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 MIKE
OLHEISER
IS
THE
2007
MASTERS
30 -
39
WORLD
TIME
TRIAL
CHAMPION
As
you
may
know,
Mike
Olheiser
is
in
Austria
to
defend
his
2006
Masters
World
Time
Trial
Championship.
Last Wednesday,
he
competed
in
the
Masters
30-39
Time
Trial
Championship
and
took
the
win
once
again,
beating
out
60
other
competitors
from
all
over
the
world.
Mike
also competed
in
the
World
Road
Race
Championships
on
Sunday
where
he
finished
6th.
Mike
is
featured
in 2
stories
on
USA
Cycling.
Click
on
the
links
provided
below
to
read
further.
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3142
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3139
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MORE
GREAT
RESULTS
FROM
NATIONALS...
OLHEISER
TAKES
SILVER
IN
ELITE
ROAD
RACE
&
GABARDI
TAKES
SILVER
IN
JR
13-14
ROAD
RACE
Mike
Olheiser
took
silver
in
Monday's
Elite
Road
Race.
Ben
Gabardi
continued
his
success
at
Nationals
by
taking
silver
in
the
junior
road
race.
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BEN
GABARDI
DOES
IT
AGAIN.....WINS
JUNIOR
NATIONAL
CRITERIUM
CHAMPIONSHIP
After
taking
the
win
in
the
Junior
13-14
National
Time
Trial
Championships, Gabardi
didn't
slow
down
as
he
took
the
win
in
Saturday's Criterium
Championships
as
well.
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BEN
GABARDI
WINS
JUNIOR
NATIONAL
TIME
TRIAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Ben
Gabardi
is
at
Nationals
this
week
competing
in
the
Junior
13-14
category.
He
started
the
week
off
with
a
bang
by
taking
the
win
in
the
time
trial
championship.
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RASPET
TAKES
SILVER
AND
BRONZE
AT
NATIONAL
SENIOR
GAMES
Rich
Raspet
recently
competed
in
the
National
Senior
Games
in
Louisville,
Kentucky.
Rich
took
the
silver
medal
in
the
40km
road
race
and
bronze
in
the
10km
time
trial.
Additionally,
he
got
5th
place
in
the
5km TT.
Click
here
to
read
Rich's
Full
Race
Report
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McELROY
IS
THE
CATEGORY
3
ALABAMA
STATE
TIME
TRIAL
CHAMPION
Jay
McElroy
competed
in
the
Alabama
State
Time
Trial
Championship
this
past
weekend.
He
became
the
Alabama
40K
time
trial
champion
with
a
time
of
56:00.
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THOMPSON
TAKES
WIN
AT
MARX
&
BENSDORF/SMITH
&
NEPHEW
GRAND
PRIX
The
Motorwerks/CARVE
team
was
in
full
force
this
past
weekend
with
several
team
members
competing
in
multiple
events.
The
highlight
of
the
weekend
was
Brent
Thompson
taking
the
win
in
the
Pro/1/2 criterium
and
the
overall.
John McLauchlin
also
took
1st
in
the
Masters
30/40
Time
Trial.
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CLARK
BUTCHER
WINS
MOUNTAIN
BIKE
RACE
After
over
seven
years
off
from
racing
mountain
bikes,
Clark
won
the
cross
country
race
in
Columbia,
TN
this
past
weekend.
He
was
with
two
others
from
the
start
on
the
first
of
two
laps,
and
with
only
one
other
rider
on
the
last
lap.
Clark
attacked
with
70
meters
to
go,
and
won
by a
1
sec.
margin.
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BEN
GABARDI
TAKES
THE
WIN
IN
NATCHEZ
MMW
had
another
great
showing
at
the
LAMBRA
Road
Race
Championships
this
past
weekend.
Ben
took
1st
in
the
Category
4
Road
Race.
Additionally,
Matt Espey
took
2nd
in
the
Cat
3s
and
Paul
Koehn
took
5th
in
the
Cat
1/2s.
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MMW
SHINES
AT
RACING
RAPIDES
OMNIUM
MMW
had
a
great
showing
at
Racing
Rapides
Omnium.
Brent
Thompson
finished
8th
in
the
time
trial,
2nd
in
the
road
race,
and
6th
in
the criterium
giving
him
a
3rd
place
finish
in
the omnium
overall
in
the
1/2/s.
Matt Espey
finished
10th
in
the
omnium
as
well.
Ben
Gabardi
finished
1st
in
the
omnium
overall
in
the
cat
4s
with
a
2nd
place
finish
in
the
time
trial,
a
3rd
place
finish
in
the
road
race,
and
a
2nd
place
finish
in
the criterium.
Our
Masters
riders
also
impressed.
Chris
Lee
raced
in
the
Masters
35+
field
and
finished
4th
in
the
TT,
3rd
in
the
road
race,
2nd
in
the criterium,
and
2nd
in
the
omnium
overall.
Finally,
Rich Raspet
(racing
in
the
Masters
45+)
finished
3rd
in
the
TT,
2nd
in
the
road
race,
and
3rd
in
the criterium,
which
finished
his
weekend
with
a
3rd
in
the
omnium
overall.
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 OLHEISER
FINISHES
15TH
IN
THE
MT
HOOD
CYCLING CLASSIC
\
It's
time
for
another
NRC
event
this
week
as
Mike
Olheiser
is
in
Hood
River,
Oregon
competing
in
the
Mt
Hood
Cycling
Classic.
As
described
in
Cycling
News,
"This
stage
race
is
predominantly
contested
on
the
roads
of
the
Mt
Hood
National
Forest.
The
single-lane
logging
roads
and
steep
climbs
of
the
area
make
for
a
tough
event
with
more
than
23,000
feet
of
total
climbing.
