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