2000 Results Results Past winners
By Jack Beaudoin
All of the top North American cyclo-cross racers came to Amherst for Round 3 of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series in search of UCI Points. Precious UCI points are going to be used for the US World Championship Team selection, so everyone knew a great race was about to unfold.
In the Elite Men's race, an early attack saw Mark McCormack and Tim Johnson of Team Saturn joined by Mark Gullickson (Mongoose/Hyundai) break clear of a star-studded field. For those in attendance last year, it was a familiar sight watching Gullickson take on the two Saturn riders.
However, things didn't go according to plan when Tim Johnson got a flat tire and had to let a gap form. McCormack, the consummate professional, immediately forced Gullickson to make the pace with hopes that Tim could regain contact.
With Gullickson setting a fierce pace, Johnson never rejoined the leaders. McCormack attacked hard going into the final twisty wooded section and held off Gullickson over the final run-up and to the finish line.
Commenting on the Gullickson's fate, McCormack said "He rode to beat Tim and neglected to think about me. Based on (my results of) the past few weeks - it was probably a good gamble."
Coming into the race McCormack was hoping to finish top 5. "To win blows me away," reported the happy Saturn rider.
Johnson did manage to hold off the field to preserve his spot on the podium. Rounding out the top five was 2001 mountain bike revelation Todd Wells and Kona/Voicestream's Dale Knapp.
On the women's side, Lyne Bessette (Saturn) came to Amherst with an undefeated record in cyclo-cross. In spite of the best efforts of the top American women, her perfect record stands.
Bessette took the lead on the first lap and never looked back - remaining undefeated.
Afterwards, Bessette reported that she is "getting more comfortable in the technical sections". She is also running quite a bit and has entered a 5 K foot race. So although she reports to racing cyclo-cross "just for fun", the powerful Canadian is quickly building upon her already dominant cyclo-cross skills.
The real action took place behind Bessette in a three woman group that included two Kona-Voicestream riders (Ann Grande and Gina Hall) and Carmen d'Alusio (Cliff Bar).The outnumbered d'Alusio stayed patient as Hall and Grande took turns attacking.
Coming into the final run up, d'Alusio turned the tables by launching an attack of her own that saw her go clear of the two teammates to secure second place.
"I think people forget that I have a good sprint," commented d'Alusio afterwards. Grande took third with Hall finishing fourth after a great ride.
Round 4 of the 2001 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series will be the Plymouth Cyclo-Cross, held in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Nov. 17.
Ben Barnhart caught the leaders at Amherst in these fine shots.
Paul Weiss was also camera-handed at Amherst and kindly gave permission for us to use some of the 100+ shots on his club's website
