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Michelob ULTRA Gran Prix of Gloucester # 1 - C2
(Crank Bros USGP #3)
Gloucester, MA, USA, October 29, 2005
2004 Results Results Past winners
Bessette and Johnson take Gloucester in epic blizzard
By Steve Medcroft
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U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross racers were taken by surprise during the third stop on the USGP series on Saturday (in Gloucester, Massachaussetts) when snow started to fall at the beginning of the day. Weekend weather predictions had called for mild temperatures and the possibility of rain but a blizzard turned what could have been a nice ride into a death march. Riders in shorts and thin gloves became sodden and frozen in the slushy downpour. The usually fast power course at Gloucester 's Stage Fort Park became a rutted, muddy and chaotic test of technical handling and will to survive. The only riders with any advantage in the race were the pair of solo winners; who were able to sit off the front and out of danger for most of their individual races. Those riders? Husband and wife Louis Garneau/cyclocrossworld.com teammates Lyne Bessette and Tim Johnson.
Bessette's solo win comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed American cyclocross this season; she had won all six races she'd entered in 2005 so far. And even though she seems to be having an easy go of every race, Bessette doesn't see herself as a technical rider and says she was nervous about the conditions in Gloucester. “I got the hole shot but crashed in the first corner,” she said after the race. The fall allowed key contenders Barbara Howe (Velo Bella), Georgia Gould and Wendy Simms (both Kona) slip ahead.
Howe says sitting in the lead group right from the first lap was an unusual feeling. “Normally I'm like 20 th or something. So I thought I had a good start because I was up near the front going into the dirt.” Bessette found her footing quickly though and pulled her way back into the lead; a lead she would hold until the finish. “I was fourth through the whole first lap but I knew the course was actually hard and I had been thinking that if there were other people in front of me and they crashed, I would get slowed down and somebody strong could go ahead so I wanted to make sure I was the one in front.”
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Howe, who chased Bessette for much of the race with Simms and Gould, says the race was defined as much by the elements as the competition. “I just kept pedaling as hard as I could but my hands were numb, I had to look to make sure I was shifting and stopping was just crazy.”
Bessette also listed the conditions as a primary challenge. “My hands were so cold that on the last lap, into one of the final turns, I almost went straight because I couldn't brake and I could barely turn my bike any more. As soon as I crossed the line I noticed that I couldn't feel my hands at all. I ran into the motorhome and I was crying because my fingers were killing me.”
With only fifteen minutes between the finish of the women's race and the start of the men's race, Bessette wouldn't have had enough time to offer her husband any advice on how to manage the brutal conditions but somehow, though luck and skill, Johnson found himself in the prime spot after only one corner in the men's race; off the front. “I heard someone say ‘there's chaos, there's chaos,” Johnson said after the race. The chaos was collapse of momentum that ensued when the hundred-rider strong men's field tangled in the first very first transition between pavement and dirt. “So I tried to keep my head down and watch where I was going after that.” Stuck in traffic behind Johnson were top USGP contenders Barry Wicks (USGP series leader entering Saturday's race) and Ryan Trebon. (both Kona). Trebon pulled out of the race after twenty minutes with mechanical problems. Wicks battled his way into a chase group that included Troy Wells (TIAA-Cref), former Junior World Champion Matt Kelly (Trek/VW), U23 National Champion Jesse Anthony (ClifBar) and Erik Tonkin (Kona).
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The group, mired in the technical sections of the course, was never able to reel Johnson back though and by three laps to go 2000 Cyclocross National Champion Johnson had almost two minutes over second place. The story of the race from there came from former USGP race winner and U.S. NORBA National Short Track Champion Adam Craig (Giant). Craig started the day buried deep in the middle of the huge pack. He spent the first thirty minutes bogged in traffic but made it onto the back on the chase group with several laps still to go. He appeared to then settle into a rhythm because he pulled though the entire group to finish second to Johnson, ten seconds ahead of Wells and a half minute ahead of the rest of the original chase group.
Johnson's may owe his advantage over the predominantly younger chase group to his ability to game plan technical details based on previous experience in bad weather. “I've always had good luck in snow so I tried to focus before the race on what kind of tire pressure and what kind of laps times I wanted to do, what kind of lines I wanted to take and the technique I could use.”
