Haz click aquí para cambiar a Español

RHC Brooklyn n.7 – The Perfect storm

We left the RHC last year in the darkness of Milan and we retake the championship at the legendary scene of Brooklyn, responsible for giving the starting gun shot for Red Hook Crit 2014 Series.

The euphoria and eager to start the season are noted for weeks, but days before the race when social networks are exploited with photos of riders  and newcomers to the big apple making it the emotion to debut another year in the fixed gear championship excellence.

Each year new brands join new teams and  are formed with new kits released, more riders are dare to race this demanding test, but what really makes it special this magnificent race, is the environment of good vibes from the people to reunite after the winter.

If we had to put a title to resume the first race of the 2014 Series RHC, it would certainly be: the perfect storm

GIRLS CRITERIUM

RHC gives his welcome to the girls in the strongest way possible. In the inaugural race with the best female riders in the world, but the real main character wasn’t one of the riders it was the bad weather, that was present the hole race.

On the start line temperature is around 8*degrees, it’s rainy and the road was slippery and wet. Conditions were extreme, and the race it was tough but every girl follows her own strength line to push harder and don’t get left out of the front group. The raced stopped at 3 laps to go. Then they started off again. Jo Celso (Wolfpack Hustle) won the first RHC, Liz So (Tativille) came in 2nd and Ash Duban (Haute Wheels) 3rd. Congrats to all the racers and to all the girls who were involved, this was the first big step of many. The next one is Barcelona. Hope with a better weather.

We take the occasion to say GET BETTER soon to Shane Ferro, that has broken her collar bone in a crash during the qualifying.

MEN’S CRITERIUM

The darkness embrace Brooklyn, temperature is around 5º degrees and is raining hard. Adrenalin is at the top at  the starting line, Trimble inform that for security reasons the race will have 15 instead 24 laps, it’s a very delicate moment, but there is no time left! The race started couple of minutes later, 15 laps with a frenetic pace despite the extreme dangerous conditions, the leaders of the race were taking the curves like if the road wasn’t even wet.

First place fot Thibaud Lhenry (In’bo) with his handmade bamboo bicycle. Second place with a few seconds of gap, we find Alessandro Bruzza that made a huge performance with his team mate Neil Bezdek that came in 3rd (Cinelli Chrome). Out of the podium but had done a really good race is Mario Paz Duque ‘el chino’ (Iride), that rides like a fighter and takes 5th place and Walton Brush (Mash Team) that also did a brilliant race.

The cold and rain have failed them and the spirit of the race has persisted. If the weather conditions weren’t so bad, it would have been a perfect event, but every cloud has a silver lining, and these conditions have made the test become more epic.

I think that we will never forget the RHC where a French guy won on a handmade bamboo bike, in what was the Crit called “the perfect storm”. Another huge success for Trimble and co. This time things weren’t as easy to handle… but as usual it was all well organized, and the care for details was perfect.

Our Office yesterday was full of PC’s notes, whatsapp, facebook, contacts… and it looked like the headquarter of the NASA in Cape Canaveral during the launch of the Apolo 13. Thanks god we didn’t have any problem and we could document the event.

We want to thanks Caroline Pauleau (Dondto) for the huge help on the field!! She was like our Polar Star in the Storm of Brooklyn!

More pictures on:
http://redhookcrit.tumblr.com/