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2002 Results Results Past winners
By Nathan Mealey
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Marc Gullickson (Redline) and Mary McConnelough (Seven Cycles), the defending Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series champions from 2002, each repeated as opening round winners at the Downeast Cyclo-Cross in New Gloucester, ME.
Former 5-time Canadian National Champion Pete Wedge (Kona) won the start, and opened up a small gap in the first half lap of what was the most technically and physically demanding course the Verge NECCS has seen in years. Moved to a new venue at the Pineland Farms this year, course designer and promoter Tom Stevens outdid himself with a course that offered no recovery, and that got slower as the day went on.
Wedge led comfortably through the first lap, while behind him a group formed including Gullickson, Mark McCormack (Saturn/Timex), and U23 star Jeremy Powers (NCC/BikeReg.com). Hot Tubes rider Jesse Anthony, a former 4 time junior national champion, was with the group for a while in his Verge Series debut as a U23, but was unable to hold the pace.
Nearing the end of lap 2, Gullickson went to the front and gapped off both Powers and McCormack, while Wedge hung on for a bit longer. Before the lap was over though, the Kona rider had succumbed and dropped back to McCormack and Powers. As Gullickson made what turned out to be the winning attack, the trio behind him rode together for another lap before Powers lost contact. McCormack and Wedge dueled for a while longer, before the USPro road champ dropped the Canadian for good, and took off in pursuit of Gullickson. While McCormack was able to close some of the gap, he never got closer than 7 seconds - and yet another Verge Series win went to Gullickson. Wedge stayed comfortably in third, while Powers rode to a solid 4th place and the top U23 spot.
The battle for 5th, the final spot receiving UCI points, was waged by a group including U23's Jesse Anthony and Michael Cody (NCC/BikeReg.com), along with Verge Series regulars Mike Broderick (Seven) and Rob Hult (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks). In the end, Broderick was able to take the 5th spot from the group, while Anthony and Cody were the second and third U23s respectively.
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On the women's side, last year's race and series champion Mary McConnelough (Seven Cycles) got a solid start, but trailed Gear Works/Spin Arts rider Marianne Stover for the first half lap. At that point, McConnelough attacked and never looked back, winning by a comfortable margin. Behind her, former 30+ national champion Katrina Davis (Richard Sachs) flew up through the field to take her best Verge Series result in several years, while Anna Milkowski (GearWorks/Spin Arts) started slowly but eventually came through for 3rd in front of Stover.
GMBC/Invensys rider Jamey Driscoll attacked on the first lap of the junior race, and stayed away for a convincing victory. Richard Sachs rider Konrad Lebas was able to hold off Morgan McLeod (Portland Velo) in the race for the final two podium spots.
Other winners on the day donning new Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series leader's jerseys were John McKone in Men's 35+, Paul Curley in Men's 45+, and Dom Gillen in the Men's B race.
More information on the Verge Series can be found at http://www.necyclocross.com. More information about the Central Mass. Cyclo-Cross to End Homelessness can be found at http://www.cycle-smart.com. Round 2 of the 2003 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series will be the UCI Cat 2 ECV/Clif Bar Cyclo-Cross, held on Sunday, Nov. 2 in Gloucester, Mass.