After racing in the horrific conditions, both winners had something different to say about the weather. Bessette yearns for a better day. “It's supposed to be sixty-five and sunny tomorrow,” she says. “I hope they're right.” Johnson, looking ahead to December's U.S. National Cyclocross Championship just down the highway in Providence, Rhode Island, says he welcomes a day like today. “I don't know what the weather will be for Providence but I hope it snows.”
Photography
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Images by Steve Medcroft/Cyclingnews.com
- In nasty conditions Lyne Bessette (Louis Garneau/cyclocrossworld.com) won her seventh consecutive major cyclocross race on Saturday.
- Barbara Howe (Velo Bella) leads Georgia Gould (Kona) on a run-up.
- Barry Wicks (Kona) winner of last Sunday’s Wissahickon Cross in Pennsylvania showed strong form in Gloucester, driving the chase group trying to reel in eventual winner Tim Johnson (Louis Garneau/cyclocrossworld.com).
- Ryan Trebon (Kona) had to pull out after 25 minutes with mechanical problems.
- U23 US national 'cross Champion Jesse Anthony (Clif Bar) on the start line.
- Tim Johnson says he focused his preparation on technical details like tyre pressure and what lap times to post. Luck put him in front of the field in the very first lap and he never looked back.
Images by Breton Hornblower/bretonh@gmail.com
- Christine Vardaros and Melodie Metzger take advantage of a brief pause in the snow storm
- Christine Vardaros leads the run up
- Barbara Howe before eventually moving up to second place
- A Tokyo Joe's rider attacks the run up
- Barbara Howe negotiates the run up as the conditions become more treacherous
- The local colour guard performs before the start of the pro men
- The pro men hit the first section of mud after a paved downhill
- The jerseys were still clean at this point
- Barry Wicks (Kona) stretches his legs
- A chase group attacks the run up
- Aaron Odell exhibits exceptionally good form
- Josh Sneed casually adjusts his glove
- Aaron Odell breathes down the neck of an unsuspecting rider
- Tim Johnson spent the bulk of the race by himself
- Simon Vickers nails the remount
- Justin Robinson makes everyone look small
- Tim Johnson celebrates his win in marvellous 'cross conditions
Results
Elite Men 1 Tim Johnson (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com-Louis Garneau 57.44 2 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Bikes 1.39 3 Troy Wells (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 1.48 4 Erik Tonkin (USA) Kona 5 Matt Kelly (USA) Alan Factory 1.56 6 Jesse Anthony (USA) Clif Bar 1.58 7 Peter Wedge (Can) Kona/Les Gets 2.20 8 Shannon Skerritt (USA) VANILLA BICYCLES 2.26 9 Matt Shriver (USA) Kona/Easton 2.45 10 Carl Decker (USA) Giant Bikes 2.48 11 Tyler Johnson (USA) EASTON/KONA CCA 2.52 12 Michael Gallagher (USA) U S Armed Forces 3.02 13 Mark McCormack (USA) Team CLIF Bar 3.07 14 Matt Kraus (USA) Alan Factory Team 3.11 15 Brandon Dwight (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 3.30 16 Alan Obye (USA) Focus 3.42 17 Jamey Driscoll (USA) Bliss Racing 3.46 18 Benoit Simard (Can) Specialized Canada/Périgny 4.09 19 Molly Cameron (USA) Vanilla bicycles-Veloshop 4.26 20 Ryan Leech (USA) Fort-GPOA ! 