6/21/2007 South Mountain Individual Time Trial South Mountain, PA

1st Place: Chris Kuhl

Team captain, Chris Kuhl, won tonight’s South Mountain individual time trial in central PA. Kuhl clocked a 23:30 for an average of 25mph on this hilly 10 mile course. “The field had 40 riders and you never know how fast guys are”, said Kuhl after his second victory of the season.

6/16/2007 Crystal City Criterium Arlington, VA

11th Place: Guy East
12th Place: Gavi Epstein
13th Place: David Guttenplan

A compact Sakonnet squad of Gavi Epstein, David Guttenplan, Guy East, Phil Gaimon and Johnny Hayes were present for the Crystal City Criterium in Arlington, VA. The day began on the rough side as Hayes and Gaimon crashed out of the event before the race had even begun. The field was taken for a parade lap of some government buildings when all heck broke loose and 30 riders hit the ground. Undeterred the remaining three rider’s road as a pod and kept position at the front of the splintering field. In the finally the team earned 27 NRC points on the day.

6/10/2007 Tour of High Bridge High Bridge, NJ

1st Place: Johnny Hayes
5th Place: Phil Gaimon

Johnny Hayes and Phil Gaimon featured themselves in a 5 man breakaway towards the end of the Tour of High Bridge but before they got away up the road the Sakonnet team controlled the race from the first lap. Attacking and counter attacking the field until they split the group the Sakonnet attack was relentless. In the finish Phil tried his hand at a solo move but after he was brought back Johnny attacked and easily won the sprint.

6/9/2007 Philly Week Individual Time Trial Philadelphia, PA

5th Place: Phil Gaimon

In Phil’s own words – Editor
“This morning I set the alarm for 5 AM to make my 7:47 start at the amateur time trial in Philadelphia. The course was 8.5 miles out and back along the river. I'm wrapping up a heavy training week and felt it a little, not quite hitting the heart rate and power levels I can usually maintain for that sort of effort. I still averaged 29.0 mph and beat the guys I was watching out for on the start list. It turns out that a lot of times were messed up, so after a number of protests and waiting periods, I got bumped to 5th (half of a second out of 3rd).” – Phil Gaimon

6/7/2007 Commerce Bank Reading Classic Reading, PA

2nd Place: David Guttenplan

After being positioned by Johnny Hayes and Gavi Epstein into the last corner David Guttenplan turned on the jets and bolted up the finishing hill to take second place at the second Commerce Bank event in four days. “The team was awesome, they got me in position and I did the rest” said Guttenplan.

6/7/2007 Commerce Bank Under 23 Competition Lancaster & Reading, PA

1st Place: David Guttenplan

On the strength of 5th Place in Lancaster and 2nd Place in today’s Reading event David Guttenplan won the overall U23 jersey for the two event Commerce Bank Amateur series. “I’m really proud of David and the team. This is our first U23 jersey of the year and we hope to win more.” said director sportif, Matt Koschara.

Track Round Up

Several Sakonnet riders are equally skilled on the velodrome as they are on the road. Below is a recap of their results at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome – Editor

6/15/2007 UCI Fastest Man on Wheels Trexletown, PA

5th Place: Elite Men 15KM Scratch Race Guy East
7th Place: Elite Men 30KM Points Race Guy East

6/5/2007 Yakety Yak Super Tuesdays Race Series Trexletown, PA

2nd Place: Overall Omnium Phil Gaimon
1st Place: Devil Scratch Race Phil Gaimon
1st Place: 3KM Win & Out Phil Gaimon
4th Place: Miss & Out Phil Gaimon

5/29/2007 Yakety Yak Super Tuesdays Race Series Trexletown, PA

1st Place: Overall Omnium Phil Gaimon
1st Place: 15-Lap Point a Lap Phil Gaimon
2nd Place: Win & Out Phil Gaimon
2nd Place: 10KM Scratch Race Phil Gaimon