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Surf City #2 - Spirit of Surf City Halloween Cyclo-cross
Watsonville, CA, October 29, 2006
Jacques-Maynes (but which one?) and Lloyd take wins in Surf City #2
by Sabine Dukes
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This year's Spirit of Surf City race might well have marked the change of seasons here in the land of microbrews and costumed NorCross. A signaling sea breeze brought the scent of California winter rains to come, giving hope to the afficianados that we'll see a few mud-filled races later this season. But, for this second race of the Velo Bella promoted series, riders were given one last sun-filled day of Halloween madness and elite bike racing at the fairgrounds in Watsonville, CA.
In the men's event, Barry Wicks took the start at the Watsonville Fairgrounds as series leader and man-to-beat. But on a course that favored long draws on the power meter, with a section aptly named 'Purgatory', it would be a difficult chore for the lanky Kona rider to drop the likes of Tour of California contender Ben Jacques-Maynes (CyclocrossWorld.com). But the crowds were never quite sure which Jacques-Maynes was actually at the front of the race, Ben or Andy? In a show of true Surf City spirit, the crowd favorite twins had switched both kits AND bikes - dressing themselves as the brother's sponsored team. Undoubtedly, Wick's decision not to costume-up would come back to haunt him.
California Giant Strawberries rider Justin Robinson stormed through the Blair Witch Swirly first (a crowd pleasing spiral through a grassy field), creating a selection of the strongmen of the race. After one lap of racing, the field was thinned to an easy-gliding Wicks, the Jacques-Maynes brothers, Robinson, and Simon Vickers of HRS/Rocklobster.
By lap two, the crowds saw Wicks and the Jacques-Maynes brothers climb out of the dark and dusty Hopeless Hill with a strong lead over Robinson and Vickers. Ben Jacques-Maynes rode with Wicks for the rest of the race, each doing their best to find a weakness in the other. Unfortunately, Wicks' weakness ended up being in his seatpost, as a last lap snap forced him to ride out of the saddle to the finish, giving free ride to the Jacques-Maynes brothers to pass him.
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The women's event similarly saw a breaking piece of equipment help decide the results. The Vanderkitten "So Hot it's Naughty" $100 opening lap was taken by Rachel Lloyd (ProMan). She and Velo Bella rider Sarah Kerlin established a 30 second gap on the chasing HRS/RockLobster riders, Shelley Olds and Stella Carey. Soon after though, Kerlin snapped a chain, and was forced to run from the far section of the course to get a spare bike. The opening was all Lloyd needed, as she soloed away from the field to take yet another NorCross victory. Shelley Olds chased long and hard throughout the race, but never quite made the juncture to Lloyd. Kerlin recovered from back in the field and rode herself back within a minute of Lloyd - showing excellent determination and resolve.
The ever infamous and always outrageous costume cross race saw a record 53 racers vying for Gizdich Ranch pie and New Belgium Brewing beer. Winners included a cow girl and cow tandem, a horse tandem, and far too many men in nymph costumes. One rider, however, was disqualified, for attempting to compete in the same costume as he wore the year before. A flagrant violation of Costume Cross rules.
The Surf City series concludes on November 12th when all series winners will be celebrated. In addition, Velo Bella will be hosting a Cat C Women only race, to allow newcomers to the sport an opportunity to race with no other groups out on the course. Surf City Cyclocross is part of the heritage of cyclo-cross racing in Northern California. Running since 1975, the series has attracted world class racers,and has established Northern California as a hotbed of cyclo-cross racing. Surf City is currently promoted by the Velo Bella-Kona cycling team, which has added kiddie kross, clinics, and other beginner incentives to the fabled racing series.
Photography
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Images by Russ & Nancy Wright/AbbiOrca.com/www.abbiorca.com
- One superhero getting ready for the costume race
- The racer's graveyard marks the start of another Velo Bella Halloween Cyclocross Bash
- A little dancing in cycling shoes at this Halloween cyclo bash
- Best dressed horse costume
- Sabine Dukes (Velo Bella) enjoying the show she organized
- A western theme for the tandems
- Rachel Lloyd (ProMan) won the women's elite A race
- Shelley Olds (Rock Lobster) going after Rachel
- Justin Robinson (Cal Giant Strawberry) with the Jacques-Maynes twins separating Barry Wicks.
