State Crit Championship
Congrats to both Rick and Doug for a strong Aggress showing!
Report by Rick
Doug Perry and I traveled to Scottsdale to represent Aggress. It was a combined group with 12-14 total riders. On lap 2 (I think) Reg Dowdall (SW Hand, 60+) implemented a furious attack and no one pursued. I had no idea he was even gone off the front until people watching us started yelling “you’re 20 sec down, you’re 30 sec down, etc.” as the laps continued. The peloton did start reeling him back toward the end but he still had around 20 sec the last lap. With 3-4 laps to go Ralph Duckett and another rider broke hard to the outside on the 2 block staightaway and I started to follow them and decided “naw’ it’s too early and remained where I was behind Norm Kibble, Robert Tompkins, and our own Doug Perry. With about 1 lap to go the gap maxed out at about 80 ft and then the rest of us started picking up the pace and by the finish sprint it was 30-40 ft. Norm Kibble, surprisingly, broke late in the final lap and faded to the rear. Doug Perry, on the other hand, sprinted hard and nosed out Robert Tompkins at the line to be #4 across the line. I cruised in behind them to be #6 across the line.
From Doug: I went into the State Crit Championships today with two objectives — don’t get hurt and finish. Since I’d only done two crits in my life (both last year), I felt those objectives were all I could hope for. Things actually went really well and I ended up getting 2nd in my 60-64 group which had about ten in it. Reg Dowdall took off the front after the 2nd lap and we never saw him again … I think he won it by 20 seconds, or so. Second place came down to a sprint and I was able to pull around Norm Kibble and win the sprint at the end. Today was very satisfying.
New Aggress Members
Drilling for new recruits: iBrian and Christine, Daddy E and the Berbinator all give it up to swell the team membership. Keep ‘em coming!
Medower Bun
Gettin’ Wilde
La Vuelta de Bisbee
4 stages in under 24 hours…
Jim had a solid all around race having the top Aggress finish in the prologue; when it was all done, he stood 52nd GC. Out of 87 starters, 73 finished… RESULTS
Saturday: Kurt contested the RR finish and took 6th and ended the day with 19th in the TT moving from 50th after the prologue to 20th GC.
Leo’s Bisbee: I was terrible in the prologue getting 66th. For RR1, I did great for me, surviving horrible cross winds in the most difficult RR I’ve ever done.I felt great going up the last hill, but relaxed too much at the end (stupidly “saving myself” for the TT) and lost 42 seconds, which was pretty much it for me. (44th place)/48th GC. Then I sucked at the TT losing major time to everyone. On RR2, I was thinking about whether to contend for improving GC, or to try to place high on the day. He would roll off with an emerging break that swelled to nine riders. “There was some fireworks between the Dutch guy and the lazy tourist,” as all was not tranquil in the break. ”We worked like hell (I was only able to pull every other rotation) and got the gap to four minutes.” Leo held off most of the pack as the break splintered on the pass. ”I put my head down and pedaled, passing one of the Phoenix guys to finish 26th on the day and jump to 39th place.”
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- Jim, Leo and Kurt
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- Kurt sprinting for 27th???
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- Jim’s prologue
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- Leo goin’ aero!
Meanwhile back in the peleton, Jim and Kurt rode the train until the real show started heading up Mule Pass. Paul Thomas and company went to work to pull back the break shelling riders as they went. Kurt held on until the last mile and was the last one to pop from their group. He would lose four minutes on the stage and drop to 25GC.
Leo the Lionhearted: “It (this event) was beautiful. This is a grand sport. It takes a lot to put such strong people on their limit, but when they get there it’s marvelous to be a part of, and to see. Watching Jake drag Paul up the crest of Mule Pass at 14 miles an hour (into right cross wind) was sublime, verily.”
From Vic riding with the big kids, “That shit was hard. Except for the TT. That was easy. I tried to follow some United Healthcare guys up mule pass today and that was the end of that. Kablooey!” He took 15th in the TT! Good luck in Gila!
Whiskey Off Road
From Neil: Strong Second place finish from Beto today. That is one tuff course. Three flat in the last part of the race finished me off in ‘what turned out to be 11th!’
From Doogie the Bloodletter: I think I shed enough blood for all of us last weekend. Beto was an animal as always today. I had Paula pass me at about mile 32, just to have a flat later on, she was looking awesome today. I was in a minor crash, nothing crazy. Not sure where I finished, but I was happy regardless. Your not joking about being a tough course. That hill was relentless!
Beto the Brave: It was a blast racing with Neil and Dougie at the Whiskey. Neil raced crazy strong and would have probably, for sure, finished in the top five if it weren’t for the mechanicals! Dougie suffered an early race crash that definitely and probably took a lot to overcome, and with a bloody-rippen knee finished strong.
Paula easily beat all her competitors in the Women’s single speed. Get that girl an Aggress jersey! Whiskey Results
Tour of the Tucson Mountains
Doug Perry represented Aggress in the TTM. 
I did the TTM yesterday, but had my worst time of the three years that I’ve done it. I got gapped from the leaders around mile 25 and couldn’t get back on and ended up riding with a group of five and did most of the pulling. Only consolation is no one passed us, I pushed at the end and easily won the sprint in my little group, and I finished 2nd out of 70 in my 60+ age group (in the two years before I was first in my age group). I think I need to move up closer to the front in these type of races when I know the pace, or difficulty, is going to pick up. I was around the middle of the lead pack when the push came and I got dropped (from the lead group). TTM Results
Colossal Cave Stage Race
12 Annual Colossal Cave Stage Race 2010 Presented by Aggress, Presteza and Tachycardia Racing Report by Kurt Garbe
Aggress put on a great race in conjunction with Presteza and Tachardia. Don stepped up as race director sportif and Slow Brian taking on some fast math as the results guru. The whole team stepped up and put on one of the smoothest races I’ve ever done. Thanks to all for an excellent event!
