Friday, November 13, 2009

2010 Team Roster

The 2010 CCNS Cycling Team Roster has been finalized. The team is looking forward to building upon its 2009 season success in the northeast racing circuit in 2010. The team is looking forward to extending its racing schedule to select NRC races throughout the East Coast for the upcoming season as well.

Current team members Aidan Charles (1), Chris Kohnle (2), David Hoyle (2), and Ron Larose (1) will be continuing on with the squad for 2010. The Team has brought on 3 new talented riders for the 2010 season, Ernie Tautkus (2), Jon Awerbach (1), and Ryan Serbel (2).

Almost all of 2009 sponsors are continuing on for the New Year… including Jarvis Surgical, CT Hernia, and Custom Medical Manufacturing. New 2010 Season Sponsors are still being finalized, with the likely possibility of additional title and major sponsors!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Cyclocross Results: Oct. 24th-25th

Hartford Cross

Cat. 4
Dave Dubos - 3rd

Congrats to Dave on his podium finish in his first season of cyclocross racing!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Weekend Results: September 12th & 13th

Topsfield Circuit Race

The CCNS guys has a great showing in the Pro 1,2,3 race on Saturday. Ron LaRose took home the win with Aidan Charles and David Hoyle also finishing in the top 10. The guys are still riding strong and the 2009 road season comes to a close.

Aidan has his race recap up on the CCNS Community site, go check it out: CLICK HERE

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Labor Day Weekend Results

Green Mountain Stage Race

The team had a handful of riders competing in the Green Mountain Stage Race this passed weekend. Everyone rode strong and completed the 4 day event. David Hoyle finished 3rd in the Circuit Race on Saturday to get the first podium of the race for CCNS. Ron LaRose took home the overall Cat. 2 Sprint Points win & Green Jersey with David Hoyle close behind in 2nd. Ron also place 4th in the Cat. 2 King of the Mountains (KOM) category. Congrats to Ron and David on 2 podium appearances!

Aidan has some newly update race results over on the CCNS Community site, go check them out: CLICK HERE.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Weekend Results: August 30th & 31st

Three Villages Tour

Pro 1,2,3
David Hoyle - 3rd

Congrats to David on his podium finish!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Weekend Results: July 11 & 12

New Britain Criterium

Masters 65+
Jeff Fryer - 2nd

Congrats to Jeff, up on the podium again!

Cat. 4
Congrats to Jason Cicero on a great race just barely getting edged off the podium with a 4th place finish.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Weekend Results: June 20 & 21

Mystic Velo Criterium

Masters 65+
Jeff Fryer - 3rd

Congrats to Jeff on his podium finish!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Weekend Results: June 13th & 14th

Whaling City Cyclone

CAT 4/5 30+
Steve Youmatz - 2nd

Congrats to Steve on his podium finish!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend Results

Cyclonauts Racers Criterium

Cat 4 Race
Jason Cicero - 3rd

Congrats to Jason on his podium finish!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Weekend Results: May 9th & 10th

Sterling Road Race
Cat 3/4 Race
Brian Tompikns - 3rd

Congrats to Brian on his podium finish!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Weekend Results: April 18th & 19th

4th Annual Rick Newhouse Memorial Ninigret Criterium

Cat 4
Jason Cicero - 2nd

Pro 1,2,3
Chris Kohnle - 8th

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Plainville #7

Craig Luekens is the "2009 Plainville Series Pro 1,2,3 Champion" followed by David Hoyle in 3rd. With those 2 on the podium CCNS secured the "Pro 1,2,3 Team Champions" honor as well. CCNS also got on the podium placing 3rd overall in the Masters 39+ bracket thanks to Steve Youmatz's hard work. Great job guys!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Weekend Results: April 11th & 12th

Plainville #6

Cat 4/5 - 39+
Steve Youmatz - 1st

After taking his 2nd win of the season, Steve is in 3rd in the Overall Points Standing in the 39+ Category. CCNS is in 3rd as a team in that category.

