Avondale Criterium

Elliot, Rick, Neil (where’s my bike?), Leo and Vic (Aggressor with a ghetto kit) all traveled to Avondale for the season opening crit.  The results were as they should be this time of year.  There was a lot of work done, but it was mostly about awakening the beast within.

Pro 1-2 Vic  12th after chasing down a three man break.  They were swept up by the peloton in the waning laps of the race.

Cat 2/3 Neil 12th and Elliot toeing the line

Cat 3/4 Neil and Elliot work another round

Masters 40+ Leo takes a dig; Check out Vic’s video of the event:

Masters 50+ Rick finishes 19th; he is the oldest by six years to the other finishers!

Rick Ellwanger in the 50+

January 27, 2010 · Filed Under Uncategorized

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El Paso Puzzler

Done with that!

Mike P, aka iMike, Beto and Paula (become an Aggressor?)ventured to El Paso for some mountain bike sufferfest on single speeds.

From Mountainflyer Magazine: Singlespeeders Cameron Brenneman (Sante Fe, NM) andBeto Villegas (Sierra Vista, AZ) blitzed the 1600′ Mundy’s Gap climb along with 40-49 winner Kenny Wehn (Colavita – Durango, CO) and 19-29 winner Sem Gallegos (Crazy Cat Cyclery – Austin, TX) close behind the lead threesome of Plews, Brown, and Chavez. On the west side of the Franklin range, Brown plowed through the infamous granite rock slide to regain the lead. At about mile 30, Plews regained contact and later took control up the final major climb of the day, a 350′ foot grind up a newly finished set of 12 switchbacks.

Plews, coming off double pneumonia just before the holidays, went on to take the win in 4:38 with Brown about four minutes back. Moving into 3rd position was Brenneman who pushed a 32×19 on his 29er. Villegas and Gallegos rounded out the top five. In the women’s race local Susanne Rasmussen took the win in 6:24 with single speeder Paula Bohte (Sierra Vista, AZ) coming through in second. Alex Castro (Bicycle Co.- El Paso, TX) was the top finisher in the shorter 35 mile men’s event and Diana Almeida (El Paso, TX) took the women’s 35 miler.

iMike would battle mechanicals but get it done nonetheless.  Next up for iM: 24 hour, solo…

January 27, 2010 · Filed Under Uncategorized

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    Aggress is a Tucson-based statewide / regional cycling team formed in January, 2004.
    As a developmental team for both road and mountain bike racing, Aggress continues to actively – yet carefully – recruit according to a philosophy that emphasizes teamwork in both training and racing tactics.
    Our focus is to race as a team, utilizing team tactics to get our man the win. We ride in support of our designated racer, with each member in turn supported in the key event(s) of his choosing.
    We are aggressive when we race, but we behave in a courteous and sportsmanlike manner at all times. We also have team training rides that we utilize throughout the season.

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