Oh where oh where could my trainer be...I left it in the truck at
Sea Otter, just too much to lug up the hill.  It has a sticker
with "Liz" on it.

I miss it.

Liz


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Think speedy,climby thoughts for the ladies at the Gila tomorrow (Sunday).  They
all place well in the crit today, finishing with the pack and are in a tight
race for 3rd place in the overall team GC with Ford-Basis and Colavita.
Tomorrow is the Gila Monster and from the description on the website, it sounds
tough (hence the 'Monster' I suppose.....).

WOMEN 1,2,3 TEAM GC
PLACE   TEAM G.C.     @ TIME            TEAM
================================================================================\
================
    1    28:40:30     @ 0:00:00          T-MOBILE
    2    28:56:15     @ 0:15:45          Webcor Builders
    3    29:01:05     @ 0:20:35          Colavita/Cooking Light
    4    29:01:08     @ 0:20:38          Ford-Basis
    5    29:01:48     @ 0:21:18          Velo Bella
    6    29:12:50     @ 0:32:20          Tokyo Joe's
    7    29:17:03     @ 0:36:33          Tamarack

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Yes Jane!!!!  You're a bad ass bella!!!!

suenago@... wrote:I can certainly attest to the fact that this is one
hot Bella.  I am so glad she is on my team!  I got the pleasure of seeing her
dance up the Laguna Seca Corkscrew like it was a flat piece of road during the
CAT 3 SO circuit race.  It felt like a 20% grade to me!

Congrats Jane on your leap to the "big time!"

-Suenago


> Just wanted to give a heads up on the remarkable racing of one of your
> own. Monterey's Jane Ziegler has been down in Silver City New Mexico
> racing the Gila Stage Race, a National Calendar Race and one of the
> toughest stage races around. Its her first big stage race and she is
> doing awesome.
> http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/day2womens123.html
>
> I'm proud of all our gals who are there up against the big corporate
> teams (if you can call them that in women's racing). But I thought you
> guys would be especially proud of Jane.
>
> So if you were wondering who that little bella was that passed you on
> the hill....
>
> Sabine, did not pass you on the hill
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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Oops.. Had it wrong.

Day 1 inner city loop of the cat 4 Velo Bella ladies:
Amber 5th
Nancy 9th

Day 2 downtown crit
Nancy 2nd
Amber 3rd

Good job ladies.


:)
Brent

Day 4 is the downtown crit. Normally fast, and a bit dodgy.
Last year Felicia crashed along with Lynn Gaggioli, so everyone was a bit
unsure of what to expect.

Well, with the GC so close with Geanvieve and Kim, we were sure somthing
was going to happen. Did not think Geanvieve or Lynn would make any
attempts to break with Ina watching in the field.

We somehow believed at some point Ina would do her regular and drop the
field.
After one lap Anna Millacowski attacked and rode off the front for about 6
laps.  Somewhere around the 5th lap (i was at the top of the hill and Rene
down near the finish in the flats) an attack came, it was actually not a
very fast attack and many people could have tacked on easy. But Ina,
Geanvieve, and none of the other Tmobiles even flinched.  The group did
not contain any GC concern.  We had told Jill to sit in behind Ina and be
prepared for her to go and try to follow.  After a few laps and a growing
break, we realized that Tmobile was not going to do anthing about this
group of 6 off the front.  The break had Cat Malone of webcor, Molly from
Tokyo Joes, and a few other random riders.

About half way through the race, Rene gave Jill the ok to go. As she
rounded the corner into the climb Jill went off with a great effort and no
one could stay on her wheel, but on the descent Bettina from Webcor
encited a chase. They obvisously did not want Velo Bella getting into the
break. This was the fastest lap of the race and the break lost over 30
seconds.  Then Jill was reeled back in.  2 laps later a rider from
Colovita
attacked, and in hind site we should maybe have had Jill try to get in
with her. That rider rode solo and almost caught the break.  With about 8
laps to go the Peloton got slowed down drastically when a dog walked out
on the course and they had to slow down on the descent. This gave the
break an additional 30 seconds.

No one did anything at this point, so we had the ladies remain in the
field tucked in and conserve for tomorrows big day.

Cat Malone played it smart in the break and sat on the back.  On the last
downhill corner she attacked and got away to win the stage.

All the Bellas came in about a minute later all together within the
peloton group sprint finish.
We suspect that the team moved down in the team GC standings.

Also Nancy Farazan and new Bella Amber did well in the Cat 3 race.
Nancy got 2nd today in the Crit and Amber got 3rd.
Amber got 2nd yesterday.

Jill near the front

http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day3photoalbum/OutsideMagaz
inesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo13.html

Jill's finish
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day3photoalbum/OutsideMagaz
inesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo17.html

Happy tired bellas and Brent
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day3photoalbum/OutsideMagaz
inesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo27.html

Jill near the front

http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day3photoalbum/OutsideMagaz
inesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo13.html

Jill's finish
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day3photoalbum/OutsideMagaz
inesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo17.html

Happy tired bellas and Brent
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day3photoalbum/OutsideMagaz
inesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo27.html

Brent, tell the girls we are so proud of them!

