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

Hi Everyone!! We had quite the turnout last night for the Tuesday Night Airport Criterium - it was great seeing so many folks out participating and watching the racing action!! We'll be back out at the Airport Criterium this FRIDAY NIGHT - JUNE 26th - at 6:00pm! In addition to the usual big point Primes, we'll also have a few Bear Bucks to give out too, courtesy of Madison Bear Garden!!!!

Although the temperatures were quite warm last night, the racing action was even hotter! For some videos of last night's finishes, please visit:

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

It has been GREAT seeing so many young folks out in the 7:00PM Category "C" race - and I would like to give a HUGE thank you to our Mentors out there helping them!!! Y'all rock!!!

Okay, below are the Category Results from 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 22nd CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Albrecht (7 points + 41 Prime Points + 1 = 49 points)
2. Greg Golet (5 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
3. Mike Smith (4 points + 10 Prime Points + 1 = 15 points)
4. Mike Trowbridge (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Anthony Ferretti (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Roy Steves (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
Pack Finish:
Tim Creswell 1 point
Alex Blease 1 point
Mike Cordova (5 Prime Points + 1 = 6 points)
Weston Crumm 1 point
Maggie Jones 1 point
Mike Thorpe 1 point
Jeff Ochs 1 point
Janeen Thorpe 1 point

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 22nd CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Greg Watkins (7 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 13 points)
2. Bill Travers (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
3. Matt Itamura (4 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 10 points)
4. Matt Davis (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Charlie Pelton (2 points + 10 Prime Points + 1 = 13 points)
6. Jon Keyzer (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Tom Embree (15 Prime Points + 1 = 16 points)
8. Rylan Gustafson 1 point
9. Tom Murphy 1 point
10. Shawn Hughes (12 Prime Points + 1 = 13 points)
11. Jeff Nye 1 point
Pack Finish:
Colin Moakley (1 Prime Point + 1 = 2 points)
David Klein (5 Prime Points + 1 = 6 points)
Marcos Ramirez 1 point
Matt Carlson 1 point
Dan Spencer 1 point
Gary Manwill 1 point
Scott Heather 1 point
Leif Peterson 1 point
Lawrence Livermore 1 point
Dallas Thorpe 1 point
Ben Mallory 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 22nd CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Ashley Erickson (7 points + 1 = 8 points)
2. Margaret Jones (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
3. Caryn Jones (4 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 6 points)
4. Janeen Thorpe (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Michelle Thorpe (2 points + 1 = 3 points)

CATEGORY "C" RACERS FROM THE JUNE 22nd CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
Skip Lees
Michelle Nye
Dylan Golet (Age 13)
David Watkins (Age 12)
Jasper Travers (Age 12)
Ben Travers (Age 8)
Ben Golet (Age 10)
Kyle Golet (Age 8)
Erika Kielhorn (Age 15)
Josh Pasos
Jesse Mallory (Age 15)
Taylor Adams (Age 15)
Kaleb Wolford (Age 8)
Aliya Wolford (Age 11)
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #1 = Jesse Mallory
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #2 = David Watkins
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #3 = Ben Golet
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #4 = Taylor Adams
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #5 = Jesse Mallory
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #6 = David Watkins
Winner of the Final Sprint Prize = Dylan Golet

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Janeen Thorpe
Mike Thorpe
Mark Wolford
David Albrecht
Bill Travers
Jeff Ochs
Anthony Ferretti
Tim Creswell
Tom Murphy
Mike Trowbridge
Colin Moakley
Greg Golet
Charlie Pelton
Maggie Jones
and everyone else out there cheering them on and helping out the riders!!!

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. David Albrecht 302 points
2. Jeff Galland 298 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 127 points
4. Mike Smith 111 points
5. Greg Golet 109 points
6. Roy Steves 82 points
7. Alex Blease 77 points
8. Mike Cordova 64 points
9. Tim Creswell 56 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 28 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
17. Anthony Ferretti 26 points
17. Jeff Ochs 26 points
19. Steve Vickery 25 points
20. Rob Bishop 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 6 points
37. Greg Melton 5 points
38. Kenny Price 4 points
38. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
38. Jesse Rushing 4 points
41. Janeen Thorpe 3 points
41. David Kyle 3 points
41. CJ Humphries 3 points
41. Randy Moon 3 points
41. Mike Castaldo 3 points
46. Dain Melton 2 points
47. Mike Thorpe 1 point
48. Lindsay Myers 1 point
49. Jim Clark 1 point
50. Morgan Bonar 1 point
51. Dan Reymann 1 point
52. Kurt Haskins 1 point
53. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 287 points
2. Tom Embree 251 points
3. Charlie Pelton 177 points
4. Matt Itamura 169 points
5. Scott Heather 117 points
6. Frank Marinello 66 points
7. Michael Dufresne 60 points
8. Mike Crumm 52 points
9. David Klein 41 points
10. Joe Schlesinger 36 points
11. Tom Murphy 33 points
11. Jim Mensching 33 points
13. Denny McKenney 29 points
14. Jon Keyzer 18 points
15. Colin Moakley 17 points
16. Matt Davis 16 points
16. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
16. Jim Clark 16 points
16. David Weathers 16 points
20. Alex Albrecht 15 points
20. Dan Spencer 15 points
22. Dain Melton 14 points
22. Skip Lees 14 points
24. Greg Watkins 13 points
25. Bill Travers 11 points
26. Samuel Bransky 10 points
26. Ray Bransky 10 points
26. Matt Carlson 10 points
29. Clay Johnson 9 points
29. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
31. BJ LaRossa 8 points
32. Christopher Cook 7 points
33. Kareem Speake 6 points
34. Jeff Nye 5 points
34. Gary Fowler 5 points
34. Sandy Speake 5 points
34. Adam Tischler 5 points
34. Jeff Ochs 5 points
39. John Wiesinger 4 points
39. David Dura 4 points
39. Brian Strukan 4 points
42. Gary Manwill 3 points
42. Lawrence Livermore 3 points
42. Joshua Pasos 3 points
42. Derek Moffitt 3 points
42. Darrin Reichel 3 points
42. James Gilchrist 3 points
42. Jeff Davis 3 points
49. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
49. Steve Kodad 2 points
49. Mark Hendry 2 points
52. Rylan Gustafson 1 point
53. Marcos Ramirez 1 point
54. Ben Mallory 1 point
55. Leif Peterson 1 point
56. Dallas Thorpe 1 point
57. Steve Watson 1 point
58. Rich Hogan 1 point
59. Skip Latham 1 point
60. James Hefner 1 point
61. Clay Johnson 1 point
62. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
63. Shawn Fisher 1 point
64. John D'Ewart 1 point
65. Johnny Jones 1 point
66. Walt Schafer 1 point
67. Greg Melton 1 point
68. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Margaret Jones 77 points
2. Lisa Martens 57 points
3. Janine Rood 36 points
4. Caryn Jones 34 points
5. Tracy Berman 33 points
6. Jenn Gruber 32 points
7. Forough Molina 18 points
8. Christa Ritchey 14 points
9. Morgan Bonar 12 points
10. Ashley Erickson 8 points
10. Brenda Cranford 8 points
12. Michelle Rossman 7 points
13. Lindsay Myers 6 points
14. Janeen Thorpe 5 points
15. Michelle Thorpe 3 points
16. Amy Dawson 2 points
16. Shirley Huffman 2 points
18. Lori Cox 1 point
19. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
20. Teresa Kludt 1 point
21. 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