US Criterium Championships - 1.4Illinois, USA, August 19-20, 2000
Schedule
Day 1 - August 19: Chicago Women's & Jelly Belly Men's Pro-Am challengeUSCF Men's Criteirum HeatsHeat 1 - 40 km1 Greg Medinilla (USA) Netzero.net 46.42 2 Josh Goodwin (USA) Cyclescience.com 3 Mark Light (USA) Snow Valley 4 Rahsaan Bahati (USA) JW Sports 5 Kevin Miller (USA) 6 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Breakaway Couriers 7 Shawn Willard (USA) Defeet-Lemond 8 Jim Baldesare (USA) Gomart-West Virginia 9 John Durso (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com 10 Steve Cate (USA) Mercy Fitness 11 Rainiel Sanchez (USA) 12 Tim Larkin (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com 13 Shawn McCormack (USA) CCB-Volkswagen 14 Zach Browne (USA) NCVC-Spokes Etc. 15 Jason Bausch (USA) Netzero.net 16 John Wordin (USA) Mercury 17 Randall Coxworth (USA) 18 J. Dean Rittenhouse (USA) Snow Valley 19 Cody Hall (USA) unattached 20 Mike Heagney (USA) Heat 2 - 42 km1 Jamie Paolinetti (USA) Netzero.net 47.44 2 Patrick Heaney (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com 3 Michael Johnson (USA) Netzero.net 0.03 4 Greg Krisko (USA) BBC-Jetworks 5 Mike Zingaro (USA) Cyclescience.com 6 Jonathan Wirsing (USA) Snow Valley 7 Ed Beamon (USA) Navigators 8 Dean Meyer (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com 9 Micah Thompson (USA) ACA-Rocky Mount 10 James Hodnett (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com 11 Jon Retseck (USA) JW Sports 12 Alex Candelario (USA) Rocky Mounts 13 Brice Jones (USA) Mercy Fitness 14 Andrew Dahl (USA) 15 Earendel Fingerson (USA) City Scape-Higher Gear 16 Shane Thellman (USA) Mercy Fitness Cycling 17 Dean LaBerge (USA) Echelon Wines-Napa Valley Velo 18 John Green (USA) uattached 19 Dan Larson (USA) Cyclescience.com 20 Kevin Kremke (USA) NiSource-Morris Trucking Chicago Women's ChallengeResults1 Julie Young (USA) Team AutoTrader.com 2 Julie Hanson (USA) Team Saturn 3 Jen Dial (USA) Proteus.com 4 Catherine Cardwell (USA) Charles Schwab 5 Tina Mayolo (USA) Team AutoTrader.com 6 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Team Saturn 7 Cheryl Binney (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 8 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) NZL National Team 9 Nicole Reinhart (USA) Team Saturn 10 Deborah Durand (USA) Russ Denny Bikes Jelly Belly Men's Pro-Am ChallengeCanadian Gord Fraser sharpened his legs up in preparation for a possible second consecutive US Criterium Championship by winning the 50 km Jelly Belly Pro-Am men's challenge. The race was fast as several riders from every team were willing to try their luck at a breakaway, the most significant of which was a group that included Mercury's Henk Vogels and 4 others. But the constant $100 primes made everyone willing to keep the pace high and not allow more than 10 seconds. At 5 laps to go, it was a battle of trains with car rivals, Saturn and Mercury in opposition again. Saturn looked quite good with one lap to go, but the Mercury boys gave Fraser yet another good leadout with Chris Horner, Henk Vogels, Mike Sayers all prominent. Results - 50 km1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 1.05.39 (45.69 km/h) 2 Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly 3 Graeme Miller (NZl) Team Shaklee 4 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 5 Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Navigators Cycling Team 6 Antonio Cruz (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 7 Timothy Larkin (USA) Lombardi Sports 8 