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CCCP CycloCross @ Coyote Point - C3
San Mateo, CA, USA, November 30, 2003
Wells, Lloyd, Hosey take Wet CCCP Victories
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Todd Wells got back on the winning track Sunday at the 4th Round of the Bay Area Super Prestige Series, scoring his 4th UCI victory of the season on the Beach course at Coyote Point. For Rachel Lloyd it was her first victory over the Clif Bar team that has systematically controlled Lloyd all season - until the Beach course reduced their dry speed advantage when running was the advantage Lloyd brought to the event. And for Mike Hosey a mechanical-free event earned his first UCI win of the season in the Junior Elite race.
Three weeks ago at Coyote Point Wells, Travis Brown, Marc Gullickson and Andy Jacques-Maynes had a shoot-out sprint for the line at a dry course and Brown punched the accelerator for the win. Sunday's race course was wet from the start and heavy going through many sections of the 3.3 km circuit. Wells began to distance himself from the Clif Bar team by the 3rd of 8 laps. The fabled "Ritchey Walk on the Beach", a 50 yard section bordering San Francisco Bay, proved to be the undoing of Andy Jacques-Mayne when he stumbled attempting a flying landing onto the beach. OLN commentator Richard Fries had the crowd primed and waiting for Wells on each lap to leap and plant his bike perfectly onto the wet sand and that acrobatic ability gave Wells the cushion needed to fend off the 2 Northern Californians who shut Wells out last weekend on the East Coast at Highland Park and Amherst. The Kona team completed the podium with Erik Tonkin and Dale Knapp just a minute off Wells finish. And after a sizzling mid-season where he took 3 UCI victories, Ryan Trebon retired at mid race and is recharging the batteries for the next 2 weeks before Nationals in Portland.
At the first 3 Bay Area Super Prestige events the script was unchanged - Clif Bar's Carmen D'Aluisio and Gina Hall would alternate attacking Ritchey's Rachel Lloyd on the fast, dry courses until Lloyd cracked and whichever Cliffie was leading would solo to victory. With the Pacific winter storm soaking the eucalyptus forests and the "Ritchey Walk on the Beach", suddenly the tide had turned - literally. The Bay winter high tide was lapping near the edge of the fence bordering the beach and Lloyd discovered a circuit that matched her running skills. Dismounting and jumping onto the sand, Lloyd would sprint down the 50 yard sandpit and extend her lead each lap and this time it was Clif Bar taking the consolation places.
Sacramento's Adam Switters is currently the 4th ranked Elite Junior in the country and eagerly awaiting Portland and a chance to earn a spot on the World's team but a streaking Mike Hosey from Cotati interrupted his march to Pont-Chateau. On a day that saw Switters twice use the double pits for service and charge back to challenge for the win, Hosey calmly maintained his rhythm on the Beach, Bianchi Barricades, and Cannondale Canyon's descent through the forest to score his first UCI victory of the season. Both Juniors will now prepare for Nationals where they'll meet US leaders Tucker Thomas, Jamey Driscoll, and Konrad Lebas in predicable Northwest conditions - wet and heavy - just like Coyote Point.
Many of the 300 competitors remained for the final Elite podium ceremonies where Elite winners took home literal bags of gold with their wins - and then Wells was asked to perform 1 final act - select the winning raffle ticket for the Pilarcitos Cyclesports "World Championship vacation". Nick Llewellyn from Santa Cruz will probably be getting lots of calls now from long lost pals who would like to carry his bags on the 5-day trip to Pont-Chateau and the Worlds.
