GamJams.net: Where Mid-Atlantic bike racers roll: Cook and Robinson go back-to-back at the Virginia Age Graded TT Championships

by Karen Hanson, VACA Editor

There are a few constants that you can rely on at the PLT time trials. It will be hot; it will be ghastly humid, there will be wind. Two more… Laura Cook (Vanderkitten) and Stephen Robinson (Squadra Coppi / IM Saab) will blow everyone’s doors off. Both clocked the fastest times at last week's PLT #2, and have this course dialed.

Never one to disappoint, Laura clocked a time of 54:18, with Maria Calcaterra of Team Natures Path coming in second at 56:18, and Vanderkitten’s own Biker Bj in 56:27. Nipping at Robinson’s (47:37) heels were Evolutions Ted Michaels in 47:44 and Jake Tremblay of Rostello p/b Fiorucci in 48:26. Robinson took the $100 fastest time of the series bonus home for his troubles, besting his winning time from last weekend by 1:18.

Special thanks to those great sponsors and the community who make our races happen. Specifically, Bike Beat and Fat Frogs who are always generous when they give back to the community. And the Chesapeake Police work diligently with promoter Christina Teeuwen to make sure that the races are safe. So when you see these great people, thank them! I’m sure that Mike Fawell will; he was the lucky duck who got the big prize for entering… a new wheel set.

The Virginia Age graded time trial champions are:

Junior 10-14 Women    Kristin Schaeffer, Rostello p/b Fiorucci    18:05
Junior 10-12 Men          Danny Oughton    Carytown Bicycle         18:07
Junior 13-14 Men    Anthony Oughton Carytown Bicycle    14:53
Junior 15-18 Women    Logan Carroll        Fat Frogs                       1:19:19
Junior 15-16 Men           Eliot Childs          Fat Frogs                       1:06:22
Junior 17-18 Men          Sam Massie           JRVS                           1:01.10
Women 40+                  Karen Hanson        Rostello p/b Fiorucci      59:28
Women 45+                  Bj Samuel             Vanderkitten                   56:27
Men 30+                        Chris McMillan     Hefler                              49:44
Men 35+                        Steven Robinson   Squadra Coppi                 47:37
Men 40+                      Michael King           Saroff Racing                 49:01
Men 45+                       Robert Garwood     Final Kick                     48:30
Men 50+                      Steven Norair           Bike Works                    50:45
Men 55+                          Bernie Sanders         East Coasters                49:33
Men 60+                      Ronald Whitenack   JRVS                                57:04
Men 65+                       Philip Samawicz     NCVC                               34:56
Men 70+                       Robert Kenner         NCVC                              1:01:40

There are just two races left in the Virginia BAR… The Page Valley Senior Road Race Championships are sure to be a decisive factor if not a pure sufferfest for everyone who is vertically challenged. The following week is the Chesapeake Crit which is also the State Age Graded Crit Championship. Both are must do races if you have any hopes of winning your BAR category.

Digital Images by Pablo has a full gallery from the race here.

(photo courtesy of BJ Samuel.)

GamJams VACA Editor Karen Hanson is a litigation specialist for a large excess and surplus lines insurance company and is constantly amazed by the inventive ways that people create to hurt themselves and others. She is the team director of Rostello p/b Fiorucci and lives in the wilds of Goochland County, VA where you can ride for 100’s of miles in any direction.