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Tour of the Battenkill - NE
Cambridge, New York, USA, April 18-19, 2009
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Race 2 - April 19: Cambridge - Cambridge, 200km
Nydam envisioned Battenkill victory
By Kirsten Robbins
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Having maintained a solo attack for most of the race, Scott Nydam (BMC) enjoyed a satisfying victory at the Tour of Battenkill-Roubaix Invitational. After spending nearly 175km off the front, Nydam muscled his way to the finish line more than two minutes ahead of second-placed Karl Menzies (OUCH p/b Maxxis) and third-placed Francois Parisien (Team Planet Energy).
"I'm stoked," Nydam told Cyclingnews. "It was a very satisfying win. I went into this race hoping to win and was envisioning going to the line alone. This win felt like it was a long time coming and everything came together today. I knew where to use my efforts on the course and how to maintain my speed on the climbs, descents and in the dirt."
The main group was reduced to just 25 riders by the end of the race. Menzies bridged across to Nydam's lone chaser, Parisien, and used his speed to win the two-up sprint for second place. "Obviously winning was our number one goal but we rode the race as best we could," said Mike Tamayo, OUCH p/b Maxxis directeur sportif. "We raced hard and BMC raced hard too. Hats go off to them for a great race. My guys really left it all out there today and they should be proud of that."
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The men's 160-rider peloton anxiously lined up to start one of the longest and toughest events held on American soil, literally. Nearly 40km of the total 200km road race was held on New York State dirt roads. Blue skies made the otherwise epic race tolerable because the dirt roads, combined with undulating terrain and strong winds, caused the large field to dwindle to 62 by the finish.
"It was a great course, a really hard course and riders made a big deal of the dirt," said Tamayo. "It was the climbs that made it hard. The dirt brought the handling skills factor out but the attrition came from the climbs."
Nydam initiated his early move with Bobby Lea (OUCH p/b Maxxis) in tow on the first dirt section, 16km into the lengthy event. The pair worked together for more than 100km and gained a maximum of five minutes on the peloton. "Bobby did a great job today," explained Tamayo. "Once he got caught he stayed in the race and did a lot of work for the team today."
Lea lost Nydam's wheel before the start of the second lap and was joined by Parisien. The pair of chasers worked together to try to bring Nydam back but the solo leader continued to pick up another valuable minute. "When I started the second lap I got radio bits that some attacks were going and a chase group had formed," Nydam said. "But I still had a three-minute lead and at that point my thought was to maximize the amount of time off the front to give my teammates a free ride for as long as possible."
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Behind Nydam and his chasers, Bissell and Team Type 1 lead the bid to bring back the escaped riders. But, the time damage to Nydam was too hefty and the race continued for second place. "Once the chase was reabsorbed I knew there was going to be some time of indecision," Nydam said. "It was a long enough and hard enough race to really work into peoples heads."
Lea was reabsorbed into the bunch where his OUCH p/b Maxxis teammates assumed responsibility at the front. "We really relied on a rider like Tim Johnson to use is cross power over the dirt sections to bring back Parisien," Tamayo said. "That's where the race of attrition started to take over and ten riders fell off the back each time we went over another climb."
Menzies attacked the small chase group that included Sean Milne (Team Type 1) and the previous day's winner Chad Beyer (BMC) to bridged across to Parisien. "Karl got away on one of the descents wit eight kilometres to go," Tamayo said. "Overall it was a good bike racing, an epic day and a great ride. Tactical race and attrition took over at the end."
Photography
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Images by Marco Quezada/nyvelocity.com
- A Team Type 1 riders check in for a big day of racing.
- Phil Sutherland (Team Type 1) looks amazed at sign on, just wait until he sees the course!
- The Bissell boys looked ready for war ont the start line.
- The race travelled over some beautiful terrain, including some enclosed bridges.
- Scott Nydam (BMC) and Bobby Lea (OUCH-Maxxis) got away in the first 10 miles of the race and they never saw the field for the rest of the day.
- No it's not Belgium in Spring. It's up state New York.
- Scott Nydam (BMC) dropped his companion and rode the rest of the race alone.
- Team Type 1 mechanic Alex Benyay does his work no matter what it calls for. That includes hanging out of a car window and doing a little gear adjustment at 20 miles an hour.
- Scott Nydam (BMC) climbed a lot of hills alone, this one is is Jim Bean Climb.
- Francois Parisien (Planet Energy) rode a strong race and stayed ahead of the field for thirth place.
