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Tacchino Ciclocross, MABRA #6 - NE
Leesburg, Virginia November 23, 2008
Schempf and Shogren win Turkey 'Cross
Weston Schempf and Betsy Shogren turned in strong performances to win the men's and women's 1-2-3 classes at the Squadra Coppi Tacchino Ciclocross (i.e.: "Turkey Cyclocross") on Sunday at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Virginia.
The course was radically redesigned due to park construction projects, turning it from the non-technical "roadie course" of past years into a much faster course where high speeds and sharp turns into difficult power climbs posed a relentless challenge. Numerous riders underestimated the difficulty of the easy-looking turns, earning a generous coating of dirt as a punishment.
In the women's 1-2-3 race, Betsy Shogren (SOBE/Canondale) got off to a good start and never looked back. After giving up the first lap prime to Vanderkitten's Patty Buerkle, Shogren took over the lead with Libby Sheldon (Tokyo Joe's) in hot pursuit. Shogren looked smooth and comfortable as she cruised in 13 seconds ahead of Sheldon. Lauri Webber (Secret Henry's Team) finished third, nearly a minute behind Shogren. Patty Buerkle finished fourth, and mountain biking stalwart Terry Spanogle (NCVC/Inova Health Systems) completed the podium. Shogren's ride home to West Virginia was probably very pleasant, as her husband, Gunnar Shogren, took home the laurels in the men's 35+/45+ Cat 1-2-3 race, dominating it from start to finish.
The men's 1-2-3 race was a duel between an established MABRA powerhouse, Weston Schempf (C3-Sollay), and the young gun, 15-year-old Jeff Bahnson (Secret Henry's Team / Van Dessel). The pair rode away from the pack early in the race and stayed together for the better part of an hour. At times it appear that Schempf was getting well away from Bahnson through the more technical sections, but Bahnson repeatedly reeled in Schempf. The rubber band did not snap until late in the race. Schempf took the win, Bahnson took second, and Stephen Cummings (Indiana Regional Medical Center) took third, narrowly edging out Sean Gallegher. Dave Weaver (Alan North American) rounded out the podium. As current men's 15-16 National Champion, Bahnson, was fighting for the win, reigning men's 55+ National Champion Fred Witwer was racing for ninth overall and first place in 55+ 1/2/3.
Over 200 racers competed in support classes at the event, perpetuating rivalries that are growing increasingly intense as the season goes, and enjoying the post-race scene. The weather was unexpectedly mild and sunny, permitting spectators to enjoy free barbecue, a DJ, and a lot of hotly contested races. Mid-pack sausage primes and beer primes for the leaders spurred racers to some extra mid-race competition.
Results
