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BooKoo Riders Post Strong Finishes in Tuscaloosa, Cuba and Chattanooga

2008-04-24T16:43:25Z

Darrell O'Quinn takes part in a breakaway at the Georgia Cup, Chattanooga criterium on April 12, 2008. Darrell finished 2nd in the criterium and 5th overall.

Tour of Tuscaloosa, March 29-30, 2008

Darrell O'Quinn (Cat 3) 4th CT

Wael Amara (Cat 3) 8th CT

Jamie Oliver (Cat 5) 6th RR

Elizabeth Fox (W 1/2) 6th RR

Beth Santoro (W 3/4) 3rd CT, 9th overall

Maaike Everts (W 3/4) 10th CT

Cuba Road Race, April 6, 2008

Darrell O'Quinn (Masters) 2nd, 5th overall

David McNeal (Cat 3) 4th

Chattanooga-Mountain Cove Stage Race (Georgia Cup), April 12-13, 2008

Darrell O'Quinn (Cat 3) 7th TT, 2nd CT, 5th RR, 5th overall

Beth Santoro (W 3/4) 5th CT, 4th RR

Heather Ladd (W 3/4) 4th TT, 10th RR, 6th overall

Birmingham Bicycle Company hosts Tour de Blue April 26th

2008-04-23T02:44:51Z

BBC is sponsoring the Tour de Blue century on April 26th to help support prostate cancer screening for some of Alabama's poorest citizens.

Click here for the latest news and for a link to sign up for the ride.

Heather Ladd wins class at Attack on Swayback

2008-04-23T02:39:16Z

Heather Ladd places first in the women's class at Attack on Swayback on Sunday April 20th. She outpedaled opponents Stacey Davis and Lila Bowers for the win. Congrats and good work, Heather!

In Heather's words, "Swayback Bridge Trail is a beautiful 8 - 9 miles of twisting single track with a bit of fireroad. A couple miles of the trail has you riding a ridge along scenic Jordan Lake. The trail isn't very technical and has very little sustained climbing like you get at Oak Mountain, but there are plenty of roller coaster type hills including a section called 'The Zippa'. Riding it made me want to shout weeeeeeeee as I rode up and down."

BooKoo Harriers Brave Rain, Mud at Chickasaw Trace

2008-04-15T20:43:59Z

The peanut-buttery mud mess of a course at the Chickasaw Trace Classic in Columbia, TN on Sunday, March 30, 2008 was nothing to BooKoo rider Will Forbes who finished 1st in his age category and 9th in sport 19-29. Here he (207) demonstrates his skills on the steep, muddy ravine that saw spills by many riders, including the author.

Saturday's rain made the course so slick, even the most skilled riders were on and off their bikes making it more of a cyclocross race than a mountain bike race. Heather Ladd was running in third among sport women with 5 miles to go until a mechanical forced her to abandon. Her husband, Steve Erickson, finished 8th in the singlespeed category.

Kudos to race organizers for a great event.

BooKoo women deliver the 1-2-3-4 in Ride to Live races

2008-03-24T14:20:03Z

Katie Curtis (far left), Beth Santoro (far right)

The BooKoo women take home another day of big wins at the Ride to Live circuit races at Barber Motorsports Park on March 22nd. In the women's 4 race, former collegiate track star Katie Curtis (in her SECOND bike race ever!) breaks away on the final lap and maintains a solid lead for the win, and Beth Santoro takes 3rd place in the sprint to the line. In the women's 1/2/3 race, Elizabeth Fox takes 2nd with a long sprint to the line and Maaike Everts finishes 4th. Good work and congratulations, BooKoo ladies!

Update: Movie of race finish taken by Katie's Dad. She was truckin'!

BooKoo women take 1st and 3rd in Camp Partlow Duathlon

2008-03-20T16:47:22Z

Heather Ladd takes first place and Meridith Grimsley takes 3rd place in the Camp Partlow Duathlon in Tuscaloosa on March 8, 2008. Way to go, fast ladies!

Published Thursday, March 20, 2008
Justin Ladner wins Camp Partlow Duathlon
Justin Ladner was the overall male winner at the recent 11th annual Camp Partlow Duathlon at Lake Lurleen State Park.

Ladner competed the course, which included a 2-mile run, a 20-mile bike ride and another 2-mile run, in 1:31.58. Heather Ladd was the overall female winner, finishing in 1:35.59.

