Thursday, May 26, 2011
Dont forget to join us on our club rides
Don't forget to join us on our club rides - they happen every Sunday morning starting from Kendall Lakes Elementary School on 142Av. 7AM Sharp going East on 72 St (Sunset)!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Pictures from the 2010 Labor Day Cycling Cup
TPR had a great weekend, with several wins & podiums - here are some pictures from the 2010 Labor Day Cup!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
TPR Flies at Space Coast Races...Wins Three Races!!!
It was beautiful to watch, not only as a racer in the heat of battle, but as a fan of the sport and of TPR. You ask what? 5 podiums in three races with first place wins in all of them with two second places as well as several top 10’s. And by the way, that was just the first day on Saturday!
Yes folks, TPR showed up this past Saturday with one goal, to bring the battle to all the teams out there, including the Z Motion juggernaut, and that’s exactly what happened. In the Masters 35/45+ race, Jose Hernandez, Peter Carlos and Israel Vera took on the rest of the field in a very fast circuit race which had all the top teams represented, including Z Motion and TPR. It was a case of who’s turn with every attack. Z Motion tried at every opportunity to send someone off the front with hard attacks and each and every time, TPR would cover and counter. You could see their frustration as what up to know had been a dominant season for Z Motion, had quickly shifted in just one race. No longer could they control the race for TPR was ready and able to respond. In the end it was TPR that took the battle to Z Motion when Israel Vera, in what now is considered “the move”, took a flyer with 500 meters to go and left the rest to react late and not be able to catch him on the final sprint. Israel gapped the field and came in with 20 meters to spare and saw Peter Carlos take second and Jose Hernandez sixth as they all came to the line with no separation between the best of the rest but hundreds of a second.
The CAT 4’s had Tomas Velez at the front of the race for every lap not falling below 5 places, but in the final lap was not able to sustain a very difficult pace towards the finish. It was a great effort by our young and rising star and certainly used that experience to help him for the following days race where he placed 6th in the long road race.
Finally, in the CAT 3 race, Jose Hernandez, Peter Carlos, Mateo Zuluaga, Israel Vera and Fernando Garcia came together and once again proved why TPR is the number one CAT 3 team in Florida. Nothing was more telling than what happened during the race when one racer asked Peter Carlos, why isn’t your team chasing down some small break that had formed, and Peter very wisely and almost prophetic responded, “cause we are busy winning the race”, and how true that was. TPR controlled the race at every turn, every attack and had one and two racers going off the front forcing the peloton to chase throughout the race. In the end, TPR formed the green train for the lead out with the conductor, Israel Vera, leading the way. Israel had Mateo on his wheel followed by Sheriff. Peter Carlos took to the front and raised the pace to string out the peloton. Israel came hard on the left as the main group pressed to the right and Sheriff gapped Israel and Mateo for two seconds. They were off!!! Sheriff jumped and opened a gap with Israel and Mateo in sight and the peloton charging hard behind. The lead out was at over 37mph and Mateo had just enough to come around Israel as Israel screamed, “dale Mateo”, to take first place with Israel in second. The charging peloton swallowed Sheriff in the final 10 meters for 16th and saw Peter taking 6th and Fernando Garcia just a few seconds behind in 24th. That was no doubt the best team effort of the year and hopefully the roadmap for the rest of the season.
In the Junior 17 – 18, Mateo held on for a 4th place finish to cap off a great weekend where he had two 1st places and one 4th place. Finally, in the CAT 3 race on Sunday, Fernando Garcia was left to deal with the Pro 1 2’s as both categories were combined. Fernando did a great job of remaining in touch with the main field which is never easy to do, and came in for a great top 20 finish in 18th. Great job Fernando!
Great job to all the racers and thanks for your time and effort!
The Sheriff
Yes folks, TPR showed up this past Saturday with one goal, to bring the battle to all the teams out there, including the Z Motion juggernaut, and that’s exactly what happened. In the Masters 35/45+ race, Jose Hernandez, Peter Carlos and Israel Vera took on the rest of the field in a very fast circuit race which had all the top teams represented, including Z Motion and TPR. It was a case of who’s turn with every attack. Z Motion tried at every opportunity to send someone off the front with hard attacks and each and every time, TPR would cover and counter. You could see their frustration as what up to know had been a dominant season for Z Motion, had quickly shifted in just one race. No longer could they control the race for TPR was ready and able to respond. In the end it was TPR that took the battle to Z Motion when Israel Vera, in what now is considered “the move”, took a flyer with 500 meters to go and left the rest to react late and not be able to catch him on the final sprint. Israel gapped the field and came in with 20 meters to spare and saw Peter Carlos take second and Jose Hernandez sixth as they all came to the line with no separation between the best of the rest but hundreds of a second.
