CCCX Toro Park

The team was spread between four events -one here in Monterey county, one in Santa Rosa, one in Oregon and one in upstate N.Y. so getting eight folks to this race was pretty good. We had four riders in the men's A race, good representation there.

 Alex Work is now on top of the overall standings in the series and had a tough ride against a top-notch field but he would get a podium in 5th.

 Kailin Waterman rode in the A race as well and got 7th staying close to the action and riding strong. Ben Dodge had a rough start but recovered mid-race to finish 11. Ben also rode to 10th in the 35 A race earlier.

 Max Judelson would demonstrate his speed and agility recovering from a couple of tumbles to finish second.

 Michelle Perez almost pulled off a win coming in second in the women's 45+ race. Alexis De Zubria also rode strong to come in second in the women's B race.

 Max in the closing laps, still going full gas.

I had a fairly good ride coming in 4th and getting my first podium of the season in the men's 55+ Michael Schaller would finish 10th in the men's 45 B race.

 A little relaxation before the pain begins. The laps were short with five dismounts and a pretty sharp climb. It was a fast course and we all had to do many laps.

Here's the men's A podium with Max and Alex. Considering that we showed up with about half the team our results were solid.

Race over, it was time for a beer and some well earned rest.

CCCX 4 Manzanita Park

On a cloudy day that saw some drizzle there was also some really fast racing. With our numbers down due to racers out of town and the hangover from the team party there were some challenges on the day. This said, our women's team was nearly all on the podium starting with Michelle Perez in 3rd in the 45+ race.

Alexis De Zubria rode to 5th in the women's B race .

Ellen Sherrill continues to improve getting 3rd in the women's elite race with Campbell Steers nearly making the podium in 6th.

This is the women's B podium with Lexi.

The women's elite podium featuring Ellen.

Michelle descending the podium after the 45+ awards.

 Our men's elite squad was missing two main payers, Scott Chapin and Max Judelson so Alex Work had to fill in as the point man. This didn't play out quite as well as Alex would have liked but he rode strong in the closing laps to finish 8th out of over 30 starters. Brendan Lehman would follow in 12th with a strong ride and newcomer Ian Stowe finished in 16th with Ben Dodge following in 19th. New man in his first race of the season Eric Brown came in 21st.

 The A single speed field was filled with the top Nor-Cal men and Sean Coffey held his own and came in 4th and on the podium.

Brendan 'Shredloxx' at the top of the small climb.

Alex Work on his recently re-worked frame that was damaged by a deer on Hwy. 17. -I'm not kidding.....

 Ben Dodge in his second race of the day.

 Eric 'Ferret' Brown putting everything into it on the course.

This is the A single speed podium with Sean Coffey. In the men's masters races Ben Dodge finished 10th in the 35 A race, Michael Schaller was a victim of a hard crash and had to pull out of the 45 B race , Brent Harris finished 12th and I in 10th in the men's 55+ field. Benoit Dubuisson scored a 4th place in the B single speed race and continued an excellent start to his season.