New Britain Roundup

The Masters team went to the New Britain Criterium this Sunday. Scott and Rick did the 45+, and Scott pulled out the victory. Scott won the sprint after double pumping (he won the sprint, sat up because there was more road to go, and then won it again). It was a nice win for Scott and it may have been the first outright win of the season for the Masters team, who has a slew of second place finishes (and a neck full of gold medals from Stephen Badgers' top dog in Connecticut victories). Abdul made the winning break in the 35+ race only to have his chain skip in the sprint. So Abdul, supported by Stephen, Scott and Max V. got 6th place. Stephen got 10th. In the 30+, a large break got up the road and TT could not bring it back. Stephen got 9th. The Masters team skipped the 123 race. Junior team member Ryan Storm got 16th in the Cat 3 race. Little Max (15 years old) finished the Cat 5 race.

Justin's mountain bike effort; brief Fitchburg recap

Justin Lindine decided to take a little break from road racing. Instead, he took on the toughest mountain bike pros in the country at the race at Wyndham Mountain today. Justin managed to grab 22nd place in the event out of approximately 70 starters. Todd Wells was there and must have suffered a major mechanical so he DNF'd.

In Fitchburg, Eneas grabbed 15th overall. TARGETRAINING coach Anthony Colby, who rides for Colavita Sutter Home got 4th overall (Colavita's Kyle Walmsley won the overall). Chris Jones got 5th overall. The team rode well but had a little bad luck. The Cat 2 team grabbed 3rd in the criterium stage. The Masters team had a bunch of tough luck. Ben Liang got 8th in the Cat 4 circuit race. Due to his strong racing, Ben is now a Cat 3.