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