Report from Masters Nationals

President · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 199

HI Everyone,

In addition to being an area rich in American History, Louisville, Kentucky is also the site for this year's Masters National Championships, where John Autore, Nate Morgenstern and yours truly are competing.

John and Nate competed in their respective road races on Monday and I just finished my time trial. John will compete on Friday in the criterium while Nate and I head home tomorrow. Good luck John!!! Show them that killer sprint!

The road race course here in Cherokee Park is a 5 mile lap of twists and turns and short steep climbs and windy descents. As John remarked, you can't even recover on the descents after a climb because you have to work them also!

John hung tough in the 65+ men's road race like the champion that he is, staying with the main pack for the first four laps, getting dropped and then digging his way back in for another lap before getting dropped on the final lap of a 7 seven lap race. He crossed the line with that Ivan Basso smile that he gets when he is going all out. Great job John!

Nate had a much better experience in his 55+ road race over last year's knock out on the first lap. Imagine how relieved I was as he came through the start-finish area in the main pack on the second lap! On lap three the contenders went for a break on Dog Hill and Nate was too far back in the pack to respond. The break of six gradually got away while Nate's group whittled down to 11. On the eighth and final lap, he hung with the pack but then cramped on the final climb into the finish and crossed in the back for a respectable 17th place. Nice finish Nate! (We had an issue with his number being mis-read by the refs and him getting a DNF; when we showed the head ref his jersey, the guy remembered seeing him in the pack and therefore, put him in the correct spot. That orange really stands out!)

Today's TT was windy and hilly; I hung in for 18th place out of 22 in the women's 40-44, which is an improvement over last year, where I only beat one person!

All I can say is that it is truly an inspiration to see so many 'Masters'- people our age on up, as old as 82 years, in great shape and competing at this level. The individual who won John's 65+ race, Franz Hammer, took his 36th National title after soloing away from the pack to the line. In Nate's race, the likes of Kent Bostick, Wayne Stetina and David Leduc, who were three of the 6-man break, continue to dominate that field for multiple national titles. Bostick and Stetina, who are teammates, attacked and countered along with a third teammate Doughty in a successful effort to get away from Leduc, the sprinter of the group. The attacks came at the start of the final lap, and Stetina stayed away the entire lap (5 miles!) forcing Leduc to settle for second place with Doughty taking third and Bostick fourth. It was excellent teamwork and a real display of power and experience.

Other notable performances are Betty Tyrell's 34th National Title, earned in the women's 55-59 road race on Monday (all three of us were there to cheer her on!) and Ann-Marie Miller's first place in the women's 50-54 road race.

Herb's road race yesterday had an unfortunate ending when the 6-man break was led off course by the pace motorcycle in the final lap, so that none of those men crossed the finish. We watched as the head referee poured over the rule book, scratching his head and wondering why he had chosen this occupation.

Off the racecourse, I visited a historic plantation outside of Louisville that has the distinction of being the place where Abraham Lincoln, in the 1830s as a young man staying with friends, first experienced slavery in all of its horror, and is believed to be the inspiration behind his drive to end slavery for good.

Happy cycling and we will see you all soon!
Cyndi

Coach · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 158

great report Cyndi, thank you. Very good racing by our gal and guys. Good luck friday John.
Earl

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SBarbossa · Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 27 Location: Rutherford, NJ

Great job everyone!
You guys (and Cyndi) are so AWESOME and incredibly inspiring.
Now, load up on the Geritol...I should talk...lol
Go JOHN! You are an IRONMAN, show them what you got!
Stacey

Herbj · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject:

Yes, my race was quite chaotic, some made a wrong turn at the end and then the pile up at the finish. There's a PIC on the USA Cycling web site of me crossing the line and a group of riders behind me all over ground, one bike still in the air... WILD!

