This morning's Chico Airport Criterium Results..............

We had a great day this morning out at the Chico Airport Criterium - yes, it was an early start(8:00AM), but the racing action was wide awake!! I would like to thank ALL of the riders and spectators who came out for this one!! And thank you to our Mentors in the Category "C" Race - Jeff Galland, Denny McKenney, Jim Mensching, Brad Geise, Charlie Pelton, Tom Embree and Mike Smith - you guys rock!!!!

And I would also like to thank the following for donating Primes to this Criterium today:

Odyssey Winery & Vineyards
Serfas Cycling Components
Chico Corsa Cycling Club
Team Chico
PowerBar
Chico Sports LTD.
and our very own Tom Murphy!

We had some fantastic racing action in this Double-Point Airport Criterium - and tons of Point and Prize Primes to give away. For some photos and videos of this morning's race, please visit:

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

As you can see below, there's been some slight changes in the Current Overall Standings in the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series after today's event.

We'll be back out at the Criterium on Tuesday Night - As and Bs going at 6:00PM, Cs going at 7:00PM. And - we will also be doing another Double-Point, and even a Triple-Point, Airport Criterium in the coming weeks. Hope to see you out there!!

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 14th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Mike Painter (14 points + 10 Prime Points + 2 = 26 points)
2. Jeff Galland (10 points + 72 Prime Points! + 2 = 84 points)
3. Mike Trowbridge (8 points + 4 Prime Points + 2 = 14 points)
4. Mike Smith (6 points + 2 Prime Points + 2 = 10 points)
5. Rob Bishop (4 points + 6 Prime Points + 2 = 12 points)
6. Geno Gruber (2 points + 2 = 4 points)
7. David Kyle 2 points
Winner of the Odyssey Vineyards Wine Prime = Rob Bishop
Winner of the Large Men's Cycling Jersey Prime = Mike Painter
Winner of the Medium Cycling Jersey Prime = Geno Gruber

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 14th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Scott Heather (14 points + 60 Prime Points + 2 = 76 points)
2. Tom Embree (10 points + 4 Prime Points + 2 = 16 points)
3. Charlie Pelton (8 points + 34 Prime Points + 2 = 44 points)
4. Denny McKenney (6 points + 2 = 8 points)
5. Frank Marinello (4 points + 10 Prime Points + 2 = 16 points)
6. Tom Murphy (2 points + 2 = 4 points)
7. Jeff Nye (2 Prime Points + 2 = 4 points)
Pack Finish:
Jim Mensching 2 points
Dan Spencer 2 points
Matt Carlson 2 points
Lawrence Livermore 2 points
Alex Albrecht 2 points
Winner of the Serfas Cycling Saddle Prime = Scott Heather
Winner of the Medium Cycling Jersey Prime = Tom Embree

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 14th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Janine Rood (14 points + 2 = 16 points)
2. Forough Molina (10 points + 2 = 12 points)

CATEGORY "C" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 14th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Watkins (Age 12)
2. Michelle Rossman
3. Ben Geise (Age 10)
4. Liam Davis (Age 8)
PowerBar Prime Winner = David Watkins

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Jeff Galland
Denny McKenney
Brad Geise
Charlie Pelton
Jim Mensching
Tom Embree
Mike Smith

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. Jeff Galland 280 points
2. David Albrecht 186 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 113 points
4. Mike Smith 89 points
5. Alex Blease 76 points
5. Roy Steves 76 points
7. Greg Golet 74 points
8. Mike Cordova 57 points
9. Kevin Speacht 45 points
10. Mike Painter 44 points
11. Josh Bullock 43 points
12. Tim Creswell 41 points
13. Paul Sajben 39 points
14. Michael Jasinski 33 points
15. James Plummer 29 points
16. Jeff Ochs 25 points
17. Steve Vickery 24 points
17. Margaret Jones 24 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
19. Rob Bishop 23 points
19. Anthony Ferretti 23 points
21. Pedro Brown 19 points
22. Brad Foster 17 points
23. Geno Gruber 12 points
24. Ryan Olson 11 points
24. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
24. Michael Dufresne 11 points
27. Charlie Dawson 10 points
27. Kyle Hartelt 10 points
27. Aren Timmel 10 points
30. Ethan Black 8 points
30. Paul McIntyre 8 points
32. Evan Carroll 7 points
32. Ben Bryant 7 points
32. Dave Berman 7 points
35. Weston Crumm 5 points
35. Greg Melton 5 points
37. Kenny Price 4 points
37. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
37. Jesse Rushing 4 points
40. David Kyle 3 points
40. CJ Humphries 3 points
40. Randy Moon 3 points
40. Mike Castaldo 3 points
44. Scott Heather 2 points
44. Dain Melton 2 points
44. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
47. Jim Clark 1 point
48. Morgan Bonar 1 point
49. Dan Reymann 1 point
50. Kurt Haskins 1 point
51. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 250 points
2. Tom Embree 168 points
3. Charlie Pelton 159 points
3. Matt Itamura 159 points
5. Scott Heather 116 points
6. Frank Marinello 66 points
7. Michael Dufresne 60 points
8. Mike Crumm 51 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 36 points
10. David Klein 31 points
11. Denny McKenney 29 points
11. Tom Murphy 29 points
13. Jim Mensching 24 points
14. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
14. Jim Clark 16 points
14. David Weathers 16 points
17. Alex Albrecht 15 points
17. Colin Moakley 15 points
19. Dain Melton 14 points
20. Skip Lees 10 points
20. Samuel Bransky 10 points
20. Ray Bransky 10 points
23. Matt Carlson 9 points
23. Clay Johnson 9 points
23. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
26. BJ LaRossa 8 points
27. Christopher Cook 7 points
28. Kareem Speake 6 points
29. Gary Fowler 5 points
29. Sandy Speake 5 points
29. Adam Tischler 5 points
29. Jeff Ochs 5 points
33. Jeff Nye 4 points
33. Dan Spencer 4 points
33. Jon Keyzer 4 points
33. John Wiesinger 4 points
33. David Dura 4 points
33. Brian Strukan 4 points
39. Joshua Pasos 3 points
39. Derek Moffitt 3 points
39. Darrin Reichel 3 points
39. James Gilchrist 3 points
39. Jeff Davis 3 points
44. Lawrence Livermore 2 points
44. Steve Kodad 2 points
44. Mark Hendry 2 points
47. Skip Latham 1 point
48. Bill Travers 1 point
49. Gary Manwill 1 point
50. Charlie Geshekter 1 point
51. James Hefner 1 point
52. Clay Johnson 1 point
53. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
54. Shawn Fisher 1 point
55. John D'Ewart 1 point
56. Johnny Jones 1 point
57. Walt Schafer 1 point
58. Greg Melton 1 point
59. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Lisa Martens 57 points
2. Margaret Jones 53 points
3. Janine Rood 36 points
4. Tracy Berman 33 points
5. Jenn Gruber 32 points
6. Caryn Jones 16 points
7. Christa Ritchey 14 points
8. Forough Molina 12 points
8. Morgan Bonar 12 points
10. Brenda Cranford 8 points
11. Amy Dawson 2 points
11. Shirley Huffman 2 points
13. Lori Cox 1 point
14. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
15. Teresa Kludt 1 point
16. 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