Team Aggress and the Arizona Calendar
The 2009 ABRA road season is now officially over, with the Wupatki Road Race on October 11th having been the final event on the calendar. Here’s a look at our notable results in Arizona calendar races this past year.
January 31st – Swiss Criterium
Victor Riquelme 5/35, cat.5
February 7th – Flapjack Flats TT
Victor Riquelme 2/22, cat.5
February 28th, March 1st – North End Classic
Rick Ellwanger 1/5 (crit), 65+
Kurt Garbe 5/18 (rr), cat.4
Kurt Garbe digging deep in the North End Criterium
March 6th, 7th, 8th – Tucson Bicycle Classic
Brent Barber 2/48 (itt), cat.3
Kurt Garbe 6/56 (itt), 4/55 (rr), cat.4
Victor Riquelme 1/52 (itt), 3/51 (rr), 1/46 (cr), 1/46 (gc), Cat.5
March 15th – Hungry Dog Criterium
Victor Riquelme 1/21, cat.5
March 28th, 29th – Colossal Cave Stage Race
Bryan Schlegel 5/19 (itt), cat.3
Kurt Garbe 2/28 (itt), 2/24 (rr), 2/24 (gc), cat.4
April 4th, 5th – Tumacacori Omnium
Victor Riquelme 1/24 (crit), 1/20 (rr), 1/20 (omnium), cat.4
Victor Riquelme winning the UofA crit
April 11th – Copper Valley Road Race
Victor Riquelme 3/21, cat.4
April 24th, 25th, 26th – La Vuelta de Bisbee
Bryan Schlegel 15th/73 (gc), 35+
May 3rd – Scottsdale Grand Prix
Rick Ellwanger 1/3, 60+
May 9th – South Mountain TT
Victor Riquelme 2/13, Cat.4
Jim Averill 2/31, Cat.5
May 17th – Sonoita Patagonia TT
Bryan Schlegel 1/9, Cat.3
May 31st – Thunder Road TT
Victor Riquelme 1/8, Cat.4
June 7th – Arizona State Championship Road Race
Bryan Schlegel 5/32, cat.3
Victor Riquelme 4/51, cat.4
Kurt Garbe 5/51, cat.4
State Road Race
June 16th – Tortilla Flats Road Race (series*)
Elliot Anderson 2/34, cat.4/5
June 28th – Mt.Lemmon TT
Jim Averill 5/34, cat.5
August 11th – Tortilla Flats Road Race (series*)
Elliot Anderson 4/17, cat.4/5
August 16th – Picacho Peak TT #2
Victor Riquelme 1/6, Cat.3 (20k)
August 18th – Tortilla Flats Road Race (series*)
Elliot Anderson 2/14, cat.4/5
*Elliot finished the Tortilla Flats series 5th/91 racers in 4/5. There were a total of 11 road races in the series, all scored on a points system.
August 23rd – Skull Valley Road Race
Victor Riquelme 1/24, cat.3
Khris Dodge 1/34, cat.4
September 13th – Arizona Individual Time Trial Championships
Brent Barber – 3/11, cat.3
September 20th – Kitt Peak Time Trial
Elliot Anderson – 3/10, cat.4
September 27th – Mt.Graham Hill Climb
Victor Riquelme 5/16, Cat.3
Jim Averill 6/25, Cat.5
October 10th, 11th – Single Track Omnium
Victor Riquelme 2/8 (rr), Cat.3
Elliot Anderson 1/6 (hc), 1/8 (rr), 1/6 (omnium), Cat.4
Thanks to everyone who supported us through the year. See you on the road!
2009 Cochise County Classic
157 mile race report:
Jame Carney (former Olympic cyclist and National Collegiate champion), who has won just about everything, shows up unexpectedly….Damn!
Will and Beto’s friend Mark did amazing support! You guys rock! I could never have done it without all of you! Tough day in the saddle.