Jan 11 2012

 
       
2012 Winter Series Race I

Copper City,  FL. January  8th. 2012.

*40+ This early into the New Year and everybody is riding strong. A break of 11 riders got away from the pack. Trujillo for a couple a laps went into a solo from the eleven, but was brought back. At the same time Potter jumped from the pack and closed the gap. But at his arrival, Trujillo and Coleman took off and no one followed. Coleman from ZMotion team wins the race, followed by Trujillo; the field sprint was for Potter also from ZMotion.
*50+ We got nicely surprised, this category brought lots of new riders this year, also in good shape and ready to race. The usual solo attempts happened for the first half of the race without success, between Lincoln from Bike America and Ernest from ZMotion, they make sure no one got away. About 20 minutes left, Angel and Phanord got away, but after strong pull from Phanord, told Angel go. One lap to go Angel got cut, and the final sprint was for Carlos from VeloMasters team, second place was for Rosenthal, followed by Julien.
*Pro 1, 2, 3 First duet of the day was Kroupa and Luis, but team Cocos was ready no to let any one get away. The front of the pack had a distinctive green locomotive driving a high pace pack. Between five to six Cocos riders well coordinated managed to do the final lead out, for the last twenty meters wheel by wheel, side by side, Pol and Guttenplan, fought for the finish line, it was fast for the naked eye, no one knew who won; but the final bike throw gave the victory for a couple of inches to Gutteplan.
*Cat 4&5 A newly form Rossetti team was determinate no to let any one win this race. Any attempt or break was managed by them. Lap after lap a light solid blue jersey was at front. Finally about forty minutes into the race Cristia broke-away, were chase by Garcia without success. The gap kept increasing to win in a solo. Final lap for the pack gave us the first crash of the year, fortunately nothing series, Sean took second place followed by Salas.

                               

                           

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