Because I am in a pinch for time (I would have liked this newsletter to have gone out 11 days ago) I want to share something a friend sent me that I find very interesting. I share a quick thought about it at the end.

Hi All, Coach Mike here...

It's Crit Season!

First of all, let me say that the purpose of this article is to take the scariness out of cornering. I want you to feel comfortable on your bike (or at the very least not take me/us down with you).

Hopefully, you'll read this article a few times and come out to the Tuesday night Practice Crits and put it all together. Not only will the practice help you in your races it will increase your confidence and skills for every day riding... Whether flying down a hill solo or in a pack.

So, the basics of cornering are really simple. Every corner has an entry, an exit, and an apex. The path that "you" take thru the corner is, for better or worse, is your "line."

So, the Remaining of the May Time Trial schedule looks like this:

May 8th - Aguas Frias - 10-mile Time Trial
May 15th - River Road - 10-mile Time Trial
May 22th - Aguas Frias - 10-mile Time Trial

Hope to see you out there!!

May 6th and May 20th Mike Trowbridge invites all of you interested in racing to join us at the airport for some criterium practice. Starts at 6:10

Mark your calendars for Climb to Pie! June 28th. Look for details in the next issue of this newsletter.

Chico Corsa continues to grab points in the Best All- around Team competition. We are sitting 17th overall and are showing in the top 10 of 3 of the categories, Cat 3, Cat 4 and the newest addition Woman Cat 4. Not bad for a club our size. In fact, we are the smallest club in the top standings.
In addition to that Chico racers from other teams have podium spots all over the place.

Madera Stage Race, Madera
Cat 3
Crit- 10th - Mike Ricks
Overall- 8th Place - Mike Ricks

Cat 5
Crit- 9th - Ryan Olson

Woman Cat 4
TT- 6th Place - Morgan Boner
RR- 9th Place - Christa Ritchey
RR- 10th Place - Morgan Boner
Overall - 6th Place - Morgan Bonar

Sea Otter Classic, Monterey
Road Race
1st Place - Lindsay Myers W4- Team Dewers

Circut Race
1st Place - Lindsay Myers W4- Team Dewers
3rd Place - Paul Sajben Cat 5 35+
4th Place - Alex Blease Cat 5

Wente Road Race, Livermore
CAT 3
2nd Place - Yacov Spivak
8th Place - Mike Cordova

Woman CAT 4
1st Place - Lindsay Myers W4- Team Dewers

Woman 35+ CAT 4
3rd Place - Linda Zorn


Wente Criterium, Livermore
7 th Place Morgan Boner - Woman CAT 4

Lemurian Shasta Classic, Whiskeytown Lake
Pro
2nd Place - Mike Andres - Trek Volkswagon
3rd Place - Aren Timmel -
4th Place - Tim Olson -
Vet 40-44
1st Place - Rich Thurman -
Intermediate Course- Vet 40-44
3rd Place - Lau Ackerman

Devil Mountain Double Century
1st Place - Mark Reimer

24 Hours of Adrenalin
2nd Place - Mike Castaldo

2008 NCNCA Best All-round Team (BAT) Points
Our Cat 4 Team is tied for 3rd. This is great when you consider that all of our point people from last year upgraded to CAT 3 where they are in 6th place. Look for Chico Corsa to move up in both CATs.

Cat 3
1 Webcor/Alto Velo 80
2 Central Valley Cycling 55
3 Pacific State Bank Cycling Team 52
4 TBS Racing Team 44
5 Davis Bike Club 37
6 Synergy-Taleo 35
7 BPG/Montano Velo 24
8 Chico Corsa Cycling Team 21
9 Whole Athlete 20
10 Metromint Cycling on Marin Bikes 19

