A running account of the "race without an entry fee"..... The Tuesday night ride

Tuesday the 5th

The return of The Beast! Ciocci gets a day off ( and shows up withOUT Di2 )! The CCB toss-up gets bored with your tempo... The veterans on the ride lament Joe Patalone's accident ( here's wishing to a speedy recovery Joe )
And more.... Just another SG ride.

    The ride started out sedate enough but once onto Mountain Rd it kicked up thanks to Koski and Hunter P. Chris C had a dig off the front but was corralled by Yelle!Snoop, the CCB toss-up and Tri-Doug. There was slightly less action off the front on Moss Farm, where it was solid tempo followed my solid-ier tempo when CCB moved up to the front. Thru the Chicane, Chris C attacked, followed by Hunter P, which strung things out but no one was delivering the widow maker.
    A small group tried to sneak off the front coming onto Mount Vernon... Chris C, Chris C, Eric M, Gregg F, Central Wheel Dennis, MoMoney and one other. That didnt make it very far but Chris C and Yelle!Snoop kept the pressure up afterward and then CCB came up and drove things along. From there is was solid pace with a few good opportunities for attacks, but no one was up to it.
    Heading onto Welch, Ciocci kept the pace high till Graham Garber took over. Chris C jumped early, followed by Hunter P thru the corner. Little T sewed things back up and took on front for a bit, which slowed things down a bit as others were content to sit in. Chris B attacked the best he could on a 20 pound cross bike and quickly got a gap. The pace was starting to wind up agian with a few guys in position to go for it. Mike McG jumped on the left with Little T responding on the right. It was a drag race to the end with Little T edging it out for the sprint.
    On the backside Eric M tried to TT off the front, taking along Yelle! and a rider from Central Wheel. Once things settled down it looked like Central Wheel had plans to TTT off the front for the run-in back over 322. 3 riders were there but by the red light stopped all, Graham cracker Garber had spit everyone out the back. Chris C was also there, attacking under the overpass.
    It was status quo till route 10 and then some. The run in to Stop n Shop was disrupted by a red light at the base of the hill by the school there, basically making it a non sprint for Little T to mop up. Little T and Mike McG went down swinging again for the finale, with T getting to the corner for Shepard Ave first. Up the hill went a big crowd. MoMoney tried to dislodge Hunter P early on the hill with Tri Doug in tow. Hunter P gets to the top first ahead of #42.

Good ride everyone and be sure to keep Joe P in your thoughts as he waits for surgery.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joe Patalone's accident? What happened?

Anonymous said...

Joe was hit by a car riding home from work on Thursday. He is currently at Yale New Haven Hospital waiting to have surgery on his broken leg. I hear he is in good spirits and if I know Joe, he will back on his bike after all his injuries heal. To know Joe, is to love Joe-what a great guy and we all wish him a quick speedy recovery.

Anonymous said...

Write up???????

Anonymous said...

Hit on Thursday and still waiting for surgery?

Anonymous said...

swelling has to go down before they can operate.

Anonymous said...

hey joe hope for a speedy recovery

mike

Anonymous said...

sounds like a pretty bad accident, best wishes to Joe in his recovery

Eddy A. said...

Wish you a speedy recovery Joe!

Ed Angeli

Anonymous said...

Joe,

Thoughts and prayers are with you.

Robyn and Ron

Anonymous said...

About Antonio. any one knows how he is doing?

Anonymous said...

what happened to antonio?

mike

The Crew at Cheshire Cycle said...

Dirt bike accident. Fractured vertebrae. 3 months in a brace and hopefully no surgery will be needed.

Really unfortunate.

Anonymous said...

Antonio and Joe,
Keep your heads up and enjoy your time with your family and friends. You'll be back in action soon. God Bless.
Anthony- (T)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the wishes all. With any luck they can do the second operation Friday and get me out of here by Monday (making for a cool 11 day stay at Yale). Hope to see you all soon. Stay safe.
Joe P.

dogman said...

Joe, hope all goes well for you. So sorry to hear about your accident. Please keep us informed on how things are going. The young guys don't realize without guys like you there would not be rides for them to do.

Anonymous said...

Special thanks to Hunter for calling us veterans instead of any other number of possibilities.
Get well Joe.

Anonymous said...

Antonio-

Miss you in the pack. Hope to see you back soon!!

Robyn & rondo

Anonymous said...

antonio wow feel better

mike

Anonymous said...

If you want a poll
here you go

Anonymous said...

good poll.

Antonio and Joe get well.

PB

Anonymous said...

Thank you guys for all you good thoughs. I wish for all of you the best season and as for me see you next year.
My email is. lucarema@hotmail.com 203 715 6740 if any one wants to comunicate with me.

Thank you again

Antonio.