Brooklyn Velo Force

TEAM ROSTER

BVF Team

Men, Category 3
Peter Baiamonte	<Profile>
Chris Barbaria
Sean Barry
Scott Demel	<Profile>
Robert Lombardi	<Profile>
William Lopez
Alessandro Matteucci	<Profile>
Christopher Mazzini-Chin	<Profile>
Robert Mecea	<Profile>
Jonathan Podwil	<Profile>
Josh Pulver	<Profile>
Adam Schildge	<Profile>
Ray Tirado
Benjamin Woodbury

Men, Category 4
Nate Archibald
D. Mark Carter	<Profile>
Ben Dailey	<Profile>
Nick Eisenman	<Profile>
Mike Howard
Jordan Jan	<Profile>
Mark Lauterbach	<Profile>
James Mahlmann
Joel Simon	<Profile>
Josh Storck	<Profile>
Jason Voigt
Sheldon Warner

Women
Midori Nakamura

RIDER PROFILES

Peter Baiamonte

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3 / Masters), Mountain (Sport), Cyclocross
Age:	38
Race Highlights:	1st Place Saturday, 1st Place Sunday Whitmore's Super Cross Cup Weekend (Masters), 2009 1st Place Kissena Club Time Trial Championships, 2003 1st Place LIWA Prospect Race, 1999 1st Place Kissena Prospect Race, 1997 2nd Place Nittany Lion Cyclocross (35+ 3/4), 2008 <Photo> 2nd Place Kissena Club Road Race Championships, 2003 2nd Place Kissena Labor Day Track Championships (road bike race), 1994 2nd Place Kissena Club Time Trial, Road, and Criterium Championships, 1995 2nd Place Kissena Prospect Race, 2000 3rd Place Pete Senia Memorial Road Race (Masters), 2008 <Photo> 3rd Place Kissena Club Criterium Championships, 2000 3rd Place Kissena Club Time Trial Championships, 1999 4th Place Kissena Club Road Race Championships, 2004

Pete is originally from Brooklyn and began racing in 1990. Now living in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, he is a freelance photographer.

Nicholas Eisenman

Discipline:

Road (Cat 4 / Masters), Track

Age:

Race Highlights:

Silver Medal 
40+ Keirin
New York State Track Championships, 2008

Bronze Medal
30+ Match Sprint
New York State Track Championships, 1999

Various Placings at Kissena and Lehigh Valey Velodromes, 1998-2001, 2008

Nick is an attorney working at Major League Baseball, specializing in trademark and copyright protection.

D. Mark Carter, "DMark"

Discipline:	Road (Cat 4 / Masters), Track
Age:	52
Race Highlights:	10th Place Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday Night Race, 2004

DMark has been racing since 2003 and joined BVF in 2004.

Ben Dailey

Discipline:

Road (Cat 4), Mountian (Sport), Cyclocross

Age:

Race Highlights:

1st, 4th, 4th, 5th Place Finishes
Overall 2007 Champion (Cat 5)
Kissena Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday Night Series, 2007
< Report >

3rd Place
NYCMTB All City Cross Country

10th Place
Augusta Wintercross

15th Place
Battenkill-Roubaix (Cat 5), 2007

Qualified as "Super Randonneur" having completed a series of 200, 300, 400, and 600km endurance rides in one season, and completed Paris-Brest-Paris in 2007.

Ben, a native New Yorker, is a long time mountain biker who has taken up road riding and racing over the last few years. As a professional camera assistant/cameraman, Ben has combined his interests to produce material for the show Bike TV. In 2007, Ben completed one of the world's most difficult and historic endurance rides, the 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris.

Scott Demel

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3 / Masters), Track, Cyclocross
Age:	40
Race Highlights:	2nd Place Poughkeepsie Criterium (Cat 4), 2006 < Report > 2nd Place Big Apple Bicycle Classic (Cat 4), 2006 < Report > 2nd Place and 4th Place Johnny Cake Lane Road Race (Cat 4), 2004 and 2005 < Report > 3rd Place Fitchburg Longsjo Points Competition (Cat 4), 2006 < Report > 3rd Place Sturbridge Road Race (Cat 3/4), 2007 < Report > 1st Place Staten Island Criterium (Cat 5), 2003

Scott is an architect and associate at Rogers Marvel Architects. Originally from Texas, Scott now lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn with his wife, Sara.

Jordan Jan

Discipline:	Road (Cat 4 / Masters)
Age:	42

Challenge, competition and camaraderie are the reasons Jordan cycles, and harmony, scenery and synergy are the reasons he skis. Jordan is originally from the Southern Alps in Slovenia where the roads are anything but flat. Classical music and youthful enthusiasm brought him to the States nearly 20 years ago, and he spends his weekdays as a multimedia consultant in SoHo.

Mark Lauterbach

Discipline:	Road (Cat 4 / Masters)
Age:	42
Race Highlights:	Assorted Top-10 Finishes as a Cat 5

Mark is a dad, a doctoral student and the director of research and assessment for the Cooke Center for Learning and Development...and he even sometimes finds time to train for racing.

