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Master's Track Champs!

Big


Score for

WORD - RCB!


Sorry D, no racing for the Juniors today.

This Social bunch of Infielders got more buzz and vibe than rock fans at Woodstock when they lay out a few blankets in the grass.

Cyclisme's over 30 crowd knows how to make the scene, and they made the infield a party !

One thing they were celebrating was a ton of scoring. (Not like at Woodstock)

Great performances by new kilo men Dan Dhonan and Csaba Kormendy, excellent Team Sprints from the whole women's team, and the Leadership of Mr. Stephen B. (Bedford) we scored more than a lot of double Championship BAR points for Word-RCB.


Results:
Masters Women's Team Sprints
3 Sandra Clark & Catherine Cooper - 50.90
4 Mielle Blomberg & Jennifer Leonard - 51.52

Masters Women's Sprints
5 Catherine Cooper
7 Mielle Blomberg

Masters Women 500 Meter
4 Catherine Cooper - 46.87
5 Sandra Clark - 47.30
6 Mielle Blomberg 48.12
7 Jennifer Leonard 48.82

Masters Mens Team Sprints
8 Dan Dhonan 1:08.78
8 Stephen Bedford 1:08.78

Masters Men Kilo 40-49
4 Dan Dhonan - 1:33.48

Masters Men Kilo 35-39
6 Csaba Kormendy - 1:31.94

Masters Men Kilo 30-34
1 Stephen Bedford 1:14.90

Masters Men Sprints 30-39
3 Stephen Bedford

Masters Men Sprints 40-49
12 Dan Dhonan

Killing It!

BRONZE at CRIT CHAMPS!
Photo credit:
Catherine Cooper

Racing all the fast
Cat 4 Women
late in the summer
on a fast "downtown Albany"
Crit. course, Mielle Blomberg
won our first medal in the Cat 4 women
since Nissy Cobb.

Applying her dirt
short track dominion,
and new velodrome sprint
skill sets to
Oregon tradition's
fastest road event
of the season, "Crit Champs"
Mielle was killin it!

Jakeford and Stanson crack crit!

All the announcer, Splinter Wren could talk about was how Bedford was in another break, but he would then point out the Bedford was blocking up the pack.
Go figure...

Oh well, Jake, keep attacking!
See here how they set the day up. All to the dismay of the Oregon Cat 1/2 peloton.

The last guy in the train is Aaron Olson, fresh off the boat from Europe.

Cyclisme casts a long shadow in Oregon!

Bedford wins Silver at Crit Champs!









Searing speeds and styly spectators
set the scene at the Oregon Criterium Champs
in old downtown Albany Oregon.

While Bedford and Jake met up with their folks, crazy Ironclad guys flipped me off, and sweetly smart strawberry blondes blessed me with beauty.

Working with his trusty team-mate Jake,
Stephen made the pace hot, and went on to get second, just a few inches behind Stephen Beardsley
of the Gentle Lovers. The Gentle Lovers won the event for an unprecedented 3rd year in a row.

Despite the fact Euro pro of Tour de France fame, Aaron Olson was home to see his folks and maybe get some laundry done, the pace was too hot even for him to go off the front. His incredible time trial ability did however change the way the race went down, as Jake was away for sure with some big dogs, Aaron Olson awoke and chased bridging monstrously.

Lore surrounded the scene as Alex Lightman won in the 3s while Justin Serna blocked for him and their Guiness Jersey. Pat Malach took great photos and wrote great prose for the Oregon Cycling Action blog.

All the racers in the bottom picture
were reared by the four edicts of Cyclisme;
Benevolence, Good Form, Simplicity, and Team.

Family Circus!

Talent by families.
Championship by Cyclisme!
by
John Benenate

The 2010 edition of the OBRA Junior and Team Event Championships was a Cyclisme victory as Word-RCB was the largest and funnest family oriented team on the Alpenrose infield.



Children did their thing in the morning, participating in Omniums that left Maya Bergmann, Isabelle Ford, and Naiqwan Pellman, OBRA Champions.

Then in the afternoon the fourteen year old boys formed up a great Olympic Sprint Team and Naiqwan joined the elite Cyclisme "A" Team with Word, Bedford, and Hansen.


Jake and Stephen also teamed up with Beardsley and Blackwelder of the team Gentle Lovers to win a Silver Medal in the 14lap/4K Team Pursuit.


Cyclisme Women were the talk of the day as their class, grace and grit made the competition the fastest for women in years.


Candi and Mike Murray
did a great job running the show,
and they got some help from our Maya Bergmann.

Many did work behind the scenes
to make the show go. Shawn Brockway and Mike Ford
changed cogs
supported racers and Directeurs, alike.



There were
some
politics that had
to be handled as usual, but we had some
powerful women to
lobby well
for their
cause.

Junior girls like Maya and Gillian were empowered by the example of strength and intensity their elder sisters exuded when they were on the march.

Cyclisme was a word
worn proudly, as we were the pride of Oregon Bicycle Racing on this day of Team and Junior Track Championship racing.

Bedford Qualifies!

At the Alpenrose National Qualifier
by Jake Hansen

Stephen Bedford pursued glory to qualify for the 2010 Nationals In Los Angeles.

With one month until the big day, Bedford has his sights sets on going big in the Points Race, Scratch Race and Pursuit against some of the biggest, fastest dogs in America.

With his focus, tenacity and honed pursuiting skills he will surely be a threat.

With the white and black of Cyclisme donned on his chest he is surely to make us all proud.