Team Puts Hamblen on the Podium at Concord Criterium, Aug 9th

The 22nd annual Concord Criterium in New Hampshire saw a fierce battle of the sprinters teams, with a near upset by the Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks team, which is not known for its flatland sprinting ability. Our team sent riders off the front all day, with Curt Davis, Josh Gewirtz and Jon Hamblen being particularly active. Chris Peck jumped away with four other riders with just 4 laps to go, but the small group was not able to stay away from a rapid chase led by Mark McCormack (Saturn). Hamblen caught onto the back of Peck’s group with just half a lap to go, and Peck was able to lead him out to a fifth place finish, just behind winner Nat Faulkner (Trek/VW).

Hamblen Wins Bow Road Race, August 10th

The Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks boys were on their home turf for Sunday’s hilly road race, with Peck escaping in the first kilometer of the race with five other riders. This group stayed away for the first half of the 70 mile race, before being joined by a small group containing both Mike Dietrich and Jon Hamblen. Dietrich was then able to get away with 3 other riders, and Hamblen put on an amazing display of power to ride across a two minute gap to the leaders, and then drop them to finish solo for the win! Dietrich ended up in third with Peck in 8th on this humid New Hampshire summer day. This makes the third win for Hamblen in the last four weeks!