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* Rosewood venue
hosted the 1985 Florida State Road championships. In the 1, 2
category Kevin Carmichael (Chris Carmichael’s brother) was the
state champion.
* After the
state championships in 1985, Rosewood course was used once or
twice a year for racing. Back then, Gateway racing course was
used every other weekend to host South Florida races; until
1991, when we were not allowed to race there anymore. By 1992
Rosewood’s almost 3-mile loop became the regular racing place in
South Florida.
* By 1993 the
racing categories were senior men, women, vets 35+ and stock
(equivalent at today’s category 5), composed of senior men, vets
and juniors. Main event back then had tough competitors to bit,
a 1988 and 1992 USA Olympian cyclist, 1994 world silver medalist
USA team pursuit in Palermo Italy, Carl Sundquist. Also, a young
pro rider just getting back to us from Spaniard ONCE team; in
1989 they won the team time trial stage at the “Tour of Murcia”.
He was crowned best rookie rider at “La Vuelta a Castilla y
Leon” in 1990 and won the points general classification at “The
Tour of the Americas”, Ivan Franco. Between the creation powers
generated by the two of them, it made South Florida’s cycling
level rise more than a notch.
* For a reason
not to be named in the middle of a race some in 1996; we were
asked by Metro Dade Police Department, to just; finish that
day’s event and never come back. Sad moment for all of us, South
Florida did not have any more a place to race. Between 1997 and
1998 the lack of local races, diminished our competitive level.
Many fellow riders asked us to reestablish racing, well we did.
Rosewood Series as it is now, was born March 1999.
*1999 opened up
with 5 categories, 35+, 45+, Women, 1, 2, 3 and 4, 5. Totaling
19 races for the full season. The first third of the season in
the category 1, 2, 3 had a challenging beginning; the well-known
“Cuban Missile” Ivan Dominguez out sprinted Karel Hemmer racing
for Zwaluwen pro Holland team, to claim the first yellow jersey.
Other single race winners we had were Mike Lifsthotz, Chris
Frederick, Rayo Delvin, Rainiel Sanchez and Gus Ferrer, but the
overall standings so far, was kept by Ivan Dominguez racing back
then for Bike Tech Team. The sprinter’s jersey so far was on
Glenn Gardner’s hands from Magpies Team ahead of Dominguez just
by 2 points.
*At the women
division, for the first three races participation was “tiny” but
as the time went by, more and more started to join the racing
journey. Alina Ponce with Florida Spokes team won the opening
women race. Followed by Eve Sakran Affleck and Donna DeSousa.
For the first third of the 1999 cycling season, Amy Malmsberry
with NWP had the yellow jersey with 41 points followed closely
by Tammy Thomas racing for GS Laborde with 33 points. Third
place was for Eva and right behind Alina in fourth. Joe Wood
from Florida Sports completed the top five. The strongest team
back then was Florida sports. Another one-day winners were Lynn
Mcfadden, Frances Elliott, Tammy Thomas and Joey Wood.
*Magpies Team
was the one to be beaten at the thirty-five plus category. Glenn
Gardner’s sprint was the fastest one, that nobody else could
exceed at the time. Leaving many second places to Ailton
DeSousa, Peter Carlos and his brother Gary. They were also
dominating the sprinter’s green jersey. As I remember, the
Magpies team always counted on Gus Ferrer to close any given
gaps. For the first third of the 1999 series; Gary Gardner was
already 11 points behind in second place on the general
classification, followed by Peter Carlos from MVP Team and
Ailton from Florida Sports Team. Closing the top five places was
Pascual Moreno from Miami Masters Cycling Team.
*1999 at the
forty-five plus category had two dominants teams: Florida Sports
and Everglades. The general classification had in command Greg
Affleck, racing for Florida Sports. He was ahead of Juan Mestas
from Everglades Team just by one point. Oriol Cruzeta from the
same team in third, followed by Jan Jardine from Dynamo, closing
the top five was John Butler also racing with Everglades Team.
The competition for sprinters jersey was closer than the yellow
jersey was; Juan Mestas was ahead in first by a point, followed
by Greg Affleck and Jan Jardine with eight points each rider.
