Team Rostello presented by Fiorucci/CyCor’s Karen Hanson won the Women 40+ category while team mate Sharon Leary took second in the Cat. 4 category at the Casey Auto Group Criterium on April 19 in Virginia Beach. While at the Twisted Tire MTB Race, team mate Paula Smith placed third in the Women Pro/Expert category.

From Karen:

The pollen was knee deep, but we had a pot of Vicks and an inhaler so we were set.

This womens Rostello team is our best yet. Simply because we work so well together that we almost never have to say a word… everyone knows their job, where they need to be, and wham, there they are.

It was a nice field full of cat 1 and 2 riders, 40+, seasoned cat 4’s and 2 juniors thrown in to make life interesting. The course was lightning fast since they ran it backwards. I could have easily shaved some weight off the bike and taken the brakes off! Besides a little squirliness, where my team mate Julie Smith got run off the road not once, but twice, the race was just flat ass fast the whole time.

With 9 laps to go, Rostello went to the front and never relinquished it. We knew that position was going to be the key to a good finish. With two laps to go, Julie went to the very front to organize the train and just demolished the rest of the field. Her lead out cost her in the 1-3 race, and she finished 5th, but launched me to the 40+ win and Sharon Leary to second in the Cat 4 category. Julie rocks the world. Best lead out in the business.

(By the way, we’re pooling the dough for an end of the year blow out- think Spa treatments and really good wine to make it up to our bodies for all the hard work all year!)

I heard that Gregg Gammon was 8th in the cat 4, and managed to escape 2 crashes. Gregg is rolling! Good job!”

From Paula:

I got 3rd place in Pro/Expert Women held at Poor Farm in Hanover County on April 19th. My team mate Christine Williamson got 4th in the beginner category. Frank, unfortunately, couldn’t race due to a back injury.”