Burlington Road Race Report

Last Sunday four members of the team were in Burlington for another road race. The conditions were far from mediocre for the race with severe rain and the odd bit of lighting during the race. The bad conditions took a toll on many of the racers, including two Reynold Cycle riders, Chris Ling and Payam Saboni, no severe injuries, just some cuts. On a good note Chris Balestrini and Andrew Scollard both finished without crashes and both finished in the top 10. The Breakaway group of 3 riders escaped after a crash went down. The first chase group was assembled but none of the other teams wanted to work with Chris or Andrew. The gap was 5 minutes with 18 km to go. Chris Balestrini attacked the chase with 18k to go and tried to bridge the gap solo. His efforts fell short but was only 40 seconds away from 3rd by the time they finished the race. Andrew finished in the first chase pack to claim 8th overall. Solid showing from the whole team, hopefully a good result will come in the near future for the team.

Next race is the Elliot Lake Stage Race on August 15th and 16th.

Owasco Road Race Report

Team Reynold Cycle had an awesome race in New York at the Owasco Road Race. In the race was both the Junior Men and Cat 5 Men. Right from the beginning of the race the Reynold Cycle riders controlled the pace, riding at the front setting tempo and staying out of trouble. Up the first climb three Reynold Cycle riders attacked, causing a large split in the peloton. Then up the first KOM climb, a 500m climb at 15% grade, Chris Balestrini attacked and took one man with him, he went over the top first taking max KOM points. Andrew Scollard came over the top fourth and Chris Ling followed behind. Then after a fast descent Chris Balestrini attacked again on the next KOM climb, a 1.2km climb at 7.6% average grade. He put in a huge move and went away solo from there. Andrew Scollard came over the top third and formed a 4 man chase group. Chris Balestrini stayed away until the finish, having a 2:08 gap over the 4 man chase. Andrew Scollard then attacked with 200m to go and finished 2nd overall. Chris Ling followed a couple minutes back in another small group and finished strong, taking the 3rd place in the Junior Mens category. In the end Reynold Cycle swept the podium and Chris Balestrini took home both the yellow jersey and the polka dot jersey.

We will post pictures from the race as soon as they are available on the website.

2 Weekends - 2 Races

Over the next two weekends members of the Team are competing in two races.

First this Sunday, we are heading to Owasco, New York to participate in a road race, we are hoping to set Chris Balestrini up for the win to make a strong showing for the team.

Then next Sunday, we are racing in another OCup race in Burlington. It is a hilly course suited towards a few of our riders so we are looking for strong results there as well.

Update on Training

Lately many of us have been doing a lot of tt training for the upcoming individual time trial in Peterborough, which is on July 12th. Also we've been working on some hills, as we are hoping to go to a stage race in New York the following weekend.