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Bay Area Superprestige #5 - NE
San Mateo, California, December 9, 2007
Wicks wreaks havoc at Coyote Point
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With a very heavy National race schedule Santa Cruz resident Barry Wicks has only an occasional chance to race in Northern California, and with this last weekend before the frozen US Championships in Kansas City, Wicks took advantage of sparkling winter weather in the race-by-the-bay, the final round of the Bay Area Super Prestige Series.
Faced with not only the Giant Berry squad headed by Andy Jacques-Maynes and series leader Justin Robinson but also the usual hefty swarm of HRS-Rock Lobsters, Wicks had company for just a couple of laps before dropping AJ and riding through many of the 40 man field to take a very decisive victory.
The 1.9 mile circuit in the county park just minutes from the San Francisco airport is a two-part beast, the hilly eucalyptus forest section contains a single barricade and exits onto the gravel shoreline. Due to adverse tidal actions in the past six years, the sandy beach has disappeared, leaving riders to plow their way through more tiny gravel fields than sand remnants. The 50-yard stretch is ride able if competitors have a clear shot at the entrance but the slightest bit of traffic forces a dismount. The balance of the course is pancake flat with two additional sets of barricades and an infamous little off-camber berm that circles around a pine tree.
Barbara Howe held off Josie Jacques-Maynes and Sarah Kerlin as the top three women finished in a short 70 yard sprint from the final corner to the finish arch in the Elite Women's contest. Third place Kerlin still had a comfortable margin in the overall points standings to take the '07 title but this was just the second NorCal race of the '07 season for former Worlds Team member Howe as the National circuit claimed the attention of another NorCal rider for most of her 2007 season.
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The KC Nationals for 40+ is going to be a significant test for NorCal Masters. Gannon Myall has been just behind the leader at all six US GP races this season and with former National Champ Todd Hoefer on Myall's Giant Berry team, with title aspirations of his own – and former National Champ James Coats also on the start line Coyote Point was their last tune-up before packing the anti-freeze for the chilly mid-west.
Throughout the forest, the beach, and the final flat stretches the trio remained in close contact with Myall opening a final three second gap over Coats at the finish. On to Kansas City where Myall gets a front row call-up this year instead of Providence in '06 where he was buried in the back half of the starting field.
Photography
