Cumberland Transit Cycling: Welcome
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Cumberland Transit Cycling was built on the philosophy that team is everything. This idea is evident in each individual’s commitment to success in cycling and ensuring other’s share their success. Our team culture is reflected in the eclectic group of people who make up the team; from leading business professionals to undergraduate and graduate students at local universities, lawyers, PhD’s, dad’s and mom’s to junior racers as well. While our team’s essence lies in its fraternization and hours of training, its validation comes from its deeds – deeds from the past and the present visible to the public at large. Racing and winning in the CT jersey means being ambassadors to the sport of cycling, our sponsors, and friends and family who support us.
Through this dedication we will achieve our main goal: Creating a positive community where riders of all skill levels have a chance to reach their potential and encourage safety at all levels.
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| Every one Welcome... well almost every one |
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Wednesday Night Worlds 
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| The Boyer Express was on track the week of 7-9-08, getting Chris Beres the win, with all of our Cat 4 riders finishing in the money that day. The week of 7-16-08 it was Boyer doing work in the early 3-man break, scooping up points, as a chase pack (in which Chris Beres, Jeremy Nagoshiner and I were sitting) worked hard and shelled riders in order to stay within range. The efforts eventually led to a group of about 7 that included Jeremy and I, and I launched an attack with slightly over a lap to go for the CT victory (albeit barely). Jeremy picked up prize money for the second week in a row with a 5th place finish. We currently have 3 of the top 6 riders in the Cat 4 overall standings (Barrett is 3rd even after having only done two Cat 4 races), and Jeremy is currently 3rd in the sprint competition. No doubt so far we have the dominant Cat 4 team in the series. |
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Sunday, June 8
JUNE UPDATE
The 2008 cycling season in Tennessee is now in full swing and the Cumberland Transit Cycling Club continues having great results. Since our last update (April, 2008) the club has participated in an additional eight Tennessee Bicycle Race Association (TBRA) sanctioned races which include: Dirt, Sweat, and Gears 12 Hour Race (mountain bike), Fayetteville TN; the Monkey Grinder at Montgomery Bell (mountain bike), Dickson TN; the Highland Rim Cycling Classic (road race), McMinnville, TN; the Sumner County Classic Road Race, White House TN; and two NashvilleCyclist.com Criteriums (road race), Nashville TN.
In these races, across four different rider categories (Jrs. and cat 5-3), we have had a combined eight top 5 finishes (including four 1st and six 2nd place finishes) and five top 10 finishes. This brings the club’s total this far in the season to five 1st places, seven 2nd places, thirteen top 5 finishes and eight top 10 finishes! Not bad for a club with only 30 members committed to racing. The club did very well at the 12 hour mountain bike race, Dirt, Sweat and Gears, where Scott McConnell took 1st out of 11 riders (Solo Single Speed Men’s Amateur) and John Carr placed 3rd out of 39 riders (Amateur Men Solo)!
In our last updated we mentioned that Barrett Krei was doing well in the TBRA Tennessee Best Area Rider (BAR) competition. Barrett has moved from 4th place to 3rd place in the cat 4 points race and remains one or two top finishes away from first place in this competition (more information on this competition can be found at http://www.tbra.org/index.php). Barrett has also accumulated enough USA Cycling Federation points to move up to the category 3 field for road racing, where he would be able to help our other two cat 3 riders, John Carr and Mark Miller; but in doing this Barrett would give up his claim to the cat 4 TBRA BAR competition. We will keep you posted on this development in the next update.
The next big race for the club will be the Edgar Soto Memorial Criterium Series in Nashville, TN June 13th – 15th. This series features three criteriums in and around Nashville that will feature large fields (50+) in each category. We will let you know how the club does at this and other races in our next update.
by:
Gary Morris