The Boys of Maine are back at it again. Finishing 1st & 6th overall in the Scarborough Crit Series and 1st & 2nd at the Cape Able Classic.

The Scarborough Crit series finished up this week with Seth Haskell (Cat 4) there to take 2^nd place of the day, plus two of the 3 preems. In doing so he managed a top 6th  placing for the series with Liam Somers (Cat 4)  defending his 1st place overall in the series.

On Sunday May 24^th was the Westside pro/am ride. The course was 31 miles with 2 categorized KOM's (the second of which was a 18-20% Monster). The MIT, Northeastern Univ and the entire Mathews Cycling teams were out looking to do some damage in the race. The field of 68 riders quickly whittled down to about 40 after the first climb and then blew apart at the second climb with only ½ of the pack staying together over the top. Liam Somers (Cat 4)  hung in over the climb and stayed with the front pack. After another 6 miles of rolling terrain the race finished on a huge downhill where speeds hit 44.3 mph. Liam was sitting at the 10^th wheel coming into town and took a flyer with another racer at the ½ mile mark. Both made it to about 400 meters before the chasing pack caught back on.  Liam Somers held on for 7^th place (2^nd place in his category)

Monday May 25^th  brought one more race on the holiday weekend with the Cape Able Classic. The course is a 5 mile circuit in Kennebunk, ME with a 2 miles of rolling uphill (2-4% grade) to the finish.  The race is 5 laps. The New England Colavita Team was out in force with (6-7 guys and 2 gals). After a few laps of moderate racing speeds, the pace picked up on lap 3 when a few other riders tested the fields legs with mini flyers. All attacks were quickly neutralized.  Entering the last 2 miles  the Colavita team was prominent up front sitting 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th, 6^th ...at about ½ mile to go a flyer went away and Liam Somers (Cat 4)  chased it down and sat on the wheel trying to gain an advantage on the pack. Seth Haskel (Cat 4) soon followed and both Seth Haskell (Cat 4) and Liam Somers (Cat 4) ended up 1^st and 2^nd on the day.

The New England Team did a great job!  Thank you to Liam Somers for providing the race report on this weekend of racing.