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W.E. Stedman Grand Prix - C2
South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA, December 9, 2006
Johnson, Bessette win Rhode Island #1
Picking up where they left off two weeks ago the wife-husband duo of Lyne Bessette (Cyclocrossworld.com) and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com) won today's W.E. Stedman Grand Prix in South Kingston, Rhode Island, round 6 of the 2006 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series. Less than 20 miles from the site of next week's U.S. national Championships, the penultimate Verge NECCS race went to form, with Bessette dominating the elite women's field and Johnson forming an early breakaway and then soloing in for the elite men's win.
On a dry afternoon with temperatures hovering in the high-30s, Johnson initiated a strong early move with U.S. National Champion Todd Wells (GT), Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly), and Matt White (FiordiFrutta). The quartet rode well together with White the first to come off. An acceleration by Johnson eventually dropped Wells and Powers and it was clear sailing for the defending Verge NECCS champ. Powers came in for second with Wells filling out the podium.
As she has done all year in the Verge NECCS races, Bessette set a withering pace from the gun and never looked back. Even with other regional champions in attendance - recently crowned Verge Mid-Atlantic champ Deirdre Winfield (VeloBella-Kona) and Oregon Cross Crusade winner Rhonda Mazza (Vanilla-S&M) - Bessette showed no mercy in chalking up another win. Winfield took second with Mazza coming third.
With her fourth win in as many starts, Bessette regained the elite women's leader's jersey, helped in large part by former jersey holder Mackenzie Dickey (Verge) recording a DNF. The elite men's race tightened considerably with White (FiordiFrutta) clawing to within 5 points of Series leader Mark McCormack (Clif Shot) going into the final race. McCormack lost the overall title to Tim Johnson in 2005 on the final day of the Series. The Verge NECCS concludes December 10 in with Caster's Cyclocross.
Photography
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- Elite men start with a blaze of speed.
- Elite women's race begins.
- Junior leader of the Verge New England series.
- Lyne Bessette (cyclocrossworld.com) jumps the barriers.
- Marci Titus Hall (Desalvo Custom Cycles) at the end of the fields.
- Rhonda Mazza (Vanilla Bikes) leads Deidre Winfield (Velo Bella-Kona).
- Tim Johnson (cyclocrossworld.com) leads the field and wins.
- Tristan Schouten (Trek VW Michelin) leads Adam Myerson (Nerac) in the turn.
- WE Stedman a Rhode Island cycling legend at the elite men's start.
Results
Elite Men 1 Tim Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclo Cross World) 57.39 2 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly ) 0.17 3 Todd Wells (GT/Shimano) 1.08 4 Matt White (FiordiFrutta) 1.21 5 Mark Mccormack (Team Cliff Bar) 1.42 6 Tristan Schouten (Trek/VW/Michelin) 2.08 7 Justin Spinelli (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 8 Johannes Huseby (FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team) 2.09 9 Matt Kraus (Alan Factory Team) 2.41 10 Erik Tonkin (Kona) 2.42 11 Mathieu Toulouse (Team Maxxis Cyclocross) 2.52 12 Adam Myerson (Nerac-Outdoorlights.com Pro Cycling) 3.19 13 Daniel Neyens (Hagens Berman Cycling LLP) 3.20 14 Molly Cameron (Vanilla bicycles!) 