Men 1/2/3 1 Weston Schempf (C3-Sollay.com!) 52.40 2 Jeff Bahnson (Secret Henry's Team / Van Dessel) 0.50 3 Stephen Cummings (Indiana Regional Medical Center) 1.38 4 Sean Galegher 1.39 5 Dave Weaver (ALAN N. America Cycling Team) 2.08 6 Mason Haymes (Altius Cycling Team) 4.39 One lap behind 7 Jeffrey Buckles 8 Brian Fouche (AVC/Team Hagerstown-Washington Co) 9 Fred Wittwer (Van Dessel Factory Team) 10 Nate Seymour 11 Dan Tille (Fulcrum Coaching) DNF Andrew Mckeegan (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling) DNF Keck Baker (Battley Harley-Davidson/Sonoma/) DNS Dave Fuentes (Battley Harley Davidson) Women 1/2/3 1 Betsy Shogren (Sobe/Cannondale) 39.58 2 Libbey Sheldon (Tokyo Joe's) 0.13 3 Lauri Webber (Secret Henry's Team) 0.54 4 Patty Buenkle 1.18 5 Terri Spanogle (NCVC/Inova Health System) 3.20 6 Jean Colsant (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 4.14 7 Carol Ennser 6.18 Men 3/4 1 Ian Mathias (Hunt Valley Bicycles / Marathon Roofing) 44.56 2 Sam Okeefe (C3-Sollay.com) 0.07 3 Andrew Troy (Virginia Commonwealth University) 1.14 4 Matt Parse (Route 1 Velo / Capitol Hill Bikes) 1.30 5 Yanni Papadopoulos (The Valley Athletic Club) 1.47 6 Peter Kennedy (C3-Sollay.com) 2.26 7 Alex Monte-Sano 3.03 8 Jason Berry (GFK Racing) 3.05 9 Rob Campbell (NCVC/Inova Health System) 3.12 10 Joseph Ashman 3.14 11 Trevor Shattuck (Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing) 3.17 12 Michael A. Pearce 3.31 13 Judd Walencikowski (Bike Doctor) 3.33 14 Rusty Williford (WWVC / 3D Fitness and Health Cycling Team) 3.53 15 Matthew Bartlett (The Bike Rack) 4.21 16 Stephen Wahl (AVC/ Team Hagerstown-Washington Co) 4.33 17 Benjamin Bassett (Proteus Bicycles) 4.47 18 Chris Nusbaum 4.48 19 Ryan Newill (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 4.53 20 Christopher King (Route 1 Velo / Capitol Hill Bikes) 4.56 21 Shaun O'bryan (Proteus Bicycles) 5.16 22 Creedence Shaw (On The Couch) 5.34 23 Scott Huddleston (Hup! Hup! Hup!) 6.12 24 Stephen Riskus (AABC) 7.23 26 Ryan Delaney (Potomac Velo Club) 7.46 27 John Kamenick (evolution cycling) 7.57 28 Chris Scales (James River Velo Sport/JRVS) 8.29 One lap behind 29 Curtis Winsor 30 Joe Notarnicola (Team Carytown Bicycle Company) 31 James Carlson Two laps behind 32 Brown Sharp Ii 33 Carlos Espinoza 34 David Magnussen DNF Conor O'brien (Bicycle Place Velo Club -- BPVC) DNF Ryan Douglas (Route 1 Velo/Capitol Hill Bikes) DNF Steve Fife (Bike Doctor) DNF George Milinkovic (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) DNF Jonathan Moncton DNF Brian Poochigian (DCMTB/City Bikes) DNF Syd Lee (TEAM FUJI) DNF Vaugh Wallace DNF Pat Cusack Women 3/4 1 Lindsey Hillesheim (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 45.36 2 Lindsay Bayer (Potomac Velo Club) 2.16 3 Lynn Bufka 2.49 4 Mary Alex One lap behind 5 Kay Tsui (HPC/LIST) 6 Liza Durham 7 Tracy Lea (TEAM FUJI) 8 Rebecca Frederick (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling) 9 Bridget Zolman (Potomac Velo Club) 10 Lisa Kilday (DC Triathlon Club) 11 Avaneil M. Schmitz 12 Ellen Kessel (Artemis) 13 Christine Wehlburg 14 Lindsay Dugovich (Hunt Valley Bicycles) 15 Christina Huebner (Potomac Velo Club) 16 Ashley Hudson (Feedback Sports) 17 Nicole Shue 18 Meg Schiffman (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) Men 4 1 Paul Rades (Artemis) 46.43 2 Greg Faber (NCVC/Inova Health System) 1.32 3 Scott Cernich (Route 1 Velo/Arrow Bicycle) 1.46 4 Neal Sapp (Ben's Performance Bikes / Jamis SuperNova) 1.51 5 Scott Stahl (SEAVS RACING) 2.27 6 Jay Morali (C3/Sollay) 3.21 7 Andrew Welch (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 3.22 8 Thori Wolfe 3.40 9 