P3C3 Sendoff October 2010

Darin, Eric, and Gen took to the track last night up in Asheville with hopes of repeating the sweep of two weeks ago.  Darin coming back to the track since the bad thumb injury was ready to roll and both Eric and Gen were dialed in.

The first race of the night was the scratch race.  The boys sat on the front all eight laps. Darin, in the right position as always, took the lead out from Eric and Gen for the win with Gen coming in 2nd and Eric 3rd.

Next up was the Miss n’ out.  This is a race that after the neutral lap and three race laps on the fourth race lap the last one across the line is out.  Eric drove it most of the laps with Darin and Gen taking over on the front to take the load off.

The three were not challenged until only four remained. Eric was on the front and coming to the line just wasn’t able to hold off Darin and Gen as well as the other guy on his bamboo track bike.  With the bell lap underway, Darin put the hammer down and stayed away for the win.  Gen just missed coming around bamboo bike guy and settled for 3rd.

Finally came the 50 lap points race.  Moves were attempted from the get go.  Nothing was able to stay away and POA took points in both of the first two sprints.  Darin got away solo mid-way through the race for about 16 laps.  He took 3 sprint wins and lapped the field.

After that Eric took over and won the remaining sprints.  They went 1,2,3 in most of the sprints.  In the end, Darin and Eric were tied at 38 with the win going to Darin for lapping the field. Gen finished up comfortable in 3rd.

There is no surprise for the Omnium with Darin taking the title, Eric 2nd, and Gen 3rd.  Two nights in a row with POA taking everything,  Check back soon for of what’s going with POA Cycling Team

In the A races up at the Mellowdrome in Asheville on Wednesday, May 19, POA took every race. Eric, Paul, Darin and newcomer Gen Kogure worked in true POA Cycling team fashion with phenomenal team work and all kinds of power to go with it.

The first race of the night was the Scratch race and Gen showed he is returning to great form with a big win. Gen attacked coming into turn 3 and powered home to the win.

Next up was the Snowball which is a race where each lap you get more points i.e. lap 1 = 1 pt, Lap 2 = 2 pts, Lap 3 = 3 pts all the way to 10 pts on the 10th lap. Darin, coming of an incredible spring campaign and a brutal hand injury sat on the back and did some coaching in all of the races. Eric, in his first A track race and Paul coming back out and getting his feet wet after a long absence from the track took the advice from Darin and ran with it. Eric sat in for the first few laps and then took off on the 4th and never looked back. Chris Emory was able to bridge up to Eric and took a couple laps but in the end Eric takes race number 2 — two races and two wins for POA.

The final race of the night is always the big points race. 50 Laps for the A’s with sprint points available every 5 laps with 5, 3, 2, and 1 points available and double points on the last sprint. Eric didn’t get points in the first 2 sprints but then went on to win the next 8 and take the title by a big margin. He didn’t do it alone as Paul and Gen covered several break attempts to allow Eric to take a breath or two before drilling it to win a sprint — three races, three wins for POA Cycling. With 2 wins and a 3rd in the scratch race Eric took home the Omnium title as well. That’s what you call domination.

As mentioned earlier it was a great show of team work by the guys. Things will only get tougher for the competition on the track as Gen continues to return to form, Eric gets more experience, Paul gets his track legs, and Darin will be back at full strength gearing up for Master’s nationals. We will also see Hank, Reece, and Blair taking to the track in the coming weeks.

Keep the rubber to the “track” and have fun on the bike.

St. Francis Summer Series continues next week Thursday at BMW.

POA Cycling was off to the South Carolina State Criterium Championships in Charleston, SC this past weekend.  The Saturday races were held at I’on Village on a rather technical course with a fast right hand final turn and short shot to the finish line to make it interesting.  The Sunday races would take place at Hampton Park next door to the Citadel. Both venues made for an exciting weekend of racing.

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The Rock Hill Classic featured three races over the weekend of April 9 – 11. While several of the POA team was enjoying a different classic in Belgium — Paris-Roubaix, a skeleton crew headed up Saturday to the historical town of Old Brattonsville. The team was represented in the Category 4/Masters 50+ and the Masters 35+ 1/2/3.

Eric Christophersen rolled off for the Masters 35+ 1/2/3 category of the Patriot’s Trail Road Race. Over the nearly 90 miles of the rolling course Eric was on his own as the Carolina Masters boys worked to break the field apart. With no help, there wasn’t much for him to do and four of the Carolina Masters riders crossed the line side-by-side. Eric came in safely in the field. Never fear, Mr. Christophersen, the SC Criterium Championships are coming up next.

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March 6 – With weekend number three of the Spring Series in the books POA Cycling has much to be proud of.

On Saturday the Masters 35+ were looking to lock up 2nd overall for Rodney at River Falls. The boys raced hard in a brutal race that had attack after attack going off the front. In the end, Rodney came home 5th and locked up 2nd in the overall.

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