersey.
- Mason Haymes showed in the A race that its not the bike, its what you do with it when he was forced to race his cross bike with a 48 front ring. Knowing that he couldn't win the finish he buried himself and took 3 primes essentially winning more than if he won the race. Impressive and smart.
-Jimmy McMillan dug out his road bike, showed up and proceeded to win the A race in his first crit in well over a year.
-The B race is much closer than the A, but CJ Congrove seems to to be settling into the Bozo Jersey. TNP seems to struggle with how to create a strategy to keep him from riding off with one lap to go
- CJ also did an impressive double last week by winning the B and then taking 7th in the A so that may be why TNP can't catch him.
- Emily Helmbolt continues to hold the women's jersey by being the best placed female finisher in the one and only race where we had 3 women.
- Finally I only got the top 3 in the June 21 B race. Thought 568 was 4th but can't find that # on the reg list. 5 and 7 were TNP but you got out of there so fast I couldn't find out who it was and Carytown was 6th. If you fit any of these descriptions let me know. You don't win anything but I want to give series points to those who deserve them.

If I have forgotten anyone else's amazing accomplishments, please feel free to post and my apologies.
Thanks to everyone for coming out. This week, numbers on the right and juniors at 5:30 PM
Points Below

Matt Marchal

A RACE
Dan King 140
Craig Dodson 35
Matt Carlton 34
Mason Haymes 34
Jeff Brandon 30
Jeff Buckles 29
Shawn Tunstall 29
Chip Goble 23
Jon Gaudio 22
Jon Wirsing 22
Andrew Ali 19
Dominik Meier 18
Ian Marcuse 17
Andrew Troy 15
Curtis Smith 15
Stu Louder 14
Chris McMillian 13
Sean Carithers 10
Tim Hargrave 10
Ryan Mele 10
Marc Warner 9
Keck Baker 8
Tim Mullins 8
Adam Switter 8
Gera Castro 8
Brenden Cornett 7
Owen Hassig 7
Ed McNelis 7
Peter Raimist 7
Jon Phan 6
Chad Rathbone 6
CJ Congrove 6

B RACE
CJ Congrove 110
Joel Miller 86 - (moved to A race)
Oliver Dujua 64
Tim Lamb 49
Robert Anderson 30
Justin Brown 29
Ethan Lindbloom 29
Brandon Smith 24
Bruce Lowekamp 20
Henry Dagurnno 18
Michael Yengling 17
Christian Sheridan 16
Jonathan Pham 15
Dominik Meier 15
Andrew Roberts 15
Ed Baumgartner 15
Braden Govani 13
Hugh Brown 10
Joseph Obrien-Applegate 9
Ryan Hartman 9
John Beck 8
Steve Coelho 7
Jim McCaskill 7
Kieran Mcloughlin 6
Ed Pillsbury 6

Bryan Park Update

The B race has a new leader, Joel Miller has taken the prestigious Bozo jersey from Team Natures Path teammate Oliver Dujua (sort of Contador v Armstrongish) so lets see how team dynamics work over the next few weeks. Good job Joel with 3 straight wins though. Here are the standings
Joel Miller 67
Oliver Dujua 64
CJ Congrove 50
Robert Anderson 30
Justin Brown 29
Ethan Lindbloom 21
Bruce Lowekamp 20
Michael Yengling 17
Christian Sheridan 16
Jonathan Pham 15
Dominik Meier 15
Andrew Roberts 15
Braden Govani 13
Hugh Brown 10
Joseph Obrien-Applegate 9
Brandon Smith 9
Tim Lamb 9
Ryan Hartman 9
John Beck 8
Ed Baumgartner 6
Kieran Mcloughlin 6

The A race shows that Dan King (Van Dessel) can really look at having the Tuxedo jersey custom fitted as he has truly been a model of consistency with 3 wins and no showing less than third. Fantastic job, that's the way to get the most from your summer pass. You can tell your family that it safe to go on vacation at this point
Dan King 100
Jeff Buckles 29
Matt Carlton 26
Mason Haymes 25
Chip Goble 23
Craig Dodson 20
Andrew Ali 19
Shawn Tunstall 19
Jon Gaudio 16
Jeff Brandon 15
Andrew Troy 15
Stu Louder 14
Chris McMillian 13
Sean Carithers 10
Dominik Meier 9
Marc Warner 9
Keck Baker 8
Tim Mullins 8
Curtis Smith 8
Adam Switter 8
Brenden Cornett 7
Owen Hassig 7
Ed McNelis 7
Jon Phan 6

Finally, we introduced a women's point race two weeks ago and hit the bare minimum with three entrants. Emily Helmboldt (RCWR) took the top women's spot. The idea went over so well that ZERO women entered this week. Women's bike race fever, catch it! On the flip side we had twelve 10-14 year olds in the junior race and 6 of them were girls (way fast too) so there is hope for the women's sport. I really do hope to see more women out there in the future.

Until next time
Matt Marchal
Altius Cycling Team

Bryan Park Update

There will be a little hangover this week at Bryan Park as we slip back to our regular races, but thanks to Stratton for putting on another great Workingman's.
A few notes for this week.

1) No kids race, that will resume next week
2) There are folks that want to race the B then the A. This is a training series so I want people to get the experience, but field size and experience of the rider is a must to make this move so from now on if you are in the top 3 in the B series of finish in the top three that night you may ride the A. If not, race harder next week.
3) Honoring a request, there will be a Women's only points jersey (and it's ugly). Here is the catch though. Points are only awarded if there are at least 3 women in the B race. So come on ladies and line up in the B, go toe to toe with guys and gals and we will score out the women separately. The B fields are much larger than any VA womens only race so it will make your racing and bike handling skills that much better, plus you can show up all your friends with your lovely new points jersey.

See you Tuesday

TT Specialist

How did Jed get so fast? Training on a rocket apparently

PSA from Altius Cycling

It may be time to re-stan's your mountain bike tires. Just sayin'... keep it in mind. Last 24 hours 3 Altius riders noticed dry-tubeless tires. Must have something to do with the summer solstice.

June 16th Bryan Park

Another fun race, thanks to those who came out.
In the B race Joel Miller and Dominik Meier took off early and rode away from the field. The gap between first and second for the Bozo Jersey is pretty tight and word has it that CJ may miss the next couple of races which could change everything. Dominik, word on the street says that you need to stay in the A race.

B points
CJ Congrove 50
Oliver Dujua 44
Joel Miller 27
Justin Brown 22
Bruce Lowekamp 20
Michael Yengling 17
Jonathan Pham 15
Ethan Lindbloom 15
Dominik Meier 15
Hugh Brown 10
Joseph Obrien-Applegate 9
Brandon Smith 9
Christian Sheridan 8
Andrew Roberts 8
Ed Baumgartner 6
Braden Govani 6
Kieran Mcloughlin 6

In the A race numerous breaks tried to get away only to get pulled back. I raced my first crit in 8 months thanks to Ann Hardy officiating - thanks Ann, and glad I didn't crash anyone. In the end Craig Dodson shot the gap and narrowly beat tuxedo wearing Dan King for the win. Unlike the B race, Dan is coming out hard early. He may have this one sewn up by August.

A points
Dan King 60
Jeff Buckles 29
Mason Haymes 25
Matt Carlton 20
Craig Dodson 20
Andrew Ali 19
Jeff Brandon 15
Stu Louder 14
Sean Carithers 10
Dominik Meier 9
Shawn Tunstall 9
Keck Baker 8
Tim Mullins 8
Curtis Smith 8
Brenden Cornett 7
Owen Hassig 7
Ed McNelis 7
Jon Gaudio 6
Chris McMillian 6

PLT#1 photos

I took a few pictures including some of our own Jed Hurt yesterday heading out on his ride.

Gallery link

Embrace technology

Sometimes I am a little slow to figure out the right way to get a message out. I realized that a blog site is just as useful for getting info about the team out as a website and a heck of a lot easier. For the bits of the Altius Cycing Team that are important to the world, we now have the forum.