Rosewood series starts and TPR is there!

In past years, racing at the Rosewood Series in March usually meant the first race for many of the locals, but with the Florida Points Series starting earlier and earlier every year, it created a racing venue with racers in peak form and needless to say, very fast races. Such was the case this past Sunday as every single category had large participation and many of the top teams were there, including your very own TPR.

TPR fielded a mix of the local and travel teams in each of the categories. The team had great representation with Willy Gonzalez, Conrad Gomez - one our newest members, Carl Fornaris, Fernando Garcia in the Masters 35+ and Jose Hernandez, Israel Vera, Jose Molina, Alex Bianchi and Daniel Stauber in the Masters 45+. The team worked well in both races, but it was Israel Vera and Daniel Stauber had the moves of the day by getting into the break that stayed away in the Masters 45+ that finally got TPR a 4th place finish with Israel hanging on for those honors.

In the Pro 1 2 3's, Willy Gonzalez, Jose Hernandez and Conrad Gomez joined an elite field that included the likes of Frank Travieso, Yosvany Falcon, Grant Potter and Ivan Franco just to name a few. Conrad and Jose finished with the main group after a small break got away that saw Frank "Media Noche" Travieso come in for the victory with Ivan Franco just behind him.

In what was the main event of the day, at least for TPR, Freddy Matute put on a show that will not be forgotten anytime soon by those that were there to witness this kids natural strength and ability to endure pain. Shortly after the first prime of the race, a small group that included Freddy broke away holding on for several laps. In a decisive move, Freddy attacked the break away group and got away solo increasing his gap with each lap that passed. Sideline fans could not believe what they were witnessing as Freddy maintained a time trial pace which finally put almost a 2 minute gap by the time he crossed the finish line. That was amazing to watch and a very proud moment for TPR as one of our own took care of business with no questions asked.

This weekend, the travel team heads up to Winter Haven for a circuit, criterium and individual time trial. Wish us luck!

The Sheriff