4.31 21 Johannes Huseby (USA) FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team 4.55 22 Noah Taylor (USA) RGM Watches/Richard Sachs 5.09 23 Justin Robinson (USA) California Giant Strawberries/Specialized 24 Tristan Schouten (USA) Trek/VW 5.13 25 Ryan O'Connor (USA) 1K2GO/S&W SPORTS CYCLING TEAM 26 Christian Meyer (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 5.16 27 Ali Goulet (USA) alan/rhodes - McCann erickson 5.41 28 Zak Grabowski (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 5.48 29 John Hanson (USA) Nerac.com 6.03 30 Mike Hall (USA) Carolina Cyclocross Association 6.13 31 Simon Vickers (USA) Rocklobster/TraugottGuitars 6.15 32 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Team Maxxis 33 Russ Tiles (USA) Slingshot Bikes 6.42 34 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Team Nerac.com p/b Banknorth 6.44 35 Daniel Neyens (USA) RAD Racing NW 7.06 36 David Gagnon (Can) SPORTIF BROMONT 7.16 37 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 7.26 38 Chris McGovern (USA) Alan / Bamba 7.48 39 Brian Matter (USA) pcwcycling.org 7.50 40 Tristan Galbraith (Can) Kona 41 Eric Jellum (USA) Ford/Giant 7.54 42 Jon Bruno (USA) Independant Fabrication 8.19 43 Kurt Refsnider (USA) All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate 8.29 44 Farendel Fingerson (USA) ALAN Factory Team 8.39 45 Brady Kappius (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 8.54 46 John Foley (USA) Bike Alley 9.04 47 Matt Demeis (USA) BIKEMAN.COM 9.26 48 Brian Hayes (USA) RGM Watches/Richard Sachs 49 Shawn Harshman (USA) Alan Factory Team 9.35 50 John Burns (USA) Bikeman.com 9.43 51 Myles Romanow (Can) HVC/Jessie's 9.51 52 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 10.07 53 Ryan Fleming (USA) ALAN Factory Team 10.20 54 Charlie Storm (USA) Inland Construction-Back To Dirt 10.50 55 Jeffrey Craddock (USA) CCB/Volkswagon 11.02 One lap behind 56 Brad Sheehan (USA) 1K2GO/S&W SPORTS CYCLING TEAM 57 Marc Bavineau (USA) Essex County Velo 58 Greg Montello (USA) Independant Fabrication 59 Ward Solar (USA) Verge / Natures Path 60 Brian Keegan (USA) La Festa Brick and Brew 61 Phil Cortes (Can) UC Sable 62 Charles Toby Marzot (USA) Dartmouth College Cycling Team 63 Andy Wulfkuhle (USA) Alan Mid-Atlantic 64 Tom Gosselin (USA) Mechanical Services/Cycle Mania 65 Morgan Macleod (USA) Mechanical Services/Cycle Mania 66 Mitchell Peterson (USA) Balance Bar/Devo 67 John Meehan (USA) Iowa City Cycling Club 68 Logan Hodson (USA) Independant Fabrication 69 Colt McElwaine (USA) Independant Fabrication 70 Samuel Wheeler-Martenis (USA) CCB/Volkswagen 71 Kyle Douglas (Can) 3 Rox Racing 72 Matt Wilson (USA) NAV/Pedros 73 David Goodwin (USA) Human Zoom Under 23 men 1 Troy Wells (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 59.32 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Clif Bar 0.10 3 Jamey Driscoll (USA) Bliss Racing 1.58 4 Christian Meyer (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 3.28 5 Zak Grabowski (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 4.00 6 Daniel Neyens (USA) RAD Racing NW 5.18 7 Eric Jellum (USA) Ford/Giant 6.06 8 Brady Kappius (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 7.06 9 Brian Hayes (USA) RGM Watches/Richard Sachs 7.38 One lap behind 10 Charles Toby