Carr wins West Reading Radsport Criterium
Margarite second, Villafano third














Skyline's Adam Carr won the West Reading Radsport Criterium as the sun went down on Saturday. He took the win ahead of Michael Margarite (CRCA-The Weather Channel Spec) and Geno Villafano (CCAP).
As the sun started to set in West Reading, the breeze picked up and blew straight down the homestretch against the riders contesting the West Reading Criterium. That wind worked to the advantage of Mike Margarite and John Delong (Team Skyline), who took off from the field early and built up a lead that stretched to 17 seconds, nearly getting out of the site of the 100 riders in the field and at times looking like they might close the gap to the Acura NSX pace car.
With both riders' teammates blocking efforts to chase, it looked for a moment like the race might be decided early, but with a few mid-race primes the gap to the two leaders started to come down. When three-time Olympian Bobby Lea (Burner Fitness) came to the front, with an assist from the Doylestown Bike Works team, the break's fate was sealed.
Mid-race laps were marked by Weather Channel, Texas Roadhouse, CS Velo, and local favorites Skyline trading attacks, but after the near-miss with the early break, the field was disinclined to let anything get too far up the road.
The elastic finally snapped with about six laps to go when a group of four riders -- Margarite, taking his second trip off the front, Adam Carr, Geno Villagano (CCAP), and Michael Jones, a former Health-Net Maxxis rider now racing for Nalgene p/b Sager Beer Works -- got clear of the bunch and quickly built a big advantage.
Lea, who lives nearby, hit the front again with two laps to go, but without much cooperation in the chase, the advantage shifted to the breakaway where Skyline's Adam Carr took the "gambler prime," and then won the race a lap later -- the evening's second such double.
Jones finished fourth and Jelly Belly's Curtis White won the field sprint for fifth.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Adam Carr (Team Skyline) | 1:09:22 |
2 | Michael Margarite (Crca / The Weather Channel Spec) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Geno Villafano (Ccap) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Michael Jones (Nalgene P/B Sager Beer Works) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Curtis White (Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis) | 0:00:03 |
6 | Rafael Meran | 0:00:04 |
7 | Stephen Hall (Maloja Pushbikers) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Wes Kline (Doylestown Bike Works P/B Fred) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jared Babik (Team Gpoa) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | David Dawson (Team Skyline) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Stalin Quiterio Cuello (Dave Jordan Foundation) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Cesar Marte | 0:00:05 |
13 | John Delong (Team Skyline) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Hamzah Eastman | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Ismael Collado | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Ryan Dewald (Team Skyline) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Sean Burger (Cs Velo Racing P/B Cannondale) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Joel Cândido Prado (Memorial / Santos) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Gerald Adasavage (Crca / The Weather Channel Spec) | 0:00:06 |
20 | Aaron Barr (Divine Swine Cycling) | 0:00:07 |
21 | Glenn Ferreira (Team Metra / Xrcel / Cycles 54) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Ian Whaley (Doylestown Bike Works P/B Fred) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Kyle Penny (Levine Law Group P/B Huseby.Com) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Greg Maccarty | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Dakota Schaeffer (Cs Velo Racing P/B Cannondale) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Ryan Wei (Team Clif Bar Cycling) | 0:00:08 |
27 | Adriano Hauck (Rohan Cycling) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jermaine Burrowes | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | William Walton (Young Medalists) | 0:00:09 |
30 | Alex Kellum (Qcw Breakawaybikes.Com P/B Jlve) | 0:00:11 |
31 | Bobby Lea (Burner Fitness) | 0:00:12 |
32 | Sait Arana (Team Skyline) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Colin Kelly (Doylestown Bike Works P/B Fred) | 0:00:13 |
34 | Andrew Dudle (Cs Velo) | 0:00:14 |
35 | Matthew Fischel (Avc / Team Hagerstown-Washingto) | 0:00:15 |
36 | Erik Post (Crca / The Weather Channel Spec) | 0:00:16 |
37 | Brad Green (Cs Velo) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Derrick Butler (Cs Velo Racing P/B Cannondale) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Gerard Josulevicz (Burner Fitness) | 0:00:17 |
40 | Clint Dager (Avc / Team Hagerstown-Washingto) | 0:00:19 |
41 | Michael Landry (Ccap) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Konrad Ratzmann (Crca / The Weather Channel Spec) | 0:00:21 |
43 | Steven Kurpiewski (Team Gpoa) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Calvin Hoops (Qcw Breakawaybikes.Com P/B Jlve) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Anthony Taylor (Dave Jordan Foundation) | 0:00:22 |
46 | John Minturn | 0:00:23 |
47 | Laurent Rivard (Qcw Breakawaybikes.Com P/B Jlve) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
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