Chandler Delinks and Karl Hembrect bring home New England Masters Regional titles in the 30+ and 50+ masters categories respectively.  Delinks recaps his race as follows:

"There were a few early attacks but Justin Spinelli from Svelt cycles sngle handedly brought many of these attacks back.  With 4 laps to go, I could feel the speed begin to pick up, so I slotted myself in 4th wheel as a strong guy from ... without any obvious reason pulled the field around.  There was bunch of fighting for these few wheels but I was able to keep people out.  Just after the final corner, I was able to pop out and get to the line first."

Karl Hembrect recounts his win:

"Having recently 'graduated' to this field I was thinking it might be slower or more reserved than the 40+ fields, but I was wrong.  These guys race just as hard as anyone else.  I had teammates James Fitzgerald and Larry Stackovich in the field with me.  There was not many early breaks, just a bunch of flurries.  I was working early in the race to try and start a break going, but everything was being chased aggressively.  With 1 lap to go, many of the sprinters moved to the front of the field and a lane opened on the left to which I moved myself up to the front.  On the final climb, I launched myself off the front.  Didn't look back and rode as hard as I could for the win."

CCB Congratulates these two New England Regional Champions

CCB started the Connecticut Stage Race in a strong position with CCB's Cameron Cogburn winning the opening Time Trial with a blazing time of 16:34 (28.97 mph average) followed closely by Global Bike's Robert Sweeting with a 1 second difference.  CCB's Tim Mitchell finished 3rd with 7 seconds back with a time of 16:41:96.  The fourth place finisher was 33 seconds back leaving CCB in 1st and 3rd with a significant margin.

The second stage, the circuit race was plaugued with large groups surging over the yellow line and bad pavement which results in many flats..  Bad luck found 2nd and 3rd place men Mitchell and Sweeting penalized and Mitchell flatting twice.  The first flat that Mitchell got he was able to get a neutral wheel and Amos dropped back to help him back on.  Mitchell then gets a 2nd flat at which time CCB's Yahor Buben dropped back and sacrificed a wheel.  Apart from penalties, no real change in GC.

The final stage, which is a 95 mile road race is comprised of 2 different loops.  The plan was for the team to get someone  into early moves.  While CCB was active in these moves, we missed the break.As there was a time bonus on offer after first loop the team chased hard to reel the break back in before the sprint line for the bonus.  The second loop was very difficult.  Second break got away with 2nd place. 2min gap. field thinned out 40 riders left, full 6 man team made the selection.  Started raining, 90 right turn, metal bridge, deck of cards. Sasha makes it across, 30 people down.  many ran the bridge.  cameron crashed hard - tore hip, someone broke ribs, someone's hand got caught in bridge and broke hand.  Tim rode up and neutralized field.   Gap 4 mins, marshalls abandoned posts, no lead vehicles, no wheel vehicles, no signs, 18 extra miles.  Officials neutralized race, but awarded the sprint bonuses which put Robert Sweeting into the lead.  Cameron in 2nd, and Mitchell in 3rd overall.  Unfortunate that the road race was not able to really be contested.  Was incredible team work bringing in the break at the end of the first lap - teamwork really brought these podium finishes to reality with Amos, Sasha and Yahor doing yeoman's work to bring in breaks and make sacrifices to get CCB on the podium in the 2nd and 3rd position.

The inaugural return of the Killington Stage Race after a 23 year hiatus had pink sleeves on the podium.  

 There was much drama on the roads of stage 3.  Nearly half the team suffered punctures along the first 20miles of the broken pavement leading the peloton towards the first KOM climb.  The strong teamsmanship of CCB was the only remedy for this bad luck as nearly the entire team dropped back to bring the unlucky back to the front.  "Amos, Yahor and Sasha worked incredibly hard to bring us back to the main field after a series of punctures."  said Dylan McNicolas - the KOM jersey holder.  "We fought like mad to get back to the field to capture the remaining points from the up coming KOM hillclimb."  And capture these points they did, putting Dylan firmly in the polka dots lead on the road.  "The idea for today's stage was to protect Cameron up to the turn onto East Mountian Road and also set up for the KOM points. Apart from the punctures costing us some extra effort, the plan worked pretty much perfectly."  The effort to protect Cameron paid off as he was able to soar his way up what might possibly be the steepest road race finish in all of New England.  This performance moved him from 5th place overall into 3rd place behind Hugo Houle and Jamey Driscoll.  The final climb up East Mountain Road aka 'The Beast' shattered the field with only a small group of 5 finishing together.  

Overall a fantastic result for CCB:

3rd Overall Cameron Cogburn

KOM Jersey - Dylan McNicolas

TT Stage 2 Win - Tim Mitchell

Next up for the CCB elite team - the Connecticut Stage Race June 5-6th.

Also notable finishes from other fields from CCB:

James Nash - Masters 50+ - 17th