Just over 100 riders took to the line in the 40-44 men’s road race making it the largest field of the competition. Mid-way through the 10-lap affair four riders, Roger Aspholm (Haworth, N.J./Westwood Velo), Nico Toutenhoofd (Boulder, Colo./Excelsports.com), David Harward (South Jordan, Utah/Porcupine-Specialized Racing) and David Henderson (Columbia, Mo.) were able to gain time on the field. As the contest moved into the final laps, a small group of chasers formed including Craig Romer (St. Helena, Calif./Team Specialized Racing), Stephen Spanbauer (Louisville, Ky./Calistoga Racing), Stephen Ferretti (Crestline, Calif./Sho-air-Sonace) and Daniel Casper (Northfield, Minn./Grandstay Hotels). They began slowly closing the gap but were unable to catch the leaders until some confusion ensued with the front group missing the turn into the finish. Tootenhoofd and Harward were able to quickly get turned around, but the chase group was surging. In the kick to the line Romer, Casper and Ferretti grabbed the medals in one of the event’s most interesting finishes. An officials’ jury was quickly formed and after thorough investigation, the results were deemed to stand as each rider crossed the line. Herb Jimenez (Montcliar, New Jersey/JIMENEZ Velo Sport) crossed in 27th place.

Everyone told me the course was very hilly but when you do all the climbs in your big ring it's not a hill course. It definitely was very very technical and super fast - but definitely not a climbers course. Nationals at Seven Spring resort in PA. a few years ago... that was a real course for a "road" national championship with a six mile climb. But all in all, it was still a good nationals. CONGRATULATIONS to the locals that competed... Johnny A, Nate... Who esle?

Men - Master Results - 40-44
Place Points Name Time License Bib Team
1 90 Craig Roemer 01:53:53.60 80925 997 Team Specialized Racing
2 85 Daniel Casper 01:53:54.60 214654 917 Grandstay Hotels
3 80 Stephen Ferretti 01:53:57.70 193308 935 Sho-Air/ Sonance
4 75 Christopher Phipps 01:54:01.90 233623 987 Morgan Stanley/Team Spine
5 70 Frederick Norton 01:54:07.70 53474 981 LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies
6 65 Nico Toutenhoofd 01:54:09.40 130154 1011 Excelsports.com
7 60 Jerry (Jay) Charles 01:54:24.00 110326 918 Palmetto Velo P/B Merrill Lynch
8 55 David Harward 01:54:31.20 15338 947 Porcupine/Specialized Racing
9 50 Stephen Spanbauer 01:54:43.40 109373 1006 Calistoga Racing Team
10 45 Grant Potter 01:54:49.50 73508 991 Champion Porsche P/b Racers Ed
11 40 Christopher Powers 01:54:58.50 63195 993 ATt&T Brain & Spine Cycling
12 38 Aron Gadhia 01:54:59.40 197322 940 Kahala La Grange
13 36 Randall Coxworth 01:55:00.20 48052 927 Amgen / Giant Masters
14 34 Charlie Brown 01:55:00.60 61620 912 Carolina Masters
15 32 Andy Lougher 01:55:00.90 21638 963 Team Cycleworks P/b HDR
16 30 Clark Sheehan 01:55:02.10 32377 1003 Unattached
17 28 Mark Light 01:55:02.10 112548 962 Liberty Cycle
18 26 John Korioth 01:55:02.20 102704 957 Unattached
19 24 Rich Wachtel 01:55:02.60 199936 1015 Palmetto Velo P/B Merrill Lynch
20 22 Sean Coleman 01:55:03.30 121299 921 Us Armed Forces
21 20 Patrick Weddell 01:55:03.50 165037 1021 Globalbike P/b Catoma
22 19 Michael Johnson 01:55:04.30 110745 954 Sho-Air/Sonance
23 18 Michael McShane 01:55:04.80 23836 971 Calistoga Racing Team
24 17 John Gatch 01:55:05.20 153866 941 Huntington Bank
25 16 William Crecelius 01:55:05.90 165332 928 Calistoga Racing Team
26 15 Richard Heishman 01:55:07.40 56984 948 Knox Velo/Melting Pot
27 14 Herb Jimenez 01:55:07.80 65794 953 JIMENEZ Velo Sport
28 13 Mark Brone 01:55:08.30 145811 911 RVCC
29 12 Greg Cousins 01:55:08.80 257512 926 Bicycle Generation/Morgan Stanley
30 11 Dale Sedgwick 01:55:10.00 32038 1001 Bianchi/grand Performance
31 10 Ted Hopkins 01:55:11.10 48697 952 Cycles Veloce
32 9 Gilbert Correa 01:55:15.90 41138 924 Amgen/Giant-masters
33 8 Kirk Corsello 01:55:17.10 57055 925 Aarons L5flyer P/B New England
34 7 Tim Hall 01:55:19.00 179788 945 Nashvillecyclist.com
35 6 Darren Fuller 01:55:23.60 49061 1027 Hincapie / Coca-Cola
36 5 Kurt Fletcher 01:55:29.90 11844 937 Unattached
37 4 Robert Moskal 01:55:33.00 79225 977 Elite Bicycles
38 3 Timothy Valentine 01:55:34.60 233845 1012 Micro Metals/Bike Zoo/Sunspot
39 2 Kirk Bausch 01:55:39.10 99426 908 Amgen Giant Masters
40 1 Tim Mulrooney 01:55:52.50 49630 978 Unattached
41 0 Sean O’Donnell 01:56:01.40 26563 1031 Verizon Wireless Racing
42 0 Byron Nix 01:56:49.50 69161 980 Green Mountain Sports
43 0 Dirk Pohlmann 01:56:50.40 51532 989 Texas Roadhouse Cycling
44 0 Thomas Brown 01:58:58.00 121984 913 Team Possabilities
45 0 Matthew Kressy 01:59:11.00 19831 958 Millwork One Racing/Weebike.com
46 0 Eric Lyle 02:00:02.40 85693 967 Mcdonalds Cycling Team
47 0 Lee Fox 02:01:25.30 107436 938 Bike America Racing
48 0 Matthew Albanese 02:03:42.90 227006 902 Atlantic Fitness
49 0 Rodney Roof 02:04:04.70 236003 998 Zephyr Wheel Sports
50 0 Robert Dietrick 02:04:05.00 204710 932 JW Dundee’s-Home Performance
51 0 Scott Cole 02:04:26.30 207165 920 Morgan Stanley/Team Spine
52 0 Chris Ott 02:05:01.00 26920 982 Zenn Racing Team
53 0 Roger Aspholm 02:05:18.90 136195 904 Westwood Velo
54 0 David Henderson 02:05:18.90 54845 949 Unattached
55 0 Brian Conroy 02:06:17.10 48118 923 Unattached
56 0 Dean Peterson 02:06:18.00 27887 985 Unattached
57 0 Steven Webster 02:06:42.70 272506 1020 Bikeclicks.com/Team Louisville
58 0 Eric Barnett 02:07:13.40 197148 906 Mcdonald’s Cycling Team
59 0 Craig Armstrong 02:07:28.00 252290 903 Tria Market/Donohoo Auto
60 0 Brian Gavette 02:07:29.90 12967 942 Unattached
61 0 Robert Watkins 02:11:05.90 213592 1019 ABRC/Sycamore Cycles
62 0 Stephen Collins 02:11:06.50 181319 922 Tristar Cycling Team
DNS 0 Chris Knetsche 46911 956 Hincapie/Bianchi
DNS 0 Timothy Loughlin 142818 964 Unattached
DNS 0 Stephen Lusby 21872 966 Kelly Benefit Strategies/lSV
DNS 0 Chris Lyman 267171 968 Morgan Stanley/Team Spine
DNS 0 Brian Rex 198321 996 Saturn Of Toledo/Shell
DNS 0 Andrew Shaw 116102 1002 National Capital Velo Club/INO
DNS 0 Kenneth Williams 57046 1024 1st Rate Mortgage
DNF 0 Henry (Tucker) Carmichael 59064 915 XXX.athletico Racing
DNF 0 Joseph Ruf 50361 999 Antarus/SCCC
DNF 0 William Bacon 2217 905 Unattached
DNF 0 Peter Beland 47037 909 Boston Mountain Cyclists
DNF 0 Riccardo Cannone 197945 914 Tristar Cycling
DNF 0 Greg Casals 224547 916 Marx And Bensdorf Cycling Team
DNF 0 Rodney Dender 193691 931 Carolina Triathlon/Ryobi
DNF 0 Mark Fleishman 260212 936 Unattached
DNF 0 Dirk Fruhling 72927 939 Metro VW
DNF 0 Steven Gaylor 47637 943 Team Louisville
DNF 0 Micheal Hitz 49216 950 Benissimo
DNF 0 Todd Kinart 88303 955 Brones Bike Shop
DNF 0 Steve Middleton 56153 972 GTC
DNF 0 James Moore 208911 974 River Valley Cycling Club- RVC
DNF 0 Sam Nichol 231493 979 Zipp Factory Team
DNF 0 Benjamin Owens 255560 983 Unattached
DNF 0 Jefferson Parker 57580 984 Unattached
DNF 0 Kurt Phillips 49190 986 Ball Watch/ Bents Cycling Team
DNF 0 Douglas Pielet 178810 988 Vision Screen Printing
DNF 0 Mark Pohndorf 237877 990 Colavita Racing
DNF 0 Keith Reeder 210369 995 Atlantic Fitness
DNF 0 Darren Sherkat 164144 1004 Team Mack Racing
DNF 0 Mike Sherman 242842 1005 Unattached
DNF 0 Larry Stickler 233853 1009 Bolla
DNF 0 Gordon Stiel 60657 1010 Standard Pacific Homes
DNF 0 Marco Vasquez 56261 1014 Team Kaos/Alegent Health
DNF Pnd Marc Warner 263150 1017 Team Natures Path
DNF 0 John West 265025 1022 Bikeclicks/Team Louisville
DNF 0 Bill Broussard 54199 1028 Bike Zoo/Sunspot
DNF 0 Jon Gallagher 61600 1032 Cole Sport
DNF 0 Derek Powers 28586 992 Cai

