Tonight's Airport Criterium Results................

Hi Everyone!! So, we had a great turn-out tonight for the Tuesday Night Airport Criterium - which was also the 1st Stage of this week's March Omnium("Rodneyum"). 30 riders came out to take part in this evening's event, and we had some GREAT racing action out there tonight! I would like to thank ALL of you for coming out to give this one a shot - it was fantastic seeing so many riders out there. And a special thank you to all of the spectators this time around - haven't seen that many folks out there in quite some time, so that was great to see!!! Thank you all!!

The "A" Category tonight saw a 2-person breakaway take off fairly early in the race - and these 2 riders ended up staying out in front all the way to the end. At the finish, it was David Albrecht taking the win over Jeff Galland......with Mike Cordova winning the pack sprint finish over Michael Jasinski and Anthony Ferretti!

The "B" Category saw an early 2-person breakaway take off - Michael Dufresne and Brian Strukan. But, with the pack working smoothly together, they were able to reel them in about half-way through the race. From there on out, the pack had "sprint finish" written all over it! And, we weren't disappointed - it was Matt Itamura just squeaking by Michael Dufresne, Denny McKenney, Brian Strukan and Mike Crumm at the finish! VERY close finish.

For some videos of tonight's finishing sprints, please visit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicovelo/

Below are the results from tonight's events - followed by the Current Overall Standings in the Airport Criterium Series. I will have the Omnium Overall Standings later on this evening.

Tomorrow's Stage # 2 is the Fast 50 - hope to see you out there!!!

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM MARCH 24TH AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Albrecht (7 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 9 points)
2. Jeff Galland (5 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 7 points)
3. Mike Cordova (4 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 10 points)
4. Michael Jasinski (3 points + 2 Prime Points + 1 = 6 points)
5. Anthony Ferretti (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Roy Steves (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Ben Bryant (2 Prime Points + 1 = 3 points)
8. Ryan Olson (1 Prime Point + 1 = 2 points)
9. Tim Creswell 1 point
10. Jason Ziegenhirt 1 point
11. Jesse Rushing 1 point
12. Janeen Thorpe 1 point
13. Charlie Dawson 1 point
14. Mike Trowbridge 1 point
15. Brad Foster 1 point
16. Mike Castaldo 1 point
Pack Finish:
Jeff Ochs 1 point
Tom Embree 1 point
Kevin Speacht 1 point
Kyle Hartelt (1 Prime Point + 1 point = 2 points)
PowerBar Prime Winner: David Albrecht

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM MARCH 24TH AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Matt Itamura (7 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 9 points)
2. Michael Dufresne (5 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
3. Denny McKenney (4 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 4 points)
4. Brian Strukan (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Mike Crumm (2 points + 3 Prime Points + 1 = 6 points)
6. Clay Johnson (1 point + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 3 points)
7. Lisa Martens (3 Prime Points + 1 = 4 points)
8. Tracy Berman 1 point
9. Christa Ritchey 1 point
10. David Klein 1 point
PowerBar Prime Winner: Michael Dufresne

2009 AIRPORT CRITERIUM CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

Category "A":
1. David Albrecht 30 points
2. Jeff Galland 18 points
3. Mike Cordova 16 points
4. Mike Trowbridge 13 points
4. Michael Jasinski 13 points
6. Anthony Ferretti 9 points
7. Ryan Olson 7 points
7. Mike Smith 7 points
9. Kevin Speacht 6 points
10. Roy Steves 5 points
11. Ben Bryant 4 points
11. Kyle Hartelt 4 points
13. James Plummer 3 points
14. Tim Creswell 2 points
14. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
14. Jason Ziegenhirt 2 points
14. Charlie Dawson 2 points
14. Brad Foster 2 points
19. Jesse Rushing 1 point
20. Mike Castaldo 1 point
21. Jeff Ochs 1 point
22. Tom Embree 1 point
23. Paul Sajben 1 point
24. Geno Gruber 1 point

CATEGORY "B":
1. Matt Itamura 17 points
2. Dain Melton 14 points
3. Denny McKenney 11 points
3. Michael Dufresne 11 points
5. Frank Marinello 10 points
6. Margaret Jones 7 points = 1st Place in Women's Category!
6. David Weathers 7 points
8. Mike Crumm 6 points
8. Lisa Martens 6 points = 2nd Place in Women's Category!
8. Joe Schlesinger 6 points
11. BJ LaRossa 5 points11. Jeff Ochs 5 points
13. Clay Johnson 4 points
13. Brian Strukan 4 points
15. Tracy Berman 3 points = 3rd Place in Women's Category!
15. Shawn Hughes 3 points
17. David Klein 2 points
17. Christopher Cook 2 points
17. Jeff Davis 2 points
17. Mark Hendry 2 points
17. Caryn Jones 2 points
22. Christa Ritchey 1 point = 4th Place in Women's Category!
23. Gary Fowler 1 point
24. John Wiesinger 1 point
25. Kristen Schonauer 1 point = 4th Place in Women's Category!
26. Tom Murphy 1 point
27. Greg Melton 1 point
28. Paul Begbie 1 point

Rodney.............
Team Chico & R.A.C.E. - Rodney's Agonizing Cycling Events
Chico, CA