June 10, 2007
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Wheaton Criterium wrap-up
Photo by Luke Seemann
The 3's race of Sunday's inaugural Wheaton Criterium was one for the ages
A series of attacks, some more organized than others, finally yielded a three-man break of Adamczyk, Tomlinson and Chip Gray (Team Get a Grip Cycles) with about six laps to go. Thanks largely to blocking from Gray's teammates, the trio built an insurmountable lead, at which point the crafty Adamczyk isolated Tomlinson and Gray floated back to the pack.
With one lap to go, Tomlinson found himself reluctantly leading the way. Adamczyk knew he could force the junior to do the work because if the break failed, chances were good that teammate Marek Serafin (WDT) could win the sprint. Indeed, Serafin won the field sprint for 3rd.
As far as I know, with the exception of the Winfield Twilight Criterium, the Adamczyk/Serafin one-two punch is unbeaten this year.
Other highlights:
- » A five-man break (pictured above) splintered into a three-man break on the last lap of the P/1/2 race. Rob White (PCW) held off John Meyers (Turin) and Scott Pearson (Higher Ground), and his twin, Ryan White (PCW), won the field sprint for 4th after the pack absorbed the two riders who fell off the break. » Teammates Jessi Prinner and Susan Peithman (ABD) held hands as they finished one-two in a tiny women's open race. Only five women entered, and the book was closed as soon as Prinner and Peithman slipped away and started working together. Only Melanie Wong (Team Get a Grip Cycles) avoided getting lapped. ABD was also one-two in the women's 4's race behind Sue Semaszczuk and Irene Pang. » Jeff Wat (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) won the first race of his career in a field sprint in the 4's. Ricardo Otero (South Chicago Wheelmen) also had a good day, coming in 2nd in the 4's and 4th in the masters 4/5's, and Joe Ebenroth (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) got 3rd in the 4's and 2nd in the masters 4/5's.
Here's hoping racing returns to Wheaton next year. RDS Cycling put on a great event, with trophies and everything for some of the winners. Its next race will be the Fox River Grove Criterium on June 24.
Race reports:
Joe Ebenroth (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 4, M4/5): "We come out of turn 4 and he is 6 bike lengths up on me and I am in second place now. NOOO!!!!!"
Tim Hayes (Grumpy's/LGR; 3): "I knew the time was right so I went hard and was TOTALLY off the front for 1.5 laps. It was sooooo dumb, but Luke said the photos are sweet."
Bryan McVey (Vision Quest; 5): "I took some hard pulls at the front to try to string the pack out a bit, before I set myself up behind this HUGE guy for a nice long sprint out for the win."
Brian Morrissey (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 5, M4/5): "It's really about instinct, intuition, having the balls to make the first move, and stick with it even when you belatedly realize it's the wrong move."
Jessi Prinner (ABD; W-open): "Susan attacked and got away. I just sat back and enjoyed the free ride as one woman chased with all her might."
John Tomlinson (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 3): "We went past the start/finish and saw 7 to go. I knew that this was going to be tough."
Scott Van Maldegiam (Spin Doctor Cyclewerks; 4): "My move wasn't smart, but it was fun and agressive."
Jeff Wat (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 4): "I had never felt so good at the end of a race, so as we passed Joe, I announced, 'We got this!'"
Melanie Wong (Team Get a Grip Cycles; W-open): "True to every other time I've race against them, [ABD] tag-teamed me, trading attacks until they dropped me."
Photos:
Andy Aardema
Sheesh_photo
The Editor
Comments
Hey, cool site.
Do I know you?
Do you happen to have any photos of the 1/2 podium?
Posted by: John Meyers at June 11, 2007 10:38 AM
Quick, everybody hide... John Meyers is here!
Great Wheaton photos Luke. The age contrast of the Cat 3 podium hurts my brain.
Posted by: Eric Goodwin at June 11, 2007 12:28 PM
Just think of it having an average age of 35.
It also means still have another 26 years to get good.
Informal user-experience survey: With this report I started bolding people's names (knowing that most of you are here to see your own name, or failing that, the names of your teammates, or as a last resort, the names of your nemeses). Whaddya think? Does it help? Does it make things too cluttered? Harder to read? Easier to scan?
I'm trying to maintain a crisp, clean design, but want to also be as useful and informative as possible.
And as the Albino said to Wesley in the Pit of Despair: "Remember, this is for posterity, so be honest."
Posted by: Luke at June 11, 2007 01:11 PM
There is a much better picture in your flikr that should be used for the front page.
It is of me.
Nice seeing you this weekend.
Posted by: super rookie at June 11, 2007 02:57 PM
I like the bold names. It would be better if my name were in bold, but I guess I will have to earn it. It gives me something to shoot for :-). I see the site is starting to get a bit more popular. Keep up the good work. Also, good job pulling out the right excerpt from my race report.
Posted by: ScottV at June 11, 2007 03:49 PM
Keep the names in bold- finally when I google myself terrible terrible things won't appear!!!
Thanks Luke!!
Posted by: Julian at June 11, 2007 03:54 PM
Did John Tomlinson have to use Junior gears for the Cat 3 race? One of our junior riders had to do a rollout for the Cat 5 race.
Posted by: ScottV at June 11, 2007 05:21 PM
Yep. He got relegated for missing the rollout at Melon City, so I'm pretty sure he's religious about it now.
Posted by: Luke at June 11, 2007 05:39 PM
Wow. That makes his 2nd place even more impressive. How the heck do sprint with those wimpy gears? I can't wait to see what this kid can do when he turns 18; or is it 19 when he can use regular gears?
Did anyone catch the squirly rider in the Masters 4/5 race who inserted himself in the Masters 1/2/3 race? The announcer called his number to report to the official and the next time around, he was no where to be seen. Never seen that before.
Posted by: ScottV at June 11, 2007 08:06 PM