The CAT 4’s had Tomas Velez at the front of the race for every lap not falling below 5 places, but in the final lap was not able to sustain a very difficult pace towards the finish. It was a great effort by our young and rising star and certainly used that experience to help him for the following days race where he placed 6th in the long road race.
Finally, in the CAT 3 race, Jose Hernandez, Peter Carlos, Mateo Zuluaga, Israel Vera and Fernando Garcia came together and once again proved why TPR is the number one CAT 3 team in Florida. Nothing was more telling than what happened during the race when one racer asked Peter Carlos, why isn’t your team chasing down some small break that had formed, and Peter very wisely and almost prophetic responded, “cause we are busy winning the race”, and how true that was. TPR controlled the race at every turn, every attack and had one and two racers going off the front forcing the peloton to chase throughout the race. In the end, TPR formed the green train for the lead out with the conductor, Israel Vera, leading the way. Israel had Mateo on his wheel followed by Sheriff. Peter Carlos took to the front and raised the pace to string out the peloton. Israel came hard on the left as the main group pressed to the right and Sheriff gapped Israel and Mateo for two seconds. They were off!!! Sheriff jumped and opened a gap with Israel and Mateo in sight and the peloton charging hard behind. The lead out was at over 37mph and Mateo had just enough to come around Israel as Israel screamed, “dale Mateo”, to take first place with Israel in second. The charging peloton swallowed Sheriff in the final 10 meters for 16th and saw Peter taking 6th and Fernando Garcia just a few seconds behind in 24th. That was no doubt the best team effort of the year and hopefully the roadmap for the rest of the season.
In the Junior 17 – 18, Mateo held on for a 4th place finish to cap off a great weekend where he had two 1st places and one 4th place. Finally, in the CAT 3 race on Sunday, Fernando Garcia was left to deal with the Pro 1 2’s as both categories were combined. Fernando did a great job of remaining in touch with the main field which is never easy to do, and came in for a great top 20 finish in 18th. Great job Fernando!
Great job to all the racers and thanks for your time and effort!
The Sheriff
Monday, May 3, 2010
Freddy "Chico" Matute Lives His Dream!...Wins State TT Championship!!
In this sport that is so rewarding and yet, often can be merciless, we find ourselves wanting to be better with each pedal stroke regardless of how difficult it can be to sometimes turn those gears. It takes time on the saddle to find even a fraction of improvement. This is reality for most of us. But not for Freddy "Chico" Matute, who this past Saturday went up to Jacksonville to live his dream of becoming a Florida State Individual Time Trial Champion. Chico won the CAT 3 Individual Time Trial by placing almost a one minute gap to the second place finisher. He placed 4th overall when compared to the Pro 1 2 field which included the likes of Ivan Franco and Yip Tsang, the winner of the day. This is a tremendous accomplishment for this young, talented and raw cyclist, who lives to ride and does it with discipline and passion. Congratulations to Freddy "Chico" Matute for bringing home another State Championship to Team Paisa Racing!
Also attending the TT Championships, was Israel "Malanga" Vera where he went up with arguably the strongest overall class of Time Trialers. Israel placed 9th and more importantly moved up in the Florida Points to come within 50 points of the 4 others ahead of him. To put it into perspective, that 50 point gap can be erased with one weekend of racing. Congrats Israel!
In other racing news, "Chilly" Willy Gonzalez once again proved to be the King of the Masters 35+ division at Rosewood this Sunday. He placed third in the final race of Series 1 and remained in 1st place overall to win another Yellow Jersey. In attendance and support of Willy were, Peter Carlos, Damian Serrania, Carl Fornaris, Alex Bianchi and Jose Hernandez. Congrats Willy!
In the Masters 45+, Israel "Malanga" Vera retained his overall White Jersey as "BEST SPRINTER" for Rosewood Series 1. He had that jersey from week one and never let it go, in fact, yesterday he was so far ahead in points that he did not even need to race, but he did and won one of two sprints during the race. Congrats Israel!