Other one day winners were Robert Scofield and Olivan Martin.
*Continuing with
1999 Rosewood Series in its first year, now the spotlight goes
to category four and fives’. Two teams dominated the early days
of this series, MVP and Andante. Frank Travieso, racing for
Andante was the fastest one to grab the finish line, out of the
maximum of forty-nine points available within seven races, He
ended up with 43. Second place overall was for a young rider by
the name of Keith Norris, racing back then for PAL. To complete
the top five we had Peter Carlos, Jose Menendez and Paul Capua,
all racing for MVP Team. To mention the other one-day winners,
we had Peter Carlos, Michael Reynolds and Raul Alvarez. In the
sprinters’ classification Frank also had the sprinter jersey
with nine points, followed by Paul Capua and Richard Ruiz with
five and four points respectively.
*We already
looped all given categories for the first third of 1999 series.
Now we are retaken category Pro 1, 2, and 3 for the second
third. For the next six races we had a different winner every
Sunday. Therefore, the top five places got closer to each other.
Big Wheel team took three victories with Delvino Rayo, Ricardo
Hernandez and Richard Cerda. Ailton Desouza won June 20th,
William Cuello with Bike Tech July 11th, and John Cipolla with
Jamis Team July 25th. Glen Gardner increases his advantage on
the white jersey by two more points, getting ahead of Ivan
Dominguez by four points. The yellow jersey leader continues to
be worn by Dominguez with thirty-six points, followed by Nelson
Angulo from MVP team with thirty points. Third place was for
Noel Morales, in forth we had DeSouza and closing the top five
was William Cuello, Last three riders were separated by only two
points between each other.
*New players
came to the women division for the second third of 1999 series.
Amy Malmsberry lost her yellow jersey to Joey Wood from Florida
Sports Team, but Liz Stone racing for Andante, was in second
place with the same amount of points. Liz was leading the
Sprinters jersey by three points ahead of Joey. Third place for
both jerseys was for Amy. Another one-day winner on May
sixteenth and June sixth was Valerie Marriott racing for the
Canari Team.
*The Magpie’s
team kept dominating category thirty-five plus throughout the
second part of the1999 series. Out of six races only one did not
have a magpie rider within the top five. Glenn Gardner had both
yellow and green. In the sprinters jersey with sixteen points,
He was ahead of his brother Gary by seven points, for third
place with seven points each; we had Juan Acosta and Pascual
Moreno, both of them racing for Miami Masters. Way ahead of the
game with sixty points Glenn had the leader’s jersey; Gary
Gardner with fifty-eight points was in second place. With
forty-nine was in third place Ailton Desouza, and with
thirty-seven each, we had Pascual Moreno and Peter Carlos to
complete the top five. Other one day winners we had were Ailton
and Gus Ferrer racing for Cycle Speed.
*For the second
leg of the 1999 series in the forty-five category, Jan Jardine
from Dynamo kept his domination on both jerseys. Out of six
races, He won four of them. John Butler and Jim Hetherington
were the other two winners. Second place for both, yellow and
green was for Juan Mestas; on leader’s jersey He was behind only
two points, but in the green one, He was already down by seven
points. The general classification had Greg Affleck with
sixty-two points, in third place. Fourth and fifth were for Team
Everglades; John Butler and Oriol Cruzeta, respectively. Also,
John took third place overall on green jersey, just one point
behind Juan Mestas.
*Category 4 and
5 for the second part of 1999 had a big change, Frank Traviezo
moved to category 3. This left new standings for both jerseys,
Jose Menendez and Raul Alvarez were competing side by side for
both jerseys. On yellow Menendez was the leader ahead of Alvarez
by four points, but on the sprinters jersey they were tied with
eight-point, Peter Carlos was just a point behind the two of
them. Third place overall was for Keith Norris, with ten points
less than the current leader. The other one-day winners we had
were Mike Butler, Brett Zelazek, and Reynaldo Rodriguez.
