USPRO Criterium Championship - 1.3

Chicago, USA, August 17, 2003

Photography

USPRO Criterium Championship

Images by Mark Zalewski/showchoir.net

Kevin Monahan (7Up/Maxxis) takes out the win
4th Antonio Cruz, 2nd Chris Horner, 1st Kevin Monahan, 3rd Mark McCormack, 5th Jonas Carney
Tina Mayolo-Pic (Diet Rite) and Kevin Monahan (7Up/Maxxis)

Images by Marvin Boehm

Riders staging at the start
Kevin Monahan and Marty Nothstein called up
Jonas Carney called up as Marty adjusts his cleat.
Danny Pate gets called up.
Jason McCartney gets called to the line.
Tony Cruz, USPS
Gordon McCauley, Schroeder Iron
The rest of the (large) field comes to the line for the start.
That's one XXXXXXXXXL USPS Jersey!
An Ofoto rider tries to get away from the bunch.
Riders coming around turn 1.
Riders speed through the start/finish straightaway.
Rasaan Bahati (Saturn) wins a sprint.
Riders get some shade from the heat, coming into turn 2.
Riders corner hard in turn 2.
In the feed zone.
Riders work it up Suicide Hill (including John Lieswyn).
After Suicide Hill, riders speed down the hill.
The pack comes together entering turn 5.
A blur of color as the pack flies by.
Navigators and 7-Up closed down the break and led the last several laps.
Chris Horner (r) and Mark McCormack (l) place 2nd and 3rd.
John Lieswyn's view of his bike.
John Lieswyn takes the role of podium photographer.
Podium: Cruz (4th), Horner (2nd), Monahan (1st), McCormack (3rd), Carney (5th)
Although it's his 2nd win in a row, Kevin Monahan had trouble opening the champagne, as Cruz is already finishing.
The podium, in the setting midwest sun.
John Lieswyn obliging the fans with more autographs.

USCF Elite Men National Criterium Championship

Images by Mark Zalewski/showchoir.net

Steve Tilford on the far right.
Dan Larson (Cycle Science) leading into the turn with Keith Norris (Aerospace Engineering) on the inside.
An early break.
Michael Kehrberg (West Virginia Elite) in turn 1.
Followed by Keith Leonard (Team Bloomington).
Frank Pipp (ABD) boxed in by two Snow Valley riders.
Jason Waddell (Mathis Brothers) trying to improve his podium finish from last year.
Jeremey Sartain (Bianchi-Grand Performance) leads a split through turn five.
A rider from Spin City Cycles takes a shot at the front.
Ian Dille (Snow Valley) watches every move on the front..
Dan Larson on another solo attempt.
Scott Zwinzanski (Snow Valley) puts in a hard effort during the latter-half of the race.
Zwinzanski gets a good gap, but can he hold it for a few more laps?
The pack swarms behind Zwinzanski, ready to pounce.
The pack lines up with one lap to go and all back together.
Keith Norris celebrates his biggest victory.
Charles Huff was soooo close, he could almost taste it.
Better get used to the spotlight Mr. Norris, many a pro team will want to talk to you in the near future.

Pro-Am Challenge: Pro and USCF CAT 1&2

Images by Marvin Boehm

Team 7-Up in the pre-race meeting.
Though lined up in the back of the pack, John Lieswyn is all smiles before the race.
Mountain biking advocacy guru Ed Bartunek finished first in every race today!
The field speeds down the stretch between turns seven and eight.
Robbie Ventura (left) speeds through turn five with the field.
Riders speed through the start/finish as the pace picks up on the final laps with the break being caught (primarily by 7-Up).
Navigators get the 1-2 win with Davidenko and Nothstein.
After closing down the break, an exhausted John Lieswyn manages a smile as he rolls across the finish.
The Navigators in post-race interviews.
The podium: Nothstein (2), Davidenko (1), and Dominguez (3).

USCF International Women's Open

T-Mobile and Saturn riders waiting to enter the course.
The women's field stages at the starting line.
The women's field listens diligently to the rules (do not ride backward on the course to the pit!).
A prime sprint during the women's race, won by a Diet Rite rider.
A break comes down the hill in the backstretch.
The field comes out of turn four after Suicide Hill.
Riders strain as they hit Suicide Hill after turn three.
The field takes the full width of the road on Suicide Hill.
Riders jockey for position in the lead-up to turn 3 and Suicide Hill.
Riders speed out of turn two.
Riders negotiate the high-speed turn eight on the course, entering the final straightaway.
The final sprint; Nicole Freedman takes the win.

USCF Elite Women National Criterium Championship

Images by Mark Zalewski/showchoir.net

A quick interview before the race
The Diet-Rite girls have a last-minute chat
Tina Mayolo-Pic (Diet Rite) sticks to the front
Sarah Uhl (Saturn) keeps the pressure on
An early breakaway
And another breakaway about to form
Mid-race and the strain begins to show
An undulating course sapped the riders strength easily
From the shadows into sunlight
That's not a Masi frame
Close cornering requires quick wits
Are we keeping you up?
Saturn take control of the front
Now Diet-Rite take control
Sharing the lead looks like it might work too
Heading for home, now is the time to really work it
The sprint is on and it's Tina Mayolo-Pic with the win
A happy Mayolo-Pic checks her margin
5th Sarah Uhl, 2nd Laura Van Gilder, 1st Tina Mayolo-Pic, 3rd Nicole Freedman, 4th Lynn Gaggioli
Who wants some bubbly?

Images by Bill Parsons/North Chattanooga Cycle Club

Kerry Soraci-Schmatz (Team Diet Rite) sports some experiences life has dealt her on her right arm.
Shannon Hutchinson (Colavita Bolla) looking relaxed.
Pretty in pink - Tina Mayola-Pic (Team Diet Rite).
The TDS women's elite women's team was racing on home turf.
Jennifer Cooper's (Genesis Scuba) facial expression hidden behind her blue-tinted Rudy Project sunglasses.
Shannon Hutchinson (Colavita Bolla, L) and Lara Kroepsch's (T-Mobile) faces depict two degrees of strain.
Leigh Valletti (Genesis Scuba, L) takes the outside line.
The pack dives into the corner.
The early break of three led by Dotsie Cowden (T-Mobile).
Sponsor names on bums is as commonplace in Downers Grove, Illinois is as commonplace as Europe.
Dotsie Cowden (T-Mobile) gives it her all on the climb.
Candice Blickem leads the charge on the climb.
The break of three maintain their advantage.
Candice Blickem continues to lead the field on the climb.
The action heats up in the pack.
The field strung out single file.
T-Mobile and Saturn assemble themselves at the head of the peloton.
A group of opportunists try in vain to escape.
A Rona rider rampages her way up the climb.
Riders from all teams converge at the front.
A T-Mobile rider gasps for air.
Saturn thought they had the race under control for their star sprinter Laura Van Gilder...
... but with one lap to go, no one team owned the race.
T-Mobile's big guns start firing, but a little too late.
In the sprint for third, Nicole Freedman (Basis) takes it out ahead of Lynn Gaggioli (Velo Bella) and Sarah Uhl (Saturn).