Georgia Cup Racing has Started

55nine Performance is happy to sponsor the Georgia Cup Race Series for 2008. Check here for the complete schedule. See you out there!

Crit weekend in ATL--Grant Park & Buckhead

Buckhead Criterium Results:

Elite:
Nick Gastley (AVX)- 28th

Pro/1/2:
Joey Rosskopf (Aarons/L5 Flyers)- 26th

Women:
Kim Foland (BMW/Bianchi)- 11th

Grant Park Criterium Results:

Competitive:
Graham Swift (Aarons/L5 Flyers)- 8th

Pro/1/2:
Joey Rosskopf (Aarons/L5 Flyers)- 19th

Latest Hekman news, from cyclingnews.com

USA CRITS Series leader Mark Hekman (Abercrombie & Fitch) is ready to continue defending his championship lead at this week's Iron Hill Twilight Criterium in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Hekman, who recently won the Tour of Ohio, feels confident he can continue defending his 202 point series lead from Frank Travieso (AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork).

"We have a real strong team now," declared Hekman, whose squad dominated the action in Ohio. "We're sending six guys to West Chester. A lot of the guys are students, so they're really coming into form right now, where earlier in the year they weren't feeling so good. Everything's coming together, so it should be pretty exciting. Everything for me right now is based around this Series. This is the number one priority."

This week's race features a technical rectangular, one kilometre course that begins at the intersection of Gay and High Streets. Riders will complete 60 high-speed laps through West Chester's unique commercial district.

Article from cyclingnews.com

USA Cycling National Road Festival & Le Tour de l'Abitibi

Good luck to our junior riders who are competing in both the USA Cycling National Road Festival and the Le Tour de l'Abitibi: Joey Rosskopf & Nick Housely. Also joining them is Wobble-Naught fit Christian Parrett.

http://www.7springs.com/bike/roadfestival.htm
http://www.tourabitibi.qc.ca/


Joey take 3rd in the qualifying pursuit and is currently sitting 3rd overall:

1 Jp Leclair (Adobe/Schwalbe Prese) 3.38.30
2 Nik Reinert (Team Fuji / Salamand) 3.46.00
3 Joey Rosskopf (Aarons/L5 Flyers) 3.47.50

Tour of Ohio, Cowbell Challenge, GSC Columbus

Tour of Ohio
A&F's Mark Hekman wins Tour of Ohio!

Cowbell Challenge 12 Hour Mountain Bike Race (NORBA Endurance Series race)
Mens Solo:
Eddie O'Dea (Kona Bicycles/55nine Performance)- 2nd

Womens Solo:
Rebecca Rusch (Specialized)- 1st
Carey Lowery (Outdoor Store)- 2nd

Womens Solo Singlespeed:
Namrita O'Dea (Vassago Cycles/55nine Performance)- 2nd

GSC MTB Race- Columbus, GA
Norma Rainwater- Womens Expert- 6th

Georgia Cup Savannah, RAAM, Tour of Ohio

Another big weekend of racing, and more excellent results from our clients!

Maxxis Georgia Cup Savannah:
Stage Race:
Kim Foland- 1st, Cat 1, Bianchi/BMW

Circuit Race:
Kim Foland- 1st, Cat 1, Bianchi/BMW

Crit Race:
Kim Foland- 1st, Cat 1, Bianchi/BMW


RAAM:
Phil Southerland's Team Type 1 wins the RAAM corporate team category with an average speed of 22.47 MPH for 3042.8 miles!
CYCLING NEWS REPORT

Tour of Ohio:
Mark Hekman moves into 2nd place on the GC at the Tour of Ohio!
CYCLING NEWS REPORT


This weekend is the Cowbell Challenge 12 hour NORBA Endurance Series race! Good luck to all the 55nine clients and Wobble-naughters racing..among them Rebecca Rusch (Specialized), Carey Lowery (Outdoor Store), Nat Ross (Subaru-Gary Fisher), and our own Eddie O'Dea (Kona Bicycles/55nine Performance) and Namrita O'Dea (Vassago Cycles/55nine Performance).