*The final
section of the 1999 series was composed of six individual races
that concluded November 14th. Pro 1, 2, 3 category had an
absolute winner; Ivan Dominguez won both points and the yellow
jersey. The final general classification gave second place to
Nelson Angulo racing for MVP team. Third place representing Big
Wheelers Team was for Noel Morales. Fourth was taken by William
Cuello racing for Bike Tech. Fifth place was taken by Luis
Bacallao racing for GS Laborde. Dominguez took two victories out
this final section; other one day winners we had were Luis Rios,
Nelson Angulo, Ivan Franco, and Frank Travieso.
*To conclude
1999 women division Joey Wood was the rider dominating, she won
five out of the last six races giving her the first title and a
place in the Rosewood Hall of fame. Second place overall was for
Liz Stone. As a consolation if we could say it, she won the
Sprinters jersey by only three points ahead of Wood. To complete
the top five for the general classification, in third place we
had Amy Malmsberry followed by Eve Sakran and Tammy Thomas.
*At the end of
1999 season the thirty-five plus category had a total domination
by Magpies Team. Glenn Gardner took home both jerseys; in the
yellow jersey competition he was ahead of his brother Gary by
eighteen points, third place overall was for Ailton Desouza
followed by Peter Carlos and Pascual Moreno closing the top
five. In the white jersey competition also, Glenn was ahead of
his brother sitting in second place by fourteen points behind,
third place had a tie between Miami Masters teammates Pascual
Moreno and Juan Acosta. For the last third of the series, we had
Jose Genao with two one day victories, and the other one-day
winners were Ailton Desouza, Ricardo Hernandez, Jorge Michelena
and Glenn Gardner.
*Forty-five plus
at the end of 1999 had an absolute winner for both jerseys, Jan
Jardine on his quest to compete at the 2000 World Master games
in Manchester England, took and included Rosewood Series as part
of his training program. His fast sprint gave him a bronze medal
in the Olympic Sprint discipline. Second place in the overall
was Juan Mestas followed in third by his teammate John Butler.
For the sprinter’s jersey Butler took second and Mestas was
third. Out of the last six races, Jardine won four and Roly
Hurtado the other two. The best team of the year was for Team
Everglades.
*To close the
1999 season, on category four and five, Jose Menendez cleaned up
the board. He took to his MVP team way ahead of the field both
jerseys. He was not only a good sprinter, but a good time trial
rider. Another day the winners beside him with two victories was
Yhosvany Martinez; with one Peter Carlos and Brian Attis. This
inaugural Rosewood series gave us the first set of riders and
teams to create our Hall of Fame. Glenn Gardner and his Magpie
team took the podium on the thirty-five plus category. On the
forty-five plus, Jam Jardine did the honors on the individual
classification, but team Everglades took the spot as the best
team. “The Cuban Missile” Ivan Dominguez was the champ overall
as well as his team Bike Tech. four and five no difference, but
the rider of the year was Jose Menendez and his team MVP. One
lesson we learned, one series for a complete year discouraged
many riders; therefore the 2000 series was modified into three
series and one final race for qualified riders, to take from
there the champion of the year for each category.
*Unfortunately
for the 2000 racing season, lots of data got lost; therefore,
our compilation for this year will be limited. The south Florida
teams’ structure did not change much between 1999 and 2000.
Taking this in consideration, the base of completion remained
similar to what we wrote for 1999 In the category thirty-five
plus, for series one we had Glenn Gardner from Magpies team as
the winner. For series two the honor was for Gus Ferrer. For the
last series of the year Ricardo Hernandez took the yellow jersey
home; He also won the championship’s rainbow jersey. The overall
points classification was for Glenn Gardner.
*Category
forty-five plus series one year two thousand, was taken by Juan
Mestas from Everglades Team, while series two, three and the
season finale was dominated by Brian Rader; the overall points
classification was for Roly Hurtado. AT the women division, Liz
Stone took series one, then for series two Kelly Ilundain was
the winner. Series three and the overall points classification
was for Joey Wood, and championship winner was Liz Stone from
Andante Team.