Cj Congrove 4.08 10 Timothy Phillips (Team BBC) 4.14 11 Bill Marciniak (Bike Doctor/SEAVS Racing) 4.17 12 Chris Carraway (North Carolina State University) 4.19 13 Michael Giancoli (Hup United) 4.35 14 Ryan Douglas (Route 1 Velo/Capitol Hill Bikes) 4.40 15 Kenneth Morris (Winchester Wheelmen Racing Team) 4.43 16 Elliot Caldwell 4.59 17 Chris Mattingly (proteus bicycles) 5.02 18 David Battan (Squadra Coppi/IM SAAB) 5.07 19 John Heywood (1412 Velo Club) 5.17 20 Jason Pearlman (The Bike Rack) 5.31 21 Matt Even (Hub Racing) 5.35 22 Jeff Trinh (Georgetown University) 6.17 23 Zachary Rogers (GP Velotek) 6.21 24 Tim Darwick (Mt. Nittany Wheelworks) 6.27 25 James Carlisle (Battlefield Velo) 6.35 26 Danny Koniowsky 6.37 27 Sean Price (Chesapeake Wheelmen/King Pawn/Fixie) 6.53 28 Douglas Owens (NCVC/Inova Health System) 7.04 29 Todd Gue (dhbd /bicycle place velo) 7.12 30 Henry Schlitzer (Whole Wheel Velo) 7.27 31 Jon Hicks (Winchester Wheelmen Race Team) 7.28 32 Kristopher Hayne (The Bike Lane/Burke/Store #1) 7.38 33 Brian Schmierer 7.43 34 Matt Tucker 7.49 35 Erik Arnold 8.15 36 Mike Schiavo (Squadra Coppi) 8.18 37 Gary Sterner (HUP United) 8.24 38 John Ludicke 8.53 39 Jeff Cundiff 9.18 One lap behind 40 Christopher Price (CRCA/South Africa.net) 41 Aaron Ghais (ALL-AMERICAN BICYCLE CLUB) 42 Scott Mabry (National Capital Velo Club / Inova Health System) 43 Read Porter 44 Stephen Boada 45 David Wiesenhahn (WWVC / 3D Fitness and Health Cycling Team) 46 Jeremy Thissell (unattached) 47 Josh Cohen 48 Keith Esham (Team Army) 49 Tchad Moore (Bicycle Place Velo Club (BPVC)) 50 David Magnussen 51 David Prugh (Corning Race Team) 52 Richard Murby (The Bike Rack) 53 Thomas Jones (proteus bicycles) Two laps behind 54 Mike Donaldson (FCPD) DNF Joe Metro (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) DNF Richard Hohenbrink (unattached) DNF Timothy Paul (Battlefield Velo) DNF James Kralec (Team BBC) DNF Adam Lewandowski (The Bike Lane) DNF Justin Resnick DNF Ben Tabor (Los Pariahs) DNF Joseph Culmon DNF Jeff Sanders (Squadra Coppi) Juniors 16 & Under 1 Max Byer 17.55 2 Justin Mauch (NCVC/Inova Health System) 1.57 3 Noah Bell 2.37 4 Nicholas Battan (squadra coppi) 3.42 5 Jake Thompson (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 4.43 6 Daniel Bell 6.46 7 Tanner Browne (Bike Doctor-Waldorf) 7.06 Juniors 18 & Under 1 Charles Lortz Iii (Kelly Benefits Strategies) 52.49 2 Jimmy Klose (Adventures for the Cure) One lap behind 3 Justin Mauch (NCVC/Inova Health System) 4 Max Byer Master 1/2/3 Men (35+/45+) 1 Gunnar Shogren (SoBe/Cannondale) 50.51 2 Kristopher Auer (C3-Sollay.Com) 0.04 3 Randall Root (Evolution Cycling Club) 0.35 4 Marc Gwadz (DCMTB/City Bikes) 1.02 5 Michael Birner (Ben's Performance Bikes/BMC) 1.20 6 Cameron Holland (JRVS/Casey Auto Group) 1.40 7 Dave Fuentes (Battley Harley Davidson) 1.49 8 Bernie Shiao (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling) 1.55 9 Karl Connolly (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV) 2.04 10 Chris Nystrom (C3-Sollay.com !) 2.18 11 Michael Kolb (C3-Sollay.com) 2.32 12 Karl Kensinger (NCVC/Inova Health System) 2.45 13 Barry Holman (Team Fuji) 2.47 14 Ron Huebner (Potomac Velo Club) 3.16 15 Anthony Van Lierop (Hunt Valley Bicycles-Marathon Roofing/HVB) 3.31 16 Roger Masse (Trek/VW East) 3.40 17 Marc Vettori (C3-Sollay.com !) 