The
final
and
pivotal
Three-Summit
Road
Race
includes
more
than
7,500
feet
of
climbing
in
75
miles
and
a
mountain-top
finish."
Olheiser,
who
placed
9th
in
last
year's
event,
was
looking
to
continue
his
success
at
NRC
races
and
of
course
- he
did
great.
He
placed
an
impressive
7th
in
the
opening
prologue
and
10th
in
Friday's
time
trial.
Mike
finished
in
15th
place
overall.
Click
here
to
read
Mike's
complete
race
reports
from
Mount
Hood.
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MOTORWERKS
SUCCESS
CONTINUES
WITH
2
WINS
AT
THE
GIRO
DE
RANKIN
OMNIUM.
Brent
Thompson
took
first
in
Sunday's
Giro
de
Rankin
Criterium.
This
came
after
a
great
Saturday
of
racing,
with
John McLauchlin
taking
the
win
in
the
Masters
Time
Trial
and
2nd
in
the
Road
Race.
Beau Rathburn
took
2nd
in
Saturday's
1/2/3
Road
Race
and
finished
off
the
weekend
with
3rd
place
in
the
overall omnium.
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ESPEY
WINS
HIGHLAND
RIM
RR
AND
GC
OVERALL
After
the
last
few
weeks
of
chasing
down
breaks
in
123
races
in
Mississippi,
Matt
Espey
and
Greg
Casals
decided
to
return
to
Tennessee
racing
to
give
the
team
a
shot
at
the
follow
up
to
our
Category
3
win
at
Raccoon
Mountain.
Espey
delivered
with
a
3-man
sprint
off
the
front
for
the
Road
Race
win.
He
then
placed
4th
in
the
TT,
and
secured
the
GC
win
with
a
tactical
5th
place
finish
in
the
CRIT.
In
addition,
Mike
Olheiser
competed
in
Saturday's
RR
and
took
2nd
place.
Congrats
to
Espey
for
a
well-deserved
and
great
CAT3
RR
and
GC
win
and
Mike
for
his
2nd
place
finish!
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Tour
of
Virginia
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FINAL
RESULTS:
OLHEISER
FINISHES
6th
OVERALL
IN
THE
TOUR
OF
VIRGINIA
AND
TAKES
A
PRIME
IN
STAGE
6's
CRITERIUM
Mike
checked
in
with
us
after
the
race
was
over
Sunday
to
sum
up
the
weekend.
Click
here
to
read
Mike's
full
race
report.
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STAGE
5
UPDATE:
OLHEISER
TAKES
6th
IN
THE
TOUR
OF
VIRGINIA'S
STAGE
5
ROAD
RACE,
KEEPING
HIM
IN
5th
IN
THE
OVERALL
GC!!
Mike
checked
in
with
us
Saturday
morning
to
give
us
all
the
details
of
how
the
race
is
going.
Click
here
to
read
Mike's
full
race
report.
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STAGE
4
UPDATE:
MIKE
OLHEISER
TAKES
4th
IN
THE
TOUR
OF
VIRGINIA'S
STAGE
4
ROAD
RACE
&
IS
NOW
SITTING
IN
5th
IN
THE
OVERALL
GC!!
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STAGE
3
UPDATE:
MIKE
OLHEISER
TAKES
9th
IN
THE
TOUR
OF
VIRGINIA'S
STAGE
3
107
MILE
ROAD
RACE
&
IS
SITTING
IN
6th
IN
THE
OVERALL
GC!!
Mike ended up in a break of about 26. Then on the last climb, the field blew apart.
Olheiser climbed most of it by himself with only two guys in front of him.
He then went over the Cat 1 climb alone and descended alone. When he got to
the flatter section, he waited for a bigger group to catch. There was about 10 riders
and one up the road. Mike finished in 9th place, projecting him to 6th in the overall GC!!
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UPDATES
FROM
VIRGINIA:
Mike
Olheiser,
Peter
Knoop,
Stuart
Lamp,
and
Paul
Koehn
headed
to
Virginia
on
Sunday
to
participate
in
the
Tour
of
Virginia.
Bain
Foote
from
the
Herring
Gas
Cycling
Team
joined
our
team
for
this
race.
They
are
being
well
taken
care
of
and
are
looking
forward
to
beginning
the
race
week.
Peter
Knoop
is
checking
in
periodically
to
give
us
updates
on
the
race.
If
you
want
to
read
his
journals,
click
here.
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 BEN
GABARDI
TAKES
CATEGORY
4
OVERALL
AT
MSGP
One
of
MMW/CARVE's
newest
team
members
-
Ben
Gabardi
-
took
control
of
the
Category
4
field
this
past
weekend
at
the MSGP
in
Brookhaven,
MS.
Ben
took
2nd
in
Saturday's
time
trial
and
took
the
win
in
Sunday's criterium,
which
gave
him
first
overall
in
the
GC.
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GREG
CASALS
WINS
RACCOON
MOUNTAIN
The
cold
and
wet
weather
didn't
bother
the
team
this
past
weekend
as
MMW/CARVE
had
a
great
showing
at
Raccoon
Mountain.
Greg Casals
took
home
the
win
in
the
Cat
3
field,
while
Matt Espey
and
Jay
McElroy
were
close
behind
finishing
5th
and
6th,
respectively.
Mike Olheiser
took
5th
in
Cat
1/2
field.
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OLHEISER
DOMINATES
ROUGE
ROUBAIX
AGAIN!!
This
past
weekend,
Mike
Olheiser
brought
home
the
team's
first
win
of
the
season
at
Rouge Roubaix!!
Click
here
for
Mike's
Complete
Race
Report
Photo
Taken
By
Malcolm
Schuler
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