Cat 4
1 ROARING MOUSE CYCLES 80
2 Berkeley Bicycle Club (BBC) 62
3 Action Sports/SSC Racing Team 54
4 Chico Corsa Cycling Team 44
5 Sierra Pacific Racing 41
6 Kaiser Permanente/ Team Oakland Cycling 35
7 Metromint Cycling on Marin Bikes 35
8 Webcor/Alto Velo 31
9 Tieni Duro Junior Cycling Development 26
10 Fusion Sport USA 19

Woman Cat 4
1 ROARING MOUSE CYCLES 91
2 Easton/SugarCRM/Specialized 57
3 Dolce Vita Cycling 55
4 Metromint Cycling on Marin Bikes 50
5 Webcor/Alto Velo 15
6 Reno Wheelmen 14
7 SJBC/SugarCRM 13
8 Wells Fargo Racing Team 13
9 Left Coast Racing Team 12
10 Chico Corsa Cycling Team 11

Hi Everyone! So, we had a great turn-out today for Chico Corsa's 3rd Annual Honey Run Road Time Trial. 24 riders took part in the festivities this morning at 9:00am! That is the best turn-out we've had for this event since Corsa has been doing it - great job everybody - and thank you so much for taking part in this event! We had almost perfect conditions for this TT, and some GREAT times out there. Here are the final results:

1. Tyler Honeyman 23:01
2. Rich Thurman 23:05
3. James Plummer 24:17
4. Jim Roberts 24:43
5. Mark Bloom 25:28(Tie for 5th)
5. Roy Steves 25:28
7. Rob Bishop 25:51
8. Charlie Dawson 25:59
9. Geno Gruber 26:15
10. Ken Petruzzelli 27:17
11. Josh Bullock 27:56
12, Teresa Kludt 28:25 (1st Place Woman!!)
13. Kim Agur 28:31 (2nd Place Woman - Very close!!)
14. John Wiesinger 28:50
15. Christine Roberts 29:26 (3rd Place Woman!)
16. Jeff Mason 31:13
17. Gabrielle Walters 31:15
18. Dan Dominguez 31:28
19. Jeanne O'Regan 31:55
20. Janine Rood 32:04
21. Renee Fiack 32:29
22. Maddy McCrea-Hendrick 33:02
23. Jay Coughlin 33:08
24. Caryn Jones 34:27

The Chico Criterium will be held in September again this year. Although that might seem a long way off, now is the time for us to start thinking seriously about sponsorships. Whether you race or not, we need your help to find sponsors and get them signed up, so we can make the event even more of a success than last year!

We are forming a sponsorship committee to work on getting a broad range of sponsorships, and there are a variety of ways you can participate:
1) Identifying potential sponsors: if you know someone who might be interested in sponsoring (maybe your employer, a family member, friend or neighbor), you can approach them yourself (we have a nice 'sponsorship benefits' hand-out you can give them) or you can tell us who they are and we will approach them.
2) Approaching potential sponsors: We can give you a list of potential sponsors to approach, and the 'sponsorship benefits' hand-out, and see how many sponsors you can 'sign up.'
3) Following up with sponsors to collect money or donated items.
4) Helping to manage our sponsor tracking spreadsheet: We are keeping a single spreadsheet with all sponsors and their status, and we could use a person to manage the spreadsheet.
We've already made some progress - we currently have over $13,000 in sponsorship funds committed, including Sierra Nevada for $7500 and the Title Sponsorship. We need more lower-level 'cash' sponsors and we need to work on them now. As the race day approaches, we'll need to put in lots of effort to secure donations and cash for 'Primes' to be given away during the races, as well as food and beverage donations for all the workers on race day. Finally, just prior to the race, we'll need help collecting and organizing the Primes.
If you can help, please contact Linda Zorn (zornli@butte.edu) or Janine Rood (janinerood@sbcglobal.net) as soon as you can. Thanks!

Come join us Sunday May 11th from 11:00 to 3:00 to kick off bike week.

All of the local bike shops will be there, Chico PD, Mapping stations, Smoothy booth, Vintage bikes, cargo carriers, and the woman's Tri group will have a booth.
see you there.