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury 9 Dean Meyer (USA) Gs Lombardi 10 Juan Pineda (Gua) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Coast 12 Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Defeet/Lemond 13 Matt Minard (USA) Jelly Belly 14 Steve Sevener (USA) Zaxby's 15 Chris Pic (USA) Mercury 16 Paul Martin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 17 Steve Tilford (USA) Jogmate 18 Matthew Koschara (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 19 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 20 Gustavo Carrillo (Gua) 7 Up Colorado Cyclist 21 Pelle Kil (Ned) L'Equipe Cheval 22 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 23 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 24 Anton Villatoro (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 25 Ryan Barnett (USA) 26 Ryan Guay (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 27 Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Team Shaklee 28 John Lieswyn (USA) Team Shaklee 29 Joby Siciliano (USA) Yahweh Tokyo Joe's 30 John Durso (USA) GS Lombardi 31 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 32 John Peters (USA) Mercury 33 Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury 34 Clark Sheehan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 35 Justin Gilmore (USA) Zaxby's 36 Scott Cochran (USA) Jelly Belly 37 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 38 Jeff Corbett (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 39 Franklin Dierking 40 Kurt Fletcher (USA) Big Shark Racing 41 Chris Fisher (USA) Flanders-Prefetex 42 Christian Valenzuela (USA) Team Shaklee 44 Laszlo Alberti (Ita) Higher Gear/Cityscape 45 Roy Knickman (USA) Mercury 46 Luke Mauritsen (USA) Team Shaklee 47 Denny Yunk (USA) Cook Law Cycling Team 48 Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 49 Frank Mccormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 50 Edward Beamon (USA) Navigators 51 Alex Nunez (USA) Tokyo Joes Pepsi 52 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Team Shaklee 53 Peter Wedge (Can) Team Shaklee Day 2 - August 20: USPRO, USCF Elite Men/Women's ChampionshipBouchard-Hall takes the win and the titleMercury's Derek Bouchard-Hall took out the 2000 USPRO criterium championships ahead of his teammate, Gord Fraser in an exact reversal of last year. Although Fraser was certainly the favourite for the event, Bouchard-Hall was a deserving winner and benefitted from the work of his teammates. Meanwhile, Saturn riders Antonio Cruz and Frank McCormack took 3rd and 4th, not quite quick enough on the day to dislodge the Mercury train. Three Olympians in the top three showed the calibre of the field in Downer's Grove, Illinois. The race was quite controlled for the first half of its 100 kilometres, as everyone eyed off the competition for the finale. Then the serious attacks started, with a break of 10 going with 21 laps to go (33 km). Although the break was well represented by Mercury, Saturn, Navigators and a Shaklee rider, they refused to work as a certain Gord Fraser was in tow. Saturn drove the peloton behind to chase and they caught them after 8 laps. After this, the tempo was kept high and any dangerous moves were neutralised, and there were just 19 riders left of the main field with one lap to go. Mercury and Saturn duelled, with the former, yet again, putting one over the boys from Saturn. Horner and Vogels led out the team to the final corner, with Bouchard-Hall first out and staying there until the end. Fraser took second this time, with Cruz third.
