Road Bike Racing - A handful of photos from the CSC Invitational today

A big downtown crit with a bunch of pro teams duking it out has got to be one of the most enjoyable cycling events to watch, ever. It was a good 85-90 degrees today when the pros got started at about 1PM on their 100-LAP crit. The course is very exciting and technical, with 3 >90 degree turns and nowhere to recover. It definitely tells you something when the pro field lost about 2/3 of its strength throughout the race.

My photography skills pale by comparison to others on here, but here's a handful of the pics I got...

http://www.cscinvitational.com/images/stories/sponsors/map_2.jpg

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is that dora?

is that dora?

It is. As you can see she's back at full strength and enjoying the races once again. :D

is that a powertap she's wearing on her collar? ;)

I got passed by the BMC team car yesterday on my ride. Gorgeous looking stationwagon (i think it was a Volvo), but it looked naked without the bikes on the rack. Still, seeing the car made my whole ride better. It was as if Mike Sayers was opening up a 30+ second gap on me

Dora's looking mighty fine, Pete- so glad she's OK! Man- those turns look painful :D

awwww......look at the puppy!!!!

nice pics drpete......looked like fun afternoon.

here's my girl...........

who all was there on behalf of the CSC squad or other major teams?

Nice Pics Pete. Dora looks very happy!

who all was there on behalf of the CSC squad or other major teams?

This is kinda long, but the link is sort of hidden in the race website... so here you go.


Mens Roster
Number TEAM/RIDER NAME

Colavita Sutter Home P/b Cooking Light
1 Dionne, Charles
2 Acton, Aleajandro
3 Artacho, Gustavo
4 Bergman, Adam
5 Damaini, Luca
6 Frattini, Davide
7 McCann, David
8 Wrenn, Tyler

Health Net presented by Maxxis
11 Menzies, Karl
12 Downing, Russell
13 Gritters, Kyle
14 Johnson, Tim
15 Milne, Shawn
16 Murphy, John
17 O’Bee, Kirk
18 Pipp, Frank

Jelly Belly
21 Candelario, Alex
22 Bajadli, Andrew
23 Jones, Brice
24 Jones, Mike
25 Mead, Bryce
26 Meadley, James
27 Reistad, Nick
28 Rice, Matty

Toyota-United Pro
31 Stevic, Ivan
32 Dominguez, Ivan
33 Garcia, Jose-Manuel
34 Manion, Caleb
35 Miller, Ryan
36 Scanlon, Mark
37 Vogels, Henk
38 Wherry, Chris

CSC
41 Haedo, J.J.
42 Goss, Matthew
43 Johansen, Allan
44 Julich, Bobby
45 Klostergaard, Kasper
46 Ljungqvist, Marcus
47 Pedersen, Martin
48 Roberts, Luke

Jittery Joes
51 Elken, Evan
52 Henry, Tim
53 King, Austin
54 Nankervis, Tommy
55 Shriver, Matt
56 Stevenson, Cody
57 Veilluex, David
58 TRAVIESO, Frank

Slipstream
61 Huff, Brad
62 Caldwell, Blake
63 Cozza, Steven
64 Howes, Alex
65 MacGregor, Ian
66 Parisien, Francois
67 Pate, Danny
68 Tolleson, Taylor

Navigators Insurance
71 Clarke, Hilton
72 Brooks,Ben
73 Grishkin, Oleg
74 House, Kristian
75 O'Loughlin, David
76 Power, Ciaran
77 Rapinski, Viktor
78 Wamsley, Kyle

KodakGallery
81 Rollin, Dominique
82 Anthony, Jesse
83 Danesh, Jamiel
84 Hornton, Josh T
85 Lopinto, Pete
86 O’Reilly, Cody
87 Raby, Ben
88 Timmerman, Dan

Priortiy Health
91 Zwizanski, Scott
92 Abraham, Emile
93 England, Richard
94 Howard, Graham
95 King, Edward
96 Sheedy, Brian

Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
101 McCook, Dave
102 Bowman, Dan
103 Gilbert, Martin
104 Hinnen, Mark
105 Mumford, Reid
106 Roth, Ryan
107 Spinelli, Justin
108 Sundt, Jonny

Rite Aid
111 Borrajo, Alejandro
112 Alexander,Sebastian
113 Ayers, Ian
114 Beers, Mike
115 DeWald, Ryan
116 Elliston,Bill
117 Kincaid,Stephan
118 Palma, Guido

