BikeGuy meets new Pro for T-Mobile John Devine

I got out my replica Raleigh jersey for the occassion. Riding and dinning with John Devine a young pro with a new 2 year contract with T-Mobile over the past weekend was quite a thrill for this old cowboy.

John is a product of USA Cyclings Development program that includes the housing in Belgium and with that the entry into all the top under 23 stage races in Europe.

pictures by official race photographer

www.jmachtphotography.com

MoheganSunRaceWeekend Rap..up

Last minute entries were the buzz before the start of the Pro, 1, 2 event in downtown Norwich.

Ted King had won the 3 Village Tour the day before over breakaway companions Amos Brumble and Sam Silver, and he was the favorite again today. With $2000 cash on the line with 20 places everyone was guaranteed a place. 60 laps up that small hill added up and the pro's were wishing the field was bigger so they could sit in after efforts on the front.

A group of 7 managed to get away early and Amos Brumble broke away from that group inorder to be the first rider to lap the field. His plan was to rest up just a little and then go to the front and get away again before the remainder of the breakaway group made contact with the field.

He was actually on the front and stretching it out when his former breakaway companions made contact at the back of the small field and moved to the front to neutralize Brumbles efforts.

In the fast finish, Solar Ward managed to pip both Brumble and King to take the win.

Meanwhile at 4:30am that morning over 450 haybails were set up on the 1km course and all kinds of volunteers stepped forward to secure the course, set up registration, put up tents, youname it and it was done and ready except for one car on the race course that was finally towed away.

Race Results are posted on www.bikereg.com and more picture will be up on www.bikeguy.biz in the next day or two.

Thanks again to all our sponsors: Mohegan Sun, Halls Communications, The Norwich Bulletin, American Ambulance, The City of Norwich, Norwich Public Utilities, To all the volunteers.

Ted King commits to racing Mohegan Sun Weekend

We are pleased to annouce that Ted King a promising young professional rider for the Priority Health Plan professional team will be racing The Three Village Tour and the Rose Pedal Criterium both sponsored by Mohegan Sun, on October 6th and 7th 2007. Ted will be using our races to tune up before departing for Australia to race in the prestigious Sun Herald "Tour Down Under" 10 day stage race against some of the top Pro Tour teams from the European Continent.

It looks like we will have enough race course marshalls but we can always use a few more assertive folks to prevent spectators from walking out infront of the peleton.

Amazing people are stepping forward to volunteer for various od jobs at some early hours setting up Hay Bails etc....

The weather is holding and momentum is building. The Newspaper is calling for articles, the radio is hyping the racing....