American Cup Criterium Series - NE

USA, June 6-11, 2000

The Races

  • Day 1 - June 6: Northhampton Criterium
  • Day 2 - June 7: RCN Criterium
  • Day 3 - Cancelled
  • Day 4 - June 9: Salem Criterium
  • Day 5 - June 10: RCN Criterium
  • Day 6 - June 11: Harvard Square Criterium

Peters and Uhl triumph in 5 race series

By John Alsedek, cyclingnews.com correspondent

With nearly $20,000 in prize money and valuable NRC points on the line, the American Cup, a six-day series of evening criteriums held in the greater Boston area, drew the best field in its four-year history. While defending champion Kevin Monahan (7 UP/Colorado Cyclist) was back with a much stronger team than last year, it was instead John Peters of the Mercury squad who came out on top, continuing his team's dominance of the U.S. domestic race calendar. Peters' win didn't come easily, though, as 'hometown hero' Frank McCormack (Saturn) fought him tooth-and-nail throughout, with the overall title being decided by the final sprint on the final day; Peters' victory in Sunday's Harvard Square Criterium gave him a narrow four-point winning margin over McCormack, with Frank's younger brother Mark (also Saturn) taking third overall.

Meanwhile, Sarah Uhl (Trek/CYBC) had a much easier time of things in the two-race womens omnium. With the majority of the country's top women cyclists competing in the HPL Womens Challenge, Uhl and her Trek/CYBC teammates were able to dominate the action; Uhl won both races as well as the overall, followed by Tiffany Pezzulo (Proteus) and Katrina Davis (IF/Wheelworks).

Day 1 - June 6: Northhampton Criterium (Northhampton, MA)

Men
1. Frank McCormack (USA) Team Saturn     	54.40
2. Mark McCormack (USA) Team Saturn
3. John Peters (USA) Mercury
4. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) CycleScience.com
5. Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Team Shaklee
6. Josh Thornton (USA) CCB
7. Kevin Monahan (USA) 7 Up-Colorado Cyclist
8. Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury
9. Franky Van Haessebrouke (Bel) Navigators 	1 lap
10. John Walrod (USA) L'Equipe Cheval       
11. Ryan Guay (USA) 7 Up-Colorado Cyclist
12. Juan Pineda (Gua) 7 Up-Colorado Cyclist
13. Chad Gerlach (USA) DeFeet
14. Justin Lille (USA) GSM-Giant
15. Tim Johnson (USA) CCB
16. Jason Waddell (USA) Arlington Velo
17. Doug Ziewacs (USA) 7 Up-Colorado Cyclist
18. Mike Zingaro (USA) CycleScience.com
19. Chris Peck (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale
20. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Italpasta

Women

1. Sara Uhl (USA) Trek-CYBC         		44.42
2. Katrina Davis (USA) IF-Wheelworks     	 0.08
3. Julie Monagle (USA) BAM-Komen
4. Liz Begosh (USA) Trek-CYBC
5. Yvonne Liton (USA) Bam-Komen
6. Tiffany Pezzulo (USA) Proteus.com
7. Alicia Genest (USA) Trek-CYBC
8. Sara Cushman (USA) NEBC-Cycleloft-Sun Microsystems
9. Brook O'Connor (USA) NEBC-Cycleloft-Sun Microsystems
10. Kathryn Kothe (USA) Horst Engineering
11. Michele Smith (USA) IF-Wheelworks
12. Heather Peck (USA) IF-Wheelworks
13. # 531
14. # 532
15. Odessa Osario (USA) Trek-CYBC
16. Brenda Bahnson (USA) IF-Wheelworks
17. Leslie Forstadt (USA) Northampton CC

Day 2 - June 7: RCN Criterium (Framingham, MA) 

Men

1. Andrew Randall (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee
2. Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn
3. Roberto Gaggioli (USA) DeFeet
4. John Peters (USA) Mercury
5. Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
6. Kevin Monahan (USA) 7 UP-Colorado Cyclist
7. Adam Myerson (USA) Breakaway Couriers-CRCA
8. Jonathan Page (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale
9. Dan Larson (USA) Cyclescience.com
10. Chris Pic (USA) Mercury

Overall after two races:

1. Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn			46 pts
2. Frank McComrack (USA) Saturn			44 
3. John Peters (USA) Mercury			41 
4. Kevin Monahan (USA) 7 UP-Colorado Cyclist	35 
5. Andrew Randall (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee		35 
6. Ryan Guay (USA) 7-Up-Colorado Cyclist    	24
7. Roberto Gaggioli (USA) DeFeet          	21
8. Chad Gerlach (USA) DeFeet                  	20    
9. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Cyclescience.com        20
10. Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Shaklee             19
11. Josh Thornton (USA) CCB                 	18
12. Adam Myerson (USA) Breakaway-CRCA      	17
13. Jonathan Page (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale 	16
14. Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury               	16
15. Dan Larson (USA) Cyclescience.com        	15
16. Jason Waddell (USA) Arlington Velo          15
17. Franky Van Haesebrouke (Bel) Navigators     15
18. Chris Pic (USA) Mercury             	14
19. John Walrod (USA) L'Equipe Cheval         	14
20. Andrew Crater (USA) Breakaway-CRCA      	13
21. Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7-Up-Colorado Cyclist 	13
22. Joe Giuliano (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee        	12
23. Juan Pineda (Gua) 7-Up-Colorado Cyclist   	12
24. Alex Lavalle (USA) Espoir de Laval        	10
25. Justin Lillie (USA) GSM-Giant               10   
26. Tim Johnson (USA) CCB            		9
27. Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7-Up-Colorado Cyclist    8
28. Mike Zingaro (USA) Cyclescience.com         6
29. Jason Crookham (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee        5
30. Chris Peck (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale 	5
31. Andrew Pinfold (USA) Italpasta              4
32. Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators           4

Day 3 - June 8: Cancelled

Day 4 - June 9: Salem Criterium 

Men
1. John Peters (USA) Mercury                     1.14.47
2. Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
3. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Cyclescience.com
4. Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn
5. Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury
6. Jonathan Page (USA) Wheelworks/Cannondale
7. Roberto Gaggioli (USA) DeFeet
8. Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist
9. Chad Gerlach (USA) DeFeet
10. Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Navigators

Day 5 - June 10: RCN Criterium (Somerville, MA) 

Men

1. Scott Mercer (USA) G.S. Mengoni              1.15.44
2. John Lieswyn (USA) Shaklee                      0.12
3. Josh Thornton (USA) CCB/Volkswagen
4. Chris Pic (USA) Mercury
5. Chad Gerlach (USA) DeFeet
6. Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist
7. John Peters (USA) Mercury                       0.36
8. Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
9. Kevin Monahan (USA) 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist
10. Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury

Women

1. Sarah Uhl (USA) Trek/CYBC                     47.53
2. Tiffany Pezzulo (USA) Proteus
3. Lenora Felker (USA) C.R.A.P.                   0.25
4. Alicia Genest (USA) Trek/CYBC
5. Brooke O'Connor (USA) NEBC
6. Odessa Osario (USA) Trek/CYBC
7. Katrina Davis (USA) IF/Wheelworks
8. Heather Peck (USA) IF/Wheelworks
9. Laura Kibelsbeck (USA) Matador SIgn
10. Carole Harris (USA) IF/Wheelworks

Day 6 - June 11: Harvard Square Criterium (Harvard, MA) 

Men

1. John Peters (USA) Mercury                    1.18.57
2. Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury
3. Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
4. Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn
5. Kevin Monahan (USA) 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist
6. Roberto Gaggioli (USA) DeFeet
7. Antoine Varghese (USA) Kissena
8. Chris Pic (USA) Mercury
9. Ryan Guay (USA) 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist
10. Brent Arthurs (USA) Ashby Street Cycles

Final Omnium Results

Men

1. John Peters (USA) Mercury                     108 pts
2. Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn                  104
3. Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn                   93
4. Kevin Monahan (USA) 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist     82 
5. Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury                  72
6. Roberto Gaggioli (USA) DeFeet                 69
7. Chris Pic (USA) Mercury                       62
8. Ryan Guay (USA) 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist         60 
9. Chad Gerlach (USA) DeFeet                     54
10. Jonathan Page (USA) Wheelworks/Cannondale    42 

Women

1. Sarah Uhl (USA) Trek/CYBC                     50 pts
2. Tiffany Pezzulo (USA) Proteus                 43
3. Katrina Davis (USA) IF/Wheelworks             41 
4. Brooke O'Connor (USA) NEBC                    39
5. Lenora Felker (USA) C.R.A.P.                  38
6. Odessa Osario (USA) Trek/CYBC                 35 
7. Heather Peck (USA) IF/Wheelworks              35 
8. Liz Begosh (USA) Trek/CYBC                    21
9. Laura Kibelsbeck (USA) Matador Sign           16 
10. Carole Harris (USA) IF/Wheelworks            15