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Images by Alec Simpson
- Sarah Maile didn't have to worry about wet feet. When the Elite Women started late in the afternoon, the tide was outbound
- Chris D'Aluisio leading Todd Hoefer and Gannon Myall finding the line on Coyote Point's beach front property with
- Masters rider Bill Sans starting to twist his foot out of the pedal when he bogs down in the soft forest floor
- Elite Women Series Winner Sarah Kerlin
Images by Larry Rosa Photography/larryrosa.com
- Master 35+ James Coats battled eventual winner Gannon Myall from start to finish – and just 3 seconds behind at the finish
- Master 35+ series winner Gannon Myall
- Andy Jacques-Maynes inside the soft dirt of the eucalyptus forest with Rich Maile marking him
- Overall Series winner Justin Robinson about to enter the beach run with San Francisco Bay just a few feet beyond the fence
- Barry Wicks dismantled the NorCal field and took the final round of the Bay Area Super Prestige Series
- 2007 Series Final Podium left to right Aaron Kereluk (4th), Josh Snead (2nd) Justin Robinson (1st), Aaron O'Dell (3rd), Cody Kaiser (5th)
Results
Men 1,2 1 Barry Wicks (Kona Your-key) 59.24 2 Andy Jacques-Maynes (Cal Giant Strawberry) 1.23 3 Chance Noble (Cal Giant/Specialize) 2.36 4 Josh Snead (HRS Rocklobster) 3.13 5 Aaron Odell (HRS Rocklobster) 3.14 6 Cody Kaiser (Team Spine) 3.47 7 Rich Maile (Santa Cruz) 8 Jeremy Ferguson (Team Spine) 4.18 9 Justin Robinson (Cal Giant) 4.43 10 Aaron Kereluk (HRS-Rocklobster) 4.44 11 Cameron Falconer (Hunter Freewheel) 4.57 12 Jason Rahlwes (Fox Racing Shox) 5.23 13 Corey Ward (Team Chico) 5.24 14 Aroussen Laflamme (Normandin-Faire) 5.28 15 Chris Brown (Norcal) 5.30 16 Andrew Brooks (Sheila Moon) 17 Larry Hibbard (Family Cycling Cntr) 6.22 18 James Badia (Webcor/Alto Velo) 6.41 19 David Galvin (BMC Racing Team) 6.49 20 Anastasio Flores Jr (Cal Giant) 7.08 21 Jeff Hantman (Clifbar) 7.15 22 Dean Poshard (HRS Rocklobster) 7.20 23 Jeff Williams (Webcor/Alto Velo) 7.30 24 Aron Bonar (Sycip Racing) 25 Brendan O'Brien (Specialized) 7.39 26 Jesse Mayberry (Scott/Ritchey) 7.50 27 Jeremy Sarrow (Freewheel/Hunter) 7.52 28 Ben Dodge (HRS/Rocklobster) 8.07 29 Mike Sooda ) 8.11 One lap behind 30 Tim Granshaw (Ritchey) 31 Grant Cutler (Altezza 40) 32 Chris Leavell (Mike and the Bike) 33 Isaias Job (Altezza 40) 34 Phil Roberts (SF Velo/Cycles Gladi) 35 Jeff Patton (HRS Rocklobster) 36 Nick Hanni (Scott/Ritchey) 37 Erik Muensterman (CapoForma) 38 Lander Bravo (Altezza 40 Racing) 39 Matt Nyiri (CapoForma) Three laps behind 40 Mitchell Trux (DBC Elite) Men 3 1 Anthony Coando (Altezza 40) 40.21 2 Ben Knipe (Eagle Racing Team) 0.42 3 Jeremy Kimmel (Altezza 40) 1.15 4 Alex Work (HRS Rocklobster) 1.40 5 Adrian Lobito 1.45 6 Brandon Correia (Godspeed Courier) 2.27 7 Joshua