Sarah


--- Brent Chapman <brentc@...> wrote:

>
> It gets better folks!
> Velo Bella is now #3 team in GC. Woot WOot!
>
> 1- Tmobile
> 2- Webcor
> 3- Velo Bella
> 4- Colavita
> 5- Ford
> 6- Tokyo Joes
> 7- Tamarac
>
>
> On top of that.. I miss counted Jills result as I
> forgot Ina and another
> rider had the break away at the finish.
> Jill took 12th(official)
> Jane 30th (official)
> Gabby 16th (un-official)
> Barb 21st (un-official)
> Jen 22nd (un-official)
>
>
> I only caught a glance, but it looked like Gabby has
> moved up from 20th to
> 18th in GC and Jill jumped up at least a spot.
>
>
>
>

I can certainly attest to the fact that this is one hot Bella.  I am so glad she
is on my team!  I got the pleasure of seeing her dance up the Laguna Seca
Corkscrew like it was a flat piece of road during the CAT 3 SO circuit race.  It
felt like a 20% grade to me!

Congrats Jane on your leap to the "big time!"

-Suenago


> Just wanted to give a heads up on the remarkable racing of one of your
> own. Monterey's Jane Ziegler has been down in Silver City New Mexico
> racing the Gila Stage Race, a National Calendar Race and one of the
> toughest stage races around. Its her first big stage race and she is
> doing awesome.
> http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/day2womens123.html
>
> I'm proud of all our gals who are there up against the big corporate
> teams (if you can call them that in women's racing). But I thought you
> guys would be especially proud of Jane.
>
> So if you were wondering who that little bella was that passed you on
> the hill....
>
> Sabine, did not pass you on the hill
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

How awesome!!! Keep the good reports coming, Brent.  And, tell all the gals how
proud we are of them.
-Suenago


>
> It gets better folks!
> Velo Bella is now #3 team in GC. Woot WOot!
>
> 1- Tmobile
> 2- Webcor
> 3- Velo Bella
> 4- Colavita
> 5- Ford
> 6- Tokyo Joes
> 7- Tamarac
>
>
> On top of that.. I miss counted Jills result as I forgot Ina and another
> rider had the break away at the finish.
> Jill took 12th(official)
> Jane 30th (official)
> Gabby 16th (un-official)
> Barb 21st (un-official)
> Jen 22nd (un-official)
>
>
> I only caught a glance, but it looked like Gabby has moved up from 20th to
> 18th in GC and Jill jumped up at least a spot.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Hi Bellas,

Here is a little report.

Day 1

Got up in the dark and forced Josh to drive me to the
airport.  He went home (still dark) and went back to
sleep.  I slept on the airplane.
Arrived in the land of the pointed shoes and after
clearing customs enjoyed a few hours in the breeze
outside the El Paso airport.  Within a minute of Jane
walking out the door her boyfriend showed up and drove
us to his bike shop where we assemble out bikes and
went for a spin.

Day 2

Crossed the border into New Mexico and made it to the
TT with plenty of time to spare.  Cat Malone warned me
of vicious cross winds near a railroad bridge.  I
thank her for that, if I didn't know I might not be
typing this today.  Charging down the hill in my 11t
in the aero bars and being hit by that cross wind
might have blown me into Old Mexico.  Ms Jeason
floated past me a few minutes into the race, we
started in alphabetical order so she wasn't too far
behind.  It was still a bit demoralizing to get passed
so soon by someone moving so effortlessly. On the
three mile descent to the finish I was spinning the
11t as hard as possible and was passed by a woman who
was not even pedaling.  Puzzling, yet true, how did
she do it?

Day 3
The dreaded Mogollon.  The race wasn't as bad as I
thought it would be.  Aside from pulling a Lance
(dragging brake pad for at least 58 miles) things went
ok.  I kept going backwards on some of the big ring
rollers and was able to catch back on on the downhill
or flat areas.  One too many rollers however popped me
for good and it was then that I noticed my from brake
rubbing the rim.  After opening up the brake things
got better.  While going up the climb (quite steep and
windy) I was able to make up some places.

Shout out to Jane who not only was brave enough to
move around in the peloton but had some legs left for
the climb.  Jen was great telling everyone what to do,
Jill pulled like a locomotive to help bring the break
back and Gabby as always rode in her classy style to a
strong finish. The race also had the added bonus of
three pee breaks.  One of which was caused by the
Official stopping us on a descent to reprimand the
peloton for crossing the center line too often.  That
stop was scary, I saw a truck parked across the road
as we whistled along at about 35mph.  There was a bit
of skiddin' and then we were stopped with an official
lady walking around yelling at us.  Another bonus, we
got mentioned on cyclingnews.com with our name spelled
correctly.