*Continuing with
year 2000, pro-1,2,3 for series one had Jose Gonzales as the
winner, series two and three were for Frank Travieso, as well as
the overall points classification. But the championship jersey
was taken by Jose Gonzales. Category four and five gave as three
deferent winners, the first series and the overall points
classification was for Lloyd Quintana. Series two belonged to
Joel Barros and the last series plus the championship race was
taken by Lazaro Melendes Best teams were for the thirty-five
plus category Magpies, at the forty-five plus Everglades Club,
women division was for Florida Sports, Big Wheelers took the
honors at pro 1,2,3 and Andante dominated 4 & 5’s
*2001 Season.
Series One at the thirty-five plus category we had Gus Ferrer
from Damiani team as winner ahead of Bobby Lee in second
followed by Ailton Desouza in third place; both of them racing
for Jamis team. This racing year, Rosewood Series officially
opens the sprinter’s classification jersey with two intermediate
sprints, one at minute fifteenth and the other at minute
thirtieth. The winner of this new jersey was Matt Ridgely racing
for Everglades team, followed by Bobby Lee and Glenn Gardner
respectively.
*Continuing with
2001 series one, category forty-five plus was very competitive:
not only on the yellow jersey but as well as for the sprinter’s
jersey. The winner of the leader’s jersey was Fernando Angel
from Miami Masters followed by Roly Hurtado racing for Bike
Tech, and closing the top three was John Butler from Everglades
Team. The sprinter’s jersey had the top three riders with the
same amount of points, but because of the ruling, Alberto Falcon
from Damiani ended up as the final winner followed by Jim
Hetherington from Miami Masters and John Butler in third place.
*Largest field
so far at Rosewood Series women division for the 2001 series;
fourteen strong competitors and two powerful teams, Andante and
Everglades competed for both jerseys, but Alina Ponce from
Florida Spokes spoiled the field by winning the yellow jersey by
one point from Liz Stone, leaving the third place to Anna Rego,
both from Andante Team. Sprinter’s green jersey was taken by Liz
Stone followed by Anna Rego and Angie Rodriguez from BBC team
closed the top three.
*For the 2001
season at series I the category Pro 1, 2, 3 had a new strong
team; not only at the forty-five plus category, Team Damiani
collected a good number of strong riders for both of those
categories. They were able to take first and second place at
this series with Yhosvany Martinez and Jose F Gonzales
respectively; on third place from Rubio’s team, we had Luis
Bacallao. The first place for the green sprinter’s jersey was
for John Cipolla racing for Jamis Team; second place was taken
by Luis Bacallao, and in third place we had Jose F Gonzales.
*New contenders
arrived at category 4 and 5 for 2001 racing season. We had a
close race for series one by having Garret Moore as winner only
by two points ahead of the next two riders tied in points for
second and third place, Alain Troadec and Rick Rendueles. The
points jersey was taken by Roberto Hernandez, followed by Edson
Guimaraes 4 points behind and William Brintnall 7 points further
back.
*Category
thirty-five plus year 2001 series II, race by race it was
head-to-head between Jose Menendez from Magpies, Ricardo
Hernandez from Rubio’s team and Pascual Moreno from Miami
Masters. Menendez emerged as the winner by only two points on
the yellow jersey. The sprinter’s jersey had more or less the
same situation between Brunildo Camacho from Del Valle Team,
Glenn Gardner from Magpies and John Cipolla racing for Jamis.
Camacho just for one point took the sprinter’s green jersey.
*2001 Series II
for category forty-five plus brought us a new strong competitor,
Brian Rader racing for Bike Tech Team; by three points over John
Butler from Everglades Team, he was able to take his first
yellow jersey home. Third place six points behind Rader was
Pedro Barzaga from Damiami Team but take a note that he took
first place on the sprinter’s green jersey followed by Fernando
Angel from Miami Masters Cycling Team. Third place in this
particular competition was filled by John Butler.
*Andante's team
at the women division dominated 2001 series II. Liz Stone won
the yellow jersey ahead of her teammate Anna Rego by ten points.
