July 25th Table Mountain 50-Mile Road Race Results................

Below are the Results from the July 25th Table Mountain 50-Mile Road Race - for pictures and videos of the race finish(and start), please visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicovelo/

Category "A" Men Results from the July 25th Table Mountain Road Race:
1. Aren Timmel 2:24:32 (30 points + 4 = 34 points)
2. Anthony Ferretti (25 points + 4 = 29 points)
3. Mike Castaldo (20 points + 4 = 24 points)
4. Brad Foster (18 points + 4 = 22 points)
5. Paul Sajben (16 points + 4 = 20 points)
6. Mike Thorpe (14 points + 4 = 18 points)

Women's Category Results from the July 25th Table Mountain Road Race:
No Competitors. :(

Category "B" Men Results from the July 25th Table Mountain Road Race:
1. Charlie Pelton 2:52:20 (30 points + 4 = 34 points)
2. Shawn Hughes (25 points + 4 = 29 points)
3. Gary Manwill (20 points + 4 = 24 points)
4. Jim Mensching (18 points + 4 = 22 points)

CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS IN THE 2009 CHICO ROAD R.A.C.E. SERIES:

Current Overall Standings for Category "A" Men:
1. Brad Foster 154 points
2. Kevin Speacht 139 points
3. Sean Molina 137 points
4. Greg Golet 126 points
5. Mike Castaldo 124 points
6. Aren Timmel 112 points
7. Rich Thurman 95 points
8. Jesse Rushing 86 points
9. Alex Blease 84 points
10. Scott Heather 78 points
11. Jim Roberts 75 points
12. Mike Thorpe 58 points
13. Anthony Ferretti 53 points
14. Josh Bullock 52 points
14. Mike Smith 52 points
16. Charlie Dawson 46 points
17. Paul Sajben 40 points
18. Paul McIntyre 39 points
19. Mike Painter 30 points
20. James Plummer 29 points
21. David Albrecht 24 points
22. Joe Shelburne 21 points
23. Mike Trowbridge 20 points
23. Randy Moon 20 points
25. Tyler Honeyman 18 points
25. Jeff Galland 18 points
27. Roy Steves 14 points
27. Joe Oliveri 14 points
29. Nelson Frink 12 points
30. Ethan Black 10 points
30. Rob Bishop 10 points
32. Weston Crumm 9 points
33. Kris Blee 6 points
34. Jeff Ochs 5 points
35. Kyle Hughes 5 points

Women's Category:
1. Forough Molina 214 points
2. Elizabeth Brent 131 points
3. Darlene Henderson 95 points
4. Christine Bergmann 87 points
5. Kim Agur 85 points
6. Joanne Gilchrist 56 points
7. Janeen Thorpe 55 points
8. Jeanne O'Regan 49 points
9. Grace Twedt 48 points
10. Sandra Barton 41 points
11. Mary Reyes 38 points
12. Kristen Schonauer 32 points
13. Teresa Kludt 29 points
13. Jamie Batha 29 points
15. Emily Fisher 24 points
16. Kim Lange 22 points
17. Jennifer Haffner 19 points
18. Anne Yates 16 points
19. Sue Kamrar 15 points
20. Caryn Jones 9 points

Category "B" Men:
1. Charlie Pelton 238 points
2. Michael Crumm 156 points
3. Jim Mensching 107 points
4. Tom Embree 101 points
5. Matt Carlson 79 points
6. Shawn Hughes 74 points
7. Denny McKenney 73 points
8. Bill Brent 63 points
9. Jon Keyzer 62 points
10. Bill Bergmann 53 points
11. Preben Nielsen 51 points
12. Gary Manwill 46 points
13. Skip Lees 40 points
14. Mark Bloom 39 points
15. Frank Marinello 37 points
16. Nelson Frink 34 points
16. Brian Ray 34 points
16. Scott Heather 34 points
16. Chris Roots 34 points
16. Ken Petruzzelli 34 points
21. Tony Mainz 32 points
22. Roy Holley 28 points
22. Steve Kodad 28 points
24. Ferdinand Batatan 24 points
24. Greg Watkins 24 points
26. Rob Evans 18 points
26. Brian Strukan 18 points
26. Geno Gruber 18 points
29. Dan Spencer 17 points
30. Mike Candela 16 points
31. Clayton Anderson 14 points
32. Alex Albrecht 12 points
33. Dan Dominguez 10 points
34. Patrick Clark 9 points
35. Rogelio Barrera 8 points
36. Samuel Bransky 5 points
37. Don Curtis 4 points
37. Ray Bransky 4 points
37. Norm Rosene 4 points
40. Josh Rowe 3 points
40. Jim Peplow 3 points
40. Bill Travers 3 points
43. John Dewart 2 points