Day 4
Another fantastic day of racing.  The weather has been
quite condusive to racing with cool temperatures and
very little wind (as compared to last year, it seemed
windy to me).  The peloton has been slowly thinning
out, we lost one woman to a broken collarbone on a
cattle grate in the first two minutes of the race.  A
few miles later was the blistering fast feed zone
hill.  We were going so fast up the hill that I
couldn't even check my speed for fear of getting
gapped.  The descent was equally fun with high speeds
and hairpin turns.  Somewhere on the climb in  sheer
terror of getting dropped I rode right past Gabby
while she was having a leg mechanical.  At the bottom
of the descent I was called back to bring her back to
the group.  hard work!   A bit later I was called to
the caravan a second time for water bottles.  I got
two bottles and pulled Jane and her bottles back to
the group.  No one wanted my second bottle and I
couldn't bear to see the effort wasted so a full
bottle rode my belly for an hour or so.  I then
switched it with my empty but didn't want to toss it
on the side of the road and get fined for littering.
I finally flung the bottle at some parked cars in
hopes that they picked it up as a souvenier.

The race got really fun as we got close to the finish
with attack after attack keeping the speed high.  It
seemed like the final sprint started a mile out but
really picked up at the end.  This was the first large
group sprint that I have actuallyl enjoyed.  It was
like a zombie sprint with moans and grunts emanating
from the dead limbed riders.  I don't know if people
were giving up or were spent but Jen and I rode past
several people withing sight of the finish.  All
Bella's finished with the group and we are now in 3rd
in the team competition!!!  Three plates of Mexican
food later I am ready to chill and prepare for
tomorrow's crit.

hasta mañana

Barb

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Nice going girls! It so exciting reading and watching your progress.
Thanks for taking the time to do this Brent.

Monica
On Apr 29, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Brent Chapman wrote:

> Today was stage 3 of 5.
>  5 ladies starting today, Bellas were 4th place in Team GC.
>  One minute into the race a rider crashes on the Cattle guard and
> breaks
>  her collarbone. She also took out a MVV rider (India, from Walnut
> Creek
>  area).. But India got up and raced although she suffered.
>
>  This race starts with a early sprint worth 30 seconds..
>
>  Then straight into the mountains through a little town call Pinos
> altos
>  after a short grueling climb.
>  Today we had Janes family volunteering for the feedzones for the
> Bellas,
>  so I got to ride along with Rene.
>
>  About 18 miles in Geanvieve Jeanson moved to the front and started
> pushing
>  the pace right through the feedzone and a little disconnect happened
> where
>  Jen and Barb rode by Gabby without even knowing.  Gabby's radio
> failed so
>  she could not call for help. Rene and I were too far back behind the
>  dropped riders to see what happened and came across Gabby chasing by
>  herself.
>  Gabby dug deep and rode for a long time chasing through the mountain
> range
>  until she came across 3 Ford riders who were pulling their GC rider
> back
>  to the peloton.  Barb dropped back, almost missed Gabby and Ford
> gals..
>  but got in and helped Gabby back in.  The gals kept cruising through
> the
>  flats in the backside of the valley.  At the start of the Valley Cat
>  Malone and Anna Millacowski broke away for about 20 miles.
>  Then as planned Jill took a chance and soloed away from the front of
> the
>  pack and got about a 40 second break and turned into the headwind
> headed
>  toward the last feedzone and 2 mile climb.  We could see that Tmobile
> and
>  Geanvieve had decided to make this the moment to go, so we told Jill
> to
>  soft pedal and get back in.
>
>  Then a break of about 14 got away and the Bellas were not in it. This
>  contained Tmobile, Colavita, and Geanvieve.
>  All 5 Bellas were in the chase group and they chased over 2 more
> climbs
>  and caught back on. Now the group was about 30 deep. This continued
> over a
>  few more climbs, and then Ina attacked with about 7 miles to go
> followed
>  by a rider from Lipton team.  The remainder of the race the 5 Bellas
>  remained together sheltered in the pack. The sprint started at the
> fateful
>  cattle guard from the start of the race where Geanvieve, Lynn, and a
> few
>  others took off with a long way to go.  the 3 J's and G&B came in the
>  sprint. Jill possibly breaking top 10 and the rest with very good
> results.
>  Ina won today once again.
>
>  It was incredibly impressive how the gals worked together and finished
>  this race together. A few minor mishaps but stuff that can be worked
> out.
>
>  Jane Zigs comment of the day. "It was the most intense riding I have
> ever
>  done, PERIOD".
>
>  Barbs comment.." I cannot believe how fast we went up that feedzone
>  hill"(regarding the first feedzone over the continental divide.) "and
> that
>  downhill was FUN!" (regarding the treacherous downhill down the back
> of
>  the Gila monster).
>
>  Tomorrow is Crit day at 2PM.
>
>  Ciao,
>  Brent
>
>
>
>
>
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Hey Monterey bellas

If anyone is around at Wildflower give kathleen an email. She's just the
neatest person. Dawn and I met her during our wonderful trip to Canmore.
Looks like she's looking for company to ride, or even to just say hello.

Sabine

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Keil, Kathleen" <Kathleen.Keil@...>
To: sabinedukes@...
Subject: Kathy in California
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:35:59 -0400

Hey Sabine,

I met you in Canmore last summer.  Hope all is well with velobella world.

I will be at the Wildflower Tri on Thurs to Sunday this week.

I am not racing but supporting two guys who are.

Are you around?  I will have my road bike if you want to hook up for some
road rides.

Ciao for now,

Kathy

P.S.  I would like to buy a XS jersey if there will be some at the race.

Bellas have SKILLS...and take 'em off some pretty SWEET jumps
too!!  :)
--- In velobella@yahoogroups.com, "girlonbike2003" <smelly621@h...>
wrote:
> So... today while i was slaving away at the coffee shop, selling
coffee beans a
> making lattes for the happy people of Aptos...
>
> In walked a man and he started to chit chat with me about the Sea
Otter and if
> i raced it, but "yes" i answerd this wise old man and so on went
our
> conversation. He tells me that he raced cross- country and that he
was so
> impressed by the single speeders and at how fast they were, and i
say yep
> they are amazing riders along with everyone else! He shakes his
head and
> smiles, i do believe he was agreeing with me or he had gas..not
sure.
>
>  After we talked  for awhile he  went on to ask me what i raced, i
tell him short
> track, and the amateur circuit race and stingray sprints!!
What ...stingray
> sprints, never saw that in the Sea Otter program(yeah, came in
second) then
> he asked me if i'am  a Velo Bella rider? I think for a minute to
myself...(you ask
> why) cause he is a strange man who i never met before  asking me
this
> question! So once the minute was up (really was not a minute,
answerd very
> quickly with Bella pride) i say "YES". So on to reason of this
story...
>
> He then starts to tell me that the other day he was out for a ride
and low and
> behold there were Bellas out there! He tells me how he  tried for
some time to
> keep up with them..but they were just to darn FAST for him says
that the Bella
> riders are a very impressive group of riders and that they are fast
and smooth
> and make riding look easy, AHHH... what a proud moment to be a
Bella, he
> then asked for my autograph( no, he really didn't) but what he
really wanted to
> know was.... how do the Bellas get to be so fast? I tell
him..."Sir,it's all about
> the flair and these really cute cat socks we wear and ALOT of
support" way to
> go ladies, very nice!
>
> To all the ladies and gentlemen who make this team what it
is...Thank you,
> cause it was so nice to hear this and it makes me proud to be a
part of this
> team!!
>
> Ciao..
>
> Kelly

It gets better folks!
Velo Bella is now #3 team in GC. Woot WOot!

1- Tmobile
2- Webcor
3- Velo Bella
4- Colavita
5- Ford
6- Tokyo Joes
7- Tamarac


On top of that.. I miss counted Jills result as I forgot Ina and another
rider had the break away at the finish.
Jill took 12th(official)
Jane 30th (official)
Gabby 16th (un-official)
Barb 21st (un-official)
Jen 22nd (un-official)


I only caught a glance, but it looked like Gabby has moved up from 20th to
18th in GC and Jill jumped up at least a spot.

Damn I love reading this stuff...thanks Brent!
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Brent Chapman
   To: velobella@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:37 PM
   Subject: [velobella] Stage #3 TD Gila !What A day!


   Today was stage 3 of 5.
   5 ladies starting today, Bellas were 4th place in Team GC.
   One minute into the race a rider crashes on the Cattle guard and breaks
   her collarbone. She also took out a MVV rider (India, from Walnut Creek
   area).. But India got up and raced although she suffered.

   This race starts with a early sprint worth 30 seconds..

   Then straight into the mountains through a little town call Pinos altos
   after a short grueling climb.
   Today we had Janes family volunteering for the feedzones for the Bellas,
   so I got to ride along with Rene.

   About 18 miles in Geanvieve Jeanson moved to the front and started pushing
   the pace right through the feedzone and a little disconnect happened where
   Jen and Barb rode by Gabby without even knowing.  Gabby's radio failed so
   she could not call for help. Rene and I were too far back behind the
   dropped riders to see what happened and came across Gabby chasing by
   herself.
   Gabby dug deep and rode for a long time chasing through the mountain range
   until she came across 3 Ford riders who were pulling their GC rider back
   to the peloton.  Barb dropped back, almost missed Gabby and Ford gals..
   but got in and helped Gabby back in.  The gals kept cruising through the
   flats in the backside of the valley.  At the start of the Valley Cat
   Malone and Anna Millacowski broke away for about 20 miles.
   Then as planned Jill took a chance and soloed away from the front of the
   pack and got about a 40 second break and turned into the headwind headed
   toward the last feedzone and 2 mile climb.  We could see that Tmobile and
   Geanvieve had decided to make this the moment to go, so we told Jill to
   soft pedal and get back in.