Alina Ponce was able to hold third place by just one point over
Joey Wood. Liz was also able to win the six points for the
sprinter’s green jersey, it was very interesting to see that the
final classification for the top three contenders it was the
same for both, leader’s and sprinter’s jerseys.
*Pro 1-2-3 had
a close race throughout the series, Damiani and Jamis team gave us an spectacular
team tactics race. Keith Norris (Jamis) took the final jersey
over Frank Travieso (Damiani), third place was for Chris
Frederick (Jamis). On the sprinter’s jersey, it was taken by
Travieso, 6 points behind was Frederick, and then Jose Gonzalez
(Damiani).
*Category 4 & 5
for series II back in 2001 had a close race for yellow and green
as well. Only two points separated first place from second and
third, Jose Fernandez racing for Damiani Team with 19 points
took the second yellow jersey of the season in this category.
Next two places were for Alex Rodriguez and Roberto Hernandez.
On the green jersey competition, first and second place had both
nine points, but Carlos Castellanos had first the sprinter’s
jersey and Alex Suarez could only tie in points to get second
place overall. Gabriel Diaz, with one point behind those two got
third place.
*Now, for the thirty five
plus category at 2001 third series, a battle for yellow between
Magpies Team and Miami Masters was taken by Jose Benitez on his
team’s hard efforts, (A victory without a leader) Glenn Gardner
when saw that Benitez did not show up for the fifth race of the
series, took off from lap one; but little by little Miami
Masters brought that beak back and right after that, they
managed to make a five men break without any Magpie rider on it
that lasted to the end of the race. Third place overall was for Hernan Perilla also from Miami Masters. The sprinter’s
competition was taken by Jaime Zapata, racing for Del Valle’s
Team by one point ahead of Jose Menendez racing for Magpies.
*For the last
2001 series at the women division, we had Joey Wood racing for
Florida Sports dominated both jerseys, on the yellow one, Joey
was thirteen points ahead of Tere Camacho that took second place
overall. Third place, seventeen points behind, was for Anna Rego
racing for Andante’s team. On the sprinter’s jersey, Wood was
ahead of Liz Stone by four points. Third place overall on this
jersey’s classification was for Rego.
*Forty five plus
category for the 2001 third series had a “new kid on the block”,
Mauricio Mosquera on his first year back into racing after a
long and prosper pro carrier, was able to win both jerseys; on
yellow he was ahead of Roly Hurtado by eleven points, third
place overall with the same amount of points was taken by John
Butler. On the green jersey, Mosquera was ahead of Butler by
four points.
*We also had “a
new kind on the block” for the Pro 1,2,3. Daniel Chavez at the
2001 series III, took one victory, two second places and one
third place to claim the yellow jersey. Second place, ten points
behind was for Luis Bacallao racing for Rubio’s team; in third
place we had with thirteen points Ivan Dominguez racing for
Saturn Team. Frank Travieso racing for Damiani’s team took the
sprinter’s jersey been tied nine points with Daniel Chavez
racing unattached at the time; third place with three points
behind was for John Cipolla racing for Jamis Team.
*Two first
places, one second place and one fifth place out of five races,
gave enough points to Jose Rodriguez racing for Sol Designs to
win the 2001 category four and five, third series. Second place
overall was for Kenneth Vargas with Easy Rider Team, but he
really was after the sprinter’s jersey; that he took by five
points ahead of Carlos Castellanos from Andante’s Team. Third
place overall was also for Andante’s team under the name of Jose
Fernandez.
*2001 Rosewood
Championships. The season finale gave us five new champions,
best sprinters, overall points winners, and best teams of the
year. On thirty-five plus, Jeff Fleming racing for B&J Team took
the rainbow jersey, overall points winner was Jose Genao with
Flamingo Team. Best sprinter of the year, Matt Ridgely from
Everglades Team and the winning team overall was magpies. The
honors on forty-five plus were for William Title by taking the
rainbow jersey racing for Big Wheel Cycling Team, his team mate
Mauricio Mosquera took overall point jersey and they grabbed as
well best team classification. The only jersey left, that is the
best sprinter, was for John Buttler from Everglades Team. Women
division was dominated by Liz Stone. She took all jerseys
available and her team Andante also got first place. Pro 1,2,3
had as well one rider dominating two out three jerseys as well
as the best team of the year. Damiani’s team had Frank Travieso
as the 2001 rainbow jersey winner and best sprinter of the year.
