UCC/JW FLOORING WIN 2010 MASTERS SOCAL CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

By John McKee

It has been a long season and the 2010 Masters Socal team point championship came down to the last event. The last day and the last race of the last event. The overall points leaders had vacillated between UCC/JW Flooring and Amgen-UBS Elite Masters. The last event of the year was a new race in San Clemente. The event was called the San Clemente Criterium. Since they were new they didn't seem to know exactly what cats to put in their event. They excluded a 55/60+ race. They had their flyer up months before the event and were contacted about adding the 55s and 60s but got a polite no. As time got near the race more people contacted the promoter and I wasn't one of them and he started getting the jelly leg. He asked Eric if he could replace the Women 3/4 with 55/60+. NO! Bad news for UCC. They are of course very strong in 55+ and would have racked up many points there.
As it was there were only 2 masters races- 45+(first) and 35+(last). In the 45+ race Amgen loaded it up with all their big guns. They are unsurpassed in this category. They finished 1, 2, 3, 7, & 8. UCC pulled in what could have been an important point for 12th place. After the 45+ race UCC was ahead in the overall competition by 13 points.
Amgen only threw one racer into the last race which was the 35+ go around. Thurlow Rogers was their racer and he finished 2nd for 11 points coming up 2 points short. A win would have garnered 14 points and a overall win for their racing team.
UCC WINS! They had 2,357 to Amgen's 2,355. The results of the 2 masters races are below plus the overall points. Congratulations to all the racers at UCC/JW Flooring and Amgen as well!!

San Clemente Criterium  (Rank 1.0)
Masters 45+
Place	License	Name	Team	SoCal Points
1	23914	Richard Meeker	Amgen-UBS Elite Masters	14
2	30417	Thurlow Rogers	Amgen-UBS Elite Masters	11
3	37101	John Walsh	Amgen-UBS Elite Masters	10
4	48516	Douglas Pomeranz	CA Pools/DeWalt	9
5	68549	Craig Miller	Schroeder Iron Elite Masters	8
6	135047	Stephen Gregorios	Radsport Cycling Team	7
7	156650	Malcolm Hill	Amgen-UBS Elite Masters	6
8	34063	Wayne Stetina	Amgen-UBS Elite Masters	5
9	38984	Roger Worthington	Labor Power	4
10	47831	Brett Clare	B&L Bikes	3
11	256589	Michael Reese	Central Coast Tire CCT	2
12	58847	Paul Rodriguez	UC Cyclery/JW Flooring	1

San Clemente Criterium  (Rank 1.0)
Masters 35+
Place	License	Name	Team	SoCal Points
1	214693	Rudolph Napolitano	Team Helen's	14
2	30417	Thurlow Rogers	Amgen-UBS Elite Masters	11
3	749	Adam Livingston	Team Pista Palace	10
4	78109	Jason Bausch	Herbalife LaGrange	9
5	50511	Tomo Hamasaki	CA Pools/DeWalt	8
6	26173	Mark Noble	Franco Factory Team	7
7	55666	Chris Daggs	Swami's Cycling Club	6
8	58522	Cody Hall	Bicycle Haus Racing	5
9	214876	John Gabriel	Sho-air/Sonance	4
10	50383	James Stark	CA Pools/DeWalt	3
11	236873	Andrea Martinelli	Unattached	2
12	35248	Evan Teske	CIELL Cycling Inc.	1

OVERALL SOCAL MASTERS POINTS

1	UC Cyclery/JW Flooring	2357
2	Amgen-UBS Elite Masters	2355
3	CA Pools/DeWalt	1203
4	Big Orange/Cynergy Cycles	967
5	Radsport Cycling Team	839
6	Paramount Racing	794
7	Team Helen's	786
8	South Bay Wheelmen	571
9	Cycles Veloce	562
10	Sho-air/Sonance	524
11	Swami's Cycling Club	501
12	Ironfly	488
13	Canyon Velo	457
14	Pinnaclife Racing Team	415
15	ArtsCyclery.com/Wild Horse Wines	399
16	Southern California Velo	363
17	Back Abbey/Coates Elite Masters Team	336
18	Franco Factory Team	308
19	ACQUA AL 2/SDBC	291
20	Citrus Valley Velo	276
21	Barry Lasko DDS Race Team	270
22	Herbalife LaGrange	266
23	Platinum Performance Cycling Team	260
24	Velo Allegro	254
25	Schroeder Iron / BGM Sports	243
26	Schroeder Iron Elite Masters	234
27	LIVESTRONG Army KC / Midwest Cancer Care	220
28	Bike Religion	219
29	METALMTN Cycling	210
30	TTS Racing	204
31	Allegiant Airlines/Pain MD's.com	201
32	SLO Nexus Cycling Club	197
33	Moonlight Velo	180
34	Fast Friday	165
35	Coates Cyclery Cycling Club	149
36	San Diego Cyclo Vets	146
37	PAA / RE/MAX	140
38	Big Orange Cycling	126
39	Team Simple Green	122
40	B&L Bikes	111