Redlands Classic March 31 - April 3, 2005  Prologue - March 31: Mt. Rubidoux Time Trial We arrived at the time trial about 2 hours from the start most of the guys were riding over from Redlands to warm up. It is about an hour by bike. We set up shop as we did last year on a side street behind the start. It was the perfect spot as they could warm up in the shade and see the official time clock ticking away. The wind was blowing pretty good all day and it would effect the results of the TT – the average times were considerably lower than last year on the same course. Zach Walker was our hope for a top ten finish in the TT as he was 9th last year. Zach was on a TT bike as were a number of other riders that are good against the clock. As time ticked away it appeared that in order to crack the top 10 you would need to hit a time under 9:10. Roman, another potential top finisher in the TT, was in the gate and flatted just as he was to go off – Mavic was a little slow to get him a wheel and he lost 10 seconds right off. After this mishap JD Stayed in the starting gate with wheels and water to be sure we didn’t have the same problem with others. In the end our top finisher was Zach at 44th and 37 seconds back ? Eric had a good ride at 46 seconds back. 44 Zach Walker 70 Eric Saunders 101 Roman Kilun 118 Geoff Rapoport 135 Matt Dubberly 142 Pat Dunaway 145 Colin Beardsley 191 Rahsaan Bahati Stage 1 - April 1: Oak Glen Road Race We arrived at the start at 8 AM loaded with wheels and all supplies for the day. Mark Dunaway and crew met us to take over the feed zones for the day – this was a huge undertaking as there are 3 feeds during the race. We were car number 14 decided with where your top finisher was in the TT. Everyone signed in and equipped themselves with race radios – before I knew it we were off with the race start. There are a number of turns at the beginning of the race and JD and I were trying to feed as much info as possible to the riders. After the first sprint point about 8 mile in Eric was stopped with a flat and got a super slow change – He was gapped off the field quite a bit. Colin hung back to wait for him and as we crested the next incline I tried to pace them back and in the process we lost Colin for good. Eric was working super hard to stay behind me and the officials were giving me a bad time the whole way back (but we couldn’t think of starting the next day without him – so we’d take the fine) after about 10 – 15 minutes we were able to work him back into the caravan. About 30 miles in we had a few inclines that were giving Rahsaan Bahati ,our sprinter we needed on Saturday, some trouble. He was hanging off the back of the group and as we came up on him we made several efforts to get him back the main group and several times he did make it back. Itn the end the riser were just a little to much for him. We will be looking to Rahsaan later in the season for a few big wins on the NRC front. Mile 65ish Zach is down as one of the Under 23’s come over on his wheel – Mavic assists but he looks like he took it pretty hard on the left side. As we are approaching the final miles before the left hander into the final climb to oak glen we still have Erik – Matt – Zach – Pat and Roman. About 10 miles out Pat cramps up and has to roll in on his own – another few mile and Zach is off. As we hit the left its still Erik – Matt and Roman. The wind is on our side for the only time today with the wind at our back as we head up Oak Glen. Roman is now on his own in the frontish group. In the end roman finished 27th amongst a respectable group of riders. The winner of the day was Trent Lowe (Jittery Joes). 27 Roman Kilun 38 Matt Dubberly 44 Geoff Rapoport 90 Eric Saunders 128 Zach Walker Stage 2 - April 2: Criterium   action photo! 23 Matt Dubberly 24 Eric Saunders 33 Geoff Rapaport 39 Roman Kilun 64 Pat Dunaway 109 Zach Walker Stage 3 - April 3: Sunset Road Race   action photo! 36 Roman Kilun 46 Geoff Rapaport 67 Matt Dubberly