Photography
Images by James Wood/www.geocities.com/jdubbikin/
- The elite men separate midway into lap 1
- Winner Todd Wells and Andy Jacques-Maynes form the early break
- Andy Jacques-Maynes tackles the sand pit on the top half of the course
- A Kona rider also playing in the sand
- Midway through the race riders start to show a little fatigue
- Todd Wells and Andy Jacques-Maynes still doing battle. However Andy's Clif Bar team mate Jackson Stewart is lurking just around the bend
- Andy Jacques-Maynes and Jackson Stewart of Clif Bar try to keep Todd Wells (Hyundai Mongoose) under control
- Clif Bar's Jackson Stewart on the attack after Todd
- Kona's Eric Tonkin midway through the race
- Family Cycling Center on the chase
- Riders negotiate a technical and slick off-camber section of the course
- Aaron O'Dell (BuyCell.com) midway through an off camber descending turn
- Andy and Jackson continue their pursuit of Todd Wells
- Kona's Eric Tonkin chases down the Clif Bar duo of Andy Jacques-Maynes and Jackson Stewart
- Davie Yeater (Fairfield Toyota) demonstrates how to ride the beach. The only other rider able to do this was Todd Wells
- Todd Wells (Hyundai Mongoose) takes the win.
- Man I'm glad that's over.
- Jackson Stewart nips Andy at the line for second after a long day chasing Todd Wells.
- Eric Tonkin comes in for 4th whilst a Kona team mate rounds out the top 5.
- The podium: Andy Jacques-Maynes (Clif Bar) 3rd, Todd Wells (Hyundai-Mongoose) 1st and Eric Tonkin (Kona) 4th. Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar) 2nd was unable to attend the awards
Images by Russ & Nancy Wright/www.AbbiOrca.com
- Rachel Lloyd ran away with a big win Sunday for her second win an as many weeks
- Todd Wells leads Andy Jacques-Maynes
- Michael Hosey leads Adam Switters in the junior race
Results
Elite Men 1 Todd Wells (USA) 57.54 2 Jackson Stewart (USA) 0.16 3 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) 4 Erik Tonkin (USA) 1.07 5 Dale Knapp (USA) 1.08 6 Justin Robinson (USA) 2.11 7 Ben Jacques-MayneS (USA) 2.40 8 Aaron Odell (USA) 2.45 9 Bryan Miller (USA) 3.10 10 Simon Vickers (USA) 3.12 11 John Funke (USA) 3.35 12 Joshua Snead (USA) 3.39 13 Jason Moeschler (USA) 3.44 14 Perry Paolini(U23) (USA) 4.14 15 Mark Weir (USA) 4.29 16 Jacob Stechman (USA) 4.32 17 Aaron Kereluk (USA) 4.49 18 Cameron Falconer (USA) 4.50 19 Michael Telega (USA) 5.15 20 Mike Matthews (USA) 5.30 21 Brian Verner (USA) 6.40 22 David Yeater (USA) 6.52 23 Jeff Caton (USA) 6.53 24 Omer Kem(U23) (USA) 7.23 25 Din Abdullah (USA) 8.01 26 Dave Carr (USA) 27 Lance Doherty (Can) 8.29 28 Matt Young (USA) 8.44 29 Jeffrey Hantman (USA) 9.00 One lap behind 30 Rob Evans (USA) 31 Mansur Nurallah (USA) 32 Kaley Parkinson (USA) DNF Shannon Skerritt (USA) DNF Barry Wicks (USA) DNF Ryan Trebon (USA) DNF Chris Daugherty (USA) DNF David Hejduk (USA) Elite Women 1 Rachel Lloyd (USA) 40.01 2 Gina Hall (USA) 0.24 3 Carmen D'Aluisio (USA) 0.59 4 Rhonda Mazza (USA) 2.00 5 Josie Beggs (USA) 2.33 6 Sarah Kerlin (USA) 3.12 7 Barbara Howe (USA) 3.21 8 Stella Carey (USA) 4.23 9 Hillary Daniels (USA) 4.44 10 Melodie Metzger (USA) 4.57 11 Hollie McGovern (USA) 6.22 12 Sheila Moon (USA) 8.28 DNF Anne Cigan (USA) Juniors 1 Michael Hosey (USA) 41.22 2 Adam Switters (USA) 0.03 3 Eric Riggs (USA) 1.00 4 Chance Noble (USA) 1.50 5 Severin Skolrud (USA) 2.38 6 Collin Shamaan (USA) 2.42 Master Men 35+ 1 James Coats (Soulcraft) 44.27 2 Chris D'Aluisio (Clif Bar) 1.11 3 Rich Maile (Clif Bar) 1.12 4 Thomas Hayles (Lakewood Racing Team) 1.29 5 Michael Matthews (Buy-Cell.com) 1.31 6 Kenny Williams (Redline/Ritchey) 1.40 7 Tom Feix 2.00 8 Pat Schott (Black Market/Family) 2.03 9 Sam Giles (Clif Bar) 2.06 10 Nick Llewellyn 2.25 11 Mark Howland (Black Market/Family) 2.29 12 Henry Kramer (Power Bar) 2.48 13 Rob Meighan (Clif Bar) 2.52 14 Jonathan Owens (Missing Link) 3.07 15 Greg Regan (San Benito House) 3.13 16 Steve Ouzounian (Missing Link/Bianchi) 3.14 17 Rod Hernandez (Cal Giant) 3.15 18 Charles Hess (Bicycle Trip) 3.22 19 John Kammeyer (Ritchey) 3.26 20 Patrick Myall 3.46 21 Scott Lynch (Berkeley Bike Clb) 4.21 22 Mike Morgan (Sycip Racing) 4.31 23 Jon Gallagher 4.36 24 Gannon Myall (Mako/Galaxy Granola) 4.56 25 Casey O'Brien (Cal Giant/Bike Trip) 5.07 26 Eric Bustos (LGBRC) 5.36 27 John Cheethan 5.55 28 David Anthony (Valley Spokesmen) 5.59 29 Ruben Villareal (Velo Pro) 6.00 30 Daniel McNally (DFL) 6.14 31 Bill Carsley (Missing Link/Bianchi) 6.30 32 Mark Kurashige (LGBRC) 6.31 33 Fred Huxham 6.32 34 Jeff Hane (Wrong Way) 6.36 35 Dick Van_Der_Luit (East West) 6.46 36 Mark Mastoras 7.02 37 Drew Landers (DFL) 7.08 38 Jeff Stoen (Veo) 7.31 39 Matt Wocasek (Team Santa Cruz) 7.34 40 Philip Sims (SCCCC/ABS) 7.44 41 Chip Baker (Sycip Racing) 7.59 42 Richard Sangalli (Bianchi USA) 8.04 43 Gregory Phipps (Black Market Racing) 8.15 44 Joe Ornelas (Riverdale Bike Works) 8.20 45 Darrel Brokeshoulder LGBRC 8.31 One lap behind 46 David Gill (Team Santa Cruz) 47 Shawn Miller (Davis Bike Club) 48 Leslie Austere 49 Richard Parks (Davis Bike Club) 50 Paule Bates (Roaring Mouse Cycles) 51 Krag Rasmussen (Oakland Road) 52 Jeffrey Green 53 Richard Muhl Two laps behind 54 Dennis McGovern (Sycip) Master Men 45+ 1 Larry Hibbard (Family Cycling) 46.25 2 Mark Abele (Rivendell) 1.53 3 Anton McGready (Clif Bar) 2.00 4 Larry Nolan (USPS) 2.15 5 Doug Hatfield (Family Cycling Cntr) 2.23 6 David Covington (CRC/Travelocity) 2.28 7 Jon Suzuki (Missing Link) 3.22 8 Chris