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Benjamin Sharp crowned USCF champion

By Craig Slaughter, Gomart Cycling

Benjamin Sharp (Gomart Cycling) knew Gomart was going to win two weeks ago. Normally, a very quite, unassuming personality, Ben told one of his teammates who was thinking of going to Mt. Snow to race the Mountain Bike Nationals that he would miss out on being a part of the stars and stripes if he went. Ben made sure the guy wasn't disappointed.

Gomart came with a super strong, motivated squad. Lead by former pro Paul Martin, now in law school, the team had been racking up wins all year, 30 not counting the local track scene, including a couple of big ones at Superweek. It was clear from the gun that Gomart was not going to let any other team dictate the race with at least one rider in virtually every break. With Mike House, Wes Seigler, and Ryan O'Connor softening up the field in the early part of the race the critical move came when Sharp and Martin got away with about 15 laps to go.

This forced a long hard chase by Mercy Fitness, one of the other strong teams. The chase was eventually successful, but Sharp immediately attacked again. Only Tim Larkin (Lombardi Sports) could follow. With Martin slowing the chase and the weather taking its toll (it rained virtually the entire race and crashes were rampant) Sharp and Larkin were able to build the lead by five second per lap.

The wet roads again played a part in the finish. After sliding out once in the break Larkin was a little more tentative in the turns. Sharp put a gap on him coming into the last turn and had not trouble taking the sprint for the Championship. The field sprint was mayhem. When Lew McManus (US National Road Champion) slid out he took Jim Baldesare (Gomart Cycling) with him. Otherwise, two Gomart riders would have been on the podium.

Sharp was quick to point out that it was truly a team effort. That is the way the team has raced all year and it just happened to be his day.

