Roswell Bicycle team members take home gold

More than 200 participants strapped on their helmets and hopped on their bicycles each day to take part in championship events through the 2008 Georgia State Games.

Roswell Bicycles proudly sponsored both the 18th Annual Cycling Criterium Championships and 8th Annual Cycling Road Race Championships at the games, which took place over a weekend in July.

The championship quest began with the road race at South Fulton Parkway and ended with the criterium at the West Oak Business Park in Marietta. Each races was divided into twelve divisions: Men's Pro 1 / 2 (5 laps), Men Category 3 (4 laps), Men Category 4 (3 laps), Men Category 5 (2 laps), Women 1/2/3 (4 laps), Women Cat 4 (2 laps), Juniors 10-12 (1 lap), Juniors 13-14 (1lap), Juniors 15-16 (1 lap), Juniors 17-18 (1 lap), Masters 35+ (4 laps), and Masters 45+ (3 laps).

Mary Pat Jones showed her love for cycling by not only participating in both cycling events, but by going that extra mile to win her rightfully deserved gold medal in the Women's Category 4 Division. Father and son cycling enthusiasts, Igor and Daniel Rudalev, are a well-known team in the local cycling community. For the past four years, Daniel has been riding with his cycling expert father in as many races as his busy Eaton Academy schedule allows.

Although this is their first year in the Georgia State Games, the duo plan to come back for years to come. Roswell Bicycles – which is the largest professionally staffed bicycle retailer in Georgia and is a top 100 bicycle retailer in the U.S. – sponsored cycling team members Emilio Asconeguy and Facundo Bazzi. Each man won a gold medal and other Roswell Bicycles team members placed in the top three positions in the Men's Pro 1 / 2 category in the Men's Road Race on Saturday and the Men's Criterium on Sunday.

More results can be found along with registration for the remaining sporting events of summer 2008's Championships at www.georgiagames.org.
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