Craig Luekens is in the yellow jersey as the Overall Leader of the Pro 1,2,3 Category and David Hoyle is in 3rd. Team CCNS is still the overall leader in the Pro 1,2,3 Category after 6 weeks of racing

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Johnny Cake Race #2

The conditions were awesome on the 2nd race of the Johnny Cake Series. The temperature was just over 40 degrees, the winds were gusting over 25mph, and there was drizzling rain throughout the day… It was a great hard-man’s-race environment. Aidan, Brian, Ron, and Dave were representing the CCNS squad for the day.

Right from the gun Aidan went with the first move of 4 riders, which immediately formed a decent size gap. After staying away for the first lap the move was reeled in, only to be countered immediately by Ron. From this excellently time effort a breakaway group of 8 riders formed the winning break of the day. The break worked together well for the next 45 miles going into the final lap. Everyone approached the final lap cautiously, waiting for one of their breakaway companions to initiate the first aggressive move. Ron took it upon himself to start the hurt with about 1km to go. Everyone managed to respond to his move, but this didn’t stop him from beating everyone for 1st place in the final sprint by a healthy margin. Another great day for Team CCNS!

Excerpt from the CCNS community site at charlescoaching.com

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Weekend Results: April 4th & 5th

Plainville #5

Pro 1,2,3
Craig Luekens - 4th
Hunter Pronovost - 7th

Craig is in the yellow jersey as the Overall Leader of the Pro 1,2,3 Category and David Hoyle is in 3rd. Team CCNS is still the overall leader in the Pro 1,2,3 Category after 5 weeks of racing

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Johnny Cake Race #2

The conditions were awesome on the 2nd race of the Johnny Cake Series. The temperature was just over 40 degrees, the winds were gusting over 25mph, and there was drizzling rain throughout the day… It was a great hard-man’s-race environment. Aidan, Brian, Ron, and Dave were representing the CCNS squad for the day.

Right from the gun Aidan went with the first move of 4 riders, which immediately formed a decent size gap. After staying away for the first lap the move was reeled in, only to be countered immediately by Ron. From this excellently time effort a breakaway group of 8 riders formed the winning break of the day. The break worked together well for the next 45 miles going into the final lap. Everyone approached the final lap cautiously, waiting for one of their breakaway companions to initiate the first aggressive move. Ron took it upon himself to start the hurt with about 1km to go. Everyone managed to respond to his move, but this didn’t stop him from beating everyone for 1st place in the final sprint by a healthy margin. Another great day for Team CCNS!

Excerpt from the CCNS community site at charlescoaching.com

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Weekend Results: March 28th & 29th

Plainville # 4

The usual suspects and teams were out for the race. Stage One and IRS Medic in were large numbers, the Cyclonauts and a couple of CVC riders. In a surprise move, long time unattached rider Tim Unkert was sporting the yellow and black Cyclonaut jersey.
Craig, Hunter and Chris K were out for CCNS, ready to get into the assumed winning break.

Pretty quickly a 3 man break developed with young Connor Sallee, Unkert and a rider from Empire Cycling. This break was given some leeway, as it didnt have any Stage 1 or Medics in it.

When it was evident that the Stage 1 and Medic chase wouldn't be enough to bring the break back, Chris and Hunter went to work up front. When the gap was brought from 25+ sec to less than 12, Craig jumped across the gap with Medic rider Mike McGinley. He would bridge up in a couple of laps to the tiring trio in front, making it 6 in the break with only Stage One left to chase. Craig was able to fend off a couple of last lap attacks from the break and take the sprint for the win. Hunter easily took the field sprint, with Chris right behind him in 8th.

The jersey now is on the back of Craig Luekens, with second place one point behind, Dave Hoyle.

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Johnny Cake

The weather was beautiful for the first of the Johnny Cake Training Series (Coxsackie, NY). Team members Aidan Charles, Brian Tompkins, David Hoyle, Patrick Brandon, and Ron LaRose lined up for the Men’s A race. The weather helped promote the race, with a full field of 70-80 riders on the line! Some of the larger teams with a good turnout were the Spooky/Kenda Team, Westwood Velo, and the Keltic Cycling Club, all with around 10 riders representing from each squad.

Team CCNS rode very well from the start. The team always had representation in any threatening break, and managed to get both Patrick Brandon and Aidan Charles up the road in a break of 10 riders for the remainder of the 55 mile race. Within one or two laps, both Patrick and Aidan managed to slip away from the breakaway with two Westwood Velo Riders, infamous Roger Aspholm and Todd Cassan. It was Two-on-Two for the remainder of the race.