USPRO Men - 100 km1 Derek Bouchard-Hall (USA) Mercury 2.16.52 (43.84 km/h) 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 3 Antonio Cruz (USA) Saturn 4 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn 5 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 6 David McCook (USA) Team Shaklee 7 Graeme Miller (NZl) Team Shaklee 8 Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Navigators 9 Chris Fischer (USA) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist 10 Steven Sevener (USA) Zaxby's 11 Clark Sheehan (USA) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist 12 Anton Villatoro (USA) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist 13 Pelle Kil (Hol) Composite Team 1 14 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury 15 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist 16 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators 17 Juan Pineda (Gua) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist 18 Gustavo Carrillo (Gua) Composite Team 1 19 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury 20 Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn 0.12 21 Russel Miller (USA) Zaxby's 0.17 22 Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Composite Team 1 23 Jason McCartney (USA) Yahwee Tokyo Joe's Pepsi 24 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 25 Steve Tilford (USA) Composite Team 1 26 Paul Martin (USA) Navigators 27 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 28 Luke Mauritsen (USA) Team Shaklee 29 John Harris (NZl) Composite Team 1 30 Justin Gilmore (USA) Zaxby's 31 Ryan Guay (USA) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist 32 Kenny Labbe (USA) USPS 33 Scott Cochran (USA) Jelly Belly 34 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 0.35 35 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn 0.44 36 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Team Shaklee 0.57 37 Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Team Shaklee 38 Norm Carter (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Roy Knickman (USA) Mercury DNF Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury DNF Chris Pic (USA) Mercury DNF Marty Jemison (USA) USPS DNF Kirk O'Bee (USA) USPS DNF Matt Koschara (USA) Navigators DNF Chris Balwin (USA) Navigators DNF Barton Bowen (USA) Saturn DNF Ivan Dominguez (USA) Saturn DNF Seth Pelusi (USA) Saturn DNF Robbie Ventura (USA) Saturn DNF Brian Walton (Can) Saturn DNF Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn DNF Kevin Monahan (USA) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist DNF Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Matt Minard (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Peter Wedge (Can) Team Shaklee DNF Tom Kalstrup (USA) Zaxby's DNF Luke Stockwell (Aus) Zaxby's DNF Travis Hutchinson (USA) Yahwee Tokyo Joe's Pepsi DNF Alejandro Nunez (Mex) Yahwee Tokyo Joe's Pepsi DNF Troy Reynolds (USA) Yahwee Tokyo Joe's Pepsi DNF Joby Siciliano (USA) Yahwee Tokyo Joe's Pepsi DNF Christian Lamczyk (Ger) Composite Team 1 DNF Alberti Laslo (Can) Composite Team 1 DNF John Bickmore (USA) Yahwee Tokyo Joe's Pepsi DNF Thomas Ryan Barnett (USA) Zaxby's DNF Jonathan Atkins (USA) Zaxby's DNF Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Team Shaklee DNF John Lieswyn (USA) Team Shaklee DNF Jeff Corbett (USA) 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist DNF John Peters (USA) Mercury USCF Elite Women - 50 km1 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Team Charles Schwab 1.16.22 (39.28 km/h) 2 Nicole Reinhart (USA) Saturn 3 Nicole Freedman (USA) Team Charles Schwab 4 Tina Mayolo (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 5 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 6 Andrea Smessaert (USA) 7 Jen Dial (USA) Team Proteus.Com 8 Deborah Durand (USA) 9 Kori Kelly (USA) P&G/Women's Health 10 Mina Pizzini (USA) P&G/Women's Health 11 Amyezcllie Tremelling (USA) 12 Julie Schmitt (USA) 13 Julie Hanson (USA) Saturn 14 Cheryl Binney (USA) P&G/Women's Health 15 Tina Skelley (USA) 16 Amyezcllie Babcock (USA) 17 Catherine Cardwell (USA) Team Charles Schwab 18 Jane Yanni (USA) 19 Katrina Berger (USA) Team Charles Schwab 20 Brooke O'connor (USA) 21 Kerry Soraci (USA) 22 