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GS Ciao
TT series, Boulder, CO, July 5, 2006
Blake Caldwell blazes to Boulder
By Robert Hicken
The final kick in the Lyons-Boulder, CO time trial series has ended in style. Many of the top local riders came out to see if they could match or beat the time set by Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) of 22:17. TIAA-Cref showed up in good form as last week's winner, Blake Caldwell, pulled off a blistering performance of 23:58, this was excellent considering the head and cross winds that were fighting the riders all the way to the line.
Tom Zirbel looked good over the course but came up a little short to finish in 24:47, still a good showing and giving him second for the day. Third place was slotted in by Timmy Duggan (TIAA-Cref) at 24:58, coming back from an early season crash descending from Peak to Peak highway that had taken him out right before the Tour of Georgia. Blake Caldwell has shown that he is a racer for the future, with 12 national junior titles under his belt, it seems that now he has the form and confidence to do the same at the senior level. Blake's father, who is also a very accomplished time trialist, has obviously passed on his skills as well as some good genetics to help this rider reach that level.
Of note from last week was Kimberly Baldwin's (T-Mobile) fine performance of 28:25 as she attempted to get the women's record and have the top marks be a family affair. Her husband Chris Balwin was cheering her all the way to the line and she just missed out of the top time by a few seconds which may have been due to the 20mph crosswinds, but she will get another chance next season to improve on her score. All in all it was an excellent series that was run by the GS Ciao cycling team and Clark Sheehan. Special thanks should be given to Clark, Chad Moore and Andy Rosen for all of the effort they put into getting this race series off the ground and having it run without a hitch.
Results
1 Blake Caldwell (TIAA-CREF/5280 Magazine) 23.58 2 Tom Zirbel (Priority Health Cycling Team) 0.49 3 Timmy Duggan 1.00 4 Jared Berg 1.10 5 Aaron Bouplon (Unattached) 1.31 6 Mark Schwab (Excel Sports) 1.37 7 Caleb Sevian (Pro Peloton Racing) 1.38 8 Dirk Friel (Vitamin Cottage Cycling Team) 1.42 9 Neal Henderson (TWRC) 2.12 10 Peter Schimpf (Unattached) 2.46 11 Ryan Bentley (TWRC) 3.00 12 Jimmy Archer 3.05 13 Nicholas Saucier 3.11 14 Geoff Cooper 3.19 15 Dave Klein 3.20 16 Todd Robertson (Unattached) 3.23 17 L.T. Sandvik (Summit Cancer Cycling) 3.25 18 Ryan McDermitt (Unattached) 3.39 19 Walter Warwick (Excel Sports) 3.59 20 Andy Johnson (Feedback Sports Race Team) 4.03 21 Bill mccann 4.12 22 Michelle Steiner (Boulder Women's Cycling Team) 4.54 23 Kevin DeGeorge 5.03 24 Michael Harding (Unattached) 5.04 25 David Kinz 5.27 26 Kurt Luoni (Team Canari) 5.43 27 Joe Friedman 5.59 28 Ric Dudley (3D Racing/ Hub Aspen) 29 Manuel Sanchez 6.00 30 Carol Hutton 6.03 31 Doug Felkley (Pro Peloton Racing) 6.14 32 Keith Nordstrom (GS Boulder) 6.27 33 Joseph Rudman (Excel Sports) 6.32 34 Brad Best (Unattached) 6.34 35 Steven Gauvin 7.12 36 Richard Bradfield (Team Louisville Cyclery) 7.14 37 Timothy McAfoos 7.22 38 Anthony McNeill (Team Rio Grande) 7.55 39 Scott Zink 8.02 40 Adrian Harris 8.05 41 Richard Rokos (Unattached) 8.37 42 Dale Tomrdle (Team Louisville Cyclery) 9.18 43 Jeff Meador (Unattached) 10.01 44 Nicole Landers 10.05 45 Ryan O''Connor 11.02 46 Richard Daugherty (Team Louisville Cyclery) 12.30 47 Peter Raymond 12.46 48 John Christopher 13.10 49 Heather McNeill (Unattached) 13.17 50 Jeff Blatt (COBRAS) 14.07 51 Keith Renninson (COBRAS) 14.32 52 Kathleen Schweizer 21.40 53 Kyle Berlind 28.04 54 Davis Berlind 55 Jim Turner (Time 23:22 on electric bike) 36.01
