NC Winter Cross Race #2

The Subaru-Gary Fisher Elite Road Team is excited to be promoting our first cross race in conjunction with the Giordana-Cliff Bar Team and Carolina Bicycle Company Huntersville location. The race will be #2 in the NC Winter Cyclocross series and will be held in Mooresville, NC. Multiple race categories will have the chance to go at it for some sweet prizes. "Hey...do i have to have a cyclocross bike?" Heck no, borrow an old mountain bike and enjoy the fun.

Harrisburg Short Track MTB Race #1

The gals bring home the medals at the first Harrisburg Short Track series!

Left to right:

Lisa Preslar (3rd wms cat 2)

Angela Krol (1st wms cat 3)

Lori Harkey (1st wms cat 2)

Congrats also to Adam Little (3rd Mens Super Sport)

Our team is a proud sponsor of the Harrisburg Series, along with our friend from http://www.classiccycling.com/ and http://www.carolinabicyclecompany.com/ The second series race is this Saturday night. Night racing! Bring those lights.

Flynn 2nd at Lexinton Road Race

Congrats to David Flynn for an insanely close sprint for 2nd place at the Lexington Omnium Road Race. David was barely outsprinted at the line by Rich Harper (Kenda Pro Cycling). Congrats to David, and to Rich for the win.
2nd - David Flynn - Lexington RR Pro 1-2

Marianne nabs two Medals at the National Championships

Big congrats to Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley racer Marianne Holt for bringing home two medals from the Masters National Championships in Louisville, KY. Marianne placed 5th in the Road Race and 5th in the Criterium along with 7th place in the Indivudual TT. "My plan was to attack until I blew up in the Crit, after having bad luck in the RR and TT. Those girls had to chase the Gary Fisher!" And attack she did. Eventually the race came down to a sprint with Marianne taking 5th. Not bad for a self-proclaimed "non-sprinter". Great riding to Marianne and all the other team members who competed at Nationals.
5th Marianne Holt - Nationals RR
5th Marianne Holt - Nationals Crit
7th Marianne Holt - Nationals TT
7th Lori Harkey - Nationals RR
12th Chris Harkey - Nationals RR
On the podium after the RR

Attacking...again!

Solo on the backside of the crit course
Marianne takes 5th in the Criterium

Justin, Bridgette WIN NC State RR Championship Titles

Congrats to Justin and Bridgette for their wins at the NC RR Championships. Both will have the privelage of wearing the State Champion jersey for the year. Both the men's and women's teams have great races during the RR Championships and racked up a slew of results.

1st Justin Beard - Pro 1-2 RR NC State Champion
1st Bridgette McClean - U23 Wmns RR NC State Champion
2nd Lori Harkey - Womens Pro 1-2-3 RR
2nd Justin Beard - NC U23 RR
2nd Lauren Trull - Womens U23 RR
3rd Reid Beloni - NC U23 RR
3rd Chris Harkey - Masters RR
4th Chris Harkey - Pro 1-2 RR
4th Bridgette McClean - Womens Pro 1-2-3 RR
6th Lori Harkey - Womens Masters RR
8th David Flynn - Pro 1-2 RR
8th Marianne Holt - Womens Masters RR
9th Chris Knetsche - Masters RR
10th Marianne Holt - Womens Pro 1-2-3 RR
11th Lisa Preslar - Womens Pro 1-2-3 RR

Bridgette WINS U23 State Games, Harkey / Marianne 3rd

Congrats to Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley racer Bridgette M. for her win at the NC State Games in the women's U23 division and 4th overall in the women's open (podium pic to come). In the men's Pro/Am Criterium, Chris Harkey followed up a very hard TDK race by taking 3rd place in the NC State Games. Marianne also took 3rd in the womens open. Way to go.

