Here are the results for the Santa Cruz Crit. It was a wonderful day to race your bike, if you could get to Santa Cruz.

WOMEN
Women's Senior Category 1,2,3
note: 17 riders, 12 miles
1, Jill Gianettoni, Alto Velo
2, Ellen Krimmel, Twin Peaks/Tecate
3, Cynthia Mommsen, Olympic Club
4, Stacy Farmer, Team Extreme
5, Helena Drumm, Davis BC
6, Nina Oestreicher, Kiwi
7, Camille Deluca-Flaherty, Alto Velo
8, Belinda Heerwagen
9, Marry Hearn, Los Gatos
10, Debbie Allen, Twin Peaks/Tecate
11, Lisa Halle, Century Rd. Club
12, Jean Vogelzang, Bloomington BC
13, Linelle Betts, Pen Velo

Women's Senior Category 4
note: 11 riders, 12 miles
1, Trish McKay, Tailwinds ( won in solo break)
2, Lesley Jensen, Strada Sempre Duro
3, Karine Wynan, Twin Peaks/Tecate
4, Roxanne Peralez,
5, Carissa Cealindo, Team Santa Cruz
6, Cathy Crawford, Empire Velo
7, Amanda Burke
8, Michelle Beason, Twin Peaks/Tecate
9, Becky Brain, Strada Sempre Duro

MASTERS
Masters Category 1,2,3
note: 39 riders, 18 miles
1, Larry Nolan, Montgomery/Bell ( won in Solo Break)
2, Freddy Markham, Performance/Ritchey
3, Howard Haensel, Alto Velo/Aleve
4, Michael Erby, Performance/Ritchey
5, Roger Marquis, Alto VElo/Aleve
6, Tony O'Brien, Performance/Ritchey
7, Tyler Heerwagen, Olympic Club
8, John Bartmettler, Alto Velo/Aleve
9, Joe Allen, Sunnyvale-Cupertino CC
10, Daryn Dodge, Davis
11, Matt Chambers, Performance/Ritchey
12, Bruce Salera, Alto Velo/Aleve
13, Dan Dole, BBC/GU
14, Randell Hancock
15, William Sans, Pen Velo
16, Peter Allen, Performance/Ritchey
17, Steve Cherry, Valhalla
18, Mark Miller, Velo Project
19, Steven Peters, Performance/Ritchey
20, Jim Gentes, San Jose
21, Ken George, Alto Velo/Aleve
22, Russ Roeckel, Pen Velo

Phil race note: Originally Craig, his wife Jodi, and I intended to stay just for the first few laps of this race, but it was so exciting we wound up watching the whole thing. Initially Performance/Ritchey and Alto Velo both had a couple people in breaks up the road, but all were brought back in. Finally Larry Nolan, somehow, broke away from the pack keeping a good 15 to 20 sec lead for the rest of the race.

Meanwhile, Performance/Ritchey and Alto Velo continued to keep an eye on each other. Consequently, no other breakaways managed to work while the two largest teams seemed determined to keep things together. A crash, on the far side of the course near the cement barriers saw quite a few riders limp back into the race.

The race for second came down to a field sprint which, not surprisingly, Freddy Markham won but not without some stiff competition.

Joe's 9th placing for Sunnyvale-Cupertino CC, eased Craig and my non-placing in the earlier Cat 4 finish. Way to go Joe! Ok, so who said I had to be impartial?

Masters Category 4,5
note: 18 riders, 12 miles
1, Eric Downing, Twin Peaks/Tecate
2, Lee Kendal, Velo XS/Apple Computers
3, Barry Feild, Team Santa Cruz
4, Jon Ornstil
5, Bruce Schwab, BBC/GU
6, Mike Brain, Strada Sempre Duro
7, David Ratoosh, BBC/Gu
8, Ray Bennetts
9, Anthony Papagna, BBC/GU
10, Joel Osias
11, Jody Hoose, Alto Velo/Aleve
12, James Elledge, Strada Sempre Duro
13, Scott Barth, Los Gatos
14, George Mayer
15, David Simpson, Los Gatos
16, Ray Sisson, Castro Valley CC