- Bobby Lea (OUCH-Maxxis) fell off the pace from the leader but managed to held on to second place.
- Daniel Zmolik (EMPIRE Cycling Team) and Ken Henson (Team Type 1) tried to form a chase group but to no avail.
- Daniel Zmolik (EMPIRE Cycling Team) and Ken Henson (Team Type 1) rotating threw the pace line.
- Daniel Zmolik (EMPIRE Cycling Team) tries to got alone.
- Tom Zirbel (Team Bissell) had a flat at the worst possible time.
- The rolling hills never stopped at America's Spring Classic.
- A beautiful scene, not that the peloton felt the same on its way over this section.
- Scott Nydam (BMC) enters the last section of dirt and gravel on his way to a well deserved win.
- Tim Johnson (OUCH-Maxxis) leads the field up of one of many climbs.
- Tom Zirbel (Team Bissell) had a hard time getting some help from other teams, since he finished in second place the day before on the same course.
- Scott Nydam (BMC) takes home the win after a long five hour solo break.
- Podium (L-R): Karl Menzies (OUCH-Maxxis), Scott Nydam (BMC), and Francois Parisien (Planet Energy).
- Clayton Barrows (EMPIRE Cycling Team) looked to have had a tough day.
- Joe Eldridge (Team Type 1) leads a chase down a gravel road.
Results
1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.16.32 (38.00km/h) 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 2.17 3 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Planet Energy 2.21 4 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 2.55 5 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 James Driscoll (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers 3.46 7 Ryan Roth (Can) Team Planet Energy 3.47 8 Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Planet Energy 3.50 9 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.51 10 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.00 11 Cheyne Hoag (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling 12 Adam Myerson (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling 13 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 14 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy 15 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 16 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 17 Bruno Langlois (Can) Team Planet Energy 18 Thomas Soladay (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling 19 William Dugan (USA) CCB International 4.01 20 Christopher Butler (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling 21 Boyd Johnson (USA) DLP Racing 22 Derrick St. John (Can) Ride With Rendall 23 Keck Baker (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON/Sonoma 4.02 24 Bobby Lea (USA) OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 5.09 25 John Delong (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers 5.30 26 Daniel Zmolik (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave 27 John Minutrn (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave 6.23 28 Mike Stoop (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling 7.25 29 Benjamin Martel (Can) MAZURCOACHING.com/BIKYLE 7.26 30 Keven Lacombe (Can) Team Planet Energy 7.38 31 Joshua Dillon (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale 32 Graham Howard (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 33 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 8.00 34 Michael Mathis (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave 35 Justin Spinelli (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda 8.01 36 Kevin Hazzard (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 10.13 37 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 11.05 38 Tiago Depaula Souza (Bra) DLP Racing 39 Scott Tietzel (USA) DLP Racing 40 Daniel Cassidy (USA) CCB International 41 Clayton Barrows (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave 42 Nick Frey (USA) MetLife Cycling Team 43 Rafael Adolfo German Meran (Dom) GS Mengoni USA 11.06 44 Bennet Van Der Genugten (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy 11.07 45 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling 11.32 46 Jerome Townsend (USA) Independent Fabrications/Lionette's 13.22 47 Sean Barrie (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON/Sonoma 17.07 48 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 49 Stephan Kincaid (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave 17.08 50 Eric Brownell (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave 51 Justin Lindine (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale 17.09 52 Sheldon Deeny (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 53 Ryan Dewald (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON/Sonoma 54 Steven Gordon (USA) DLP Racing 21.13 55 Nick Bennette (USA) MetLife Cycling Team 56 Nathaniel Ward (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda 21.14 57 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 58 Kier Plaice (Can) Team Type 1 59 John Murphy (USA) OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 21.16 60 Jake Hollenbach (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave 25.30 61 Adam Sullivan (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda 25.33 62 Simeon Green (GBr) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers 27.19 DNF Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling DNF James Duncan (USA) DLP Racing DNF Shawn Kane (Can) DLP Racing DNF Philip (Alder) Martz (USA) DLP Racing DNF Andrew Olson (USA) DLP