Alex Woodward (1:21:36) was second in the male division, followed by Kendrick Gibson (1:22.26) in third. Emily Hulse (1:38.49) was second in the women’s division, with Meridith Grimsley (1:40.44) in third.

Age-group winners were Rachel Eubanks in female 25-29, Stephanie Wilkins in female 35-39, Carol Moore-Smith in female 50-54, Jay Meseroy in male 15-19, William Ansick in male 20-24, Darrel Williams in male 25-29, Jim Hamner in male 30-34, Erik Wilson in male 35-39, Jon Gilbert in male 40-44, Bill Christenberry in male 45-49, Thomas Struthwolf in male 50-54 and Richard Snow in male 60-over.

Among coed teams, Steve Polland and Gina Miller won in 1:32.06. Ben Weaver and Paul Weaver on the male teams division in 1:21.03.

Spokes for Strokes Crit - Hoover, AL - March 15, 2008

2008-03-18T15:52:46Z

Congratulations to the BBC women on the strong performances in Hoover on Saturday!

The finish of the women's 3/4 race was awesome with Beth outsprinting the
competition for 1st place and Maaike sprinting for 3rd.

Elizabeth finished strong in the elite women's race with a monster effort, outsprinting all
but one other woman in the pack.

Check out photos from all the races Saturday:

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http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/4528952_6B6g9

http://tedbowling.smugmug.com/Cycling/480835

The BBC Haunted 100

2007-10-09T19:10:54Z

The BBC Haunted 100 will be Saturday, October 27th. There will be 50, 75 and 100 mile options. The ride will benefit the Alabama Bicycle Racing Association. Come out and ride to support ABRA!! More details soon.

River Gorge race recap (from Tim)

2007-08-31T19:05:32Z

We were represented really well which promoters always notice and this weekend was no exception. I was thanked repeatedly for all of us showing up and supporting the race. On top of that it was a good weekend for racing in the hills and flats of Chattanooga where Bookoo/BBC landed some great placing across all the categories. Thanks to everyone who was there racing. *Sorry for not listing TT results but they are not officially up yet*

Women Cat 1-3: Elizabeth RR 8th, CT 10th and Overall 9th
Women Cat 4: Beth RR 4th, Meredith RR 7th, Amy RR 8th / Meridith overall 7th
Cat5: Robb RR 5th
Cat4: Mo 3rd CT, 4th Overall
Cat3: Darrell 5th RR, 4th CT, 3rd Overall, Tony 6th CT
Masters: Terry RR 4th 30+, 1st 40+, Tim CT 10th 30+

GA Cup Dahlonega and Meridian overview (from Tim)

2007-08-22T19:54:08Z

The masters were rolling in Dahlonega scoring a 2nd place on GC from Doug P., circuit race Doug P 2nd, Terry 5th, RR Terry 9th, and in the TT, Doug P 5th. Great work from those two guys flying the colors in GA! Checking the standings in the GA Cup. Doug P. is in 1st for the overall and 2nd for the KOM and MAR categories.

Meanwhile over in Meridian here is how we fared: Great work across all the categories!

Women's: Maaike got 4th in the CT, 8th in the RR, and 5th overall; Beth was 7th in the CT, 7th in the RR and 7th overall.

Cat4: Mo 1st in the CT, 9th in the RR and 1st overall

Cat3: David 1st in the RR and 2nd overall, 5th in the RR and CT for 4th overall, Darrell 4th in the CT and 9th in the RR for 10th overall, Tony 6th in the CT and 11th overall.

Allanti

2007-08-10T15:20:55Z

Congrats to David McNeal who placed 4th and Darrell O'Quinn who placed 7th (Cat 3) in the Allanti Classic Road Race in Nashville last weekend.

More Huntsville results & Cheaha

2007-08-06T22:24:30Z

More Huntsville results from the BooKoo guys:

Shawn- Cat4 RR - 8th
Wael- Cat3 6th RR, 1st CT
Tony- Cat3 9th RR, TT 2nd (1st in state)
Rob- Cat 5 2nd RR, TT- 2nd

Cheaha MTB Race:

Will Forbes-1st state champ
Tony-40+ Expert 8th 1st state champ

Huntsville women's race results

2007-08-02T17:48:58Z

Congratulations to the BooKoo/BBC women for strong finishes in the Spring City Cycling Club Omnium! Here are the results:

