May 1st Floyd Bennett Field - Season Opener- "Tony Maisto WINS!!"

Cat 3-4

Results: 1st Tony Maisto

Distance: 22 miles

Report: Chilly and Windy at FBF, Chris Castaldi ,Jackson Wandres, Jimmy Russo, Eddie Burlem and Tony Maisto. Easy first 2 laps with Wonder Wheels at the front, Chris is in a group off the front for about a lap that comes back then Eddie is in a group off the front with me and Chris controlling the field. the gap grows and Chris tells Tony to bridge up. which he does. when Tony sees that they have a nice gap and trys to organize a nice pace line but half the break is either spent or not willing to work. when it looks like they might regroup with the main field Tony went go to the front and pick up the pace. 5 or 6 guys are with him and They are able to break clear. with about 7 laps to go the break is working good together, then guys start to drop off. with 5 to go there is 3 left in the break, A champion dude, Andy Reiss and Tony. Andy is just barely hanging on and missing a ton of turns at the front but he agrees not to contest the sprint which is fine with Tony. With 1 lap to go Tony and the champion dude agree to a straight up sprint after the final turn which turned out to be a bad decision on his part. A fun race and a great team effort, Tony said he knew that WW was totally shutting down any chase from the main field because with 3 laps to go they had a 2 minute lead on the field.

Kenny and Jerry did the 123 race where Kenny got 9th.

April 29, 2007, NY Spring Series Last Race - Prospect Park

Masters 35+

Results:None

Distance: 43 miles

Report: Big Carbo attacks over the hill half way through separated the field. Tom, Doug, Dave and Jackson make the split... Jackson being lucky to be at the front and on Carbo's wheel when he launched!

Anyway, with a few to go Geoff Bickford goes with a couple Sony's and a Kreb and Carbo bridges up... five away, no WW's. Doug, Tom and Dave sit on the front of the field for many laps thereafter killing themselves to keep the gap down with little help from the many single riders in the 20 or so rider group. Jackson takes a few hard pulls. On bell the break is right in front of us on the hill, Doug launches with one Kreb and gets caught in limbo, break picks it up again and Doug hangs on for 6th despite surging group at the line. We rode well and then missed the break and then rode well some more. Oh well.

April 22, 2007, NY Spring Series 7th Race - Prospect Park

Masters 35+ Results:
None

Distance: 33 miles

Report:Only 10 laps & 25.5 mph is 3 mph faster this week, warm air moves out of the way easier. Large WW turnout in SS masters and a strong field. Krebs and Axis wanted a field sprint and got it. WW's were the aggressors all race, and small break groups formed but were brought back repeatedly. Tom did a good job specifying the domestique role after the race. Chris organized an effort mid-race. (More of that is needed). In the field sprint finish, Tony M had a good spot to go for a place, but a TRUCK in the race lane stopped him for the third time in two years, luckily no crash.

Category 1-2-3

Distance: 37 miles

Report: The Prospect 1-2-3 was very fast. The race was cut from 17 to 11 laps at the start due to the duathlon, but they might have thrown in an extra lap somewhere. JT was in a break with some horsepower from the start line to third street and pulled two (2) times. After that JT rode far back because there was no wind and the field flying. T Settel was near the front when a break did go-- with seven or ten guys but we didn't think it was serious because the field was just a few seconds behind for several laps. But then the gap went large and that was it. Amaury from Mengoni won, while El Pollo crashed hard in the sprint from the field. 17 laps would have been different.

April 14th - Battenkill Roubaix "Wonder Wheel Continues 50+ Winning"

Masters 50+ Results:

1st Doug O'Neill

4th Brian Rafferty (2006 Winner)

9th Ken Hochman

Course: 55 miles 4100 ft vertical, 16% grade section, climbs of 2 miles, 12 miles of dirt roads

Report:1st:At mile 2 (!!!), with a rider 100 yards dangling off the front, Doug O'Neill jumps up to him and those two ride away. Doug drops that guy on the first stiff climb (8 mile mark) and rides 40+ miles to solo victory. Nice of Doug to do his training ride in front of the 50+ field., Brian Rafferty drives the field hard & often for the first 30+ miles, and when he isn't driving it, the field is recovering. Great blocking by Brian to keep the field hurting and NOT chasing Doug. The front of the Peloton is whittled down to 30 over the early climbs, but regrouping mid race on flats, Lead group knocked down again thru the second steep dirt sections, and with about 10 miles to go Brian gets away (with 3 others?) to a great 4th place. Ken Hockman's hardest race ever done. He is dropped by lead group at the peak of the 2nd steep (mile 10) & 7 min solo to chase back,, dropped again at the last of the steep dirt sections (mile 30) and 40 minutes with one guy helping to chase back on. Downhill run in to the line & 4th in the sprint from the group of 20 survivors. Damian rode strong and his fall at 2 miles to finish is a big ouch, but he's fine.

Report: 40+ Tony Settel 28th spends 30 miles off the front with Bill Thompson, Tom Luzio 40th has a very rough day with stomach cramps, Tony Maisto 63rd rides the whole race with no water bottles, but survives the climbs JT 61st , who catches back to Tony at mile 40 and they finish together.

Report: 30+ Titus Leung 24th and Jerry Kapo 41st

April 8, 2007, NY Spring Series 6th Race - Central Park

Masters 35+ Results:
9th Tom Luzio

Distance: 24 miles

Report: Freaking Cold!! With only JT and Eddie Burlem and Tom Luzio in the field Tom made a decision only to go with only Gerry Martinez, Gary (Global) and Paul Carbo, because counters were not an option. A group of 7-8 got away. JT was awesome keeping the gap close (less than a minute), meaning that anything could happen. Eddie also took a long pulls. On the last hill, JT set a solid pace and Tom went over the top, thinking maybe the lead group would slow up toward the finish. Of course this drewout Carbo, Gerry and Gary and they had a little fun attacking each other. Juan (Global) had already been dropped by the break and Tom passed Global's other guy 200m from thefinish. For what it's worth (nothing), Tom was likely 9th. Tom thought Global had made a bad decision to not bring back the break and told them so during the race. Turns out Tom was right. You can't get dropped from abreak, especially when your team is back in the field killing themselves for you.

April 7, 2007, NY Spring Series 5th Race - Prospect Park

Masters 35+ Results:
3rd Tom Luzio

Distance: 40 miles

Report: This week was another chess match,each move carefully thought out and each team leader well marked. Before 2 laps into the race Tom Luzio rode off while Axis and Global watched each other. After 2 more laps Gerry Martinez and David Taylor joined Tom and they Rode together for 4 more laps. It was Kreb Cycles that choose to reel Tom and his break in after 6 laps off the front. The race again turned into a cat and mouse game this time Kenny Drove it up the hill and Titus and Tom slipped off the front with a group and the race was done. Tom got 3rd after Titus drove the break to insure it's success.

April 7, Sandy Hook Time Trial 45+ "The Race Against the Wind"

Masters 45+ Results:
5th Doug O'Neill Time: 16:19.6

Distance: 7 miles

Report: It was a cold and very windy morning at the Jersey Shore forcing a race against the clock into a race against the wind. It was Jimmy Russo's first TT and a cruel baptism, while the experienced TT Doug showed his power.