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NECCS Caster's Grand Prix - C2
Warwick, Rhode Island, USA, December 10, 2006
Johnson & Bessette take victories in championship final
The calendar may say December but the weather said otherwise at Sunday's final round of the 2006 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series, the Caster's Cyclo-cross in Warwick, Rhode Island. The '06 Series closed out just as it began as Lyne Bessette (Cyclo-crossworld.com) and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-cyclo-crossworld.com) stamped their authority all over the Elite Women's and Men's events.
Besette's win, her fifth in five starts, cemented her position as the 2006 Verge NECCS champion while Mark McCormack (Clif Shot) took home the overall title for the Elite Men, his fifth in the past six years.
Never one to take the easy way out, Bessette opted to race the B Men's event just prior to the Elite Women's race, accumulating a solid 90 minutes of 'cross racing on the twists, turns, and sandy beach runs of the Goddard Park course. Bessette finished fifth in the men's race and credited the extended preview of the race course for her flawless performance against the Elite Women. Up-and-comer Deidre Winfield (Velo Bella-Kona) dropped 2005 Verge NECCS champion Mo Bruno Roy (Independent Fabrication-Wheelworks) to take second.
"I saw where I could carry speed and what the right way was to go around the turns," said Bessette. "So I could just sit back on the first lap, knowing I had the course figured out. I made my moves in the corners, which was pretty fun. It was a big deal for me to win the New England Series and it's a great way to end my season."
On the men's side, series leader McCormack had to hold off the challenge of youngster Matt White (FiordiFrutta) in order to win his fifth NECCS title. White went off the front on the first lap, knowing he only had to finish one spot ahead of McCormack to take the jersey. He was joined by Johnson, who made the pace a bit too hot and dumped White into no-man's land after three laps. With Johnson dashing off to a convincing win McCormack caught and passed White to wrap up the title.
"Winning the Series was always a season goal for me," said McCormack, who finished third on the day behind Tristen Schouten (Trek-VW). "I would have liked to win today because I won on this course last year but getting another New England 'Cross championship really means something to me."
"I felt pretty good out there," said race winner Johnson, whose Sunday victory extends his winning streak to three. "Nationals is obviously really important and I feel pretty good going into it."
Photography
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- B Grade men after the barriers
- Betsy Shogren (Fort Factory Team) runs barriers.
- Damien Colfer (Cyclemania Mechanical Services) wins the men's B Verge Series.
- Elite women in the forest
- Junior overall Verge Series winners
- Lyne Bessette (cyclocrossworld.com) jumps the barriers.
- Mark Mccormack on his way to win the Verge Series title.
- Masters 35 and older Verge Series winners.
- Matt White (Fiordifrutta) tries to beat Marc Mccormack for the series win.
- Tim Johnson (cyclocrossworld.com/Cannondale) races for the win.
- Tristan Schouten (Trek VW Michelin) lines up to start.
