Boyd Johnson placed fourth in Sunday’s Food Lion City Park Criterium. The race started out fast from the gun. The course was just under one mile and featured a 350 meter hill that the racers had to climb each lap. Ted King (Bissell), Robbie King (Rite Aid), Richard England (Bissell), Boyd Johnson (DLP Racing), Mark Heckman (Toshiba) and Paul Martin (Texas Road House) all made no hesitation in establishing the decisive move only 15 minutes into the one hour race.  With some of the strongest riders in the move panic set in amongst the peloton. TIME Pro Cycling had managed to miss this key move and they had 12 riders in the race.  About 4 laps after the move got away the TIME team managed to send Daniel Ramsey and Adam Myerson across to the break.  The group worked well together and eventually got a 40 second gap on the main field. In the closing laps the attacks came with fury. Both Boyd and Ted King tried their hand at attacking but it was the duo of Richard England and Daniel Ramsey that snuck away from their break away companions. With ½ of a lap left to go, Daniel Ramsey made the race winning attack to finish 4.5 seconds ahead of the break. Boyd Johnson placed 4th getting outsprinted by Adam Myerson for the last podium spot.

Thad Dulin rode to an immpresive solo victory on Sunday afternoon following his Saturday win in the Fork Shoals Road Race. The weather was warm and it brought a great quality field to the line for the second day of racing in the weekend. The Donaldson Center course is relatively flat and generally lends itself to some high speed racing. Everything stayed together for the first six laps of the race. However, heading into the tough crosswind section on the 7th lap, a group formed with some of the strongest riders and teams in the race: Thad Dulin (DLP), Ted King (Bissell), Adam Myerson (TIME), Vaillancourt (Toshiba), and Mewitt (Hincapie). This group hit the gas quickly and started to speed away even with the pace still hot in the field behind. In the final laps the attacks started to come from within the group. Everyone was attentive and nobody (except Myerson) wanted the group to come to the line together. With 4 miles left in the race Thad put in one final dig down the right side of the road. Thad made his move in the cross wind section of the course. He immediately had a gap and put his head down. Ted King from Bissell took off in hot pursuit, However Thad’s timing turned out to be perfect as he had just enough left in the tank to hold onto his gap till the line. Ted King came across the line in second place for the day. Photo Credit: Mike Wilson - Whirlwind Photography

Thad Dulin won the fork shoals road race on Saturday. The fork shoals race features a rolling course located just outside Greenville, SC. The riders were greeted with some great spring weather for the event. DLP Racing had Torsten Wambold, Thad Dulin and Boyd Johnson present at the event. From the gun Boyd Johnson found himself in the early break that looked as if it might go the distance. Boyd felt confident in his ability to win from the break and helped contribute to the pace making. Unforunately there were some teams that missed the move and it was not to be. Back in the group the pace was kept high by George Hincapie (High Road) and the TIME pro team. The break got caught almost insight of the line with only 5k to go in the race. With the group back together it looked as if it was going to come down to a field sprint. George Hincapie took over the lead out just inside 1000 meters to the finish. His sharp acceleration up the final hill opened up a gap in the field. Only Thad and Ted King (Bissell) were able to follow the acceleration. Thad came around for the win with Ted King just behind for second place. Thad is obviously coming into some good form as this is his second win of the 2008 season. Photo Credit: Mike Wilson - Whirlwind Photography