Many more of Paul Weiss' shots are here: www.portlandvelo.com/amherst/
Elite Men 1 Mark McCormack (MA) Saturn 55.58 2 Mark Gullickson (CO) Mongoose 0.05 3 Tim Johnson (MA) Saturn 0.34 4 Todd Wells (AZ) unattached 1.16 5 Dale Knapp (WA) Kona/Voicestream 1.24 6 Ben Jacques-Wedge (CA) Palo Alto/Bullion Still 1.37 7 Peter Wedge (CA) Kona/Voicestream 1.44 8 Alex Candelario (CO) Big Shark/Cannondale 1.46 9 Frank Mapel (CO) Yeti / Pearl Izumi 1.51 10 Curt Davis (CT) Wheelworks / Cannondale 2.30 11 Johannes Huseby (MA) Independent Fabrication/CCB 2.50 12 Jonny Sundt (WA) KZ Bike 13 Matthew Svatek (MA) Wheelworks / Cannondale 14 Alec Donahue (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 3.05 15 Chris Peck (CT) Wheelworks / Cannondale 3.22 16 Josh Anthony (MA) Saturn (Development) 3.30 17 Rob Hult (MA) 3.35 18 Justin Lillie (NH) Trek/Volkswagen 3.40 19 Adam Hodges Myerson (MA) BikeReg.Com Cyclocross Team 20 Jeff Weinert (MI) Independent Fabrication 21 Justin Robinson (CA) Palo Alto/Bullion Still 4.08 22 Maxwell Kullaway (MA) Boston Road Club 23 Eric Tonkin (OR) Kona/Voicestream 4.15 24 Brandon Dwight (CO) Trek/Volkswagen 4.36 25 Kirk Albers (OH) Jelly Belly 4.48 26 Michael Broderick (MA) JambaJuice 4.52 27 Mike Yozell (PA) Guy's Bicycles 4.56 28 JD Bilodeau (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 5.00 29 Lawrence Perera (MA) Essex County Velo 5.10 30 Jeffrey Craddock (MA) CCB/VW/IF 31 Todd Rowell (NH) NEBC/Cycle Loft 6.15 32 Michael Cody (VT) UVM/youthcycling.com 6.18 33 Arik Jon Holm (CT) 6.24 34 Billy Skinner (MA) Saturn (Development) 6.30 35 David Werling (CT) NECSA/Fraysse s Sports Resort 6.36 36 Leslie Leach (PA) Guy's Bicycles 6.40 37 Ransom Weaver (PA) Guy's Bicycles 7.04 38 Nate Rice (VT) UVM 7.06 39 Brant Hornberger (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 7.15 Elite Women 1 Lynne Bessette (Can) Saturn 42.36 2 Carmen D'Aluisio (CA) Clif Bar 0.55 3 Ann Grande (WA) Kona/Voicestream 0.57 4 Gina Hall (CA) Kona/Voicestream 1.07 5 Emily Thorne (MA) Cyclocross World 1.49 6 Jen Dial (MD) Independent Fabrication 2.10 7 Mary McConnelong (MA) JambaJuice 2.36 8 Rachel Llyod (CA) TeamSpine 2.58 9 Shauna Gillies-Smith (MA) Gearworks/SRP 3.21 10 Jodi Groesbeck (NH) Putney/West Hill 3.43 11 Kathy Sarvary (MA) Midstate Cycling Club 4.01 12 Katrina Davis (CT) Richard Sachs 4.44 13 Susan MacLean (NH) BOB 5.04 14 Liz Coleman (MA) Sobe/Headshock 5.14 15 Heather Peck (CT) Wheelworks/Cannondale 5.41 16 Kathryn Roszko (MA) BikeReg.com Cyclo-cross Team 6.03 17 Marilyn Ruseckas (VT) Seven Cycles 6.24 18 Alicia Genest (RI) Richard Sachs 6.37 19 Anna Healy (NB) Radical Edge 6.59 20 Jenny Olbrich (MA) Wheelworks/Independent Fabrication one lap 21 Kerry Litka (NH) Wheelworks/IF 22 Mary Georgetti (CT) NEBC / Cycleloft Junior Men 1 Jesse Anthony (MA) Saturn Development 40.17 2 Jamey Driscoll (VT) GMBC Excite smartFUEL 1.55 3 Sam Benson (VT) Team Devo 2.21 4 Chris Hill (MA) NCC/Bikereg.com 5 Konrad LeBas (CT) CCB International 