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Beacon Cyclocross/Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross #5 - C2
(Verge Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Championship Series #7)
Bridgeton City Park, New Jersey, USA, November 20, 2004
Treefarm flattens the field
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If there were any doubts about just how good Ryan Trebon (Kona) is when he's on form, they were banished Saturday at the Beacon Cyclocross in Bridgeton New Jersey. Trebon flattened the field in the fifth race of the Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross to close to within 37 points of series leader Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Giant).
Just as important, Trebon overtook Marc Gullickson (Redline) as the leading American in the series, which means the lanky rider known as "Treefarm" will gain an automatic entry to the U.S. World's cyclocross team if he can hold off Gullickson and Maxxis-Giant rider Adam Craig in tomorrow's Crank Brothers finale, the Highland Park Cyclocross in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Racing under dark skies that never quite broke into rain, Trebon took advantage of a dry, sandy course and hit the front from the start. For most of the race, Trebon was shadowed by the Canadian phenomenon, Kabush, and Todd Wells of GT-Hyundai. But when Trebon hit the gas, only Wells was able to go with him or so it looked. The Durango, Colorado native dropped his chain, a mechanical that essentially condemned him to finish in a three-up skirmish for the remaining podium spots. Kabush nabbed second which may provide him the cushion needed to survive tomorrow's test while Wells slotted in at third and Kona's Barry Wicks showed great form to finish fourth. Craig came in fifth, while Gullickson finished a disappointing sixth.
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For Trebon, it was his second victory in a row in the Crank Brothers series.
On the women's side, Ann Knapp won her third straight Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross series race, and fourth out of the five run so far. This time, Knapp was hard-pressed all the way to the finish by Seven Cycles' Mary McConneloug, who finished just four seconds adrift. Gina Hall, who is currently occupying the second spot in the series, finished third at 23 seconds.
The three were together for much of the race, once the field had sorted itself out. But with Knapp keeping the pressure on with every lap, Hall found herself gapped without just two to go. McConneloug dug deep to hang with Knapp, but the classy Kona rider simply rode away from the mountain bike Olympian at the finish.
Despite her dominance in the series, Knapp hasn't clinched the series championship. She's just 30 points ahead of Hall going into Sunday's final event.
Among the Espoir/U-23 contenders, Jesse Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) showed the form that won him the national championship a year ago. This time, he put more than two minutes into archrival and fellow Massachusetts rider Matt White (NCC/BikeReg.com) by the time he rolled through the finish. Anthony has now won three Crank Brothers series events to White's two victories, but White holds the edge in the series standings 220-184, thanks to his three second places (Anthony was a DNF in the fourth race of the series in Gloucester, Mass.) to date.
The tightest race in the Crank Brothers series, however, belongs to the junior field, where Bjorn Selander (ALAN) won his second race in a row. In Saturday's race, Selander won a two-up sprint from series leader Charles ³Toby² Marzot (Corner Cycles), with Adam McGrath (Redline/Excel Sports) and Brady Kappius (TIAA-CREF/Clif Bar) crossing the line just two seconds back.
Marzot, Kappius and McGrath hold the podium spots in the series, separated by just 10 points. It will be impossible to ride defensively on Sunday, as the point differentials for each place could well provide the necessary margin of victory for the overall title and an automatic qualification on the U.S. world's cyclocross team.
Photography
Images by Dennis Smith/www.dennisbike.com
- Todd Wells and Geoff Kabush lead the field through the beach section.
- 100m of sandy beach
- ...and the sand pit took its toll all day.
- Ryan Trebon (Kona) on the way to a win.
- With Trebon away the chase tackles the stairs section.
- Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar) on the stairs run up
Results
Elite Men 1 Ryan Trebon (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) 55.32 2 Geoff Kabush (Maxis Giant) 0.54 3 Todd Wells (Mongoose Hyundai) 4 Barry Wicks (Kona) 5 Adam Craig (Maxis Giant) 1.18 6 Marc Gullickson (Redline) 1.30 7 Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar/Colavita Olive Oil) 1.38 8 Andrew Jacques-Maynes (Spec F&J) 1.39 9 Mark Mccormack (Clif Bar/Colavita Olive Oil) 1.44 10 Ben Jacques-Maynes (sierra nevada cycling) 2.40 11 Erik Tonkin (Kona) 2.44 12 Jesse Anthony (cyclocrossworld.com) 2.54 13 Michael Broderick (Seven Cycles) 3.05 14 Justin Robinson (Bullion Stil) 3.27 15 Matt Shriver (Kona CCA/Easton) 3.30 16 Jonathan Hamblen (FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team) 3.36 17 Brandon Dwight (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) 3.43 18 Johannes Huseby (FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team) 3.48 19 Chris Mcgovern (sierra nevada cycling) 3.54 20 Ryan Leech (FORT-GPOA!) 4.00 21 Brent Prenzlow (Salsa/Celo Pacific) 4.10 22 Joshua Snead (Rock Lobster / Jeff Traugott Guitars) 4.14 23 Jeff Weinert (Cane Creek/Saturn of Toledo) 4.15 24 Matt White (NCC / BikeReg.com) 4.59 25 Ben Turner (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) 5.00 26 Greg Marini (Bike Doctor) 5.11 27 Greg Wittwer (Cyclocrossworld.com) 5.15 28 John Hanson (NCC / BikeReg.com) 5.28 29 David Wyandt 5.32 30 Charles Storm (BTD) 5.39 31 Jonathan Card (CANE CREEK/TAILWIND.NET) 5.50 32 Jamey Driscoll (Richard Sachs/CYBC) 5.54 33 Matt Kraus (Alan Factory Team) 5.55 34 Troy Wells (Kona/Easton/CCA/Hillenbrand) 6.23 35 Ryan Brooks (Hells Kitchen) 6.30 36 Joey Thompson (Balance Bar/Devo) 6.31 37 Leslie Leach (Wissahickon) 38 Andrew Wulfkuhle (Alan Mid Atlantic) 6.55 39 Daniel Neyens (Broadmark) 7.30 40 Adam Hodges Myerson (Cycle-Smart) 8.10 41 Jacob Stechmann (Subway-Express) 9.05 42 Gunnar Shogren (FORT-GPOA!) 43 Jospeh Reynolds (Wissahickon) 44 Kristopher Auer (Alan Mid Atlantic) 45 Joseph Piccillo (Evolution Racing) 46 Nathan Deibert (Evolution Racing) 47 John Behrens (Celo Pacific/Salsa) 48 Chris Kuhl (CRCA/SAKONNET TECHNOLOGY) 49 Zak Grabowski (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) 50 Chris Samuel (Pro Pedals) DNF Tyler Johnson (CYBC - RICHARD SACHS) DNF Jed Schneider (Alan Factory) DNF Johathan Sundt (Maxis Giant) DNF Jeremy Walker (Cane Creek) DNF Mike Yozell (FORT-GPOA!) Elite Women 1 Ann Knapp (KONA) 39.33 2 Mary Mcconneloug (Seven Cycles/Kenda Tires) 0.04 3 Gina Hall (Missing Link/Bianchi) 0.23 4 Rhonda Mazza (VanillaBicycles/Team S&M) 1.56 5 Melissa Thomas (Bike Source/Tokyo Joes) 1.57 6 Barbara Howe (Velo Bella) 1.58 7 Josie Beggs (Starbucks-CCA) 2.04 8 Sarah Kerlin (Velo Bella) 2.32 9 Maureen Bruno Roy (Cyclocrossworld.com) 2.36 10 Christine Vardaros (Velo Bella) 2.44 11 Rebecca