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Star-Crossed - C2
Redmond, WA, USA, September 22, 2007
Huele Wins Despite One-Two Punch of Trebon and Wicks
Wendy Williams Takes Sprint Finish For Women
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Beautiful weather and big crowds greeted a strong field of racers for the 2007 Star Crossed races in Redmond, Washington, and the fans were not disappointed by two hotly contested UCI races. The Men's races was dominated by a power trio of Barry Wicks, US National Champion Ryan Trebon, and Swiss National Champion Christian Heule that left the rest of the pack early and kept a significant gap for the remainder of the race.
The race was fast and furious, but it was evident that early on it was going to be a three person race with Heule, Wicks, and Trebon detaching themselves from the pack early on. Pre-race favorite Geoff Kabush had an early flat and made his way to the beer garden earlier than expected. Danish National Champion Joachim Parbo crashed in the Cycle U-Turn, but was able to recover and hold on for sixth.
Heule kept his cool while Trebon and Wicks repeatedly took shots at the Swiss Champ. Wicks went down in a slick corner midway through the race but was able to recover and re-join the lead trio. Eventually it came down to a drag race with Heule moving to the front in the last few corners and drag racing Trebon to the finish. Rounding out the top five was Andy Jacques-Mayne and Troy Wells.
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Also notable was the return of defending champion Andy Jacques-Maynes, who rolled up the start line at the last minute. After spending time in the hospital this summer following an accident in a criterium, he wasn't even scheduled to race but decided a few minutes before the race to jump in and test his form. He went on to finish a very happy and strong fourth.
The women's race played out in a similar fashion, but with a larger front group. Wendy Williams, Sarah Kerlin, Wendy Simms, Sue Butler, Kristi Berg, and Kelly Jones made the early split in the Women's race. This lead group kept the pace high with Simms and Williams, Butler looking the strongest throughout the entire race. The six kept their lead all the way to the line with one of the largest and most exciting sprint finishes to happen at Star Crossed. Williams just edged past Sarah Kerlin for the win and the glory that comes with being the Star Crossed Champion for another year.
Photography
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Images by Joe Sales
- Eric Emsky and Benny Swedberg (Rad Racing) were part of the junior juggernaut that dominated the men's cat 3 race.
- A cat 3 racer chasing the young juniors that dominated the cat 3 field.
- The cat 3 podium with junior racer Steve Fisher (center) as the overall winner.
- Josie Beggs (Giant Strawberry) makes her way past the beer gardens.
- Wendy Simms (Kona) and Wendy Williams (River City Bicycles) battle in the close women's race.
- Huge crowds gathered near the barriers to drink beer and cheer the racers. Kristi Berg (Redline) pictured.
- US National Champion Ryan Trebon (Kona) on his way to a second place overall
- Barry Wicks (Kona) racing under the Marymoor lights. Wicks finished third.
- Andy Jacques-Maynes returned to racing after a horrific early season crash and finished fourth.
- Christian Heule (Stevens) spent much of the race riding between Kona team-mates Trebon and Wicks.
- The elite Men's podium: (L to R) Andy Jacques Maynes, Ryan Trebon, Christian Heule, Barry Wicks and Troy Wells.
