Cart Crit Carnage

Cart track yesterday was great (for the most part).  Doogie went down in the final corner with mere laps to go.  He was on or near the front most of the C race.  His company in the scruff helped kill the Seven!  He donated some skin as well, but he is ok.  Perhaps we should start a running division…
Bryan won the B race with a searing attack on the group!  Elliot had been out solo and held on for 4th or 5th.
Dave Swanson beat us like rented mules (thanks Vic for the line) in the A race.  There were only seven riders, four of which were Aggress.  I was having a sandwich-enduced side ache and couldn’t sustain an attack with Y half way thorough the 45 min. race; however, I hid out long enough to attack the group with 3/4 of a lap to go and took 2nd and a prime.  Elijet was breathing down my neck at the finish.  Y took the ‘field sprint’ giving Aggress 2nd – 4th. Leo did some serious work on the front before retreating to the sweeper spot.
Rick also had a strong showing mixing it up with the youngster crowd.  He seemed to be the only 60+ rider out there and he had a very strong ride.

February 20, 2010 · Filed Under Race Report

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24 Hours in the Old Pueble

iMike Puchowicz took on the solo category.  Beto Villegas gave it up for him doing amazing support:  We await the full details, but here is the preliminary report:

9th out of 96
Everything hurts.  Beto is the best pit support person ever, and I got a glimpse of what it’s going to be when I’m 90 and my wife has to dress me because I can’t do it myself anymore.

February 20, 2010 · Filed Under Race Report

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Valley of the Sun

VOS was great.  Brian was tremendous in his support.  In the 60+, Rick finished 5th GC!  In the 5’s, Doogie finished 10th overall! I finished 24th and Y in 28th in the 3’s.  It was an excellent weekend and a great time dusting off the racing shoes.
Vic won the 2’s RR!  He smoked the boys in a straight up sprint.  Vic also took a huge dig in the 2’s and spent 1 1/2 lap off the front in the crit. It was an all-in move.  It didn’t work, but damn it was cool to watch.  He finished in 14th.
 
 
Warming up for the Crit.  It turns out nobody brought a camera.
How the RR evolved for the Masters 50/60 +.  From Rick Ellwanger:
The RR was my best event.  Shortly after the rollout I moved to the front of the 50/60 combined peloton so I could enjoy a clean path around the first corner and be a little ahead of the inevitable acceleration that I was sure would follow.  It did, of course, and I slipped back to 10-12th and I felt pretty comfortable there.  About a mile after the turn we passed the Cat 5b group; How could that be?? (50 wheel sucking pussies all afraid to take a pull, that’s how!).  The first trip up the hill to the S/F line was uneventful although about 1/3 of the way up Franz Hammer went by me on the shoulder and I tucked in behind him back up to the front.  I think he just wanted to see who was on the front because he just sat a little behind and to the side of the leader as the hill got steeper. Eventually I started losing it a bit and slipping back; by the top I was 3/4 of the way to the back of the peloton, but I rested on the downhill back to hwy 187.  Lap 2 was mundane until about 2/3 of the way up the hill climb at which point several riders broke off the front to vie for the KOM points and prem. (to be recaptured on the downhill).  As the main peloton approached the summit we overtook several riders from the Cat 5a group and there was a crash about 3/4 of the way back in the peloton, just in front of me, involving 5-6 riders and about a dozen of us ended up with a 100 yd gap to the rest of the peloton as a result of slowing to avoid the wrecked riders. We started working together to recapture and actually were able to close the gap a bit by the turn back onto 187.  At the turn I took the lead because I knew I could take the turn full speed with pedaling and most of the group stayed with me thru the turn.  The main peloton had slowed a lot to go around that corner and we gained on them significantly right there.  The last 30 yds was quickly closed and we were back in the peloton; Whew!  Halfway up the final hill climb to the S/F line the peloton splintered as the pace increased noticeably and the landscape got a little confusing as we overtook some additional riders from the 5a group, and my fleeting thought of moving to the front of the pack for the final sprint evaporated.  I resolved to hang with my splinter group, and was able to do so, across the line.  All in all, a good effort, and a great learning experience.
RESULTS

February 20, 2010 · Filed Under Race Report

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McDowell Circuit Race

Report from Rick:  Did the McDowell Circuit race today (30 min around a 1.6 mile loop with 2 turns); gorgeous venue, mostly sunny (pic attached).  This race had a 60+ group and we started about a minute behind the 50+ group.  The race was mundanely civilized; I and an AZ Masters rider (Robert Tomkins) did all the pulling between us and about half way thru we bumped the pace up and dropped half our group.  Norm Kibble hung on with us.  On the last lap I dropped into 3rd deliberately until the final 300m or so at which point Tomkins commenced his sprint.  At 250mKibble started to lose the leader’s wheel so I made a move to the outside, passed Kibble and continued to close on Tomkins, albeit slowly.  In the end, he beat me by about a bike length.  Nevertheless, I felt like I managed the race pretty well, finished 2nd, and got a bit of cash

February 18, 2010 · Filed Under Race Report

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Flapjack TT 20K

Good start to the season eating some cakes.

 

Cat 3

1st – tie Kurt Garbe 0:29:30 25.28 mph

4th Bryan Schlegel  0:30:17 24.62 mph

Cat 5      2nd Scott Douglas  0:32:19 23.07 mph


Merckx 5th Jim Averill 0:32:37 22.86 mh

6th Bryan Schlegel  0:33:03 22.56 mph in round two!!  He just change the jersey and machine and off he went again.