Mucn (Alan Mid Atlantic) 12 Melodie Metzger (Velo Bella) 3.26 13 Sinead Fitzgibbon (Aquafina / CRCA) 3.27 14 Tara Ross (Team Diet Cheerwine) 15 Anna Milkowski (RONA) 4.05 16 Megan Monroe (Lemond Cycles) 4.31 17 Amber Itle (Yellow Breeches Racing) 4.33 18 Pauline Franscone (Mystic Velo) 5.01 19 Rebecca Wellons (Gearworks/Spin Arts Cycling Team) 5.05 20 Betsy Schauer (FORT-GPOA!) 5.34 21 Mandy Lozano (Easton/Kona/CCA) 5.36 22 Melanie Swartz (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 5.47 23 Georgia Gould (Alan Mid Atlantic) 6.04 24 Katrina Davis (Richard Sachs/ CYBC) 6.13 25 Maryann Martinez (CCB/Volkswagen) 6.14 26 Megan Clark (Cycle-Smart) 6.58 27 Alicia Genest (Richard Sachs/ CYBC) 7.16 28 Melissa Maurer (Evolution Racing) 7.39 29 Jennifer Magur (Cervelo) 8.05 30 Robin Farina (Diet Cheerwine) 9.00 31 Lisa Most (Wissahickon) 9.38 32 Lisa Vible (First State Velo Sport) 9.41 33 Katherine Farago (NEBC/Cycleloft) 10.42 1 lap behind 34 Tammy Ebersole (Evolution Racing) UCI Juniors 1 Bjorn Selender (Alan Factory) 39.13 2 Charles Marzot (Coast to Coast/KAM/Stelvio) 3 Adam Mcgrath 0.02 4 Brady Kappius (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) 0.03 5 Morgan Macleod (Portland Velo/Jamis) 0.44 6 Jon Belcher (Union Velo) 0.53 7 Alex Howes (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) 1.07 8 Luke Brechwald (Rad Racing) 9 Peter Stetina (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) 1.24 10 Noah Harwood (People Cycle/Stelvio Teamwear) 2.36 11 Colt Mcelwaine (Northeast Bicycle Club-Cycle Loft) 2.41 12 Patrick Ryland (Rad Racing Northwest) 2.45 13 Timothy Halliday (America's Cycling Team) 2.53 14 Evan Piche (Necsa/Cuevas) 3.21 15 Chris Ruhl (Rio Grange) 4.45 DNS Taylor Lane (Team Rio Grande) Junior Men 10-16 1 Michael Garretson (Yellow Breeches Racing) 27.27 2 Zach Adams (Yellow Breeches Racing) 0.20 3 Morgan Gerlak (LSV/Kelly) 0.26 4 Jeffrey Bahnson (Wooden Wheels) 7.02 DNS Nick Bax (Artemis) Masters 35+ 1 Rich Maile (art by opsal) 39.44 2 Chris D'aluisio (Specialized R+D) 0.15 3 Timothy Ellis (Recycled Cycles-Raleigh Bicycles) 0.18 4 Phil Noble (Airborne Net) 0.42 5 Andy Applegate (Easton / Kona / CCA) 6 Greg Ferguson (FORT/GPOA) 1.00 7 William Alcorn (Nittany Velo) 1.20 8 Gerald Pflug (3 Rivers) 9 Ransom Weaver (Guys Bicycles) 1.38 10 Christopher Long (Independent Fabrication/Gotham) 1.40 11 Randall Root (Team Snow Valley / SIBEX) 1.45 12 E.j. Sigety (Speedgoat.com) 1.54 13 Marty Jones (Somerset Wheelmen) 2.31 14 Mike Hebe (FORT-GPOA!) 2.34 15 Fred Wittwer (Charlottesville racing club) 2.47 16 John Lux (First Capital velo) 3.01 17 Al Senft (NUVO/Bicycle Action Project) 18 Richard Mihills (First State Velo Sport) 3.06 19 Kirk Reisinger (Club Wissahickon) 3.13 20 Kevin Saint Clair (QCW/Bike Addicts) 3.39 21 Kelly Cline (Wissahickon) 3.47 22 Mark Podguiski (Mt Nittney Wheelworks) 3.54 23 Tim Haitz (Team Dupont /RITCHEY) 