Results
Elite Men 1 Tim Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclo Cross World.com) 57.35 2 Tristan Schouten (Trek/VW/Michelin) 1.12 3 Mark Mccormack (Team Clif Bar) 1.15 4 Matt White (FiordiFrutta) 1.46 5 Jesse Anthony (Team Clif Bar) 1.51 6 Adam Myerson (Nerac-Outdoorlights.com Pro Cycling) 2.01 7 Erik Tonkin (Kona) 8 Mathieu Toulouse (Team Maxxis Cyclocross) 9 Johannes Huseby (FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team) 10 Jamey Driscoll (FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team) 2.07 11 Justin Spinelli (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 2.46 12 Molly Cameron (Vanilla bicycles!) 3.04 13 Michael Gallagher (U S Armed Forces) 3.11 14 Daniel Neyens (Hagens Berman Cycling LLP) 3.29 15 Chris Peck (FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team) 4.09 16 Charles Marzot (CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM) 17 Eneas Freyre (TARGETRAINING) 18 Jonathan Bruno (Independent Fabrication/Channel Cafe) 19 Daniel Coady (NCC / BikeReg.com) 4.56 20 Matt Kraus (Alan Factory Team) 5.13 21 Weston Schempf (FORT Factory Team) 5.21 22 Brian Hayes (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 5.26 23 Ward Solar (Verge Sport/Test Pilot) 5.47 24 Ryan O'connor (1K2GO.com/S&W SPORTS CYCLING TEAM) 6.00 25 Stan Jurga (Independent Fabrication/Channel Cafe) 26 Sean O'rourke (Token Products/TNMracing.net) 6.23 27 Noah Taylor (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 6.25 28 Damian Schmitt (Hagens Berman Cycling LLP) 6.29 29 Ryan Fleming (Alan Factory Cyclocross Team) 7.12 30 Jeffrey Craddock (CCB/Volkswagen) 7.20 31 Brad Sheehan (1K2GO.com/S&W SPORTS CYCLING TEAM) 32 Amos Brumble (CCB/Volkswagen) 7.31 33 Peter Rubijono (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 7.35 34 Matt Demeis (BIKEMAN.COM) 7.47 35 Dylan O'sullivan (Team Bicycle Alley) 8.09 36 Kyle Jacobson (Team Beans and Barley) 8.23 37 Stephen Weller (Cycle-Smart) 8.43 DNF John Burns (Bikeman.com) DNF Adam St.Germaine (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) DNF Alex Whitmore (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) DNF Jason White (Inferno Racing) Elite Women 1 Lyne Bessette (team CYCLOCROSSWORLD.COM) 41.33 2 Deidre Winfield (Velo Bella-Kona) 0.20 3 Rhonda Mazza (Team S&M/Vanilla Bicycles) 0.45 4 Maureen Bruno Roy (Independent Fabrication/Wheelworks) 0.48 5 Christine Vardaros (Lotto) 1.10 6 Rebecca Wellons (Gearworks/Spin Arts Cycling) 1.12 7 Melanie Swartz (Velo Bella - Kona) 2.07 8 Amy Wallace (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 2.29 9 Betsy Shogren (FORT Factory Team) 2.47 10 Pauline Frascone (Independent Fabrication/Kempner) 2.52 11 Perri Mertens (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 3.12 12 Marci Titus Hall (DeSalvo Custom Cycles) 3.37 13 Alie Kenzer (Team International Bike/NERAC) 4.16 14 Kim Blodgett 15 Anna Milkowski (Velo Bella-Kona) 4.36 16 Melody Chase (NHCC) 4.50 17 Denise Ramsden (TI Cycle Racing) 5.27 18 Callie Mcdowell (Velo Bella-Kona) 6.17 19 Kathryne Carr 7.19 B Men 1 Gary Douville (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 39.19 2 Damien Colfer (Mechanical Services/Cycle Mania) 0.29 3 Andrew Boone (TNMracing.net / Token Products) 0.38 4 Pete Smith (Essex County Velo) 0.45 5 Jonathan Awerbuch (Dartmouth College) 0.47 6 John Peterson (BikeBarn Racing) 0.51 7 Hunter Pronovost (Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield - CCCC) 1.10 8 Christopher Bagg (Putney Bicycle Club) 1.13 9 Jeremy Dunn (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Custom Frames) 10 Sean Capizzo (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 11 Jeff Busch (North Atlantic Velo/Classbook.com) 12 Lyne Bessette (cyclocrossworld.com) 1.21 13 Ryan Kelly (UNH Cycling/Team 201A) 14 Andrew Grabarek (CCC- Keltic) 15 Miro Koulnis (NCC/Bikereg) 16 David Dermont (True North Custom Cycles) 17 Pierre Vanden Borre (Hup United) 1.46 18 Brian Keegan (NorEast/Alternative Wheels) 2.02 19 Ronnie Steers (Gamache Cyclery) 2.07 20 Dan Langlois (Circle A Cyclocross) 21 Kenny Ambach (Cyclonauts Racers) 22 C Todd Lombardo (Team International Bike/NERAC) 2.12 23 Brant Hornberger (NCC / BikeReg.com) 2.21 24 Thom Parsons (Independent Fabulous Fabrications) 2.26 25 Scott Rosenthal (Hup United) 26 Steven Morse (BIKEMAN.COM) 27 James Newton (Nerac.com / International Bike Centers) 2.47 28 Scott Brooks (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 2.53 29 Cary Fridrich (!HUP HUP UNITED!) 2.55 30 Thaddeus Neil (Team 14 Productions Cycling Team) 2.58 31 Joel Biederman (Cyclonauts Racers) 32 Jacob Morrison (Silver city cycling) 33 Nathaniel Cook (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 3.10 34 Nate Rex (Cycle Center Racing) 3.15 35 Colin Reuter 36 Michael Harney (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 37 Jason Perry (Cyclonauts Racers) 3.20 38 Chris Milliman (Hup United) 3.24 39 Ethan Parsons (NCC/BikeReg.com) 3.27 40 Brendan Gallivan (Gallivan Corporation/cbrc) 3.33 41 Mike Bennett (Team International Bike/NERAC) 42 Jeff Ferraro (Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield - CCCC) 43 Jim Wirtanen (Harris Cyclery/Igleheart Frames) 44 Charles Florek (Rutgers University Cycling Team) 45 Matt Bodziony (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 3.41 46 Eric Wemhoff (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 47 Erik Osborn (BIKEMAN.COM) 3.45 48 Steve Roszko (NCC / BikeReg.com) 4.07 49 Mark Vareschi (Rutgers University Cycling Team) 50 Eric Silva (Tufts University) 4.12 51 James Mcdonald (Northampton Cycling Club) 52 Alex Sanna (WCC/Flying Dogs) 53 Kyle Smith (Alan Factory Team) 4.30 54 CHRIS Gagne (Boston Road Club) 55 Ben Corbalis (union velo) 4.43 56 Marco Verwijs (Bike Route Racing) 57 Rod Olliver (Open Access/GRG Road Racing) 5.07 58 Wayne Maceyka (Boston Road Club) 59 Don Yungher (Rutgers University Cycling Team) 5.20 60 Craig Roth (Harris Cyclery Racing/Igleheart Frames) 5.44 61 Coley Bryan (Team Harborside) 6.21 62 Scott Sullivan (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 6.49 63 Kipp Bradford (VeloEuropa Cycle Sport) 64 Mark