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El Palo Alto CycloCross - C3
San Mateo, CA, USA, November 9, 2003
D'Aluisio & Brown take San mateo 'cross
By Erin Alders
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Of the nation's top CX racers who lined up at the Pilarcitos SuperPrestige Cyclocross Race in San Mateo, California, Carmen D'Aluisio from Team Clif Bar, and Travis Brown from Team Trek/Volkswagen, showed to be in excellent form as they took the victories.
The Coyote Point race course utilized a three kilometer circuit, running through dirt, pavement, and flat sections, while also snaking through a multi-pitch climb, barriers, and a descent.
Women
In the Elite Women's race, D'Aluisio, Ann Knapp, Gina Hall, and Rachel Lloyd opened an early gap in the first lap, and held it through the duration of the race.
"The gaps occurred naturally because of the course. It seemed I was opening a gap on the climb and through the barriers, but the others were making up time on the technical descent," said D'Aluisio. On the third lap, a gap started to open between Knapp and the group, and Knapp dropped back. "When Rachel caught back up to me, I noticed she was having difficulty at the top of the climb, so I tried to punch it over the top, and keep the pressure on," continued D'Aluisio.
After cresting over the top of the climb, D'Aluisio settled into a rhythm, pulling away five seconds in one lap, and then fifteen in the next. Despite mechanical problems and a bike change, D'Aluisio held her position and finished in first place, three seconds in front of teammate Gina Hall. Lloyd rode in for third place, Knapp in fourth place with one minute behind the leader, and Howe took fifth place by winning the sprint in the next group of riders.
Men
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In the Elite Men's race, Jacques-Maynes, Gullickson, Brown, Wells, and Stewart made an early break in the first lap, and continued to stay away.
The hill proved to be the primary obstacle of the course, and the group remained together until Stewart was gapped off on the climb, halfway into the race. "With three laps to go, Todd attacked hard on the climb, and Travis dropped back, only to catch back on at the bottom of the descent. When he caught up, he blew by us, and kept going. The gap widened, and at first no one responded. Then we started to chase in the last two laps, and we caught Travis close to the finish," said Jacques-Maynes.
In the final sprint, Brown won by a quarter of a wheel's length, with Wells in second, and Jacques-Maynes close by in third. Gullickson was seconds behind for fourth place, and Stewart maintained his gap of a minute and twenty seconds to take fifth place.
Photography
Images by Sabine Dukes/www.www.velobella.org
- Pineapple Bob (Clif Bar), local cyclocross legend, in the 45+ race
- Larry Hibbard (Family Cycling Center) wins another 45+ race
- Chris D'Aluisio (Clif Bar) and James Coats (Soulcraft) finish 1st and 2nd in the 35+ race
- Mike Matthews (Buy-Cell.com) leads the chase group in the 35+ race
- Karen Kefauver (Velo Bella), Santa Cruz sports journalist, racing the Women Bs
- Adam Switters (Sacramento Golden Wheelmen) jumped to an early lead to win the Junior Men's race
- Anne Knapp (Kona) was alone in her chase of the leading trio
- Clif Bar's Carmen D'Aluisio and Gina Hall worked together to finish 1st and 2nd
- Sarah Kerlin (ABS/Velo Bella) suffered from a mid race flat
- Marc Gullickson (Redline) and Todd Wells (Mongoose-Hyundai) chat it up at the start
- Gullickson strings out the group on lap 1
- Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar) hangs on to the leaders
- Perry Paolini (Balance Bar-Devo) finished in 1st in the U23 Men
- Gullickson and Stewart finished 4th and 5th
- Junior Men's podium: Mario Wilson (Sacramento Golden Wheelman), Colin Shamaan (Sacramento Golden Wheelman), Adam Switters (Sacramento Golden Wheelman), Andy Brooks (Redline), and Chance Noble (Camarillo Ravens)
- Elite Women's podium: Barbara Howe (Taylor Bicycles), Rachel Lloyd (Redline-Ritchey), Carmen D'Aluisio (Clif Bar), Gina Hall (Clif Bar) and Anne Knapp (Kona)
- Elite Men's Podium: Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar), Andy Jacques-Maynes (Clif Bar), Travis Brown (Trek Volkswagon), Todd Wells (Mongoose-Hyundai), Mark Gullickson (Redline)
Images by Russ & Nancy Wright/AbbiOrca.com
- Gullickson and Wells in the chip bark after the Bianchi Barricades
- Todd Wells (Mongoose/Hyundai) in the eucalyptus forest approaching the Cannondale run-up
- Marc Gullickson (Redline) in the deep forest
- Andy Jacques-Maynes (Clif Bar) played "Who's chasing Travis?" with Gullickson and Wells with 2 laps to go. Brown lost contact twice during the final laps, recovered each time and surprised Wells at the line for the victory and AJ grabbed the 3rd podium spot..
- Travis Brown (TreK/VW), 3rd member of the Colorado Contingent at "El Palo Alto CycloCross" and the former World Single Speed champ.
- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Family Cycling Center) fully recovered form a hyper-extended knee 3 weeks ago, back to full power and 6th place in El Palo Alto CycloCross
- Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar) was a contender until 3 laps from the finish when a mechanical forced him off the leaders pace and solo'ed for 5th and the podium
- The Sprint: Wells was in command at Kelly Korner hairpin until Brown cashed in the entire Federal Reserve and created enough speed to take the title by a half wheel
- Women's Podium: 5th Barbara Howe (Taylor Bicycles), 3rd Rachel Lloyd (Redline/Ritchey) 1st Carmen D'Aluisio (Clif Bar), 2nd Gina Hall (Clif Bar) 4th Ann Knapp (Kona)
- The Junior Podium: 5th Mario Wilson (Sacramento Golden Wheelmen) 3rd Colin Samaan (Sacramento Golden Wheelmen) 1st Adam Switters (Sacramento Golden Wheelmen) 2nd Andy Brooks (Redline) 4th Chance Noble (Camarillo Ravens)
- Honest - that's sparkling Apple Juice! Adam Switters gets to practice for that day when it will be Champagne to the winner
- The Elite Men's podium as the cork is popped! 5th Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar) 3rd Andy Jacques-Maynes (Clif Bar) 1st Travis Brown (Trek VW) 2nd Todd Wells (Mongoose/Hyundai 4th Marc Gullickson (Redline)
- Carmen D'Aluisio (Clif Bar) notches her second victory in the Bay Area Super Prestige CycloCross Series
- Current National Champion Ann Knapp (Kona) in her first trip back to Northern California since her title at Yountville last December
- Clif Bar's Gina Hall
- Elite Junior winner Adam Switters moves into 4th place in US standings with a win at El Palo Alto CycloCross
- Rachel Lloyd (Redline/Ritchey) with San Francisco Bay in the background on a sparkling day on the Bay. Saturday's heavy rain served to soften the course into ideal 'cross conditions
Images by Ruben Villarreal
- Runaway train, Marc Gullickson (Redline), Andy Jacques-Maynes (Cliff Bar), Todd Wells (Mongoose- Hyundai), Jackson Stewart (Cliff Bar), and Travis Brown (Trek-VW) put the hammer down.
- Travis Brown (Trek-VW) pushing it to the redline on the climb.
- Even the best go down on occasion, Ben Jacques-Maynes (Family Cycling Center) catches a tip.
- Travis Brown pops the cork on the elite men's podium.
Results
Elite Men 1 Travis Brown (USA) 57.11 2 Todd Wells (USA) 0.01 3 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) 0.02 4 Marc Gullickson (USA) 0.05 5 Jackson Stewart (USA) 1.21 6 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) 1.51 7 Bryan Miller (USA) 2.27 8 Mark Noble (USA) 2.32 9 John Funke (USA) 2.41 10 Brent Prenzlow (USA) 2.47 11 Aaron Odell (USA) 3.44 12 David Yeater (USA) 3.59 13 Perry Paolini(U23) (USA) 4.07 14 Justin Robinson (USA) 4.18 15 Joshua Snead (USA) 4.19 16 Aaron Kereluk (USA) 4.20 17 Brian Verner (USA) 4.50 18 Michael Telega (USA) 5.00 19 Jason Moeschler (USA) 5.39 20 Bobby Williamson (USA) 6.17 21 Dave Carr (USA) 6.27 22 David Hejduk (USA) 6.33 23 Steven Cozza(U23) (USA) 6.41 24 Mike Matthews (USA) 7.11 One lap behind 25 Phil Roberts (USA) 26 Simon Vickers (USA) 27 Jeff Herring (USA) 28 Rick Hunter (USA) 29 Matt Young (USA) 30 Mansur Nurallah (USA) 31 Charles Ehm (USA) 32 Jeffrey Hantman (USA) 33 Ben Dodge (USA) 34 Joe Augustine (USA) 35 Rob Evans (USA) 36 Brent Chapman (USA) Elite Women 1 Carmen D'Aluisio (USA) 42.35 2 Gina Hall (USA) 0.03 3 Rachel Lloyd (USA) 0.38 4 Anne Grande (USA) 1.00 5 Barbara Howe (USA) 3.58 6 Erin Kassoy (USA) 7 Stella Carey (USA) 4.01 8 Hollie McGovern (USA) 4.31 9 Hillary Daniels (USA) 4.36 10 Melodie Metzger (USA) 4.40 11 Helene Drumm (USA) 4.56 12 Dorothy Wong (USA) 5.22 13 Sarah Kerlin (USA) 6.35 14 Anya Hinkle (USA) 8.05 15 Anne Cigan (USA) 8.18 One lap behind 16 Sheila Moon (USA) Juniors 1 Adam Switters (USA) 45.41 2 Andy Brooks (USA) 1.15 3 Collin Shamaan (USA) 2.51 4 Chance Noble (USA) 3.41 5 Mario Wilson (USA) 9.49 One lap behind 6 Dylan Markell (USA) Master Men 35+ 1 Chris D'Aluisio (Clif Bar) 41.28 2 James Coats (Soulcraft) 0.02 3 Rich Maile (Clif Bar) 0.12 4 Michael Matthews (Buy-Cell.com) 0.17 5 Rob Meighan (Clif Bar) 0.18 6 David Eastwood (GS Reno) 0.35 7 Thomas Hayles (Lakewood Racing Team) 1.32 8 Henry Kramer (Power Bar) 1.37 9 Tom Feix 1.49 10 Jeff Caton (Napa Valley Velo) 2.17 11 Nick Llewellyn 2.26 12 Mike Donahue 2.29 13 Charles Hess (Bicycle Trip) 2.33 14 Daniel McNally (DFL) 2.35 15 Sam Giles (Clif Bar) 2.42 16 Greg Regan (Bicyclery HMB) 2.44 17 Steve Ouzounian (Missing Link/Bianchi) 2.58 18 Rod Hernandez (Cal Giant) 3.05 19 Greg Talbert 3.32 20 Mark Howland (Black Market/Family) 3.36 21 Gary Dialuisio (Onyx) 3.43 22 Ron Gutierrez (Sycip) 4.02 23 John Kammeyer (Ritchey) 4.14 24 Bill Carsley (Missing Link/Bianchi) 4.20 25 Eric Bustos (LGBRC) 4.28 26 Scott Lynch (Berkeley Bike Clb) 4.33 27 Patrick Myall 4.57 28 Austin McInerny (Missing Link/Bianchi) 5.11 29 Jeff Stoen (Veo) 5.34 30 Keith Packard (Johnson Bicycle) 6.06 31 David Anthony (Valley Spokesmen) 6.22 32 Evan Adams (Big Swingin Cycles) 6.24 33 Gregory Phipps (Black Market Racing) 6.27 34 Raymond Mendoza 6.37 35 Jim Kelleher 6.45 36 Jeff Hane (Wrong Way) 7.11 37 Mark Mastoras 7.12 38 Philip Sims (SCCCC/ABS) 7.23 39 Richard Sangalli (Bianchi USA) 7.34 40 David Gill (Team Santa Cruz) 7.37 41 Thomas Hoeffel (Steelman) 8.21 One lap behind 42 Monty Worthington (Tifosi Wines) 43 Willy Dommen 44 Joe Ornelas (Riverdale Bike Works ) 45 Darrel Brokeshoulder Lgbrc 46 Richard McElman 47 Jeffrey Green 48 Tom Boardman 49 Richard Parks (Davis Bike Club) 50 D. Kirkland 51 John Cheethan 52 Tim Brennan (Taylor Bicycles) Two laps behind 53 Dennis McGovern (Sycip) Master Men 45+ 1 Larry Hibbard (Family Cycling) 42.28 2 Mark Abele (Rivendell) 2.45 3 Norm Kreiss (Clif Bar) 2.53 4 Doug Hatfield (Family Cycling Cntr) 2.54 5 Anton McGready (Clif Bar) 3.01 6 Chris Allen (Clif Bar) 3.59 7 Jon Suzuki (Missing Link) 4.35 One lap behind 8 Jonathan Sek (Team San Jose) 9 Brain Starr (Familyh Cycling Cntr ) 10 John Brown (Family Cycling Cntr) 11 Bob Guglielmelli (Family Cycling Cntr) 12 Keith Bontrager 13 Richard Stone (Bicyclery) 14 Kem Akol (Bike Trip) 15 Tom Sullivan (Amsterdam Bicycles) 16 David Samples (Cal Giant) 17 Robert Kurosawa (Clif Bar) 18 Joe Fabris (SCCC) 19 Nicho Ybarra (Missing Link/Bianchi ) 20 Brian Birch (Berkeley Bike) 21 Steve Stewart (LGBRC) 22 Frank Cuaresma (Cal Giant) 23 Jim Beuselinch (East West) 24 Gary Anghinetti (Bike Route) 25 Peter Brown (Pedali-Corsa) 26 Horace Armour Two laps behind 27 Mike Macdonald (Jaeger Wheelmen) 28 Peter Dahlstrand (Berkeley BC) 29 Blake Chenault B Men 1 Dan O'Sullivan (Eden Bicycles) 43.10 2 Mark Christian (Napa Valley Velo) 0.19 3 Damon Pettinger (Family Cycling Cntr) 0.46 4 Jeremy Sarrow (SyCip) 0.48 5 Gen Kogure (BRT/Cyfac) 0.50 6 Chris Leavell (Fusion) 0.52 7 Brett Hondorp (Sycip) 1.01 8 Martin Suro (Truvativ/Ritchey) 1.13 9 Jesse Mayberry 1.15 10 David Samples (Cal Giant Inc) 1.20 11 Eric Muensterman (Huangoche) 1.32 12 Brendon Lydon (Rocknasium) 13 Aaron Beardsley (Big Swingin Cycles) 1.40 14 Joseph Ball (Big Swingin Cycles) 1.49 15 Ari Benderly (Cocktoaster Racing) 1.54 16 Jason Rahlwes (Fox Racing Shox) 1.55 17 Lucas Paz (BRT) 2.01 18 Aron Bonar (Solano Ave Cyclery) 19 Todd Paulelti (Solano Ave Cycling) 2.07 20 Robert Godar (Huangoche) 2.17 21 Thomas Pham (SGW/City Bike) 2.19 22 Jimmy Blair (BRT) 2.20 23 Jeff Wyatt (Solano Ave Cyclery) 2.39 24 Jay Buenaventura (rd Rail CC) 2.40 25 James Connel 2.53 26 Robert Nelson (Missing Link/Bianchi) 27 Terry Berry (Big Swingin Cycles) 2.55 28 Eric Russell (Clif Bar) 2.57 29 John Kammeyer 3.04 30 David Widmark (BRT/Cyfac) 3.05 31 Ryan Green (Rossignol) 3.10 32 Joe Walsh (Buy-Cell.com) 3.31 33 Hans Kellner (Sycip) 3.39 34 Chris Coffey (Redline/Ritchey) 3.46 35 Max Spirin (Tieni Duro) 3.48 36 Josh Hitchcock 37 Bruno Colchen 3.55 38 Norman Field (Team Santa Cruz) 39 Matthew Blick (Hazards/K) 4.09 40 Chris Jordan (DFL) 4.16 41 Reed Maxwell (Missing Link) 4.19 42 Dave Schindehette (Pegasus) 4.24 43 Joe Champion (Big Swingin Cycles) 4.26 44 Bo Berry (Soulcraft) 4.27 45 Joshua Rebol (Echelon Santa Barbar) 46 Johannes Schmidt (Redline/Richey) 4.33 47 Bud Napolio ((CRc)) 5.10 48 Mike Cummer 5.49 49 Don Palermini (Stop Arnold!) 6.00 50 Chris Greene (ZG Velo Club) 6.15 51 Eric Wemhoff (Cal Cycling) 6.20 52 Andrew May (Bianchi USA) 6.29 53 Scott Sisto (Pen Velo/Kondra) 6.56 54 Karl Etzel (Redline/Ritchey) 7.37 55 Adam Tracy (BRT) 7.50 56 Ryan Galdes (Ritchey/Red Line) 7.54 57 Robert Barber 8.08 58 Erick Theilen (Huangoche) 8.40 One lap behind 59 Andy Volk (Redline/Ritchey) 60 Robert Russell (FRBC) 61 Dan Adkins (BRT) 62 Eliot Logan (Webcor/Alto Velo) 63 Preston Tucker 64 Andrew Lyndon (Missing Link) 65 Joe Mulligan (Pen-Velo/Kondra) C Men 1 Steve Wilbur 39.30 2 Mark Slavonia 0.15 3 Robert Mau 0.27 4 Peter Libby (Missing Link) 0.59 5 Robin Alfred 1.03 6 David Ambrose (Eden Bicycles) 1.27 7 Cisco Moren 8 Jim Gothers 1.37 9 Jim Long (Berkeley Bike Club) 1.38 10 Robert Barber 1.40 11 Chris Patterson (Niko Ventures) 1.51 12 Sean O'Connell (Huangoche) 1.54 13 Mark Kurashige 2.12 14 Don Daniel 2.29 15 Erio Brown (Huanoche) 2.31 16 Steve Tamanaha 2.47 17 Robert Soderbery 3.22 18 Brad Hepler 3.54 19 David Pedersen 4.02 20 Loren Sol 4.17 21 Steven Woo (LGBRC) 4.31 22 Chris Baker 4.32 23 Anthony Trujillo 4.37 24 Eric Risley 5.30 25 Paul Kerner (Johnson Bicycles) 5.32 26 Robert Ford (REI Austin) 7.09 27 Jon Grant 7.39 28 Leonard Coe 8.07 29 David Charles 8.21 30 Brian McKie (Team Valley) 10.47 31 Gary Davis (LGBRC) 10.53 One lap behind 32 John Stautter Beginners 1 Dirk Rohloff 33.29 2 Kevin Buckholtz 0.18 3 Eric Lowe 0.20 4 Stephen Carter 0.24 5 Geoffrey Thompson 0.49 6 Clifford Lee 1.15 7 Jason Warner 1.19 8 Teryk Morris 1.59 9 Keith Adams (LGBRC) 3.10 10 Jim Karanas (Alto Velo) 3.40 11 Kevin Kone 4.46 12 Henry Mar 6.29 One lap behind 13 Immanuel Amo Two laps behind 14 Ray Mendoza B Women 1 Sarah Bamberger (SYCIP) 34.36 2 Juli Hamilton (Redline/Richey) 0.12 3 Karen Kefauver (Velo Bella) 3.04 4 Alyse Weyman (Solano Ave Cyclery) 3.45 5 Julie Brothers (Team Walthour) 5.11 6 Mary Perez (UCSC) 7.17 C Women 1 Lori Cox (Velo Girls) 25.46 2 Anne Sylvester (Velo Girls) 0.48 3 Jeni Udall (Velo Bella) 1.59 4 Amy Abele 2.20 5 Gail Decamp (Velo Bella) 2.44 6 Gina Lucas (Velo Girls) 3.29 7 Valerie Mangin 3.50 8 Elia Meza (Maico/Galaxy Granola) 4.19 9 Anna Tong (Velo Girls) 5.51 10 Betty Jordan (Valley Spokesmen) 6.09 11 Elizabeth Warren (Velo Girls) 7.29 12 Rosemary La Puma 8.55 13 Samantha Woodward (Velo Girls) 9.57 14 Christina Dong 10.11 Master Women 35+ 1 Andi Mackie (Velo Bella/Moots) 33.44 2 Marguerite Meyer (Olympic Club) 0.02 3 Celeste McCartney (Missing Link/Bianchi) 1.21