3.36 15 Michael Cody (FiordiFrutta Cycling Team) 4.09 16 Ryan Leech (Meredith Group-GPOA-Cannondale) 4.10 17 Charles Marzot (CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM) 4.32 18 Alec Donahue (Joe's Garage/Reynold's Composites) 4.36 19 Michael Gallagher (U S Armed Forces) 4.47 20 Troy Wells (TIAA Cref) 5.01 21 Jamey Driscoll (FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team) 5.13 22 Chris Peck (Fiordifrutta) 5.20 23 Eneas Freyre (TARGETRAINING) 5.24 24 Jonathan Bruno (Independent Fabrication/Channel Cafe) 5.36 25 Daniel Coady (NCC / BikeReg.com) 5.41 26 Noah Taylor (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 6.29 27 Ryan Fleming (Alan Factory Cyclocross Team) 6.31 28 Weston Schempf (FORT Factory Team) 6.40 29 Ward Solar (Verge Sport/Test Pilot) 6.56 30 Brad Sheehan (1K2GO.com/S&W SPORTS CYCLING TEAM) 7.24 31 Kyle Jacobson (Team Beans and Barley) 7.32 32 Stephen Weller (Cycle-Smart) 7.40 33 Stan Jurga (Independent Fabrication/Channel Cafe) 9.01 One lap behind 34 Matt Demeis (BIKEMAN.COM) 35 Damian Schmitt (Hagens Berman Cycling LLP) 36 Jeffrey Craddock (CCB) 37 Dylan O'sullivan (Team Bicycle Alley) 38 Peter Rubijono (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 39 Sean Noonan (Team 14/Pedro's) 40 Adam St. Germain (Steadman/Casters) 41 John Burns (Bikeman.com) 42 Brian Hayes (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 43 Colt Mcelwaine (NERD Cycling) Elite women 1 Lyne Bessette (CycloCrossWorld.Com) 41.58 2 Deidre Winfield (Velo Bella-Kona) 0.22 3 Rhonda Mazza (Team S&M/Vanilla Bicycles) 1.21 4 Maureen Bruno Roy (Independent Fabrication/Wheelworks) 5 Christine Vardaros (Lotto-Belisol) 1.39 6 Rebecca Wellons (Gearworks/Spin Arts Cycling) 1.42 7 Anna Milkowski (Velo Bella-Kona) 2.34 8 Melanie Swartz (Velo Bella - Kona) 2.41 9 Betsy Shogren (FORT Factory Team) 3.00 10 Cris Rothfuss (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 3.50 11 Pauline Frascone (Independent Fabrication/Kempner) 4.08 12 Marci Titus Hall (DeSalvo Custom Cycles) 4.11 13 Perri Mertens (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 4.37 14 Stephanie White (Velo Bella-Kona) 4.56 15 Rhonda Morin (Portland Velo Club) 5.01 16 Megan Bilodeau (NCC/BikeReg.com) 5.18 17 Melody Chase (NHCC) 5.28 18 Alie Kenzer (Team International Bike/NERAC) 5.47 19 Denise Ramsden (TI Cycle Racing) 6.23 20 Kathy Sarvary (Mid State Cycling) 6.27 21 Rebecca Menke (Nerac) 6.56 22 Callie Mcdowell (Velo Bella-Kona) 7.22 23 Brenda Bahnson (Independent Fabrication) 7.36 B Men 1 Gary Douville (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 40.41 2 Andrew Boone (TNMracing.net / Token Products) 0.04 3 Patrick Goguen (NCC/Bikereg.com) 0.18 4 Jon Awerbush (Dartymouth College) 5 Pete Smith (Essex County Velo) 0.45 6 Jeremy Dunn (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Custom Frames) 0.47 7 Brian Keegan (NorEast/Alternative Wheels) 1.08 8 David Dermont (True North Custom Cycles) 1.17 9 Hunter Pronovost (Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield - CCCC) 1.27 10 Sean Capizzo (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 1.34 11 Pierre Vanden Borre (Hup United) 1.44 12 Brendan Cotnett (portland Velo) 1.48 13 Steven Morse (BIKEMAN.COM) 2.15 14 Scott Brooks (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 15 Ryan Kelly (UNH Cycling/Team 201A) 16 Thom Parsons (Independent Fabulous Fabrications) 2.45 17 Dan Langlois (Circle A Cyclocross) 2.54 18 Ronnie Steers (Gamache Cyclery) 3.03 19 Jason Perry (Cyclonauts Racers) 20 Jesse Perreault (Salem Cycles/Comprehensive Training) 21 Shane Mulrooney (Velo Europa Cyfac) 22 Tim Cook (Annie's Homegrown) 3.13 23 Scott Rosenthal (Hup