Spencer Beamer seized one of the biggest wins of his career last night when he won the 10th race of the Superweek series with an unbelievable “hail marry” maneuver. With only 3 laps left in the race the bell rang for a $1000.00 prime lap. Many of the larger teams hesitated following the prime lap as they looked at each other waiting for the next move. Spencer Beamer decided he wasn’t going to wait, and attacked out of the large break away group. The other team’s hesitations turned into a small gap over the rest of the chasing field. Spencer put his head down and and hammed out the last two laps to come in 100 feet ahead of the hard charging field. After the race Spencer told Cycling News: “Everyone was going for that $1,000 prime so with two laps to go I said to myself - I might as well try it. I’m a good time trialer and they sat up on the back side so I drilled it as hard as I could. I was surprised when I heard one to go because I thought it was still two to go, so that gave me extra motivation. I didn’t want to slow up because you see all those sprints were the guy gets caught at 50 meters, so I didn’t look around until then.” Alex Candelario from Kelly Benefits led the rest of the break across the line for 2nd place.
Spencer Beamer seized one of the biggest wins of his career last night when he won the 10th race of the Superweek series with an unbelievable “hail marry” maneuver. With only 3 laps left in the race the bell rang for a $1000.00 prime lap. Many of the larger teams hesitated following the prime lap as they looked at each other waiting for the next move. Spencer Beamer decided he wasn’t going to wait, and attacked out of the large break away group. The other team’s hesitations turned into a small gap over the rest of the chasing field. Spencer put his head down and and hammed out the last two laps to come in 100 feet ahead of the hard charging field. After the race Spencer told Cycling News: “Everyone was going for that $1,000 prime so with two laps to go I said to myself - I might as well try it. I’m a good time trialer and they sat up on the back side so I drilled it as hard as I could. I was surprised when I heard one to go because I thought it was still two to go, so that gave me extra motivation. I didn’t want to slow up because you see all those sprints were the guy gets caught at 50 meters, so I didn’t look around until then.” Alex Candelario from Kelly Benefits led the rest of the break across the line for 2nd place.
Over the weekend while some of the team was racing in Superweek, the other 6 riders headed to the French Broad Cycling Classic in beautiful Asheville, NC. The French Broad Cycling Classic is one of the longest running omniums in the southeast. Past race winners include many notable names in the cycling world. Present at the race were Thad Dulin, Andrew Olson, Matthew Howe, Torsten Wambold, Joey Coddington, and Boyd Johnson. The race started out with a Time Trial along the river on Friday Night. Thad Dulin placed 2nd with the the others all occupying various places amongst the top 20 spots. Following a successful TT the team headed out for some Burritos. On Saturday the race circuit featured a small hill followed by a couple of tight technical turns. The field blew apart in just a matter of laps. Thad was able to finish 3rd solidifying his chances for the overall win. On Sunday the DLP Racing troops rallied to defend Thad Dulin’s overall race lead from a host of riders looking to lay claim to the top spot. DLP rode well in Sunday’s Criterium as they covered all dangerous moves throughout the Read more
On Sunday Joey Coddington won the Blue Ridge Properties Criterium in Kingsport, Tenessee. The Criterium was in downtown Kingsport and the weather was anything but ideal. The racers were greeted with a strong summer thunderstorm that drenched the whole course. From the gun, former professional cyclist Brian Sheedy decided to toss down a solo attack. He probably assumed it would be the safest and fastest route around the rain slicked circuit(and it was). Almost immediately he had a gap on the chasing field and found himself building a substantial lead rather quickly. Soon a chase group got organized off the front containing Joey Coddington along with Jacob McGahey(Industry Nine) and Bradley Spears (Krystal Burger). The group worked well together to cut down Brian Sheedy’s lead. In the closing laps the catch was made and now Joey found himself looking for the race win. In the final corner Joey drilled it knowing he had to be the first one through. Brad lost traction coming through the same corner and Joey sailed across the line for an impressive solo win.
The DLP Racing team brought a field of six guys up the Germain.com Tour of Grandview on June 28-29th. The weekend featured great race venues, large crowds, and a street festival to go along with the races. Saturday was a dead flat .9 mile course with 4 left turns. The start of the men’s race was delayed due to a very strong thunderstorm hitting right on the course. The officials decided to wait out the storm although the first half of the race was on wet roads. After a very aggressive start to the race a six man break soon found itself about 20 seconds up the road. DLP racing had missed the move and soon all six guys were seen at the front bringing the move back. When the move was within striking distance, Boyd Johnson launched an attack to get across to the move. The rest of the team instantly switched from chase mode to cover mode and shut down all attempts to bring back the break. With 9 laps to go, the break of seven lapped the field and the whole team got to the front to keep the pace high. With a very dicey last couple of laps the group came down to a sprint with Boyd placing 3rd after Owen brought him to the front on the last lap. Read more
