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Festival of Speed/Int'l Women's Challenge - NE
USA, July 18, 2008
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With large international fields for the Festival of Speed and International Women's Challenge consisting of some of the biggest names in the game, the weather was hot but the racing was even hotter.
The night started off with a twist during the sprint heats as Jude Codrington of Trinidad and Tobago gave a huge effort in the final lap beating the number one qualifier Jason Niblett of the Australian national team. Unfortunately Codrington later crashed in the semi-final rounds and was unable to go on to the finals. During the 5km Dash for Cash, Australian Doug Repacholi who has proved to be one of the hardest hitting endurance rider this season, broke off the front for the majority of the race hanging on for the win with Jackie Simes just behind him.
2008 Olympian Bobby Lea displayed to the crowd why he is currently the fastest track endurance rider in the country with a big win in the 10 km scratch race. This was Lea's last night at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center before leaving for Beijing, China to compete at the Olympic Games. In the sprint finals it was Australian national sprint team member Scott Sunderland who proved to be the fastest man in the Festival of Speed. New Zealand's Simon VanVelthooven came in a close second to Sunderland with Stephane Cossette from Canada in third.
For the women Australia's Laura McCaughey shut out the competition in the endurance events with two wins in the Super Sprint elimination event as well as the 10km International Women's Challenge. Liz Reap Carlson was hot on her trail with a photo finish at the line during the Super Sprint. However, when it came to sprinting, Aussie national team member Kaarle McCulloch was the woman to watch. McCulloch rode hard all night and took the number one spot in the women's Festival of Speed with USA rider Dana Feiss finishing in a very close second. For a full list of results from this past Friday's night of racing please click here.
Photography
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Images by Lise Holben
- Stephane Cossette finished third in the men's sprint.
- Bobby Lea (Rite Aid Pro Cycling) won the elite men's 10km scratch race.
- Shane Kline (Lateral Street Velo) was runner up in the elite men's 10km scratch race.
- Kaarle McCulloch claimed victory in the elite women's sprint.
- Scott Sunderland took an Australian sweep in the sprint events.
- Bobby Lea and Nicholas Reinert (Bobby Rite Aid/Gotham) in the 20 km elite men's madison.
Results
Elite Men 5km Dash for Cash 1 Doug Repacholi (Aus) Melville Fremantle 2 Jackie Simes (USA) PA Lighting 3 Patric Rostel (Ger) Akud-Rose 4 Simon Van Velthooven (NZl) Palmerston North 5 Rodney Santiago (USA) Colavita/Sutterhome 6 Brent Morehouse (USA) Unattached 7 Peter Johnstone (Aus) Carnegie Caufield 8 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning 9 Espes Harris (USA) FCS Cycling Club 10 Chris Ruhl (USA) PA Lightning 11 Brett Jacoby (USA) Penn State Hersey 12 Randy Smargiassi (USA) Gotham Cycles 13 Shane Kline (USA) Lateral Street Velo 14 Andrew Kuklis (USA) Gotham Cyclist 15 Nicholas Reinert (USA) Gotham Cyclists 16 Mike Miller (USA) Team Alliance 17 Marcos Sanatucho (Arg) Acer 18 Warren 75 Scott (Aus) St. George 19 Bruce Donaghy (USA) Morgan Stanley 20 Pete Muto (USA) Gotham Cyclists 21 Luis Gonzales (USA) Bicycle Therapy 22 Jose Medina (Chi) Mike Frayssee Sports 23 Barry Miller (USA) American Cycling 24 Thomas Dolan (USA) Sommerville Sports DNF Lanell Rockmore (USA) Gotham Cyclists DNF Daniel Walker (USA) NWCC DNF David Espinoza (USA) Herbal Life DNF Jude Codrington (Tri) Rig Tech Sonics DNF Stephane Cossette (Can) EVA Devinci DNF Mark Macdonald (Can) Team H&R DNF Scott Sunderland (Aus) Southwest CC DNF Haseem McLean (Tri) Southcleane DNF Demis Aleman (Arg) Telefonicos Argentin DNF Leandro Bottaso (Arg) Cordobesa DNF Geng Richard (Ger) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Peter Fitzpatrick (Aus) Team Australia DNF Bobby Lea (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Jason Niblett (Aus) Horsham Cycling DNS Tom Maines (USA) Van Dessel DNF Kurt Begemann (USA) T-Town Express DNF Matt Deifenbach (USA) Team Alliance DNF Patrick Lane (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Elite Women Super Sprint 1 Laura Mc Caughey (Aus) Salamander 2 Elizabeth Carlson (USA) Verducci/Breakaway 3 Veronica Martinez (Arg) JVR Sports 4 Kate Veroneau (Aus) Budget Forklifts 