Final 2008 Chico Airport Criterium.........

And so, the 2008 Tuesday Night Airport Criteriums come to an end - and good timing too.....it's getting darker earlier now, and we had some rain clouds out there tonight! But we also had some great racing - and LOTS of riders turning out for this final Airport Criterium of the season!! In all, we had 48 riders show up tonight to race........and another dozen people out there to watch the racing action. Thank you all for coming out to this one - and for coming to these Airport Criteriums all season long!! A HUGE thank you goes out to Coach Mike Trowbridge for starting these up earlier in the season - they really caught on! And, yes, we will definitely be back next season to do these again - bigger and better than ever.

So, tonight's event counted for Double Points in the Season-Long Points Standings......this included the Prime Points as well. And, being the monster I can be at times, I decided to throw in a few extra Primes tonight!! Sorry about that - it's the devil in me that does it to y'all.

Anyway, 24 riders were in the "A" Category race, and another 24 riders were in the "B" Category race. The pace of both packs....combined with the high humidity tonight and the Primes.....took its toll, as we had a few riders drop out. The "A" race saw a 3-person breakaway get away, with another 3-person breakaway bridging up to them. Towards the end of the race, this 6-person break(including David Albrecht, Randy Moon, CJ Humphries, Tyler Honeyman, Jeff Seyfried and Lindsay Myers) was able to work efficiently together....and they ended up staying away from the chase pack to the very end. It came down to a final sprint between the 6, with David Albrecht taking the sprint over Randy Moon.

The "B" group was able to stay together for the most part during the race, and the group saw some great racing out there. In the end, it was a field sprint that would decide the winner - and it was Greg Golet taking the victory over Kyle Hartelt and Matt Itamura!

And finally - we have some Champion Trophies to award to the victors of this Season-Long Criterium Series. Here are the Series Winners:

Category "A" Men - David Albrecht
Category "A" Women - Lindsay Myers
Category "B" Men - Tom Embree
Category "B" Women - A TIE - Lisa Martens and Jenn Gruber
Mens Masters 45+ Category - Randy Moon

And below are tonight's results.......followed by the Season-Long Point Standings. Thanks again to all of you for making these Criteriums so much fun - y'all ROCK!!!

Category "A":
1. David Albrecht (14 points + 12 Prime Points = 26 points)
2. Randy Moon (10 points + 14 Prime Points = 24 points)
3. CJ Humphries (8 points + 10 Prime Points = 18 points)
4. Tyler Honeyman (6 points + 10 Prime Points = 16 points)
5. Jeff Seyfried (4 points + 6 Prime Points = 10 points)
6. Lindsay Myers (2 points + 8 Prime Points = 10 points)
7. Kevin Speacht (8 Prime Points)
8. David Kyle (2 Prime Points)
9. Mike Smith
10. Paul Sajben (4 Prime Points)
11. Michael Jasinski (3 Prime Points)
12. Jeff Galland (6 Prime Points)
13. Mike Trowbridge (12 Prime Points)
14. Mike Thorpe (6 Prime Points)
15. Tim Creswell (4 Prime Points)
16. Jason Ziegenhirt
17. Janeen Thorpe
18. Jim Roberts
19. Rob Bishop
DNP: James Plummer, Brad Foster, Paul Begbie, Ben Bryant, Ryan Olson
Other Prime Winners: Ryan Olson (2 Prime Points)

Category "B":
1. Greg Golet (14 points + 8 Prime Points = 22 points)
2. Kyle Hartelt (10 points + 12 Prime Points = 22 points)
3. Matt Itamura (8 points)
4. Joe Schlesinger (6 points + 10 Prime Points = 16 points)
5. Barry DeWitt (4 points + 4 Prime Points = 8 points)
6. Jeff Ochs (2 points + 2 Prime Points = 4 points)
7. Dave Steindorf
8. Shawn Hughes
9. John Wiesinger (2 Prime Points)
10. Dain Melton
11. Greg Melton
12. Bill Travers
13. Mike Crumm
14. John Deer
15. Brooke Henderson (4 Prime Points)
16. Jenn Gruber (2 Prime Points)
17. Chico State Dude
18. Caryn Jones
19. Maggie Jones
DNP: Mikey Dufresne, Denny McKenney, David Klein, Rob Glatthaar, John Myers
Other Prime Winners: Chico State Dude (4 Prime Points)

And the FINAL Season-Long Points Standings:

Category "A" Riders:

David Albrecht 119 points (1st Place in the Mens Category A)
Kevin Speacht 75 points
Jeff Galland 60 points
Tim Creswell 53 points
James Plummer 31 points
Randy Moon 30 points (1st Place in the Mens Masters 45+ Category)
Paul Sajben 28 points
Jeff Seyfried 26 points
CJ Humphries 22 points
Tyler Honeyman 19 points
Mike Trowbridge 18 points
Mike Smith 18 points
Lindsay Myers 13 points (1st Place in the Womens Category A)
Rob Bishop 12 points
Roy Steves 10 points
Colby Elliot 10 points
Mike Castaldo 9 points
Geno Gruber 9 points
David Kyle 7 points
Mike Thorpe 7 points
Ryan Olson 7 points
Ben Bryant 7 points
Raymond Cagigas 7 points
Michael Jasinski 6 points
Alex Blease 6 points
Steve Vickery 5 points
Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
Michelle Beltran 4 points
Mike Cordova 3 points
Rich Thurman 2 points
Kris Blee 1 point
Sean Molina 1 point
Paul McIntyre 1 point
Rich Quintero 1 point
Anthony Ferretti 1 point
Jeff Anderson 1 point

Category "B" Riders:

Tom Embree 74 points (1st Place in the Mens Category B)
Kyle Hartelt 55 points
Joe Schlesinger 46 points
Jeff Ochs 28 points
Greg Golet 22 points
Lisa Martens 20 points (1st Place in the Womens Category B - TIE)
Jenn Gruber 20 points (1st Place in the Womens Category B - TIE)
Barry DeWitt 16 points
Christa Ritchey 16 points
Denny McKenney 16 points
Frank Marinello 16 points
Matt Itamura 15 points
Phil Weintraub 15 points
Linda Zorn 14 points
Brooke Henderson 12 points
Caryn Jones 12 points
Janine Rood 10 points
Jim Mensching 9 points
Dan Reymann 7 points
Mikey Dufresne 7 points
Clay Johnson 7 points
Christine Bergman 7 points
John Wiesinger 6 points
BJ LaRossa 6 points
Stefanie Marshall 5 points
Shawn Hughes 4 points
Chico State Dude 4 points
Morgan Bonar 4 points
Aimee Shipley 4 points
Bill Travers 3 points
Greg Hollis 2 points
Derek DeMarco 2 points
Andy Tautges 2 points
Evan LeVang 2 points
Dain Melton 1 point
Maggie Jones 1 point
David Welch 1 point
Dave Steindorf 1 point
Henry Naas 1 point
Nathan Coy 1 point