4.06 18 Albert Greene (Yellow Breeches Racing) 4.23 19 Michael Buchness (PedalShop) 4.31 20 Christopher Clarke (DCMTB/CityBikes) 4.32 21 Jim Mudd (Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing) 5.22 22 Kevin Breckenmaker (Yellow Breeches Racing) 6.01 23 Chris Mcgill (WV29er/CANNONDALE MTB TEAM) 6.50 One lap behind 24 Ken Woodrow (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 25 James Saunders (Route 1 Velo/Arrow Bicycles) DNF John Kamenick (Evolution Cycling) DNS Blair Saunders (Secret Henry's Team) Master 3/4 Men (35+/45+) 1 Joe Lillibridge (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling) 38.20 2 Chip Lortz (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV amateur racing) 0.17 3 Paul Wahner (DrWahner.com) 0.28 4 Peter Jensen (Lattitude/ABRT) 1.26 5 Norman Brach (C3-Sollay.com) 1.38 6 Johnny May (C3-Sollay.com!!) 1.41 7 David Kay (Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer Volvo) 2.06 8 David Blodgett (All American Bicycle Club) 2.18 9 Scott Thompson (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 2.29 10 Norman Kreiselmeier (Team Army) 2.35 11 Pat Cusack 2.39 12 James Johnson (Battlefield Velo) 2.40 13 John Rogers (Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer Volvo) 2.52 14 Jeff Anderson (HPC/List) 2.53 15 Bruce Halpin 3.00 16 Bryan Billington (Racing Union) 3.04 17 Marc Frazer (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amatuer Racing) 4.07 18 William Schieken (Unattached) 3.10 19 Chris Macon (Kelly Benefits/LSV) 3.23 20 Jonathan Seibold (Family Bike Shop) 3.39 21 Matt Michel 3.43 22 Joel Gwadz (dcmtb\city bikes\metro gutter) 4.18 23 Thori Wolfe 4.22 24 William Mccasland (US Air Force) 4.24 25 Andreas Gutzeit (HPC) 4.27 26 Michael Davis 4.29 27 Scott Cernich (Route 1 Velo/Arrow Bicycle) 4.31 28 Aaron Hofelt 4.41 29 Chris Zangmeister (All American Bicycle Club) 4.46 30 Joseph Kotun (Evolution Cycling) 4.47 31 Cary Hunter (Potomac Velo Club) 4.50 32 Steve Klose (Adventures for the Cure) 5.13 33 Todd Bickling (Bike Doctor/Bayside Velo) 5.16 34 Mike Jinks (BikeWorks Racing) 5.21 35 Bill Okeefe (C3-Sollay.com) 5.24 36 David Tambeaux (Adventures for the Cure) 5.41 37 Mark Wanco (HUP United) 5.51 38 Mike Krawczel (Artemis) 6.18 39 Chris Schaefer (Yellow Breeches Racing) 6.30 40 Barry Hindman (James River Velo Sport) 7.06 41 Jerry Logan (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 7.12 42 Gary Morris (Lanterne Rouge) 7.56 43 Eric Sloman (NCVC/Inova Health System) 8.29 One lap behind 44 William Browne (Bike Doctor/Bayside Velo) 45 Michael Mathias (DCMTB/Citybikes) 46 Michael Zoeller (RacerHeads SLC) 47 Joe Notarnicola (Team Carytown Bicycle Company) 48 Sol Schott (los pariahs) 49 James Kline (Artemis) 50 Gary Kelley (Bean's Bikes) DNF Chris Huhn (Evolution Cycling) DNF Conor O'brien (Bicycle Place Velo Club -- BPVC) DNF James Carlisle (Battlefield Velo) DNF Todd Gue (dhbd /bicycle place velo) DNF John Maisto (Bicycle Place Velo Club) DNF Mark Stahl Master 1/2/3/4 Men (55+) 1 Nunzio Dibiasi (Yellow Breeches Racing) 38.20 One lap behind 2 Rob Lea (TEAM FUJI) 3 James Carlson (Potomac Velo Club) 4 Bill Hellwig
