Bobby Lea Fifth In Nationals Scratch Race
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Carson, Calif. — Bobby Lea of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team earned a fifth-place finish Thursday in the Scratch Race at the USA Cycling Elite National Championships.
McCook (Kelly Benefit Strategies presented by Medifast) took the stars-and-stripes jersey by winning the field sprint ahead of Cody O’Reilly (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling) and Steve Palaez (Adobe/Schwalbe).
Lea said the 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) race did not play out to his strengths.
“Rock Racing and another combine were riding for a field sprint and they completely neutralized any attempts to get up the road,” Lea said. “I was in good position for the final sprint but just didn't have the horsepower to compete in a finish like that.”
Lea, a seven-time elite national champion, gets another shot at a national title on the velodrome today at the ADT Event Center. He will compete in a 60-lap Points Race qualifying heat this afternoon in the hopes of making tonight’s final. Saturday, he will race in the Madison.
In addition to a victory in the Madison at the KNBT Festival of Speed, Lea had a solid road race campaign in 2007. He was Toyota-United’s best finisher (eighth place) at the USPRO Criterium Championships in Downers Grove, Ill., in August and won three times on the road (McDowell Mountain Regional Park Circuit Race, Leonardtown Criterium and Stage 3 of the Tour of Christiana).
McCook (Kelly Benefit Strategies presented by Medifast) took the stars-and-stripes jersey by winning the field sprint ahead of Cody O’Reilly (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling) and Steve Palaez (Adobe/Schwalbe).
Lea said the 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) race did not play out to his strengths.
“Rock Racing and another combine were riding for a field sprint and they completely neutralized any attempts to get up the road,” Lea said. “I was in good position for the final sprint but just didn't have the horsepower to compete in a finish like that.”
Lea, a seven-time elite national champion, gets another shot at a national title on the velodrome today at the ADT Event Center. He will compete in a 60-lap Points Race qualifying heat this afternoon in the hopes of making tonight’s final. Saturday, he will race in the Madison.
In addition to a victory in the Madison at the KNBT Festival of Speed, Lea had a solid road race campaign in 2007. He was Toyota-United’s best finisher (eighth place) at the USPRO Criterium Championships in Downers Grove, Ill., in August and won three times on the road (McDowell Mountain Regional Park Circuit Race, Leonardtown Criterium and Stage 3 of the Tour of Christiana).
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