Univest Win
Caps Incredible Season
The Kissena Elite Team overcame the top amateurs from
North America along with squads from France and Belgium to win America's most
prestigious amateur race.
Read The Ride Magazine Article
Mazur in Third at Junior Tour of Austria (9/15/99)
Peter Mazur could smell victory in the first stage of the "Bank Austria
Jugendtour" that began Sept 15. He attacked with 1 km to go and was caught at
the line, but still managed to take third place.
CRCA Open Championships
Read "Suicide Mission" by
Bill Innes
Killington's
Tale
Bill Innes' story of the Killington Stage Race
Criterium Ohio
Race Report
Mt
Holly-Smithville Grand Prix
The Road To
Paris-Brest-Paris (8/16/99)
NY City
Championship Standings
Swimmin' With
The Big Fish at Tour de 'toona
The Kissena Cycling Team continued what appears to be its best
season ever with third place in the Team Competition at the Tour de 'toona Stage
Race in Altoona, PA. Of the 24 teams competing only the Mercury and Navigators
pro squads finished higher. Erik Lyman (Kissena) finished seventh overall
during the six-day race. Read Bill
Innes's Race Report.
Tour de 'toona
Altoona, PA, July 27 - Aug 1
Pro-1, Final General Classification
1. David Clinger (Mercury)
7. Erik Lyman (Kissena)
24. Sean Nealy (Kissena)
26 Alex Lavallee (Kissena)
33. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
55. Greg Medinilla (Kissena)
71. Bill Innes (Kissena)
(122 starters, 82 finishers)
see full results
Nealy Wins New England Regional Time Trial
Championship (7/24/99)
Sean Nealy (Kissena) caught Amos Brumble after only 4km and went
on to win the New England Regional Time Trial Championships. With his winning
time, Sean was also awarded the Massachusetts State Time Trial title.
See results.
Cloud Splitter Classic
July 16-18, 1999, Lake Placid, NY
Pro-1-2 Final General Classification
4. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
Pro-1-2 Road Race
2. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
Innes 2nd at Tour of Ohio
Click here for
Bill's full race report.
Mazur On His Way to Worlds
Peter Mazur won both the 3000 meter Pursuit and the Madison
events at the Polish Junior Track Championships. As a result, he qualified to
compete at the Junior World Track Championships in Greece, August 4-8.
Kissena Tastes
Victory at Fitchburg (7/5/99)
Mazur Continues His Winning Ways in Europe (7/4/99)
In an attempt to qualify for the Junior World Championships,
Peter Mazur is competing in Europe for the next few weeks. In the first Polish
Cup event, July 3-4, Mazur won the time trial and then annihilated the
competition in taking the 140 km road race by 5 minutes.
Lukaszewicz Takes Canadian Road Race Gold (6/27/99)
Czeslaw Lukaszewicz overpowered the Saturn and Shaklee teams to
win the 180 km Elite Men's title by a 20 second margin. When the Saturn team
car, which was following the lead break of Lukaszewicz, Mat Anand (Saturn),
Sylvain Beauchamp (Shaklee) and Eric Lyman (Espoir de Laval), refused to give
water to anyone but Anand, this infuriated Lukaszewicz. "I got so mad, they
made me crazy, handing out no water. So I went back (to the neutral vehicle) and
got water and then I just went." said Lukaszewicz.
Canadian National Road Championships
1. Czeslaw Lukaszewicz 4:41:33
2. Mat Anand 4:41:53
3. Sylvain Beauchamp 4 :42:53
US National Road Championships a Showcase for
Kissena's Rising Stars
Carlos Pinate, Donny Lopez, Greg Medinilla and Bill Innes all
have their time in the spotlight in Cincinnati. Read Bill Innes' story on the
Men's Road Race or our
Full Report.