Phil Southerland (Team Type 1) about to start RAAM

55nine Performance client Phil Southerland is about to embark on another race across America (RAAM) with his team, Team Type 1. The race starts on June 12, and you can follow their progress on their blog. Good luck Phil!

Raleigh Downtown Crit & GSC Race- Fort Mountain

Raleigh Downtown Crit (May 25, 2007)
Tim Henry, Jittery Joes (2nd- Pro)
Mark Hekman, A&F Pro Development Cycling Team (11th- Pro/1/2)


GSC MTB Race- Fort Mountain:
Mike Smith- 1st, Clydesdale
Mark Duffus- 2nd, Clydesdale

Mohican, BURN 24, Pan Am Championships, and more!

Sorry for the lack of updates, we ourselves have been racing, fitting, working, etc. 55nine clients and client-ettes have been kicking butt!!

In no particular order, we are proud to report:

Mohican 100:
Carey Lowery- 1st female!!!!
Shey Lindner (Bear Naked/Cannondale)- 7th male
Harvey Minton (Independent Fabrications)- 12th male

Pan Am Championships:
Tina Pic (Colavita/Cooking Light)- 1st!! INCREDIBLE!

BURN 24 Hour:
Namrita O'Dea (Vassago Cycles/55nine Performance)- 1st Solo Women Singlespeed and Overall

SERC MTB Race, Jackson GA:
Mike Smith- 1st (again!)- Clydesdale
Shey Lindner- 6th- Pro/Semipro
Norma Rainwater- 7th- Expert

Georgia Cup- Union City
Phil Southerland (Team Type 1)- 15th Pro/1/2 crit
Wes Parrish (Reality Bikes)- 23rd Pro/1/2 crit


Notice a trend? Our clients are consistently placing the top in their fields. That's because our fit and technique really do work.

Are we missing your results? Please email us so we can post them. You deserve the recognition!

Keep racing hard,

55nine Performance

Dominating the USA Crits SE Series

..the Wobble-naughters are!

Overall Leaders:
Pro Men: Mark Hekman (Abercrombie & Fitch)
Pro Women: Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home)

Joey Rosskopf in Belgium

55nine Performance client Joey Rosskopf (Aarons Juniors team/Cutters)has accepted the invitation to race with the US National Juniors Team for the rest of May.

Races scheduled are:
May 3: Wortegem-Petegem – Belgium
May 9-13: Course de la Paix – Czech Republic
May 18-20: Ronde van Axel – The Netherlands
May 26-28: Three Days of East Flanders – Belgium

What a great experience, and congrats to Joey! Good luck and race hard.

-55nine Performance

Breaking News: Abercrombie & Fitch and Wobble-Naught

Check it out!

or copy and paste: http://www.13wmaz.com/video/player_news.aspx?aid=35438&storyid=37658

Great weekend for the Wobble-naughters!

Yes, 55nine Performance uses the Wobble-naught system to provide our Laser Precision Bike Fitting services. Check out all these fine people that are racing with a Wobble-naught fit!

Historic Roswell Criterium
Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home)- 1st

Athens Twilight Criterium
Mark Hekman (Abercrombie & Fitch)- 1st

NMBS-AMBC-NE
Georgia Gould (Luna)- 1st
Shonny Vanlandingham (Luna)- 2nd

Dirt Sweat & Gears 12 hour MTB Race
Nat Ross (Subaru/Gary Fisher)- 1st
Ernesto Marenchin- 6th
Eddie O'Dea (Kona Bicycles/55nine Performance)- 7th
Rebecca Rusch (Red Bull/Specialized)- 2nd





GSC MTB Race @ Fort Yargo
Mike Smith- 1st Clydesdale
Zdenek Fiebinger- 2nd Expert 30-39
Shey Lindner- 2nd Pro/Semi-pro

