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USA Cycling National Festival - CN
Seven Springs, PA, USA, July 6-16, 2007
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Day 7 - July 12: U23 men's road race
Jenkins outlasts break companions for win
The 2007 USA Cycling National Festival in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, continued Thursday as 20 year-old Max Jenkins (California Giant-Specialized) rode to a national title in the men's U23 road race. Jenkins outlasted his nine breakaway companions and the remainder of the 176-rider field to complete the 138-kilometer course in 3:32:52. The victory was the first national title for Jenkins, who placed ninth a year ago.
Jenkins rode across the line alone, 11 seconds ahead of silver medalist Chris Monteleone (NC/Time), followed by third-place finisher Todd Nordblom (Fiordifrutta) at 17 seconds. Last year's junior national champion, Chris Barton (Vendee U) finished fourth in his first season of U23 competition, 42 seconds off the pace and reigning U23 cyclo-cross national champion, Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada), rounded out the five-man podium, 50 seconds back.
In the only competition of the day, the nation's top young cyclists contested three laps of a 46-kilometer circuit. After a relatively uneventful first lap, the second lap was punctuated by a solo breakaway from mountain biker and USA Cycling National Development Team member, Colin Cares, before the move was caught and the deck reshuffled. Halfway through the final lap, a ten-man breakaway established itself, containing Jenkins, Nordblom, Monteleone, Barton, Peter Salon, Graham Howard (Priority Health), Kirk Carlsen (Rubicon), Alex Welch (Mercy-Specialized), Andrew Dahlheim, and Jim Camut (Cycling Center Power). The group worked well together to maintain its distance from the peloton and amassed a two-minute advantage before the selective terrain helped split the leaders apart. As the advantage began to erode, Jenkins was able to maintain a strong enough pace to drop the rest of the breakaway and hold off the hard-chasing field behind.
"I could see the other guys in the breakaway were struggling on the climbs," said Jenkins after his victory, "but I was more worried about the field catching us, so I just got to the front and rode as hard as I could. I didn't really attack. I just opened up a gap and kept going."
Clearly the strongest rider in the breakaway, Jenkins held off Monteleone up the final climb in the closing kilometer to score his first victory of the season.
Racing resumes Friday with the balance of time trial competitions including junior riders aged 10-18, and U23 men and women.
Results
1 Max Jenkins (California Giant/Specialized) 3.33.53 2 Chris Monteleone (TIME Factory Development Team) 0.11 3 Todd Nordblom (Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team) 0.18 4 Chris Barton (Vendee V) 0.43 5 Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada) 0.51 6 Craig Lewis (Slipstream Sports) 0.57 7 Chad Beyer (VMG Racing) 0.59 8 Morgan Schmitt (Priority Health) 0.59 9 Sergio Hernandez (Rock Racing) 1.00 10 Taylor Tolleson (Slipstream Sports) 1.01 11 Jim Camut (Cycling Center Power by Ergomo) 1.03 12 Guy East (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 1.03 13 William Dugan (CCB/Volkswagen) 1.04 14 Keil Reijnen (Hagens Berman/ LLP) 1.05 15 Will Sladek (Unattached) 1.06 16 Tejay Van Garderen (VMG Racing) 1.13 17 Peter Stetina (Slipstream Sports) 1.14 18 Joey Thompson (Fort Lewis College) 1.15 19 Graham Howard (Priority Health) 1.18 20 Peter Salon (VMG Racing) 1.24 21 Kirk Carlsen (Team Rubicon) 1.26 22 Andrew Dahlheim (Unattached) 1.31 23 Paul Ward (Nature's Path Cycling) 2.01 24 David Hoyle (Guys Racing) 2.13 25 Alex Welch (Mercy/Specialized) 2.16 26 Jonathan Swain (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Am) 2.16 27 Stephen Dey (DBC Elite) 2.20 28 Noah Singer (Competive Cyclist) 2.21 29 Jamey Driscoll (Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team) 2.24 30 Jonathan Chodroff (Cadence) 2.29 31 Steven Scholzen (Nova/ISCorp) 2.40 32 Taylor Kneuven (Team Rio Grande) 3.06 33 Bjorn Sealander (VMG Racing) 3.06 34 Phillip Gaimon (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 3.28 35 Tyler Dibble (DBC Elite) 3.34 36 Michael Mathis (Preferred Care) 3.49 37 Scott Stewart (VMG Racing) 38 Alex Howes (Slipstream Sports) 3.55 39 Gustavo Mendez (SC Velo) 3.56 40 Taylor Shelden (Team Rio Grande) 5.26 41 Charles T. Marzot (Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team) 5.35 42 Bobby Sweeting (AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork) 6.23 43 Thom Coupe (Boston Scientific Cycling) 7.19 44 Alister Ratcliff (Fastar/Target Training) 7.44 45 Nate Buyon (HART) 9.18 46 Tyler Jewell (Team Hotel San Jose/ Silicon) 9.19 47 Shane Densmore (Compliance Depot) 9.19 48 Benjamin Bradshaw (VMG Racing) 9.19 49 Tucker Olander (Team Einstein's Racing) 9.52 50 Ryan Baumann (ABD Cycling Team) 11.35 51 Andrew Walters (CLNoonan/CoastToCoast/KAM) 11.59 52 Erik Bennett (TIME Factory Development Team) 11.59 53 David Duncan (TIME Factory Development Team) 12.00 54 Taylor Brown (PA Lightning) 12.00 55 Eric Schildge (Northeastern Hardware/CJCT) 12.00 56 Walker Savidge (VMG Racing) 12.00 57 Colin Cares (U23 National Team) 12.01 58 Nick Frey (HART) 12.01 59 Adam Switters (Rock Racing) 12.50 60 James Peterman (SC Velo) 12.50 61 Tristan Uhl (Team Hotel San Jose/ Silicon) 14.08 62 Mitch Comardo (Bike Barn) 14.08 63 Jonathan Awerbuch (Dartmouth College) 14.22 64 Ryan Mele (Shickluna) 15.06 65 Josh Lipka (Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team) 19.14 66 Chris Daifuku (WWU Cycling) 20.28 67 Jake Macarthur (Arlberg Sports) 20.29 68 Christopher Scott (Locos Grill Locos Grill & Pub) 69 John Doyle (Priority Health) 20.33 70 Michael Esbach (University of Virginia) 22.16 71 Stephen De Lisle (Hilton Cycling Club) 22.16 72 Curtis Winsor (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Am) 22.24 73 Erik Slack (BYRDS) 22.38 74 Steven Howard (Priority Health) 23.28 75 Dylan O'sullivan (Housatonic Wheel Club U23) 23.29 76 Travis Livermon (Cycling Spoken Here) 26.46 77 Kip Spaude (Nova/ISCorp) 27.02 78 Scott Riddle (West Mi Coast Riders) 29.09 79 Austin Carroll (Rock Racing) 35.28 80 Jafer Beizer (Myogenesis Nutrition) 35.28 81 Edward Burress (Capri Foundation/CSH) 35.28 82 Art Rand (Easton/Specialized) 35.28 83 Christopher Worden (Watchung Wheelmen / High Gear C) 35.28 84 Chris Hall (Team X Cycling) 35.28 85 Turner Johnson (Meredith Group-GPOA-Cannondale) 35.29 86 David Williams (Priority Health) 35.29 87 Matt Prygoski (Team Venom/Holt Pro Cycle) 35.29 88 Brock Curry (NOW-MS/Society) 35.29 89 Adam Lang (Team X Cycling) 35.30 90 Spencer Beamer (VMG Racing) 35.31 91 Duncan Mc Govern (Housatonic Wheel Club U23) 35.32 92 Bryan Fawley (Hotel San Jose/Redbudsports) 35.33 93 Eric Riggs (VMG Racing) 35.33 94 Nick Weighall (Hagens Berman/ LLP) 36.03 95 Matthew Howe (NC State Cycling) 41.29 96 Carson Worts (Capri-Foundation/CSH) 44.27 DNS Blake Caldwell (Slipstream Sports) DNS Ryan Cross (West Mi Coast Riders) DNS Scott Jackson (Watchung Wheelmen / High Gear C) DNS Tad Elliott (U23 National Team) DNS Nick Bierwolf (TIME Factory Development Team) DNS Tom Peterson (Slipstream Sports) DNS Chris Carlson (Team Spine) DNS Chris Trembly (SC Velo) DNS Alex Ferrero (Revolution Cycles U23 Cycling Team) DNS Frederik Jacobsen (IS Corp) DNS Brian Hayes (International Bike/Nerac.com) DNS Yuri Whitehead (Housatonic Wheel Club U23) DNS Harrison Tripp (Kahala LaGrange) DNS Noah Harwood (Legal Sea Foods - Metlife - unl) DNS Michael Lanham (Myogenesis Nutrition) DNS Kiel Casari (Metra/Wendy's/Ideal Tile) DNS Alex Welch (Mercy/Specialized) DNS Justin Anderson (One Call Now) DNS Daniel Stevens (NOW MS-Society) DNS David Hutton (TeamOneCallNow) DNS Eric Losak (VRC-MSVRC-MS Society) DNS Sam Silvey (Juris MorePartnerIncome) DNS Andrew Talansky (Herbalife/Bike America) DNS Andy Cornelison (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) DNS Devin Flaherty (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) DNS Elliot Gaunt (Cycling Center) DNS Tim Clark (Great Dane Velo Club) DNS Taylor Lane (Heart Hospital of New Mexico) DNS Matthew Crane (Health Net presented by Maxxis) DNS Daniel Neyens (Hagens-Berman LLP) DNS Owen Gue (Hagens Berman/ LLP) DNS Kolt Bates (Compliance Depot Cycling Team) DNS Chase Fullerton (B n J Cycles) DNS Jimmy Feely (Bianchi / Grand Performance) DNS Owen Gue (Broadmark Capital) DNS Gordon Parola (Champion Systems Racing) DNS Christopher Kohnle (Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield) DNS Colter Cederlof (UC San Diego Cycling) DNS Anthony Astrab (Team Gearlink) DNF Cole House (Endeavour) DNF Ian Burnett (Fort Lewis College) DNF Jarred Gilker (Mercy Cycling Development Team) DNF Keith Norris (AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork) DNF Justin Beard (Capri Foundation/CSH) DNF Cody O'reilly (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada) DNF Jean Morales (Team Alliance Enviromental) DNF Kevin Soller (VMG Racing) DNF Chad Young (Monstr Health Cycling) DNF Jean Morales (Team Alliance Enviromental) DNF Ben Zawacki (Revolution Cycles U23 Cycling Team) DNF Mark Nielson (Reality Bikes)
