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US Masters championships - NE
Deer Valley Resort, UT, USA, June 27-July 2, 2005
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Day 2 - June 28: Road races
Weather tests masters racers
Masters racing continued today in Park City with three waves of road races that crowned eight new masters national champions. Riders didn't find mother-nature on their side, as the full day of racing saw plenty of wind, rain, and hail thrown at them.
Getting off to an early start this morning for their 78 mile contest were the men ages 30-34. The women 30-34 and 35-39 toed the line next for a combined start and took off for a total of 54.2 miles.
Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) successfully defended her road race title in the women's 35-39 group in what she called a relaxed race. "From the get-go, it seemed like we would stay together," she explained after her win. Benassi, who won silver in yesterday's time trial, got away with a group of about 5 coming up the climb that leads back into Deer Valley. She made her decisive move with an attack on the roundabout just before the home stretch. "I wasn't satisfied with the silver yesterday," an excited Benassi said.
Also earning a stars and stripes jersey in women's racing was Gwen Erffmeyer (JR Engineering) who outsprinted her competitors in the 30-34 age group and laid claim on a well-deserved gold medal. All three categories of racers made it back to the start/finish at about the same time, with the men almost catching the women. Michael Olheiser (Memphis Motorwerks) was the man of the hour as he sprinted in ahead of silver medalist Daniel Vinson (SC Velo/Michelob Ultra) to take the men's 30-34 title. The two top finishers were followed about 30 seconds later by the rest of the field.
As the first set of races concluded, riders warmed up and prepared for the next wave which included the men 35-39, women 40-44, and women 45-49.
After 2 hours and 38 minutes racing the 54.2 miles in testing weather conditions, the crowd saw one rider coming in all alone. Despite two determined chasers, Cynthia Mommsen (The Olympic Club) was able to hold on to her lead all the way to the finish and become the day's fourth national champion in the women's 40-44 group. The rest of the field rolled across the line fairly spread out.
In the women's 45-49 category, yesterday's time trial national champion Carla Flores (Southern Mortgage Racing) broke away from the bunch and rode her way into the start/finish with a commanding lead to claim her second national title in as many days. A very talented men's 35-39 field battled it out over 78 miles this afternoon, and in the end - two men were able to get away for an exciting sprint finish. Kenny Williams (First Rate Mortgage) proved himself a worthy national champion as he sprinted over the line not even a bike's length ahead of 2nd place finisher Jeff Angermann (Rocknasium/CBE).
The unpleasant weather had let up for a bit, but just as the final two groups were rolling out, more thunder storms began rolling in. The men's 50-54 and 55-59 groups rode out for their 54.2 miles in the trying conditions. Several attacks were made in the 50-54 race only to be reeled back in until David Zimbelman (Excel Sports) broke away from the group in the final miles and gained a 7 second lead. Zimbelman was able to hold on for the win despite strong efforts from his chasers. In the 55-59 race, the group rode together almost the entire time. As they neared the roundabout that would bring them back into Deer Valley, a group of three broke away. Kenny Fuller (Simple Green/Cycles Veloce), David Hixson (Gran Fondo Cycling), and Paul Mack (Boulder Masters Cycling Team) were then the three contenders for the victory. As they rounded the final corner, Hixson and Mack dropped Fuller and went to war in the final sprint. Hixson out-sprinted his rival and rode away with the day's final stars and stripes jersey.
