Four Bridges of Elgin - 1.7.2USA, July 8, 2001Pate wins 4 Bridges of ElginBy Ken Carl, Chicago Special Events Management
The 4 Bridges of Elgin is the only UCI U-23 road race in North America. It also features the largest prize list of any Espoir race in the world. US$10,000. The second edition of the 4 bridges of Elgin featured 21 teams including international teams from Mexico, Canada, Ontario and Puerto Rico. The American teams included all the powerhouses: Team USA-USPS, Prime Alliance, Mercy Cycling, Saturn Development, DeFeet Lemond, Realitybike, and Zaxby's. Regional teams included Athletes by Design and Cityscape-HigherGear. It was a classic Midwest summer day, hot and humid. 114 riders rolled into the tree-lined neighborhoods of Elgin on a 5.5 mile circuit. The race was fast from the start and soon the field trimmed down. On the sixth lap, Matt Dubberley of the Momentum Expedition team captured the 1/2 race winner prize of $500. Following the sprint for the 1/2 race prize, a small breakaway soon developed into a ten second lead. By lap seven the breakaway pack had established a 60-plus second lead. This five man pack included Danny Pate of Prime Alliance, Mercy Cycling's Ian Dille and David Wenger, Victor Rapinski of Saturn and Moises Aldape Chaves of Tacos-Mexico. Missing from the break were Team USA-USPS and last year's winning team, Canada.
Danny Pate pushed the pace up the small hill on the back of the course, taking the King of the Mountain prize while helping the lead pack increase its gap to 70 seconds. A very frustrated USA team, led by Elite Criterium Champion Rahsaan Bahati, tried to reel in the breakaway but by lap 11 it was obvious the winner would come from the lead group of five. The race finish is on six short closing loops after 12 laps of the main circuit. The chasing group was within seconds of missing the cutoff for the closing loops. As the two groups blended together Danny Pate of Prime Alliance used the moment of confusion to his advantage and shed all but one of the breakaway group. Sprinting to the finish, Ian Dille of Mercy Cycling challenged for the win, but it was to be Danny Pate's day in Elgin. More 4 Bridges of Elgin photos Results - 171 km1 Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) 2.42.30
2 Ian Dille (Mercy)
3 David Wenger (Mercy) 1.07
4 Victor Rapinski (Saturn)
5 Moises Aldape Chavez (Tecos)
6 Hilton Clarke (Netzero) 1.22
7 Jackson Stewart (Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci)
8 Jason Moore (Beans-Reinhardt)
9 Josh Thorton (Mercy)
10 Travis Hutchenson (Realitybikes.com)
11 Martin St. Laurent (Canada)
12 Viktor Laza (Defeet-LeMond)
13 Pete Knudsen (Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci)
14 Jon Erdelyi (USA Cycling)
15 Andrew Broas (Realitybikes.com) 1.40
16 Tim Reinhart (Saturn)
17 Ricardo Tapic Rodriguez (Tecos)
18 Cory Jay (Canada)
19 Ryan Nenniger (Realitybikes.com)
20 Rahsaan Bahati (USA Cycling)
21 Kurt Garin (Zaxby's)
22 Chad Hartley (cbike.com)
23 Adam Watts (Detrol LA)
24 Patrick McCarty (Mercy)
25 Jonathan Baggett (Realitybikes.com)
26 Bill Reid (cbike.com)
27 Jestin Kuettel (Saturn)
28 Brock Helms (Defeet-LeMond)
29 Dan Siever (Cityscape-Higher Gear)
30 KC Kopper (Athletes By Design)
31 Peter Sanowar (Ontario)
32 Michael Kehrberg (Team Tortuga)
33 Justin Gilmore (Zaxby's)
34 Francois Parisien (Canada)
35 Alan Rigby (Netzero)
36 Josh Anthony (Saturn)
37 Boyd Johnson (NARJET)
38 Zack Zimmerman (Defeet-LeMond)
39 Brice Jones (Mercy)
40 Buck Miller (Ontario)
41 Michael Creed (Prime Alliance)
42 William Steinbrecher (USA Cycling)
43 Mathieu Beliveau (Canada)
44 Ryan Pinkham (Wheelworks/Mengoni)
45 David Salomon (Tecos)
46 Michael Norton (NARJET) 11.30
47 Matt Dubberley (Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci)