2.45 6 Matt Crane (CT) Coyote Hill 3.05 7 John Hanson (CT) NECSA/MFSR 3.16 8 Adam Snyder (MA) Team Devo 3.48 9 Joey Thompson (PA) Woodenwheels 4.19 10 Samuel Smith (NJ) Somerset Wheelmen 4.45 11 Scott Maislin (MA) NEBC/ Cycle Loft 5.26 12 Kevin Wolfson (MA) NEBC / CycleLoft 5.26 13 Kirk Carlson (NH) BOB Cycling 6.10 14 Josh Kahle (CA) Team Devo 6.17 15 Jeremiah Russell (MA) Gavity Warehouse 7.10 16 Andy Greeney (MA) Laughing Dog 7.37 17 Adam Crane (CT) Coyote Hill 7.07 18 Mark Schaw (MA) Bike Barn Racing at one lap 19 Joshua Benson (NY) Mohawk Valley Master Men 35+ 1 Chris D'Aluisio (CA) Specialized 40.51 2 Scott Wade (VT) Gearworks/SRP 1.11 3 tim haitz (RI) syrc 1.47 4 michael Bernard (MA) Arcenciel 5 Jan Wiejak (NY) Fuji Bikes 6 Mark Luebbers (NY) Capital Bicycle 2.11 7 Robert Bisson (MA) Gearworks 2.15 8 Peter Brennan (MA) Trek/VW Goodales 2.26 9 Bevan Quinn (VT) Putney/West Hill 2.33 10 Gary S. Keblish (NY) Century-SBCG 2.36 11 James Black (MA) Essex County Velo 2.44 12 Phillip Kenealy (NH) Team N.H./NHCC 3.14 13 Joel Brown (RI) Swamp Yankee Road Club 14 Tom Stevens (ME) Gear Works 3.37 15 John Mosher (MA) NEBC/Cycleloft 16 Eric marro (NH) Team BOB/Skofield Builders 3.45 17 Jeff Gauthier (VT) GMBC/Excite/Smartfuel 18 Jody Dean (MA) Minuteman Road Club 4.23 19 Charles McDaniel (DE) Team Delaware 4.32 20 David Belknap (MA) Mass Bay Road Club 4.40 21 John Baker (VT) Putney/West Hill 4.48 22 Robert Belcher (MA) missing link bicycle club 4.52 23 paul lynch (MA) missing link bicycle club 24 Christopher Smith (MA) NEBC/CycleLoft 25 Paul Weiss (ME) Portland Velo Club 26 John Grenier (ME) Rainbow Bike/Maine Cycling Club 27 Doug Aspinwall (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 28 Timothy Fleming (VT) Putney/West Hill 29 donald vescio (MA) FCC/Net1 Plus 5.19 30 Wayne Cunningham (MA) NEBC/Cycle Loft 31 Kurt Mikeska (DE) Wooden Wheels 5.27 32 George Hebner IV (MA) Cyclefitness 5.36 33 michael Christy (MA) Marianne's 34 James Carrington (MA) BOB Cycling 5.43 35 william Casazza (NH) BOB 5.53 36 Brian McInnia (MA) Travis Cycles 37 David Schachte (RI) Team Hawaiian 38 Sal Ardagna (MA) CICLISMO SPORTIVO ARDAGNA 6.09 39 David Marti (CT) Richard Sachs 6.20 40 Barry Doubleday (MA) MBRC 6.36 41 Timothy Bailey (MA) missing link bicycle club 42 Randy George (MA) Providence Velo 6.43 43 Peter Wilson (MA) Cyclonauts 6.50 44 David Genest (RI) Richard Sachs 7.03 45 James Swetzer (VT) Putney/West Hill 46 William Sawyer (MA) NEBC 7.17 47 Gerry Katz (MA) Dream Bikes Cycling Club 7.25 48 Tim Casazza (MA) Team BOB 9.02 49 michael tucker (MA) bca/tosk one lap 50 Richard Perrotti (MA) NEBC/Cycleloft 51 Lawrence Tafe (MA) unattached 52 Jeffery Cornish (MA) Boston Road Club/Vintage Etc./ATA Cycles 53 RIchard Costa (MA) Bontrager 54 Joseph Lellman (MA) NCC/Bikereg.com 55 theo kindermans (MA) 56 Brian Geddes (MA) NCC/Bikereg.com 57 Chip Kent (MA) bicycle alley 58 Brian Bicki (RI) Team Hawaiian 60 Arnold T. Kalmbach (MA) Team - IBC 61 Tim Lucia (NH) NEBC/CycleLoft 62 Tom Downey (MA) MBRC 63 