   Then a break of about 14 got away and the Bellas were not in it. This
   contained Tmobile, Colavita, and Geanvieve.
   All 5 Bellas were in the chase group and they chased over 2 more climbs
   and caught back on. Now the group was about 30 deep. This continued over a
   few more climbs, and then Ina attacked with about 7 miles to go followed
   by a rider from Lipton team.  The remainder of the race the 5 Bellas
   remained together sheltered in the pack. The sprint started at the fateful
   cattle guard from the start of the race where Geanvieve, Lynn, and a few
   others took off with a long way to go.  the 3 J's and G&B came in the
   sprint. Jill possibly breaking top 10 and the rest with very good results.
   Ina won today once again.

   It was incredibly impressive how the gals worked together and finished
   this race together. A few minor mishaps but stuff that can be worked out.

   Jane Zigs comment of the day. "It was the most intense riding I have ever
   done, PERIOD".

   Barbs comment.." I cannot believe how fast we went up that feedzone
   hill"(regarding the first feedzone over the continental divide.) "and that
   downhill was FUN!" (regarding the treacherous downhill down the back of
   the Gila monster).

   Tomorrow is Crit day at 2PM.

   Ciao,
   Brent





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My stars! If Barbarella can't believe how fast they went up a hill, then it
really must have been pure pain. How exciting. My adrenaline is pumped just
reading it.



Great job ladies!

   _____

From: velobella@yahoogroups.com [mailto:velobella@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Brent Chapman
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:37 PM
To: velobella@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [velobella] Stage #3 TD Gila !What A day!



Today was stage 3 of 5.
5 ladies starting today, Bellas were 4th place in Team GC.
One minute into the race a rider crashes on the Cattle guard and breaks
her collarbone. She also took out a MVV rider (India, from Walnut Creek
area).. But India got up and raced although she suffered.

This race starts with a early sprint worth 30 seconds..

Then straight into the mountains through a little town call Pinos altos
after a short grueling climb.
Today we had Janes family volunteering for the feedzones for the Bellas,
so I got to ride along with Rene.

About 18 miles in Geanvieve Jeanson moved to the front and started pushing
the pace right through the feedzone and a little disconnect happened where
Jen and Barb rode by Gabby without even knowing.  Gabby's radio failed so
she could not call for help. Rene and I were too far back behind the
dropped riders to see what happened and came across Gabby chasing by
herself.
Gabby dug deep and rode for a long time chasing through the mountain range
until she came across 3 Ford riders who were pulling their GC rider back
to the peloton.  Barb dropped back, almost missed Gabby and Ford gals..
but got in and helped Gabby back in.  The gals kept cruising through the
flats in the backside of the valley.  At the start of the Valley Cat
Malone and Anna Millacowski broke away for about 20 miles.
Then as planned Jill took a chance and soloed away from the front of the
pack and got about a 40 second break and turned into the headwind headed
toward the last feedzone and 2 mile climb.  We could see that Tmobile and
Geanvieve had decided to make this the moment to go, so we told Jill to
soft pedal and get back in.

Then a break of about 14 got away and the Bellas were not in it. This
contained Tmobile, Colavita, and Geanvieve.
All 5 Bellas were in the chase group and they chased over 2 more climbs
and caught back on. Now the group was about 30 deep. This continued over a
few more climbs, and then Ina attacked with about 7 miles to go followed
by a rider from Lipton team.  The remainder of the race the 5 Bellas
remained together sheltered in the pack. The sprint started at the fateful
cattle guard from the start of the race where Geanvieve, Lynn, and a few
others took off with a long way to go.  the 3 J's and G&B came in the
sprint. Jill possibly breaking top 10 and the rest with very good results.
Ina won today once again.

It was incredibly impressive how the gals worked together and finished
this race together. A few minor mishaps but stuff that can be worked out.

Jane Zigs comment of the day. "It was the most intense riding I have ever
done, PERIOD".

Barbs comment.." I cannot believe how fast we went up that feedzone
hill"(regarding the first feedzone over the continental divide.) "and that
downhill was FUN!" (regarding the treacherous downhill down the back of
the Gila monster).

Tomorrow is Crit day at 2PM.

Ciao,
Brent






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That race report made me tired just reading it.
Amazing, ladies. I'm glad everyone stayed safe too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Chapman" <brentc@...>
To: <velobella@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:37 PM
Subject: [velobella] Stage #3 TD Gila !What A day!