Images by Mike Morris/www.intensepicts.com
Elite Men 45 starters 1 Marc Gullickson (Redline) 55.36 2 Mark McCormack (Saturn) 0.31 3 Peter Wedge (Kona) 0.55 4 Jeremy Powers (NCC/BikeReg.com) 1.22 5 Mike Broderick (Seven Cycles) 2.42 6 Jesse Anthony (Hot Tubes) 3.00 7 Rob Hult (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 3.20 8 Ben Turner (7up/Maxxis) 3.38 9 Michael Cody (NCC / BikeReg.com) 3.49 10 Brian Astell (Independent Fabrications) 3.55 11 Ryan'Connor (West Virginia/GoMart) 4.04 12 Jonathan Bruno (Essex County Velo) 4.21 13 Brandon Dwight (7up/Maxxis) 4.37 14 Curt Davis (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 4.56 15 Josh Anthony (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 5.17 16 Matt Svatek (Sportsbook.com) 5.25 17 Daniel Coady (NCC/BikeReg.com) 5.40 18 Noah Taylor 5.41 19 Andrew Freye (Giant) 5.48 20 Alec Donahue (NCC/BikeReg.com) 6.01 21 Aaron Molloy 22 Adam Hodges (Myerson Cycle-smart) 6.08 23 Jeff Leake (NCC/BikeReg.com) 24 Johannes Huseby (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 6.32 25 Matt White (NCC/BikeReg.com) 6.51 26 John Foley (Dried Plums) 6.58 27 Leslie Leach (Wissahickon) 7.18 28 Matt Kraus (Independent Fabrications) 7.39 29 Greg Ferguson (FORT/GPOA) 8.21 30 Jacob Stechmann (Alan Factory Team) 8.46 31 Todd Rowell (NCC/BikeReg.com) 9.15 32 Mukunda Feldman (NCC/BikeReg.com) 33 John Burns 9.43 34 Matt Hersey (Liquid Motion) 10.36 35 Curtis Boivin Providence Velo Club 36 Jeffrey Cradock CCB/Volkswagen 1 lap 37 Patrick Beland G.S. Record 38 John Hanson Benidorm/Createx 39 Aaron Fillion Ottawa Bicycle Club 40 Glenn Turner Main Line Cycling 41 Benjamin Peters Essex County Velo Elite Women 21 starters 1 Mary McConneloug (Seven Cycles) 37.57 2 Katrina Davis (CYBC/Richard Sachs) 1.43 3 Anna Milkowski (Gearworks/SpinArts) 2.26 4 Marianne Stover (Gearworks/SpinArts) 2.58 5 Kasandra Cote (Normindin) 3.21 6 Kerry Litka (Dansko) 3.37 7 Perri Martens (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 4.11 8 Alicia Genest (CYBC/Richard Sachs) 4.15 9 Sara Cushman (Gearworks/SpinArts) 4.53 10 Maureen Bruno (Dansko) 5.02 11 Stephanie White (Daigel Corp/NHJCA) 5.54 12 MaryAnn Martinez (NEBC/Cycleloft) 5.58 13 Darcy Cornell (Dansko) 6.06 14 Catherine Deschenes (G.S. Record) 15 Mackenzie Dickey (Team Bicycle Alley) 7.36 16 Susan MacLean (Gearworks/SpinArts) 17 Kristen Osborne (NEBC/Cycleloft) 8.13 18 Katherine Farago (NEBC/Cycleloft) 9.52 19 Martha Wilson (Dansko) 11.15 20 Cassie White (NEBC/Cycleloft) 12.26 Masters 35+/45+ 58 starters 1 John McKone (CCB/Volkswagon) 43.49 2 Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelmen) 0.18 3 John Verheul (Cycle-Smart) 0.55 4 Sam Morse (Mass Bay Road Club) 1.17 5 Jonny Bold (CCCC/Corner Cycle) 1.22 6 Michael Ward (Berkshire Cycling Association/Tosk) 1.33 7 Christopher Long (Independent Fabrications/Gotham) 1.37 8 Tim Haitz (Team Dupont/RITCHEY) 9 Mike Bernard (Gearworks/Spin Arts) 1.49 10 Paul Boudreau (Essex County Velo) 2.01 11 Steve Dudley (Bicycle Link) 2.13 12 Mark Stotz (Cyclonauts) 2.30 13 John Meerse (Fastsplits Cycling Team) 3.20 14 Robert Bisson (Gearworks/Spin Arts) 3.38 15 Eric Marro (B.O.B.) 3.48 16 Paul Nyberg 3.57 17 Paul Curley (Gearworks/Spin Arts) 4.03 18 William Sawyer (Gearworks/Spin Arts) 4.07 19 James Walsh (Cox Communications) 4.25 20 Mike Umbrell (Minuteman Road Club) 21 Tim Groesbeck (CCB/Volkswagon) 4.34 22 Joel Brown (Cox Communications) 5.28 23 Robert Kramer (Mass Bay Road Club) 5.52 24 Paul Lynch (Missing Link) 6.04 25 Peter Smutz (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 26 David Connery (Boston Bicycle Club/Community) 6.18 27 Wayne Cunningham (NEBC/CycleLoft) 6.23 28 David Schachte (Providence Velo Club) 6.41 29 Rob Belcher (Bicycle Link) 6.51 30 Doug