Allen (Clif Bar) 3.50 9 John Royson (DFL) 4.18 10 John Brown (Family Cycling Cntr) 4.30 11 Joe Fabris (SCCC) 4.40 12 Jonathan Sek (Team San Jose) 5.13 13 Kem Akol (Bike Trip) 5.26 14 Gary Erickson (Clif Bar) 5.30 15 Tom Sullivan (Amsterdam Bicycles) 6.18 One lap behind 16 Steve Stewart (LGBRC) 17 Scott Calley (Earthbound Farm) 18 Robert Kurosawa (Clif Bar) 19 David Samples (Cal Giant) 20 Frank Cuaresma (Cal Giant) 21 Robert Harbuck (Kaiser Permanente) 22 Brian Birch (Berkeley Bike) 23 Nicho Ybarra (Missing Link/Bianchi) 24 Peter Brown (Pedali-Corsa) 25 Richard Stone (Bicyclery) 26 Gary Anghinetti (Bike Route) 27 Jim Beuselinch (East West) 28 Christopher Holmes (Rocknasium) 29 Steven Seaweed ( The Bone) Two laps behind 30 Mike MacDonald (Jaeger Wheelmen) 31 Paul Sadoff (Rock Lobster) B Men 1 Dan O'Sullivan (Eden Bicycles) 38.43 2 Bernard VanUlden (Summit Bicycles) 0.32 3 Aaron Beardsley (Big Swingin Cycles) 0.51 4 Joe Walsh (Buy-Cell.com) 1.02 5 David Samples (Cal Giant Inc) 1.10 6 Damon Pettinger (Family Cycling Cntr) 1.11 7 Ari Benderly (Cocktoaster Racing) 8 Martin Suro (Truvativ/Ridley) 1.25 9 Jason Rahlwes (Fox Racing Shox) 1.37 10 Joseph Ball (Big Swingin Cycles) 1.44 11 Carl Roberts (Clif Bar) 1.47 12 Eric Muensterman (Huangoche) 2.08 13 Preston Tucker 2.10 14 Chris Leavell (Fusion) 2.12 15 Jesse Mayberry (Redline/Ritchey) 2.17 16 Mike Bohn 2.20 17 Jeremy Sarrow (SyCip) 2.31 18 Michael Cleary (Stanford) 2.37 19 Jason Pyrzynski 2.39 20 Brock Dickie (Armadillo Willy's) 3.01 21 James Connel 3.03 22 Aron Bonar (Solano Ave Cyclery) 3.09 23 Jason Montano (Robinson's) 3.14 24 David Widmark (BRT/Cyfac) 3.22 25 Brendon Lydon (Rocknasium) 3.28 26 Gen Kogure (BRT/Cyfac) 3.37 27 Gabe Cheese (DeathStar) 3.39 28 Reed Maxwell (Missing Link) 3.43 29 Robert Godar (Huangoche) 3.45 30 Jay Buenaventura (rd Rail CC) 3.47 31 Bruno Colchen 32 Monty Worthington (Tifosi Wines) 3.50 33 Carl Hekkert (LGBRC) 4.02 34 Chris Coffey (Redline/Ritchey) 4.11 35 Thomas Pham (SGW/City Bike) 4.12 36 Dirk VanUlden 37 Joe Champion (Big Swingin Cycles) 4.17 38 Norman Field (Team Santa Cruz) 4.19 39 Evan Adams (Big Swinging Cycles) 4.21 40 Terry Berry (Big Swingin Cycles) 4.45 41 Mark Fitzsimmons (Fox Racing Shox) 4.54 42 Page Hadden (Sycip) 4.58 43 Steve_Scott Woo (Fusion Sport) 5.05 44 Joe Digiovanni (Cisco Systems) 45 Bo Barry (Soulcraft) 5.24 46 Louis Ferracane 5.28 47 Joe Mulligan (Pen-Velo/Kondra) 5.35 48 Isaias Job (Wrong Way) 5.45 49 Larry VanZant (Echelon/S.Barbara) 6.05 50 Brian Rogers (Sycip) 6.16 51 Ryan Schlichting (Solano Ave.Cyclery) 6.23 52 Andrew Lyndon (Missing Link) 6.35 53 Brian Jensen (Fremont Freewheelers) 6.48 54 James Wood (Team City) 6.58 55 Andrew May (Bianchi USA) 7.27 56 Scott Sisto (Pen