Thayer (Sheila Moon) 2.28 8 Patrick Kitto 2.29 9 Ty Brookhart 2.49 10 Aaron Gallardo (Vitamin Cottage) 2.51 11 Darren Leva (Roaring Mouse) 3.00 12 Nicholaus Slone (Altezza 40) 3.13 13 David Pederson (Altezza 40) 3.21 14 Ryan Sherlock 3.22 15 Jean-Luc Callahan (Specialized) 3.24 16 Damian Handisides (HUP United) 3.31 17 Aaron Hunter (San Jose Bicycle) 3.33 18 Chris Sallen 19 Kea Hunt (BBC) 3.39 20 Ammon Skidmore (Roaring Mouse) 3.40 21 Russell Pratt (Frontofthepack.com) 4.06 22 Dustin White (GS Ride On) 23 Gavin Scott 4.12 24 Michael Gil 4.16 25 Cisco Moran (SF Sport and Spine) 4.27 26 Michael Fee (Kaiser Permanente) 4.33 27 Cody Klasna (Ritchey Scott) 4.34 28 Carmi Schulman (Southern Elite) 4.52 29 Stephen Carter 5.04 30 Joshua Rebol (Specialized) 5.06 31 Chris Stevens (Freewheel) 5.22 32 Nigel Walker 5.32 33 Curtis Inglis (Inglis Cycles) 5.36 34 Matt Leonard (Altezza 40) 5.41 35 David Green (FresnOakland) 5.49 36 Ben Murphy 5.53 37 Rick Hylton (Aqua Kulture) 6.31 38 Evan Sarna 7.22 39 Matthew Triska 7.46 40 Mark Nelsen (Touchstone) 8.19 41 Wade Morgan (FresnOakland) 8.40 42 Patrick Ryan 8.48 43 Chip Lomas 9.31 Men 4 1 Chris Donahue (Vertical Pandas) 35.17 2 Scott Bryan (Dolce Vita) 0.53 3 Dayton Crites (Three Rivers Capital) 1.08 4 Cole Rasmussen (Fox Shox) 1.09 5 Ken Dick (Touchstone) 1.31 6 Joe Miller (Unattached) 1.32 7 Themba Alleyne (Roaring Mouse) 8 Jon Palmer 1.33 9 Mark Shaw (Vertical Pandas) 1.44 10 Chris Haeni 2.21 11 John Knutson 2.27 12 Ben Wright (Fox Racing Shox') 2.46 13 Mac Heebner (Dolce Vita Cycling) 3.00 14 Travis Ma (Pen Velo/Kondra) 3.09 15 Michael Przybylski (Roaring Mouse) 3.22 16 Mike Sallaberry 3.26 17 Chris Atkinson 3.43 18 Brian Zambrano 3.50 19 Ross Tinline (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 4.06 20 Geoff James 21 Mark Nielsaen (Touchstone) 4.26 22 Chris Ackerman (Touchstone) 4.48 23 Joe Pessano (Pen Velo) 4.50 24 Jeremy Wright 4.51 25 John McGuire 4.56 26 Michael Gonia (Webcor/Alto Velo) 5.03 27 Allen RIichardson (Look USA) 5.20 28 Jorge Pont (Alto Velo/Webcor) 5.22 29 Markus Roccaro (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 5.25 30 Joe Winslow 5.26 31 Larry Morris (Roaring Mouse) 5.36 32 Andrew Weiner (Roaring Mouse) 5.37 33 Nathaniel Craig (Stanford) 5.39 34 Joshua Hadley (Webcor/AltoVelo) 5.48 35 Daisuke Mori 5.50 36 Jake Otsuka (Stix & Stones) 5.52 37 Brandon Desch 5.56 38 Kevin Bracy Knight 6.01 39 Van Shih 6.07 40 fJoe Stranzl (Matthew/Kyle) 6.10 41 Robert Baesman (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 6.16 42 Craig Ball 6.23 43 Oswald Cousins 6.41 44 Kevin Grundmann (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 6.58 45 Tim Moyer (Raleigh) 7.26 46 Peter Allen 7.28 47 Emiliano Casteneda 7.32 48 John Paradine 7.42 49 Jeremiah Johnson (Vertical Pandas) 7.44 50 Mark Leeper 7.57 51 