Erica
Allar Out Sprints the Field to Capture Manhattan Beach Grand Prix Victory!
Team Colavita/Fine Cooking/Stradlli Cycle
and Allar Continue to Win and Dominate NCC!
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Team
Colavita/Fine Cooking/Stradalli Cycle Photo Credits
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Manhattan Beach, CA- Team Colavita/Fine Cooking / Stradalli Cycle traveled to Manhattan Beach, CA for the 10th
stop on the NCC calendar. Sunday's Manhattan
Beach Grand Prix challenged the peloton with a 2.1K course that was
fast and technical. The course featured two long
straight-aways and two sweeping 180° turns, plus 50' of climbing per
lap. Team Colavita/Fine Cooking/ Stradalli Cycle showed little weakness
on this challenging course, all while working extremely well as a team.
The backside headwinds did little to discourage an onslaught of break
away attempts; however, those attempts were futile and as predicted the race
came down to a bunch field sprint.
Team Colavita/Fine Cooking remained focused on their race plan and
demonstrated near perfect execution in their leadout for sprint specialist
Erica Allar on her Stradalli R7. The hard fought positioning in the final lap
of the race was done in textbook fashion by the Team Colavita/Fine Cooking/ Stradalli Cycle lead out specialists, leaving Allar with a clear shot for the
final sprint. Allar's victory at the Manhattan
Beach Grand Prix is her second in as many years. Allar
continues to lead the NCC Individual Standings and Team Colavita/Fine Cooking/ Stradalli Cycle leads the overall team standings.
Team Colavita/Fine Cooking/ Stradalli Cycle now heads north of the
border for a few days of racing in British Columbia for the BC Superweek.
The team, consisting of Erica Allar, Jessi Prinner and Mary Zider will
compete in the Global
Relay Gastown Grand Prix and the Giro di Burnaby.
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