July 19, 2005 - USCF #1 Rankings

Dietrich and Cody Lead USCF Rankings, July 19th

Mike Dietrich leads the USCF Road Race rankings for Category 1 men, while Mike Cody leads the Criterium rankings! Dietrich recently won the Housatonic Road Race in CT, and put in a great ride at Nationals. Two weeks ago, Cody won the points jersey at the Fitchburg/Longsjo Classic, an NRC event in MA.

Fiordifrutta Scores at North Jersey Shore Cycling Classic, Park Ridge, NJ, July 10th

On a brutally hot NJ evening the boys lined up for their favorite crit of all time. Sporting a team of 8, the odds looked good to a shot at a good result and the mega-bucks on the line. A massive step hill awaited the riders every lap that made riders question what they were doing in this race to begin with. Race strategy was simple for this race - sprint up the hill, coast the three remaining sections of the course, and be sure to finish. With the money going 20 deep and an average finishing group less then twenty we knew it was going to be a tough race.

Attacks flew from the gun. Mid race Dietrich and Cody made an initial split and were joined by Whitey and Phil a few laps later. Recollections of the race proved challenging at this point as most racers were cross-eyed and redlined from the massive efforts on the hill. Phil and Dietrich made the winning move as they always do in New Jersey crits, to finish 5th and 7th while Whitey smoked the main group for 9th and Cody cleaned up the rear with 19th place.