- Barry Wicks (Kona) battled it out with the two Jacques-Maynes
- Mike Hernandez (Safeway) in full bumble bee attire
- Barry Wicks followed by the Jacques-Maynes
- Ben Jacques-Maynes or wait, is it Andy?
- Barry Wicks (Kona) finished the last lap without a saddle.
Results
Men A 1 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Cyclocrossworld.com) 58.54 2 Andy Jacques-Maynes (CA Giant Strawberry) 0.17 3 Barry Wicks (Kona) 0.19 4 Justin Robinson (CA Giant Strawberry) 3.01 5 Simon Vickers (HRS/RockLobster) 3.06 6 Josh Snead (HRS/Rock Lobster) 4.22 7 Michael Hernandez (Team VanderBella) 5.01 8 Pat Rocchi) 5.11 9 Aaron Kereluk (HRS/Rock Lobster) 5.31 10 Jason Rahlwes (Fox Racing Shox) 5.32 11 Jeffery Hantman (Clif Bar) 5.45 12 Tim Grandshaw (LaPierre-Ritchey) 5.48 13 Joe Walsh (HRS/Rock Lobster) 6.00 14 Rob Evans (RHVilla/HRS) 6.34 15 Dan Harting (HRS/Rock Lobster) 7.12 16 Robert Mau) 7.31 17 Ben Dodge (HRS/Rock Lobster) 7.32 18 Jeremy Ferguson (Alan Factory) 7.35 19 Rick Hunter (Hunter Cycles) 8.05 20 David Widmark (East Bay Velo Club) 8.11 21 Jay Buenaventura (BBC/3rd Rail) 8.27 22 Aron Bonar (Sycip Racing) 8.51 23 Brian Vernor (Hunter Cycles) 9.02 One lap down 24 S. Borrego-Crum (Hunter Cycles) 25 Kevin Mowen (Coco Loco) 26 Matt Jordan (Trail Head Cyclery) 27 Julian Villafare (Buy-Cell.com) 28 Dean Poshard (Buy-Cell.com/Poshard) 29 Jeff Patton (HRS/Rock Lobster) 30 Brian Rogers (Sycip Racing) 31 Anastasio Flores_Jr (CA Giant Strawberry) 32 William Longstreth (Olympic Circle) 33 Brock Dickla (Buy-Cell.com) Women A 1 Rachel Lloyd (Proman/Paradigm) 41.42 2 Shelly Olds (HRS/Rock Lobster) 0.16 3 Sarah Kerlin (Velo Bella/Kona) 1.05 4 Stella Carey (HRS/RockLobster) 1.37 5 Lauren Costantini (Sycip Racing) 3.11 6 Katrina Baumstelger (Black Market Racing) 4.01 7 Andie Mackie (Velo Bella/Kona) 5.26 8 Rona Hung (HRS/Rock Lobster) 6.19 9 Josie Beggs (CA Giant Strawberry) 7.53 10 Sheila Moon (Team Sheila Moon) 10.38 Men 35+B 1 Robert MacNeill (Webcor/Alto Velo) 24.51 2 Jeff Poulsen (Safeway CGA) 0.19 3 Shane Huntoon (Livermore Cyclery) 0.40 4 Dave Schindehette (Pegasus) 0.46 5 John Cheetham (EMC Vellum) 0.51 6 Tao Bernardi (Pegaus/VandenBurghe) 0.57 7 Eric Pavelka) 1.06 8 Ted Burns (Cal Giant Cycling) 1.11 9 Ron Castia (EMC Vellum) 1.21 10 Sean O'Connell (Pegasus/Vandenberghe) 1.38 11 Greg Galuppo (SMV) 1.39 12 Eric Sterner (Sycip Racing) 1.40 13 Courtney Grossman (Velo Club Monterey) 1.41 14 David Krattli (PBS Inc) 15 Tim Simanski (Roaring Mouse Cycles) 1.44 16 Mike Bodge (Cal Giant Cycling) 1.54 17 Deric Dangzalan (Another Bike Shop) 2.07 18 Eric Lowe (Gobagger.com) 2.08 19 Mirco Caramori) 2.09 20 Shige Honjo (Flow) 2.13 21 Steven Woo (Easton/Specialized) 2.23 22 Scott Starling (MVV) 2.36 23 Craig Baker (San Jose Bike Club) 24 Mike Colombani (SV Cycle Sport) 2.55 25 David Hopkins (SCCCC) 3.07 26 Mike Schaller (Easton/Specialized) 3.25 27 Troy Mayfield (Spokesman) 3.48 28 Chris Pearson (SCCCC) 4.17 29 Brian McCain (Alpine Electric) 4.26 30 Dave Charles (Team Surf City) 5.58 Men 45+B 1 Matt Dunstan (Scotts Valley Cycles) 27.06 2 Joseph Crabtree (Boyer Sport) 0.26 3 Peter Sherril (Morca) 0.27 4 Kyle Samuels (Cal Giant) 0.43 5 Tim Sawyer) 1.30 6 Michael Summons) 2.07 7 Bob Lofland (Team Wrong Way) 2.50 8 Dwight Goss (Redwood Riders) 2.54 9 Ron Riley (SCCCC) 4.14 10 Micheal Gomez) 5.00 11 Gary Souza) 5.22 12 Larry Bullard (HRS/Rock Lobster) 6.21 One lap down 13 Dan Nelson (NTP Racing) Men C 1 Raymond Cogan (Fusion Sport) 26.12 2 Cullen Wojcik (Fusion Sport) 0.21 3 Andreas Vogel (Cyclingcalifornia.co) 0.32 4 Russell Pratt (Bella Slave) 0.35 5 Paul Ellison (Alan Factory Team) 0.37 6 Steve Lewis) 1.01 7 Justin Decker) 1.05 8 Stephen Carter) 1.06 9 Scott Schlachter (Team Wrong Way) 1.07 10 Gabe Sullens (Specialized) 1.11 11 Ariel Cepeda) 1.22 12 Michael Holzer (Gobagger.com) 1.46 13 Jo Clement (Easton/Specialized) 1.50 14 Charles Meehan) 2.05 15 Jamel Freeman (CycleSport/TrumerPil) 2.06 16 James McCrea) 2.07 17 Richard Knight) 2.20 18 Darren Chambula (Mako/Galaxy Granola) 2.32 19 Brian Bartholomew (Team PlanetX) 2.44 20 Greg Littlehales) 3.02 21 Jim Lentfer) 3.36 22 Jeff Townsend) 3.40 23 Eric Doelling) 3.49 24 Cesar Augstin) 4.15 25 Chris Gage (Fat Man Racing) 4.26 26 Jeff Lind) 5.10 27 Eric Werner (Webcor/Alto Velo) 5.47 28 Rob Schwarz) 7.12 29 John Fritz (Midlife Cyclo-Crisis) 7.26 One lap down 30 Andrew Lanier Sr. (San Jose Bike Club) Men Jr.B 1 Oliver Nickell (Bicycle Trip/SCCCC) 28.48 2 Andrew Bolton (Bicycle Trip) 0.33 3 Noah Karter (Bicycle Trip) 0.38 4 Raymond Mendoza (Bicycle Trip/SCCCC) 2.32 5 Andrew Lanier Jr. (San Jose Bike Club) 3.37 6 Max Burkhardt (Intep) 3.48 One lap down 7 Thomas Mendoza (Bicycle Trip/SCCCC) 8 Carson Cole (Cal Giant Cycling) Men 35+A 1 Gannon Myall (CA Giant Strawberry) 46.18 2 Henry Kramer (CA Giant Strawberry) 3 James Coats (Morgan Stanley/Spec) 0.01 4 Chris D'Aluisio (Morgan Stanley/Spec) 0.17 5 Todd Hoefer (CA Giant Strawberry) 0.37 6 Steve Reaney (Cal Giant) 0.52 7 Mark Howland (Black Market Racing) 1.19 8 Jordi Cortes (Clif Bar) 9 Brij Lunine (SCCCC) 2.17 10 Rob Meighan (Willow Glen Bicycles) 2.38 11 Eric Bustos (CA Giant Strawberry) 2.43 12 John Kammeyer (LaPierre/Ritchey) 2.55 13 Kevin Merrigan (CVC/Otis Guy) 3.09 14 Murray Swanson (Peninsula Velo) 3.14 15 Cesar Chavez (Buycell.com) 3.20 16 Tim Thompson (Willow Glen Bicycles) 3.22 17 Tim Watson (HRS/Rock Lobster) 3.24 18 Pat Schott (BYC) 4.18 19 Dave Tricamo (DFL) 4.30 20 Jeff Hane (FWR/Wrong Way) 4.32 21 Stacey Sell (Fox Racing) 4.39 22 Richard Sangalli (CA Giant Strawberry) 5.09 23 Mitch Bramlett (Scotts Valley Cycles) 5.26 24 Mike Morgan (Sycip) 6.08 25 Chris Baker (Another Bike Shop) 6.40 26 Thomas Hoeffel (Cycle Spts Trumer Pi) 6.44 27 Gregory Phipps (Black Market) 6.52 28 Hans Kellner (Sycip) 7.04 29 Ron Castia (EMC/Vellum Cycles) 7.35 30 Nick Llewellyn (Spokesman) 7.48 One lap down 31 Steve Smith (Heart Attack Serious) 32 Willie Bullion (Bullion Stil) Men 45+A 1 Don Langley (Morgan Stanley/Speci) 48.58 2 Norm Kreiss (Willow Glen Bicycles) 0.27 3 Steve Gile (Newman's Own) 0.28 4 Mark Abele (Bouve/Cave Creek) 0.29 5 Brett Lambert (Scotts Valley Cycles) 0.30 6 Keith Henderson (Bicycle Trip/SCCCC) 1.53 7 Doug Hatfield (Family Cycling Cntr) 2.24 8 Edwin Rambuski (Black Market) 2.36 9 Dave Gane (Morgan Stanley) 3.12 10 Mike Erbe (Family Cycling Cntr) 3.51 11 Billy Hall (Easton/Specialized) 3.56 One lap down 12 Darrel Brokeshoulder Easton/Specialized) 13 Alex Osborne (Third Vail) 14 Kem Akol (Bicycle Trip) 15 John Brown (Family Cycling Cntr) 16 Joe Fabris (Fightin' Bobas) 17 Paul Sadoff (HRS/Rock Lobster) 18 Robert Barber (Tribe) 19 Rocco Hollaway (Valley Spokesman) 20 Nicho Ybarra (3rd Rail/MissingLink) 21 Tom Sullivan (Amsterdam Bicycles) 22 Gary Noe (Johnson Cycles) Men B 1 Thomas Feix (Pen Velo/Kondra Sys) 40.32 2 Christopher Skulley (GS Lombardi Sports) 0.09 3 Chris Brown (Windsor Bicycle Ctr) 0.37 4 Ross Ellison (Blastenhoff Custom) 0.39 5 Joe Lavelle (Specialized) 1.01 6 Andrew Hammond (Specialized) 7 Tom Fox (Rock Lobster) 1.10 8 Brad Roberts (Putney Bicycle Club) 1.53 9 Robert MacNeill (Webcor/Alto Velo) 1.58 10 Grey Wedeking (Sheila Moon's CX) 2.00 11 Max Clifford (NOTS) 2.04 12 James Badia (Webcor/Alto Velo) 2.22 13 Martin Suro (CA Giant Strawberry) 2.32 14 Geoff Wilcox (Raleigh) 15 Jeff Bronack (SCCCC) 2.34 16 Josh Lerner (Fusion Sport) 2.37 17 Erick Brady (Lapierre/Ritchey) 2.38 18 John Caletti (Cloud Nine) 2.39 19 Chris Sallen) 3.00 20 Brent Carkeet (Scotts Valley Cycles) 3.03 21 Joe Ernst (Sycip Racing) 22 Ben Lerner (Arts SW Cycling) 3.05 23 Geoff Luttrel (Fusion Sport) 3.19 24 Andrew Yee (Gobagger.com) 3.47 25 Matt Leonard (Team Wrong Way) 4.02 26 Joe Cahoon (Morgan Stanley) 4.08 27 Aaron Hunter (San Jose BC) 4.23 28 George F. Smith (Alto Velo Racing) 4.35 29 David Pedersen (Lapierre/Ritchey) 4.50 30 Geoffrey Gunderson (Cyclesports/Trumer) 4.56 31 Jason Sage (FFBC) 4.59 32 Courtney Grossman (Velo Club Monterey) 5.18 33 Greg Galuppo (Team SMV) 5.20 34 Andy May (Pegasus) 5.25 35 Damian Handisides (HUP United) 5.45 36 Jay Brodie (Big Orange Racing) 6.18 37 Eric Sterner (Sycip Racing) 6.29 38 Ted Burns (Webcor/Alto Velo) 6.40 39 Paul Thai (Lapierre/Ritchey) 6.49 40 Scott Sistio (Specialized) 6.56 41 Eric Miller) 42 Kyle Brookes (TWW) 7.21 43 Tom Leach) 44 Tom Boardman (Slow Ride) 7.24 45 Geoff Hanz (HUP United) 8.14 46 Steve Ransom) 8.15 47 Gregory Towers (Steelman Cycles) 9.06 One lap down 48 (Unknown) 49 Dennis McGovern (Sycip Racing) Men Jr.A 1 Logan Loader (Alan Factory) 43.48 2 Jeremy Blalock (Ventana) 0.14 3 Taylor Shamshoian (Cycle Sport) 1.33 4 Neil Watters (Webcor/Alto Velo) 1.54 5 Erik Young (Bicycle Trip) 3.26 6 Dylan McDonald (Bicycle Trip) 3.52 7 Carl Dawson (Bicycle Trip/SCCCC) 5.13 8 Pedro Bonilla Jr. (CA Giant Strawberry) 6.21 One lap down 9 Jesse Nickell (Bicycle Trip/SCCCC) Women 35+ 1 Kathleen Bortolussi (Velo Bella/Kona) 48.48 2 Julianna Perry (SCCCC) 0.52 3 Shauna Potocky (Spokesman) 1.54 One lap down 4 Julie Brothers (HRS/Rock Lobster) 5 Amy Abele (Velo Bella/Kona) 6 Betty Jordan (Velo Bella/Kona) Women B 1 Mary-Anne Hunter (Hunter Cycles) 48.46 One lap down 2 Jenny Udall (Velo Bella/Kona) 3 Erika Donald (Velo Bella/Kona) 4 Jessie Campbell) 5 Chris Ernst (SF Sport & Spine) 6 S. Andreini Poulsen (Velo Bella/Kona) 7 Melanie Michalak (Hazards) 8 Cory Caletti (Spokesman/Cloud Nine) 9 Lori_Lee Lown (Bay Area Velo Girls) 10 Martha Mendoza (SCCCC/Mendoza Mom) Women C 1 Michiko Kawamoto) 31.17 2 Jennifer Feix) 0.21 3 Adina Badia) 0.24 4 Elis Bradshaw (Metromint) 1.16 5 Kim Natzel (Bay Area Velo Girls) 6 Lauren Harighey (SF Sport & Spine) 1.27 7 Yvonne Walbroehl (Bay Area Velo Girls) 1.39 8 Rebecca Dyas) 1.40 9 Lissa Streegan) 1.53 10 Deborah Vitale (SCCCC/Bicycle Trip) 1.56 11 Susan Brown (Velo Bella/Kona) 5.05 12 Elayna Caldwell (Fox Racing Shox) 5.06 13 Sarah Stewart (Fox Racing Shox) 5.09 14 Tiffani Kerbo) 6.55 15 Nicolette Humphrey) 10.12 16 Teresa Castia (EMC) 12.36 Women Jr 1 Lainey Aldridge (Bicycle Trip) 31.49 2 Jesse Blalock (Ventana) 5.14 3 Nikki Hiltz (Bicycle Trip) 8.15 Singlespeed 1 Kurt Gensheimer (Buy-Cell.com) 1.06.06 One lap down 2 Cesar Chavez (Buycell.com) 3 Mark Abele (Bouve/Cave Creek) 4 Tim Cannard (Buy-Cell.com) 5 Alexander Jackson (Joselyn's Bicycles) 6 Michael Martin (SCCCC) 7 Robert Nelson) 8 Mike Evans (SCCCC) 9 Troy Boone (SCCCC/Bio-Lube)