Wysocki 8.57 U19 Juniors 1 Nicholas Keough (CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM) 38.53 2 Luke Keough (CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM) 0.11 3 Gavin Mannion (CCB/Volkswagen) 4 Ethan Gilmore 1.37 5 Greg Carpenter (DEVO/NSO) 1.46 6 Ryan Barlow (ALAN) 2.54 7 Matthew Mccartney (J & J/Tabasco) 3.05 8 Steve Simmonds 3.29 9 Dan Fishkin (TEAM HARBORSIDE CYCLE) 4.03 10 Manny Goguen (Union Velo) 4.44 11 A.J. Bontorno 8.04 12 Gabe Anthony (Essex County Velo) 8.17 13 Paul Lynch (Mystic Velo Club) One lap behind 14 Jesse Keough (CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM) 15 Tiffany Bontorno Cub Juniors 1 Shawn Hudlin (FTS Racing) 17.47 2 Ryan Packard (Quad Cycles / Arlington Bicycle Club) 3 Paul Lynch (Mystic Velo Club) 0.30 4 Curtis White (CBRC/Capital Bicycle Racing Club) 0.57 5 Elizabeth White (NEBC/Cycleloft) 1.18 6 Aaron House (Housatonic Wheel Club) 1.37 7 Tommy Goguen (Union Velo) 1.47 8 Nate Morse (BikeLink/MBRC) 9 Wes Dunn (TEAM HARBORSIDE CYCLE) 10 Jarred Reuter (rt-44 Velo/Silver City) 1.59 11 Matthew Gilbert (Steadmans / Cox) 2.05 12 Tiffany Bontorno 2.10 13 Austin Vincent 2.44 14 Peter Goguen (Union Velo) 3.10 15 Abigail Callahan (BicycleLink/MBRC) 4.51 16 Richard Vincent B Women 1 Erin Duggan (Velo Bella-Kona (mtb)) 47.24 2 Susan Maclean (Gear Works/Spin Arts Cycling Team) 0.05 3 Alexandra Jospe (International Bicycle/NERAC) 0.18 4 Jennifer Stebbins (Dartmouth College Cycling) 1.01 One lap behind 5 Hannah Kirshner (the Hub) 6 Kate Scheider (Williams College) 7 Mary Lynn Wiker` (FTS/Dove) 8 Lynch Tamela (White Mountain Velo) 9 Rachel Brown (Harvard University Cycling Association) 10 Linnea Koons 11 Karen Tripp (NorEast Cycling) 12 Caitlin Bever (MIT) 13 Janet Ramos (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 14 Natalia Gardiol (MIT Cycling) 15 Stacey Moseley (unattached) 16 Melissa Smith (Team International Bike/NERAC/ Univ. of NH) 17 Heidi Wakeman (Team Harborside Cycle) 18 Lynn Fisher (Providence Velo) 19 Amy Lane (Snickers Marathon/Cyclonauts) 20 Lori Whynot (Northeast Bike Club) 21 Jennifer Shultz 22 Cecelia Pleva (CRCA/Radical Media) 23 Liz Seward (CRCA/Bicycle Workshop) 24 Stephanie Farrar (The Hub) 25 Hannah Sarnow (Team International Bike/NERAC) 26 Marcie Weiss (Team Mack) 27 Juli Davenport (Boston Tri) 28 Julie Lockhart (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 29 Vicki Thomas (Ride with Rendall) 30 Julie Lefebvre (Sturdy Girl Cycling) A Masters 1 Michael Yozell (FORT Factory Team) 46.23 2 Jonny Bold (Corner Cycle) 3 Kevin Hines (Gear Works / Spin Arts) 0.06 4 Roger Aspholm (Westwood Velo) 0.24 5 Todd Cassan (NYC Velo) 0.28 6 Troy Fenderson (Boston Scientific Cycling/Everactive Online) 0.31 7 Paul Curley (Gearworks/Spinarts) 0.35 8 Sean Groom (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 0.45 9 Greg Ferguson (FORT Factory Team) 0.52 10 Keith Gauvin (Horst,Benidorm PRC) 0.59 11 Gunnar Shogren (FORT Factory Team) 1.08 12 Alan Starrett (Bikeman.com) 13 John Mosher (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 