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Lehigh Valley velodrome
Air Products Finals featuring the Artie Greenburg 10 Mile Memorial, August 11, 2006
Courtesy Lise Holben
The Lehigh Valley Velodrome hosted the 30th annual, Air Products Finals featuring the Artie Greenburg 10 mile memorial, with fields of both world-class international riders and competitors from one of the world’s best developmental cycling programs! Racing was at its best with the sport’s top competition.
The main focus for the elite riders was the Keirin finals. Several heats were held throughout the night of racing and the top riders finished in the final round. Spike Pro Team had both Andy Lakatosh and Giddeon Massie in the finals along with Argentina’s Leandro Botasso, Sebastian Alexandre and several other riders from the USA. After three great rounds of racing, Massie took first place in the finals with Fuji’s Shane Kline in second and Toyota United’s Bobby Lea in third.
The Air Products riders had their chance to showcase what they have learned in this premier developmental cycling program and showed T-town some great competition. The top three riders from the girls 13-16 group were Steph Vargas, Dana Feiss, and Taylor Farnsworth. For the boys 13-16 group it was Zack Noonan taking the gold, Zack Cooperman with the silver, and Colton Hinkle with the bronze. The boys 15-18 group had Ryan Symancek, Nick Roeder, and Christopher Spatz as the top three competitors. In the adult classes, the first through third place women 19 + were Patty Powers, Ginny Hertzog, and Stephanie Surch. The top three men 40 + were Jim Clune, Dale Phillips, and Randy Monceaux. For the final Air Products race of the night, the men 19-39 had an action packed race with Kyle Schutt in first, Michael Beahm in second, and Tim Fitzgerald in third.
Elite women’s racing was equally exciting during the night at the Velodrome. In the 1km finals, USA’s Sarah Uhl raced her heart out and took first place over Fuji’s Erica Allar and Victory’s Kim Geist. A crash took place in the women’s 5 Mile Final, but no one was badly injured and the race continued. Erica Allar made a strong comeback after the crash, but could not shut out Sarah Uhl who once again took the win.
For the last race of the evening, the feature Artie Greenburg 10 Mile Memorial, the men gave an astounding effort. Throughout the race it seemed as though Argentina’s Sebastian Donadio would be the winner, but in the last lap dropped out of the race allowing fellow countryman Sebastian Alexandre to the lead. Alexandre passed Bobby Lea in the last turn and crossed the finish line first with a photo finish. It was a great end to an awesome night of racing.
Results
Event 1A - Elite Men: Keirin 1st Round – Heat 1 1 Giddeon Massie 2 Bobby Lea 3 Matt Diefenbach 4 Dave Bonser Event 1B - Elite Men: Keirin 1st Round – Heat 2 1 Andy Lakatosh 2 Shane Kline 3 Dave Sheetz 4 Clay Murfet Event 1C - Elite Men: Keirin 1st Round – Heat 3 1 Sebastian Alexandre 2 Leandro Botasso 3 Ryan Oelkers 4 Peter Fitzpatrick Event 1D - Elite Men: Keirin 1st Round – Heat 4 1 Gary Ryan 2 Ben Sharp 3 Sebastian Donadio 4 Andy Kuklis Event 2 - Elite Women: 1km Final 1 Sarah Uhl 2 Erica Allar 3 Kim Geist 4 Veronica Martinez 5 Theresa Cliff-Ryan Event 3 - Air Products Finals: Girls 9-10: 3-Lap Final 1 Clara Harris 2 Evelyn Korbich 3 Shannon Pennella 4 Brianna O’Sullivan 5 Arden Stayer Event 4 - Air Products Finals: Boys 9-10: 3-Lap Final 1 Connor Bade 2 Patrick Marzi 3 Matthew Kantner 4 Tyler Lysakowski 5 Thomas Fritzges Event 5A - Elite Men: Keirin Repechage – Heat 1 1 Mike Beers 2 Dave Bonser 3 Marc Prutton 4 Andrew Laorte 5 Jared Bunde Event 5B - Elite Men: Keirin Repechage – Heat 2 1 Keith Thorarinson 2 Clay Murfet 3 Giovanni Rey 4 Guy East 5 Guido Palma Event 5C - Elite Men: Keirin Repechage – Heat 3 1 Peter Fitzpartick 2 Nik Reinert 3 Rodney Santiago 4 Dave Wiswell 5 Mike Maine Event 5D - Elite Men: Keirin Repechage – Heat 4 1 Julian Cushing 2 Andy Kuklis 3 Chris Ruhl 4 Pablo Ravazzni 5 Rich Schneck Event 6 - Air Products Finals: Girls 11-12: 3-Lap Final 1 Nadia Latzgo 2 Natalie Snyder 3 Danielle Clune 4 Emma Harris 5 Arianna Cruz Event 7 - Air Products Finals: Boys 11-12: 4-Lap Final 1 Greg Ratzell 2 Colin Fitzgerald 3 Chris Meacham 4 Seth Wyncoll 5 David Wagner Event 8A - Elite Men: Keirin Semi-Final – Heat 1 1 Giddeon Massie 2 Shane Kline 3 Leandro Botasso 4 Sebastian Alexandre 5 Peter Fitzpatrick Event 8B - Elite Men: Keirin Semi-Final – Heat 2 1 Andy Lakatosh 2 Bobby Lea 3 Ryan Oelkers 4 Matt Diefenbach 5 Julian Cushing Event 9 - Air Products Finals: Girls 13-16: 4-Lap Final 1 Steph Vargas 2 Dana Feiss 3 Taylor Farnsworth 4 Stephanie Spatz 5 Sara Vreeland Event 10 - Air Products Finals: Boys 13-14: 5-Lap Final 1 Zack Noonan 2 Zack Cooperman 3 Colton Hinkle 4 Zack Semian 5 Elijah Harris Event 11 - Air Products Finals: Boys 15-18: 5-Lap Final 1 Ryan Symancek 2 Nick Roeder 3 Christopher Spatz 4 Kyle Haberbosch Event 12 - Elite Women: 5-Mile Final 1 Sarah Uhl 2 Erica Allar 3 Kim Geist 4 Veronica Martinez 5 Theresa Cliff-Ryan Event 13 - Elite Men: Keirin Finals 1-8 1 Giddeon Massie 2 Shane Kline 3 Bobby Lea 4 Leandro Botasso 5 Andy Lakatosh 6 Sebastian Alexandre 7 Matt Diefenbach 8 Ryan Oelkers Event 14 - Air Products Finals: Women 19+: 5-Lap Final 1 Patty Powers 2 Ginny Hertzog 3 Stephanie Surch 4 Tammy Cihylik 5 Madeleine Huyett Event 15 - Air Products Finals: Men 40+: 6-Lap Final 1 Jim Clune 2 Dale Phillips 3 Randy Monceaux 4 Jeff Burnatowski 5 Dan Rex Event 16 - Air Products Finals: Men 19-39: 6-Lap Final 1 Kyle Schutt 2 Michael Beahm 3 Tim Fitzgerald 4 Mark Hahn 5 Joe Garchinsky Event 17 - Elite Men: Artie Greenburg 10-Mile Final 1 Sebastian Alexandre 2 Bobby Lea 3 Peter Fitzpatrick 4 Leandro Botasso 5 Ryan Oelkers