Gregory Gibbons 8.02 52 Brian Combs 8.10 53 Cesar Agustin 8.18 54 Neil Samson 8.26 55 Jason Woodward 9.13 56 Bill Isaacson 9.18 57 Jung Pham 9.33 58 Tom Brown 9.46 59 Theo Schuldt 10.05 60 Mike Brown (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 10.15 61 Mark Hesse 10.50 62 Mark Allen 11.18 63 Amin Tamariz 12.39 One lap behind 64 David Noble (Barn Owl Stew) Singlespeed 1 Cesar Chavez (Buy-Cell.com) 1.05.26 2 Kurt Gensheimer (Buy-Cell.com) 0.44 3 Scott Chapin (Traffic) 1.11 One lap behind 4 Brian Myers 5 Richard Blanco (Sycip Racing) 6 Tim Cannard (Buy-cell.com) 7 Sam Berg (Helens) 8 James Newman (Freewheel) 9 Chris Pillette (Godspeed Courier) 10 Brian Rogers (SyCip Racing) 11 George Thoma (Kaiser/Team Oakland) 12 Andrew Yee (Cyclocross Magazine) 13 Jason Grove 14 Erik Thunstrom (SCCCC/Team SC) 15 Dayton Crites (Velvet) 16 Marcus Roccaro (Pen Velo) 17 Sasha Magee (Sheila Moon) Two laps behind 18 Robert Jaimes 19 Glenn Rawlinson (Altezza 40) 20 Morgan Alle (Mustang Velo) 21 Joe Miller (Unattached) 22 Steve Ransom (Dolce Vita) Junior 15-18 1 Lars Mommer (Cal Giant Strawberry) 25.29 2 Jeremy Blalock (Ventana Mt. Bikes) 0.30 3 Bjorn Fox (Clif Bar Junior Team) 4 Neil Watters (Webcor/Alto Velo) 4.52 Junior 10-14 1 Alex Howard 29.39 2 Spence Peterson (Above Category) 0.20 3 Skyler Taylor (Above Category) 1.51 4 Isaiah Rapko (NRL Racing) 2.51 5 Darik Thunstrom (SCCCC/Bike Trip) 5.37 6 Ryan Grant (Team Swift) 5.38 7 Nik Dommen 6.35 8 Rex Peel 7.47 9 Christian Villasana (Team Swift) 9.50 One lap behind 10 J.J. Kammeyer (Altezza 40) 11 Ben Libbey (Team Swift) 12 David Carmick Masters 35+ B 1 Tom Ryan (Kaiser Permanente) 34.17 2 Dave Schindehette (Pegasus/Vandenburghe) 0.01 3 Mark Fitzsimmons (Fox Racing Shox) 0.02 4 Frank Kalcic (HRS Rocklobster) 0.36 5 Greg Gomez (Webcor/Alto Velo) 0.39 6 John Ford (Team Spine) 0.50 7 Ian Moore (Berkeley BC) 0.51 8 Paul Ellison (Alan USA) 1.06 9 Tim Simanski (Team Roaring Mouse) 1.10 10 Brian Staby (Team Norcal Bike) 1.25 11 Paul Carter (Pegasus/Vandenberghe) 1.46 12 Scott Rossi (DFL) 13 Geff Jones 1.47 14 William Strachan 1.48 15 Scott Zavack (Buycell.com) 1.49 16 Nigel Walker 1.53 17 Bo Barry (Soulcraft) 1.58 18 Courtney Grossman (Velo Club Monterey) 2.10 19 Sasha Magee (Sheila Moon) 2.33 20 Sean O'Connell (Pegasus/Vandenberghe) 2.41 21 William Youngman (Cycling-training.com) 2.42 22 Ted Burns (Webcor/Alto Velo) 2.57 23 Greg Klingsjorn (Allegro Cyclery) 3.08 24 Paul Maciel (Eden Bicycles) 3.23 25 Andreas Vogel (Cycling-training.com) 3.26 26 Royce Fraley (Team Flower) 3.27 27 Benoit Dubuisson 3.39 28 Joe Miller (Unattached) 3.42 29 Russell Carmick (Roaring Mouse) 3.52 30 Jeff Boice (Unattached) 4.01 31 Mike Schaller (Easton/Specialized) 4.15 32 Kieran Sherlock (Webcor/Alto Velo) 4.17 33 Andrew May (Quest) 4.19 34 Brian Buckner 4.20 35 