1.12 14 Curtis Boivin (Providence Velo) 1.47 15 Kurt Perham (Cycle-Smart) 16 Aaron Millett (ESSEX COUNTY VELO) 17 Christopher Long (Independent Fabrication/Gotham) 1.53 18 Chris Borrello (Gear Works/Spin Arts) 2.01 19 Matthew Myette (Cyclonauts Racers) 2.16 20 Bo Fuller (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 2.21 21 Marc Boudreau (Ride with Rendall) 2.36 22 Tim Groesbeck (CCB) 2.42 23 Rick Kotch (Union Velo Club) 2.46 24 Paul Lynch (bicyclelink/mbrc) 25 Bob Bisson (Gear Works/Spin Arts) 26 Daniel Gagliarde (mtbmind.com) 2.52 27 Scott Wade (west hill/putney) 3.01 28 Stephan Marcoux (Louis Garneau/ski velo) 29 Mark Gunsalus (BikeBarnRacing.com) 3.05 30 Kenny Shardlow (Bikebarnracing.com) 3.28 31 Eric Marro (BOB/Skofield Builders) 3.52 32 Robert Kramer (Alan Factory Team) 33 Jim Walsh (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 34 Judd Milne (Squadra Coppi/IM Saab) 35 William Thompson (Bethel Cycle - MCRA) 36 Keith Button (noreast cycling) 3.59 37 David Belknap (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 4.01 38 Kevin Callahan (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 4.05 39 Chris Burke (Providence Velo) 4.14 40 David Lyman (Union Velo Club) 4.20 41 Wade Summers (Horst-Benidorm-Property Research Corp) 4.36 42 Paul Nyberg (Horst-Benidorm-Property Research Corp.) 4.44 43 Michael Cole (MinuteMan RoadClub) 4.49 44 David Leedberg (GearWorks / Spin Arts) 5.05 45 Matthew Domnarski (Horst-Benidorm-Property Research Corp.) 5.08 46 Jose Martinez (Independent Fabrication) 47 Paul Weiss (Club Portland Velo Club) 48 David Schachte (Union Velo) 49 Daniel Russell (Bicycle Link/MBRC) 50 Gary Aspnes (Horst-Benidorm-Property Research Corp.) 5.33 51 Steven Kane (East End Cycling Team/Byron Lake) 5.44 52 Timothy Shea (BOB / SKOFIELD BUILDERS) 5.48 53 Theo Kindermans (cyclocrossworld.com) 5.51 54 Jim Burke (NEBC/CycleLoft) 5.55 55 Rob Naser (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 6.02 56 Wayne Cunningham (NEBC/Cycle Loft) 6.24 57 Barry Doubleday (Mass Bay Road Club) 6.29 58 Bill Mark (Gearworks/Spin Arts) 6.45 59 JD Bilodeau (NCC BikeReg.com) 7.39 60 Scott Roy (Bicycle Link MBRC) 8.12 61 Chris Dale (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 8.41 One lap behind 63 Donald Catlin (Tokeneke Road Club) 64 Mike Dameron (Cox Communications Cycling Team) 65 Jim Peters (Caster's/Majik Coffee p/b Apex Tech Group) 66 Jay Mongillo (CCC / Keltic Construction) C Men 1 Matt Knight (NEBC/CycleLoft) 33.45 2 Jeff Schwab (Arc en Ciel Racing) 0.18 3 Zachary Wills (Harvard Cycling) 0.21 4 Garett Burke 0.38 5 Jason Gulbinas (NEBC/CycleLoft) 6 Christopher Bailey (Boston Road Club) 7 Tom Buttner (Verge Sport/Test Pilot) 8 Oscar Jimenez (NEBC/Cycleloft) 1.04 9 Cort Cramer (CCV) 1.06 10 John Wilde (Harvard U Cycling) 1.10 11 Mike Zanconato (HUP United) 1.20 12 Nathan Pfeifer 13 Dan Ouellette (Gamache Cyclery) 1.25 14 Keith Berkoben 1.30 15 Michael Meuse (team harborside cycle) 1.47 16 Skip Salo 1.51 17 Jonathan Packer (AFD / Ocean State Velo Club) 18 Richard Person (Minuteman Road Club) 