The riders of CNYC continued their successful Spring campaign at the Binghamton Circuit Race held on Sunday April 25th. Richard Serton scored his first win for the season. Riding in the Cat. 5 race Serton produced a strong sprint to win by a wheel. Brett Sherwood took a good 11th place finish out of 41 riders. Ad Stabel made it two weekends in a row with race wins. Riding in the Master's 45 + Stabel wound things up to continue his run of great results. Rich Karaz took 2nd in the 45 + field.

Race Reports Below:

By Richard Serton

In the Men's Cat 5 field most of the action was saved for the final 200m of the 20 mile race. A few early attempts at a breakaway, including ones by CNYC's own Richard Serton and Brett Sherwood were unsuccessful. It seemed that most of the field was content to stay together and fight it out at the end. About halfway through the final lap a palpable sense of urgency seemed to come over the peloton. All at once every rider was jockeying for position to start the final sprint. As the group reached the base of the final short climb, the sprint began with several riders in good position for the win. CNYC's own Richard Serton, who started the sprint in about 10th place, had the legs to overtake the rest of the field and snag 1st place by about half a wheel. Brett Sherwood finished strong in 11th place.

The USPP TT for Wednesday 4-28-10 is on. Please come a little early and be ready to roll at 6:15 PM.

A new record number of riders took the start of the USPP TT on April 14th. 26 riders line up and 26 riders finished with great times. The next USPP is this Wednesday the 28th. Can we get 30 people to line up?

1. Matthew Russell 23:36
2. Derek Treadwell 23:50
3. Steve Sloan 24:59
4. John Stuligross 26:17
5. Justin Wood 26:32
6. Tim Sattler 26:46
7. Peter Martin 26:49
8. Jonathan Kent 27:26
9. Nick Suozzo 27:35
10. Paul Eisele 27:59

Thanks to Rich Serton, Ad Stabel and Marjolein Schat for the cyclingnews write ups.

Report #1

A damp and chilly cold front stayed in the region just long enough to drop some rain on this year's CYLRR. But, the racing was fast and fierce. In the combined A-B field the pack stayed together from the start to the base of the first climb on lap 1. The pace increased enough so that by the end of the first 2 climbs the true contenders had separated themselves from the group; but no real attacks had come. A group of about 25 including several CNYC riders descended together and began the 2nd lap. As a steady rain began to fall, this group headed North and approached the final climbs. CNYC's Richard Serton was the first to attack on the last climb. He was followed by a group of 9 riders. Ryan Steers pulled clear of this group near the top and opened up a gap of about 400m. The chase group worked furiously to reign him in as the final blistering descent began. As the combined group rounded the last turn into the home straightaway CNYC was in a great position. They had 4 riders in the top 10. After an all out sprint CNYC's own Ad Stabel came clear for the win with Rich Karaz taking the 3rd position for a near-podium-sweep by the host club. CNYC also took 6th and 7th places with Brett Sherwood and Richard Serton.

A couple of great shots from the racing at this week's Check Your Legs RR.
Thanks to Pam Underhill Karaz for the photos.

Cold and wet at times...but great racing in two fields. Thanks to everyone for coming to race. Thanks to the people that volunteer. All racers did 2 laps for 25 miles of racing.
See you in 2011 for the Butternut Valley Bike Race?????

Finishing Places 2010 CYLRR

Place Rider # Name

B Category Racers
1 382 Ad Stabel
2 364 Eric Korolewski
3 362 Richard Karaz
4 387 David Yacobelli
5 383 Ryan Steers
6 377 Brett Sherwood
7 376 Richard Serton
8 375 Nathan Sentz
9 357 Michael Grygus
10 391 Justin DeAmicis
11 378 Todd Sherwood
12 354 AJ Finkelstein
13 371 Cory Peranich

The forecast for this weekend's Check Your Legs RR reads more like a late February forecast for a weekend in Belgium. That being the said....we are hoping the bad weather pushes through and the race can go on. We will race if the conditions are safe to race. That means in the cold...rain....wind.....it's a go. But if there is snow of any consequence on the roads the race will be canceled. Please take a look at the website the morning of the race. If the CYLRR is unsafe to run I will try to post a notice by 8 AM.

In his first race for CNYC ( And, his first race of the 2010 season. ) Richard Serton grabbed a great 3rd place finish in the Category 5 race at Battenkill. What started out dark and blustery turned out to be a great day for racing - the clouds broke not long after we started. With a few exceptions Rich's group stayed together until the final tough climb and then a small group broke away. Two guys got up the road. Richard chased the 2nd place rider for about 2k starting at the 5k marker but wasn't making any ground. He then hung back with 4 other riders thinking they would fight it out for 3rd place. Coming into the final turn Serton dropped the hammer and came clear for a podium spot.

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Also scroll down to the second testimonial - from a cyclist with over 25 years experience with Dr. Naylor's products - as he says, "If only cows could talk!"

The good people at Road ID have donated a few prizes for the CYLRR. 3 Road ID Gift Cards valued at $25 each will be given away for race prizes. If you win one the gift cards you can head over to www.roadid.com and pick out whatever you would like from their site. More CYLRR prizes to be posted soon.