By Dirk Copeland
Racers line up for a wet start at the Ronde van Brisbeen Crit
On a rainy day, the Yahoo! Cycling Team lined up for the Palo Alto Bicycles Ronde van Brisbeen Criterium. No raindrops were falling at the start, but the course was wet and slick with seven corners in a 0.6 mile loop. A number of strong riders from the California Giant and Kelly Benefit Strategies teams were determined to make it a hard race.
From the start, the Yahoo! Cycling Team executed numerous attacks initiated by Brian Bosch, Filip Vanacht, John Wilk, Kevin Klein, Patrick Briggs, Tyler Dibble and Vince Owens. Several breakaway groups accelerated away, only to be brought back by the determined efforts of the peloton. The course began to wear on the riders with a hard acceleration in each lap out of the 180-degree turn.
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A few members of the Yahoo! Cycling Team had some success racing at the Berkeley Bicycle Club Team Trial. Philip Mooney took 1st place in the individual time trial besting his nearest competition by over a minute, while Tyler Dibble and Filip Vanacht tied for first place in the team event. Tyler and Filip shot a video to recap the race.
Menlo Park, Calif., February 22, 2010 — Ikeman Cycling, LLC., owner of the Yahoo! Cycling Team today announced the addition of Pat McCarty to its roster for the Redlands Bicycle Classic and the Sea Otter Classic in April. Team owner Kevin Klein said “We are excited to have a rider like Pat join us for our NRC opener and at the Sea Otter Classic. We are looking to Pat to bolster our stage racing team with his climbing prowess and knowledge of the bigger races.”
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Pat McCarty at the Tour de Chihuahua
Pat McCarty has been given a release from his current sponsor, Matrix/RBM in order to race with the Yahoo! Cycling Team for these two events. McCarty has enjoyed a great career most recently riding for the Ouch presented by Maxxis squad in 2009 and has spent the previous two seasons with the American Professional Continental team Garmin-Chipotle. His resumé also includes racing with US Postal in its final year, following Lance Armstrong on to start the Discovery Channel team. He was with Phonak in 2006 where he finished the Giro d’Italia
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