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Mengoni Grand Prix - NE
New York, USA, August 27, 2005
O'Loughlin wins in Central Park
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When eight nations are represented in the first ten places of a race, you might guess that the field was pretty good. Or else the race was held in an "international" venue like New York City. The 2005 Mengoni Grand Prix was both. Reigning Irish national champion David O'Loughlin of the Navigators Insurance team won from a five-man break that got away with about two six-mile laps left on this fast course.
The field, driven by the local GS Mengoni team got close in the end - just seconds behind at the line - but a couple small crashes in the last lap and the horsepower up front proved too much to overcome. GS Mengoni, like the race itself, is sponsored by long-time cycling supporter Fred Mengoni. The men's 3 race developed differently, with local team CRCA-VisitBritain (part of the Century Road Club Association, which put on the event) keeping everything together for their sprinter, Anthony Lowe, who won handily.
The women's race was much smaller, but attracted a good field including Canadian Olympian Lynn Bessette and two-time race winner Ashley Kimmet. It was animated by a two-lap break from Beth Renaud and Lisa Jellett, but in the end the bunch came together for a sprint, won explosively by Fuji's Sarah Caravella.
Photography
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Images by Andy Shen/www.nyvelocity.com
- Rob Brown sits comfortably in the pack
- Luis Perez works within the main field
- Paul DeBartolo looking fast
- Sean Marvel
- Big Mike Prokopec
- Ted Neu holds the 3 field together
- Photographer Marco Quezada (left) riding in the cat 3 race
- Cat 3 sprint for the finish
- Rickyyyy! Anthony "Ricky" Lowe wins the Cat 3 race easily
- 1619 watts from Anthony Lowe
- Beth Renaud and Lisa Jellett were away for two laps
- The women's field head up Cat's Paw Hill
- Lynn Bessette
- Heather Labance
- Sarah Caravella wins
- Lisban Quintero
- Guns! Tats! Mike McGinley looks imposing with plenty of ink
- Todd Herriott (Colavita-Sutter Home) rides in the main field
- David Wiswell
- 2004 cat 3 winner Daniel Byrne enjoying the pro-am this year
- Alvaro Tardaguila leads the break
- Waiting
- Kurt Gustafsson
- Jared Strowbridge tries to get away
- Mr Fred Mengoni is sponsor of this race and a long-time supporter of the sport
- Eugene Boronow
- First big pro-am for Matt Howard
- It's beer... not champagne!
Images by Marco Quezada/www.marcoquezada.com
- UPMC gets ready
- Kathleen Billington and Greg Wolf
- A cup of joe would be really good right now
- Waiting for the sun
- Former baby Giro winner David Frattini
- 2004 winner Melito Heredia
- Marty Nothstein (Navigators) turned out for the race
- Tim Johnson and Ed Beamon laugh as David O'Loughlin upholds a stereotype about Irishmen
- Heading home... for Angela Johnson
- Rolling
- Horses*** Alley
- Kenny Hochman
- FDNY riders. This one is Doug Dicks
- VisitBritain controlled the Cat 3 field
- Daddy, did you win?
- Subway's Nichole Wangsgard and Catherine Powers
- Lynn Bessette and Tim Johnson
- Comedy Central looks serious
- Big smile from Caryl Gale
- Sarah Caravella took out the women's race
- Regina Hammond
- Asheley McCullough
Images by Jaime Garcia/www.mlracingteam.com
- Men's Cat 3 field
- The bunch heads toward Harlem Meer
- The explosive Sarah Caravella, who won the women's race
- Jason Bremer drives the field
- David O'Loughlin (Navigators) wins
Images by Zui Hanafusa/www.miyashojicycling.org
- Rolling
- Lisa Jellett and Beth Renaud fight to stay away
- The break sprints up Cat's Paw with the field right behind
- Emile Abraham heads this group
Results
Pro-1-2 Seven laps/42 miles, 110 starters 1 David O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 2 Alejandro Acton (TargeTraining) 3 Edwin Morel (GS Gotham/Toga) 4 Jerry Castro (Team Cobblestone) 5 Alvaro Tardaguila (UPMC-ACT) 6 Emile Abraham (Team Monex) 7 Marty Nothstein (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 8 Wendy Cruz (UPMC-ACT) 9 Jeff Hopkins (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari) 10 Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 11 Joseph Papp (UPMC-ACT) 12 Melito Heredia (GS Gotham/Toga) 13 Eneas Freyre (TargeTraining) 14 Evan Elkan (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari) 15 Bill Elliston (TargeTraining) 16 Christopher Wilson (Tri State Velo) 17 Craig Cook (CRCA/ReMax) 18 Greg Wolf (TargeTraining) 19 Jerry Kapko (Deno's Wonder Wheel) 20 Zoltan Tisza (CRCA/Axis) 21 Karl Rahn (CRCA/Axis) 22 Stephan Kincaid (K2/Shirks/Atlantic Racing) 23 Paul D Burrowes (unattached) 25 Lisban Quintero (G.S Mengoni) 26 Nikola Mhkerova 27 Michael McGinley (CVC) 29 Stephen Badger (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology Elite) 30 Gavriel Epstein (CRCA/Next-Sanchez) 31 Patrick Walsh (CCB/Volkswagon) 32 Matthew Howard (CRCA/Blue Ribbon-Translations.com) 34 Jon Clifton Moore (Elite Bicycles) 35 Som Raj Seepersaud (W.S. United) 36 Troy Kimball (Westwood Velo) 37 Franklin Burgos 38 Jason Valenti (CoachChris.ca) 39 Ward Solar (Team cobblestone) 40 Robert Lattanzi (CRCA/Next-Sanchez) 41 Jason Bremer (G.S. Mengoni) 42 Mariusz Brinken (CRCA/ReMax) 43 Eric Steckfuss (Velocity Sports / CC Evesham) 44 David Werling (Team Nerac.com presented by Banknorth) 45 Mike Margaritte (GS Gotham Toga) 46 John Durso (Liberty Cycle) 47 Mateo Sasso (UPMC-ACT) 48 Jeff King (CRCA/Blue Ribbon-Translations.com) 49 Jeff Critser (Sano) 50 Haig Marino (Deno's Wonder Wheel / Slope Sports) 51 Mike Attie (Tri-State Velo) 52 Daniel Byrne (CRCA/Merrill Lynch - Hincapie Sports) 53 Kevin Browne (Kevin Browne) 54 Michael Miller (K2-Shirk's Bike Shop) 55 Jason Beerman (Champion System Racing) 56 Davide Frattini (Colavita Sutter home) 57 Daniel Abreu 58 Ari de Wilde (Team Nerac.com presented by TD Banknorth) 59 Gregory Coggin (CRCA-MoneyGram) 60 Tim Johnson (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari) 61 Anthony Restuccia (TargeTraining/Fastar) 62 Pete Petrillo (CVC/Pig Iron Sports) 63 Unknown 64 Oleg Grishkin (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 65 Jonathan Lowenstein (Arc en Ceil Racing Team) 66 Chris Hayes (Team Axis) 67 Chris Romero (CRCA/Axis) 68 Frederick Billet (Meredith group/GPOA) 69 Daniel Byrne (CRCA/Merrill Lynch - Hincapie Sports) 70 Jared Strowbridge (CJCT/Northeastern Hardware) 71 Christopher Kuhl (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 72 Charlie Issendorf (G.S. Mengoni) Women Pro-1-2-3 Five laps/30 miles, 25 starters 1 Sarah Caravella (Team Fuji) 2 Ashley Kimmet (Colavita Women's Team) 3 Lynne Bessette (Louis Garneau) 4 Brooke O'Connor (Hub Racing) 5 Ellen Moses (CRCA/Comedy Central-New Canaan Cyclery) 6 Nichole Wangsgard (Team Subway) 7 Caryl Gale (CRCA/Team Lipton) 8 Kathleen Billington (Diet Cheerwine) 9 Hannah Long (CRCA/Sanchez Metro) 10 Lisa Jellett (CTS/Cranford) 11 Cheryl Wolf (Bethel Cycle Sports Club) 12 Sarah Chubb Sauvayre (CRCA/Comedy Central-New Canaan Cyclery) 13 Catherine Powers (Colavita/Cooking Light) 14 Alison Fischer (East Coast Velo) 15 Angela Johnson (CRCA/Comedy Central-New Canaan Cyclery) 16 Karen Ulrich (CRCA/Comedy Central-New Canaan Cyclery) 17 Jaimie Epstein (CRCA/Radical Media) 18 Cindy Ma (CRCA/Sanchez Metro) 19 Tara Parsons (CRCA/TEAm Lipton) 20 Becky Koh (CRCA/Radical Media) 21 Beth Renaud (CRCA/Comedy Central-New Canaan Cyclery) Cat 3 Six laps/36 miles, 78 starters 1 Anthony Lowe (VisitBritain/CRCA) 2 John Mattio (Fastar) 3 Sean Marvel (Axis/CRCA) 4 Morgan Stebbins (Fastar) 5 Steve Edgar (Gotham Cyclist) 6 Mete Basakinci (unattached) 7 Paul DeBartolo (GS Gotham/TOGA) 8 Brian Wolf (Bethel Cycle) 9 Eric Tremble (GMBC) 10 Michael Monastero 11 Francisco Liuzzi (CRCA/Skyline) 12 Doug Dicks (CRCA/Bennetts Bicycles) 13 Luis Perez (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 14 Will Sladek 15 Michael Prokopec (Miya Shoji) 16 Richard Gonzalez (Team Bikery/Shebell) 17 Pascal Sauvayre (CRCA/Blue-Ribbon) 18 Lobere WoudenBrog 19 Patrick Todd 20 Justin Inglis (CRCA/Foundation) 21 Timothy Spence (Global Locate) 22 Anthony Canger (CRCA/Next-Sanchez) 23 Matt Swiatek (Breakaway Endurance Sports) 24 Kenneth Lundgren (Westwood Velo) 25 Raymond Alba (Champion System Racing) 26 Stephane Slotten (Northeastern Hardware/CJCT) 27 Ted Neu (CRCA/VisitBritain) 28 Gregory Mandin (Amino Vital) 29 Dan Ciano (Colavita Racing) 30 Russell Young (Deno's Wonder Wheel Cycling) 31 Jeff Cline (Kreb/Eastend) 32 Peter Hines (CRCA/Skyline) 33 Brent Greenberg CRCA/Foundation 34 Robert L Brown Jr (Global Locate/MHB Cycling) 35 Mark Krajci (Gotham Cyclists) 36 Maximino Veiga (Northeast Bicycle Road Club) 37 Salvatore Abbruzzee 38 Armand Della Monica 39 Ken Harris (CRCA/Merrill Lynch - Hincapie Sports) 40 Michael Gisler (Westwood Velo) 41 Edgardo Torres (Fastar) 42 Chris Joinnides (East End/Kreb Cycle) 43 Chris Guglielmo (CTS/Cranford) 44 45 Charles Mattison (Tokeneke Road Club) 46 Gregory Lee (Foundation/CRCA) 47 Roben Hurtado 48 Brian Sieger (GS Gotham) 49 Dan Bernard (CRCA/Deutsche Bank-Renaissance) 50 Peter Martin (CNYC) 51 Rick Spear (TargeTraining/Fastar) 52 Tom Toal (Bethel) 53 George Suter (CRCA/VisitBritain) 54 Justin Reid (CRCA/VisitBritain) 55 Chris Castaldi (Deno's Wonder Wheel) 56 Leyton Murray (CRCA/Visit Britian)
