March 19: Grant's Tomb Criterium
(Photos from
the Grant's Tomb Criterium are by Andy Shen. Others can be found at:
http://www.nyvelocity.com/content.php?section=50.)
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on the rider's name to enlarge image.
Pollo
Bremer Lisban
Eugene
The
GS
Mengoni USA
cycling team continued on its upward trajectory towards success this
past weekend. In Saturday's Grant's Tomb criterium in Manhattan, NY,
Mengoni's ace
sprinter, Rosevelt "Pollo" Marte took an impressive 4th place in a
competitive field. A two-man escape eluded the peloton, as Pollo snagged
second in the big bunch gallop to the line.
March 20: NYC Spring Series, Race #3
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Pollo in the lead
Jason and Glenn Schneider
In Sunday's New York City Spring Series race, Pollo, the current
series overall leader, escaped in an 11-rider breakaway midway through
the race. Also making the move was new edition to the squad, Lisban
Quintero. A fierce sprinter, Quintero will surely mold nicely into
GS
Mengoni's fortified
arsenal of riders.
The move gained
40 seconds when, during the final lap, the large break started playing
cat-and-mouse games. Meanwhile,
Mengoni riders
Eugene Boronow and Jason Schneider, both of whom attacked after the
start/finish line with one lap remaining, bridged across to the leaders
two miles from the finish.
The men in red
immediately formed their lead-out train in the now 13-rider
group. However, in the run-in to the finish, two opponents
representing an Axis team managed to squirt by Pollo in the sprint. Pollo
finished third on the day, thus enabling him to keep his green and
yellow leaders jersey. Quintero managed fourth.
"We're right where we want to be," said a high ranking official in
the GS Mengoni
administration. "Considering Pollo has the leader's jersey without
having top-notch form is fantastic-- for us." Pollo, however, is indeed
on the cusp of reaching good-form.
"We’re currently
devising a strategy to improve our efficiency in the coming weeks and
consolidate his [Pollo’s] overall win,” he concluded. The official
wouldn't provide specifics.
Spring
Series results at:
http://www.metropolitancycling.com/Results.html
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