When Jennifer and I decided to move from Sacramento to Chico it was only going to be for 2 years. Before Jenn and I had met we had both lived here in the early 90's so we thought we knew Chico. It was a small town that lacked the nightlife and culture we had become accustom to in Sac.

Giving public thanks for an event with as many volunteers we had for the Chico Downtown Criterium is very dangerous. The odds of me forgetting someone are far greater then the chance of rain in December. But I am going to give it a try.

For the first time in a decade the streets of Chico gave life to bicycle racing. I feel guilty that I am getting so many kudos because it was was not I who brought racing back to Chico it was the endless hours of dedication by...continue

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John & Linda Elgart will be here form Voler so that you can try on the different articles of clothing and place your order for the 2008 season.
Come Join us at Mt. Mikes Pizza at 5th and Nord.
We will chat about how you can help with the upcoming Chico Criterium. And like always it is always a great social gathering.

Ok so the highlights. CJ is tied for second at 93 points, 1 point behind first place for BAR in the CAT 4. Mike Ricks jumped into the top ten to grab 9th.
Overall Chico Corsa had the 2nd best CAT 4 squad in Norther California Nevada, just behind Webcor. We also have the #12 CAT 3 squad (only two guys on that one team).
Overall we were #27. We did it with some very high quality results. I would like to see how many points we averaged per person/race. We are one of the smaller teams, we only had 6-9 guys in the CAT4 this season (Webcor has DOZENS). So good job this season guys.
Here are the BAR and BAT Standings.

BAR Standings Elite 4

1 Shaun Durkan Metromint Cycling 94
2 Cliff Humphries Chico Corsa Cycling Team 93
3 Stephen O'Mara Cycling- Training.Com/ARPT 93
4 Jens Hillen Berkeley Bicycle Club (BBC) 89
5 James Hardy Kaiser Permanente/ Team Oakland 88
6 Joshua Carling Unattached 86
7 Nathan Winchell Unattached 81
8 Michael Ricks Chico Corsa Cycling Team 73
9 Filip Vanacht Easton/Specialized 71
10 Neil Harrington Webcor/Alto Velo 69
Full List

BAT Standings Elite 4

1 Webcor/Alto Velo 321
2 Chico Corsa Cycling Team 241
3 Kaiser Permanente/ Team Oakland 223
4 Berkeley Bicycle Club (BBC) 214
5 Kovarus/Squadra Ovest 181
6 Fusion Sport USA 162
7 Metromint Cycling 149
8 TBS Racing Team 126
9 Action Sports/SSC Cycling Team 117
10 Davis Bike Club 111
Full List

Here is a list of the latest podium spots of Chico Corsa and other local riders.

Challenge Challenge Road Race- Challenge, CA
CAT 4
3rd Place- CJ Humphries- Chico Corsa

Giro di San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
CAT 3
6th Place- Mike Cordova- Chico Corsa

2007 World 24 Hours of Adrenalin Championships - Laguna Seca, CA
4 man team
1st Place- Team Chico
Aaron Timmel
Rich Thurman
Mike Andres
Kevin Speacht

Chico Road Race (Henlyville) - Henlyville, CA
Cat 1/2/3
3rd Place- Michael Andres - Team Chico
5th Place- Aaron Timmel - Team Chico
Cat 4
3rd Place- C.J. Humphries - Chico Corsa
4thPlace- Mike Ricks - Chico Corsa
Mstr Cat 4/5
2nd Place- Mike Thorpe - North Rim Adventure Sports
Woman Cat 4
2nd Place- Lisa Martins- Chico Corsa

Chico Downtown Criterium - Chico, CA
Cat 1/2/3
4th Place - Aren Timmel - Team Chico
Cat 3
2nd Place - Jeff Galland- Chico Corsa
Mstr Cat 3
1st Place- Jeff Galland - Chico Corsa
Cat 4
2nd Place James Plummer - Chico Corsa
3rd Place- Mike Ricks - Chico Corsa
Mstr Cat 4
2nd Place- Mike Ricks - Chico Corsa
Mstr 35-44 Cat 4/5
1st Place - Mike Ricks- Chico Corsa
Mstr 45+ Cat 4/5
2nd Place- Jeff Seyfried - Team Chico
Cat 5
3rd Place- Tyson Schroeder - Chico Corsa
5th Place - Ryan Olson - Chico Corsa

Sunday, October 7th -The 4th Annual Jack and Jill Time Trial (10 miles, flat course, male + female rider, two bikes) will take place on Sunday, October 7th.
Its organizers, Charles Geshekter and Michelle Beltran, are pleased to announce that, thanks to sponsorship by PowerBars, there will be $500 in cash awarded to the various category winners, along with over $1000 in merchandise and gifts from local merchants.

We had a great day - and a great turn-out - for the Chico Corsa Cohasset Uphill Time Trial today! 45 riders took part in this ever-grueling hill climb event from Nicalog Road up to the Cohasset Store. I want to thank all of you for coming out and punishing yourselves on this climb - I applaud all of you! If it wasn't for you all, we wouldn't be doing these events - so, thank you all for coming out and giving it your best. And I think this was a pretty good warm-up for Chico Velo's Forest Ranch Time Trial coming up on September 30th! A HUGE thank you goes out to Geno Gruber for loaning us his Time Trial equipment, and Mark Hendry from www.CreativeComp.com for supplying us with the numbers...........as for the pins....uh.....that was my fault! We'll have more pins out there next time - I promise.
We had some amazing times out on the hill today, including a new course record. Here are the results of this morning's time trial:

1. Aren Timmel 19:36 (New Course Record!)
2. Kevin Speacht 20:30
3. Rich Thurman 20:40
4. Mike Ricks 20:43
5. David Albrecht 20:50
6. Jim Roberts 21:19
7. Steve Smead 21:30(On a fixed gear!)
8. Mark Reimer 21:45 (On a leaking tire!)
9. Walter Lohse 22:00
10. David Kyle 22:28

As I understand it, Rand Miller came up with the idea to assign points to some of the local rides and make a competition of it. It went on for a couple of years then vanished.

So this year Rodney solicited the advice of some of the active locals, and with the assistance of his lovely wife Lori, monitored the results of 4 stages over the course of 5 days. 1st Stage is the Wednesday Fast 50....a flat local group ride with 3 intermediate sprints for "Stop Ahead" signs, and then the final sprint on West Sacramento Avenue. We got video of the first stage - see HERE. Stage 2 was the Thursday River Road 10-mile Time Trial.......Stage 3 was the Saturday Honey Run Road Race.......and Sunday's stage was the 4th and final stage - the Cohasset Uphill Time Trial. Here are the results for today's Cohasset Uphill Time Trial:

This was one of the most fun competitions on a bike I have ever competed in. I am already looking forward to next year. Here is how it turned out:

1. Aren Timmel = 113 points(Now holds the Nutcracker Trophy & the Paskenta Trophy!)
2. Mike Ricks = 105 points
3. Rich Thurman = 101 points
4. Kevin Speacht = 87 points
5. Tim Creswell = 72 points
6. David Kyle = 65 points
7. Geno Gruber = 41 points
8. Jim Greenlee = 40 points
9. Mike Trowbridge = 31 points
10. Paul Begbie = 26 points