I just spent the weekend racing the Easter Grand Prix in Arima, Trinidad. The track is just under 500m long. The air was thick with smoke from the forest fires all over the surrounding mountains. It was about 35 degrees during the day, but a moderate 28 in the evenings. I was happy to see [...]
Ryan Aitcheson took the win in one of the final races of the 2009 year for Jet Fuel Coffee out sprinting Canadian National Road Race champion Guillaume Boivin in a punishing 138 lap feature final. It was an exciting result in front of a buzzing crowd and shows some real promise for the 2010 season. [...]
Day one of Track Nationals saw JetFuel get a medal right off the bat. I qualified 3rd in the pursuit (4:48), only 0.2sec out of second place… That means that I was out of the Gold medal round (1st & 2nd ride off), and I was into the Bronze medal round (3rd and [...]
Day 5 Today was the day after our 100km Madison, and both Mark and were feeling fresh. We both struggled to get up at 10:00 for breakfast… that’s the first sign the body is tired! But we got up, and went to the track for noon to do an easy ride like we have [...]
Day 2 Today was interesting… We got to see who was tired after one day of racing. For one, Mark and I were a bit laggy this evening, but we got better as the day went on. We scored a few points in the points race, and we really shinned when we did our Giro [...]
Well, here I am representing JetFuel and Canada In Fiorenzuola D’Arda, Italy at the 80th edition of the 6 Giorni Delle Rose, one of two Italian 6 day bike races this year. The race dates back to 1929, making this the 80th edition of the race. The velodrome in Fiorenzuolo that we are racing on [...]
Not a bad week of racing… 1st on the Track, 3rd in a crit, and 2nd in the sprint competition in a long 165k RoadRace. Friday was the opening race night night the international Velodrome at Bloomer Park. Lots of Fans came out in Support of the racing that will happen every Friday night on the Track in Rochester Michigan. It’s [...]
It was the most insane race ever held at the Forest city Velodrome. Who can do the most laps in 6 hours on a track bike. True endurace was tested this weekend. And Myself and Dave Byers took 1st and 2nd place, covering 214km (1553laps), and 203km (1473laps) respectfully! Sorry I have no more energy [...]
That’s right, Jetfuel picked up a deserving win this weekend! The madison Championships were held at the Forest City Velodrome this past Saturday, and Daniele and his Partner Chris Velimex took the win.The Day of racing was being scored like an Omnium, so you couldn’t blow a single event. The events are listed below, and [...]