United) 24 James Newton (Nerac.com / International Bike Centers) 3.22 25 Thaddeus Neil (Team 14 Productions Cycling Team) 26 Brendan Gallivan (Gallivan Corporation/cbrc) 3.28 27 Jim Wirtanen (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 3.34 28 Matt Bodziany (Caster - Majic Coffee Presented by Apex Technology) 3.44 29 Ethan Parsons (NCC/BikeReg.com) 3.46 30 Mark Vareschi (Rutgers University Cycling Team) 31 Erik Osborn (BIKEMAN.COM) 3.59 32 Michael Harney (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 33 David Baxter (Casters/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Technology) 4.05 34 Robert Poole (bikebarnracing.com) 35 Glenn Cook (Annies Homegrown) 36 William Palm (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 37 Justin Ziemba (Team International Bike/NERAC) 4.36 38 Jacob Morrison (Silver city cycling) 4.49 39 Tyson Parody (Putney/West Hill) 4.51 40 Kenny Ambach (Cyclonauts Racers) 5.06 41 Alex Sanna (WCC/Flying Dogs) 42 Eric Silva (Tufts University) 5.18 43 Eric Wemhoff (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 5.58 44 Kyle Smith (Alan Factory Team) 45 Christian Eager (QuadCycles/Arlington Bicycle Club) 46 C Todd Lombardo (Team International Bike/NERAC) 47 Nathaniel Cook (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 48 Charles Florek (Rutgers University Cycling Team) 49 Don Yungher (Rutgers University Cycling Team) 50 Craig Roth (Harris Cyclery Racing/Igleheart Frames) 51 Mark Robson (nerac/ OutdoorLights.com) 52 Rod Olliver (Open Access/GRG Road Racing) 8.43 53 Kipp Bradford (VeloEuropa Cycle Sport) 9.34 Under 19 Juniors 1 Luke Keough (CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM) 39.48 2 Gavin Mannion (CCB/Volkswagen) 0.11 3 Ethan Gilmore (Cyote Hill) 0.18 4 Nicholas Keough (CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM) 0.28 5 Nick Bax (Hot Tubes) 1.12 6 Matthew Mccartney (J & J/Tabasco) 2.32 7 Greg Carpenter (DEVO/NSO) 3.50 8 Ryan Barlow (ALAN) 5.02 9 Manny Goguen (Union Velo) 5.41 10 Dan Fishkin (TEAM HARBORSIDE CYCLE) 6.32 One lap behind 11 AJ Bontorno 12 Aaron House (Housatonic Wheel Club) Club Juniors 1 Shawn Hudlin (FTS Racing) 18.39 2 Aaron House (Housatonic Wheel Club) 0.31 3 Curtis White (CBRC/Capital Bicycle Racing Club) 0.36 4 Paul Lynch (Mystic Velo Club) 0.43 5 Jarred Reuter (rt-44 Velo/Silver City) 1.37 6 Peter Goguen (Union Velo) 2.16 7 Tiffany Bontorno 2.17 8 Austin Vincent 2.50 9 Tommy Goguen (Union Velo) 3.11 10 Emily Curley (Gearworks/Spinarts) 6.52 11 Graeme Brown (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 8.20 12 Nicolas Catlin (Tokeneke Road Club) 11.26 B Women 1 Alex Jospe (Nerac) 39.52 2 Erin Duggan (Velo Bella-Kona) 0.02 3 Susan Maclean (Gear Works/Spin Arts Cycling Team) 0.37 4 Allison Snooks (Landry's ) 0.44 5 Jennifer Stebbins (Dartmouth College Cycling) 1.11 6 Rachel Brown (Harvard University Cycling Association) 1.23 7 Lynch Tamela (White Mountain Velo) 1.38 8 Hanna Walton (FTS/Daves Bike Shop) 2.02 9 Mary Lynn Wikar (FTS/Dave's Bike Shop) 2.33 10 Vicki Thomas (Ride with Rendall) 2.39 11 Janet Ramos (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 2.54 12 Rebecca Zanconato (HUP United) 3.35 13 Melissa Smith (Team International Bike/NERAC/ Univ. of NH) 3.48 14 Natalia Gardiol (MIT Cycling) 3.49 15 Liz Seward (CRCA/Bicycle Workshop) 4.08 16 Stacey Moseley (unattached) 5.05 17 Stephanie Farrar (The Hub) 6.49 18 Kerry Combs (Independent Fabrication) 7.05 19 Hannah Sarnow (Team International Bike/NERAC) 7.45 20 Cecelia Pleva (CRCA/Radical Media) 8.25 21 Julie Lockhart (NEBC/Cycle