Last Night's Chico Airport Criterium Results..............

Hi Everyone!! So, last night was our first night doing a Friday Night Chico Airport Criterium....and man, what a race!!! We will most definitely be back out there for Friday Night racing in the future. Thank you ALL for coming out to this one - and thanks to all the spectators out there too!! We had some great racing action last night. The Category "A" race saw a 3-person breakaway take off about mid-way through the race. These 3 riders - James Plummer, Greg Golet and David Albrecht - ended up lapping the field and picking up a number of Prime Points in the process! In the end, it was David Albrecht taking the sprint over James Plummer and Greg Golet. The Category "B" race saw some fierce sprinting action between Matt Davis and Tom Embree for the Prime Points......and it was Matt Davis who ended up taking the win in the race!

But.....let me tell you.......the Category "C" race had some of the most spirited racing I've seen in quite some time!! Those riders fought tooth and nail for Primes, and for the finish!!!! In the C race, it was 12-year-old David Watkins taking the win over Jasper Travers(also 12).....with Dylan Golet coming in 3rd(age 13)!! I would like to give a HUGE thank you to our Mentors in the Category "C" race for helping the riders out, teaching them the ins-and-outs, and keeping them riding safely. Thank you so much!!! Also, I would like to thank Team Chico and PowerBar for providing Prime Prizes for the Category "C" race!!!

For some photos and videos of last night's Criterium, please visit the following website(we had some interesting weather out there last night too!!):

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

Below are the Category Results of last night's Airport Criterium, followed by the Current Overall Standings in the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series. And remember - the Results are always Preliminary for the first 24-hours after posting.......so if you see any corrections, additions, subtractions, deletions, etc., please let me know!

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 19th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Albrecht (7 points + 39 Prime Points + 1 = 47 points)
2. James Plummer (5 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 10 points)
3. Greg Golet (4 points + 18 Prime Points + 1 = 23 points)
4. Mike Trowbridge (3 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
5. Scott Heather (2 points + 3 Prime Points + 1 = 6 points)
6. Roy Steves (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Maggie Jones 1 point
8. Lindsay Myers 1 point

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 19th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Matt Davis (7 points + 1 = 8 points)
2. Tom Embree (5 points + 37 Prime Points + 1 = 43 points)
3. Jon Keyzer (4 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
4. Jim Mensching (3 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 8 points)
5. Skip Lees (2 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 4 points)
6. Dan Spencer (1 point + 7 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
7. Bill Travers 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 19th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Maggie Jones (7 points + 2 Prime Points + 1 = 10 points)
2. Lindsay Myers (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
3. Michelle Rossman (4 points + 2 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)
4. Caryn Jones (3 points + 3 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)

CATEGORY "C" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 19th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Watkins (Age 12)
2. Jasper Travers (Age 12)
3. Dylan Golet (Age 13)
4. Davis Foster (Age 9)
5. Ben Travers (Age 8)
6. Ben Geise (Age 10)
7. Ben Golet (Age 10)
8. Kyle Golet (Age 8)
Winner of the PowerBar Prime #1 = David Watkins
Winner of the PowerBar Prime #2 = Ben Golet
Winner of the PowerBar Prime #3 = David Watkins
Winner of the PowerBar Prime #4 = Kyle Golet
Winner of the PowerBar Prime #5 = Ben Travers

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Jim Mensching
James Plummer
Greg Golet
Caryn Jones
Maggie Jones
David Albrecht
Tom Embree
Michelle Rossman
Mike Trowbridge
Bill Travers