Delong WINS Crit and Overall at Sanofi Aventis Omnium

Reid attacking off the front
John Delong through the turns
Reid Beloni followed by Bermuda National Champ Geri Mewett

Harkey, Reid and Geri through the technical course

John takes the win...AJ Meyers (Hincapie Development Team takes 2nd)

Flynn WINS Ace Speedway Criterium

David Flynn kept up the teams winning streak with his first win of the season at Ace Speedway this week. David, who joined our team as a new rider this year, has flown through the USFC ranks after just starting racing bikes 2 years ago.
1st - ACE Speedway Criterium - David Flynn

M. Holt WINS NC State Championship...TWICE!!!

Holt WINS, Lori Harkey 2nd
Marianne Holt WINS the 2009 NC State Pro/Am Criterium Championships...AND the women's Masters State Championships for a little added bonus. Marianne soloed in for the her first title in the women's masters race as a warm up to the pro race with the rest of the Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley womens team. In the Pro/Am race, Marianne and teammate, Lori Harkey worked aggressively to establish and drive the winning break, with Lisa Preslar keeping the field in check. Our ladies continued their winning ways by taking their second WIN, along with 2nd place (Harkey), and Lisa finishing 4th.
Lori powers to 2nd in the Womens NC Pro Criterium
Men's Team take 5th, 6th and 9th
With a small break up the road in the mens Pro Criterium, Chris Harkey was able to jump free from the field with 6 laps to go for 5th place with Knetsche winning the field sprint for 6th, and David Flynn rounding out the money spots for 10th place.

1st - NC State Pro Crit Championship - Marianne Holt

1st - NC State Masters Crit Championship - M. Holt

2nd - NC State Pro Crit Championship - Lori Harkey

4th - NC State Pro Crit Championship - Lisa Preslar

5th - NC State Pro Crit Championship - Chris Harkey

6th - NC State Pro Crit Championship - Chris Knetsche

9th - NC State Pro Crit Championship - David Flynn

Reid WINS Springer Mtn. Road Race, 3rd in Crit

Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley Team racer, Reid Beloni pulled out some awesome results at the Springer Mountain Omnium the other week. Reid started off the weekend by placing 3rd in the Pro/Am Criterium Saturday in a close sprint finish. He capped off the weekend with a solo WIN in the Road Race, after shaking all of the 5 other riders in his winning break on a tough and mountainous course and a nasty crash. Check out Reid's account of the WIN in his own words. Good job Reid.
1st - Springer Mtn Road Race - Reid Beloni
3rd - Springer Mtn Criterium - Reid Beloni

Mewett 7th at Maryville Criterium

Check out the photos from our freind Bart Nave:
Photo #2 - Mewett pulling back the break
Congrats to Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley racer Geri Mewett for another solid placing at the Maryville Tomato Head Criterium...I wonder if they named that race after him...?

Delong 14th at Bank Of America NRC Criterium

John Delong had a great ride for the team finishing 14th in the NRC ranked Bank of America Criterium in Delaware last Saturday. He had great support from teammate, Justin Beard, to stay in the lead group in the closing laps and keep a good position for the finish. John also improved on his previous NRC result the week before at the Sunny King Criterium in Alabama where he finished 20th. Great job to both John and Justin for their strong racing.
...check out a two pics below:
Is John actually smiling?

Teamwork

Fuller WINS 6 hr Solo MTB Race, Gals take 2nd

Taking a brief break from the road scene...Darren Fuller pulled off a great win on the dirt with his victory at the 6 hour Solo MTB race at the Anne Springs Grind on the Greenway. Lori Harkey and Lisa Preslar also ripped up the dirt, taking 2nd place in the women's 6 hour Duo event. Great chance for the Gary Fisher roadies to teach a few lessions in the mud.

Team 3rd and 7th in Belize Cross Country

Our Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley gals had a great race in Belize yesterday with Lori Harkey (right) taking 3rd place in the overall with her teammate Marianne Holt finishing 7th place after both experiencing some bad crashes that took out the entire field of riders. Fine International results for the team. The wet, rainy conditions made the race very difficult and dangerous, but the HGFB gals toughed it out. Lisa Preslar, unfortunatly had a crash that caused her to have to abandon the 2nd half of the race with a broken hanger. Overall a great job gals...