Kissena Shines at North Atlantic Championships
Tour of Northampton Criterium
Northampton, MA, June 13, 1999
Pro-1-2 (70 minutes)
1. Tom Davis (Breakaway)
2. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
Tour of the Hilltowns Road Race
Ashfield Center, MA, June 12, 1999
Pro-1-2 (100 miles)
1, Mark Walters (Navigators)
2. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
4. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
5. Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Kissena)
New York State Criterium Championships
Syracuse, NY, June 6, 1999
Women
Silver Medal: Vickie Huffman (Kissena)
Lopez Wins New England Road Race Championships
(6/6/99)
Donny Lopez (Kissena) outsprinted breakaway companion Justin
Spinelli (Wheelworks) to take this 120 mile contest. Early in the race, Sean
Nealy (Kissena) spent 50 miles in a two-man breakaway that put the other teams
on the defensive. After Nealy was caught, Lopez escaped with four other
riders. When Spinelli attacked that group, Lopez was the only one who could
respond. The event's distance and numerous climbs took their toll on the chase
group as the two riders increased their lead. At the finish, Lopez handily
defeated Spinelli for one of Kissena's biggest wins of the year. Click
here for full
results.
NY State Time Trial Championships
Speedsville, NY, June 5, 1999
Women
Silver Medal: Vanessa Mandel (Kissena)
Hincapie 9th at US Pro Championships
Marty Jemison, Hincapie's US Postal teammate finished 5th and
took the US Professional Road title. Click
here
for results.
Poughkeepsie Criterium
Poughkeepsie, NY, June 5, 1999
Pro-1-2
2. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
6. Antoine Varghese (Kissena)
8. Keith Miller (Kissena)
Somerville,
The Inside Scoop
by Bill Innes
Near Miss at Somerville
Kissena missed winning the biggest criterium in the East by
about six inches as Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Kissena) was
outsprinted by Eric Wohlberg (Shaklee).
Tour of Somerville, Somerville, NJ, May 31, 1999
Pro-1-2
1. Eric Wohlberg (Shaklee)
2. Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Kissena)
17. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
Pros get lucky against Mazur in Virginia
Peter Mazur (Kissena) pulled his foot out of his pedal and was passed at
the line by breakaway companion Mike Barry (Saturn) at the line.
Tour d'Festival Cardinal Bicycle RR, Roanoke, VA, May 30, 1999
Pro-1-2
1. Mike Barry (Saturn)
2. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
Lopez Second at US Bicycle Hall Of Fame Classic
Donny Lopez battled the four Navigators pro riders that made up the rest
of the breakaway group to take second place.
USBHOF Super Saturday Classic, Somerville, NJ, May 29,1999
Pro-1-2
1. Mark Walters (Navigators)
2. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
Win #7 for Mazur
After lapping the field with six other riders, Peter jumped with 2k to go
and stayed away for the solo win. It was Mazur's seventh win of 1999.
Hartford Criterium, Hartford, CT May 23, 1999
Cat-1-2-3
1. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
Sunday Sunrise Racing Series
Brooklyn, NY, May 23, 1999
Women
1. Vanessa Mandel (Kissena)
2. Vickie Huffman (Kissena)
Mt Sunapee Bike Race
Newbury, NH, May 22, 1999
Pro-1-2
6. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
craaaaSH!
an email update from Elite Team Member Bill Innes
Heart of New England Race Weekend
Optical Ave Criterium
Keene, NH, May 15, 1999
Pro-1-2
8. Bill Innes (Kissena)
9. Antoine Varghese (Kissena)
19. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
Peerless Road Race
Keene, NH, May 16, 1999
Pro-1-2
4. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
6. Antoine Varghese (Kissena)
11. Donny Lopez (Kissena)
Happy Camper
A view of the NY Spring Festival Road Race from inside the
peleton...by Bill Innes
Kissena
Dominates NY Spring Festival, Again (5/9/99)
NY Spring Festival Road Race
and NY State Road Championships scheduled for May 9
The NY Spring Festival Road Race will be held on May 9 at
Harriman State Park (Bear Mt). Although the race will be the NY State Road
Championships, it is open to all cyclists regardless of where
you live. Click here for
details.
Medinilla Victorious at LA Circuit Race (4/25/99)
Greg Medinilla, a new addition to the Kissena Elite Team,
outsprinted a field of 160 riders to win the L.A. Circuit race.
L.A. Circuit Race, Los Angeles, CA, April 25, 1999
Pro-1-2
1. Greg Medinilla (Kissena)
Mazur Second at Tour de Moore
Junior Peter Mazur continues to shine. This time he placed
second at a prestigious regional race, the Tour de Moore.