The overall points winner was Luis Bacallao Racing for Rubio’s
Team. Category four and five, gave us Jose Rodriguez from Sol
Designs as the new rainbow jersey winner as well as the overall
points winner, Big Wheel Cycling Team took best team award and
best sprinter of the year was Roberto Hernandez.
*2002 racing
season opened March 17th with thirty-five plus category event,
the sprinter’s jersey had a tie on first place between Glenn
Gardner from Magpies and Wallie Martinez from Andante Team. On
second place a tie as well between teammates, Jaime Zapata, and
Jose Valdivia from Mack Cycle. The winner of the day and new
leader was Ross Morris from Mapei Team, second place was for
Jose Genao racing for Flamingo. Magpies took the rest of the top
five places, with Jose Menedez followed by Glenn and Gary
Gardner.
*The turn now is
for the category 45+ series opener for 2002, Green jersey as
usual had two riders tied on first place with 3 points each,
Norman Goldin from Andante and Rich Deandrea from Jeager Team,
and a triple tie G Ferrer, Lee Marks and Guenter Kleinewaechter.
In a solo Gus Ferrer from Bike Tech won the race and took first
yellow jersey, also in a solo N Golding got second place.
Deandrea won the field sprint followed by Marks racing for Jet
Nerwork and Guenter from Everglades Team. At the same time but
racing separated, we had the women division. Joe Wood
representing Jet Network won the race followed by Dona Moore
from BWCC. Third place was for Janeth Sierra from Andante
followed by Adriene Sulivan racing for BWCC, closing the top
five was Eva Sakran from FL Sports Team.
*Main event
opener for 2002, Pro 1,2,3 race. Luis Bacallao from Rubio’s team
and Will Powell from BWCC tied with 4 points each in the green
jersey competition, followed by Alex Gutierrez, also from BWCC
team with 3 points. Frank Delarosa in a solo breakaway claimed
victory and the first yellow jersey of the season. The field
sprint was decided by centimeters, Powells took it, and on his
right side he had Bacallao for third. These two were followed by
Manuel Diaz representing B&J Team and Erick Keim racing for
Jamis Team, closing top five places.
*Closing the
racing season opening day, we had 4&5’s category. Julio Rojas
from B&J Team by winning one intermediate sprint and taking
third on the other one, gets the sprinter’s green jersey;
followed by Kenneth Vargas just one point behind. The final
sprint and the winner of the day was Vennie Tamburello racing
for B&J Team. Second place was for Jose Rodriguez from Sol
Designs Team, followed by T Tazisidqui representing FL Sports,
next was a teammate of the new yellow jersey leader, Mark
Hewitt, closing the top five we had A Aronfeld from Damiani
Team.
* The women
field had on stage one had Joey Wood in 1st place followed by
Donna Moore, Janeth Sierra, AdrieneSullivan and Eva Sakran,
while the sprinter's green jersey was for Joey Wood.
*Category
thirty-five plus on race two, series I on March 31, 2002, untied
sprinters jersey in favor of Glenn Gardner racing for Magpies,
but Jose Valdivia from Jet Network team also got five points
overall. Ricardo Hernandez with Jet Network wins the day,
followed by Jose Genao; that now is the new yellow jersey
leader. Second place overall just three points behind sits now,
Jose Menendez from Magpies. GC third place has been shared by
Ross Morris – Mapai (former leader) and R Hernandez. Today’s
podium final step was for Andrew Teixeira from Jamis Team.
*Second race of
2002 series I, category 45+ gave us a new sprinter leader, Lee
Marks from Jet Network Team collected 3 intermediate sprints to
get in green; two points behind we had 4 riders looking to get
this jersey, N Goldin out of Andante’s Team, Bill Sarille – Sun
Cycling, Bryan Crement – Jat Racing and R Deandrea – Jaeger
Team. M Mosquera from Big Wheel wins the day and sits 3rd
overall with G Ferrer. Second place of the day was for the
sprinter leader L Marks, and closing the podium was F Angel from
Miami Masters Team. The new yellow jersey leader is now Goldin
Norman followed with the same amount of points by L Marks.
