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Bay Area Super Prestige Series #1
Candlestick Point, San Francisco, September 26, 2004
First round to Prenzlow
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Sparkling late summer weather greeted over 260 starters at last Sunday's first round action of the "Bay Area Super Prestige Series" at Candlestick Point in San Francisco. Southern California champ Brent Prenzlow carried away the Elite Men's title after jousting with Ben Jacques-Maynes for the first half of the Elite Men's event. Gina Hall resumed her successful 2003 season (3rd at Portland Nationals and 3rd straight trip to the Worlds) with an opening round victory to give a slight rest to retirement stories from the end of the 2003 season.
The 2.5 km course on reclaimed land next to the 49'ers football stadium made the most of the small ridges left over from the post-WWII landfill. Fields started under the "Red Bull" inflated arch and had a comfortable 400 meters dodging ground squirrels before their first significant turns and the approach to a sandy field that contained the "Bianchi Barricades". The next kilometer contained 3 short climbs up the low ridges that led to almost 600 meters of pavement before the course returned to the S/F stadium.
In the Elite Men's race Jacques-Maynes led for the first 5 laps before perhaps a lapse in concentration regarding his upcoming wedding left an opening that Prenzlow exploited to the max, gaining a 28 second victory margin at the end of the Red Zone hour. John Funke, who doubled in Portland last December with a top-10 Nationals in Masters 35 and top-20 in the Elite Men, took the bronze position with a finish 30 seconds adrift of Ben J-M, and then 2 of last years breakout riders, Josh Snead and Aaron Odell stormed along to take the 4th and 5th steps on the podium,
For Hall, it was déjà vu 2003 - immediate lead and hold off the challengers, this year with her mate from past seasons, Carmen D'Aluisio, on the sidelines and really retired from 'cross - notwithstanding her T-Mobile ride just 2 weeks earlier with the WEBCOR team. Northern California's next 'cross generation chased Hall throughout the day with Velo Bella teammates Barbara Howe and Sarah Kerlin earning silver and bronze.
Round 2 of the series will return to Candlestick Point on October 24th for a course that will share some familiar paths as well as enjoy some new trailblazing from the Pilarcitos Cyclesports course staff. Round 3 travels just 2 miles south to Sierra Point in Brisbane and early fall rain should soften some of the hard edges of this next circuit before the series has its "Homecoming" event at Coyote Point on December 4th and 5th with their lucrative UCI prize packages.
Photography
Images by Nancy Wright/www.AbbiOrca.com
- Action from the first round of the bay Area series
- Jon Suzuki (Missing Link/Bianchi) shows the effort
- Late summer dust gets kicked up
- 35+ A winner Chris D'Aluisio (Specialized) followed by second place Richard Maile (Art by Opsle)
- The excitement of cyclocross was too much for some spectators
- The elite women are led out by Gina Hall
- Gina Hall (multi-time US team member) easily wins the women's race
- Gina Hall cruises to victory
- Barbara Howe (Velo Bella) over the barriers on the way to second in elite women
- Sarah Kerlin (Velo Bella) was third in elite women
- Brent Prenzlow (Celo Pacific) tackles a run-up on the way to winning in elite men
- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) gets second in elite men
- Justin Robinson (Bullion/Family Cycling Center)
- The course was in the shadow of Candlestick, home of the SF 49ers.
Results
Elite Men 1 Brent Prenzlow (Celo Pacific) 1.02.13 2 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) 0.28 3 John Funke (Sycip) 1.00 4 Josh Snead (Rock Lobster) 1.04 5 Aaron ODell (Rock Lobster) 1.23 6 Justin Robinson (Bullion) 2.41 7 Cameron Falconer (Hunter Cycle) 2.45 8 Simon Vickers (Rock Lobster) 3.17 9 Bobby Williamson 10 David Wyandt 4.06 11 Lance Doherty (Missing Link) 4.39 12 Matt Young (Sycip) 4.46 13 Phil Roberts (Redline) 4.53 14 Brett Hondorp (Sycip) 5.31 15 Joe Walsh (Rock Lobster) 5.51 16 Jeff Herning (Celo Pacific) 5.58 17 Ben Dodge (Rock Lobster) 6.09 18 Mark Christian (Infineon) 6.17 19 Philip Edwards (Sem) 6.32 One lap behind 20 Rick Hunter (Hunter Cycle) 21 John Behrens (Celo Pacific) 22 Rob Evans (Village Peddler) 23 Jason Fernschuss (Family Cycling) 24 Robert Nelson (Missing Link) 25 Kurt Genshelmer (Village Peddler) 26 Jay Buenaventura (Third Rail) 27 Heath Maddox (Sycip) 28 Tyson Mitchel Single Speed 1 Jason Pyrzynski 2 Evan Adams (Big Swingin' Cycles) 3 Joe Fabris 4 Patrick McAnulty (White Jersey Sports) 5 Gary Noe 6 Mike Macdonald (Jaeger Wheelman) B Men 1 Aaron Beardsley (Big Swingin Sycles) 42.50 2 Robert Godar (Huangoche) 0.28 3 Reed Maxwell (Missing Link) 0.30 4 Charles Ehm (Sycip) 1.23 5 Preston Tucker (Missing Link) 1.26 6 Isaias Job (Wrong Way) 1.28 7 John Kammeyer (Redline/Ritchey) 1.30 8 Eric Russell (Clif Bar) 1.46 9 Gabe Cheese 1.51 10 Damon Pettinger (White Jersey) 1.54 11 Cesar Chavez (BuyCell.com) 2.18 12 Joseph Ernst (Sycip) 2.19 13 Cameron Cooper 2.20 14 Jordi Cortes 2.21 15 Jessee Mayberry (Redline/Ritchey) 2.41 16 Joe DiNapoli (Pacific Bicycles) 2.42 17 Steven Woo (Fusion Sport) 2.49 18 Brian Rogers (Sycip) 2.59 19 Jean-Luc Callahan (Morgan Stanley) 3.03 20 Robert Mau 3.23 21 Chris Coffee (Redline/Ritchey) 3.24 22 Aron Bonar (Solano Ave Cyclery) 3.33 23 Page Hadden (Sycip) 24 Stan Barrett (Cycle-Smart) 3.37 25 Rick Lambert (Sycip) 4.07 26 Johannes Schmidt (Redline/Ritchey) 4.24 27 Ian Malec 4.37 28 Dave Pedersen (Alan Factory Team) 5.04 29 Cisco Moran (I Love Daisy) 5.07 30 Scott Chenue (DFL) 5.14 31 Eric Brown (Huangoche) 5.23 32 Scott Huddleston 5.30 33 Isiah Stackhouse (Solano Ave Cyclery) 5.40 34 Albert Reinhardt 6.09 One lap behind 35 Scott Sisto (Specialized) 36 Eliot Logan (Alto Velo/Webcor) C Men 1 David Libby (Missing Link) 31.55 2 Sean O'Connell (Real Bicycles) 0.05 3 Jeff Nichols 0.06 4 James Newman 0.29 5 John Wynne 0.37 6 Michale Hobson (BP Sierra Nevada) 0.41 7 Doug Greenall (MBP) 0.45 8 Ben Boussina (Keep Marine Green) 0.49 9 James Noris 0.50 10 Jason Villarin 0.53 11 Jeff Crofton 0.55 12 Jeffrey Bramlett 1.13 13 Kevin Kirkhart 14 Karl Knutson 1.14 15 Christopher Green 1.31 16 Adam Tracy 1.34 17 Jay Parkhill 1.39 18 Ray Gale (Red Bull) 1.45 19 David Allbut 2.04 20 Geoffrey Thompson 2.13 21 Eric Lowe 2.18 22 Erik Salander (Pen Velo) 2.22 23 Clifford Lee 2.32 24 Kevin Kone (Pen Velo) 3.45 25 Edward Miszkiewicz 4.11 26 Alex Monte-Samo 27 NA 4.24 28 Alexander Abbas (Genentech) 4.31 29 Henry Mar 30 Geoff James 4.32 One lap behind 31 Ceasar Agustin 32 Kevin Finn 33 Danie Nobble Jr Men Cat B 1 Jeremy Ferguson 34.50 One lap behind 2 Bjorn Fox 35+ Men Cat B 1 Andrew Holdsworth (Thirsty Bear) 30.03 2 Austin McInerny 0.12 3 Marcel Leblanc 0.44 4 Dave Schindehette (Pegasus) 0.55 5 Mark Slavonia (Pen Velo) 6 Brian Bruckner 1.10 7 Steve Natzel 1.56 8 Mark Kurashige (LGBRC) 2.27 9 Cory Nash (SYCIP) 2.34 10 Mike Lucaccini (Missing Link) 2.41 11 Joseph Mulligan (Pen Velo) 3.17 12 Thomas Fox 13 Paule Bates (Roaring Mouse) 3.18 14 Steve Tamanaha 3.28 15 Tim Brennan (Team Taylor) 3.35 16 Juan Ortiz (Fusion Sport) 3.37 17 Chris Baker 3.49 18 Curt Ferguson 3.53 19 Johnny Stallings (Beeline) 20 Michael Tanner 4.12 21 Steven Woo (LGBRC) 5.21 22 David Charles 5.57 23 Andrew Lyndon (Missing Link) 10.54 45+ Men Cat B 1 Bruce Lodge 33.16 2 Gary Davis (LGBRC) 3.34 Jr Men cat A 1 Eric Riggs (Lombardi Sports) 49.57 35+ Men Cat A 1 Chris D'Aluisio (Specialized) 46.00 2 Richard Maile (Art by Opsle) 0.09 3 David Eastwood (Art by Opsall) 1.31 4 Mark Howland 1.40 5 Thomas Hayles (ZG Velo Club) 1.43 6 Gannon Myall (Family Cycle Center) 1.56 7 David Hejduk (Sycip) 2.05 8 Thomas Feix (Pen Velo) 2.27 9 Nick Llewellyn (Santa Cruz Spokesman) 2.29 10 Scott Lynch (SYCIP) 2.33 11 Pat Schott (Blackmarket) 2.37 12 Tim Thompson (Eurocycling Imports) 2.49 13 Robert Meighan 3.24 14 Sam Giles (Art by Opsal) 3.28 15 C. Daugherty (Infineon Raceway) 3.30 16 Ronald Gutierrez (SYCIP) 3.42 17 John Kammeyer (Redline Ritchey) 3.51 18 Steve Hess (Bicycle Trip) 19 Eric Bustos (LGBRC) 3.57 20 Bob Stoic (Cal Giant) 4.29 21 Matthew Smith 4.32 22 Steve Ouzounian (Missing Link) 4.34 23 Rod Hernandez (Cal Giant) 4.44 24 Dan Sovreign (SGW City Bike) 4.46 25 David Gill (Team Santa Cruz) 4.50 26 Russ Clark 4.53 27 Stephen Kent (Sycip) 4.56 28 Patrick Myall (DFL) 5.03 29 Dick Vanderluit 5.21 30 Dylan Snodgrass (DFL) 5.24 31 Casey O'Brien (Cal Giant) 5.43 32 Mike Morgan (Sycip) 5.45 33 Philip Sims (Schway Cycles) 5.46 34 Mark Mastoras 6.01 35 Tony Garcia (Redwood Empire) 6.08 36 Thomas Hoeffel (3rd Rail) 6.20 One lap behind 37 Frederick Huxham (Sycip) 38 Russell Wright (Missing Link) 39 John Rowen (SYCIP) 40 Bud Napolio (Travelocity) 41 Matthew Rolandson (DFL) 42 Jeffrey Green 43 Tom Boardman 44 Jim Kelleher (Ritchey) 45 Jim Gothers 46 Jeff Hane (Team Wrong Way) 47 Darrel Brokeshoulder (LGBRC) 48 Kevin Farley Two laps behind 49 Dennis McGovern (SYCIP) 45+ Men Cat A 1 Henry Kramer (Schwab Cycle) 49.05 2 Mark Abele (Panaracer) 0.33 3 Norm Kreiss (Missing Link) 1.23 4 Cass Laizure (Team Clisber) 1.26 5 Chris Allen (Euro Cycling Team) 1.28 6 David Covington (Excel Sports) 2.19 7 Doug Hartfield (Family Cycling) 3.10 One lap behind 8 Jon Suzuki (Missing Link) 9 Randy Denton (LGBRC) 10 Rich Stone 11 Robert Kurosawa (Third Rail) 12 John Brown (Family Cycling) 13 Jim Gentes (Giro Family) 14 Dionicio Ybarra (Missing Link) 15 Jim Beuselinck (EuroSport Cycling) 16 Robert Barber (Tribe) 17 Joseph Fabris (Le Village) 18 Dave Samples (Cal Giant) 19 Peter Brown (Touchstone) 20 Frank Cuaresma 21 Paul Sadoff (Rock Lobster) Three laps behind 22 Mike Macdonald (Jaeger) Elite Women 1 Gina Hall 43.52 2 Barbara Howe (Velo Bella) 0.49 3 Sarah Kerlin (Velo Bella) 1.14 4 Hillary Daniels (Hunter Cycle) 2.16 5 Allison Baumgefner (ABS/ Hunter) 2.41 6 Melodie Metzger (Velo Bella) 2.57 7 Dorothy Wong (Kelly Bike Co.) 3.10 8 Andrea Mackie (Velo Bella) 3.47 9 Brenna Wolford (Velo Bella) 3.58 10 Lauren Costantini (Sycip) 4.20 11 Colleen Manty (Missing Link) 5.49 12 Melanie Dominguez (Bicycle Trip) 6.40 13 Shelia Moon (Infineon/Napa Valley) 8.09 One lap behind 14 Janie Dalton (Missing Link/Bianchi) B Women 1 Lori Cox (Bay Area Velo Girls) 48.50 2 Amrita O'Leary (Huanogoche) 0.08 3 Kathleen Hannon 0.09 One lap behind 4 Alyse Weyman (Velo Bella) 5 Celeste McCartney 6 Michelle Lambert (Sycip) 7 Julie Brown (Roaring Mouse) 8 Melissa Gambol (Webcor) 9 Julie Brothers 10 Valerie Mangin (Velo Bella) 11 Ella Lawrence (Huanogoche) 12 Amy Abele (Velo Bella) Two laps behind 13 Betty Jordan (Velo Bella) C Women 1 Beverly Chaney 38.57 One lap behind 2 Kelly Miller 3 Maria Perez (Bay Area Velo Girls) 4 Gina Lucas (Bay Area Velo Girls) 5 Lorri Lown (Bay Area Velo Girls) 6 Mary Hoover (Bay Area Velo Girls) Two laps behind 7 Lisa Penninger (Bay Area Velo Girls)
