Chico Airport Criterium Results................

........from yesterday's new Long-Course Airport Criterium! Thank you all for coming out to the sweltering afternoon Criterium yesterday out at the Airport. The new 1-Mile long course was great to use, but it was very warm yesterday! Still, we had 11 riders show up for this one - thank you all for coming out! 2 videos of yesterday's finishes can be found here:

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

We'll be doing the Long-Course Airport Criterium again in the future........but, in the meantime, we'll still be doing our regular Airport Course Criterium tomorrow night.

****One note about tomorrow night's Criterium - there will be 1-place Primes ONLY in this race........NO multi-placed primes. What does this mean??? It means....only 1-person can win the Prime, whether it be 1-point, 2-point, 3-points or more. 1-place Primes ONLY.....just for this one race......for now. Yes, chase packs "may" get Primes offered up as well.

Tuesday, April 21st - Tuesday Night Chico Airport Criterium Series - Registration normally opens at 5:40pm on Convair Avenue at the Chico Airport - with the event starting at 6:00pm. For the time being, we'll be using our standard Tuesday Night course starting/finishing at Convair Avenue - http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chico-Airport-Tuesday-Night-Crit-Course . Must sign in and wear a helmet in order to compete!! 50 Minutes PLUS 3 laps for the "A" Category..........45 Minutes PLUS 3 laps for the "B" Category.

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS for the 4-19-2009 Airport Long-Course Criterium:
1. David Albrecht (7 points + 9 Prime Points + 1 = 17 points)
2. Jeff Galland (5 points + 12 Prime Points + 1 = 18 points)
3. Mike Smith (4 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
4. Mike Trowbridge (3 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
5. Jeff Ochs (2 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 4 points)
6. Margaret Jones (1 point + 1 = 2 points)

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS for the 4-19-2009 Airport Long-Course Criterium:
1. Frank Marinello (7 points + 8 Prime Points + 1 = 16 points)
2. Tom Embree (5 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 10 points)
3. Shawn Hughes (4 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
4. Janine Rood (3 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 8 points)
5. Adam Tischler (2 points + 1 = 3 points)

2009 AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

Category "A" OVERALL:
1. David Albrecht 89 points
2. Jeff Galland 74 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 53 points
4. Mike Smith 51 points
5. Michael Jasinski 28 points
6. Alex Blease 26 points
7. Roy Steves 23 points
8. Mike Cordova 20 points
9. Tim Creswell 14 points
10. Margaret Jones 13 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
10. James Plummer 13 points
12. Paul Sajben 12 points
13. Kevin Speacht 10 points
14. Anthony Ferretti 9 points
15. Jeff Ochs 8 points
16. Josh Bullock 7 points
16. Rob Bishop 7 points
16. Dave Berman 7 points
16. Kyle Hartelt 7 points
16. Ryan Olson 7 points
21. Mike Painter 6 points
21. Evan Carroll 6 points
23. Weston Crumm 5 points
23. Ben Bryant 5 points
23. Greg Melton 5 points
26. Jesse Rushing 4 points
26. Charlie Dawson 4 points
26. Greg Golet 4 points
29. Jason Ziegenhirt 3 points
29. Kenny Price 3 points
31. Geno Gruber 2 points
31. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
31. Brad Foster 2 points
34. Michael Dufresne 1 point
35. Steve Vickery 1 point
36. Dain Melton 1 point
37. Dan Reymann 1 point
38. Kurt Haskins 1 point
39. Mike Castaldo 1 point
40. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 59 points
2. Frank Marinello 46 points
3. Charlie Pelton 42 points
4. Mike Crumm 41 points
5. Matt Itamura 39 points
6. David Klein 21 points
6. Michael Dufresne 21 points
8. Tom Embree 19 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 16 points
10. Dain Melton 14 points
11. Colin Moakley 13 points
12. Denny McKenney 11 points
13. Rob Glatthaar 8 points
13. Ray Bransky 8 points
15. David Weathers 7 points
16. Adam Tischler 5 points
16. Samuel Bransky 5 points
16. BJ LaRossa 5 points
16. Jeff Ochs 5 points
19. Clay Johnson 4 points
19. Brian Strukan 4 points
21. James Gilchrist 3 points
21. Jeff Davis 3 points
23. Christopher Cook 2 points
23. Mark Hendry 2 points
26. Johnny Jones 1 point
27. Walt Schafer 1 point
28. Gary Fowler 1 point
29. John Wiesinger 1 point
30. Tom Murphy 1 point
31. Greg Melton 1 point
32. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Lisa Martens 23 points
2. Janine Rood 20 points
3. Jenn Gruber 16 points
4. Tracy Berman 12 points
5. Christa Ritchey 7 points
5. Margaret Jones 7 points
7. Caryn Jones 5 points
8. Amy Dawson 1 point
9. Teresa Kludt 1 point
10. Kristen Schonauer 1 point
11. Shirley Huffman 1 point

AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES INFORMATION:

After the great turn-out at last year's Tuesday Night Chico Airport Criterium Series, we're going to be doing them again for 2009......but starting up a bit earlier this year. For those curious, the definition of "Criterium" is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterium

This Series starts up next Tuesday, March 10th and will go through September 15th, 2009......just before our Chico Downtown Criterium on September 20th! Registration normally starts at 5:40pm - with the event starting at 6:00pm.

How does it work???

Okay, here are a few notes for this year's Airport "Crit" Series:

1. We will be using more than 1 course for the Crits this year......including throwing in some lefty-turn Crits to get a feel for those - and some Weekend Criteriums as well. For the time being, we'll be using our standard Tuesday Night righty-turn course starting/finishing at Convair Avenue - http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chico-Airport-Tuesday-Night-Crit-Course

2. ALL riders must sign in this year - There will be a small table on the sidewalk at the Start/Finish location on Convair Avenue - just sign in at the table and you are good to go! Sign-ins start at 5:40pm - the racing action starts at 6:00pm. We usually end the event by 7pm, at the latest - many times earlier than that - to get home before it gets too dark outside. RAIN AND WET PAVEMENT WILL ALWAYS CANCEL THE CRITERIUMS! In addition, last year we had some tremendous smoke from the Humboldt Fire in this area......which, in turn, would also cancel the Criteriums due to hazardous air quality.

3. The Category "B" races normally go for 45 minutes PLUS 3 laps.........while the Category "A" races go for 50-60 minutes PLUS 3 laps. There can be anywhere from 1 to 15+ Primes in the Airport Criteriums......just depends on the mood of the Dictator.....er......I mean, Director. ;)

4. Helmets are MANDATORY! So, please....please.....wear your helmet! Please!!

5. All are welcome - you don't have to do the Series - just come on out and give this Criterium training/riding a shot! It's amazing what kind of workout you can get in during a 45 to 60 minute practice event.

6. Points are used to calculate the Overall Standings in the Series. The point breakdown is as follows: 7-5-4-3-2-1, with an additional 1 point being given to each participant at each event. So, 7 points goes to the winner, 5 points goes to 2nd place, 4 points goes to 3rd place and so on.........in addition to 1 more point just for doing the event. The rider with the MOST points at the end of the Series wins the Overall Title - and the Chico Airport Series Championship Trophy, plus whatever goodies we can give you. Also, Prime points will be given out during each of the Crits - these are just lap prizes......but in this case, the prizes are points. We will also be having some product Primes out there this year!

7. Last year, we had just two categories during the races - Category A and Category B. However, the Series itself has even more Trophy Categories, including:

Category "A" Men
Women's Category
Women's Masters 40+ Category
Category "B" Men
Men's Masters 40+ Category
Men's Masters 50+ Category

These are the Categories which all qualify for a Series Championship Trophy. If nobody - or very few folks are in one category - we may eliminate it and add an additional category where the numbers allow it. As usual, sandbaggers are strongly discouraged ( A Sandbagger would be a Category "A" rider entering a Category "B" event).

8. Although donations to put on these events are always very appreciated and accepted, this Series is FREE - so come on out and take advantage of some, or all, of these Criteriums in 2009!

9. Finally, remember - these Criterium events are essentially for practice and exercise - we have fun out there and get a great little workout in, and we get to work on some quality cycling skills. But, overall, they're no big whoop....no World Championship/Olympic medals or million dollar contracts on the line. So, with that in mind, just treat 'em as such - a good training event to try some new things, gain some good fitness.....and maybe even get into a "real" sanctioned Criterium at some point in time. Or not. Just have fun with it!! We'll have trophies and hopefully some prizes for the Series winners - and definitely loads of fun....and pain and suffering. ;) But remember - it's all in good fun!

Hope to see you out there!!

Rodney............
Team Chico & R.A.C.E. - Rodney's Absurd Cycling Events
Chico, CA
www.ChicoBike.com