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Herbj

beaufrere@earthlink.net · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 159 Location: On screen

well, like, I was there, too......

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Barry

Johnny A · Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 18

Barry, YES, were you ever!! You did us proud as you moved around at will in the 44 lap crit. To nearly the end of the race you were looking fresh and ready to pounce on your prey. With one to go the pace became ballistic and you too looked like a missile!! Great riding to a 12th place finish in the 65+ Nationals crit. YOU'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Johnny A

Herbj · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject:

Barry is a Montclair ICON, I've always said this. Someone ought to make a documentary of Young Nazarian.

I have the TITLE. "A man, a legend, a way of life"
(YOUNG NAZARIAN - Simply served into the heat of the furnace of afflliction that has produced nothing but absolute refinement, just like GOLD!)

BTW, how's that elbow?

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El Herbo - If everybody else gets involved in something, I purposely DON'T - Resisting the tug of popular sentiment as the "Last Man Standing"!

Herbj

beaufrere@earthlink.net · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 159 Location: On screen

Dear Johnny A. and Herb, Thanks much, but they're still timing my sprint with a sun dial. And what John DIDN'T write was that he went light-headed during a race in which he had already beat last year's national champ and had to withdraw. After which, with coloring ressembling new fallen snow, he yelled me on during every lap. AND TOMORROW NIGHT many of us will go to Augusta to see John win the racing series for THE 45+, a feat by a man qualified for the 65+, and one I believe is unprecidented.

Next year, I hope to pull myself to a respectable top ten in the national crit championships as John jumps out during the sprint for a podium finish.

Maybe that remarkably attractive racer in the women's 45+ will also be in attendance. And maybe she still will not have found out that I'm not really the vice-president of Trek.

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