Velo/Kondra) 7.28 57 Gregory Tower (Steelman Cycles) 8.34 58 Jake Booth (ESite Cycling) 8.50 59 Adam Smith 60 Loren Soltes (Huangoche) 8.56 61 Karl Etzel (Redline/Ritchey) 8.58 One lap behind 62 Antonio Diaz (Fania AllStars) C Men 1 Brian Mulroe 41.37 2 Robert Mau 0.01 3 David Schindehette (Pegasus) 0.53 4 Joe Dinapoli 0.54 5 David Ambrose (Eden Bicycles) 1.22 6 Mark Slavonia 1.24 7 Jim Gothers (Redline/Ritchey) 1.48 8 Robin Alfred 9 Cisco Moren 1.55 10 Ryan Isaacs 2.09 11 David Dick 2.13 12 Geoff Wilcox 2.18 13 Jim Long (Berkeley Bike Club) 2.19 14 Sean O'Connell (Huangoche) 2.41 15 Albert Reinhardt 2.49 16 Mark Kurashige (LGBRC) 17 Dan Adkins (BRT) 2.50 18 Don Daniel 2.55 19 Erio Brown (Huanoche) 3.23 20 William Irving 3.47 21 Timothy Nielsen 3.50 22 Jeffrey Bramlett 3.54 23 Chris Baker 4.39 24 Peter Libby (Missing Link) 4.42 25 David Pedersen 4.43 26 Michael Tanner 4.47 27 David McAuley (UCSC) 5.15 28 Rocco Holloway (VSRT) 5.20 29 Teryk Morris 5.40 30 Paul Devries 5.51 31 Brian McKie (Team Valley) 32 Jon Grant 6.02 33 Robert Barber 6.19 34 Steve Tamanaha 6.30 35 Karl Knutson 6.47 36 Juan Ortiz 6.53 37 Geoff James 6.57 38 Dirk Rohloff 7.05 39 Lance Siebuhr 7.28 40 Patrick Kelly 7.29 41 Steven Woo (LGBRC) 7.30 42 Erik Gize 8.39 43 Bryan Evans (Jon Rayner(tandem)) 9.23 44 Gary Davis (LGBRC) 10.28 45 Peter Hanisch 10.34 46 Darryl Smith 11.32 47 Jeremy Ferguson 12.55 One lap behind 48 Kevin Kone (Pen Velo/Kondra) 49 Kevin McKee (SCCC/Le Village) 50 Michael Schaller 51 David Charles Beginners 1 Stan Barrett 36.39 2 Eric Lowe 0.57 3 Jason Warner 1.19 4 Ian Malec 1.54 5 Logan Loader 2.00 6 Clifford Lee 2.02 7 Matthew Gunnell 5.22 One lap behind 8 Michael Warfield 9 Jim Karanas (Alto Velo) 10 Immanuel Amo 11 Joseph Saveri 12 Joseph Muin 13 Greg Tabangcura B Women 1 Fiona Sander (Cisco Systems) 36.26 2 Sarah Bamberger (SYCIP) 3 Shauna Potocky (Family Cycling) 1.50 4 Karen Kefauver (Velo Bella) 4.00 5 Julie Brothers (Team Walthour) 4.04 6 Mary Perez (UCSC) 9.18 C Women 1 Lori Cox (Velo Girls) 28.47 2 Diane Hayford 0.37 3 Anne Sylvester (Velo Girls) 1.19 4 Sarah Shen 2.07 5 Julie Brown (Team Wrong Way) 3.07 6 Gail DeCamp (Velo Bella) 3.08 7 Elia Meza (Mako/Galaxy Granola) 4.24 8 Amy Abele (Valley Spokesmen) 4.51 9 Elizabeth Warren (Velo Girls) 7.06 10 Mary Hoover (Velo Girls) 7.30 11 Erin Ambrose (Eden Bicycles) 8.11 12 Rosemary La Puma 8.22 13 Anna Tong (Velo Girls) 8.24 14 Goldi Skeel (Velo Bella) 8.52 15 Betty Jordan (Valley Spokesmen) 9.43 One lap behind 16 Christina Dong Master Women 35+ 1 Andi Mackie (Velo Bella/Moots) 36.58 2 Celeste McCartney (Missing Link/Bianchi) 0.42 One lap behind 3 Kim Lucas (Clif Bar)
Past winners
2002 Marc Gullickson (Mongoose/Hyundai) Mary McConneloug (Seven Cycles)