Daniel Tieger (MA) Essex County Velo 64 Stephen Cruickshank (MA) Boston Road Club/Vintage Etc./ATA Cycles 65 Chris Duffee (MA) missing link bicycle club 66 James Quinn (MA) missing link bicycle club 67 Curtiss Burwell (CT) Laurel Bicycle Club 68 Douglas Bilodeau (MA) Douglas 69 Garabed Minasian (NH) unattached Amateur Men 1 Brian Astell (NH) unattached 40.13 2 Eugene Ruiter (NH) BOB 0.41 3 Eric Bowkes (VT) Catamont CC 4 Mike Ward (MA) BCA/Tosk 0.52 5 Ryan LaRocque (MA) Team Bike Alley 1.26 6 Joey Thomas (NH) CCB/Volkswagon 1.28 7 Steven Lombardo (MA) CVC 1.30 8 keith gauvin (CT) benidorm 1.49 9 Graeme Mitchell (OR) S @ M 1.54 10 pete martel (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 11 Michael Shoe (NH) BOB 12 Joseph Saperstein (CT) Coyote Hill 2.08 13 David McCutchen (NY) Verge 2.12 14 Byron Holt (NH) BRC 15 Keith Burgoyne (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 2.17 16 Justin Torrellas (CT) NECSA/Fraysees 2.33 17 Matthew Stiedler (MA) Bicycle Alley 2.35 18 Timothy Gilbert (NH) NHCC 2.44 19 Christopher Milliman (NH) Putney/West Hill 2.50 20 John Legere (CT) Benidorm/ Eastern Bloc Cycling 2.55 21 James Conopask (CT) Tokeneke Road Club 22 Alan Starrett (ME) Bikeman/Bath Cycle 23 Samuel Wheeler-Martenis (MA) CCB International 24 Adam Whitney (VT) Seven Cycles 25 Alex Aitken (MA) ATA Cycle 26 Robert Kramer (MA) Mass Bay Road Club 27 Chris Raymond (MA) Community Racing 28 Wade Summers (CT) WebEvent.com / HVVC 29 joe rodrigues (MA) cyclonauts 3.19 30 Caan Zarosinski (OR) Team S & M 3.29 31 Evans Rohrbaugh (PA) First Capital Velo 3.39 32 Chris Sacramone (MA) C.S. Ardagna 3.47 33 Pete Soukas (NH) Cyclesmith 34 Matt Wilson (MA) The Bicycle Link 3.53 35 Walter Conley (NH) CCB International 36 Brendan Sullivan (MA) Pedros 37 Josh Begin (MA) unattached 3.59 38 greg montello (MA) Essex County Velo 39 Malcolm Toynbee (MA) NEBC/Cycleloft/EMC 4.16 40 Johnathan Murray (MA) Dreambikes Cycling 4.20 41 John Burns (MA) unattached 42 Christopher White (MA) B.O.B. 43 Kirk Fongemie (MA) NEBC 4.27 44 Michael Cole (MA) Laudry's Litespeed 45 Thomas Giordano (MA) NEBC/Cycleloft/EMC 46 Richard Battaglia (MA) Southern Maine CC 47 Eric Goodson (MA) BRC 48 Myron Baker (NY) Table Rock Tourist Bikes 4.46 49 Andrew Mills (MA) Trek/Volkswagon 50 Jason Suderman (MA) Wheelworks 51 Brian Samia (ME) Crum 4.58 52 Ethan Parsons (MA) NCC / Bikereg.com 53 Robert Frechette (ME) Crum 54 Jay Francis (NH) NEBC/Cycle Loft/EMC 55 Paul Nyberg (CT) eastern bloc 56 Brian Dahlmann (MA) B2C/Community 57 marc urbanski (NJ) Olde Mill Inn /WFI/DSET/ Libety Cycle 5.21 58 Mark Donahue (ME) Southern Me. Cycling Club 5.55 59 Steven Bonadio (MA) NEBC/Cycleloft/EMC 6.04 60 Christopher Owen (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 61 Garvin Louie (MA) Union Velo 62 Michael Bertinger (MA) Knapp's Cyclery 63 David Peckinpaugh (MA) UNM Lobo Cycling Team 7.04 64 Matthew Pkansy (CT) unattached 8.02 65 Paul Everard (MA) 8.06 Beginner Men 1 Barton Jennings (MA) Unattached 30.17 2 Joshua Bardige (MA) CCB International 0 .42 3 David Keefe (MA) Boston Bicycle Club 0 .53 4 Royce Yeumans (MA) 5 David Drumm (MA) NCC/Bikereg.com 1.30 6 Robert Reeder (PA) 1.50 7 Marc Vehari (DE) Woodenwheels 8 Michael Ross (MA) Boston Bicycle Club 1.57 9 Phil Brubaker (VT) Putney / West Hill 2.00 10 Michael Oster (RI) SYRC 2.09 11 Michael Klimkewicz (CT) 2.17 12 Dean Matweecha (VT) Putney / West Hill 2.22 13 Vincent Galullo (MA) Boston Road Club 2.23 14 Matt Beriau (MA) Team Bike Alley 2.24 15 Dan Chopko (DE) Woodenwheels 2.35 16 Mark West (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 17 Jerry Hughes (MA) 2.52 18 Alvin Nordell (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 2.56 19 Jonathan Parrott (MA) Putney / West Hill 3.10 20 Michael VanRandwyk (MA) 21 Jason Arcelay (MA) NEBC/Cycleloft/EMC 22 thom harp (MA) 3.18 23 Robert Bauer (MA) Minuteman road Club 3.22 24 Mike Brevoort (DE) Woodenwheels 3.26 25 Tom Hopper (MA) 3.35 26 Daniel Hurley (MA) Boston Road Club 3.54 27 Carl Smeltzer (MA) Ride Magazine 4.04 28 Peter Hutchins (MA) Northampton Cycling Club 4.08 29 Ted McDanielon (DE) Woodenwheels 4.55 30 Benny Ma (NY) Bennett's Bike 5.01 31 Richard Comshaw (CT) CVC 5.20 32 Garth Brown (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 5.50 33 Christopher Parent (MA) NCC/BikeReg.com 6.43 34 Jeff Hennier (MA) 7.12 35 Mark Holland (CT) Cyclonauts 8.50 36 dwight hatcher (CT) Unattached 9.00 37 David Lafond (NH) Northeast Bicycle Club/CycleLoft 9.15 38 Lawrence King (RI) 9.15 Beginner Women 1 Carrie Richardson (VT) 34.23 2 Melissa Smith (MA) Wheelworks/IF 2.31 3 Kathleen Shaw (CT) Verizon 2.43 4 Michelle Kersbergen (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 5 Martha Wilson (MA) 3.24 6 Karena Paukulis (MA) NEBC 7 Carrie Frost (MA) CICLISMMO SPORTIVO ARDAGNA 8 Catherine Dudley (VT) UNH 4.44 9 Cheryl Payne (MA) 4.54 5.34 Cub Junior 1 lap 1 Adam Crane (CT) Coyote Hill 7.24 2 Mark Intelisano (MA) BCA-Tosk 0.43 3 Robert Crowther (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 1.13 4 Ethan Tieger (MA) ECV 1.47 5 Nathan Belcher (MA) 2.26 6 Matthew Boruchowski (MA) NCC / BikeReg.com 7 Andrew Voll (MA) BCA-Tosk 4.01 8 Brian Case (MA) 4.13 Collegiate Men 1 Kirt Fitzpatrick (NH) UNH 33.25 2 Leland Turner (CT) University of Massachusetts Amherst 0.24 3 Benjamin Peters (VT) UVM 2.26 4 Donovan Quimby (NJ) University of Massachusetts Amherst 2.54 5 David Sachs (VT) UVM 3.28 6 Robert Lehtiner (MA) University of Massachusetts Amherst 4.09 7 Edward C Parsons Jr (CT) Yale University 4.58 8 Robert Reeder (PA) UNH 6.06 9 Chaz Levi-Neilsen (MA) University of Massachusetts Amherst one lap Collegiate Women 1 Marissa Kellogg (CT) Yale 2 Britt Eckstrom (NH) UNH 3 Catherine Dudley (NH) UNH Alumni Men 1 John Verheul (MA) Cornell University 2 Dan Coady (MA) UMASS 3 Andrew Oshi (CT) Yale 4 John Frey (MA) Miami University (Ohio) Alumni Women 1 Michele Smith (MA) UMASS Courtesy of PEP Results
Men 2000 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Women 2000 Carmen Richardson (USA) SoBe - Headshock