SHO-AIR/Sonance
2009 So Cal MCL Team Champions

Congratulations to the 2009 Masters Cycle League Champions.
An early break of four right off the starting line included representation from Amgen/Giant, Ironfly and Cynergy. The excitement continued nearly the entire race as Sho-Air/Sonance's Stephen Feretti scored the first preem points and was then unable to hang with the break. Sho-Air/Sonanace responded quickly sending MJ across to the break to relieve Feretti who dropped from the break. With his fresher legs, MJ scored the second set of preem points for the team ensuring a Sho-Air/Sonanace MCL win but DeWalt Racing was not about to let the break stick. DeWalt Racing came alive at two to go and with a monstrous effort, pulled back the breakaway causing casualties throughout the pack as it splintered on the final lap. With the breakaway gone and a field sprint coming, Sho-Air sent fresh riders to the front for the final points points grab with Gabriel and Palonetti taking 1st and 2nd. Amgen-Giant scored the only other points with a 3rd, 5th and 6th at the finish eliminating hopes of any other teams scoring points for the day.

Ironfly wins 2008 MCL title!
 It was a nail biter as Mark Scott of Cynergy Cycles easily scored both points preems, reducing Ironfly's lead to just 10 points. Hector Saldana, Mark Scott and G3 all threatened the lead with breakaway attempts, but the entire field came back together when it was time for the end game. With one non-MCL rider escaping on a solo break, it would be up to the sprinters to score the end points from the final field sprint. Victor Ayala (La Grange) wound up taking the eight sprint points in the end with Ironfly's Phillips scoring seven points just edging out Cynergy's Mark Scott for six. But the depth of the Ironfly team also was evident as Rob Kampilla, Vince Dimeglio and Greg Lonergan also scored points sealing the season's win for Ironfly. Schroeder's Brett Claire and Major Motion's Mike Davis also earned points closing an outstanding MCL season and one of the closest ever.

June 22, 2008
Schroeder vs. Ironfly!
San Pedro Grand Prix
The battle raged furiously as Ironfly launched two unsuccessful attempts at both two point preems, but it was Schroeder's Bud Owens who snagged both of them. An incredibly fast breakaway of Thurlow Rogers and Tom Farley managed to elude the pack for the remainder of the race but in the end, it was Ironfly's Kevin Phillips who won the key eight MCL points when he clinched the field sprint with Dimeglio and Kampilla scoring another ten for Ironfly. Cynergy Cycles Romney, Rubin and Worthington held on to score six points total for their team while Scott Evans picked up five points for NOW/MS. Next race is the San Marcos Criterium July 27th. San Marcos Crit.

May 25, 2008
Schroeder Iron takes the lead! Barry Wolfe
Once again it was new MCL team Schroeder Iron who demonstrated the teamwork required by placing Frank Schroeder himself in the winning breakaway at the Barry Wolfe Memorial Grand Prix. Earlier attacks that took place by Ironfly's Kevin Phillips failed to  secure those elusive mid-race points preems as Antony Galvan(NOW/MS) and Frank Schroeder (Ironfly) stole them with their well timed attacks. Ironfly's Greg Lonergan saved the the day by picking up third place points in the final sprint to keep Ironfly at still one point away from the lead now held by Schroeder Iron. Next race-San Pedro Grand Prix 6/22/08

April 20th, 2008
Schroeder Iron scores big!
It was new MCL team Schroeder Iron who shined the brightest today at the Torrance Crit as the pack was animated by Pat Caro, Craig Miller, Bud Owens and Frank Schroeder. Several attacks took place throughout the race but the key attack was Kevin Phillips (Ironfly) who rode away solo to win each of the 2 point MCL preems. Later, Ironfly launched Todd Lipson to pick up 6 points for third in the final sprint bringing Ironfly to within one point of the lead! Newcomer to MCL, Bob Spalding (PenCC) scored 3 points for his team keeping them just tied with NOW/MS. Next race-Barry Wolfe 5/25

March 16th 2008
1st MCL Race, LA Circuit
The start of the season's So Cal MCL series featured new MCL team Major Motion which took the lead in the series at LA Circuit Race. Mike Davis(Major Motion) scored the 2 point preem early in the race with both Davis and Sean Matthews(Major Motion) scoring 5 and 6 points each at the final sprint to put Major Motion in the series lead. A very tight race so far, Major Motion leads with 13 points followed by a tie between Ironfly and Cynergy Cycles at 10 points each.