Tina Pic wins U.S. Open in Richmond, VA

The race started with snow, but Tina wins with the sprint!
Full story at www.cyclingnews.com

More Race Results

Perry-Roubaix, Perry GA (4/02/07)
Tim Henry (Pro, Jittery Joe's)- 11th
Phil Southerland (Cat 1, Team Type 1)- 34th
Mark Duffus (Cat 5, Central GA Cycling)- 13th
Matt Ward (Cat 5, AVX Cycling)- 18th
Gwenyth Lodge (Cat 4, AVX Cycling)- 7th

SERC: Columbia, TN (3/25/07)
Zdenek Fiebinger- 1st (Expert 30-39)

SERC: Tsali (4/1/07)
Zdenek Fiebinger- 3rd (Expert 30-39)
Harvey Minton (Independent Fabrications)- 4th (Expert 30-39)
Other Wobble-naughters:
Mark Hekman (A&F Inferno Racing)- 3rd (Pro/Semi-pro)
Andy Applegate (A&F Inferno Racing)- 8th (Pro/Semi-pro)

Georgia Cup: Gainesville

Joey Rosskopf (Aaron's/L5 Flyers) had an excellent race..1ST PLACE in the Criterium (Elite, Cat 3), 11th in the road race, and 13th in the TT. Way to go!

Tina Pic - 1st at Central Valley Classic NE

Central Valley Classic - NE
California, USA, March 9-11, 2007

55nine Performance client Tina Pic wins AGAIN!

From www.cyclingnews.com

The women's race ended in a bunch sprint with Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light winning the bunch sprint against T-Mobile's Suzanne de Goede and Team Lipton's Kori Seehafer. Webcor Builders Christine Thorburn cruised through today's fifty-minute criterium and safely brought home the leaders jersey while her teammate Katheryn Curi held on to third. Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light's Dotsie Bausch remained in second.

"Our priority was to keep the overall, keep Katheryn on the podium and try to get Laura Yoisten a stage win," a tall order from the former Olympian and overall race winner. "I thought it was a really fun criterium today and I was pretty relaxed because the team did such a great job from the start. I wasn't ever too concerned because we didn't have to gain time, all I had to do was not lose any time so we just had to keep it together."

Attacks flew off the front from the first lap, but the persistently high speeds brought everything back with in a lap or two. "We would have been happy with certain breaks," Thorburn said. "Though I've never seen a break succeed to the finish on that course. We were monitoring the breaks to make sure there were no threats but we weren't bringing them all back."

T-Mobile made a strong presence at the front with one lap to go for their sprinter Suzanne de Goede, while Team Lipton and Colavita/Sutter Home keyed off of them. "It was really aggressive today and there is just no such thing as pedaling around any more, there was non-stop at attacking until five laps to go," said Dotsie Bausch. "Aaron's and Lipton were pushing because they had nothing to lose. They were aggressive from start to finish."

Bausch added, "T-Mobile gave Suzanne a solid lead out. In the last corner Tina and Suzanne were fighting for the last corner and Tina let her have it because it became a little sketchy. Tina came around her in the last two hundred meters."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/mar07/centralvalley07/centralvalley073

Joey Rosskopf- 3rd in the Omnium at GA Cup #1 Albany

Georgia Cup Race #1- Albany, GA: Joey Rosskopf (Aarons/L5Flyers Juniors Racing..aka the Cutters) saw the podium twice with third places in the criterium and omnium in large fields of 50 riders. He likes his Wobble-Naught fit and I think you will see more of him. Congrats Joey!

Geelong - Stage 3

Tina Pic in the breakaway, and she ends up in 4th place in Stage 3!

Pictures from www.cyclingnews.com

1 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Women 3.06.05
2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Women
3 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini Gysko
4 Tina Pic (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light

Geelong Womens Tour in AUS

Tina Pic in Stage 1
Picture courtesy of www.cyclingnews.com

Two more stages to go..GOOD LUCK TINA!