Orlando Time Trial - March 30th

At this month's time trial, Tim Molyneaux gave an option to the racers to do 1 OR 2 laps of the 7 mile, out and back, course. Here are the times for Team Colavita:

Two Laps:
Taylor Warren 32:44
Dean Warren 33:17

One Lap:
Brandon Forman 17:43
Christian Teather 17:50
Anselm Teather 19:42

Pinellas Park Race Report

By Taylor Warren

Sunday was a good day to say the least. I was a little unsure about my decision to move up to Cat 3's after the race on Saturday but I did my best to put that behind me. First up was the Juniors race. It started out pretty fast like most Junior races do, but nothing too crazy. My teammate, Casey Braga, launched a pretty hard attack with Jake Hill and a couple of other riders bridged up. The pack went into chase mode and eventually caught the break. Once the break was caught, the pace slowed considerably, I took this opportunity to get off the front and was later bridged up to by a couple of others, including our very own Jay Major. The break stuck and I found myself outsprinting Ruben Delcristo for the win in Juniors 17-18. It was my very first road win. Enough of Juniors, more excitement followed in the Cat 3 race!!.

The Cat 3 race was crazy, about three times longer than the Junior race…in the middle of a storm. Water was everywhere and I did my best to stay in the top ten. Eventually the attacks started coming and I found myself in a four man breakaway. Props to Ian McGauvran and Jos Chalmers who blocked to make the break work but soon the break went from four riders to about twelve; even Jos was up there with me. Once the break had grown to that size the pace slowed a lot but not that many riders were working. With three laps to go a strong rider was off the front so Kyle Rohan and I attacked hard and bridged up to him. Now the pain really began, as the three of us were rotating at very high speeds as we pushed the pace to make our break succeed. I can’t thank Jos enough for blocking; the break probably wouldn’t have worked without him. With one lap to go I realized this was it, I was going to get top three no matter what. Through the pain, our group picked up the pace even more. Timing was definitely on my side, as Kyle Rohan was taking a hard pull at just the right moment. I waited then gave it my all to sprint around him at the line just barely besting him. My first wins back-to-back, what a feeling!! I can’t stress enough how much my team helped me, from blocking to cheering me on, I don’t think I could’ve done it alone.

Photo Credits to: Dean Warren

Tampa Photos

Carlos Soler, Jos Chalmers and Casey Braga with huge smiles after finishing the amateur race Saturday. Jos broke away from the field solo while Carlos, Colavita's team coach, blocked for him. Casey also worked extremely hard and came in 2nd in the field sprint, earning him 4th place overall.

"I spy with my little eye, a Colavita racer" The junior race on Sunday was dominated by Team Colavita, and in this photo, being led by Taylor Warren who went on later to win Men Category 3.

Zoe Mullins and Briana Luthman both competed in the Women 3/4 category on Sunday, taking their first leaps in womens racing.

Christian Teather, Casey Braga, Brandon Forman and Dean Warren all warmed up together for the Men Category 4 race Sunday afternoon.

Stacy Forman and Ginger Warren, two Colavita moms, chat during the races while selling Colavita pasta to support our junior racing team.

Photo Credits to: Dean Warren, Jan Chalmers and Michelle Blake

Florida Point Series

Every year, Florida Cycling organizes the Florida Point Series, an accumulation of points throughout the racing season that are given to riders based on their placing in races. Now that we are 8 race weekends into the season, it seemed time to check up on our standings in the 2010 Point Series. In the individual standings, we currently lead with Jos Chalmers in Category 3 Men, Casey Braga  in Junior 15-16, Neville Brabrook in Masters 65+, and Michelle Blake in Category 3/4 Women. In the team series, Colavita Racing Inc is winning Junior 15-16 and 17-18, Women 3/4, and Men 4 and stands in 2nd in Junior 13-14, Men 3 and Masters 65+. Keep up the great racing Team Colavita, see you on the dusty road to Webster Roubaix.

Tampa Twilight and Pinellas Park

Saturday

Junior 13-14
Anselm Teather 4th
Zoe Mullins 6th
Kyle Deschenes 9th

Junior 15-16

Christian Teather 4th

Briana Luthman 7th

Junior 17-18
Jos Chalmers 3rd
Ian McGauvran 6th
Taylor Warren 10th
Brandon Forman 15th

Category 3
Jos Chalmers 4th
Ian McGauvran 11th
Taylor Warren 24th
Bradley Gordon 28th

Category 4
Casey Braga 10th
Jason Yeager 14th
Jay Major 15th

Category 5
Laurence Jupp 4th

Women 3/4
Michelle Blake 2nd

Amateur Finals
Jos Chalmers 1st
Casey Braga 4th
Jay Major 8th
Carlos Soler 9th*
Ian McGavuran 46th

*Special mention goes to Carlos even though he is not on the team but is an amazing and inspiring team coach. :)

Sunday

Junior 13-14
Anselm Teather 5th
Kyle Deschenes 10th
Zoe Mullins 11th

Junior 15-16
Jay Major 2nd
Christian Teather 4th
Casey Braga 5th
Briana Luthman 7th

Junior 17-18
Taylor Warren 1st
Jason Yeager 5th
Ian McGavuran 6th
Jos Chalmers 9th
Bradley Gordon 12th
Brandon Forman 13th

Category 3
Taylor Warren 1st
Jos Chalmers 4th
Ian McGavuran 24th

Category 4
Jay Major 8th
Dean Warren 19th
Casey Braga 20th
Christian Teather 37th
Brandon Forman 45th

Women 3/4
Michelle Blake 6th
Zoe Mullins 10th
Briana Luthman 13th

Lost and Found

Another race weekend over and another pile of unclaimed items in the back of our car. Found:

• USA Flag pattern towel
• Pink/Orange Sea shell pattern towel
• Black seat bag
• Blue camelbak waterbottle
• Black O'neill brand t-shirt
• Bag of chocolate cookies

Please contact us if any of these items are yours, or else they will be sold on Ebay (With the exception of the cookies, which will be eaten)

Colavita Florida and Colavita National

Team Colavita Florida has recently be featured on the new Colavita National website. Read the article and browse the new website Here.

Colavita Pasta

Whoo, Hoo! We now have Colavita Products for sale. The nice guys at Colavita National in New Jersey sent us Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Marinara sauce, Penne Pasta and Balsamic Vinegar. We will be selling all the products at the races with the proceeds to fund our team. Prices are still being worked out.


Colavita Olive oil was chosen the finest olive oil by Cooking Light magazine and other health oriented publications. And if you haven’t had the pasta, you are really missing a treat. It makes Mueller’s taste like sawdust….