Deland Race Weekend

This past weekend, Team Colavita sprinted off the start line to begin the 2010 Florida Racing Season. With 15 racers coloring the fields in red and green, we accumulated 4 spectacular wins over the first two days of racing. Saturday's races were weighted down with rain and overcast skies but the wet did nothing to dampen Colavita spirits. Jos Chalmers and Alex Spook lit a flame when they were able to do some successful team tactics and launch Jos off the front of the category 3 field. Teammates warming up for the next race kept track of time splits, while Jos powered away from the pack with two other riders and Alex countered every single attempted chase, stretching the break out to a full minute. Coming down to the final sprint, Jos defeated the others to take an amazing win. Later in the day, all of the Colavita youngsters assembled on the start line for the Junior 10-18 race. With a field of 30 riders, we were the best represented team with 12 Italian colored jerseys, earning us a couple mentions on the microphone. Right from the beginning, there was a breakaway of 4 riders in the 15-18 race lead by Bradley Gordon and Alex Spook. With the help of teammates back in the field blocking, they were able to stay away for the entire time and when it came down to the sprint, Bradley and Alex placed 2nd and 3rd in 17-18. Casey Braga started the year off right , winning the 15-16 race.

Sunday's road race was kicked off by Michelle Blake who took the win in the Women 4, aggressively out-sprinting her competition. Jos and Alex pulled out another astounding show in the category 3's. Alex made it into a breakaway of 4 riders, gaining 30 seconds on the pack, ably held up by Jos. With one lap to go in the race it seemed that no one could catch them but Jos took off and soloed up to the break just in time to lead Alex out for the win, claiming 1st and 2nd places. In the category 4 race, Casey Braga, Taylor Warren, Ian McGauvran and Bradley Gordon worked together to strategically place attacks during the race but finished in the field. Brandon Forman had a spectacular finish in junior 17-18, sprinting to a 2rd place, just .3 seconds behind John (Mateo) Zuluaga

Results

Saturday Circuit Race

Junior 13-14
Zoe Mullins 6th
James Mertens 8th

Junior 15-16

Casey Braga 1st

Michelle Blake 4th

Briana Luthman 5th

Junior 17-18
Bradley Gordon 2nd
Alex Spook 3rd
Taylor Warren 5th
Jos Chalmers 8th
Ian McGauvran 9th
Brandon Forman 10th

Category 3

Jos Chalmers 1st

Alex Spook

Category 4
Taylor Warren 9th
Casey Braga 14th
Bradley Gordon 15th
Ian McGauvran 25th
Brandon Forman 34th

Category 5

Dean Warren 21st

Women 4

Michelle Blake 8th

Masters +65

Neville Brabrook 2nd

Sunday Road Race

Junior 13-14

Zoe Mullins 3rd

Anselm Teather 6th

James Mertens 8th

Junior 17-18

Brandon Forman 2nd

Category 3

Alex Spook 1st

Jos Chalmers 2nd

Category 4
Bradley Gordon 11th
Taylor Warren 14th
Casey Braga 15th
Ian McGauvran 28th

Women 4

Michelle Blake 1st

Masters +45

John Gibson 20th