> Today was stage 3 of 5.
> 5 ladies starting today, Bellas were 4th place in Team GC.
> One minute into the race a rider crashes on the Cattle guard and breaks
> her collarbone. She also took out a MVV rider (India, from Walnut Creek
> area).. But India got up and raced although she suffered.
>
> This race starts with a early sprint worth 30 seconds..
>
> Then straight into the mountains through a little town call Pinos altos
> after a short grueling climb.
> Today we had Janes family volunteering for the feedzones for the Bellas,
> so I got to ride along with Rene.
>
> About 18 miles in Geanvieve Jeanson moved to the front and started pushing
> the pace right through the feedzone and a little disconnect happened where
> Jen and Barb rode by Gabby without even knowing.  Gabby's radio failed so
> she could not call for help. Rene and I were too far back behind the
> dropped riders to see what happened and came across Gabby chasing by
> herself.
> Gabby dug deep and rode for a long time chasing through the mountain range
> until she came across 3 Ford riders who were pulling their GC rider back
> to the peloton.  Barb dropped back, almost missed Gabby and Ford gals..
> but got in and helped Gabby back in.  The gals kept cruising through the
> flats in the backside of the valley.  At the start of the Valley Cat
> Malone and Anna Millacowski broke away for about 20 miles.
> Then as planned Jill took a chance and soloed away from the front of the
> pack and got about a 40 second break and turned into the headwind headed
> toward the last feedzone and 2 mile climb.  We could see that Tmobile and
> Geanvieve had decided to make this the moment to go, so we told Jill to
> soft pedal and get back in.
>
> Then a break of about 14 got away and the Bellas were not in it. This
> contained Tmobile, Colavita, and Geanvieve.
> All 5 Bellas were in the chase group and they chased over 2 more climbs
> and caught back on. Now the group was about 30 deep. This continued over a
> few more climbs, and then Ina attacked with about 7 miles to go followed
> by a rider from Lipton team.  The remainder of the race the 5 Bellas
> remained together sheltered in the pack. The sprint started at the fateful
> cattle guard from the start of the race where Geanvieve, Lynn, and a few
> others took off with a long way to go.  the 3 J's and G&B came in the
> sprint. Jill possibly breaking top 10 and the rest with very good results.
> Ina won today once again.
>
> It was incredibly impressive how the gals worked together and finished
> this race together. A few minor mishaps but stuff that can be worked out.
>
> Jane Zigs comment of the day. "It was the most intense riding I have ever
> done, PERIOD".
>
> Barbs comment.." I cannot believe how fast we went up that feedzone
> hill"(regarding the first feedzone over the continental divide.) "and that
> downhill was FUN!" (regarding the treacherous downhill down the back of
> the Gila monster).
>
> Tomorrow is Crit day at 2PM.
>
> Ciao,
> Brent
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Awesome Brent.

Tell the girls congrats for me.

Suzanne L. Peters
RREEF/ DB Real Estate
(916) 925-8965 Office
(916) 925-0413 Fax
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Today was stage 3 of 5.
5 ladies starting today, Bellas were 4th place in Team GC.
One minute into the race a rider crashes on the Cattle guard and breaks
her collarbone. She also took out a MVV rider (India, from Walnut Creek
area).. But India got up and raced although she suffered.

This race starts with a early sprint worth 30 seconds..

Then straight into the mountains through a little town call Pinos altos
after a short grueling climb.
Today we had Janes family volunteering for the feedzones for the Bellas,
so I got to ride along with Rene.

About 18 miles in Geanvieve Jeanson moved to the front and started pushing
the pace right through the feedzone and a little disconnect happened where
Jen and Barb rode by Gabby without even knowing.  Gabby's radio failed so
she could not call for help. Rene and I were too far back behind the
dropped riders to see what happened and came across Gabby chasing by
herself.
Gabby dug deep and rode for a long time chasing through the mountain range
until she came across 3 Ford riders who were pulling their GC rider back
to the peloton.  Barb dropped back, almost missed Gabby and Ford gals..
but got in and helped Gabby back in.  The gals kept cruising through the
flats in the backside of the valley.  At the start of the Valley Cat
Malone and Anna Millacowski broke away for about 20 miles.
Then as planned Jill took a chance and soloed away from the front of the
pack and got about a 40 second break and turned into the headwind headed
toward the last feedzone and 2 mile climb.  We could see that Tmobile and
Geanvieve had decided to make this the moment to go, so we told Jill to
soft pedal and get back in.

Then a break of about 14 got away and the Bellas were not in it. This
contained Tmobile, Colavita, and Geanvieve.
All 5 Bellas were in the chase group and they chased over 2 more climbs
and caught back on. Now the group was about 30 deep. This continued over a
few more climbs, and then Ina attacked with about 7 miles to go followed
by a rider from Lipton team.  The remainder of the race the 5 Bellas
remained together sheltered in the pack. The sprint started at the fateful
cattle guard from the start of the race where Geanvieve, Lynn, and a few
others took off with a long way to go.  the 3 J's and G&B came in the
sprint. Jill possibly breaking top 10 and the rest with very good results.
  Ina won today once again.

It was incredibly impressive how the gals worked together and finished
this race together. A few minor mishaps but stuff that can be worked out.

Jane Zigs comment of the day. "It was the most intense riding I have ever
done, PERIOD".

Barbs comment.." I cannot believe how fast we went up that feedzone
hill"(regarding the first feedzone over the continental divide.) "and that
downhill was FUN!" (regarding the treacherous downhill down the back of
the Gila monster).

Tomorrow is Crit day at 2PM.

Ciao,
Brent







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Today was stage 3 of 5.
5 ladies starting today, Bellas were 4th place in Team GC.
One minute into the race a rider crashes on the Cattle guard and breaks
her collarbone. She also took out a MVV rider (India, from Walnut Creek
area).. But India got up and raced although she suffered.

This race starts with a early sprint worth 30 seconds..

Then straight into the mountains through a little town call Pinos altos
after a short grueling climb.
Today we had Janes family volunteering for the feedzones for the Bellas,
so I got to ride along with Rene.

About 18 miles in Geanvieve Jeanson moved to the front and started pushing
the pace right through the feedzone and a little disconnect happened where
Jen and Barb rode by Gabby without even knowing.  Gabby's radio failed so
she could not call for help. Rene and I were too far back behind the
dropped riders to see what happened and came across Gabby chasing by
herself.
Gabby dug deep and rode for a long time chasing through the mountain range
until she came across 3 Ford riders who were pulling their GC rider back
to the peloton.  Barb dropped back, almost missed Gabby and Ford gals..
but got in and helped Gabby back in.  The gals kept cruising through the
flats in the backside of the valley.  At the start of the Valley Cat
Malone and Anna Millacowski broke away for about 20 miles.
Then as planned Jill took a chance and soloed away from the front of the
pack and got about a 40 second break and turned into the headwind headed
toward the last feedzone and 2 mile climb.  We could see that Tmobile and
Geanvieve had decided to make this the moment to go, so we told Jill to
soft pedal and get back in.

Then a break of about 14 got away and the Bellas were not in it. This
contained Tmobile, Colavita, and Geanvieve.
All 5 Bellas were in the chase group and they chased over 2 more climbs
and caught back on. Now the group was about 30 deep. This continued over a
few more climbs, and then Ina attacked with about 7 miles to go followed
by a rider from Lipton team.  The remainder of the race the 5 Bellas
remained together sheltered in the pack. The sprint started at the fateful
cattle guard from the start of the race where Geanvieve, Lynn, and a few
others took off with a long way to go.  the 3 J's and G&B came in the
sprint. Jill possibly breaking top 10 and the rest with very good results.
  Ina won today once again.

It was incredibly impressive how the gals worked together and finished
this race together. A few minor mishaps but stuff that can be worked out.

Jane Zigs comment of the day. "It was the most intense riding I have ever
done, PERIOD".

Barbs comment.." I cannot believe how fast we went up that feedzone
hill"(regarding the first feedzone over the continental divide.) "and that
downhill was FUN!" (regarding the treacherous downhill down the back of
the Gila monster).

Tomorrow is Crit day at 2PM.

Ciao,
Brent

Congrats to all the Bellas at the Gila! I get all verklempt myself just
being on the same team as these ladies.



Good luck at the rest of the race ladies. Jen, you're probably the best loud
mouth captain ever.



Jules

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From: velobella@yahoogroups.com [mailto:velobella@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sabine Dukes
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 2:26 PM
To: velobella@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [velobella] Gila Pictures Day 2



Jen looks so relaxed*
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo3.html
*I'm all verklempt, because if I compare this picture to the first
time I met Jen and took her on the Saturday Morning Ride in MOnterey
and she was ssoooooo nervous. But now look at her!

Aimee at the start
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo4.html
This picture makes me sad. Sad she had to mechnical out and not get
to finish the race that meant so much to her.

Jane in her first big stage race!
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo38.html

Jill will tell you she's not a climber
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo40.html

Jen heading home after another day at the office
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo44.html











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Jen looks so relaxed*
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo3.html
*I'm all verklempt, because if I compare this picture to the first
time I met Jen and took her on the Saturday Morning Ride in MOnterey
and she was ssoooooo nervous. But now look at her!

Aimee at the start
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo4.html
This picture makes me sad. Sad she had to mechnical out and not get
to finish the race that meant so much to her.

Jane in her first big stage race!
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo38.html

Jill will tell you she's not a climber
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo40.html

Jen heading home after another day at the office
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day2photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo44.html

I forgot to mention the dates:
The World Cup is May 28th (saturday), followed by a stage race, The Tour du
Grand Montreal, from May 30th to June 2nd.

here is the website:  http://www.world-cup-cycling.org/world-cup/index-wc.htm
you can find a link to the Tour du Grand Montreal in the left hand column.