Results

1 Benjamin Sharp (Gomart)
2 Tim Larkin (Lombardisports/Ofoto.Com)
3 Steve Cate (Mercy Cycling Team)
4 Adam Hodges Myerson (CRCA-Mengoni)
5 Jason Snow (Fuji Racing )
6 Chad Hartley (cbike.com)
7 Ryan Zook (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
8 Karl Boadine (Carlbad)
9 Alex Candelario (THF Racing)
10 Daniel Schmatz (THF Racing)
11 Joe White (Wings/Lipovitan B3)
12 Matthew Svatek (Wheelworks/Cannondale)
13 Nicholas Onate (Jane Cosmetics)
14 Eric Murphy (FL)
15 Shawn Mc Cormack (Saturn Development)
16 Darren Pipp (CZ Velo/Pillar Industries)
17 Stephen Spencer (Realitybikes.Com)
18 Randall Coxworth (Team Turin)
19 Chuck Coyle (THF RacinG)
20 Ken Toman (Schroeder Iron/InCycle)
21 Eric Brownell (Honeywell)
22 Pete Hanna (Momentum Expeditions / Croll)
23 Patrick Briggs (Marathon)
24 Kevin Nelson (Lipovitan B3)
25 Brian Jones (Mercy Cycling Team)
26 Todd Stout (Defeet - Lemond)
27 Keith Leonard (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
28 Adam Watts (W. MI. Coast Riders)
29 Jim White (Lipovitan B3 / Wings)
30 Ryan O'connor (Go Mart)
31 Peter Knudsen (Momentum Expeditions/ Croll Racing)
32 Darryl Uhler (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
33 Jon Vanheel (Lombardisports.Com)
34 Darren Fuller (Team Earth Fare)
35 Chris Foster (Cycles De Oro/ Greensboro Velo Club)
36 Dale Suttle (Mercy Cycling Team)
37 Russell Hamby (Marathon)
38 Kenny Baker (YMCA/ Sun & Ski Sports)
39 Nick Kiernan (Hybrid Racing)
40 Tim Noakes (Marathon)
41 Devon Hoff-Weekes (Lombardi Sports/Ofoto.Com)
42 Chris Hulse (CC Chateaubriant)
43 Edward Beaman (Watchung Racing)
44 Marty Pierce (YMCA/ Sun & Ski Sports)
45 Patrick Mc Carty (Mercy Cycling Team)
46 Ian Dille (Mercy Cycling Team)
47 Chris Frederick (Jamis - Access Healthcare)
48 Patrick Heaney (Lombardisports/Ofoto.Com)
49 Brian Sheedy (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
50 John Green (YMCA/ Sun & Ski Sports)
51 Scott Konicki (Mercy Cycling Team)
52 Bret Crosby (Team Hybrid)
53 Kurt Hackler (Capital Velo Club)
54 Steve Gonzalez (Wings/Lipovitan B3)
55 Ryan Lane (Team Zombies/Rpm)
DNF Rahsaan Bahati (Team Mercury)
DNF Jon Retseck (Team Mercury)
DNF John Wordin (Team Mercury)
DNF Marco Aledia (Grange Insurance)
DNF Jim Baldesare (Go-Mart)
DNF Joe Baratto (Ashmead College)
DNF Jeff Braumberger (Gomart)
DNF Zachary Browne (ncvc spokes etc.)
DNF Edwin Bull (Marathon)
DNF Ryan Cady (Schroeder Iron/InCycle)
DNF Josh Carter (cbike.com)
DNF John Cipolla (Jamis-Access Healthcare)
DNF Chris Daggs (Jane Cosmetics)
DNF Joey Dantoni (Cycles de Oro)
DNF John De Long (Saturn Development)
DNF Randy Dreyer (Cane Creek/Subaru)
DNF ??? Fingerson (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
DNF Cody Hall (Torrefazione/BondAgent)
DNF Mike Heagney (PYOC)
DNF Daniel Holt (ringling bicycles)
DNF Robert Hooks (Webcor)
DNF Keith Horowitz (DARE/OPOA)
DNF Michael House (GoMart)
DNF Joel Kelly (Rapid Transit)
DNF Dave King (Marathon)
DNF Seth Kleinglass (Detrol/LA)
DNF Eric Knight (Rapid Transit)
DNF Kevin Kremke (Sun & Ski Sports/Southern Elite)
DNF Greg Krisko (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
DNF Dean La Berge (Marathon)
DNF Sebastian Lopez-Otero (Marathon)
DNF Paul Martin (Go-Mart)
DNF Jeff Mc Lane (Montgomery Cyclery)
DNF Remi Mc Manus (Boise Stars)
DNF Steve Meek (Children First)
DNF George Menard (Team Snow Valley)
DNF Dean Meyer (Lombardisports.Com)
DNF Keith Miller (Kissena/R+A Cycles)
DNF Kevin Miller (YMCA/ Sun & Ski Sports)
DNF Marty Nothstein (Team Mercury)
DNF Kevin Nugent (Excel Sports)
DNF Patrick O'donnell (CMG/Go-Mart)
DNF Jonathan Page (Wheelworks/Cannondale)
DNF Joseph Papp (UPMC Pittsburgh Cycling)
DNF Scott Pearson (Straight Up)
DNF Sandy Perrins (Logan Race Club)
DNF Ryan Peterson (Mercy Cycling Team)
DNF Frank Pipp (CZ Velo/Pillar Industries)
DNF John Puffer (Redline)
DNF Aaron Quesnell (Lipovitan B3)
DNF Andrew Rizzo (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
DNF Nathan Rogut (Team Mack Racing Assn.)
DNF Rainiel Sanchez (Team Snow ValleY)
DNF Bradley Saul (YMCA/ Sun & Ski Sports)
DNF Wesley Seigler (Gomart)
DNF Al  Senft (Rapid Transit)
DNF Jeff Senn (Team Coyote)
DNF John Slover (Team Zombies/RPM)
DNF Dejan Smaic (GS VeloNews)
DNF David Smith (Lombardi Sports/Ofoto.Com)
DNF Dave Stedje (Bbc/Schwinn)
DNF Mark Swartzendruber (Turin/Waterford)
DNF Josh Thorton (Mercy Cycling Team)
DNF Tim Unkert (Capital Velo Club)
DNF Eirk Van Den Akker (G.S. Cyclesport)
DNF Chris Walker (Team Zombies/Rpm)
DNF David Wenger (Mercy Cycling Team)
DNF Kenny Williams (Saturn Of Bellevue)
DNF Jonathan Wirsing (Team Snow Valley)
DNF Derek Witte (Cityscape - Higher Gear)
DNF Erik Wochna (Team Zombies/Rpm)
DNF David Wolfe (Morris Trucking)
DNF Marc Yap (Logan Race Club)
DNF Ryan Yee (Wings B3 Lipovitan)
DNF Kenny York (Southern Elite/ Sun&Ski)
DNF Curtis Zimmerman (Sam Swope.com/roark bikes)
DNF Mike Zingaro (Mercy Cycling Team)
DNF Joshua Taylor (Zone Perfect)
DNF Chad Gerlach (Sierra Nevada)
DNF Chandler Weekes (Fairway/Cyfac)
DNF John Dapkus (Team Turin)
DNF Josh Neff (Springfield)

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