Congratulations to our three champions!
GO TPR!!!!
The Sheriff
Also attending the TT Championships, was Israel "Malanga" Vera where he went up with arguably the strongest overall class of Time Trialers. Israel placed 9th and more importantly moved up in the Florida Points to come within 50 points of the 4 others ahead of him. To put it into perspective, that 50 point gap can be erased with one weekend of racing. Congrats Israel!
In other racing news, "Chilly" Willy Gonzalez once again proved to be the King of the Masters 35+ division at Rosewood this Sunday. He placed third in the final race of Series 1 and remained in 1st place overall to win another Yellow Jersey. In attendance and support of Willy were, Peter Carlos, Damian Serrania, Carl Fornaris, Alex Bianchi and Jose Hernandez. Congrats Willy!
In the Masters 45+, Israel "Malanga" Vera retained his overall White Jersey as "BEST SPRINTER" for Rosewood Series 1. He had that jersey from week one and never let it go, in fact, yesterday he was so far ahead in points that he did not even need to race, but he did and won one of two sprints during the race. Congrats Israel!
Congratulations to our three champions!
GO TPR!!!!
The Sheriff
Monday, April 26, 2010
Vista View Race Report
There is a reason that most sprinters do not even show up for the races held at Vista View Park and yesterday was no exception. Only the brave or really stupid...lol...dared to take on the course which most consider the hardest crit race in Florida. TPR had it's fair share of representation and despite the challenging course, the team did very well.
In the Masters 35+ race, Chilly Willy, had been preparing for this race for weeks and it showed throughout the race as he was the most active racer in the peloton. He broke away early, but was up against teams that were out to get him and CW was the only TPR rider in that race so he had little to no support. Another local team, EBP (European Bicycle Parts), had three guys constantly shadowing CW and in the end it was an ex TPR racer, Noe Gonzalez, that with an incredible show of strength up the back climb, rode away and came in solo. CW sprinted for a 4th place finish, but now is in FIRST place overall in the Masters 35+ Rosewood Series 1.
In the Masters 45+ race, The Sheriff, Malanga, White Wolf and Braveheart, all showed up for battle in the hills of Davie and battle they did. Early on, The Sheriff and Braveheart took to the front to string out the peloton and begin the process of elimination. Slowly racers began to drop off as there is no time to recover between the two climbs and either you had it or you were just a pretender. During the 5th lap on the sharp turn off the very quick descent, an accident took The Sheriff out of the peloton and though he did not fall was left to chase the rest of the race. This created a split which Malanga and Braveheart took full advantage of by staying in the break or near the front. In the end, the real monsters of the Pyrenees of Davie, took control and broke away from the main field. A break of three with two of the favorites in Caballo and Wills Powell were never caught. Wills Powell came in for the victory. All the TPR racers finished with Braveheart (Peter Carlos) taking 7th, Malanga (Israel Vera) in 11th, White Wolf (Danny Stauber) in 17th and The Sheriff just behind in 18th.
In the PRO 1 2 3 race, TPR was represented by Freddy Matute. This was definetely a course for Freddy that is one of the better climbers around. Freddy played it smart and maintained himself close to the front with the likes of John Durango, Ivan Franco and others, but never wasted his bullits, leaving enough for the end when it really counted. Two racers got away and were never caught and in the end, Freddy came in 6th overall and 1st in the CAT 3's. That was an impressive finish and by the way, ahead of Ivan Franco who seems to be mentoring Freddy, too well it seems and should remember that Freddy races for TPR and not Santo-Megacycle. :)
In the final race of the day, Damian, Tomas, Josh and Juan braved the course. Tomas and Juan were there for the very first time and maybe the very last time...hahaha. In the words of El Loro, "man, this was the hardest race I have ever done and wanted to quit from the very first lap", which is probably a sentiment shared by everyone doing this race. But despite himself, El Loro and the others took on the challenge and in the end experienced a great test that challenges the very best of the best. Damian finished top 10 with an 8th place finish. Congrats Killer, you are flying!
Congratulations to all the racers that participated yesterday. Keep on training and thanks for your support.