Jennifer Morris (USA) 23 Lenora Felker (USA) 24 Kim Bruckner (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 25 Kelly Yoder (USA) 26 Mary Georgetti (USA) Southern New England 27 Catherine Walberg (USA) 28 Patricia Mckay (USA) 29 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Team Charles Schwab 30 Anne Holterhoff (USA) 31 Jody Koch (USA) 32 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 33 Sandra Kolb (USA) Team Charles Schwab 34 Ashley Mccullough (USA) Team Procter & Gamble 35 Janine Verstraeten (USA) 36 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn 37 Laura Shuford (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 38 Majon Marik (USA) Autotrader.Com 39 Anne Rollings (USA) 40 Pam Schuster (USA) Autotrader.Com DQ Emily Morris (USA) USCF Men (amateurs) - 80 kmBahati makes the transitionMercury/Fuji rider, Rahsaan Bahati became the second junior rider (after Steve Scuron in 1985) to ever win an Elite National Championship (on the road) today in Downer's Grove. The Mercury JET's (Junior Elite Team) won five national Junior Championships this year, but for the South Central Los Angeles rider, this was his first Elite National win. The 80 kilometre event was fiercely contested by those who survived yesterday's heats, and it was a battle between Mercury and Net Zero for much of the race. Although Net Zero had the numbers, on the last lap a crash messed up the situation and Bahati managed to avoid it, taking the win from Net Zero's Jaime Palonetti. In third place was CCB-Volkswagen's Shawn McCormack Results1 Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Mercury 1.52.49 (42.55 km/h)
2 Jaime Palonetti (USA) Net Zero
3 Shawn McCormack (USA) CCB-Volkswagen
4 Greg Medinilla (USA) Netzero.net
5 Jason Waddell (USA) Arlington Velo
6 Dean LaBerge (USA) Echelon Wines-Napa Valley Velo
7 Russell Langley (USA) NCVC-Spokes Etc
8 Steve Cate (USA) Mercy Fitness
9 Dean Meyer (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com
10 Kevin Miller (USA)
11 John Durso (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com
12 Shawn Willard (USA) Defeet-Lemond
13 Earendel Fingerson (USA) City Scape-Higher Gear
14 John Green (USA) unattached
15 Andrew Broas (USA) LA Wings
16 Aaron Quesnell (USA) LA Wings
17 Josh Goodwin (USA) Cyclescience.com
18 David Wolfe (USA)
19 Tim Larkin (USA) GS Lombardi-Ofoto.com
20 Derek Witte (USA)
21 Randall Coxworth (USA)
22 Kenny Williams (USA) Nutra Fig-Noni
23 Kenneth Toman (USA)
24 John Puffer (USA)
25 Randy Dreyer (USA)
26 Brian Forbes (USA)
27 Adam Krause (USA)
28 Pete Hanna (USA)
29 Ryan McKean (USA)
30 Chuck Coyle (USA)
31 George ("Skip") Menard (USA)
32 Steve Sonheim (USA)
33 Cody Hall (USA)
34 Scott Konicki (USA)
35 Banning Ostrow (USA)
36 Christain Davenport (USA)
37 Brice Jones (USA)
38 Andrew Dahl (USA)
39 Charlie Weisel (USA)
40 Greg Krisko (USA)
41 William Stolte (USA)
43 Darren Pipp (USA)
44 Andy Malcom (USA)
45 Joshua Carter (USA)
46 Alexander Candelario (USA)
47 Jeremy Sartain (USA)
48 Anthony Martin (USA)
49 Tim Carolan (USA)
50 Ed Beamon (USA) Navigators
51 Curtis Zimmerman (USA)
52 Robbie Higdon (USA)
53 Kevin Kremke (USA)
54 Vance James (USA)
55 Steve Meek (USA)
56 Patrik Heaney (USA)
57 Michael Ebert (USA)
58 Chris Daggs (USA)
59 Chris Frederick (USA)
60 Derrek Taber (USA)
61 Sterling Magnell (USA)
62 Micah Thompson (USA)
63 Jake Dufresne - Olson (USA)
64 Joe Baratto (USA)
65 James Hodnett (USA)
66 Nate Roark (USA)
67 Ryan Cady (USA)
68 Scott Pearson (USA)
69 Jonathan Wirsing (USA) Snow Valley
70 Josh Moslia (USA)
Past WinnersMen Year USPRO Criterium Champion Race Winner 1991 Greg Oravetz (USA) Coors Light Greg Oravetz (USA) Coors Light 1992 Mike McCarthy (USA) GS Mengoni Stephen Swart (NZl) Coors Light 1993 Mike Engelman (USA) Coors Light A. Mierzejewski (Pol) Chev/LA Sheriff 1994 Dave McCook (USA) Chev/LA Sheriff Kris Wiatr (Pol) Guiltless Gourmet 1995 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn 1996 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn 1997 Jonas Carney (USA) Team Shaklee Jonas Carney (USA) Team Shaklee 1998 Chann McRae (USA) Saturn Julian Dean (NZl) Mercury 1999 Tony Cruz (USA) Independent Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury Women 1999 Karen Dunne (USA) |