The Cadence Cup is our hometown series, so it was really exciting that in the last race, we showed up well, raced hard, and won a few prizes.David Gardiner Garcia took the leader's jersey in the Cat 5 field. We look forward to having you in the 4's, David.
Al Barouh took 2nd in the King of the Mountains competition in the Cat 4's, wearing the polka dots on the final day since the leader, Larry Urhlass, was also wearing the overall leader's jersey, and second place Victor Lopez Polonia was wearing the green sprint leader's jersey. Al initiated the decisive break of the race that went ahead and collected important points, and held off Lopez when he bridged up to try to win more KOM points.
Yack, meanwhile, bridged up to the break during a lap for Green Jersey points; with double points on the line, he attacked the break and took the points. In the next sprint he snatched a few more, reclaiming the Green Jersey and clinching the win.
Throughout the race the rest of the team raced admirably, doing all the right things. Eloy marked Lopez when he tried to bridge up to the break during a points lap; I dogged Sniadowski a few times; and Josh and Charlie led the charge to bring back the break when the Green Jersey. When it was over, prizes were awarded, and the case of wine was hoisted. Charlie Issendorf paid us a really great compliment: "Yack wasn't the fastest sprinter, but he won the Green Jersey because of teamworks and smart tactics."
A fine finish to a fun local series.
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Charlie is far and away the best promoter we have locally which is why the Cadence Cup is a fun series. BTW: You might not know it, but your kit was in large part designed by Chris Monteverde, a guy I raced with back in the late '90s. I still think of it as new, but it's close to a ten year old design now.
ReplyDeleteI agree. He's really got it together. It was pretty exciting racing on Governor's Island, too. Nice to have a new venue here in NYC.
ReplyDeleteGreat write up M. I like the links to the race photos. What a great day of racing.
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