2009 CHICO ROAD R.A.C.E. SERIES INFORMATION:

After the great turn-out at last year's various Chico Road Races, we're going to be doing them again for 2009......but this time, they will ALSO be in a "Series" format. For those curious, the approximate definition of "Bicycle Road Races" can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_bicycle_racing

This Series will go from Saturday, May 30th through mid-September 2009......just before the Henleyville Road Race on September 19th, 2009! Most of these races will be starting at either 8:00AM or 9:00AM on the weekends - but some could be as early as 7:00AM.......and others starting as late as 10:00AM(highly unlikely).

Why have this event???

Looking at cycle racing from an international view, "road racing" is one of the most prestigious aspects of bicycle racing. The greatest racing champions in the hisotry of our great sport - Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, Fausto Coppi, Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain, Gino Bartali - the list goes on and on and on. These riders were great "road racing" champions. The road race itself requires great stamina, strength, speed, skill and sense to win - or to place. To win a road race - or place highly in a road race consistently - is the epitome of a great cycle racing champion. This contest will track the most consistent riders in the area for road racing. The winner of this event will have a great opportunity for bragging rights - plus, they'll win the Series Championship Trophy!!

How does it work???

Okay, here are a few notes for 2009 Chico Road R.A.C.E. Series:

1. We will be using a variety of courses for this Series - including some flat courses, very hilly courses, somewhat hilly courses, circuit race courses(no Crits) and so forth. The idea is to get a variety of course profiles going for the Series to test the riders a bit. Next year - 2010 - this Series will also be starting much earlier in the year in order to get a feel for different weather conditions as well.

2. ALL riders must sign in this year at the start of EACH event - There will be a small table at the Start/Finish location - just sign in at the table and you are good to go! Sign-ins normally start 30 minutes before the event takes place and closes about 1-2 minutes before the event starts. Rain or wet weather will normally not cancel the events. However, last year we had some tremendous smoke from the Humboldt Fire in this area......which, in turn, may cancel some of the Road Races due to hazardous air quality.

3. There will normally be 2 Categories racing at the Road Races - the Category "A" Event and the Category "B" Event. However, EACH Series Category will be picked separately(Women's, Women's Masters, Men's Masters, Juniors, etc.). Category "A" races will normally start first, with the Category "B" races starting a couple of minutes later. If there are enough racers to have a separate category start after the "B" event, we will make that happen as well.

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 Road Race training/riding a shot! They're a GREAT workout!!!

6. Points are used to calculate the Overall Standings in the Series. The point breakdown is as follows: 25-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-1-1, with an additional 4 points being given to each participant at each event. So, 25 points goes to the winner, 20 points goes to 2nd place, 18 points goes to 3rd place and so on.........in addition to 4 more points just for doing the event. The rider with the MOST points at the end of the Series wins the Overall Title - and the 2009 Chico Road R.A.C.E. Series Championship Trophy, plus whatever goodies we can give you. If one race proves particularly harsh.........ex. - the Jonesville Road Race on June 7th..............the point breakdown MAY be increased(35 to the winner, 30 to 2nd and so forth). IN ADDITION - It is quite possible that some of the Mini-Road-Races held during the week MAY be counted towards the Overall Title, but with fewer points (think.......5 to the winner, 4 to 2nd, 3 to 3rd and so on.....with NO point bonuses for competing).

7. Although the races are advertised as having 2 Categories out on the course - Category A and Category B - the Series itself has more Trophy Categories, including:

Category "A" Men
Women's Category
Category "B" Men
And any others if there are enough riders!

These are the Categories which all qualify for a Series Championship Trophy - as of NOW. We will ADD Categories if enough riders show up out there - so tell your friends!! 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 - this would have to be completely obvious to the Race Director).

In addition, trophies will normally be given out at EACH event for the winners in various categories............depending upon the budget of the Race Director.

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 Road R.A.C.E.s in 2009!

9. The Race Director reserves the right to DQ any rider for unsafe riding or unsportsmanlike conduct at ANY time. Also, PLEASE - try not to use colorful language out there - especially with the little kids around watching the race at the finish line and so forth. 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 Road Race 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 Road Race 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