Reese Gary (Cycling-training.com) 4.29 36 Paul Pietryka 4.40 37 Geoffrey Gunderson (Kaiser/Team Oakland) 5.04 38 Ernesto Montenero (Kaiser Oakland) 5.05 39 Gregory Towers 5.30 40 Thomas Farley 6.24 41 Juan Ortiz (Bianchi) 7.17 42 Eric Werner (Webcor/Alto Velo) 8.04 43 A. Ataie (Quest) 9.03 Masters 35+ A 1 Gannon Myall (Cal Giant Specialize) 46.45 2 James Coats (Morgan Stanley) 0.03 3 Todd Hoefer (Cal Giant) 0.28 4 Chris D'Aluisio (Morgan Stanley) 1.08 5 Mark Howland (Blackmarket Racing) 1.38 6 Murray Swanson (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 2.36 7 Brock Dickie (Buy-cell.com) 2.41 8 Daniel McNally (DFL) 2.49 9 Eric Bustos (Cal Giant) 10 Kevin Merrigan (CVC/ Otis Guy) 3.00 11 Mark Christian (Northside Wheelmen) 3.06 12 Brij Lunine (SCCCC) 3.31 13 Tim Watson (HRS Rocklobster) 3.32 14 Stacey Sell (Fox Fantasy Team) 3.48 15 Tim Thompson (Blackmarket Racing) 3.55 16 Brad Koester (DFL) 4.48 17 Steve Hess (SCCCC/Fox) 4.49 18 Michael Foley (Northside Wheelmen) 19 Ruben Villareal (Eden Bicycles) 5.09 20 Grey Wedeking (Shelia Moon) 21 Michael Matthews (Buy-Cell.com) 5.18 22 Dave Devlin (DFL) 5.24 23 John Kammeyer (Altezza 40) 5.35 24 Glenn Rawlinson (Altezza 40) 5.36 25 Chas. Pockell-Wilson (Morgan Stanly/Specia) 5.52 26 Mark Mastoras (Active Athlete) 6.01 27 Geoff Wilcox (Altezza 40) 6.07 28 Rich Sangalli (BMC) 6.18 29 Max Clifford (HRS Rocklobster) 7.07 30 Reed Maxwell (Eden Cycles) 7.26 31 Jeff Hane (FWR/Wrong Way) 7.32 One lap behind 32 Mark Slavonia (Pen Velo/Kondra) Masters 45+ B 1 David Schaefer (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 34.09 2 Jeffrey Bramlett (Third Pillar) 0.21 3 Thomas Fox (HRS Rocklobster) 0.53 4 Ray Chip Gale (Third Pillar/Team) 1.14 5 Tom Carpenter (Kaiser/Team Oakland) 1.54 6 Blair Peterson (Zteam) 2.07 7 Mike Bodge (Cal Giant Berry) 2.30 8 Dane Grant (Roaring Mouse) 2.32 9 Clifford Lee (Invision Optometry) 2.57 10 Christopher Holmes (Bicycles Plus) 11 Karl Ehlert (Webcor/Alto Velo) 3.05 12 David Lever 3.12 13 Bruce Kaiser (SGW) 3.18 14 Kem Akol (Bike Trip) 3.41 15 Bruce Lodge (Black Market Racing) 3.51 16 Kelly Silberberg (Sunshine Bicycles) 3.58 17 Tom Snyder 4.12 18 Willy Dommen (ZTeam) 4.38 19 Andrew Lyndon (Kaiser/Team Oakland) 20 Paul Thai (Look Cycles USA) 4.40 21 Jeff Kazan (Raleigh) 4.57 22 Stephen Itano (HRS Rocklobster) 23 Rocco Hollaway (USRT) 5.10 24 Brian Birch (Team Oakland) 5.11 25 Paul H. Sadoff (HRS Rocklobster) 5.36 26 Ed Miszkewicz 5.57 27 Robert Barber 6.26 28 Matt Dunstan (ScottsValley Cycle) 8.56 Masters 45+ A 1 John McKone (CCB/Volkswagen) 48.56 2 Thomas Feix (Pen Velo/Kondra) 0.49 3 Don Langley (Morgan Stanley) 1.30 4 Mark Abele (Blackmarket Racing) 1.43 5 Dan Sovereign (Tuesday Velo/Voler) 2.06 6 Philip Sims (SCCCC) 2.07 7 Bob Downs (Planet Bike) 2.14 8 Edwin J. Rambuski (Blackmarket Racing) 