BMC
121 Stewart, Jackson
122 Garcia, Jon
123 Hanson, Ken
124 Hartley, Chad
125 Nydam, Scott
126 Rosenbarger, Jacob
127 Sayers, Michael

Rock Racing
131 Leogrande, Kayle
132 Bahati,Rahsaan
133 Friedick, Mariano
134 Haedo, Sebastian
135 Hernandez, Sergio
136 Magnell, Sterling
137 Napolitano, Rudy
138 Switters, Adam

CALYON-LITESPEED
141 Lyman, Erik
142 Boocock, Brooke
143 Cortes, Phil
144 Perron, Jean-Sebastien
145 Reain, Greg
146 Vives, Charly
147 Vives, Maxime

Nerac
151 Myerson, Adam
152 Charles, Aidan
153 Donahue, Alec
154 Holt, Daniel
155 Smutny, Nikola
156 Walsh, Patrick
157 Wiswell, David
158 Yezefski, Todd

AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork
161 Travieso, Frank
162 Falcon, Yosvany
163 Frederick, Chris
164 Hagman, Alex
165 Henriksen, Todd
166 Keim, Eric
167 Norris, Keith
168 Weiss, Scottie

Composite All Star
171 Langley, Russ
172 Johnson, Ken
173 Hamblin, Jon
174 Page, Johnathon
175 Kekman, Mark
176 Aledia, Marco
177 Dodson, Craig
178 Solar, Ward

Nice Pics Pete. Dora looks very happy!

Yeah, she had an absolute blast. She loves people, and there were plenty of other dogs out there too. So glad she's back and smiling!

And botto--the yellow tag is her microchip code--she's not allowed to have a powertap because I think she has more wattage in her cottage than I do. :o

Thanks so much for posting the photos. I grew up in North Arlington about a quarter mile from the course.

Yay Dora, nice to see her enjoying the races.

Looks like a heckuva good time.

Too bad there is nothing that high level up where I am :(

Too bad there is nothing that high level up where I am :(

This has been an awesome, awesome week in DC to be a bike racer. A couple teammates of mine showed up at one of the local rides on Tuesday night to find some of the boys from Slipstream there. At the Wednesday night training crit that our club puts on, the Jittery Joe's team van parks 3 spaces down from me. They proceed to decimate the A race, and I get a little look at them as they're lapping the B field... twice. :) All of this capped off by a day of watching a tough, hot, attrition-laden 62-mile pro crit.

Life is good. :)

I think Nerac is based out of a few towns over from where I live.

Healthnet's DS lives in my hometown during the offseason so I think of them as a hometeam.

I meant to ask during the US Open, but why isn't Jelly Belly doing ProTour races anymore?

I meant to ask during the US Open, but why isn't Jelly Belly doing ProTour races anymore?

I do not think that Jelly Belly ever did a Pro Tour race.

I'm pretty sure that they were in the TdF last year, that's how I know who they are.

I'm pretty sure that they were in the TdF last year, that's how I know who they are.

I wouldn't be so sure. :D

I met Dora the the race...what a SWEET dog she is...she definitely has some sheltie in her, methinks...I didn't know she was ill, Pete. Glad to see she's doing well.

Rode with the Capitol Hill group today, did the Arlington Hills ride, in pouring rain, a real blast but what a nut-buster.

Thanks for posting the photos - looks like it was a lot of fun and your team "mascot" enjoyed it, too! How was the race swag?

I wanted to attend, but Saturday was also the Susan G Komen Foundation National Race for the Cure (5k race, 5k or shorter walk) and I was on a 22 person "team" organized by my wife and the wife of a good friend. I wish SGKF would organize a bike event (like the MS150, or the Diabetes Assoc. Tour de Cure), but you can't argue with the success of having over 50,000 people show up in downtown DC at 7-8AM on a Saturday.

And the less spectacular but it's 10 min away Reston Town Center Grand Prix is on the same date as the wedding of the eldest daughter of friends we've known for 20 years, so I'll probably miss watching that one as well!

Big gallery of pics here: http://images.jamesrwilson.com/album/302115

Thanks for the pics, Dr. Pete. JIm Wilson has alot of good shots as well. Sorry I missed the race this year. It's a great event to have in the area and a great race to watch.

