Win after dominating Kirkwood
Friday, April 18, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Five Victories In Six Races
14 April 2008Wayne, Pennsylvania –Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell wins five of our last six races.
The winning streak began when Miles Watson soloed home for the win at the Kirkwood Road Race. One week later, strategies changed, and the team gave Bobby Lea the leadout resulting in victory number two. One day later, Clayton Barrows wanted a piece of the winning streak. As the solo representative of Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell at the Tyson’s Corner Circuit Race, Clayton powered up the finish straight taking the field sprint for the win. Meanwhile, a few hours away at the Pinecone Circuit Race in NJ, Miles, Richard Geng, Jonathan Erdelyi, and Stephan Kincaid blew the field into pieces with Miles taking his second victory of the year in the Rite Aid / Shebell & Shebell colors.
Fast forward another week and the victories continued. Stephan “Geranimo” Kincaid was anxious for his opportunity. With support from Clayton, Geranimo did not disappoint at the Mt. Joy Road Race. All good things do have to come to an end and even though Richard, Jonathan, Bill Elliston, Geranimo, and Miles rode a good race at the PNC Art Center Race, Richard’s 4th was the result of the day.
The team is looking forward to starting the winning streak again next week at the Cherry Blossom Challenge.
Thanks for reading Miles
Hi guys
After being here for just four days of which only three days have been on the new bike, I've won my first race as a Pro!!!!!!!!
Three days leading up to the race has been 3-5 hours a day of riding in mainly the freezing rain which have sucked, but I love it.
The race was on Sat the 29th April and it was a 95 km road race consisting of seven 8 mile laps.
The day started with minus 4* Celsius in the morning and reached a high of only 8*. The wind ripped through you, it was the some of the most unpleasant conditions I've ever raced in !
Especially coming from 35 to 41* in the past week in Melbourne, I've never dressed with as many clothes, even when racing in the snow. lol. There were 93 starters and from the gun I went out strong, in the first lap I initiated three break aways and in the second lap one succeeded. I turned around to see I had two of my team mates behind me, with three other riders sitting on. On the third lap the bunch was catching us, the three passengers had droped back to the bunch but whilst this was happening we gathered two riders from the hard chasing peloton. Myself & my three team mates were the only ones working in the break for the rest of the race and those two riders with us where just free loading. I soon realised I was the strongest in the break and possibly in the field. My team mates and I were working great; We got a lead up to about a one minute forty five on the peloton and it was brought down to one minute thirty with three laps to go. I had been pulling longer turns than the rest as I really wanted the break to succeed. Near the end of the third last lap I was thinking of where to break away and asked one of the boys Jake, who was with us if he wanted to come. He told me to go as I was feeling the best. As I came through the start/finish line the word came through the radio from the team manager and we were directed to drop the two weasels sitting on. Yes, I was happy about that, as I was planning to do that anyway. With a lap & a half to go I attacked on one of the small steep climbs on the course. One of my shoes broke but it didn't stop me from caneing it to the finish. I had one of the two guys just manage to hook on to my wheel, as it was a head wind. I rode with him for around 3-5 mins making him work then attacked him from behind, I gave it death & smashed him up another climb, and with a convincing lead rode off on the the last lap by myself. With half a lap to go the lead car made me slow to not pass the bunch ahead of me as they were going for the sprint finish in another grade. They pulled up to me & told me you've already got it sown up so don't go past them. Fabulous! I went across the line with the Victory punch which was soooo good. It's my first out right win since Jan 06.
The next four riders came in three min or so behind & the bunch 4 - 5 minutes after. With most of my Team riders coming in the top 10!!! I had been on the go for the whole race which was a pretty good effort. It was awesome riding with my new Pro team Rite Aid,( www.riteaidprocycling.com ) they were great and I know this is going to be a great season and the start of good things to come in the future
I've got to do training for crits tomorrow & a bunch ride which will be round six hours of riding which should be fun. We have been getting to know the team, going rock climbing etc, we are all staying in the same house for a week which has been great. Tomorrow will be the last day of camp & all the domestic riders will drive back home, we all live around 5 hours apart. In the next month I'll be living in three different places which will be great to see the country side.New York here I come.
I have to race this coming weekend so hopefully I can have another good ride again.
Thanks for reading, & talk soon
Miles
The day started with minus 4* Celsius in the morning and reached a high of only 8*. The wind ripped through you, it was the some of the most unpleasant conditions I've ever raced in !
Especially coming from 35 to 41* in the past week in Melbourne, I've never dressed with as many clothes, even when racing in the snow. lol. There were 93 starters and from the gun I went out strong, in the first lap I initiated three break aways and in the second lap one succeeded. I turned around to see I had two of my team mates behind me, with three other riders sitting on. On the third lap the bunch was catching us, the three passengers had droped back to the bunch but whilst this was happening we gathered two riders from the hard chasing peloton. Myself & my three team mates were the only ones working in the break for the rest of the race and those two riders with us where just free loading. I soon realised I was the strongest in the break and possibly in the field. My team mates and I were working great; We got a lead up to about a one minute forty five on the peloton and it was brought down to one minute thirty with three laps to go. I had been pulling longer turns than the rest as I really wanted the break to succeed. Near the end of the third last lap I was thinking of where to break away and asked one of the boys Jake, who was with us if he wanted to come. He told me to go as I was feeling the best. As I came through the start/finish line the word came through the radio from the team manager and we were directed to drop the two weasels sitting on. Yes, I was happy about that, as I was planning to do that anyway. With a lap & a half to go I attacked on one of the small steep climbs on the course. One of my shoes broke but it didn't stop me from caneing it to the finish. I had one of the two guys just manage to hook on to my wheel, as it was a head wind. I rode with him for around 3-5 mins making him work then attacked him from behind, I gave it death & smashed him up another climb, and with a convincing lead rode off on the the last lap by myself. With half a lap to go the lead car made me slow to not pass the bunch ahead of me as they were going for the sprint finish in another grade. They pulled up to me & told me you've already got it sown up so don't go past them. Fabulous! I went across the line with the Victory punch which was soooo good. It's my first out right win since Jan 06.