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. Jeff Galland 298 points
2. David Albrecht 253 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 123 points
4. Greg Golet 98 points
5. Mike Smith 96 points
6. Roy Steves 80 points
7. Alex Blease 76 points
8. Mike Cordova 58 points
9. Tim Creswell 55 points
10. Kevin Speacht 45 points
11. Mike Painter 44 points
12. Josh Bullock 43 points
13. James Plummer 39 points
13. Paul Sajben 39 points
15. Michael Jasinski 33 points
16. Margaret Jones 27 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
17. Steve Vickery 25 points
17. Jeff Ochs 25 points
19. Rob Bishop 23 points
19. Anthony Ferretti 23 points
21. Pedro Brown 19 points
22. Scott Heather 17 points
22. Brad Foster 17 points
24. Ryan Olson 12 points
24. Geno Gruber 12 points
26. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
26. Michael Dufresne 11 points
28. Charlie Dawson 10 points
28. Kyle Hartelt 10 points
28. Aren Timmel 10 points
31. Ethan Black 8 points
31. Paul McIntyre 8 points
33. Evan Carroll 7 points
33. Ben Bryant 7 points
33. Dave Berman 7 points
36. Weston Crumm 5 points
36. Greg Melton 5 points
38. Kenny Price 4 points
38. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
38. Jesse Rushing 4 points
41. David Kyle 3 points
41. CJ Humphries 3 points
41. Randy Moon 3 points
41. Mike Castaldo 3 points
45. Dain Melton 2 points
45. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
47. Lindsay Myers 1 point
48. Jim Clark 1 point
49. Morgan Bonar 1 point
50. Dan Reymann 1 point
51. Kurt Haskins 1 point
52. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 274 points
2. Tom Embree 235 points
3. Charlie Pelton 164 points
4. Matt Itamura 159 points
5. Scott Heather 116 points
6. Frank Marinello 66 points
7. Michael Dufresne 60 points
8. Mike Crumm 52 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 36 points
10. David Klein 35 points
11. Jim Mensching 33 points
12. Tom Murphy 32 points
13. Denny McKenney 29 points
14. Jon Keyzer 16 points
14. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
14. Jim Clark 16 points
14. David Weathers 16 points
18. Alex Albrecht 15 points
18. Colin Moakley 15 points
20. Dan Spencer 14 points
20. Dain Melton 14 points
20. Skip Lees 14 points
23. Matt Davis 12 points
24. Samuel Bransky 10 points
24. Ray Bransky 10 points
26. Matt Carlson 9 points
26. Clay Johnson 9 points
26. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
29. BJ LaRossa 8 points
30. Christopher Cook 7 points
31. Kareem Speake 6 points
32. Gary Fowler 5 points
32. Sandy Speake 5 points
32. Adam Tischler 5 points
32. Jeff Ochs 5 points
32. Bill Travers 5 points
37. Jeff Nye 4 points
37. John Wiesinger 4 points
37. David Dura 4 points
37. Brian Strukan 4 points
41. Joshua Pasos 3 points
41. Derek Moffitt 3 points
41. Darrin Reichel 3 points
41. James Gilchrist 3 points
41. Jeff Davis 3 points
46. Gary Manwill 2 points
46. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
46. Lawrence Livermore 2 points
46. Steve Kodad 2 points
46. Mark Hendry 2 points
51. Steve Watson 1 point
52. Rich Hogan 1 point
53. Skip Latham 1 point
54. James Hefner 1 point
55. Clay Johnson 1 point
56. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
57. Shawn Fisher 1 point
58. John D'Ewart 1 point
59. Johnny Jones 1 point
60. Walt Schafer 1 point
61. Greg Melton 1 point
62. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Margaret Jones 71 points
2. Lisa Martens 57 points
3. Janine Rood 36 points
4. Tracy Berman 33 points
5. Jenn Gruber 32 points
6. Caryn Jones 28 points
7. Forough Molina 18 points
8. Christa Ritchey 14 points
9. Morgan Bonar 12 points
10. Brenda Cranford 8 points
11. Michelle Rossman 7 points
12. Lindsay Myers 6 points
13. Amy Dawson 2 points
13. Shirley Huffman 2 points
15. Lori Cox 1 point
16. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
17. Teresa Kludt 1 point
18. Kristen Schonauer 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 45-50 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. The Race Director reserves the right to DQ any rider for unsafe riding or unsportsmanlike conduct at ANY time. Also, PLEASE - NO colorful language will be used out there - especially with the little kids around watching the race(we have kids out there from ages 2 to 12 watching the racing action)!! ANY rider breaking these rules can be subject to Disqualification from - not only the race - but from the entire Series. So, please - just do what ya always do and just be cool!!!!

10. 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 Amateur Cycling Events
Chico, CA
www.ChicoBike.com