Cat 5 Gus placed a strong 4th in the TT. He fought through a crit crash and finish 15h GC.
- Cat 3 Elliot was helping me and finished 13th GC.He was poised for a strong finish in the crit,but was sent off road by a crash that cut the field.
Eljet sucking some wheels
Kurt finished 5th in the TT and 4th in the crit after making the split caused by a crash. He would miss 3rd place by inches after leaving the (non) chase to race leader Robert Chorost seemingly gifting his lead to Merry who broke away with a Bicycle Haus rider in the waning laps. In the final road race it was down to the wire. Places 1-4 were so busy marking each other, two ‘non contenders’ slipped by to take 1st and 2nd bumping Kurt off a third place GC podium. He was initially awarded 3rd on the stage, but Chorost protested and won giving him the GC win and dropping Kurt to 4th GC. Omnium math sucks sometimes.
2010 Crit Series
The 2010 Crit Series was put on by Team Tolero. Results and Pics.
Highlights: Week 1 A Event: Kurt Garbe 2nd, Elliot Anderson 3rd and Bryan Schlegel 4th and Rick in 11th.
B Event Bryan 1st!, Elliot 5th – last flight of Doogie’s Seven!
Week 6: 40 + Kurt Garbe 1st
Tucson Bike Classic
Report by Kurt Garbe: A full Aggress team turned out for the TBC. Rick had a brilliant weekend and take 2nd overall in the 65+ category. Jim was solo too in Cat 5b race; he took 5th overall with a very solid showing. I had a very lucky ride and finished 11 seconds out of first in 7th place in the Cat 3 TT. The team worked brilliantly for me and I fought for a very dangerous 8th in the RR and 3rd in the circuit. I finished tied for 5th in time overall, but got 6th as the 5th place finisher had a better time in the TT. Neil had a very solid ride finished right behind me in 7th in GC, with Brent slotting in at 12th, 24 seconds back. Leo was 1:13 down in GC and worked hard to help advance me. Jeremy and Bryan both worked hard for the team; Y is off the health mark, but did what he could to advance the team. Thanks to Elliot for the effort, but he would tear off another deraileur and not start the road race.
Thanks to Brian, Doogie and The General for support. You guys are awesome! TBC RESULTS
Vic took an impressive win in the Cat 2 road race and made it intoVelonews! He was one second out of 1st!
North End Classic
uphill on the back side of the course, rough bumpy terrain throughout (concrete, asphalt, tile, pot-holes) but Im good at technical turns and fast corners etc (8th in tour de gila technical crit and tucson wed night crits are similar) and the kid in front of me right before the final turn was cooking and wiped out hard (i knew he was going too fast for his own good,tired and sloppy, happens to everyone, but he looked dangerous right before he went down..) and almost hit him but then stayed upfront and got 3rd behind a short stocky Bicycle Ranch racer and a young kid was was strong all day (who also won 3 of the 4 primes’!!)
Elijet and the podium babe
2010 Callville Bay Classic
Post by Jeremy Wilson
February 26 – 28, 2010
The TT was on Friday the 26 and it was up hill 3.6 miles with 4 – 5% grade with a kicker of 7% grade at the end. Names like Robert Shaw and Ryan La Pier were racing in Cat3. Shaw was the guy who won the TT and GC at VOS. His time was 31:11 at VOS. La Pier finished 4th in the GC at VOS and second in the RR. There were 56 starters for the day. I finished 37th. I dropped my chain near 3 miles into the race. When I looked over the power data I had to lost power for 15 seconds. I took me 3 seconds to get back up to power. I was a little disappointed but I knew the road race the next day would settle things.
The RR was brutal with steady winds, temps in the 40’s, and intermittent rain, let’s face it was mostly rain. The race started with the same up hill climb that was the TT. As a group, I believed we ascended faster up that climb then I did in the TT. I just sat in the middle of the pack and enjoyed the draft. The race continued on an undulating road with some long steep climbs. The race leaders were relentless. On the way north I was dropped about a half mile from the top of the first big climb. I didn’t panic and continue to ride strong to the top. I was telling my self “I could get back on if they just eased a little.” Plus, I was doing 420 watts when I was dropped. That’s 5.3 / kg for me. I knew they couldn’t hold that for much longer. I think the only thing that really rattled me was when the wheel truck passed. It’s as if they are saying “Oh, he’s off. He won’t get back on.” F— that! I hammered on the down side, through the slight flat, and passing the wheel truck back in the pack. I stopped pedaling once I was in the middle of the pack which was down to about 35 riders. The same shenanigans continue from the turn around heading south. This time I just watched for the head bobbles and was on it with any little acceleration. Somewhere about 40 miles into the race some guy took a flyer.The pack didn’t chase until the south turn around about 10 miles left. It was fast. I wasn’t up front during the turn around and that was a mistake. I ended up getting gapped, the wheel truck coming around, and me saying “F—!” No way was I going to be dropped 10 miles from the finish after working my ass off to stay on. I ended up dragging 5 others back up to the pack. I received a couple of thank you’s and one guy who told me I just saved his race. It felt fair enough to hear “thank you” but in all honesty I didn’t care who I was dragging back up. I just wanted to get back to the pack. We ended up catching the guy who took the flyer. Then two others managed to attack and stay off until the end. One guy was 29 seconds up the road and the other was 4 seconds. I ended up 26 in the pack. There were 52 finishers & 4 DNF’s.
The next day’s criterium was uninteresting. Only 46 guys showed up to race. 5 guys total were popped off and it was a group finish. One crash and of course it was on the last turn into the finish. I ended up 32nd and 25th on the GC.