Beloni 4th at Waynesboro Criterium

Reid drivin' the train on his Gary Fisher

Congrats to Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley racer, Reid Beloni for a strong 4th place finish at the Waynesboro Pro 1-2 Critrerum.

Women compete in SOL Cross Country Race - Belize

Thursday the Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley women's elite team flew out from Charlotte to compete in the SOL Cross Country Race out of Belize City, Belize. The race will be this Sunday, and our ladies will be competing against some top level competition not only from Belize, but also Mexico, Guatamala and Columbia. Lori, placed 3rd in the race last year, and is in good fitness to be our go to gal for the win after her recent win in the Belize New Years Classic road race. Join us in wishing them the best of luck...oh yeah, stay away from that swine flu junk too! Check back for race updates and results.

Tour de Ephrata - day 1,2 RR

After a nice long drive up to AT's pad in Lancaster, PA we jumped on the bikes for little ride. Great country riding in the heart of Amish territory. We went out for an hour or so and got to ride alongside of horsedrawn buggies, tons of dariy cattle, and sporatic batches of horse crap on the roads. The Amish keep their homes, yards and farms immaculate. The women were out working in the gardens and pushmowing the yards with non-motoried push mowers. Our ride was beautiful, windy, rolling back country roads, covered bridges...and more horse crap.

We had 120 guys in the road race today. John and AT had ridden the course before, but it was new to the rest of us. Within the firist 4 miles we had a screaming 40+mph down hill with a kick to the left, then a right turn dead into a covered bridge with cover slats....going to be a long day. The field almost came to a dead stop, sliding left and right inside the bridge, then sprinted out the otherside. I could tell Harkey was behind me in the bridge freaking out at how sketchy it was. The race was fast and single file with a big kicker hill halfway through. Justin and John were active early, both bridging up to breaks that didn't stick. Harkey got in the final break of 15 and attacked 1K out, but got caught at the line and passed for 12th place.

Had a great meal thanks to team cheif John Delong. Chicken sausage, buffalo burgers, veggies, pasta, watermelon. Big thanks to Justin for washing the monster bugs (and horse crap) off the bikes and installing our new VETTA computers tonight. We are going to roll the team time trail tomorrow am, but not worry too much about it. Our goal now is to shoot for a win in the crit and let the GC work itself out.

Reid WINS ACCC Conference Championship

Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley rider Reid Beloni (left) won the ACCC Men's D1 Conference Championship Individual Omnium this last weekend, representing his Virginia Tech collegiate team which he is also the president of. Reid has been consitantly fininshing in the top 5 out of his last batch of races and is showing great fitness right now. Reid will be part of our 6 man team racing at the Tour de Ephrata this coming weekend in Lancaster, PA. We look forward to turning him (and his red mullett locks) loose on the other guys this weekend...Congrats Reid and VT.

Fuller Wins ION Village Criterium

Darren Fuller pulled off an easy win in the masters criterium at the beautiful ION Village in Chaleston, SC. Darren, along with Harkey, Bruce and Adam jumped in the masters race as a warmup for the Pro event. We worked great together, and Darren had a perfect leadout to the sprint.

Following, in the Pro Criterum, we were joined by Geri (sporting his brand new Bermuda National Championship Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley kit) and Justin. Geri worked the race like a champ on the front...maybe he just wanted to show of his kit...The race was fast and single file the entire time through the tight course. Thad Dulin (Myogenesis) jumped away with 2 laps to go, and held his gap for the win. Justin focused on the sprint, and took 6th place, just behind Johnathan Clarke (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling). We are looking forward to racing at the Citadel tomorrow.

Darren Fuller - 1st masters
Chris Harkey - 5th masters
Justin Beard - 6th Pro/Am
Adam Little - 12th masters

Belize day 5- Take me home, country road