Results
Men 30-34 1 Michael Olheiser (Memphis Motorwerks) 3.07.06 2 Daniel Vinson (Sc Velo/Michelob Ultra) 0.22 3 Eric Pardyjak (Park City Cycling Academy) 0.23 4 Peter Knoop (Memphis Motorwerks) 5 Todd Bauer (Unattached) 6 Skylere Bingham (Northshore/Binghams) 0.24 7 Joshua Webster (United Cycling) 0.25 8 Scottie Weiss (Hincapie Sports / Bianchi) 9 Tim Carolan (Landis/Trek/Vw) 10 Kris Pagano (CZ Racing) 0.26 11 Anton Tupa (Cycle Science) 12 Chris Kitchen (Veloworx Racing) 13 Scott Hubbard (NMBRA) 14 Andrew McDirmid (Starbucks Double Shot) 0.29 15 Christian Johnson (Park City Cycling Academy) 0.44 16 Brian Cavanagh (IMT/BOC) 1.43 17 Brad Price (Tri Cities Road Club) 1.44 18 Kevin Radzinski (Sobieski & Bradley \ Sportsbase) 1.58 19 Ian Tubbs (Broadmark Capital) 3.38 20 Jonathan Eropkin (Central Valley Cycling) 3.53 21 Mark Rodel (Biker'S Edge/Arcflo.Com) 4.08 22 Tyler Higley (Biker'S Edge/Arcflo.Com) 4.09 23 Travis Ward (Teton Cycle Works) 4.10 24 Jason Jones (Camp Highland) 4.11 25 Grant Dunstan (Flag Velo) 8.23 25 Ali Goulet (RMCC Rhodes Mcann Erickson) 27 John Olney (Mercy-Specialized) 9.27 28 Jake Racker (The Valley Athletic Club) 12.19 29 Shane Weaver (Hincapie Sports/ Bianchi) 16.13 30 Chris Harkey (Hincapie Sportswear/Binanchi) 16.14 31 Joshua Frick (DC Velo/Martens Volvo) 32 Scott Guzman-Ne (Poison Spider Bicycles) 23.00 Women 30-34 1 Gwen Erffmeyer (J R Engineering) 2.44.22 2 Katharine Lundby (Paramount Racing) 2.17 3 Betsy Galenti (Bicycle John Serious Cycling) 3.36 4 Kara Vidaca (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 5.44 5 Sandy Liaw (Arete Racing) 27.09 Women 35-39 1 Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) 2.44.18 2 Karen Dodge (Heartstrings/Ogden One) 3 Jen Ward (WWCC/Otopexy Records) 0.08 4 Pamela Hinton (Dent Wizard) 0.43 5 Yvette Labombard (Handlebars) 3.11 6 Chris Pappas (Binghams/Northshore) 3.39 7 Rita Szeto (Arete Racing) 5.01 8 Kristi McIlmoil (Fazoli's) 6.20 9 Julie Tatar (America'S Dairyland) 27.11 10 Tricia Gellman (Arete Racing) 27.12 11 Anne Bolyea (Diet Cheerwine) 36.05 Men 35-39 1 Kenny Williams (First Rate Mortgage) 3.09.00 2 Jeff Angerman (Rocknasium / CBE) 0.01 3 Gustavo Corona (Amgen Cycling) 0.07 4 Richard Feldman (Durance Cycleworks - Lehman Bro) 0.08 5 Tomas Adamec (Einstein Cycling Club) 0.13 6 Gardie Jackson (Healthy Choice - Goble Knee Cli) 0.15 7 Michael Larsen (Pro Peloton) 0.18 8 Charlie Storm (Inland Construction-BTD) 0.20 9 Douglas Loveday (Grand Canyon Racing) 0.22 10 Andy Applegate (Honey Stinger / Spinergy) 0.23 11 Eric Martin (Sportsman'S Team One) 12 Scott Kasin (Team Six) 0.24 13 Joe Cooper (Louisville Velo Club) 0.27 14 Michael Miller (K2) 0.28 15 Marco Vasquez (Team Kaos/Nebraska Medical Cen) 16 Bill Harris (Better Beverages) 0.29 17 Greg Hritzo (Landis/Trek/Vw) 18 Chris Spence (Nebraska Medical Center) 19 Kirk Eck (Healthy Choice - Goble Knee Cli) 20 Thomas Luke (KCBC Racing) 0.30 21 Richard Cimadoro (Amgen Cycling) 22 William Gault (Tulsa WheelMen) 23 Jeff Bannink (Bike Gallery/ Trek/VW) 0.31 24 Michael Fogarty (Sobieski & Bradley \ Sportsbase) 25 David Haag (Amgen Cycling) 26 Mark Todd (Ogden One) 27 Paul Deninger (Mercy-Specialized) 0.32 28 Todd Hageman (Park City Cycling Academy) 29 Ted Burgess (Lost River Cycling) 30 Kyle Brown (Ogden One) 31 Mike Hanseen (X-Men's Canyon Elite Squadra) 32 Jody Harris (Ogden One) 0.33 33 Jonathan Heidemann (RMCEF) 34 Ryan Saylor (Cycle Science) 35 David Harward (Canyon Squadra Elite) 36 John Dehnert (Team Revolution Racing Inc) 37 Peter Beland (Schwab Cycles/Torelli) 0.34 38 Shawn Mitchell (Sobe/Cannondale) 39 Chris Humbert (Spin Cycle/New Moon Media) 0.40 40 Michael Hutchinso (Team Spine) 0.52 41 Michael Hernandez (Team Spine) 42 Jon Gallagher (Cole Sport) 1.03 43 Michael Allen (Grand Canyon Racing) 1.29 44 NA Na (Sawtooth) 2.15 45 Morgan Wiswall (Wheel & Sprocket) 2.39 46 Gaige Sippy (Durango Wheel Club) 2.49 47 Doug Manno (Haul'n A-- Race Team) 2.56 48 Sean Coleman (BBC/US Coastgaurd) 2.59 49 Uhl Albert (Imt/Boc Sports Medicine) 3.01 50 Jack Dainton (1St Endurance/Contender) 3.07 51 Jerry Jayne (Amgen Cycling) 3.09 52 Brandon Firth (Stein Sport) 3.21 53 John Allen (Velocity) 3.52 54 Christian Garlapow (Century-Tel/Vrad) 4.00 55 Chris Sobchack (Pasadena Athletic Association 56 Scott Allen (Canyon Squadra Elite) 4.01 57 Todd Scheske (Preferred Care) 4.02 58 Chris Rowley (Ogden One) 4.19 59 Bruce Gustafson (Amgen Cycling) 4.24 60 Scott Marland (Utah Premier/New Moon Media) 5.44 61 David Gladstone (Team Einstein's) 5.46 62 Thomas Cooke (Canyon Squadra Elite) 6.05 63 John Degele (Inland Construction-BTD) 6.08 64 Scott Mercier (Cody Racing) 6.33 65 Robert Sorenson (New Moon Utah Premier) 6.55 66 Rob Moran (Inland Construction-BTD) 8.11 67 Chris Poole (Bicycle Ranch) 8.16 68 Mitch McBeth (Canyon Squadra Elite) 9.05 69 Samuel Moore (Canyon Squadra Elite) 70 Matthew Barker (Heroes) 12.18 71 James Robbins (Team Carina) 18.47 72 John McIlmoil (Concept Construction/Fazoli'S) 22.49 Women 40-44 1 Cynthia Mommsen (The Olympic Club) 2.37.28 2 Carolyn Donnelly (Landis/Trek/Vw) 0.03 3 Kris Walker (Logan Race Club) 0.09 4 Carla Farrell (Velo Force) 0.46 5 Susan Cooper (Bicycle John'S) 0.51 6 Kim Boester (Webcor Builders) 1.02 7 Kim Weins (Velo Girls) 1.20 8 Cindy Tompkins (Na) 1.26 9 Jennifer Slawta (Cycle Analysis) 1.28 10 Kerry Traynor (Handlebars) 11 Catherine Dickson (Bicycle Ranch) 1.33 12 Renee Coppock (Yellowstone Valley Cycling Club) 2.04 13 Laura Humbert (Spin Cycle/New Moon Media) 4.06 14 Maggie Williams (Landis/Trek/Vw) 4.23 15 Kathy Robinson (Wwcc/Otopexy Records) 4.44 16 Dorothy Wong (Kelly Bike Company) 5.20 17 Michelle Lapierre (Firestone/Griffen) 6.26 18 Tammy Meehan (Iowa City Cycling Team) 24.44 19 Irene Thomas-Jo (Bicycle Johns) 30.01 Women 45-49 1 Carla Flores (Southern Mortage Racing) 2.33.07 2 Monica Neilson (Velo Bella) 1.33 3 Laura Howat (Utah Premier) 2.13 4 Martha Walsh (First Rate Mortgage) 2.32 5 Ellen Guthrie (New Moon) 3.30 6 Tracy Lillig (Velo Bella) 3.47 7 Elizabeth Benishin (Velo Bella) 8.57 8 Leslie Gaines (West Michigan Coast Riders) 14.05 9 Donna Lakomski (Violet Crown/Mangia Pizza) 16.07 10 Laura Perdew (Firestone/Griffen Racing Team) 16.36 11 Moira Gandy (Team Velo Sport) 17.30 12 Lisa Tonello (Firestone/Griffen Racing Team) 26.42 13 Denise Clark (Firestone/Griffen Racing Team) 32.28 Men 50-54 1 David Zimbelman (Excel Sports) 2.22.53 2 Neal Stoughton (Simple Green / Volvo) 0.10 3 Bill Kellagher (Cycles Veloce) 0.12 4 Stan Urban (Team Spine) 0.13 5 Kent Bostick (US Postal - Masters) 0.14 6 Dan Shaffer (Iowa City Cycling) 7 Wayne Stetina (US Postal - Masters) 8 Wayne Watson (Vitamin Cottage) 0.15 9 Michael Mueller (Sonance/Specialized) 0.17 10 Phillip Sladek (Geri Atrix) 0.21 11 Randy Gaffney (Subway/Peerless Tyre/Aca) 0.22 12 Robert Hatch (Logan Race Club) 0.23 13 Rob Anderson (Fralock) 14 Jim Dickerson (Schwab Cycles/Torelli) 0.24 15 Dirk Cowley (Sportsbaseonline.com) 0.25 16 Mark Caldwell (Team Spine) 0.35 17 Larry Strom (Unattached) 0.47 18 Jerald Hunsaker (Bountiful Mazda) 0.49 19 Richard Lorson (Reno WheelMen) 1.02 20 David Leduc (Mercy Cycling Team) 1.07 21 Barry Johnson (First Rate Mortgage) 3.14 22 Walt Chauner (Flathead Cycling) 23 Ken Norton (Ozark Cycling Club) 3.21 24 Mark Seltenrich (Cutthroat Racing) 3.45 25 Don Williams (Landis/Trek/Vw) 4.51 26 Steven Worley (Unattached) 5.11 27 Mike Newsome (GSBMCT) 5.45 28 Fredrick Anderson (West Michigan Coast Riders) 6.26 29 Dana Pickard (Unattached) 9.50 30 Henry Schnepf (Sonance/Specialized) 13.52 31 Steve Archer (Morgan Stanley/24Hr.Fitness/Spe) 13.55 32 Scott Porter (Matirx / Richardson Bike Mart) 14.08 33 Bill McDorman (Sun Summit) 14.50 34 Bill Cutting (New Moon Cycling) 16.49 35 Eric Nelson (Team Tailwinds) 20.25 36 George Heagerty (Geri Atrix) 21.43 37 Michael Macdonald (Bountiful Mazda) 21.54 38 Demi Hechanova (SC Velo) 22.28 39 Michael Alber (Reno WheelMen) 24.08 Men 55-59 1 David Hixson (Gran Fondo Cycling) 2.32.37 2 Paul Mack (Boulder Cycling Team) 3 Kenny Fuller (Simple Green/Cycles Veloce) 0.08 4 Tom Noaker (Young Riders) 0.30 5 Barry Messmer (ACA/GS Boulder Cycling) 0.33 6 Bernard Sanders (El Toreo/Brbc) 0.40 7 Rick Montgome (Bingham'S/Northshore) 2.31 8 Carl Reed (FCRC) 2.58 9 Edwin Torres (UPMC Performance Cycling) 3.53 10 Ken Louder (Sobieski & Bradley \ Sportsbase) 11 Norman Goldin (Unattached) 4.05 12 Michael Crystal (Simply Fit) 4.54 13 Gary Prahl (Unattached) 7.34 14 Mark Bates (Logan Race Club) 7.39 15 John Rubcic (Excel Sports) 7.46 16 Roger Hansen (Logan Race Club) 8.47 17 Robert Dewitt (Delta Velo) 9.57 18 Jim Conniff (VSRT/Lifestylerx) 11.17 19 Thomas Zoumaras (Big Shark Racing) 11.34 20 Richard Bagienski (Durango Wheel Club) 12.44 21 Jack Avigael (Unattached) 15.44 22 Bobby Carter (San Diego Cyclo-Vets) 18.44
