May 21, 2007 - Win for White

Adding to some top performances in local races, Fiordifrutta began a series of NRC stage races with the Tour of Virginia, and you can check out the reports below and see a great shot of White on cyclingnews.com.

White Wins Williams Criterium, May 6

White writes: I went to the Williams Crit alone, the day after the Jiminy Peak road race. I wanted to get a good crit in my legs before Joe Martin, as I felt I had plenty of long miles already accumulated. The cool afternoon air must have made me think I was at a cross race or something, because I attacked off the line. Really it was just the course, the half up hill half down hill suited riding solo, or with one of two other riders.

Al Donahue of Nerac.com came with me, thirsty for the "W". We worked well together to establish a gap, then realized a junior had been tagging along since the beginning. I attacked to drop both of them both with 20 laps to go, then started my metronome pacing to lap the field and take the win.

Huseby 4th at Sturbridge Road Race, April 28

Huseby writes: It was a very overcast day threatening to rain from the start, but it somehow held out the whole time – thankfully. It must have started a few minutes after I got onto the highway to go back home – whew. The majority of the crew was down in Virginia fighting it out amongst some of the hilliest terrain in the east. I was expecting to have a couple of teammates show up – but it was me by myself.

I had done this race a couple of years ago in the rain and somehow squeaked out a 2nd place. I knew I had to wait at the finish as one gets to visualize the line - it has to be a mile a way! The race itself was not very difficult and I had a very good guess going that we’d end up in a sprint finale. This it did. I had a great outside line – mostly out of traffic and I fought my way through and up and ended up 4th. I was pretty happy with this as I had been questioning my form. It was a great reassurance that my training was paying off.

Tour of Virginia, April 24-29

White writes: Well after writing the driest most uneventful daily race reports I've ever written, I'm scrapping them all for this: The Tour of Virginia is a beautiful race, that will hopefully get its act together in the coming years, and limit it's reputation for USCF rule breaking, timing errors, and finish line fist fights.

We raced over some of the most beautiful country on the east coast, climbing and descending the roads I wish I could ride everyday. The descents are really the high point for me, the races can be won and lost in the downhills to the finish lines each day. This was the first big race for the team, and we were lucky to be able to stay in an awesome cabin in the woods, all together, eating together, cooking together, bonding together, and even sleeping together, or at least all in 2 rooms. The place was sweet!! Thanks Betty. Everyone was shocked when they first saw it, and opened the french doors to the main living room, well everyone but Whitey, who was left at the Walmart for the first night, chatting it up with 90 year old greating staff.

As for the racing, we had our ups and downs, front groups and groupetto's, finish line dashes, and devastating crashes. The highlights were Cory Burn’s ripping fast stage 1 time trial, finishing sixth, Whitey's 5th place sprint in the second 110 mile road race (Stage 4), and lastly Dillon's beautifully executed "bridge and drop" to the break on the 3rd RR day.

Dillon solo'ed across to the early break, and then blew that group apart, and made it to 100 meters to go before being caught by the charging field. Josh turned some heads that day, and proved once again he is among the strongest amateur in the USA. We finished the race with some good GC positions, a bunch of laughs, and a thirst for victories in our coming races.