June 6, 2005 - 1,2,3 Sweep

Fiordifrutta Goes 1,2,3 at Wachusett Circuit Race, MA, May 28th

Finally it was not raining and the Fiordifrutta boys were ready to race. Dietrich, Wong, and Hamblen finagled their way to the front of the massive field that decided to start the race. Two riders attacked in the neutral rollout and got a gap. Once the race actually started, Hamblen made an acceleration and the whole field quickly jumped on. As Hamblen sat up, Dietrich attacked from the left side and bridged across to the two up the road. After 2 miles Dietrich lost his breakaway companions and was solo.

Back in the field, Wong and Hamblen were covering every move and trying to get away solo up to Dietrich. After about 7 laps of the 3 mile circuit Wong got a gap and set out to get to Dietrich. Wong quickly closed the 45 second gap to the tired Dietrich. Behind, a chase group had formed which contained Hamblen who sat on the back. With four laps to go Dietrich and Wong really picked up the pace because the chase group of 4 came within 15 seconds. After the next lap the gap was up to a minute again.

On the last lap Hamblen attacked his tired chase group and Wong and Dietrich realized that with 2kms to go Hamblen was not too far behind and was by himself so they waited. The three came in 1-2-3. Dietrich wanted to have a wheelie, or sit up competition to see who should win but then figured Wong should take his first pro12 win to try and end his curse of the Boogerd (which is too many second place finishes, named after Dutch rider Michael Boogerd) The three came in with their arms up in the air.

Huseby #1 in New England Bicycle Association Rankings

Johs Huseby leads the current rankings for Pro/1/2 Men after consistent top finishes all spring in New England. One of the local NJ papers also has a great article about Johs Huseby’s win in Somerville last week. Click here.