* Pro 1,2,3
event had a photo finish where for centimeters Ricardo Hernandez
took the race from Leonardo Martinez leaving third place for
Grant Potter.
The intermediate
sprints gave us a tie for the day with 4 points each (L Martinez
and W Powell) but Wills Powell now is the carrier of both
jerseys: leaders’ and sprinters’.
* The women
division Had Joey Wood wining again followed by Maria Carbone,
Donna Moore, Janeth Sierra and Adriene Sullivan. J Wood
consolidated both jerseys. On the juniors’ race D Espinoza was
the leader, in second place was Landau Jeremy con Andante and
Adam Navarro with Everglades in third place.
* Another closed
finish we had on the cat 4 & 5, this time Stefano Barbari won
over Seth Coblentz. The GC changed having as the new leader Jose
Rodriguez with Sol Design followed by Vinnie Tamburello (B&J)
and the winner of the day became the 3rd placed
overall.
* The third race
of series 1 began on a rainy-day April 14th. The victory on the
35+ was for G Ferrer (Bike Tech) followed by A DeSouza (Jamis)
and 3rd place for Alex Gutierrez (BWCC) but he took 5
points on the sprints’ competition and now is tied with Glenn
Gardner (Magpies) on the points jersey. Jose Genao (Flamingo)
kept yellow followed by Jose Menendez (Magpies).
* Francisco
Vasquez in a closed finish won the race over Alberto Falcon and
Bill Sarille while Norman Goldin and Lee Marks are tied on the
yellow jersey with 10 points each but the green one was for the
Sun Cycling rider’ Sarille.
* On the women
Joey Wood kept dominating the day, the GC and the sprinter’s
jersey. The second place of the day was for Yuu Asada (Big
Wheel) followed by Adriene Sullivan (BWCC). The juniors division
was for David Espinosa followed by Vikram Murali (Andante)
* The Brazilian
A Desouza won by over 5 bike length the final field sprint,
second place was for Frank Delarosa followed by Joel Barros.
Frank kept yellow by 3 points over the green jersey leader
Powell and third overall was Joel Barros.
* The photo
finish of the day was at the cat 4 & 5 between the winner of the
day and current leader Jose
Rodriguez and
Seth Coblentz and Pastor Arnaez. Seth kept the green jersey and
sits second overall.
* The
penultimate event of the series was April 28th. Ivan
Franco took first place on the 35+ field followed by Jose
Menendez that now sits second overall just one point behind the
current leader J Genao. The sprinters’ classification upto this
point was for Jaime Zapata (Mack Cycle).
* The 45+ field
had two men breakaway but at the end Gus Ferrer won in a solo
followed by companion the current leader Norman Goldin, the
bunch sprint was for A Falcon. On the green jersey we had a new
leader: Lee Marks racing for Jet Network.
* The women race
had no one to beat the power of Joey Wood, this time second and
third places were for Cycle Science riders: Francis Elliot and
Charlotte Lenssen. On the juniors’ race two riders from Andante
took first and second Vikram Murali and Jeremy Landau, the
current leader David Espinosa placed third.
* Frank Travieso
with Damiani took first place on the Pro 1,2,3 followed by
Damian Phang and Joel Barros that at the same time with this
third place is now tied on points with the current leader
Delarosa, what a finale next time awaits us. Leonardo Martinez
is now the sprinters’ leader.
* We closed the
day with the cat 4 & 5 race won by Alex Rodriguez (Mack Cycle)
followed by Gildasio Andreza and Pastor Arnaez that now sits
second overall just two points behind the current leader Jose
Rodriguez. The sprinter’s jersey rests on the shoulders of Seth
Coblentz.
