News: March 3, 2009

Eugene raced in the North End Cycling Classic in Yuma, Arizona. The event was a 2-day omnium with an in-town criterium and a 112-mile road race. He finished 2nd in the criterium* and 11th in the road race, earning him 3rd in the overall classification.
(Also racing with him were friends from New York's CRCA/Empire team, Daniel Zmolik and Mike Mathis. Mike finished 3rd in the road race, earning himself 2nd in the general classification and bumping Eugene down a step on the podium. They laughed about it over dinner.)

*The criterium was one hour long. There had been a selection of 13 riders and with 15 minutes remaining, Eugene attacked and rode solo for several laps, but eventually the lead group caught him. But during a lull he counter-attacked and held the gap until one-to-go when Brian Forbes bridged across to him and attacked to win solo. Eugene held the field off for 2nd place.

News story in the Yuma Sun.

 Omnium Results:
 Men Pro 1
1 Forbes Brian, RIDECLEAN
2 Mathis Michael, CRCA/Empire Cycling Team
3 Boronow Eugene, GS Mengoni
4 Lemke Brian, Landis/Trek
5 Mazich Sean, Waste Management
6 Gilyard Jared, Ride Clean
7 Bartlett Joshua, Land Rover-Orbea
8 Gunn-WilkinsoJames, Nytro Racing
9 Carter Norman, Team Redlands
10 Schreiber Nicholaus, Landis - Trek / White Mountain   

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