Results
Elite Men 1 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens 1.00.10 2 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona Yourkey.com 3 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona Yourkey.com 0.03 4 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) 0.50 5 Troy Wells (USA) Clif Bar 1.04 6 Joachim Parbo (Den) CCV 7 Chris Sheppard (Can) 8 Jonathan Baker (USA) Primus Mootry 9 Bart Gillespie (USA) MonaVie/Cannondale 10 Nicholas Weighall (USA) Rad Racing NW 11 Russell Stevenson (USA) Benaroya Research Institute Cycling Team 12 Daniel Neyens (USA) Hagens Berman LLP 13 Ali Goulet (USA) Ridley Factory Team/Fishers Cyclery 1.27 14 Shannon Skerritt (USA) Vanilla Bicycles-Stumptown Coffee 2.01 15 Molly Cameron (USA) Vanilla Bicycles-Stumptown Coffee 2.04 16 Rob Britton (Can) 2.26 17 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona Les Gets 18 Donald Reeb (USA) CMG Racing 19 Jason Sager (USA) MonaVie/Cannondale 2.49 20 Cody Peterson (USA) Scott Bicycles 21 Michael Gallagher (USA) U S Armed Forces 22 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Priority Health 23 Kevin Hulick (USA) Vanilla Bicycles-Stumptown Coffee 24 Loren Hanson (USA) Benaroya Research Institute Cycling Team 25 Matt Pacocha (USA) Velo News 3.13 26 Sean Worsech (USA) Rad Racing NW 3.37 27 Ryan Iddings (USA) Lapierre USA 3.47 28 Toby Swanson (USA) 29 Matthew Hewitt (Can) 3.53 30 Logan Wetzel (USA) First Rate Mortgage 3.58 31 Mark Hanson (USA) Benaroya Research Institute Cycling Team 3.59 32 Jonathan Gormick (Can) Masi-Adobe 4.00 33 Carson Miller (USA) Fred Meyer/Northwest Adventure 4.02 34 Craig Richey (Can) Aviawest - Rocky Mountain Bicycles 4.04 35 Kevin Noiles (Can) Norco 4.12 36 Luke Brechwald (USA) Rad Racing NW 4.14 37 Kristopher Holden (USA) Vertical Earth 4.44 38 Douglas Shryock (USA) Northern Rockies Orthopedic 5.00 39 Matthew Slaven (USA) Kona Les Gets 40 John-Christian Flack (USA) The Valley Athletic Club 5.44 41 Duncan McGovern (USA) Whitman College Cycling 5.49 42 Drew MacKenzie (Can) 6.38 43 Phil Grove (USA) Hagens Berman LLP 6.40 One lap behind 44 Thomas Skinner (Can) Louis Garneau 45 Steven Hunter (USA) Veloshop 46 Rob Gosselin (Can) Mighty Riders 47 Zac Daab (USA) Hup United 48 Scott McGregor (Can) Steed Cycles / SRAM 49 Toby Meierbachtol (USA) 50 Ian Megale (USA) Three laps behind 51 Spencer Bushnell (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling 52 Chad Berg (USA) Redline Bicycles Four laps behind 53 Jason Thompson (Can) 54 Jon Hansen (USA) Organic Athlete/Sunnyside Sports 55 John-Christopher Reid (Can) Masi-Adobe DNF Kevin Bradford-Parish (USA) Redline DNF Ian Brown (USA) River City Bicycles/ Chicken Burrito/ Tonic Fab DNF Carl Decker (USA) Giant DNF Jesse Giordano (USA) Nob Hill Velo DNF Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis DNF Eric Tonkin (USA) Kona Yourkey.com DNF Tyler Trace (Can) DNF Solomon Woras (USA) Vanilla Bicycles-Stumptown Coffee Elite Women 1 Wendy Williams (USA) River City Bicycles 42.59 2 Sarah Kerlin (USA) HRS/ Rock Lobster 3 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona 4 Sue Butler (USA) River City Bicycles 0.01 5 Kristi Berg (USA) Redline Bicycles 0.10 6 Kelly Jones (Can) Sugoi/Cannondale/Bontrager 7 Brigette Stoick (USA) River City Bicycles 1.29 8 Megan Elliott (USA) 9 Sarah Steward (Can) 1.31 10 Josie Beggs (USA) 1.35 11 Trish Sinclair (Can) 2.07 12 Rachel Lloyd (USA) Proman/Paradigm 2.09 13 Shannon Holden (USA) Velo Bella- Kona 2.26 14 Beth Lyndon-Griffith (USA) ByrneInvent 2.44 15 Tela Crane (USA) Rad Racing NW 3.04 16 Dani Dance (USA) 3.23 17 Nicola Mann (Can) Ti Cycles/Avanti Racing 3.28 18 Allison Beall (USA) Vanderkitten 4.19 19 Hannah Kirshner (USA) Circle A Cylocross/the Hub 5.19 20 Kari Studley (USA) Velo Bella/Kona 5.21 21 Jadine Riley (GBr) Team Group Health 6.03 22 Jaymie McGowan (Can) Oak Bay Bikes 6.32 DNS Alison Sydor (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood
