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Boulder Racing Cyclocross Series #1
Boulder, CO, October 5, 2003
By Matt Pacocha, Boulder Racing
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Travis Brown and Heather Szabo took the respective men's and women's main events under blue skies and unseasonably warm temperatures.
In the men's race, Travis Brown (Trek) took the hole shot, with some furious jockeying behind him resulting in Micah Thompson (Excel Sports) crashing out of the race. From there Travis, Brian Smith (Trek Rocky Mtn) and Brandon Dwight (7-Up/ Maxxis) showed their skills and early season form quickly gaining a substantial gap on the rest of the 35-man field.
Travis took the first lap prime and the three leaders worked together for another lap. On the third lap, Brian Smith put in an effort, gaining an advantage on the other leaders, Travis not wanting to chase a teammate down, left it up to Brandon to close the gap. After an ill-fated attempt to close the gap, Brandon was counterattacked by Travis, who bridged to his teammate quickly. From then on, Brian and Travis held their lead until the final lap where Travis broke away to take the win. Behind Brian held on for second and Brandon succumbed to the steady pressure of a hard charging Christian McCarthy (Pro Peleton).
In the women's race it was all Heather Szabo (Tokyo Joe's). After getting the hole shot and taking the New Belgium Hot lap prime, she had to deal with an untimely flat tire. Heather was able to take a pit from her mechanic Adam McGrath, after only riding here spare bike to the second pit she regained her race bike and set off the chase, for the then leader Leslie Lowery (BWCT). Heather caught Leslie on the next lap and quickly pulled away holding her lead to the end of the race. Heather credited her win to her running fitness, claiming the three long running sections allowed her to gain the most time on her fellow competitors.
Photos
Images by BoulderRacing
- The start of the Pro Men's race.
- Leaders Travis Brown (Trek/VW) and Brian Smith (Trek/ Rocky Mounts).
- Brandon Dwight (Excel) chases hard, narrowly missing out on a podium place.
- Brian Smith (Trek/ Rocky Mounts) couldn't stop an unbeatable Travis Brown.
- Heather Szabo (Tokyo Joe's) leads the women's race.
- Anne Lannan (Veritas) takes a particularly sketchy corner on her way to third place.
- Heather Szabo (Tokyo Joe's) takes the win.
- The start of the Cat 3 Men's race.
- Matt Opperman (Pro Peleton) in the thick of it.
Results
Pro 1-2 1 Travis Brown (Trek/VW) 2 Brian Smith (Trek/ Rocky Mounts) 3 Christian McCarthy (Pro Peleton) 4 Brandon Dwight (Excel) 5 Jonathan Baker (ProPeloton) 6 Dennis Farrell (Red Rocks Velo) 7 Jeff Wardell (Louisville Velo) 8 Douglas Campbell 9 Alick Payne 10 Vicent Davis (Laurel Street Racing) 11 Joe Depaemelaere (Boulder Denver Curiers) 12 Michael Huffman (Valdora Mountain Lodge) 13 Lew Perna (Schwab / Torelli) 14 Joseph Saperstein (Team Rio Grrande) 14 Joseph Saperstein (Team Rio Grrande) 15 Charlie Hayes (Excel Sports) 16 Joseph Cooper (Denver Spoke) 17 Franck Abate (Valdora Mountain Lodge) 18 Dan Depaemelaere (RMCEF) 19 Hugh MacEachran (FCRC- Trek) 20 Brian Hludzinski (Vitamin Cottage) 21 Jesse Riel (Laurel Street Racing) 22 Brett Batchelder (Red Rocks Velo) 23 John Drake (Red Rocks Velo) 24 Aaron Brown (CU Cycling) DNF Ben Turner (7 -UP) DNF Christopher Albert (Louisville Velo) DNF Chris Hopwood (Gary Fisher) DNF Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) DNF Colby Pearce (5280/Subaru) DNF Jeffrey Hartman (Big Shark) DNF Jon Cariveau (MOOTS) DNF Keith Novello (Red Rocks Velo) DNF Mike Hall (Carmicheal Training System) DNF Micah Thompson (Excel Sports) DNF Patrick Brown (Gary Fisher/Subaru) Men Cat 