Funny, if you read the first paragraph it says:
Following threats of public stoning during his last ride, President Daniel
Manibal decided to reduce the difficulty level of the Cyclo du Tour.

are they for real??

mel

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melodie:

I have a friend (mike) who lives in Hamilton, Ontario and may be able to help
out with the Bellas...he's a big fan. I think you went out to get pizza with him
at the T-Mobile?

I will contact him.

Jed

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: melodiemetzger@...
   To: velobella@yahoogroups.com ; velobellarace@...
   Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:59 PM
   Subject: [velobella] Montreal World Cup Help


   Hi Ladies,
   VeloBella is sending a team to compete at the World Cup in Montreal at the end
of May.  It is required that each team has 3 support people.  We are fortunate
to have the help of Brent and Rene, but are still in search of a third person. 
If any of you know of someone who could help please email me and let me know. 
Also, if you have any connections to a bike shop, that would be helpful as well
-- they might have some ideas of local people who might be willing to help us
out.

   I know it is a bit of a long shot, but worth a try.

   Thanks!!

   Melodie

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Hi Ladies,
VeloBella is sending a team to compete at the World Cup in Montreal at the end
of May.  It is required that each team has 3 support people.  We are fortunate
to have the help of Brent and Rene, but are still in search of a third person. 
If any of you know of someone who could help please email me and let me know. 
Also, if you have any connections to a bike shop, that would be helpful as well
-- they might have some ideas of local people who might be willing to help us
out.

I know it is a bit of a long shot, but worth a try.

Thanks!!

Melodie

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hey, did we ever catch these?...

check out Tracie's flair!!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?
id=road/2005/mar05/mclane05/mclane051

Tracie:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?
id=photos/2005/mar05/mclane1/mclane_crit_05_0405_R

Miss Mary:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?
id=photos/2005/mar05/mclane1/mclane_crit_05_0547_N


-Mo.

Every one of you deserve medals and thank yous for putting this all
together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                            Patty S.


Sabine Dukes <sabinedukes@...> wrote:
Just wanted to let everyone know that our clothing is still being
constructed. Our order was so large that the entire factory is
dedicated to doing nothing but our clothing. This is the longest we
have waited for the clothing order since we started and I understand
everyone's need to get new clothing, so thank you for your patience
while we wait. I suspect it should arrive in about two weeks.

Also, ALL of the extras we ordered have been spoken for. We might have
extras after we sort out the order and there are others who have not
paid. If that happens, I will announce any extras available to the
list.

Team Estrogen has ordered shorts, jerseys and long sleeve jerseys.
Their order is expected to arrive at the same time as ours and they
are taking back orders for the upcoming arrival.

We will be placing another clothing order in May/June for a July
delivery (Off season has faster clothing turnaround time).

Sabine







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Fuzzy bella
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day1photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo7.html

Barb
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day1photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo20.html

Barb and Jane
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day1photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo34.html

photographer still stalking Barb
http://www.tourofthegila.com/2005race/photos/day1photoalbum/OutsideMa
gazinesTouroftheGila2005/photos/photo32.html

--- In velobella@yahoogroups.com, "Sabine Dukes" <sabinedukes@h...>
wrote:
>
> A mention of the J3B chasing crew
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?
id=road/2005/apr05/gila05/gila052
> --- In velobella@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Chapman" <brentc@b...>
> wrote:
> > VB Club Update.
> >
> > Today was the 70 or so mile race to Mogollon (Mo-Ge-Own).  This
is
> a long
> > ride through some rollers etc.
> > There was a crash early on and Aimee was in it.  A few miles
later
> while
> > shifting gears Aimees chain came off and something else happened
> where the
> > rear derailluer of her bike wrapped around the cog and ripped
> right off.
> > There was no spare bike for her and a spare wheel could not
solve
> the
> > problem, so regrettably she has dropped out of the race.
> >
> > The remainder of the ladies did as planned which was to remain
> close to
> > Gabby and keep her sheltered.  Jen, Jill, Jane (3 j's) and
Barb,
> took
> > turns keeping Gabby out of the wind.
> >
> > A bit later after the feedzone, the race officials stopped the
> womens
> > field because of too many Center line infringements. This became
a
> good
> > opportunity for a pee brake.
> >
> > At the base of the final 9 mile climb to Mogollon, there was a 1
> minute 30
> > second gap to a small break with Geanvieve, Kim, and Lynn (plus
a
> couple
> > more). The chase group contained Gabby, Jen, and Jane, with Jill
> and Barb
> > not too far back (10 seconds).  Jill managed to catch back up,
but
> Jen
> > suffered some cramping and decided that she had done enough
> support work
> > for the day and saved up some energy and spun to the top. Jane
and
> Jill
> > took over from there and helped Gabby all the way toward the
> finish.
> >
> > All in all it (except Aimees mishap) the day was quit successful.
> > We dont know who got docked on the centerline rules, so we are
> unsure of
> > placement and GC at this time.
> >
> > Updates will be later.
> >
> > (this is all second hand and may not be totally accurate)