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2004 Dick Evans Memorial Road Race

O'ahu, Hawaii, September 12, 2004

Ito out sprints select group to win the 21st Dick Evans Memorial

By Hawaii State Cycling Association

Honolulu, Hawaii - 112 miles came down to 1 second and a couple of feet as Garrett Ito of Quick Release sprinted from a select group of seven to win the grueling Dick Evans road race around the island of O'ahu.

The race was neutral for the first 33 miles as a police motorcade escorted the 112-person field through urban Honolulu and into the pineapple hills on the outskirts of Pearl Harbor. Flats proved to be a factor through out the day as evidenced by race favorite Mike Zagorki's (Velo Club LaGrange) untimely flat at the base of Kunia Hill. A quarter up the 5 km climb, Shinobu Noguchi (Trek Japan), recently crowned as the National Cross-Country Champion of Japan, launched the day's first attack. The move drew an immediate response from the field as riders jockeyed for position to contest the Top of Kunia sprint award. 2003 Dick Evans' winner Eric Takayama (Team Jet Hawaii) got clear after a series of counter attacks to claim the Top of Kunia prize, but was quickly reabsorbed by the field.

Once over the plateau of Kunia, the field settled in for what has typically been a fast, yet uneventful 5-mile descent to O'ahu's world-famous North Shore. However, a hard-chasing Zagorski helped form a small break just before the descent that grew into the first significant move of the race as Takayama, Noguchi, and Tony Lang (DC Velo) all bridged to the break. Rob Nelson (Quick Release) and Jeff Puccini (Cambiamento d'Andaturo) helped power the 6 man break to a maximum lead of 35 seconds; but the absence of a Boca Hawaii or Tri-Moving rider and race favorites Chad Seymour (IT&B/ Hammer Gel) and Thomas Novikoff (Tradewind Cycling) doomed the move as the chase reached 51 mph, eventually catching the break away at the bottom of the descent.

As the race rounded the North Shore, 15-20 mph winds and rain battered the peleton. Once the sun reappeared a series of attacks and counter attacks ensued until Noguchi, Lang and Quick Release's Carl Brooks finally got clear around mile 80, while Tradewind's Novikoff became the umpteenth person to suffer an untimely puncture. Arguably the strongest team in the race, Quick Release patrolled the front to discourage a chase, but no team mobilized to bring back the break, which achieved a maximum lead of 1:30. Fearing a shut out, Takayama attempted to bridge followed by IT&B's Seymour. Both riders, along with Boca Hawaii's Tim Marr and Jimmy Davis were eventually forced to tow the disorganized field in chase.

At the front, Noguchi boldly attacked his break away companions as they entered a technical section with several chicanes and gained an advantage of 40 seconds. Behind the fracturing break away, Takayama attacked within the same technical section, bringing Seymour and John Akana (Tri-Moving) with him. Though the 3-man chase was short lived, it finally brought the break to within view. Chasing after his puncture, Tradewind's Novikoff rejoined the field just as it caught the break; all were surprised to find Noguchi missing and 40 seconds up the road. Quick Release swiftly organized a chase leading up the infamous backside of the Pali notch, which shed several race favorites along the way. A select group comprised of Quick Release's Nelson and Ito, Takayama, Novikoff, Ricky Armstrong (Tri-Moving) and Boca's Tim Marr emerged at the top of the climb and ate away at Noguchi's solo lead over the course of 5 miles. Once Noguchi was caught, the group of 7 worked together well to hold off chasing riders over the last 5 km. Not eager to let it come down to a bunch sprint, Boca's Marr set a wicked pace on the final climb in hopes of shedding the group, but Quick Release's Nelson matched Marr's effort to protect Ito. Both Marr and Nelson dropped off the pace as the group screamed through the last corner with 300 meters to go. Takayama led out the sprint from 200 meters out with Novikoff reacting instantly; but Ito proved to be the fastest as he held off Trek's Noguchi for his biggest win of the season. Five time Dick Evans winner Ray Brust finished 11th after suffering a mechanical at the top of the Pali climb, just as the winning group formed. Defending race champion Michelle Foster (Hawaii Cycling Club) soloed home for another overall women's title.

Once called the "Around O'ahu Bike Race," this 112 mile mixed category race was the inspiration for the cycling portion of the first ever Ironman triathlon in 1978. This unique race was renamed the Dick Evans Memorial in 1983 to honor the memory of one of Hawaii's best cyclists who was killed in a training accident. Stellar cyclists such as 1984 Olympian and Bronze Medallist Thurlow Rogers have raced the Dick Evans Memorial, which is arguably the best opportunity to race around a Pacific island in the world.

Results (112 Starters/ 100 Finishers)

Men 
 
1 Garrett Ito (Quick Release)              5.01.33
2 Shinobu Noguchi (Trek Japan)
3 Thomas Novikoff (Tradewind Cycling)         0.01
4 Ricky Armstrong (Tri-Moving)
5 Eric Takayama (Team Jet Hawaii) 
6 Rob Nelson (Quick Release)                  0.02
7 Tim Marr (Boca Hawaii)                      0.05
8 Scott Rolles (Quick Release)                3.21
9 Chad Seymour (IT&B/ Hammer Gel)             3.26
10 John Akana (Tri-Moving)                    3.27
11 Ray Brust (Boca Hawaii)                    5.46
12 Tony Lang (DC Velo)                        6.17
13 David Lum (Cambiamento d'Andaturo)         6.18
14 Jason Parilla (Tri-Moving) 
15 Bob Boone (Tradewind Cycling)              6.19
16 Tino Espiritu (Cambiamento d'Andaturo)     6.56
17 Jeff Puccini (Cambiamento d'Andaturo)      7.24
18 Eric Sugiyama (Cambiamento d'Andaturo)     7.52
19 Carl Brooks (Quick Release)                8.44
20 Mike Zagorski (Velo Club LaGrange)         8.56
 
Women 
 
1 Michelle Foster (Hawaii Cycling Club)    5.19.13
2 Tanya Bettis (Boca Hawaii)                  6.22
3 Gail Hamada (Tri-Moving)                   33.48
4 Kate Johnson (Boca Hawaii)                 39.35
5 Connie Abram (Boca Hawaii)                 40.08
6 Wendy Miki (Tri-Moving)                    46.23
7 Nancy Vallance (Olympic Club)              47.21
8 Wendy Gaertner (Hawaii Cycling Club)       55.59
9 Gay Murakami (Tri-Moving)                1.15.01
10 Sarah Afshar (Boca Hawaii)              1.37.33
11 Melanie Koehl (Boca Hawaii)             1.38.58
12 Antoinette Kruse (Team Jet Hawaii) 
13 Cathy Chung (Tri-Moving)                2.45.38
14 Kathleen Mah (Tri-Moving)               2.45.39

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