Racing DNF Jonny Hamblen (USA) DLP Racing DNF Jacob Keough (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling DNF Shane Kline (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling DNF Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling DNF Chad Burdzilauskas (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy DNF Jonathan Parrish (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy DNF Benjamin Renkema (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy DNF Tyler Stanfield (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy DNF Timothy Swain (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy DNF Scottie Weiss (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy DNF Andy Applegate (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy DNF Jonathan Chodroff (USA) OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis DNF Roman Kilun (USA) OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis DNF Andrew Baker (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling DNF Mark Hekman (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling DNF Logan Loader (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling DNF Charles Marzot (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Pro Cycling DNF Andrew Randell (Can) Team Planet Energy DNF Maxime Vives (Can) Team Planet Energy DNF Andrew Hunt (Can) Team Type 1 DNF Charles Eldridge (USA) Team Type 1 DNF Kenneth Hanson (USA) Team Type 1 DNF Harold Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1 DNF Brian Butts (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON/Sonoma DNF Jose Escobar (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON/Sonoma DNF Charles Hutcheson (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON/Sonoma DNF Russell Langley (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON/Sonoma DNF Thom Coupe (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale DNF Nicholas Keough (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale DNF Joshua Lipka (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale DNF Eric Schildge (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale DNF Dan Timmerman (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale DNF Stephen Weller (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale DNF Matthew White (USA) BikeReg.com/Cannondale DNF Aliksandr (Sasha) Bialiauski (Blr) CCB International DNF Alex Cox (USA) CCB International DNF Yahor Buben (Blr) CCB International DNF Colin Jaskiewicz (USA) CCB International DNF Dylan Mcnicholas (USA) CCB International DNF Chris Worden (USA) CCB International DNF Luis Aquino (Uru) Champion Systems/Gladiator Wine DNF Franklin Burgos (USA) Champion Systems/Gladiator Wine DNF Gavri Epstein (Can) Champion Systems/Gladiator Wine DNF Rodney Santiago (PRc) Champion Systems/Gladiator Wine DNF Wilson Vasquez (USA) Champion Systems/Gladiator Wine DNF Euris Rafael Vidat Paulino (USA) Champion Systems/Gladiator Wine DNF Matthew Johnson (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave DNF Michael Margarite (USA) CRCA/Empire CT p/b Northwave DNF Eugene Boronow (USA) GS Mengoni USA DNF Salvatore Divetta Scotto (USA) GS Mengoni USA DNF Amauri Perez Fernandez (Dom) GS Mengoni USA DNF David Wiswell (USA) GS Mengoni USA DNF Stephen Cummings (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers DNF Gonzalo Escobar (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers DNF Jared Nieters (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers DNF John Parks (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers DNF John Rowley (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Trakkers DNF Adam Branfman (USA) Independent Fabrications/Lionette's DNF Jonathan Bruno (USA) Independent Fabrications/Lionette's DNF Robbie King (USA) Independent Fabrications/Lionette's DNF Emerson Oronte (USA) Independent Fabrications/Lionette's DNF Kevin Wolfson (USA) Independent Fabrications/Lionette's DNF Todd Yezefski (USA) Independent Fabrications/Lionette's DNF Ryan Aitcheson (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF David Byer (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Jamie Riggs (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Adrian Huemmer (Can) MAZURCOACHING.com/BIKYLE DNF Brendan Matthias (Can) MAZURCOACHING.com/BIKYLE DNF Justin Steeds (Can) MAZURCOACHING.com/BIKYLE DNF Mark Walters (Can) MAZURCOACHING.com/BIKYLE DNF Jan Zak (Can) MAZURCOACHING.com/BIKYLE DNF Scott Dolmat-Connell (USA) MetLife Cycling Team DNF Ryan Fleming (USA) MetLife Cycling Team DNF Charles Mccarthy (USA) MetLife Cycling Team DNF Peter Bell (USA) MetLife Cycling Team DNF Vincent Scalia (USA) MetLife Cycling Team DNF Brad Sheehan (USA) MetLife Cycling Team DNF Marc Boudreau (Can) Ride With Rendall DNF Casey Roth (Can) Ride With Rendall DNF Greg Reain (Can) Ride With Rendall DNF Jim Tsilemos (Can) Ride With Rendall DNF Christopher Reid (Can) Ride With Rendall DNF Thomas Devisscher (Can) Ride With Rendall DNF Glen Rendall (Can) Ride With Rendall DNF Matthew Brewster (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda DNF Alec Donahue (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda DNF Mukunda Feldman (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda DNF Matt Mainer (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda DNF Matthew Purdy (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda DNF Eric Tremble (USA) Spooky/NCC/Kenda