MEN
Senior Category Pro,1,2
note: 65 riders, 45 miles
1, Chad Gerlach, Montgomery/Bell Pro
2, Sean Bragstad, Twin Peaks/Tecate
3, Matt Simon, Ace Racing
4, Adham Sbrih, Twin Peaks/Tecate
5, Steven Cline, Pen Velo
6, Tim Rutherford, Crazy Petes
7, Djernis Henrik
8, Ian Feid, Pro
9, Chris Baker, NVV/Jolt
10, Thomas Frischknecht Ritchey
11, Glen Winkel, Montgomery/Bell
12, David Neal, Twin Peaks/Tecate
13, Mike Charleton, Pen Velo
14, Gen Kogure, BBC/GU
15, Jorgen Josefisson, Los Gatos
16, Ferdrik Anderson, Los Gatos
17, Bob Simpson, Twin Peaks/Tecate
18, Brick Bosch
19, Paul Dahlke, Olympic Sports
20, Damon Pettinger, Team Santa Cruz
21, Nathan Lloyd, Team Santa Cruz
22, Ian Carver
23, James Young, NVV/Jolt
24, Nestor Schnasse, Twin Peaks/Tecate
25, Richard Steele, Team City
26, Tary Preisser, Team Valley
27, Sean Tucker,
28, Dario Fredrick, Twin Peaks/Tecate
29, Rob Marchant, Oaktown Wheelmen
30, Dave Smith, Twin Peaks/Tecate
31, Andrew Lewis, Kissena CC

Senior Category 3
note: 63 riders, 20 miles
1, Michael Taylor, Kiwi
2, Scott Leman, Los Gatos
3, Tim Thompson
4, Kevin Wong, Los Gatos
5, Seth Angevine, West Coast Racing
6, Braden Sanchez
7, Allen Saterlee, San Jose
8, Hal Johnson, Olympic Club
9, Chris Wright, Raindance Velo
10, Jeff Colbeck, West Coast Racing
11, Rodney Correia, Sunnyvale
12, David Womer, Alto Velo/Aleve
13, Martin Deltaven, Valley Spokesmen
14, Drik Himley, Team Extreme
15, Andrew Chu, Spartan Cycling Team
16, Robert Stoik
17, Randy Moore, Twin Peaks/Tecate
18, Ken Watking, Merlock
19, Lawrence Core, Los Gatos
20, Piet Canin, Team Santa Cruz
21, Sander Rigney, KHS
22, James Blankenship, Velo Freni
23, Joel Poderski, G.S. Boulder
24, Michael Minerva
25, Jason Sanchez, Kiwi
26, Scott Davis, Team Santa Cruz
27, Ron Mariano, Merlock
28, Kevin Winterfield, Alto Velo/Aleve
29, Scott Wilson, Twin Peaks/Tecate
30, William Alexander, Team Extreme
31, Jon Pellarrla
32, Todd Anderson, Team Santa Cruz
33, William Eddie, Davis
34, Rex Boyes
35, Herman Johnson, Team Extreme

Senior Category 4
note: 31 riders, 18 miles
1, Brian Ort
2, Richard Juarez, Twin Peaks/Tecate
3, Tilamn Reinhart, Alto Velo/Aleve
4, Eric Downing, Twin Peaks/Tecate
5, Simon Fisher
6, Panco Herrera, Team Tailwinds
7, Sean Co, UCSC
8, Ron Cates, S. Sierra Cyc.
9, Mike Brain, Strada Sempre Duro
10, John Kretschnann, Los Gatos
11, Eric Martin,
12, Ben Brewer, Emprie Velo
13, Ray Bennetts
14, Craig Harris, Spartan Cyc.
15, Josh Johnson, Valley Spokesmen

Phil's race note: This turned into a race of attritian. I was a victim at about lap 12, my poor teammate, who was riding really well, flatted a few laps after that. Good, crazy racing though! I think we all were sliding quite a bit around the course especially in the wet hairpin (the race went off at about 9am before it had a chance to dry). I was even spinning my rear tire going up the 3rd street hill. Amazingly I don't think there was any crashes in our group. My hat's off to Ray, Craig and Josh who, unlike myself, had the presense of mind to form a chase group and tough out the rest of the race.

In the final sprint Brian Ort just eased past Richard Juarez for the finish. Both were pushing some monster gears up the hill on 3rd!

Senior Category 5/Public
note: 45 riders (29 public), 9 miles
1, Bartek Bossak, Public
2, Anastasio Flores, Public
3, Jamen Leveilee,
4, Jon Ornstil,
5, Michael Martin, Public
6, Chris Beitzel,
7, Dante Thompson, GCC/Shaws
8, Ernie Gallardo Jr, Public N. Coast Exp.
9, Gary Verhulp, Public
10, Richard Pego, U.C. Santa Cruz
11, Brendan O'Niell, Public
12, Norm Laird, Public
13, Derek Wallace, Alto Velo/Aleve
14, Kevin Pontuti, Public
15, Raymond Mendoza
16, Ted Toribio, Alto Velo/Aleve
17, Christop Larski
18, Dale Wickenheiser, Team Santa Cruz
19, Aaron Peters, Performance/Ritchey
20, Robert Branch, Public
21, John Schatzman, Alto Velo/Aleve
22, Mark Smith, Public
23, Michael Toschi, Team Extreme
24, Tom Erickson, Public