4.09 24 Chris Williams (HVP United) 4.20 25 Stephen Caffrey (First State Velo Sport) 4.26 26 Rob Frederick (Evolution Racing) 4.51 27 N. Johan Anestad (Evolution Racing) 4.56 28 Frederick Handel (Nittany Velo) 29 Marc Gwadz (City Bikes) 5.02 30 Bob Piacine (Guys Bicycles) 5.08 31 Joseph Brown (Flying Rhino) 5.09 32 Paul Weiss (Portland Velo Club) 5.45 33 Rob Lyon (FIRST CAPITAL VELO) 6.09 34 Thomas Gillespie (3 Sports Endure) 6.13 35 Kevin Breckenmaker (Team Harrisburg) 6.20 36 Mark Laser (Yellow Breeches Racing) 7.07 37 Jeffrey Craft (PDQ) 7.11 38 Dennis Smith (Wooden Wheels Racing) 39 Paul Incognito (First State Velo Sport) 7.18 40 Mike Connair (First State Velo Sport) 7.30 41 Karl Kensinger (ALAN Mid-Atlantic) 7.34 42 Mark Elsasser 8.07 43 Joseph Kenas (Guy's Racing) 8.44 44 Henry Tremper (First State Velo Sport) 8.53 1 lap behind 45 Donald Morrison (Wissahickon) 46 Nunzio Dibiasi (Team Harrisburg) 47 Richard Sachs (CYBC-Richard Sachs) 48 John Riedel (Independent Fabrication) 49 Peyman Razifard 50 James Carlson (Potomac Velo Club) 51 Alan Romefelt (LSV - Kelly) DNS Andrew Albright (Aquafina) DNS Mark Featherman (Breakaway Endurance Sports Club) DNS Ad Bax (Artemis) DNS Douglass Gray (First State Velo Sport) DNS Scott Reynolds (Tailwind) DQ Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelmen) B Men 1 Michael Magur (Verge) 39.27 2 Weston Schempf (FORT-GPOA!) 0.03 3 Colby Brooks 0.43 4 Logan Hodson (Alan Factory Team) 0.47 5 Don Snoop (Verge) 0.56 6 Patrick Cusack (Rockville Harley-Davidson/Bicycle Pro Shop) 1.06 7 Paul Boudreau (ECV) 1.19 8 Jerry Kapko (Wonder Wheel/Volvo/ESPN/AMC) 1.23 9 Rick Trojanowski (hampton velo club) 1.28 10 Alvaro Arnal (Ardmore Bike Line) 1.32 11 Eric Ragot (Kissena Cycling Club) 1.53 12 Myron Baker (Verge Sport.com) 1.57 13 Sean Galegher (First Capital Velo) 2.17 14 Adam Szczepanski (Yellow Breeches Racing) 2.21 15 Tom Mains (Velocity Sports/CCE) 2.28 16 Jonathan Gibbs (Bicycle Therapy) 2.31 17 Elliott Mcallister (Ardmore Bike Line) 2.36 18 Brent Biddle (FSVS) 2.51 19 Chris Mayhew (FORT-GPOA !) 2.56 20 Todd Pittman (unattached) 2.58 21 John Bernardi (Action Wheels) 3.03 22 Paul Nyberg (Benidorm/Createx Colors) 3.06 23 Wade 'sandbagger' Hess (Team Beacon) 3.12 24 Todd Turner (Team Airborne.net) 3.14 25 Michael Babcock (YBR) 3.27 26 Chris Nystrom (LSV/Kelly) 3.33 27 Sean Pfaff (LSV/Kelly) 3.44 28 Andres Wright (All American) 3.46 29 Dan Brill (Team Beacon) 3.51 30 Trevor Williams (Guy's Bicycle Racing) 3.53 31 Wayne Scott (First State Velo Sport) 3.58 32 Ray Ignosh (Gotham Cyclists) 33 Judd Milne (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 4.10 34 Eric Morgan (Wissahickon) 35 Dusty Labarr (The Elephants Perch, Hammer Gel) 4.13 36 Scott Hannan (MAXXIS) 4.18 37 Douglas Dicks (CRCA/BENNETTS BICYCLES) 4.22 38 TG Taylor (Fairbanks) 4.28 39 John Hostetter Iii (ALAN Mid-Atlantic) 4.59 40 Werner Freymann (Shirks) 41 Colin Sandberg (Fort/GPOA) 5.02 42 Christopher Johnson (Nittany Velo Club) 5.25 43 Zombor Zoltani (Alan Midatlantic) 5.29 44 Montana Norvell (Wissahickon) 45 Brian Burgess (Team Beacon) 46 Zachary Johnson (Essex Co Velo) 5.40 47 John Linvill (Mainline) 6.05 48 Craig Callan (Highland Park Hermes) 6.08 49 JP Portland (Kissena) 50 David Lowe (Ardmore Bike Line) 6.18 51 Michael Kirk (Wooden Wheels Racing) 6.26 52 Dusan Strika (Kissena Cycling Team) 6.28 53 Nick Turner (ALAN Factory Team) 6.30 54 Frederick Hughes (Bike Dr.) 6.56 55 Kevin Mccarthy 7.02 56 Greg Black (Verge) 7.03 57 Jim Thistle (Action Wheels) 7.11 58 Darren Crupi (Heart Of New England/Peerless) 7.21 59 Philip Hunnicutt (Courier One) 7.34 60 Charles La Punzina (Kissena Cycling Club) 7.36 61 Joe Mulligan (Peninsula Velo / Kondra Systems) 7.38 62 Chris Evans (Wissahickon) 7.41 1 lap behind 63 Jay Downs DNF Mike Otting DNS Heywood Jablome (Team Marsupial) DNS Garvin Louie (Union Velo) DNS Erin Reilly (Verge) DNS Marc Vettori (Spot Brand) B Women 1 Jennifer Maxwell (NCVC) 28.55 2 Janet Olney (Alan Mid-Atlantic) 1.00 3 Sheila Senft (CITGO/PBF) 1.07 4 Marilyn Galegher (First Capital Velo) 1.19 5 Lynda Maldonado (Amoroso's/Victory Brewing/Tri State Velo) 1.40 6 Erin Reilly 1.49 7 Krista Schultz (First Capital Velo) 2.07 8 Nikki Thiemann (niki1768@hotmail.com) 2.11 9 Karen Tourian (Club Wissahickon) 3.13 10 Nina Santiago (Liberty Cycle) 3.24 11 Christina Lindsey (Yellow Breeches Racing) 3.54 12 Alaine Sieqvist (Ardmore Bikeline) 4.27 13 Andrea Brunhofer 4.31 14 Susan Miltenberger (Team BBC) 5.38 DNS Lauri Jenkins (First State Velo Sport) C Men 1 Chris Allen 26.42 2 Michael Hicks 3 Don Kessel (Holmes Cycling) 0.12 4 Rolf Windh (Guy's Racing) 0.45 5 Kevin Deemer 0.57 6 Ron Hermann (Lateral Stress Velo) 1.20 7 Kenneth Hamel (AFD/OSVC) 1.39 8 Larry Von Moss 1.48 9 Jamie Debuque (Evolution Racing) 1.53 10 Emerson Loustau 2.09 11 James Ambagis (Wooden Wheels) 12 Andrew Satinsky 2.24 13 Robert Sands (Evolution Racing) 2.34 14 Sean Croce (Action Wheels) 2.42 15 Todd Chewing 3.03 16 Richard Bilson 3.11 17 Dan Grenier 3.17 18 Nicholas Nudy (Beans) 3.21 19 Rob Reber 3.55 20 Matt Pineo (Team Beacon) 3.58 21 David Lawson 4.39 22 Joseph Manning 4.48 23 Bernard Mcdonald (LSV/Kelly) 4.49 24 Esteban Velasquez 5.45 25 Karl Dittebrandt (kissena cycling club) 7.45 DNF Kevin Dillard (NCVC) Series rankings (one race remaining) Elite Men 1 Geoff Kabush (Maxxis Giant) 194 pts 2 Ryan Trebon (Kona) 157 3 Marc Gullickson (Redline) 143 Elite Women 1 Ann Knapp (Kona) 220 pts 2 Gina Hall (Missing Link) 190 3 Rhonda Mazza (Vanilla/S&M) 126 U-23 1 Matt White (NCC-BikeReg.com) 220 pts 2 Jesse Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) 184 3 Zak Grabowski (TIAA-CREF/Clif Bar) 121 Juniors 1 Charles Marzot (Corner Cycle) 177 pts 2 Braden Kappius (TIAA-CREF/Clif Bar) 170 3 Adam McGrath (Redline/Excel Sports) 167