Loft) One lap behind 22 Suzi Ballenger 23 Hannah Kirshner (the Hub) A Masters 35+ 1 Richard Feldman (Durance Cycleworks - Lehman Brothers) 39.14 2 Jonny Bold (Corner Cycle) 0.04 3 Gunnar Shogren (FORT Factory Team) 0.13 4 Sam Morse (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 0.14 5 Sean Groom (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 0.15 6 Kevin Hines (Gear Works / Spin Arts) 0.16 7 Troy Fenderson (Boston Scientific Cycling/Everactive Online) 0.38 8 Michael Yozell (FORT Factory Team) 0.44 9 Troy Kimball (Westwood Velo) 0.52 10 Mark Stotz (Gearworks -- Spinarts) 0.59 11 Alan Starrett (Bikeman.com) 1.03 12 Greg Ferguson (FORT Factory Team) 1.07 13 Jay Mongillo (CCC / Keltic Construction) 1.21 14 Christopher Long (Independent Fabrication/Gotham) 1.46 15 John Mosher (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 1.48 16 Curtis Boivin (Providence Velo) 1.55 17 Christopher Burke (Providence Velo) 2.01 18 Mark Gunsalus (BikeBarnRacing.com) 2.03 19 Colman O'connor (Bicycle Link) 2.11 20 Bo Fuller (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 2.18 21 Aaron Millett (ESSEX COUNTY VELO) 2.22 22 William Shattuck (Bikebarn Racing Whitman, MA) 2.26 23 Michael Bernard (gearworks spinarts) 24 Eric Marro (BOB/Skofield Builders) 25 Stephan Marcoux (Louis Garneau/ski velo) 2.41 26 Kurt Perham (Cycle-Smart) 2.44 27 Marc Boudreau (Ride with Rendall) 2.53 28 Paul Lynch (bicyclelink/mbrc) 3.05 29 Rick Kotch (Union Velo Club) 3.11 30 James Walsh (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 3.14 31 Paul Curley (Gearworks/Spinarts) 32 William Sawyer (Gearworks - Spinarts) 3.22 33 Paul Boudreau (Essex County Velo) 3.24 34 Matthew Myette (Cyclonauts Racers) 35 Brian Pierce (Minuteman Road Club) 36 David Lyman (Union Velo Club) 3.32 37 David Belknap (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 38 Todd Bowden (CVC) 39 Kenny Shardlow (Bikebarnracing.com) 3.39 40 Paul Nyberg (Horst-Benidorm-Property Research Corp.) 3.44 41 Keith Button (noreast cycling) 3.51 42 Kyle Wolfe (TARGETRAINING / Fastar) 4.08 43 John Grenier (BOB/Skofield Builders) 4.17 44 Alec Petro (MBRC/Bike Link/Team Psycho) 4.29 45 Robert Kramer (Alan Factory Team) 4.33 46 Doug Aspinwall (Joe's Garage/Reynolds Composites) 4.35 47 Bob Lesmerises (White Mountain Velo) 4.40 48 Wade Summers (Horst-Benidorm-Property Research Corp) 4.47 49 Todd Buckley (Arc-en-Ciel Racing Team) 4.53 50 Andrew Durham (CCB/Volkswagon) 4.57 51 Robert Naser (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 4.59 52 Daniel Russell (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 5.01 53 Judd Milne (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 54 Paul Debartolo (GS Gotham/TOGA) 55 Kevin Callahan (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 56 Geoff Sullivan (Eastern Bloc Cycling Club) 57 Wayne Cunningham (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 58 Gary Aspnes (Horst-Benidorm-Property Research Corp.) 59 David Fredrickson 60 Anthony Pace (Eastern Bloc Cycling Club) 61 Timothy Shea (BOB / SKOFIELD BUILDERS) 62 Bill Mark (Gearworks/Spin Arts) 63 David Leedberg (GearWorks / Spin Arts) 64 Paul Wiess (Portland Velo Club) 65 Christopher Smith 66 Dave Barr (Fitchburg Cycling Club) 67 Jose Martinez (Independent Fabrication) 68 Joe Rodrigues (Cyclonauts) 69 George Benington (Linscott Real Estate Racing) 70 Donald Catlin (Tokeneke Road Club) 71 Jim Peters (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech. Group) 72 Gary Dalton (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 73 Scott Roy (Bicycle Link MBRC) 