After some tough efforts Patrick found himself shaken loose from his breakaway companions, leaving Aidan with the two Westwood riders. He dropped back to the chasing remainder of the breakaway. Aidan managed to stick with the two Westwood riders down to the finish, taking second place against Roger in the sprint. Patrick also managed to take 5th place overall for the day after winning the sprint out of the chasing group.

Excerpt from the CCNS community site at charlescoaching.com

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Race Photos: Week 3

We've posted some race photos of the Cat. 3/4 guys in action at Plainville last weekend courtesy of Dave Hildebrand from CVC. Head over to the Team Photo Page.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Weekend Results: March 21st &22nd

Bethel # 3

Team CCNS made its largest showing yet for the Bethel series today, with team members Aidan Charles, Chris Kohnle, David Hoyle, Patrick Brandon, and Ron Larose making it out to the race.

A stiff wind on the course made the race a little tougher than usual, and after a quite a few break away attempts, Team CCNS was able to put Aidan, Dave, and Ron in a break of 10 riders with about 10 laps to go. As Patrick and Chris held the field behind at bay… Aidan Charles attacked the break with 3 laps to go in order to draw out some of the break's main competitors, including Eneas from Team Targettraining. With Eneas and the rest of the breakaway members chasing, Ron and Dave were able to pounce on the tired riders in the final lap, and take 1st and 2nd in the finish! Ron also managed to take a prime, adding a great final touch to a successful and exciting day.

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Plainville #3

After last week’s great performance, David Hoyle earned himself the overall leader’s jersey. Team CCNS had to play a defensive role for the race, with the goal being to make sure that no one in contention for the overall was able to get up the road and away from Dave. The team set out to keep a steady pace on the front, and not let any threatening break get to far ahead without proper representation.

With members of the team being on the front for the large majority of the race, CCNS was able to control the race, even with the good deal of challenges laid down by the other teams, including CVC, Team IRSmedic.com, and Team Stage-One/Fusion think. Ron Larose was able to scoop up points primes, and David Hoyle was able to get second in the final sprint, with the help of a lead-out from the rest of the team.

The team now has a healthy gap in the overall team points competition, and is holding on to 1st, 3rd, and 4th in the in the individual points competition for the P123 ranks.

Excerpt from the CCNS community site at charlescoaching.com

Monday, March 16, 2009

Weekend Results: March 14th & 15th

Bethel #2

A solid field lined up for the second Bethel race of the season under some surprisingly sunny skies. Many of the usual suspects showed up, all in their new team gear, ready to find some racing legs for the 2009 season. The race was active all day, with lots of various moves going up the road - some of which the two lone CCNS riders, Hunter and Luekens, were mixing it up in.

The most promising break of the day - with Hunter, some Targetraining, Bubble boys, and Keltic folks represented - made it to about 20-30 seconds before the field brought it back. That's not to mention Luekens and Hunter going 1-2 in a cash prime later in the race. It wasn't until about 10 laps to go that a strong move of Eneas from Targetraining and Chad Butts from Champion System (who earlier edged Luekens out for a prime) made it up the road. Their gap made it to a max of 15 seconds, which apparently wasn't enough to scare the better represented teams of FusionThink and Keltic. Hovering at 12sec. with only 2 to go, something of a chase finally materialized, but it was too little too late as the sprinters finished just a few bike lengths behind the two winners.

With more CCNS riders there, we surely could have brought the break back, but Luekens and Hunter managed to scrounge their way through the sprint nonetheless, grabbing 8th and 13th. It was great to get some more early racing in and to recognize how strong the CCNS team really will be when we're in full force. Should be an exciting season...........
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Plainville Race 2

The CCNS had a great day at the second race of the plainville series this past weekend. The full Squad showed ready to race hard and make an impression. Right from the gun the team set pace on the front for the first few laps, setting the high paced standard for the day. The team continued to launch attacks and make the race series leader race hard, who was just 1 point ahead of CCNS' own Craig Luekens in the overall. The team did just that as they managed to force a break with 2 CCNS riders, David Hoyle and Ron Larose, along with 6 other riders about halfway through the race.