The CSC rider at the back of the their train in the 2nd to last photo - is he eating during a crit!? And what is it? It looks like a bag of frito's.

Nice pics Dr. Pete. Thanks for the post.

The CSC rider at the back of the their train in the 2nd to last photo - is he eating during a crit!? And what is it? It looks like a bag of frito's.

Nice pics Dr. Pete. Thanks for the post.

Yes, this particular 100-km crit (:eek:) had a feed zone.

The CSC rider at the back of the their train in the 2nd to last photo - is he eating during a crit!? And what is it? It looks like a bag of frito's.

Nice pics Dr. Pete. Thanks for the post.

That looks like a clif bar to me.

Nice photos Dr. Pete. I'm working on shrinking mine and i'll try to put them up...

Now if I could just ride like those boys, i'd be a happy camper. :-)

-g

Here's a quick video clip of the peloton going by--not sure it really captures the speed, but it's the best I could do with my cheapie camera.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/dr_pete177/CSC%20Invitational/th_IMGP2411.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/dr_pete177/CSC%20Invitational/?action=view&current=IMGP2411.flv)

Thanks for posting the pics -- I have been late getting to this thread :)

In the video, the pace looks about right for a P12 pack that's not strung out single file. Fast though.

That's cool that so many pros have been in your area, even outside of this race. I haven't Pat McCarty (Slipstream) at our Tuesday Nighter for a while, probably because he's been traveling so much for the races.

More photos here (http://www.poweredbycheese.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=23)

-g

Have you ever seen a race where the break lapped the peloton? I loved it.

Have you ever seen a race where the break lapped the peloton? I loved it.

Happened at the Edgar Soto Pro 1/2 crit last year.... Good stuff

Great race.

Dont forget to mention that local amateur team Battley Harley Davidson received an invite, and not only did they line up, they fricken RACED. They had rider Russ Langley in the break with Magnus Backstedt, Roger Hammond, et. al. They even had 4 guys finish, including Russ who was primed for a top 10 but hit the deck on the last lap/last turn. One of his team mates, who was on the sidelines was nearby standing around holding his bike ... he's my size (i.e. small and Russ is a tall lanky TTer), ran out on the course to give him a bike so he could finish - absolutely amazing.

I can now say I've had my ass kicked in races and on group rides by guys that beat two former winners of Paris-Robaix in a crit!:)

Wow! A thread revival from last years race!

Any one take pics at this year's race?

^ I took about 150 or so, playing with my wife's new Nikon D80, if I can figger out how to download them and send them out, I'll do so. They're all from various corners of the course and I just pointed and held the button down, so they wont be anything spectacular, I'd wager.

Great race.

Dont forget to mention that local amateur team Battley Harley Davidson received an invite, and not only did they line up, they fricken RACED. They had rider Russ Langley in the break with Magnus Backstedt, Roger Hammond, et. al. They even had 4 guys finish, including Russ who was primed for a top 10 but hit the deck on the last lap/last turn. One of his team mates, who was on the sidelines was nearby standing around holding his bike ... he's my size (i.e. small and Russ is a tall lanky TTer), ran out on the course to give him a bike so he could finish - absolutely amazing.

I can now say I've had my ass kicked in races and on group rides by guys that beat two former winners of Paris-Robaix in a crit!:)

Do you know any contact info for the Harley guys? We got some great pictures of them that they might want to have.

Just uploaded some to my Flickr (http://flickr.com/photos/karmcity). Got a few videos too, including a huge crash during the toddler race!

Do you know any contact info for the Harley guys? We got some great pictures of them that they might want to have.

you could ping the MABRA list or just post the link there.

That roster wasn't entirely correct. Danny Pate (Slipstream) couldn't be in Arlington because he came in 6th yesterday in the final time trial at the Giro.

That roster wasn't entirely correct. Danny Pate (Slipstream) couldn't be in Arlington because he came in 6th yesterday in the final time trial at the Giro.

Time warp = the roster was from last year. This is a zombie thread ;)

That roster wasn't entirely correct. Danny Pate (Slipstream) couldn't be in Arlington because he came in 6th yesterday in the final time trial at the Giro.

that roster is from last year... which is when this thread was originally posted.

44 Julich, Bobby?

Weird. his blog (http://www.bobbyjulich.com/) says he's starting in the Tour of Luxemburg tomorrow.

hi, this thread is a year old.

Cool.