Stark Velo News ...
7.01.09: Our team will be in competition about a week from now at the Tour of the Valley Stage Race in the Mahoning Valley region of Ohio. There are four stages in three days of racing. Check it out here.
The 3-race Chapel Cycling Series starts next Thursday, 7/9, at The Chapel in Green. Come out and hone your crit racing skills on this fast, technical course. See the event website for more information.
6.29.09: Thanks to Clint Rhoads for sending a great photo of Greg Flecher winning the Grandview Classic (featured photo at right).
Phil Martin placed first and Dale Seeds was second in the 60-69 age group at the Colivita Time Trial in Deerfield, OH, on Sunday, June 28. Richard Grella was third in the 50-59 age group, racing Mercx-style. Rich reports it was a "nice rolling course with good pavement. Very well run event."
6.28.09: Stark Velo wins Grandview! Rick Parr, Chris Smith, Matt Turi, Greg Flecher, Brent Martin, Bill Flecher and John Lowry raced together in the cat. 3/4 field with over seventy starters. Greg and Brent made the decisive break of around seven riders. Greg and another rider attacked the break and Greg took the win. Brent outsprinted the rest of the break for third. Chris and Rick came in at the front of a chase group of around ten riders. Great showing today!
Marshall Leininger and Matt Turi raced in the M35+ field. Matt finished with the field and Marahall punctured with around four laps remaining.
6.28.09: Greg Banic and Bill Flecher raced at the Fort Cherry Road Race in McDonald, PA on Sunday, June 21. Greg finished sixteenth in the cat. 4/5 field and Bill was eleventh among the M35+ participants.
Greg Flecher rode in the eight-stage Tour Ohio last week, participating on a composite team including Shawn Adams, Dan Quinlan and Matt Weeks of Carbon Racing, as well as Russ Fogle of Lake Effect. The team raced well, putting Dan in the leader's jersey for a time, and placing Shawn third overall on the final GC.
Hyde Park Blast (Saturday) and the Tour de Grandview (Sunday) are this weekend. Good luck to our participants!
6.16.09: James Votaw raced in the cat. 4 field of Le tour de Mont Pleasant in Michigan on Sunday. James suffered a hard fall and his injuries required a brief hospital stay. He mentioned that the race organizers and the townspeople were very helpful after his crash. James is home and resting. We wish him a speedy and full recovery.
Congratulations to Brent Martin who won the cat. 3 time trial and was third in the Criterium in Hamburg, New York over the weekend. Brent narrowly missed the criterium win in a close finish.
Marjorie Parr won bronze in the women's field at the Ohio State Road Race Championships at Caesar Creek State Park in Waynesville, OH, on Sunday, June 14.
Over eighty riders started the men's cat. 3 state road race. Among them for Stark Velo were Erik Lesco, John Lowry, Chris Smith and Rick Parr. Apart from a long solo attack by Rick, our guys were unable to split the field. Eventually, two riders escaped in the last lap. Cameron Jackson [RGF] won. Erik was our top finisher in the bunch sprint of thirty or so who remained in the main field; he was seventh overall. Rick, John and Chris finished in the mian group as well.
Andy Mangano raced in the cat. 5/citizen championship and Joel Schmidt was in the cat. 4. Both riders finished within their respective fields.
| Cycling Links ... |
| Upcoming Regional Events ... |
- June - |
| 6.27 - Hyde Park Blast, Cincinnati |
| 6.28 - Grandview Classic, Columbus |
| 6.28 - OMBC Eastfork State Park |
| 6.28 - Colavita TT, Deerfield, OH |
| 6.28 - USAC Masters Nats, Louisville, KY |
- July - |
| 7.07 - Westlake Race Series, Westlake, OH |
| 7.09 - The Chapel Cycling Series, Green ,OH |
| 7.10 - Tour of the Valley (July 10-12) |
| 7.11 - Colavita TT Series, Greenville, OH |
| 7.14 - Westlake Race Series, Westlake, OH |
| 7.16 - The Chapel Cycling Series, Green ,OH |
| 7.18 - Troy Classic, Troy, OH |
| 7.19 - Tour d'Burg, Ohio Crit Champ, Miamisburg |
| 7.21 - Westlake Race Series, Westlake, OH |
| 7.23 - The Chapel Cycling Series, Green ,OH |
| 7.26 - Renaissance Classic , Harveysburg, OH |
| Notable Outlying Events ... |
| 8.02 - Zoar Road Race, Zoar, OH |
| 8.09 - Smith Dairy Milk Race, Orrville, OH |
| 8.29 - Valley City Street Fair RR, Valley City, OH |
additions or corrections? email calendar@starkvelo.com
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The Stark Velo Cycling Team is a USAC club, founded in the spring of 2002, based in Northeast Ohio. We are dedicated to the development of competitive cyclists and the promotion of racing. We emphasize sportsmanship, teamwork, and respect for the sport and the communities in which we live and ride.
Stark Velo promotes the annual Zoar Road Race.
Stark Velo in the Press ...
December 21, 2008, Elves & More of Northeast Ohio delivered around 1,000 bicycles to children of the Mason Park neighborhood in Akron, Ohio. See related media coverage at Ohio.com and WKYC Cleveland
Photographs of the 2008 Zoar Road Race in the Times Reporter (Dover-New Phily