The Sheriff
In the Masters 35+ race, Chilly Willy, had been preparing for this race for weeks and it showed throughout the race as he was the most active racer in the peloton. He broke away early, but was up against teams that were out to get him and CW was the only TPR rider in that race so he had little to no support. Another local team, EBP (European Bicycle Parts), had three guys constantly shadowing CW and in the end it was an ex TPR racer, Noe Gonzalez, that with an incredible show of strength up the back climb, rode away and came in solo. CW sprinted for a 4th place finish, but now is in FIRST place overall in the Masters 35+ Rosewood Series 1.
In the Masters 45+ race, The Sheriff, Malanga, White Wolf and Braveheart, all showed up for battle in the hills of Davie and battle they did. Early on, The Sheriff and Braveheart took to the front to string out the peloton and begin the process of elimination. Slowly racers began to drop off as there is no time to recover between the two climbs and either you had it or you were just a pretender. During the 5th lap on the sharp turn off the very quick descent, an accident took The Sheriff out of the peloton and though he did not fall was left to chase the rest of the race. This created a split which Malanga and Braveheart took full advantage of by staying in the break or near the front. In the end, the real monsters of the Pyrenees of Davie, took control and broke away from the main field. A break of three with two of the favorites in Caballo and Wills Powell were never caught. Wills Powell came in for the victory. All the TPR racers finished with Braveheart (Peter Carlos) taking 7th, Malanga (Israel Vera) in 11th, White Wolf (Danny Stauber) in 17th and The Sheriff just behind in 18th.
In the PRO 1 2 3 race, TPR was represented by Freddy Matute. This was definetely a course for Freddy that is one of the better climbers around. Freddy played it smart and maintained himself close to the front with the likes of John Durango, Ivan Franco and others, but never wasted his bullits, leaving enough for the end when it really counted. Two racers got away and were never caught and in the end, Freddy came in 6th overall and 1st in the CAT 3's. That was an impressive finish and by the way, ahead of Ivan Franco who seems to be mentoring Freddy, too well it seems and should remember that Freddy races for TPR and not Santo-Megacycle. :)
In the final race of the day, Damian, Tomas, Josh and Juan braved the course. Tomas and Juan were there for the very first time and maybe the very last time...hahaha. In the words of El Loro, "man, this was the hardest race I have ever done and wanted to quit from the very first lap", which is probably a sentiment shared by everyone doing this race. But despite himself, El Loro and the others took on the challenge and in the end experienced a great test that challenges the very best of the best. Damian finished top 10 with an 8th place finish. Congrats Killer, you are flying!
Congratulations to all the racers that participated yesterday. Keep on training and thanks for your support.
The Sheriff
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunrise Classic by Zmotion!
Great weekend of racing for TPR – the team had great results and some of our sponsor came out to support the team during the race weekend.El Sembrador was out Saturday at the Bank Atlantic Center giving away some products for racers and spectators to try! The Sunday Smoothie King was with the team in downtown Fort Lauderdale give out special drinks. Hopefully we will have the chance to showcase our sponsors at other events during the remaining of the racing calendar!
Saturday Circuit/Crit. Results
Master 45+
- Peter Carlos 6th
- Jose Hernandez 11th
- Daniel Stauber 20th
- Israel Vera 28th
- Willie Gonzalez 3rd
- Frank Delarosa 4th
- Conrad Gomez 12th
- John Mateo Zuluaga 1st
- Fernando Acevedo 11th
- Freddy Matute 12th
- Jose Hernandez 26th
- Fernando Garcia 33rd
- Tomas Velez 28th
- Damian Serrania 29th
- Josh Haber 31st
- Carl Fornaris 34th
After a hard race several of the riders, those who wanted to compete for the overall championship and still had the leg raced the short but hard and fast time trial.
Saturday Time Trial Results
Masters 45+
- Israel Vera 2nd
- Peter Carlos 9th
- Jose Hernandez 13th
- Tomas Velez 13th
Sunday in downtown Fort Lauderdale the team continued to get great results but the rain made several of our top rider crash more than once and several could not finish the race.
Master 45+
- Peter Carlos 2nd
- Jose Hernandez 12th
- Israel Vera 13th
- Daniel Stauber 18th
- Willie Gonzalez 3rd
- Frank Delarosa 7th
- Freddy Matute 8th
- Fernando Acevedo 13th
- Peter Carlos 17th
- Fernando Garcia 23rd
- John Mateo Zuluaga 24th
- Tomas Velez 4th
- Josh Haber 17th
Great Job Racers! we got a total of 7 top 5, 1 win, and 5 podiums!!!
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