MVC @ the Cooper Crits July 11

IC3 and one of MVC's key sponsors, RBM, in conjunction with a very gracious host, the Cooper Fitness center, put on a first time race in our backyard (an undeveloped subdivision in Craig Ranch) on a very hot Saturday, July 11. Two other MVC sponsors also had a big presence. Aruba Sport had its display there and contributed to the primes, while SmartWater and Vitamin Water saved many of us from heat exhaustion. The course's challenging blend of technical corners and elevation changes, when combined with the heat, made for some aggressive racing. And MVC was thick in the middle of it. By my count, 20 MVC-ites toed the line at least once, and a handful of hearty (or in my case, probably foolish) souls raced more than once. Highlights were the near textbook racing tactics employed by Weber, (Bling) Burke and Price in the 40+ and Jr. Germann and Haga in the 3s, and the fine showing by Nagel and King in the 50+ race.

Chris Powers initiated an early split in the 40+ that Price and Weber quickly joined. After a 2 lap chase, Burke also bridged to what was then a 9 man lead group (the 3 from MVC, Powers, OKC's Peter Erdoes, Kurt Bickel and his teammate, Phil Wilson, Matrix's Jeff Bauer and Jorge Merle.) Soon thereafter, Patrick attacked and went solo for 2-3 laps. After he was caught, Brad countered. All the while, Steve was marking Powers, so when Powers countered Brad's move, Steve was immediately on him. With Patrick and Brad following wheels, the other 5 gave a hard chase for several laps but Powers and Steve held their 20-40 second gap until the chase gave up. From their Powers and Steve lapped the main field before Powers took the win at the line. Patrick just nipped Brad for 4th behind Erdoes giving MVC 3 in the top 5.

In the 3s, after the field had been under pressure from several racers chasing primes, notably Jeff Bauer, Luke and 2 others got a gap, and with Shane riding perfectly behind -- soft peddling through corners when he was on the front and being perfectly positioned to disrupt any chasing the rest of the time -- he was rarely more then 2 or 3 riders from the front -- the break stuck. Luke then powered up the inside to take 1st in the 3 man sprint, while Shane easily bested the main field to take 4th overall.

50+

1 262 STEVE MINNERLY PACC
2 261 BILL NAGEL MCKINNEY VELO CLUB
3 259 MICHAEL WOERNER GS TENZING
4 253 DAVE PARKS MIRAGE
5 264 MARK STECK CORINTH CYCLING CLUB POWERED BY
6 256 BARRY KLUNDER TEAM BICYCLES, INC.
7 258 Ginny King McKinney Velo
8 255 CHARLES WOOLCOCK MATRIX / RBM
9 257 STEPHEN MARINO METRO VW/FCS
10 260 STEVE THOMPSON TEAM BICYCLES, INC


40+

1 615 CHRIS POWERS TEAM AT&T-BRAIN & SPINE CYCLING
2 607 STEPHEN WEBER MCKINNEY VELO
3 602 Peter Erdoes OKC Velo
4 606 PATRICK BURKE MCKINNEY VELO
5 604 BRAD PRICE MCKINNEY VELO
6 609 JEFFREY BAUER MATRIX/RBM
7 608 KURT BICKEL JOE'S PRO BIKES
8 605 PHILLIP WILSON JOES PRO BIKES
9 619 JORGE MERLE PARK PLACE DEALERSHIPS/DALLAS M
10 601 ROBB BUSH COLAVITA/COOKING LIGHT/TEXAS
11 600 MIKE READE MORITZ CHEVROLET CYCLING
12 618 JEFFERY SCHERER
13 613 JUDGE DOBRIENT UNATTACHED
14 603 JONATHAN GARRETT COLAVITA/COOKING LIGHT/TEXAS
15 612 MARCO CORSI MCKINNEY VELO
16 614 RICH MILLER MCKINNEY VELO
17 616 Kevin Shea Dallas Bike Works
18 617 CHRISTOPHER PEASLEE TEAM BEAVER
19 611 WALTER MEGURA McKinney Velo
20 621 Carl Hentschel GS TENZING

Cat 3

1 329 LUKE GERMANN MCKINNEY VELO
2 303 Bonds Paul OKC Velo
3 314 KYLE SIGL BROKEN FILMS RACING
4 320 SHANE HAGA MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL/VELO
5 313 JERRY ROUSH PLANO ATHLETIC CYCLING CLUB (PA
6 333 DARWIN DARR MIRAGE
7 312 SHAWN DAURELIO MIRAGE
8 331 MARC MONTEMAYOR COLAVITA/COOKING LIGHT/TEXAS
9 322 Jason McCombs Lonestar Racing Club
10 330 Todd Farrell Metro VW
11 325 CRAIG FULK COLAVITA/COOKING LIGHT/TEXAS
12 305 JEFFREY BAUER MATRIX/RBM
13 321 STEPHEN BORSKI MCKINNEY VELO
14 315 MARK RAWLINGS GS TENZING
15 332 JARED REYNOSO MATRIX/RBM
16 316 DANIEL FONTENOT PACC
17 319 TREVOR RIGBY MCKINNEY VELO
18 335 DAVID MCGAFFIN ROCKWALL CYCLING
19 311 KEN MACLEAN GS TENZING
20 317 MARK ASHTON MIRAGE