Rob's Report #4
Buffalo - 4/1/06
No Fooling Around!
The Buffalo Giro took off in its customary way right from the start with Adam Garlapow (Shikluna) laying down a hard attack in the first mile. A fury of attacks at the front to chase the escaping Garlapow finally broke Mike Mathis (Preferred Care) free to join Garlapow in their getaway. It didn’t take long for Joe Halter (Handlebars) to respond and jump clear along with myself. We were up the road & chasing the lead duo when Halter decided to attack me coming around a corner and he went solo up to the leading pair and I retuned to the peleton to gather up my teammates & start the chase. The JW Dundee’s squad (Dwight Roth, Kevin Mahoney, Taylor Hogan, and myself) chiseled into the lead chasing for over 12 miles, but the leaders still had a 1 minute gap when we pulled the plug on our rotations at the front. Going into the final lap of four, Adam Garlapow came off the lead group & back to the peleton, which forced the Shikluna squad to fire up the attack machine. Multiple counter attacks started splintering the field into pieces. In the closing miles several riders tried to getaway, and John Roden (Shikluna) and Chris Riley (PC) broke free with 3k to go. In the final 1k, Jason Skalski (PC) led out the group in a blistering pace as Mathis was taking the win over Halter. The single file line of about 12 riders closed in to the line with Jay Joslyn getting the jump on the group sprint for 5th chasing home Roden (3rd) and Riley (4th).
No Fooling Around!
The Buffalo Giro took off in its customary way right from the start with Adam Garlapow (Shikluna) laying down a hard attack in the first mile. A fury of attacks at the front to chase the escaping Garlapow finally broke Mike Mathis (Preferred Care) free to join Garlapow in their getaway. It didn’t take long for Joe Halter (Handlebars) to respond and jump clear along with myself. We were up the road & chasing the lead duo when Halter decided to attack me coming around a corner and he went solo up to the leading pair and I retuned to the peleton to gather up my teammates & start the chase. The JW Dundee’s squad (Dwight Roth, Kevin Mahoney, Taylor Hogan, and myself) chiseled into the lead chasing for over 12 miles, but the leaders still had a 1 minute gap when we pulled the plug on our rotations at the front. Going into the final lap of four, Adam Garlapow came off the lead group & back to the peleton, which forced the Shikluna squad to fire up the attack machine. Multiple counter attacks started splintering the field into pieces. In the closing miles several riders tried to getaway, and John Roden (Shikluna) and Chris Riley (PC) broke free with 3k to go. In the final 1k, Jason Skalski (PC) led out the group in a blistering pace as Mathis was taking the win over Halter. The single file line of about 12 riders closed in to the line with Jay Joslyn getting the jump on the group sprint for 5th chasing home Roden (3rd) and Riley (4th).
Rochester – 4/2/06
The Green Army Takes Finale
The bright sun for the final Rochester Giro had the group in a very tame mood in the early miles. Mark Dux (JW Dundee’s) tried a solo effort off the front early on. The group was welded together all the way down Strong Road & through Ionia after Adam Garlapow (Shikluna) issued several attacks. Multiple counter attacks started to string out the large field on W. Bloomfield Rd. with Dwight Roth and Kevin Mahoney (JW Dundee’s) working to cover the moves. A small break started to formulate heading back to Mendon, which included Taylor Hogan (JW Dundee’s), point leader Jay Joslyn & John Roden (Shikluna). Mathis (PC) joined the break & the heavy hitters put the burners on to solidify the break. With Taylor rejoining the peleton, the Dundee’s team began a series of counters to try & close the gap and possibly break someone clear of the pack. I countered hard on the first circuit before Pond Rd. and Todd Scheske (PC) joined me in a bid to bridge across. We made it to within 30 seconds. However, two guys weren’t going to get it done and the pack was back on our heels with one to go. With all the points up the road the pack started waging its own little war. Chris Riley (PC) countered a couple times and took two riders up the road with him. I jumped with 2 miles to go in a bid to bridge to the group of three, but came up short and was caught 200m from the line. Series winner Jay Joslyn set up his teammate for the win & Roden sprinted in for the win, with Mathis (PC) 2nd, Dan Staffo (Handlebars) 3rd, Gary Egan (Full Moon) 4th, Brian Cardona (Nalgene) 5th, Carl Petruzelli 6th.
posted by taylor at 4/03/2006 06:10:00 AM
2 Comments:
This is a great website, I enjoy reading about another perspective of a race I'm in. I'm excited to see some new teams mixing it up, see you on the road, it was fun racing together thses last weeks--Old Man Roden
Thanks for the comments, John. Be sure to keep checking the website to see where you can sample some of our title sponsor's excellent product! And a big thanks to Rob for his excellent race reports!
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