5 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine 6 Nina Santiago (USA) Watchung Wheelman 7 Ashley Kimmet (USA) Colavita Cooking 8 Brodie Stewart (Aus) Budget Forklifts 9 Davina Summers (Aus) Northern Districts 10 Colleen Gulick (USA) Colivata 11 Michaela Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 12 Kim Geist (USA) Metro Volkswagon 13 Myfanwy Gallaway (Aus) Budget Forklift 14 Kate Potylychy (USA) JVR Sports DNF Joanna Wiersma (Can) PDQ DNS Shelbe Eck (USA) Alliance Environment DNS Lara Freiberg (Aus) Budget Forklifts DNS Mary Costelloe (USA) South Mountain Elite Men Sprint Final for 1-3 1 Scott Sunderland (Aus) 0.10.93 2 Simon Van Velthooven (NZl) 3 Stephane Cossette (Can) Final 4-6 1 Lanell Rockmore (USA) 0.12.80 2 Jude Codrington (Tri) 3 Jason Niblett (Aus) Final for 7-10 1 Haseem McLean (Tri) 0.11.45 2 Daniel Walker (USA) 3 David Espinoza (USA) 4 Bobby Lea (USA) Elite Women Sprint Final for 1-3 1 Kaarle Mc Culloch (Aus) 0.12.49 2 Dana Feiss (USA) 3 Laura Mc Caughey (Aus) Final 4-6 1 Mary Costelloe (USA) 0.14.50 2 Elizabeth Carlson (USA) 3 Shelbe Eck (USA) Final for 7-10 1 Davina Summers (Aus) 0.15.87 2 Colleen Gulick (USA) 3 Joanna Wiersma (Can) 4 Nina Santiago (USA) Elite Men 10km Scratch 1 Bobby Lea (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling 2 Shane Kline (USA) Lateral Street Velo 3 Peter Fitzpatrick (Aus) Team Australia 4 Patric Rostel (Ger) Akud-Rose 5 Warren 75 Scott (Aus) St. George 6 Thomas Dolan (USA) Sommerville Sports 7 Peter Johnstone (Aus) Carnegie Caufield 8 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning 9 Leandro Bottaso (Arg) Cordobesa 10 Brent Morehouse (USA) Unattached 11 Jackie Simes (USA) PA Lighting 12 Brett Jacoby (USA) Penn State Hersey 13 David Espinoza (USA) Herbal Life 14 Daniel Walker (USA) NWCC 15 Barry Miller (USA) American Cycling 16 Chris Ruhl (USA) PA Lightning 17 Nicholas Reinert (USA) Gotham Cyclists 18 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefits 19 Jose Medina (Chi) Mike Frayssee Sports 20 Rodney Santiago (USA) Colavita/Sutterhome 21 Bruce Donaghy (USA) Morgan Stanley 22 Luis Gonzales (USA) Bicycle Therapy 23 Marcos Sanatucho (Arg) Acer 24 Randy Smargiassi (USA) Gotham Cycles 25 Doug Repacholi (Aus) Melville Fremantle 26 Kurt Begemann (USA) T-Town Express DNF Pete Muto (USA) Gotham Cyclists DNF Lanell Rockmore (USA) Gotham Cyclists DNF Espes Harris (USA) FCS Cycling Club DNF Simon Van Velthooven (NZl) Palmerston North DNF Jude Codrington (Tri) Rig Tech Sonics DNF Stephane Cossette (Can) EVA Devinci DNF Mark Macdonald (Can) Team H&R DNF Scott Sunderland (Aus) Southwest CC DNF Demis Aleman (Arg) Telefonicos Argentin DNF Geng Richard (Ger) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Jason Niblett (Aus) Horsham Cycling DNF Andrew Kuklis (USA) Gotham Cyclist DNF Tom Maines (USA) Van Dessel DNF Mike Miller (USA) Team Alliance DNF Matt Deifenbach (USA) Team Alliance DNF Patrick Lane (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Elite Women 10km International Women's Challenge 1 Laura Mc Caughey (Aus) Salamander 2 Michaela Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 3 Davina Summers (Aus) Northern Districts 4 Veronica Martinez (Arg) JVR Sports 5 Kate Veroneau (Aus) Budget Forklifts 6 Nina Santiago (USA) Watchung Wheelman 7 Ashley Kimmet (USA) Colavita Cooking 8 Mary Costelloe (USA) South Mountain 9 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine 10 Kim Geist (USA) Metro Volkswagon 11 Joanna Wiersma (Can) PDQ 12 Elizabeth Carlson (USA) Verducci/Breakaway 13 Myfanwy Gallaway (Aus) Budget Forklift DNF Brodie Stewart (Aus) Budget Forklifts DNF Shelbe Eck (USA) Alliance Environment DNF Lara Freiberg (Aus) Budget Forklifts DNF Colleen Gulick (USA) Colivata DNF Kate Potylychy (USA) Elite Men 20km Madison 1 St George 10 pts Warren Scott (Aus) Peter Fitzpatrick (Aus) 2 Lateral St/Kelly Ben 10 pts Shane Kline (USA) Clay Murfet (Aus) 3 Rite Aid/Gotham 9 pts Bobby Lea (USA) Nicholas Reinert (USA) 4 Melville Fremantle 8 pts Doug Repacholi (Aus) Jackie Simes (USA) 5 Akud Rose/Rite Aid 3 pts Patric Rostel (Ger) Geng Richard (Ger) 6 Cordobesa/Telefonico 3 pts Leandro Bottaso (Arg) Demis Aleman (Arg) 7 Acer/Colavita 1 Marcos Sanatucho (Arg) Rodney Santiago (USA) 8 Pa Lightning Chris Ruhl (USA) Taylor Brown (USA) T 9. Carnegie Caulfield Peter Johnstone (Aus) Patrick Lane (Aus) T 9. Mike Frayssee Barry Miller (USA) Jose Medina (Chi) 11 Gotham Cyclists Andrew Kuklis (USA) Randy Smargiassi (USA) T12. Sommerville Sports Thomas Dolan (USA) Tom Maines (USA) T12. T-Town Express Kurt Begemann (USA) Pete Muto (USA)