60+

6th Richard Ellwanger  0:34:02 21.91 mph

Cat 1/2 honorary mention

3rd and 3rd overall –  Victor Riquelme 0:28:05 26.55

Complete results

February 10, 2010 · Filed Under Race Report

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UofA Crit

Bryan wrote: Great efforts on the day from all involved. Also, big cheer for Paula & Beto for coming up from Sierra Vista. Paula and Doogie both jumped in and raced the Master Mens 30+ (VERY fast group comprised of a lot of CAT1/2s). Leo did the shootout as a warmup for the Cat 3s and Neil rolled over from studying at the library. Way to go!

18th Richard Ellwanger Master 50+

12th Scott Douglas Cat 5

18th Bryan Schlegel Master 30+

DNF Scott Douglas Master 30+

DNF Paula Bohte Master 30+

4th Bryan Schlegel Cat 3              Vic’s video of the 3/4 race

12th Neil Becwar Cat 3

16th Leo Masursky Cat 3

6th Paula Bohte Pro Cat 1-2-3 F

14th Victor Riquelme Pro Cat 1-2 M

http://uacycling.com/UACrit_Results_2010.pdf

February 10, 2010 · Filed Under Uncategorized

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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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El Tour 2009

All washed up

El Tour ended a long season for many of us.  Vic, Elliot, Leo, Doogie, Christine and Kurt all raced.  Vic has graduated from Aggress, but he is still an honorary member of the team.  He finished the tour 27th, Elliot 45th (surviving a ass-ripping crash), Kurt in 64th (broken cleat prior to the 2nd wash losing contact with the front group…), Leo 117th, Doogie 228th and Christine in 2411th.  Not too bad a day for Aggress.  There is definitely a love – hate relationship with El Tour.  You can race with real pros in Tucson’s biggest cycling event, and you can get seriously hurt.

Elijet gives Vic’s new teammates a taste of egg.

December 1, 2009 · Filed Under Race Report

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Team Aggress and the Arizona Calendar

The 2009 ABRA road season is now officially over, with the Wupatki Road Race on October 11th having been the final event on the calendar. Here’s a look at our notable results in Arizona calendar races this past year.

January 31st – Swiss Criterium

Victor Riquelme 5/35, cat.5

February 7th – Flapjack Flats TT

Victor Riquelme 2/22, cat.5

February 28th, March 1st – North End Classic

Rick Ellwanger 1/5 (crit), 65+
Kurt Garbe 5/18 (rr), cat.4

Kurt Garbe digging deep in the North End Criterium

March 6th, 7th, 8th – Tucson Bicycle Classic

Brent Barber 2/48 (itt), cat.3
Kurt Garbe 6/56 (itt), 4/55 (rr), cat.4
Victor Riquelme 1/52 (itt), 3/51 (rr), 1/46 (cr), 1/46 (gc), Cat.5

March 15th – Hungry Dog Criterium

Victor Riquelme 1/21, cat.5

March 28th, 29th – Colossal Cave Stage Race

Bryan Schlegel 5/19 (itt), cat.3
Kurt Garbe 2/28 (itt), 2/24 (rr), 2/24 (gc), cat.4

April 4th, 5th – Tumacacori Omnium

Victor Riquelme 1/24 (crit), 1/20 (rr), 1/20 (omnium), cat.4

Victor Riquelme winning the UofA crit

April 11th – Copper Valley Road Race

Victor Riquelme 3/21, cat.4

April 24th, 25th, 26th – La Vuelta de Bisbee

Bryan Schlegel 15th/73 (gc), 35+

May 3rd – Scottsdale Grand Prix

Rick Ellwanger 1/3, 60+

May 9th – South Mountain TT

Victor Riquelme 2/13, Cat.4
Jim Averill 2/31, Cat.5

May 17th – Sonoita Patagonia TT

Bryan Schlegel 1/9, Cat.3

May 31st – Thunder Road TT

Victor Riquelme 1/8, Cat.4

June 7th – Arizona State Championship Road Race

Bryan Schlegel 5/32, cat.3
Victor Riquelme 4/51, cat.4
Kurt Garbe 5/51, cat.4

State Road Race

June 16th – Tortilla Flats Road Race (series*)

Elliot Anderson 2/34, cat.4/5

June 28th – Mt.Lemmon TT

Jim Averill 5/34, cat.5

August 11th – Tortilla Flats Road Race (series*)

Elliot Anderson 4/17, cat.4/5

August 16th – Picacho Peak TT #2

Victor Riquelme 1/6, Cat.3 (20k)

August 18th – Tortilla Flats Road Race (series*)

Elliot Anderson 2/14, cat.4/5

*Elliot finished the Tortilla Flats series 5th/91 racers in 4/5. There were a total of 11 road races in the series, all scored on a points system.

 

August 23rd – Skull Valley Road Race

Victor Riquelme 1/24, cat.3
Khris Dodge 1/34, cat.4

 

September 13th – Arizona Individual Time Trial Championships

Brent Barber – 3/11, cat.3

September 20th – Kitt Peak Time Trial

Elliot Anderson – 3/10, cat.4

September 27th – Mt.Graham Hill Climb

Victor Riquelme 5/16, Cat.3
Jim Averill 6/25, Cat.5

October 10th, 11th – Single Track Omnium

Victor Riquelme 2/8 (rr), Cat.3
Elliot Anderson 1/6 (hc), 1/8 (rr), 1/6 (omnium), Cat.4

Thanks to everyone who supported us through the year. See you on the road!

October 18, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized

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  • Mission

    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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