Marzot (USA) Dartmouth College Cycling Team 11 Tom Gosselin (USA) Mechanical Services/Cycle Mania 12 Morgan Macleod (USA) Mechanical Services/Cycle Mania 13 Mitchell Peterson (USA) Balance Bar/Devo 14 Colt McElwaine (USA) Independant Fabrication 15 Kyle Douglas (Can) 3 Rox Racing Elite Women 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Cyclocrossworld.com-Louis Garneau 43.24 2 Barbara Howe (USA) Velo Bella 0.49 3 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona 0.51 4 Christine Vardaros (USA) Velo Bella 1.03 5 Melissa Thomas (USA) Tokyo Joes/GoLite 1.19 6 Georgia Gould (USA) Kona 1.34 7 Rhonda Mazza (USA) Team S&M/Vanilla Bicycles 2.02 8 Stacey Spencer (Can) Cycle-Smart/Javelin 2.07 9 Ann Knapp (USA) KONA 2.20 10 Melodie Metye (USA) VeloBella 2.34 11 Mackenzie Dickey (USA) Team Bicycle Alley 3.21 12 Maureen Bruno Roy (USA) Independent Fabrication 3.52 13 Allison Baumhefner (USA) NorCal Velo 4.02 14 Brigette Stoick (USA) Veloshop / Rivercity Bicycles 4.06 15 Josie Beggs (USA) Starbucks 16 Rebecca Wellons (USA) Gearworks/Spin Arts Cycling 4.24 17 Megan Monroe (USA) Lemond / PCW 5.16 18 Hillary Daniels (USA) NorCal Velo 19 Kathryn Roszko (USA) NCC / BikeReg.com 6.09 20 Cara McCauley (USA) CCA/Kona 6.11 21 Erin Kassoy (USA) Velo Bella 22 Mandy Lozano (USA) CCA/Kona 23 Marianne Stover (USA) Independent Fabrication 6.18 24 Perri Mertens (Aus) harriscycleryracing.com 6.40 25 Joanie Caron (Can) Élicycle Sports-Experts 6.44 26 Anne Schwartz (USA) Flying Rhino 6.47 27 Alicia Hamblen (USA) RGM Watches/Richard Sachs 6.56 28 Stephanie White (USA) Gearworks/Spin Arts 7.05 29 Kami Tremblay (USA) Gearworks / Spinarts 7.10 30 Hollie McGovern (USA) sierra express 31 Caroline Lavoie (Can) Biogen Idec 7.30 32 Megan Bilodeau (USA) NCC / BikeReg.com 7.57 33 Anna Milkowski (USA) Gearworks / Spinarts 34 Kerry Litka (USA) Dansko Wheelworks 8.01 35 Tiffany Pezzulo (USA) Team Biogen-Idec 8.07 36 Marci Titus Hall (USA) Power Bar 8.16 37 Brenda Bahnson (USA) Independent Fabrication 8.50 38 Maria Klempefer-Johnson (USA) Mission in Motion 39 Natalie Dumont (USA) Gearworks 40 Leanne Schoenfeld (USA) MTBMIND.com 9.01 41 Catherine Johnson (USA) Pro Peloton 9.06 42 Janet Olney (USA) Alan Mid-Atlantic 9.35 43 Cris Rothfuss (USA) NEBC/Cycle Loft 9.41 44 Heidi Von Teitenberg (USA) ALAN Mid-Atlantic 10.05 45 Tammy Ebersole (USA) Evolution Racing 10.44 One lap behind 46 Jennifer Rhodes (USA) Dansko Wheelworks Juniors 17-18 1 Danny Summerhill (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 45.35 2 Bjorn Selander (USA) ALAN Factory 3 Alex Howes (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 0.46 4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 0.58 5 Chance Noble (USA) Scary Fast junior development team 1.16 6 Stephen De Lisle (USA) Hilton Cycling Club/Team Contes 7 Ethan Gilmour (USA) Coyote Hill/ K2bike 2.33 8 Jerome Townsend (USA) Team Bike Alley 3.18 9 Walker Savidge (USA) TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR 3.44 10 Tucker Olander (USA) Team Rio Grande 3.50 11 Robert Schmidt (USA) Vortex Racing- CBRC 4.02 12 Duncan McGovern (USA) Putney/West Hill 4.11 13 Jc Coughlin (USA) Union Velo Club 14 Nathan Belcher (USA) Union Velo 15 Chris Peterson (USA) Balance Bar Devo 16 William Anderson (USA) 10.03 17 Dan