July 5, 2005 - 3 Wins

In the weeks around Nationals, Fiordifrutta riders combined for three wins in New England!

Dietrich Wins Housatonic Hills Road Race, June 19th

The day before their flight to Utah for Nationals, nine Fiordifrutta riders lined up at one of Connecticut’s hilliest road races. From the starting gun, the attacks went until a small group containing Mike Dietrich and Josh Gewirtz was able to escape for good. Jon Hamblen joined them on his own, and eventually the race came down to Dietrich, Hamblen, and Mike Barton (Boston Scientific). Dietrich and Hamblen dropped Barton on the climb to the finish to make it a Fiordifrutta 1-2. Dan Timmerman led the field in for fourth place, showing that the boys were ready for Nationals!

Cody Wins Casters Ninigret Criterium, June 25th

The day of Jon Hamblen’s wedding saw Mike Dietrich, Johs Huseby, and Mike Cody take on one of Rhode Island’s most popular criteriums. The team was able to make some cash for Hamblen’s wedding gift as Cody outsprinted Alec Donahue (Louis Garneau) for the win, with Huseby in 6th and Dietrich in 10th.

Hamblen Wins Seacoast Criterium, June 28th

Jon Hamblen and Don Mills took on a stellar field in Don’s home town of Exeter, NH on a Tuesday evening before the Fitchburg stage race. This was Hamblen’s first race as a married man, and he wanted to start things off with a win! Hamblen was able to escape with friend Eric Saunders (McGuire-Langdale) but when the group they were in got caught by the field with just six laps to go, Hamblen took matters into his own hands. He threw down a solo attack that took him to an 11 second victory over Eric Murphy (Aerospace Engineering) for an average speed of 29.75 mph.