Road Race: Elizabeth 1st, Beth 4th (1st cat 4), Stacey 6th (4th Cat 1/2/3), Amy (6th cat 4), Meridith (8th cat 4), Kelly (6th cat 1/2/3), Maaike (8th cat 1/2/3), Sally (9th cat 4)

Time Trial: Elizabeth 3rd (Cat 1/2/3), Maaike 5th (Cat 1/2/3), Meredith 1st (cat 4)

Criterium: Elizabeth 3rd, Beth 6th (2nd cat 4), Kelly 7th (5th Cat 1/2/3), Maaike (8th Cat 1/2/3), Meridith (6th Cat 4), Brooke (4th cat 4)

Special congrats to Meridith for a 1st place Cat 4 omnium finish!

AL State Championship Medals:

Cat 2: Elizabeth - Gold RR & TT, Stacey - Bronze RR
Cat 3: Kelly - Gold RR, Maaike - Silver RR, Gold TT
Cat 4: Beth - Gold RR, Meridith - Gold TT

In the women's road race, we were subjected to several attacks on the second lap by a veritable opponent, Debbie Milne. Later on in the 2nd lap, Debbie was sidelined with derailleur problems, and a group of six determined women (three BooKoos included - Elizabeth, Stacey and Beth) worked together until ending in a sprint finish.

The women's crit started out fast and furious, and a breakaway group of three (including Elizabeth) lapped the main field later in the race. At the end, everyone powered through the uphill sprint finish, with Elizabeth clinching third place.

Masters Nationals (by Doug Pomeranz)

2007-07-23T17:26:48Z

Story of the masters nationals by Doug Pomeranz:

I arrived at Pittsburgh Intl airport on Saturday mid day, with about an 1 1/2 hr drive to Race site I picked up a Big Fat Burrito for a Saturday night meal, On the drive, there was major road construction and we had to be diverted - the drive wound up taking about 3-4 hours, Well Mr. Burrito sitting in a car for 4 hours must have got busy, not thinking about the prospects of Food bacteria, I scarfed it down, Within a few hours my stomach turned inside out and this continued, I could not eat solid food for 3 days, I would try and eat and within an hour, run wildly for the can.

Sunday morning was the crit, I figured I would sit in - well the race was aggressive and fast and I was pedaling through Mud - no strength - finished in the field. With RR 2 days later, I was hoping for a quick recovery - but this did not happen, the worst was yet to come - just couldn't keep any food down. After consideration of heading home, I decided to go to the RR Start and give it go and see. The Course was a Hilly, Climbing Monster, over 6000' in 56 miles To give you some understanding, we did a four laps on a Lollipop loop with a .7 mile climb at 9-11% hitting the climb at no speed, as we had to make a hard 90 degree left turn and then hit this wall (4 times up) then we finished on top of a ski Lodge about 7 miles to the top (Similar to Climbing River Gorge in Tenn for 7 miles) From the gun the race was banzai fast with people knocking and bumping for position on the narrow country roads. My legs and body were not at full strength and was not able to ride the race I wanted. Each time up the wall we lost many riders, I stayed in contact each lap.

We hit the Final 7 mile stretch with about 30 riders of the 100 man field, 3 riders were up 30 seconds so the chase was on. This final climb was steep and with little recovery.

There was a surge and we split off more riders, with 2 miles to go there was one guy off the front, another chasing, this was 1st and 2nd, then our group of 18.

There was another 1K climb WALL to the finish we pretty much came in 1 by 1, I finished 16th.

Not really content, but satisfied with the result considering my health, I yruly felt under normal healthy conditions I would have been more of a factor.

BooKoo recent race results

2007-07-23T17:22:27Z

Here's a wrap up of the last few weeks:

Memphis GP: David 7th RR, Beth 5th overall women's omnium

Georgia Games: David 4th RR

Sprott Individual TT: Will 2nd Jr, 4/5 Paul 2nd state 9th overall, 4/5 Hugh 2nd state 3rd overall

Sprott Team TT: Jeff and Tim 2nd State 3rd overall, Wael/Carl/Shawn 5th (on fixies), Elise/Elizabeth/Kelly/Lee 6th, Maaike/Beth/Amy/Melissa 8th, Byll/Jason/Ian/Ken 10th

Rome GA Cup: TTT Doug Pomeranz 1st, Crit Doug 1st, Wael 7th, RR Doug 3rd, Overall Doug 2nd.