3 1 Craig Wu (Vitamin Cottage) 2 Neal Henderson (WRC/Specialized) 3 Matt Opperman (Pro Peleton) 5 Jared Roy (Birchwood) 6 Ryan Hamilton (Dean) 7 Kris Arnott (Pikes Peak Velo) 8 Andrew Juskaitis 9 Joe Lindsey (Rocky Mounts) 10 Andrew Holton (Excel) 11 John Drake (Red Rocks Velo) 12 Keith Novello (Red Rocks Velo) 13 Peter Lopez (Green Mtn Sports) 14 Stephen Iles (Uberlube) 15 Emil Marinov (North Metro Cycling) 16 William DePaemelaere 17 Peter Stetina 18 Kory Balic Wilson 19 Tim Barnes (Team Dean) 20 Thomas Needy (International Chistian Cycling) DNF Adam McGrath (Nema) DNF Brett Batchelder (Red Rocks Velo) DNF Cameron Brantley (ProPeloton) DNF Grant Holicky (Pedros) DNF Jamie Kilcoyne (GSCiao) DNF Joe Sullivan (Vitamin Cottage) DNF Kris Lathrop DNF Parker Macy DNF Paul Brooks DNF Paul Des Rosiers (Schwinn / Neva) DNF Ryan Amirault (CUCycling) DNF Ron Weber (Red Rocks Velo) Women 1-3 1 Heather Szabo (Tokyo Joe's) 2 Leslie Lowery - Abate (BWCT) 3 Anne Lannan (Veritas) 4 Rebecca Cooke (Landis/Trek/VW) 5 Margell Abel (Veritas) 6 Catherine Johnson (Pro Peleton Velo) 7 Mara Abbott (mtbchick.com) 8 Tanya Laffey (mtbchick.com) 9 Alison Rockwell (Outdoor Divas) 10 Beth Fisk (Visenka) 45+ Men 1 Brett Wade (SimpleGreen/Mazda) 2 Bob Bieterman (SimpleGreen/Mazda) 3 Doug Squires (Moots) 4 Jon McClurg (Rocky Mounts) 5 Rick Squires (Moots) 6 Jesse Coldsmith 7 Thomas Prehn (Boulder Chaos) 8 Lee Waldman (Red Rocks Velo) 9 Michael Spak (LRT) 10 Charles Edwards (LRT) DNF Tim Downing (LVC) 55+ Men 1 Al Marvin (Red Rocks Velo) 2 John Daily (Swift Cycling) DNF James Kissinger (GSBMCT) Juniors 15-16 1 Alex Howes (LRT) 2 Emil Marinov (North Metro Cycling) 3 James Anderson (Horsethooth Racing Team) 4 Tyler Gallup (Team Cornerstone) Juniors 10-12, 13-14 1 Tane Crespin 2 Jon Anderson (Monsoon Jr team) 3 Jeremy Simpson Women 4 1 Megan Blades 2 Tawnya Ferbiac (Swift) 3 Mary McCarty 4 Neven Steinmetz (Swift) 5 Marija Balic-Wilson 6 Deanna Greco 7 Shan Wo 8 Nicole Gordon 9 Susan Prieto 10 Shaina Maytum 11 Cat Jaffee (mtbchick.com) DNF Cristina Begy DNF Lisa Davis Women 35+ 1 Amy Stenner 2 Althea Clary (Pikes Peak Velo) 3 Teresa Ritter (Uyi) 4 Krin Soll Men Cat 4 1 Clint Knapp (Dean) 2 Andrew Biglow 3 Ryan McFarling (Mtn. Pedaler) 4 Craig McKessy 5 Greg Mueller 6 Greg Hammond 8 Bill Hanson (Denver Spoke/ CO Velo) 9 Chris Smith 10 Steve Pardoe (Red Rocks Velo) 11 Jim Scheel (Red Rocks Velo) 12 Seth Ramsbottom (Yeti/RPM) 13 Marlon Crespin 15 Eric Burns 16 Justin Green (Dean) 17 Gary Meyer (Pikes Peak Velo) 18 Gary Wolff (Trek) 19 Michael Burch (Red Rocks Velo) 20 Duke Matthews (Swift Cycling) 21 Philip Higgs 22 Keith McHugh (Rocky Mounts) 23 Bob Roberts 24 Zach Vanderkooy (Swift Cycling) 25 Christopher Freolerick 26 Terry Jordon (Pikes Peak Velo) 27 Seth Townsend (Amgen) 28 Jim Heuck (Red Rocks Velo) 29 Greg Friedman 30 Brendan Billingsley 31 Erik Werner 32 Tim Sells (Amgen) 33 David Petrick (GBOF) 34 Brett Ploessel (SEAR) 35 Brad Thomas 36 Tom McKinnon DNF Brian Lee DNF Chuck Farman DNF Doug Smith DNF Marcus Moran DNF Mike Schrock DNF Pete Burhop DNF Peter Fahringer (Louisville Velo) DNF Reeves McDonald DNF Roger Knight DNF Ryan Oliver (Grr Racing) NP Steve Grabbard (Swift Cycling) 35+ Men 1 Charlie Hayes (Excel Sports) 2 Marc Dawes (Cody Racing) 3 Terry Wheeler (Red Rocks Velo) 4 Tim Leahy (TPRT) 5 Franck Abate (Valdora Mountain Lodge) 6 Dennis Lane (Red Rocks Velo) 7 John Talley (GSBMCT) 8 Bob Brown (Cody Racing) 9 Kirk Olson (Valdora Mountain Lodge) 10 Ronald Weber (Red Rocks Velo) 11 Roger Knight 12 David Hixson 13 Chris Koop 14 James Howe (Boulder Denver Couriers) 15 Brian Gunnrison 16 Daniel Bork 17 Paul Bauersfeld 18 Pat McCormick DNF Bob Pieto DNF Charlie Brown (Mnt. Pedaler) DNF Doug Smith DNF Joel Howes (Cody Racing)