2.20 9 Jon Suzuki (Cyclesport/Kaiser) 2.34 10 Bill Sans 2.39 11 Erik Thunstrom (SCCCC) 3.07 12 Logan Kelsey (Vertical Online) 3.08 13 Shane Huntoon (Livermore Cyclery) 3.37 14 Paule Bates (Roaring Mouse Cycles) 4.38 15 Chris Baker (Another Bike Shop) 4.51 16 Joe Fabris 17 Jeff Crofton (Pen Velo Kondra Sys) 5.26 18 Joey Carlin (Team Otis Guy) 6.27 One lap behind 19 George Smith (Webcor/Alto Velo) 20 Leslie Austere 21 Jeff Stoen (Red Rocks Velo) 22 Erik Salander (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 23 Darrel Brokeshoulder (Specialized/Easton) Masters 55+ 1 John Elgart (Webcor/Alto Velo) 36.09 2 Frank Cuaresma (Cal Giant) 1.50 3 Greg Sage 2.37 4 Gary Anghinetti (Pen Velo) 4.05 5 Hank Mini (Mad Cat Bikes) 4.20 6 Ric Kellen (Mako/DeMarco) 6.05 7 Charlie Wirtz 7.33 8 Mike Macdonald (Jaeger Wheelmen) 10.13 9 Mike Gomez (Unattached) 12.48 Women A 1 Barbara Howe (Velo Bella- Kona) 33.37 2 Josie Beggs (Cal Giant Berry) 0.01 3 Sarah Kerlin (HRS Rock Lobster) 0.02 4 Sarah Maile (Ventana) 1.02 5 Stella Carey (HRS Rocklobster) 1.09 6 Kathleen Hannon (Freewheel/Hunter) 1.30 7 Katrina Baumsteiger (Blackmarket Racing) 1.51 8 Kristin Drumm (Proman/Paradigm) 2.15 9 Natasha Perry (Velo Bella-Kona) 2.58 10 Mary-Anne Hunter (Freewheel/ Hunter) 4.07 11 Michiko Kawamoto (Vista Guapa) 4.33 Women B 1 Sarah Piccolo (Norcal Velo) 38.44 2 Christy Murphy (Eastside Scott) 0.26 3 Jen Jordan (Code Three Racing) 0.37 4 Nicole Bumbaca 0.47 5 Lindsey Collins (SCCCC) 1.35 6 Lisa Devlin (DFL) 1.36 7 Melissa Schultz (Kaiser/Team Oakland) 1.51 8 Erin Dennis (Code 3 Racing) 2.21 9 Carol Irving (Cycling Training.com) 2.22 10 Teshia Cordia (Code Three Racing) 2.36 11 Kathryn Aaker (Team Sheila Moon) 3.42 12 Yvonne Walbroehl (Protech Racing) 3.49 13 Diana Nankin (dfl) 3.50 14 Katrina Loera (Velo Bella-Kona) 4.23 15 Angela Rebol (Echelon) 5.17 One lap behind 16 Rebecca Dyas (Velo Bella Kona) Masters Women A 1 Andi Mackie (Velo Bella-Kona) 38.27 2 Beverly Chaney (Roaring Mouse Cycles) 0.15 3 Julie Bates (Roaring Mouse Cycles) 0.46 4 Janel Lodge (Black Market Racing) 2.09 5 Rebecca Heisterkamp (Norcal MTB League) 5.47 Women C 1 Marissa Axell (Roaring Mouse) 30.31 2 Dana Katz (Roaring Mouse) 0.37 3 Courtney Dimple (Altezza 40) 1.07 4 Angela Stevens 1.27 5 Jenny Feix (Velo Girls) 1.34 6 Megan Zemny (Altezza 40) 1.38 7 Christine Fox (Vertical Pandas) 1.52 8 Cara Coburn 1.59 9 Amy Padula (Touchstone Climbing) 2.07 10 Lesley Wolf (Code 3 Racing) 2.09 11 Sara Jarrell (Code 3) 3.23 12 Janet LaFleur 3.46 13 Caroline Bishop (Team Slack) 4.31 14 Meredith Obendorfer (Altezza 40) 4.52 15 Sara Morton 5.30 16 Emily McLanahan (Sheila Moon) 6.04 One lap behind 17 Helen Powers (Cycle Sports-Oakland) 18 Jenine Beecher (Team Crash) 19 Julie Brannegan (Vertical Pandas) 20 Cathy Morgan 21 Brooke Bates (Roaring Mouse)