The break stayed away for the rest of the race. In excellent tactical fashion David Hoyle launched a solo attack from 2 laps out and managed to stay away for the win! Ron Larose handily won the sprint while letting the others chase, officially giving Team CCNS 1st and 2nd place for the day!

Tim Malton, also a CCNS Client, managed 3rd for the day in the 1,2,3 race behind the two Team CCNS riders. Steve Youmatz, a Team CCNS Masters rider, won the Category 4 race earlier that morning too!

It was definitely a great day for the CCNS community as a whole.

Excerpt from the CCNS community site at charlescoaching.com

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bethel Race #1

A strong field of 60-70 riders were out for the first Bethel Spring Series race. The new look Target Training squad and CT Coast were the best represented in the field. Plenty of talent had made the trip up from NYC as well. In for the team was Hunter Pronovost and newcomer Josh Friedman. It was a windy day, as usual for Bethel, and the plan was to be up front and represented in what was probably going to be a race decided by a break.

Both Josh and Hunter were active at first, Josh took the lead in instigating a couple of attacks, but couldnt find the right mix of guys to stay away. Hunter as well, had a go off the front in a break but that fizzled out within a lap and half. The two CCNS riders were working well together, and despite not having numbers, were at the front most of the race. Hunter missed the first prime lap prize by a bike and a half.

Most activity off the front was anchored by the strong Target Training crew. Though most moves didnt last more than a lap. The most dangerous looking break got free with about 7 laps to go. 2 Target Training guys, Eneas Freyre and another, broke clear at the right moment and got free. They had a gap as high as 17 seconds at one point, but then the duo split as the chase was ramping up behind, leaving Eneas alone to try to get to the line first.

Going into the last lap, Josh was sitting in the top 12, looking good. Hunter was a little farther back. The lone Tartget Training rider would get swept up in the final 200 meters. Josh got boxed in and couldnt get a good sprint into the top 10. Hunter had worked hard at moving up the left side on the backstretch, found an alley and sprinted a long way, managing to snag 5th... Just a few bike lengths from the win.

After the first weekend of training races, CCNS riders have points in both series...

Excerpt from the CCNS community site at charlescoaching.com

Plainville: Race #1

The first race of the year just went down this past weekend at the first of the Plainville Crit series. The CCNS squad had a great turnout for the first race of the year.

Pro 123 Race: The usual central Connecticut cycling suspects came out for the first race… including Mike McGinely, Eric Merril, and Ron Fantono for the new IRS Medic Cycling Team. Arlen Zane Wenzel from the Horst Cycling Team, a lot of guys from the Bubble Boy Stage 1 cycling team (we’ll learn their names eventually), and the entire CVC squad.

The team was pretty excited to get things rolling for the first race of the year… and the team goal was to have someone represent CCNS in a break at all times. After a few good break attempts from various guys from the team, including Ron, Craig, Hunter, and a nice long flyer from Patrick Brandon, Aidan established with a small break with Ed Angeli and Barry Miller. After a few laps off the front, a chase group bridged up from the field with Craig Luekens in tow (deemed the “Freight Train” in the Horst Cycling Teams Blog).

With two CCNS riders established in the break of 11 riders, the group went on its way towards lapping the field. During this time the break maintained a healthy pace with the help from riders such as Arlen, Mike, Ron Fontano, and Peter Petrillo. Craig managed to win a prime and get second by a wheel length in another, all while doing his fair share of work at the front of the break. Aidan was playing the conservative role, hoping for a late attack opportunity.

As the group made full circle and attached with the back of the field, CCNS riders Ron, Patrick, and Hunter set a stiff pace for the remaining 5 laps to keep the field under control. With the leadout help of Ciaran Mangan from CCB, the CCNS team led Craig and Aidan into the final sprint for a respectable 2nd and 5th place.

The team is excited for the next race.… And with a full squad planned to show for next weekend, the team is ready to race aggressively and really throw down.

Excerpt from the CCNS community site at charlescoaching.com

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

2009 Race Season Begins

The 2009 race season begins this Sunday with the 1st event of the Bethel Spring Series. The forecast is bone chilling, but sunny...should be a good day of racing!