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24 Hours of Clear Springs (24HOCS) Mountain Bike
Race - Team Buckwheat which is lead by Midsouth
Master's Rusty Bernard took first place again at the 24
Hours of Clear Spring mountain bike race held in the Homochitto
Forest near Meadville, MS. The race starts on Saturday at noon
and ends at noon on Sunday. Other members of this year's team included
Jason Miller, Dave Moeller and Mike
Breaux with Rosanne Simons handling logistics /
support. Things started out close with three of the teams shifting places
throughout the first half of the race. By the time Sunday morning rolled
around, Team Buckwheat had put at least one lap into all teams and had first
place all but assured. The team was able to again complete 24 of the
approximately 10 miles laps in 24 hours of racing. 2011 will mark the end
of the 24 HOCS race which Team Buckwheat has won three of the last four years.
(read Jason' s race report here)
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Team Buckwheat - Jason Miller, Dave Moeller, Mike Breaux and Rusty Bernard
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LA / MS State Road Race Championship - Ed
Novak got into an early break of Master 35+ riders
including Scott Kuppersmith and Tracy Martin during the first lap and stayed
away for the rest of the race to take third place in the District Road Race held in
Natchez State Park. During the same event in the Master 45+ category,
Jason Miller got away with Frank Moak and were later joined by
Donald Davis and also stayed away from the field the rest of the race to finish
third. Jay Scheib and Robert Santopadre
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Tour de Louisiane Stage Race - The
monkey was finally off our back as Jason Miller won the
Tour de Louisiane Stage Race GC. After four consecutive years of
second place finishes and near misses, the team was able to move Jason into
first on Sunday's criterium. Racing for
NOLA Lending were Charlie Davis, Ed Novak, Jay Scheib, Jason
Miller, and Jerry Simon. A five rider break
which included Jason put 5 minutes into the field on Saturday's road race with
Jason finishing in third. Ed took third in the Saturday evening Time Trial
with Jerry and Jason finishing in the top 10. A hard pace in the criterium
dropped some of the other GC contenders and a hot spot time bonus pretty much
iced the GC win for the team. (Read Jason Miller's
race report here) |
TdL Road Race Finish - photo by Malcolm Schuler |
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West Feliciana Omnium Race - Things
were looking pretty strong for the
NOLA Lending Racing Team heading into the St Francisville race with a
full team of Charlie Davis, Ed Novak, Jay Scheib, Jason Miller, Jed
Darby, and Jerry Simon. Things headed a bit
south as Jed crashed in a practice ride and had to pull out while confusion
around the time trial caused Jerry to miss his start and Jay to delay his.
We had to push the pace in the afternoon criterium hoping to tire a seemly
undefeatable Donald Davis. Ed probably spent close to half the race off
the front but a chasing field kept that plan from working and we had to settle
for a mid-pack finish. Things finally started came together on the Sunday
road race. With Donald already all but assured the omnium win, we were
able to focus on the rest of the riders to move Ed up. Jerry attacked
early in the race and Jason eventually bridged up to him with Donald and forced
any other GC hopefuls into a hard chase. After several miles the pack
finally caught the break away setting up Ed's attack which would stick and lead
to his winning the road race. The rest of the team was able to control the
pack enough to let selected riders go up the road allowing Ed to jump ahead of
other riders into second place in the overall omnium.
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LA / MS District Criterium Championship / Rhino
Renovators Contraband Race - Jerry Simon won
the Masters race at the District Criterium in Lake Charles. The
NOLA Lending Racing Team fielded four other racers besides Jerry
including Charlie Davis, Mark Graffagnini,
Jason Miller and Jay Scheib. The team
took turns attacking the field consistently putting a rider off the front in a
break or solo throughout the race. Late in the race, Jerry broke away with
another rider and won the two man sprint to take the win.
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Mississippi Gran Prix - Jay
Scheib took third place overall in the Masters MS Gran Prix Race by
jumping in with an early break away in the Circuit Race on Sunday and moved up
close to 10 spots on the GC to get on the podium. Jed Darby,
Jason Miller and Jerry Simon along with Jay kept
attacking the pack during Saturday morning's road race trying to set up a break.
Although nothing stuck, it did break up the field and Jed was able to take
second place in the road race. Jed placed 6th in the afternoon time trial
and was in 5th place in the GC going into Sunday's Circuit Race. Jay's
break away started within the first mile of the race and the chase group ran out
of steam close to the finish line. Jay took third in the race plus a hot
spot bonus. Jed won the pack sprint for
5th place and finish 8th overall in GC. The Cat 1/2/3 field is always
large and very competitive in this event. Diego Ortiz and
Ed Novak races in this which also includes a Friday evening
Criterium. Diego got into the main break but lost contact when some lapped
riders jumped in with them and opened up gaps. Ed crashed out with a
couple laps left and broke a few fingers and had to pull out of the other races.
Diego completed the races with the pack. |
Jed taking the pack sprint in Sunday's Circuit Race |
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Rouge Roubaix
- The NOLA Lending Racing Team did not have the best of days at
this years Rouge Roubaix race. Diego and Ed
did the Category 3/4 race while Jerry and Jed
raced with the Masters. Mechanical issues and crashes pushed everyone down
in the middle of the pack with results. This has always been a race where
you need a little luck to fare well and this wasn't a lucky day for the team. |
Diego and Ed at the Cat 3/4 Rouge Roubaix Race Start
Jed and Jerry discussing strategy before the Rouge Roubaix
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Ed Novak wins TCC Time Trial in Monroe - Ed Novak
got the NOLA Lending
Racing Team off to a fast start in the 2011 season by winning the TCC 20 km
time trial race in Monroe. Ed not only took first place in the Category 3
race but also posted the fastest time for the entire event beating the second
place finisher by 30 seconds. Ed also took third place in the Cat 1,2,3
Criterium Race held the day before. |
Ed Novak |
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Jed Darby joins Midsouth Masters - The club
welcomes Jed Darby who will begin racing with our NOLA Lending
Racing Team in the 2011 season. Jed has been racing for the Precision
Bike Racing Team out of Lafayette for the last few years. He was the
Category 3 LAMBRA Cycling Cup Champion in 2009. Jed has
maintained a very active racing schedule over the last several years and will be
a welcome addition to the team. |
Jed Darby at the 2011 training camp |
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