Three-time US Pro criterium champion Luke Lamperti and Tulsa Tough omnium winner Samantha Schneider won the elite races at the inaugural CRIT Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida on Saturday evening.
It was a L39ION of Los Angeles sweep in the women’s race, a combined field for pros and category 2/3/4 riders as Samantha Schneider posted up as she crossed the line ahead of teammates Skylar Schneider in second and Julyn Aguila in third. A full squad of six L39ION riders, including Alexis Ryan, Kendall Ryan and Aubrey Drummond, won the team prize.
Lamperti also celebrated his victory as he crossed the line several bike lengths in front of Daniel Estevez (Miami Blazers - Canyon) and Lucas Bourgoyne (Austin Aviators - Metor).
Lamperti competed this year for Trinity Racing on the road and represented Team USA at the UCI Road and Gravel World Championships.
L39ION swept the podium ceremonies with the men’s team prize as well, the trophy hoisted by Cory Williams alongside Lamperti, Tyler Williams and Eder Frayre.
The flat, four-corner course for the CRIT Championship was ridden in a counter-clockwise direction, the men finishing as the sun sank behind the palm tree-lined avenues stretching to the Gulf of Mexico.
CRIT, an acronym for Circuit Racing International Tour, was created by Justin Williams, who started Williams Racing development and co-founded L39ION of Los Angeles. The event offered a $15,000 prize purse for pro women and pro men that was split evenly across both fields in 70-minute competitions.
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The men’s pro race featured an ‘all-star’, invitation-only field of 10 teams for the one-day event, which was independently produced from USA Cycling. A separate women’s pro race never materialised with a shortfall of invited riders who had schedule conflicts and limited availability, so the pro women competed in the women’s open category 2/3/4 event. The same prize money was distributed for the women as planned.
Results
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Women
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Sam Schneider (L39ION of Los Angeles)
1:03:39
2
Skylar Schneider (L39ION of Los Angeles)
3
Julyn Aguila (L39ION of Los Angeles)
0:00:01
4
Alexi Ramirez (Miami Blazers- Canyon)
0:00:02
5
Kendall Ryan (L39ION of Los Angeles)
6
Anna Ruth Clark (Miami Blazers- Canyon)
0:00:03
7
Tess Edwards (L39ION of Los Angeles)
0:00:05
8
Paige Kostanecki (Unattached)
0:00:09
9
Aubrey Drummond (Austin Aviators - Metor)
0:00:11
10
Zoey Marks (Unattached)
0:00:12
11
Alexis Ryan (L39ION of Los Angeles)
0:00:32
12
Julianna Rutecki (Miami Blazers- Canyon)
0:01:01
13
Melanie Jarrett (Austin Aviators - Metor)
14
Joyce Monton (Austin Aviators - Metor)
15
Nicole Mertz (Austin Aviators - Metor)
16
Azyra Franklin (Unattached)
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Men
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Luke Lamperti (L39ION of LA #1)
1:03:50
2
Daniel Estevez (Miami Blazers - Canyon)
0:00:01
3
Lucas Bourgoyne (Austin Aviators - Metor)
4
Sam Morris (Swarm- Milwaukee - Wisconsin / Project Echelon)
5
Jim Brown (Tekkers)
0:00:02
6
David Guttenplan (Denver 5280 - Groove)
7
Alberto Ramos (Work Hard Be Humble)
8
Chris Hildreth (Work Hard Be Humble)
9
Preston Eye (Work Hard Be Humble)
0:00:03
10
Justin Williams (L39ION of LA #2 / New York Dream)
Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. On the bike, she has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast), and spends time on gravel around horse farms in north Georgia.