Robert Lombardi

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3 / Masters), Track (Cat 3)
Age:	48
Race Highlights:	2nd Place 2008 Kissena Track Points Series Overall (Cat 4) 3rd Place Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday Night (Cat 4), 2007 4th Place Kissena Prospect Park Race (Cat 4), 2007 NORBA Cross Country New Jersey State Mountain Bike Champion 1996 (novice) Bronze Medal NORBA Grundig World Cup Race 1996 Mt Snow Vermont Tuesday Twilight Racing Series 1997 2nd place overall (Cat 5)

Rob stopped bicycle racing in 1997 to pursue a Pro Motorcycle road racing career, but continued to train on the road bike for 250 to 275 miles a week, mostly in Prospect Park. He's also completed 13 full Marathons and one ultra marathon. A member of the New York Roadrunners Club since 1987, Rob still participates in running races when they can be squeezed in. Oh, and he also instructs motorcycle racing at the Poconos Raceway.

Alessandro Matteucci

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3 / Masters), Track USAC Level 2 Coach
Age:	44
Race Highlights:	2nd Place Overall Cadence Tuesday Night Points Series (3/4), 20009 < Results > Series Winner Cadence Cup, Propsect Park (Cat4), 2008 < Photos > 1st Place Tour de Parc Criterium (Cat 4), 2008 < Photos > 1st Place Kissena Track Opening Weekend (Cat 5 35+), 2008 < Photos > 1st and 2nd Place Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday Night (Cat 5), 2007 3rd Place Harlem Skyscraper Criterium (Cat4), 2008 < Photos >

Alex was born in Rome and he moved to US in 1995. He lives in Bensonhurst with his wife Angela and two daughters, Giulia and Claudia. Alex is a Level 2 USA Cycling certified coach with FinKraft Endurace Sports Coaching.

Alex road raced from age 13 to 18 with the last two years spent in the A.S. Grottaferrata Team, one of the best in Central Italy at that time. He had the luck to be trained by Antonio Fradusco (very successful racer in the 1960's), who has coached among others a few Italian National Team riders, a Champion of Italy and a former World Champion. To quote Alex: "If after 20+ years of inactivity I still have an edge in road racing I owe it to his teaching: thank you Antonio!"

Christopher Mazzini-Chin

Discipline:	Track (Cat 3), Road(Cat 3), Cyclocross
Age:	33
Race Highlights:	Various Omnium placings, Saturdays @ Lehigh Valley Velodrome 2002-2003 Air Products Finals Jersey Winner, Lehigh Valley Velodrome 2002 D20/MD State Criterium Champion 1999

Chris rides with an inclination to race on velodromes. Brooklyn born-and-raised, he lives in Bensonhurst with his wife Elizabeth. Presently working in employee benefits consulting, He is also starting a personal chef/catering service.

Robert Mecea

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3 / Masters)
Age:	43

Robert has been actively racing since 1991 and is currently obtaining ACSM certification as a sport trainer. If he's not on his bicycle in the race field, he might be at the front of it, riding the pace motorcyle.

Jonathan Podwil

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3 / Masters)
Age:	44

Jonathan is a visual artist and digital retoucher/animator and lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn with Jessica and 3 daughters Ingrid, Isa, and Camilla. Random fact: speaks Swedish, German, Danish, French and a little Spanish & Dutch.

Josh Pulver

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3 / Masters)
Age:	38
Race Highlights:	1st Place (two races) and 2nd Place Overall Floyd Bennett Field Cat 4 race series, 2002 2nd Place Prospect Park "Tour of New York" (Cat 4), 2002 8th Place Palmer Road Race (Cat 4), 2002 15th Place Bear Mountain Road Race (Cat 4), 2002 15th Place Jiminy Peak Road Race (Cat 4), 2002

Josh is an Architect in New York City and founder of A+C Architecture + Construction .

Adam Schildge

Discipline:	Road (Cat 3)
Age:	31
Race Highlights:	2nd Place Prospect Park Race (Cat 4)2004, 2005, 2006 5th Place Kissena Tuesday Night (Cat 3/4), 2006 15th Place Bear Mountain Road Race (Cat 4), 2006 < Report >

Adam is originally from the Jersey Shore and now lives in Kensington. A natural member of the team, Adam is a direct descendent of John A. Roebling, designer and builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. After living in Germany for a time, he was lured back to ride 1000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, and has been racing since finishing that trip in 2004. Adam recommends commuting to Manhattan by bike, but also advises a strong lock for Times Square.

Joel Simon

Discipline:	Road (Cat 4 / Masters)
Age:	45

Joel raced for three years as a junior for Team Brooklyn. After a brief 25-year hiatus, returned to competitive cycling in 2006. He re-joined Brooklyn Velo Force in 2007. Joel lives in Carroll Gardens with his family.

Josh Storck

Discipline:	Road (Cat 4 / Masters), Clyclocross
Age:	38
Race Highlights:	6th Place Readington 10k Time Trial (Cat 4), 2008 3rd Place Al Toefield Memorial Road Race (Cat 5), 2007 10th place BVF Individual Time Trial (Cannibal), 2007 <Event>

After many years working as a software engineer at a visual effects studio on the west coast, Josh returned to New York City to work at Two Sigma Investments. He started racing in 2007 after several years as dedicated runner.