Fishkin (USA) TEAM HARBORSIDE CYCLE 18 Dylan O'Sullivan (USA) Team Bicycle Alley B Men 1 Paolo Zenoni (Westwood Velo) 43.17 2 Stan Jurga (Essex County Velo) 0.17 3 Pascal Bussières (Biogen idec, Auberge La Goéliche) 4 Matt Hersey (bikeman.com) 5 Coley Bryan (Team Harborside Cycle) 1.10 6 Talbott Ingram (Team Harborside Cycle) 1.11 7 Kevin Wolfson (Dartmouth College) 1.40 8 Roland Meunier (bike alley) 1.45 9 Zac Daab (Hup United) 1.48 10 Peter Rubijono (HarrisCycleryRacing.com) 1.56 11 Jim Wirtanen (harriscycleryracing.com) 2.00 12 Pierre Boilard (Biogen idec, Auberge La Goéliche) 13 Donald Snoop Jr. (Verge Test Pilot) 14 Willem Heydendael (NAV/ Mercury web solutions) 15 Francis Groleau (Team Xcluziv) 2.16 16 NA 17 Dusty Labarr (Alan Mid-Atlantic) 2.21 18 Jeff Murray (Team Berlin Bike) 2.34 19 Brian Hughes (Vortex Racing) 20 Greg Hillson 21 John Cunningham (Harborside Cycle) 22 Pete Smith (Essex County Velo) 23 Erik Osborn (Bikeman.com) 2.50 24 Brendan Sullivan (WWW.INTERNATIONALBIKE.COM) 3.08 25 Alex Whitmore (harriscycleryracing.com) 3.12 26 Josh Austin 3.20 27 Jeremy Dunn (harriscycleryracing.com) 3.22 28 Scott Hannan (Spokepost) 3.24 29 Keith Button (NHCC/Team NH) 3.26 30 Justin Ziemba (NHCC/Team NH) 3.42 31 Ryan Kelly (University of New Hampshire Cycling) 3.43 32 Brian Vickery (Quad Cycles / Arlington Bicycle Club) 3.48 33 Mike Bohn 3.55 34 Robert Poole (Bikebarnracing.com) 4.03 35 Jordan Moore (Onion River Sports) 36 Richard Brown (NHCC/Team NH) 4.14 37 Pierre Vanden Borre (HUP United) 38 Alex Quintero (ACT / Cuevas) 4.20 39 Todd Crisafulli (North Atlantic/Mercury Web Solutions) 4.25 40 Steven Morse (BIKEMAN.COM) 4.27 41 Zach Magoon (Bikeman) 4.34 42 Leo Patnode (Team Harborside Cycle) 43 Corey Masson 4.43 44 Thom Parsons (Independent fabrication) 4.54 45 Gary Kerlish (Cycle Smart) 5.00 46 Scott Brooks (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 47 Chuck Nguyen (Providence Velo Club) 48 Michael Pedeson (Hup United) 5.07 49 John Genovese (Essex County Velo) 50 Joe Jankovsky (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 5.14 51 Adam Szczepanski (Bike & Blade - Serfs) 5.41 52 Greg Werner (Bikebarnracing.com) 5.46 53 Darren Crupi (Heart Of New England/Peerless) 54 Joe Cruz (North Atlantic Velo / Soul Cycles) 6.04 55 Mark Vareschi (Highland Park Hermes) 56 Chad Learch 6.10 57 Peter Stetson (Portland Velo Club) 58 Kirk Fongemie (Procon) 6.38 59 Ethan Parsons (Killville CC/GetAngry.com) 60 Cary Fridrich (Minuteman Road Club) 61 Charles Chichester (CRC OF A) 62 Tom Giordano (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 6.52 63 Joshua Liberles (Colavita-Cooking Light Taos) 6.56 64 Matthew McGregor-Mento (Black Cross Cycle Club) 7.12 65 Jude Demeis 66 Tom Kelly 67 Christopher Kadlick (Minuteman Road Club) 68 Wayne Maceyka (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 69 Juston Manville (North Atlantic Velo) 7.57 70 Greg Martin (Independent Fabrication) 71 Drew Szeliga (HAMMERTIME/Jam-Fonds) 72 Brian Poochigian (City-Bikes) 8.36 73 Eric Lowenstein (Highland Park Hermes) 8.56 74 Matt Rossman (Dartmouth College) 8.58 75 Mike Jinks (BIKEWORKS) 9.46 76 Mike Zanconato (HUP United) 9.57 77 Mark Robson (Team Bicycle Alley) 10.12 One lap behind 78 Yasushi Katsumi (Hup United) 79 Robert Luebbers (Onion River Sports) 80 Leyton Murray (CRCA/VisitBritian) 81 Tim Snow (Vortex Racing) Juniors 15-16 1 Alex Coelho (Redline/Excel) 46.51 2 Silas Anthony (Essex County Velo) 2.55 3 Ben Senning (Essex County Velo) 8.47 4 Gavin Mannion (CCB/Volkswagen) 5 Manny Goguen (Union Velo) 6 Morgan Gerlak (Alan Mid-Atlantic) Cub Juniors 1 Spencer Pero (BCA/Vomax) 11.38 2 Jeff Bahnson (Henry's Bikes) 0.21 3 Jarred Reuter (Specialized / 44 Velo) 0.35 4 Shawn Hudlin (BCA/Vomax) 0.40 5 Elizabeth White (NEBC) 0.48 6 Adam Hugabone 0.56 7 Tommy Goguen (Union Velo) 1.02 8 Jimmy Mucci (berkshire cycling association) 1.32 9 Peter Goguen (Union Velo) 2.22 Masters 35+ 1 Christopher Peck (Fiordifrutta) 44.12 2 Roger Aspholm (Westwoodvelo) 0.06 3 Dale Knapp (Kona) 0.12 4 Jonny Bold (Corner Cycle) 0.23 5 Jon Gallagher (Cole Sport) 6 Jesse Scatton (Bullseye / East SAC) 0.38 7 John Verheul (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) 1.05 8 Chris D'Aluisio (Morgan Stanley/Specialized) 1.07 9 Rob Hult (FiordiFrutta) 1.11 10 Mark Stotz (Gearworks -- Spinarts) 1.22 11 Gannon Myall (California Giant Strawberries/ Specialized) 12 Andy Applegate (Easton / Kona) 1.57 13 Greg Ferguson (Fort/GPOA!) 1.59 14 Todd Cassan (Rocinante) 2.04 15 Kristopher Auer (Alan Mid-Atlantic) 2.10 16 Todd Watters (Union Velo) 17 Henry Kramer (California Giant Strawberries / Specialized) 18 Mark Gunsalus (Bike Barn Racing) 19 Richard Morin (union velo) 20 John McCaffrey (Bicycleattorney.com) 21 Sam Morse (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 2.56 22 Colman O'Connor (Bicycle Lnk / MBRC) 23 Robert Campos (HVC/Jessies) 24 John McKone (CCB) 3.20 25 Arik Jon Holm (Union Velo) 3.22 26 Brian Cantele (Benidorm Bikes) 3.29 27 Peter Brennan (Trek/VW New England) 3.45 28 Scott Wade (Gearworks/Spinarts) 3.52 29 Alan Starrett (Bikeman.com) 30 Christopher Long (Independent Fabrication/Gotham) 31 Todd Rowell (NCC / BikeReg.com) 3.58 32 Troy Fenderson (Boston Scientific Cycling) 33 James Tordella 34 Wade Summers (Benidorm - Property Research Corp) 35 Evan Adams (Rock Lobster) 36 Keith Gauvin (Benidorm property research corp) 37 William Sawyer (Gearworks - Spinarts) 38 Kevin Himes 4.05 39 Aaron Millett (ESSEX COUNTY VELO) 4.19 40 David Belknap (Bike Link/MBRC) 4.30 41 Steve Roszko (NCC / BikeReg.com) 4.46 42 Tim Groesbeck (CCB) 4.53 43 Christopher Burke (Providence Velo) 44 John Mosher (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 4.57 45 Christopher Cyr (Bikeman.com) 5.11 46 Bob Bisson (Gear Works/Spin Arts) 5.14 47 Mathew Howard 5.20 48 John Meehan (Iowa City Cycling Club) 49 John Meerse (Hurricane Mountain Multisport) 50 Paul Thorenson (Alan Factory Team) 5.29 51 Brad Roberts (putney/westhill) 5.34 52 Matthew Domnarski (Benidorm-Property Research Corp.) 53 Geoff Sullivan (Eastern Bloc Cycling Club Inc.) 54 William Cassazza 55 Eric Marro (BOB/Nault's Cyclery) 5.42 56 David Lyman (Union Velo Club) 5.45 57 Andrew Durham (CCB/Volkswagon) 58 John Grenier (Maine Cycling Club) 5.52 59 Kevin Callahan (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 5.59 60 Alan Buday (rotations racing) 6.03 61 Kirk Olson (Alan Factory Team) 62 Bob Lesmerises (White Mountain Velo) 63 Alec Petro (Team Pyscho) 6.23 64 Bradley Patches (BCA/VOmax) 6.32 65 David Foley (BOB/Nault's Cyclery) 6.37 