Capitol Reef Classic race report

Darren Goff made his stage race debut this weekend at the Capitol Reef Classic.  He railed to a 3rd place on GC!  Gongrats, Darren!  In his own words, here's what went down:

For my first time trial ever, I felt really good considering I was on my regular bike with no aero bars. I took 7th out of 34. The circuit race that took place later that day was so hot it made everyone really tired. It was two 17 mile laps with three POWER climbs of about 0.8 miles each. I pulled away on the first lap on the third climb and soloed until about three miles to the finish. I was dead tired and got caught. Me and another guy pulled away on the decent, but I bonked at 200 meters to go and ended up with 6th for that race. Looking back, I know I broke too soon, but it was fun to see how long I could keep the break.


For the RR, I stayed with the group until the major climb around mile 30. A five man group (including me) broke away and put a 5+ minute gap on the group. We took it into the end where I sprinted to win the day. After the race the #1 and 2 in GC guys told me they were done around the 10K mark and I could have gone off. It would have been nice of them to tell me that then instead of after the race!!!!! A few lessons learned by me. It was a good time.

I took 3rd in the GC with 30 seconds under the leader. I was happy with that considering my stupid tactics from the day before.

Summer Update - TE is rockin' it!

This summer has been a busy for one Team Excelerator.  We hosted yet another successful Powder Mountain Hillclimb.  Nathan Cisney of Roosters Cycling once again set the pace uphill and won the overall.  TE's very own Darren Goff took the top spot in the Cat 4's and Trent Olsen made the podium for the Cat 5's.  Check out the story in the local paper here:  http://www.standard.net/topics/sports/2010/06/16/everything-and

We've also been racking up the results at other local and regional events.  Darren is dominating the A flight racers at the Snowbasin Crits and Trent Olsen won the B Flight tonight.  Trent also took the Cat 5 win at the E Center Criterium a few weeks ago.  Just recently Ben Towery rode to a strong 11th place at the Little Mountain Road Race as a Masters 35 + B racer.  He was with the leading pack up until the end when some leg cramping made him fall off the pace.  Ferrall Spackman took 14th in the Cat 4's.  Kevan Steed, Aaron Thomas, Robert Castro, Jason Knighton, Brooke Dominguez and Jerald Olsen have all been mixing it up and making their presence known on the race course.

TE will be contesting the Chalk Creek Road Race in a few weeks and watch for us at LOTOJA as we've stacked the Cat 4 field with 6 racers. 

Check out these pics of TE's success: