Whats the Deal?

Racing with a select ‘hit squad’ of Siro Camponogara, Hilton Clarke, Vassili Davidenko, and Shawn Milne, the Navigators Insurance Cycling Team continued its showing of good form by winning the Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium tonight. Perhaps the biggest pro cycling event in New York State, and now a featured stop on the National Race Calendar (NRC), the 2006 Rochester criterium featured its deepest field to date. With their corporate headquarters just down the road, the Kodak-Sierra Nevada team pulled to the line with no less than 9 riders, and big squads from the Toyota-United, TIAA-CREF, and Colavita teams insured a fast race would be on order.

The blistering pace kept the field single file throughout the night, as rider after rider was dropped from the main bunch. The small Navigators Insurance squad kept its presence in breakaway after breakaway, until it became obvious that the small remaining field would be racing towards a sprint finish.

With Camponogara heading the train, the Navigators team launched Hilton Clarke at 200 meters, and the Aussie sprinter popped ahead to take the victory in front of Kodak’s Dan Schmatz and Colavita’s Sebastian Alexandre. Davidenko and Milne rounded out the top 5 with Camponogara also finishing in the top ten for the men in blue.

Results:
1. Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
2. Dan Schmatz (Kodak Gallery/ Sierra Nevada)
3. Sebastian Alexandre (Colavita Sutter Home)
4. Vassili Davidenko (Navigators Insurance)
5. Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance)


Okay this is pretty funny, I know they want their sponsors to think that they are extremely good but how do you mess up the results? I thought I was 5th and they didn’t even mention Marty Norstien, the "Olympic champion" saying he crashed so he could get free laps.

Keep it real!!!