66 Jeff Hane (FWR/Wrong Way) 67 Michael Cole (Minuteman Road Club) 6.45 68 Paul Nyberg (Benidorm-Property Research Corp.) 6.46 69 Steven Kare 6.48 70 Rick Kotan 71 Mike Troisi (Gear Works / Spin Arts) 72 Jamie Myers (White Mt. Velo) 73 Kelly Cline (Wissahickon) 7.12 74 Scott Mares (SIBEX/Jackson Racing) 75 William Shattuck (Bikebarn Racing) 7.18 76 David Schachte (Union Velo) 77 Paul Weiss (Portland Velo Club) 7.48 78 Jeffrey Craft 79 Dan Collins (mbrc) 80 Charles McDaniel (Wooden Wheels) 8.04 81 Steven Bonadio (Arc-en-Ciel Racing Team) 8.10 82 Sean Wittmer 8.13 83 Richard Sachs (RGM Watches/Richard Sachs) 8.18 84 Michael Samblad 8.25 85 Christopher Smith 8.40 86 Robert Bauer (Minuteman road Club) 8.45 87 Kurt Scheerer (Verge Test Pilot) 8.52 One lap behind 88 Daniel Russell (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 89 George Benington (Linscott Real Estate Racing) 90 Bruce Bell (GMBC/Catamount) 91 Eric Post 92 Stuart Beaulieu (Essex County Velo) 93 Rich Desmarais (Union Velo) 94 Peter Crowley (NCC / BikeReg.com) 95 Wayne Cunningham (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 96 Carl Ring (NHCC/ Team NH) 97 Gary Wolff 98 Fafar Bayat (CRCA/Strictly Bicycles) 99 Christopher Rehm (Alan Grassroots Team) 100 Paul Lyrch C Men 1 Andrew Brown (Daway / Taylors) 42.28 2 Glenn Cook (Team Fred) 3 John Hurley (Boston Road Club / ATA Cycles) 0.17 4 Joe Foley (City Bikes) 0.21 5 Deke Andrew (Portland Velo Club) 6 Nathaniel Smith (Maine Cycling Club) 0.43 7 Louis Damelio (Century Road Club/ BWT Marble - Pete's Bike) 1.16 8 Scott Rosenthal (HUP United) 1.33 9 Jason Sears (Essex County Velo) 1.43 10 Doug Hinan 1.52 11 Tim Snow 1.58 12 Zachary Wills (harvard university cycling association) 2.07 13 Ariel Herrmann (Essex County Velo) 2.20 14 Brian Pierce (Gforcephoto.com) 15 David Chiu (NEBC/CycleLoft) 2.28 16 John Wilde (Harvard U Cycling) 2.32 17 Michael Whitfield 2.40 18 Kenny Ambach 19 Keith Liggett (Cyclonauts) 2.46 20 Nathaniel Cook (harriscycleryracing.com) 3.02 21 Wolfe Rich (Washington Sq) 3.13 22 T Valkenburg (Craft) 3.17 23 Larry Katz 3.20 24 Thayne Nord (harriscycleryracing.com) 3.22 25 Ronnie Steers 3.34 26 Jorgen Hernandez (MRC) 3.38 27 Art Baril (Bike Alley) 3.58 28 Sven Lohre 4.12 29 Sol McLellan 4.26 30 Oscar Jimenez (NEBC/CycleLoft) 4.37 31 Terrence Fina 32 Jason Hughes (*J Bird and The Speed Racer*) 33 Martin Wright (harriscycleryracing.com) 4.59 34 Stephen Wright (Minuteman Road Club) 35 Julian Hjortshos (NEBC/CycleLoft) 5.04 36 Esteban Velasquez 37 NA 5.13 38 David Lafferty (MIT Cycling) 5.41 39 Wade Brown (Boston Velo / Pepsi) 5.50 40 David Loszewski (B.O.B. Cycling) 5.55 41 Ben Corbalis (union velo) 6.03 42 David Auden-St. Pierre (Crank Racing) 43 Greg Brown (NEBC/CycleLoft) 6.39 44 Tom Smeh (Team Bennett) 45 Peter Malinowski 7.14 46 Joe Rapliano 7.25 47 Nick Loomis (MIT Cycling) 9.11 48 Jim Airgood (HUP United) One lap behind 49 Mark Namaroff (Essex County Velo) 50 Thomas Wynn (Salem Cyclery) 51 Patrick Sheridan B Women 1 Rhonda Morin (Portland Velo Club) 48.48 2 Celeste Drumm (Hup United) 1.29 3 Kristine Church (University of Colorado) 1.54 4 Erin Canniff (Team Harborside) 2.28 5 Rebecca Menke (Dansko Wheelworks) 2.51 6 Heidi Wakeman (Team Harborside Cycle) 3.00 One lap behind 7 Michelle Hurley (Dansko Wheelworks) 8 Tammy Meehan (ICCC) 9 Robin Shea (east end/kreb cycle) 10 Rachel Brown (BRC/ATA Cycles/Harvard University) 11 Tracy Elmes (harriscycleryracing) 12 Linda Moran (Flying Rhinos) 13 Callie McDowell (Bikeman.com) 14 Sarah Greene 15 Lana Courtney 16 Nicole Kesselring 17 Melissa Smith (Dansko/Wheelworks) 18 Jessica Conner 19 Stephanie Swinerton (Diet Cheerwine) 20 Jennifer Muto 21 Kelly Vonruden (MTB Mind) B Masters 1 Douglas Dicks (CRCA/BENNETTS BICYCLES/FDNY) 42.45 2 Dominique Desmonts (Tokeneke Road Club) 0.12 3 Patrick Leonard (evolution racing) 0.59 4 John Baker (Putney) 1.38 5 Aaron Richer 1.41 6 Chris Jordan (Bikeworks) 1.50 7 Jeffrey R. Guy (FORT/GPOA) 8 Chip Baker (Sycip Racing) 9 Stephen Kelley (Vortex Racing) 2.03 10 Doug Aspinwall (NCC / BikeReg.com) 2.18 11 Paul Debartolo (GS Gotham/TOGA) 2.27 12 Jason Pfeifer (Bicycleattorney.com) 2.29 13 Anthony Laskaris (NEBC/Cycleloft) 14 Walter Conley (CCB/Volkswagen) 15 Gene Garneau (Mercy) 2.40 15 James Carrington (BOB) 2.54 16 Charles Bourdages 3.03 17 Dave Barr (unattached) 3.05 18 Stuart Boyd (Essex County Velo) 3.25 19 James Patterson 20 Joseph Lellman (NCC / BikeReg.com) 3.33 21 Theo Kindermans (cyclocrossworld.com) 3.37 22 Michael Bradford 4.04 23 David Rioux (BRC) 4.09 24 Tim Lucia (NEBC/CycleLoft) 4.19 25 Robert Tutwiler 4.20 26 David Leedberg (GearWorks / SRP /Spin Arts) 27 Mark Suprenant (CCB/Volkswagen) 28 Jeffrey Bousfield (Mystic Velo Club) 29 Bill Doonan (NEBC/Cycleloft) 30 Jay Bartlett (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 4.36 31 Oscar Rosales (CRCA/Renaissance) 4.47 32 Scott Roy (Bicycle Link MBRC) 4.56 33 Ralph Gulemmo (East End Kreb Cycle) 34 Hans Fernsebner (harpoon/rage) 5.11 35 George Gagnon (New Hampshire Cycling Club) 5.14 36 Michael Olbrys (NEBC/Cycle loft) 5.33 37 Jay Perkins (BRC) 5.46 38 Terry Cowman (Essex County Velo) 39 Glen Fraser (NHCC/Team NH) 40 Mike Salvatore (HUP United) 41 Mark Moran (Flyng Rhinos) 5.58 42 Dave Drumm (HUP United) 6.30 43 Duane Skofield (BOB) 6.05 44 Garabed Minasian (BOB) 45 Rob Desrosiers (Providence Velo) 46 Richard Bauch (Colavita Racing Team) 6.12 47 Adam Brodsky (Missing Link/ MBRC) 6.39 48 Doug Hamilton (airborne) 49 Ken Coleman (Housatonic Wheel Club) 6.43 50 Robert Luebbers (Onion River Sports) 6.47 51 Larry King (Providence Velo) 7.21 52 Jim Quinn (the bicycle link) 53 John Rocke 7.39 54 Craig Walton (BCA) 7.42 55 Gregory Prodanas (essex county velo) 7.57 56 Tom Thomson (Union velo) 57 Herbert Taylor (Bikeman.com) 8.02 58 Rob Naeser 8.09 59 Marc D'Amour 8.28 60 Mako Saito (HUP United) 8.36 61 Andy Richmond 8.54 62 Jerry White 63 George Hannagan 10.13 One lap behind 64 Lee Strout (Maine Cycling Club) 65 Jack Chapman (NHCC - Team NH) 66 Jack Chapman (NHCC - Team NH) Masters 55+ 1 Phil Bannister (Putney/West Hill) 44.35 2 David Rath (GMBC/Catamount) 3 Bruce McCowan (Arc En Ciel Racing Team) 1.35 4 David Genest (RGM Watches/Richard Sachs) 2.57 5 James Themig (Mystic Velo Club) 3.43 6 Thomas Downey (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 5.35 7 Barrett Jeep (MAEIC Cycles) 5.57 8 Joe Hepp (Southern Maine Cycling Club) 7.04 9 Gary Stewart 8.36 10 Vincent Donohue (Worcester Cyling Club) 8.56 One lap behind 11 John Shea (east end/kreb) 12 Herbert Bates (NEBC/Cycle Loft)
