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NCNCA Racing- November 19 -Sacramento Cyclocross Ione
- November 12 – Pilarcitos Bay Area Super Prestige Series, Sierra Point
- November 9 – Folsom Rodeo Cyclocross Wednesday Night Series
Wente RR – quick results
I’m sure Ken Hernandez is going to have full results up on the interwebs any minute now for the Wente Road Race … but since I may have a few minutes drop on the MAN ~ I’ll post winners of the men’s and womens P1/2 races.
The Fellas
Jesse Miller-Smith crushes the final kilometer for the win
Marc Pro – Strava took 4 out of the top 5 in Saturday’s wind swept Wente road race. It was an impressive display from the marauding highlanders, with JSM just ahead of teammates Justin Rossi (2nd), Spencer Collom (4th), and Frank Spiteri (5th). Cal Giant hardman Jesse Moore was 3rd, being off the front with a rotating set of dreamers throughout most of the day.
I’ve a good few dozen pictures of the men’s race and will try and scrub out some narrative of the action as I caught glimpses of it.
But the bottom line is – the MPStrava boys came to Wente with a few scores to settle … and went straight to the mattresses to do ‘em. They didn’t waste a ton of energy like they did at Copperopolis the week before, and didn’t have near the bad luck they had then either.
But more importantly, with the biggest team in the field, they were still able to stack the front end of the podium in an aggressive, tactical race. Good show.
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Fremont Bank … ladies style
Metromint’s Molly Van Houweling put them to the test with 2 tremendous solo efforts during the day, but Fremont’s left-right combo was too much for the women’s field at Wente.
Susannah Breen crushed the final ascent to stamp down her authority as the climbing queen of Norcal, with her teammate Beth Newell doing the work of a day laborer to set her up all race long – and even having enough in the tank to take a solid 3rd herself at the finish. Webcor’s Rebecca Werner continues to show her smarts and a stacked power meter to match, jumping away from Newell on the final climb for 2nd.
Devon Gorry from Bike Aptos was 4th, and Annie Fulton of Metromint was a fine 5th – again letting our region know this is a rider to watch develop in 2011.
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i’ll have a couple hundred pics up as soon as I can – likely on the facebooks. There’ll be a link here, and more gossip about how i think the racing went.
p~0
hernando
May 1st, 2011 at
Quick comment from the wheel car —
Great race by Freemont Bank!
Lucia Mokres of Los Gatos was off with Molly the second time, and pulling strong. Like Molly’s first adventure, they got a gap on the descent, and had over 1 minute at the start of the headwind section. A stong chase from the field (I think mainly Newell, Werner, and Smith, with eventual help from Breen) brought them back just after turning the corner onto Carroll.
And speaking of the field, Marley Smith was ridiculously strong all day. Pulling, chasing, closing gaps, and attempting bridges again and again.
May 2nd, 2011 at
Let me just say Beth N. has the best thighs of all the Women in the group. Just look at the podium shot and you can see for yourself.
Tweet- My next race will be Colorado.
May 4th, 2011 at
Thanks for the kudos rvh
Being in a break with Molly is one of the funnest things I’ve done in a race! She’s awesome and a pleasure to race with.