19 David Lafferty (MIT Cycling / FXDD) 2.27 20 Robert Follansbee 2.36 21 Jason Sears (MIT Cycling / FXDD) 2.50 22 Joseph Tramontano (Connecticut Coast Cycling) 23 David Brodsky (Corner Cycle) 3.30 24 Brendan Dee 25 Matt Spaits 3.38 26 Terrence Mcgovern 27 David Loszewski (BOB/Skofield Builders) 28 David Powell 4.05 29 Nick Loomis (MIT Cycling / FXDD) 4.24 30 Mike Cyr 4.27 31 Jason Clark (Amgen Cycling) 4.43 32 Jim Lynch (Mystic Velo Club) 5.09 33 John Witmer (GMBC/Catamount) 5.14 34 Kenneth Scott 5.19 35 Brian Colby 5.26 36 James Vogel (Amgen Cycling Club) 37 Jim Airgood (HUP United) 5.41 38 Elizabeth White (NEBC/CycleLoft) 6.08 39 Geoffrey House (Housatonic Wheel Club) 6.17 40 Matt Juros 7.11 41 Steven Bird 8.34 42 Bartley Mulligan (Lefty's Velotopia) 8.57 43 Rocco Mastrocola 9.08 44 Jan Wolfe 10.10 45 Cedric Delacruze 10.49 46 Patrick Mccue 11.06 47 Hong Shen Ma 12.56 B Masters 1 Mike Troisi (Gear Works) 34.09 2 James O'mara (BOB) 0.14 3 Michael Keough (cornerCycleCyclingClub) 4 Jack Chapman (Nault's Cyclery/naults.com) 5 Stuart Boyd (Essex County Velo) 1.06 6 Bill Doonan (NEBC/Cycleloft) 7 Paul Novotasky Jr. (Pig Iron Sports) 8 Matt Carpenter (EBCC/Benidorm) 9 Geoff Williams (Providence Velo) 1.27 10 Kevin Chichlowski (bikebarnracing.com) 11 Derek Griggs (Recycled Sports) 12 Jack Madden (the HUB) 13 George Gagnon (Naults.com) 14 Chip Baker (Sycip Racing) 1.39 15 Juan Dejesus (Cyclonauts) 1.43 16 Stephen Jablonski (Hup United) 17 Wayne Barlow (coyote hill) 1.54 18 Ned Connell (Putney/West Hill) 2.03 19 Gary Musgrove (Bikebarnracing.com) 2.00 20 Jay Downs (FORT Factory Team) 2.19 21 Kevin Young (Minuteman Road Club) 2.22 22 Joseph Barroso (Providence Velo) 2.39 23 Jeffrey Maclean (BOB cycling) 24 Michael Bradford (Naults.com) 2.54 25 Robert Tutwiler (noreast cycling) 26 Joe Sconzo (Capital Velo Club/Vernon Cycle) 3.13 27 Paul Crowley (Missing Link Bicycle Club) 3.29 28 Stephen Kelley (Vortex Racing) 3.34 29 Raymond Martin (Union Velo Club) 3.38 30 James Hoard 3.41 31 Michael Whitfield (NHCC/Team NH) 3.56 32 Ron Derosiers (Pelotoon) 4.03 33 Michael C Sheahan (Team Cape Cod/Pedro's/Wheelworks) 34 Jesus Vazquez (Bikebarnracing.com) 35 Michael Salvatore (Hup United) 36 Fafar Bayat (Sotheby's/Strictly Bicycles) 4.14 37 Lawrence King (Union Velo) 4.15 38 David Marti 39 Lawrence Purtill 40 Jeff Huckleberry 4.55 41 Paul Braise (Pelotoon) 5.17 42 Tom Thomson (Union velo) 6.30 43 Colin Kernan (Missing Link Bicycle Club) 6.37 44 Albert Vallier 7.43 45 Christopher Duffy (Missing Link Bicycle Club) 46 Edward Dutra (Pelotoon) 8.27 47 Steve Witkus (Pelotoon) Masters 55+ 1 Phillip Bannister (Putney/West Hill) 35.36 2 Bruce Mccowan (Arc En Ciel Racing Team / MCRA) 1.16 3 Dave Beals (CBRC) 2.29 4 Clive Woakes (Competitive Edge/ARC) 3.45 5 Jim Quinn (The Bicycle Link/MBRC) 6 Tec Thomas (Jacksonville Racing Team) 3.50 7 Erik Nordenson (PoisonSpiderBicycles.com) 5.29 8 James Themig (Mystic Velo MCRA) 7.10 9 Donald Snoop (Hang On Snoopy Racing) 7.39 One lap behind 10 Herbert Bates (naults.com) 11 Vincent Donohue (worcester cycling club)