* May 12 was the
day of the conclusion of the first series of the year. 35+
finished the day with 3 men breakaway and the victory was for
Gus Ferrer followed by JE Mendez and Glenn Gardner. L Genao
managed to keep the yellow jersey for the series by 1 point
ahead of Jose Menendez while the best sprinter was Glenn
Gardner.
* On the 45+
race Gus Ferrer doing the second race of the day was able to win
this one too in a solo followed by Bryan Crement y Pedro Barzaga,
this victory gave him enough points to take the yellow jersey
from Norman Goldin and last step of the podium was for F Angel.
The green jersey stayed with Lee Marks.
* On the women
field the new arrival to the field was the beginning of Joey-Liz
saga. Liz Stone (Andante) won the day but green and yellow was
for Joey Wood. On GC second and third place were for Donna Moore
and Janeth Sierra respectively. David Espinosa dominated the
junior’s category, he was followed on the podium by V Murali and
J Landau.
* Frank Travieso
wins in a solo the Pro 1,2,3 race of the day, out the 3 chasers
just on the line Leonardo Martinez Takes second place from Joel
Barrios but this gave Barrios enough points to claim the yellow
jersey followed at the podium by Ricardo Hernandez and Frank
Travieso.”Tornicon” (L Martinez) kept the sprinters green
jersey.
* Cat 4 & 5 gave
us a surprise as well in a solo Rafael Lopez took the day and
the bunch sprint finish was for Vinnie Tamburello followed by
Pastor Arnaez this to places gave enough points to Pastor to
become the leader of the series and Vinnie the last step of the
podium leaving the second place to the former leader Jose
Rodriguez.
* The second
series of the year started May 26 with a breakaway of 5 riders
on the 35+ field and Jose Valdivia (Mack Cycle) took the sprint
from Jose Benitez (Miami Masters) leaving third place for Juan
Acosta (Easy Rider). The sprinter’s jersey was a tie between
Acosta and Jose Menendez.
* The arrival to
the 45+ field of the former Pro rider Mauricio Mosquera started
the domination of the rider with the highest amount of yellow
jerseys collected in the history of Rosewood; he took first
place followed by Bill Sarille and Alberto Falcon. The points’
jersey was also for Mosquera.
* Liz Stone took
victory over Joey Wood and third was for Adriene Sullivan. The
green jersey had a tie between Wood and Yuu Asada. We had only
two juniors and the victory was for David Espinosa over Philip
Noisane.
* Powerhouse we
had for the final sprint of the Pro 1,2,3 Ricardo Hernandez (Jet
Network) took it on the line from Keith Norris (Jamis) leaving
third place to Jose F Gonzales (Damiani) The points
classification had a tie between Norris and Noel Morales.
* The last event
of the day on Cat 4 & 5 was taken by Vinnie Tamburello in a
bunch sprint followed by Gildaso Andreza y Pastor Alnaez. Pastor
collected enough point to claimed green.
* The awakening
of the second race of the new series June 9th was sad
because we lost a friend and a fellow rider. While he was
training for State TT in Kendall Lakes he got into an accident
and lost his life, Jose Menendez from Magpies team will be
remembered forever. The proceeds from this race were given to
his wife and two kids.
A green jersey
was given to his wife in commemoration of Jose's efforts to
conquer it last series. We begin the day with a pace lap of
silence commanded by his teammates, the magpies on every single
race of the day.
*
* With all the
sadness that afflicted us at that moment all the races were on
his memory. The 35+ race was for Ailton Desouza, Gus Ferrer and
Jaime Zapata; Jose Valdivia kept the yellow jersey. The next
field on the 45+ was taken by Pedro Barzaga, Alberto Falcon y
Norman Goldin. The leader continued to be Mauricio Mosquera. Liz
Stone won the ladies race followed by Joey Wood and Yuu Asada.
On juniors David Espinosa won over Vikram Murali and Guillermo
Ferrer. The main event Pro 1,2,3 was for Joel Barrios over
Ricardo Lobo y Noel Morales that now is in green, Ricardo
Hernandez kept yellow. Rafael Lopez, Pastor Arnaez and Yunier
Hernandez were the podium riders on the cat 4& 5 race, Pastor
became the new leader on both jerseys.
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