74 Matt Spence (Onion River Sports) 75 Paul Crowley (MBRCBicyclelink) 9.11 C Men 1 Michael Knight (Northeast) 34.46 2 Paul Novotasky Jr. (Pig Iron Sports) 0.01 3 Christopher Bailey (Boston Road Club) 1.02 4 Oscar Jimenez (NEBC/Cycleloft) 1.15 5 Jason Gulbinas (NEBC/CycleLoft) 1.26 6 Garett Burke 1.30 7 Tom Buttner (Verge Sport/Test Pilot) 1.35 8 Zachary Wills (Alan factory Team) 1.55 9 Dan Ouellette (Gamache Cyclery) 2.27 10 John Wilde (Harvard U Cycling) 2.48 11 Stern Sawyer (Minuteman Road Club) 3.05 12 Joseph Tramontano (Connecticut Coast Cycling) 13 Mike Zanconato (HUP United) 14 Michael Cook (MRC) 3.26 15 Geoffrey House (Housatonic Wheel Club) 4.13 16 Patrick Mccue 17 Pete Rumsey (Arc-En-Ciel Racing Team) 18 Andrew Salmon (Cyclonauts) 4.29 19 John Witmer (GMBC/Catamount) 20 Michael Lowry (Minuteman Road Club) 21 Gary Sacon (Cyclonauts Racers) 5.15 22 David Powell 5.29 23 Paul Yeomans (TEAM WAYFARER) 6.01 24 David Loszewski (BOB/Skofield Builders) 6.56 25 Steven Robbins (NCC/BikeReg.com) 26 James Vogel (Amgen Cycling Club) 27 Tec Thomas (Jacksonville Racing Club) 28 Jim Lynch (Mystic Velo Club) 8.05 29 Jason Clark (Amgen Cycling) 8.40 30 Kurt Maw (Comprehensive Training Systems / Salem Cycle) 9.04 31 Brian Colby 9.24 32 Donald Stevens 10.02 33 Jeff Richardson 10.12 One lap behind 34 Scott Post (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 35 David Rioux (Boston Road Club) 36 Bartley Mulligan (Lefty's Velotopia) B Masters 35+ 1 Mike Troisi (Gear Works) 35.02 2 Jeff Schwab (Arc en Ciel Racing) 0.19 3 Roger Goulart (Scottee's Westport Bicycle) 0.21 4 Aaron Richer (Team Pinnacle) 0.24 5 Peter Collins 1.09 6 James Paterson 7 Michael Keough (cornerCycleCyclingClub) 8 Wayne Barlow (coyote hill) 1.41 9 Theo Kindermans (cyclocrossworld.com) 10 Geoff Williams (Providence Velo) 11 Stuart Boyd (Essex County Velo) 12 Bill Doonan (NEBC/Cycleloft) 13 Fran Boudreau (Unattached) 2.02 14 Christopher Kadlick (Minuteman Road Club) 15 Matt Carpenter (EBCC/Benidorm) 2.19 16 Todd Savage (Minuteman Road Club) 17 Robert Tutwiler (noreast cycling) 2.40 18 Matthiew Snow 19 Kevin Young (Minuteman Road Club) 20 Ned Connell (Putney/West Hill) 21 Jay Downs (FORT Factory Team) 22 Clayton Dennis (Scottee's Westport Bicycle) 3.27 23 Randy Taylor (laurel) 24 Stephen Kelley (Vortex Racing) 3.43 25 Jorge Hernandez (Minuteman Road Club) 26 Mike Demartino 27 Steven Post (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 28 Mark Greve (Providence Velo) 29 Tom Gagliardi 30 Jeff Papineau (Cyclonauts) 31 John Laupheimer (NEBC/CycleLoft) 4.25 32 Raymond Martin (Union Velo Club) 33 Fafar Bayat (Sotheby's/Strictly Bicycles) 4.29 34 Mark Dutka 35 Robert Bauer (Minuteman road Club) 36 Skip Kuzel (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 37 Andrew Parsons (BRC/Vintage) 4.43 38 Thomas Hurley (colavita racing) 39 Arnold T. Kalmbach (Bicycle Link /Mass Bay Road Club) 40 Jeffrey Maclean (BOB cycling) 41 James Hoard 42 Oscar Rosates (Gotham) 43 Lawrence Purtill 5.29 44 Rob Desrosiers (Backstone Valley Velo/ The Peloton.net) 5.41 45 David Martini (Arc En Ciel Racing Team) 6.10 46 Paul Brais (Team Hawaiian) 7.03 47 David Singleton (Mystic Velo Club) 8.53 Masters 55+ 1 Bruce Mccowan (Arc En Ciel Racing Team / MCRA) 36.34 2 James Themig (Mystic Velo MCRA) 2.25 3 Dave Beals (CBRC) 2.27 4 Richard Costa (Cyclonauts) 5 Jim Quinn (The Bicycle Link/MBRC) 2.41 6 Dusty Adams (MosaicSmalti.com) 3.39 7 Steven Abbott (thread city cyclers) 4.08 8 Erik Nordenson (PoisonSpiderBicycles.com) 7.39 One lap behind 9 Vincent Donohue (worcester cycling club)