Tour de Moore, Southern Pines, NC, April 24, 1999
Pro-1-2
1. Jonathan Wirsing (Snow Valley)
2. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
3. Rob Coulton (LeMond/Defeet)
27. Keith Miller (Kissena)
Bethel Training Series
Bethel, CT, April 25, 1999
Pro-1-2-3
1, Bill Innes (Kissena)
6. Keith Miller (Kissena)
Brinken has Frozen Toes
Kissena's Mark Brinken came off a beautiful lead-out by teammate Bill
Innes and outsprinted Wilson Vasquez (GS Mengoni) to win the Frozen Toes Road
Race.
Frozen Toes Road Race, Brooklyn, NY, April 17, 1999
Pro-1-2-3
1. Mark Brinken (Kissena)
2. Wilson Vasquez (GS Mengoni)
3. Bill Innes (Kissena)
Its Mazur, Again
Yep, Peter Mazur won another Category 1-2 race in Canada.
Fontaineís Douro Ontario Cup Road Race
Duoro, Ontario, Canada, April 17
SENIOR 1/2 (125 km)
1. PETER MAZUR . . KISSENA
2. DAN MAGGINCCMO . JET FUEL
3. BRUCE DAVISON SUDBURY
Mazur Wins Paris-Ancaster (4/11/99)
Is 16 year old Peter Mazur destined to follow in George
Hincapie's tire tracks? It is really much too early to speculate, but Mazur
continues to impress everyone. This time he battled 40kph winds and a field of
500 to win Canada's Paris-Ancaster Race by 1 minute 34 seconds.
Hincapie 4th at
Paris-Roubaix (4/11/99)
In what has to be the biggest result of his career, George
Hincapie placed fourth at one of pro cycling's biggest one-day races.
Click here for the
full story
1. Andrea Tafi (Map)
2. Wilfried Peeters (Map)
3. Tom Steels (Map)
4. George Hincapie (Usp)
5. Jo Planckaert (Lot)
Hincapie 4th at
Gent-Wevelgem (4/7/99)
1. Tom Steels (Bel) 5:15.53'
2. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) z.t.
3. TRISTAN HOFFMAN z.t.
4. George Hincapie (US) z.t.
5. Romans Vainsteins (Let) z.t.
Easter Sunday Loops
Ontario, Canada, April 4, 1999
Senior 1-2
4. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
Good Friday Road Race
Ontario, Canada, April 2, 1999
Senior 1-2
2. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
Toronto's
Paris-Roubaix Challenge
Toronto, Canada, March 28, 1999
3. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
Wine Country Classic
USA Cycling National Calendar Event
Graton Road Race, Santa Rosa, CA, March 27, 1999
Pro-1-2 Men
1. Scott Moninger (Mercury)
19. Antoine Varghese (Kissena)
Hincapie 9th at
Milan-San Remo
Kissena's awesome alumnus shines at the season's first World Cup event.
Click here to read the full report
or go to Cyclegossip.com .
"I was really boxed in in that sprint, 5 meters after the line I
was like 3rd, So I was happy to see that I still had a lot of power left for
the sprint, even though it was after 185 miles. But anyway it was my best
finish in a World Cup so far, So it will bring me more confidence for the next
ones." (George Hincapie to us via email)
MILAN-SAN REMO, Italy. March 20.
1. Andrei Tchmil (B), Lotto, 294km in 6:52:37 (42.752 kph);
2. Erik Zabel (G);
3. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol;
4. Stefano Garzelli (I);
5. Lauri Aus (Est);
6. Leon van Bon (Nl);
7. Peter Van Petegem (B);
8. Jo Planckaert (B);
9. George Hincapie (USA);
10. Gabriele Balducci (I), all s.t.
Thrashed by
the Otter (3/21/99)
Mazur Gets
Kissena's First Win of '99 (3/14/99)
Lardo and
Other Stories, by Jen McRae
Elite Team Competes at
Redlands Bicycle Classic
Follow the link to check in on how the team fared at the first
big U.S. Stage race of the season.
Lopez in the Money at
Another
Dam Race (2/28/99)
Kissena's Donny Lopez placed 15th overall at the season's first
US National Calendar event in Parker, AZ.
Team Majic Criterium
St. Petersburg, Florida (2/14/99)
Pro-1-2
1. Josh Thornton
2. Bill Innes (Kissena)
Elite Team
Announces 1999 Men's Roster (2/4/99)