Aspinwall (NCC-Bikereg.com) 31 Paul Weiss (Portland Velo Club/Jamis) 6.56 32 John Mosher (NEBC/CycleLoft) 7.14 33 Kevin Callahan (Bicycle Link) 7.23 34 Paul Niehoff 7.39 35 Daniel Russell (Missing Link) 7.45 36 Andrew Whelan (Portland Velo Club/Jamis) 8.01 37 Ken Jayne (Amgen) 8.35 38 Steve Bonadio (NEBC/CycleLoft) 8.43 39 Jeff Cohen (NCC/Bikereg.com) 8.46 40 Robert Tutwiler 9.06 41 Timothy Shea (B.O.B.) 9.23 42 Kurt Loell (EBCC (East Bay Cycling Club)) 9.34 43 Richard Sachs (CYBC/Richard Sachs) 10.07 44 Bruce Thompson (Minuteman Road Club) 1 lap 45 Paul Alachoyan 46 David Genest (CYBC/Richard Sachs) 47 Edward Desimas Benidorm/Createx 48 Thomas Downey (Mass Bay Road Club) 49 Michael Oster 50 Jim Titone 51 Jeff Dixon 52 Joe Hepp (Southern Maine Cycling Club) 53 Jim Dowlny Juniors 10 starters 1 Jamey Driscoll (GMBC/Invensys) 34.19 2 Konrad LeBas (CYBC/Richard Sachs) 2.07 3 Morgan MacLeod (Portland Velo Club/Jamis) 2.24 4 Charles Marzot (Corner Cycles Cycling Club) 3.07 5 Geoffrey Johnson (Portland Velo) 3.36 6 Mike Wickman (Peerless/HNECC) 4.23 7 Tucker Olander (Peerless/HNECC) 4.53 8 Mark Intelisuno (Berkshire Cycling Association/Tosk) 5.48 9 Kevin Wolfson (NEBC/CycleLoft) 6.27 B Men 56 starters 1 Dominick Gillin 44.18 2 Steve Rescigno (Bethel Cycle) 0.50 3 Matt DeMeis 1.01 4 Tom Hopper (REI/Team Novara) 1.39 5 Peter Rubijono (Boston Bicycle Club/Community) 1.52 6 Ron Colavalpe 2.22 7 Matt Wilson 2.36 8 Anthony Wilhelm 2.48 9 Christopher White (B.O.B.) 10 Ryan Rumsey (Team Liquid Motion) 3.43 11 Jeff Murray (Expo Wheelmen) 3.52 12 Brant Hornberger (NCC/Bikereg.com) 3.57 13 Anders Larson 14 Michael Cole (Minuteman Road Club) 4.16 15 Logan Hodson (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 4.19 16 Ed Meyer 4.32 17 David Keefe Boston Bicycle Club/Community 18 Zac Daab (Hup United ) 19 James McCowan 20 Dan Davenport (Team Psycho Triathlete) 4.46 21 Jude DeMeis 5.10 22 Sean Sullivan 23 Ben Harper (Verge/Test Pilot) 5.25 24 Scott Staubach Boston Bicycle Club/Community 25 Christopher Cyr (Team Bikeman) 5.28 26 Sam Stevens (Berlin Bike) 5.32 27 Micheal Masur (Verge/Test Pilot) 28 John Minton 29 Damien Colfer (NHCC/Team New Hampshire) 6.20 30 Ian Everard 31 Shaun Berry (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 6.26 32 Jason Pettengill (FastSplits Cycling Team) 6.45 33 Christopher Green 6.50 34 Joshua Begin 7.25 35 Mike Hoover (Team Bikeman) 8.19 36 Jeffrey Juneas 8.50 37 Richard Battaglia Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles 38 Wayne Maceyka (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 10.12 39 Timothy Shea (B.O.B.) 11.19 40 John Frey (NCC/Bikereg.com) 1 lap 41 Jeff Riddle Beginner Men 1 Alan Zullo 29.39 2 Robert Bauer (Minuteman Road Club) 1.08 3 Charles Goldman 2.06 4 Tom Warner 6.05 5 Yur Percy 6.24 6 James Craddock 11.15 Beginner Masters 1 Coley Bryan 28.31 2 Todd Savage (Minuteman Road Club) 1.49 3 Marcio Munch 2.22 4 George Benington (Portland Velo Club/Jamis) 2.25 5 Dan Stasz (NCC/BikeReg.com) 2.55 6 Joseph DiAngelo (Uni-cyclo) 3.15 7 Tom Noble 3.52 8 Mako Saito (Harvard University Cycling) 4.59 9 Robert Connor 5.25 10 Dan Tieger (Essex County Velo) 6.19 11 James Chopas (Boston Road Club/ATA Cycles) 6.20 12 Mark Powers 6.31 13 Ron DeAngleis 8.21 14 Marc d'Amour 8.43 15 Herbert Taylor (Bath Cycle & Ski/Bikeman) 8.53 16 Lee Strout (Maine Cycling Club) 10.05 Beginner Women 1 Rhonda Morin (Portland Velo Club/Jamis) 34.45 2 Dorothy Held 0.28 3 Lisa Maxwell (Independent Fabrications/Wheelworks) 1.23 4 Sandy Noble 1.30 5 Christine Beriau 2.21 6 Jen Rhodes 3.08 7 Leslie Comp (Team Berlin Bike) 3.42 8 Lori Whynot (NEBC/CycleLoft) 1 lap
2002 M: Marc Gullickson (Mongoose) W: Mary McConnelough (Seven) 2001 M: Jonny Sundt (K2 Bike) W: Lyne Bessette (Saturn)