Cross is in the air

I went out with new member Stu Louder and Jim Temple today for a few hours on the cross bike and have been completing forms for the Richmond Festival of Cross this afternoon. VACX Cross starts Oct 3rd with Fat Frogs and our race will be the next weekend. Once again it will be Saturday at Chimbarazo and Sunday at Bryan Park. This year we are partnering with the fine women of River City Women's Racing to co-promote the event and hopefully draw more women into the sport. Dust the cross bikes off, check the glue on the tubulars and hope to see plenty of folks out there.

Bryan Park Happenings

Spring is here, the azaleas are out and that can only mean one thing. Bryan park is right around the corner. I am going to declare this the 25th year as we have been saying "over twenty years old" for a while and it actually fall on the 100th anniversary of the park. There are old news clippings going back to early in the last century showing bike racing in the park back when high-wheelers were around. One hundred years later the pavement is finally going to get a touch up. Well, not sure that last time it really did get a touch up but not in the 10 years I have been associated with the event. Our fund-raiser is on to collect enough to patch quite a few areas. $6500 is the goal but every bit over that goes to more asphalt and not my beer fund so keep it coming. No gift is too small but if Stu Louder gives his in loose change again I might punch him as it does not fit neatly in the deposit envelope. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far and hopefully we will see lots of fresh blacktop.

The races begin Tuesday May 18th and will run every Tuesday until September 7th. Same format as always with B racers starting at 6 and the A racers going off after the B's - about 6:40 or so.

Braden Govani at Carytown Bicycles is creating leaders jerseys for us.

Junior races will start on the 25th at 5:30.

The complete flyer is attached to the right.

Hope to see many of you out there again.

Matt

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