DNF Friedman Michael (NARJET)
DNF Winter Luke (Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci)
DNF Zoltai Barrett (Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci)
DNF Walker Zac (Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci)
DNF Niematko Szymon (Beans-Reinhardt)
DNF Wren Tyler (Beans-Reinhardt)
DNF Wamsley Kyle (Beans-Reinhardt)
DNF Schober Jed (Beans-Reinhardt)
DNF Dewald Ryan (Beans-Reinhardt)
DNF Lewis Dylan (Athletes By Design)
DNF Gamm Ryan (Athletes By Design)
DNF Raby Ben (Athletes By Design)
DNF Cornell Ryan (Detrol LA)
DNF Traini Enrico (Detrol LA)
DNF Thomas Trevor (Detrol LA)
DNF Rytlewski Jake (Detrol LA)
DNF Ksiazkiewicz Nathanael (Detrol LA)
DNF Henry Tim (Zaxby's)
DNF Holt Daniel (Zaxby's)
DNF Taylor Dylan (Zaxby's)
DNF Southerland Phil (Zaxby's)
DNF Heavner J. Daniel (cbike.com)
DNF Carter Josh (cbike.com)
DNF Walters Eric (cbike.com)
DNF Walters Scott (cbike.com)
DNF Moore Matthew (Team Tortuga)
DNF Mark Kevin (Team Tortuga)
DNF Cornelis Todd (Team Tortuga)
DNF Mount Jason (Team Tortuga)
DNF Weaver Carl (Team Tortuga)
DNF Wilson Matt (Wheelworks/Mengoni)
DNF Stuart Ian (Wheelworks/Mengoni)
DNF Milne Shawn (Wheelworks/Mengoni)
DNF Alachoyan Joel (Wheelworks/Mengoni)
DNF Suttle Dale (Mercy)
DNF Treto Nathan (USA Cycling)
DNF Resteck Jon (USA Cycling)
DNF Flynn Steve (USA Cycling)
DNF Jimenez Yayir de Jesus (Tecos)
DNF Alamilo Joel (Tecos)
DNF Sanchez Yousev (Puerto Rico)
DNF Rodiguez Anibal (Puerto Rico)
DNF Richiez Edgardo (Puerto Rico)
DNF Alvarado Roberto (Puerto Rico)
DNF Smit Rod (Ontario)
DNF Reid Chris (Ontario)
DNF Gorman Charlie (Ontario)
DNF Elgar Andrew (Ontario)
DNF Delong John (Saturn)
DNF Salois Marc-Andre (Canada)
DNF Ebert Mike (Athletes By Design)
DNF Dietrich Michael (NARJET)
DNF Harple Cody (NARJET)
DNF Werling David (NARJET)
DNF McCarthy Matt (Realitybikes.com)
DNF Dierking Frank (Realitybikes.com)
DNF Miller Ryan (Prime Alliance)
DNF Scherer Michael (Prime Alliance)
DNF Mead Bryce (Cityscape-Higher Gear)
DNF Fingerson Earendel (Cityscape-Higher Gear)
DNF Walczak Matt (Cityscape-Higher Gear)
DNF Bergman Adam (Cityscape-Higher Gear)
DNF Ellis Paul (Cityscape-Higher Gear)
DNF Yates Matthew (Netzero)
DNF Fernschuss Jason (Netzero)
DNF Walton Brian (Netzero)
DNF Zweig Thomas (Defeet-LeMond)
DNF Benjamin Early (Defeet-LeMond)
Teams
1 Mercy
2 Athletes By Design
3 Beans-Reinhardt
4 Canada
5 cbike.com
6 Cityscape-Higher Gear
7 Defeet-LeMond
8 Detrol LA
9 Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci
10 NARJET
11 Netzero
12 Ontario
13 Prime Alliance
14 Puerto Rico
15 Realitybikes.com
16 Saturn
17 Team Tortuga
18 Tecos
19 USA Cycling
20 Wheelworks/Mengoni
21 Zaxby's
King of the Mountain - points
KOM 1 KOM 2 KOM 3 KOM 4 Total
1 Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) 0 5 5 7 17
2 Ian Dille (Mercy) 0 7 3 5 15
3 Victor Rapinski (Saturn) 0 3 7 1 11
4 Matt Dubberley (Momentum Expeditions/Croll Raci) 7 0 0 0 7
5 Moises Aldape Chavez (Tecos) 0 2 1 3 6
6 David Salomon (Tecos) 5 0 0 0 5
7 David Wenger (Mercy) 0 0 2 2 4
7 Patrick McCarty (Mercy) 3 1 0 0 4
9 Matthew Yates (Netzero) 2 0 0 0 2
10 Ryan Pinkham (Wheelworks/Mengoni) 1 0 0 0 1
Sprints - points
SP 1 SP 2 SP 3 SP 4 Total
1 David Wenger (Mercy) 7 7 0 0 14
2 Patrick McCarty (Mercy) 0 0 7 5 12
3 Ricardo Tapic Rodriguez (Tecos) 0 0 3 7 10
3 Brice Jones (Mercy) 5 5 0 0 10
5 Mathieu Beliveau (Canada) 0 0 5 2 7
6 Michael Creed (Prime Alliance) 2 3 0 0 5
7 Daniel Holt (Zaxby's) 0 0 0 3 3
7 Jon Erdelyi (USA Cycling) 3 0 0 0 3
9 Josh Thorton (Mercy) 0 2 0 0 2
9 Andrew Elgar (Ontario) 0 0 2 0 2
11 Ryan Pinkham (Wheelworks/Mengoni) 0 0 0 1 1
11 Viktor Laza (Defeet-LeMond) 1 0 0 0 1
11 Ryan Miller (Prime Alliance) 0 1 0 0 1
11 Matthew Yates (Netzero) 0 0 1 0 1
Past winners2000 Charles Dionne (Can) Team Shaklee |