The next four riders came in three min or so behind & the bunch 4 - 5 minutes after. With most of my Team riders coming in the top 10!!! I had been on the go for the whole race which was a pretty good effort. It was awesome riding with my new Pro team Rite Aid,( www.riteaidprocycling.com ) they were great and I know this is going to be a great season and the start of good things to come in the future
I've got to do training for crits tomorrow & a bunch ride which will be round six hours of riding which should be fun. We have been getting to know the team, going rock climbing etc, we are all staying in the same house for a week which has been great. Tomorrow will be the last day of camp & all the domestic riders will drive back home, we all live around 5 hours apart. In the next month I'll be living in three different places which will be great to see the country side.New York here I come.
I have to race this coming weekend so hopefully I can have another good ride again.
Thanks for reading, & talk soon
Miles
Monday, April 14, 2008
FYI - Thought I'd share some good news. If you haven't heard already; we delievered Bobby Lea to a fine win on Saturday at Walkersville. Richard, myself, Clayton, Bill, Bobby and Myself represented in every move and had a fine leadout train from 2 miles out. Bobby's rear derraileur cable was burned (yes you read that correctly) by road flare ash and was stuck in the 11 for several laps. Good thing it was a tailwind sprint!!!
Richard, myself, Bill, Jon E. and myself represented at Pinecone and again represented in every important move. I steamrolled off the front in a crosswind section taking two riders and then outkicked them for the V. Richard was in a chase group and took that sprint for 4th.
Richard, myself, Bill, Jon E. and myself represented at Pinecone and again represented in every important move. I steamrolled off the front in a crosswind section taking two riders and then outkicked them for the V. Richard was in a chase group and took that sprint for 4th.
Clayton, all by his lonesome, manhandled the entire field by taking two premes, bridging to the break (which got caught) and then taking the field sprint at Tyson's corner! Dang Clayton!
Review - Three races, three wins for this weekend.
Our success is the fruit of everyone's hard work, patience, professionalism and caring. Thanks to all!
Cheers for reading Miles
Review - Three races, three wins for this weekend.
Our success is the fruit of everyone's hard work, patience, professionalism and caring. Thanks to all!
Hi Guys
Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell Enjoys Successful Tune-Up at Kirkwood Road Race
4 April 2008Wayne, Pennsylvania - Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell marked the end of their 2008 training camp with an impressive performance at the Kirkwood Road Race, a 57 mile circuit race just outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The rolling 7 mile circuit of was made tougher by strong winds and a substantial wind chill, which added extra challenge for the 90 rider field. The pace was high from the starting gun and a break of 5 riders immediately opened a gap of 30 seconds on the field,led by three Rite Aid riders, Jake Rytlewski, Clayton Barrows and the newest addition to the squad, Miles Watson from New Zealand. Strong riding by Stephan Kincaid, Jonathan Erdelyi, Robbie King and another new rider for the squad, Richard Geng from Germany, controlled the field allowing the gap to reach nearly 3 minutes. Rite Aid covered any attempts to bridge ensuring that the break would stay clear to the finish.
With two laps to go, Miles Watson attacked the lead group quickly opening a gap of nearly a minute. Rytlewski and Barrows marked the two riders with them and Watson time trialed the last 10 miles solo into a stiff head wind to take the victory, his first on US soil. Rytlewski eased in for third with Barrows 5th and Jonathan Erdelyi taking 6th.
"It was great to see the boys perform so well today," said Jamie Davis, Managing Director. "It's been a long week of training and they were ready to test their form and team chemistry under racing conditions. They executed our race plan perfectly today and it's nice to start the year with some good results."
The team will be traveling to Maryland, New York, New Jersey, then back to Pennsylvania in the next three weeks for some hard racing before heading south to South Carolina for Speed Week.
Thanks for reading, this was an a piece from the Rite Aid Team Website http://www.riteaidprocycling
Cheers
Hi guys
Hers whats happened here so far
No land line here, I will not be on skype for at least another week.
Flight was good,feeling pretty good, bikes just getting built now for tomorrows ride. We have new frames but old gear until the new components turn up. It's supposed to rain for the next week with slight possibility of Snow. It doesn't get much above 12*s at the moment. Americans are really anal at customers lol.
Not much has happened yet, I got to bed at 1pm American time after I arrived, woke up at 930am. Stayed near New Jersey last night. Received all my kit today,we have our training camp starting tomorrow, most riders are staying at the same house for the training camp. TV's shit here lol.
Will get my blog site updated soon with pics, & will get another report out by the end of the week.
Cheers for reading
Hers whats happened here so far
No land line here, I will not be on skype for at least another week.
Flight was good,feeling pretty good, bikes just getting built now for tomorrows ride. We have new frames but old gear until the new components turn up. It's supposed to rain for the next week with slight possibility of Snow. It doesn't get much above 12*s at the moment. Americans are really anal at customers lol.
Not much has happened yet, I got to bed at 1pm American time after I arrived, woke up at 930am. Stayed near New Jersey last night. Received all my kit today,we have our training camp starting tomorrow, most riders are staying at the same house for the training camp. TV's shit here lol.
Will get my blog site updated soon with pics, & will get another report out by the end of the week.
Cheers for reading
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