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Whitemore's Super Cross Cup #1 - C2
Southampton, New York, USA, September 30, 2006
Bessette cruises, Trebon works in Southampton
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Lynn Bessette (Cyclocrossworld.com) and Ryan Trebon (Kona) took victory in the first races of their season, but each of them had different paths to get there.
Fifteen women contested the 2.5 kilometer Southampton course, but it was all Bessette from the opening gun. She was never challenged, as she built up a lead of a minute to win wire to wire. The challenges were to be found early on in the best of the rest, as Christine Vardaros (Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam), Maureen Bruno-Roy (Independent Fabrications), and Mackenzie Dickey starting trading positions trying to chase down Bessette. Vardaros eventually went clear of the trio and Bruno made a vailant effort to catch back on but couldn't do so and had to settle for third.
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Unlike the women's race, the men found a group of riders that couldn't get rid of each other, despite several mechanical failures and crashes. After the first lap a group of seven formed the front, including Kona stars Trebon and Barry Wicks, Tim Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com), defending champion Mark McCormack (Clif Bar), Jesse Anthony (Clif Bar), Matt White (Fiordifrutta), and Ben Jacques-Maynes (Cyclocrossworld.com). Despite Trebon dropping his chain and Wicks crashing in the woods, the seven could not break the rubber band holding them together.
Finally half-way through the race Trebon was able to bust the front group up while taking only Johnson with him. McCormack had the hard task of trying to make the bridge with Wicks in tow not willing to do anything towards the effort. The rest of the race saw Trebon and Johnson right on each other right to the finish, with Trebon using his height to his advantage at the end with a final kick that Johnson could not match. McCormack was eventually able to fend off Wicks but was relegated to the final spot on the podium for the day.
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- Riders got to cruise around in idyllic settings, thanks to Southampton's famous weather on Day one
- One of New York's bravest contesting the master's race
- Southampton turned on spectacular conditions for the event
- Mackenzie Dickey (bicycle alley), Maureen Bruno Roy (Independent Fabrications), Christine Vardaros (Lotto-Belisol Ladie steam), shake out their jitters on the opening lap
- Tim Johnson (cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com) congratulates wife Lyne Bessete (Cyclocrossworld.com) on a flawless ride to victory in the ladies elite race
- The elite men's field hung together for the initial lap at Whitmore's
Results
Elite Men 1 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona 59.09 2 Tim Johnson (USA) Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com 0.02 3 Mark Mccormack (USA) Team Clif Bar 0.35 4 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 0.37 5 Jesse Anthony (USA) Team Clif Bar 0.47 6 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com 1.02 7 Matthew White (USA) FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team 1.37 8 Dan Timmerman (USA) FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team 1.42 9 Jon Hamblen (USA) RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU 1.53 10 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Team Maxxis Cyclocross 2.03 11 Troy Wells (USA) TIAA-CREF / CLIF BAR 3.11 12 Jamey Driscoll (USA) FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team 3.22 13 Anthony Colby (USA) TargeTraining 3.32 14 Adam Myerson (USA) Nerac-Outdoorlights.com Pro Cycling 15 Roger Aspholm (Fin) Westwood Velo 16 Ryan Leech (USA) Meredith Group-Cannondale-GPOA 3.36 17 Simon Vickers (USA) HRS/Rock Lobster 3.41 18 Matt Kraus (USA) Alan Factory Team 4.11 19 Grant Berry (USA) Team Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 4.41 20 Justin Spinelli (USA) RGM Watches - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU 4.51 21 Joshua Snead (USA) HRS/Rock Lobster 5.47 22 Charlie Storm (USA) Back to Dirt Racing 5.53 23 John Hanson (USA) Nerac/Outdoorlights.com Pro Cycling Team 5.58 24 Dan Wilson (USA) Monstr Health Cycling 6.02 25 David Wyandt (USA) HRS-Rocklobster 6.45 One lap behind 26 Harlan Price (USA) Independent Fabrications 27 Ryan Barthel (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 28 Brian Hayes (USA) RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU Two laps behind 29 Noah Taylor (USA) RGM WATCHES-RICHARD SACHS -REX CHIU 30 Kyle Douglas (Can) 3 rox racing/scott Three laps behind 31 Chris Jones (USA) Champion System Racing 32 Todd Cassan (USA) Rocinate Four laps behind 33 Myles Romanow (Can) Hvc/Jessie's 34 Bill Elliston (USA) TARGETRAINING/Fuji 35 Colt Mcelwaine (USA) Independent Fabrications 36 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 37 Kevin Bradford-Parish (USA) REDLINE FACTORY TEAM 38 Erik Mitchell (USA) Quaker City Wheelmen 39 Tyler Johnson (USA) LOUIS GARNEAU/EASTON
Elite Women 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) (Cyclocrossworld.com) 41.22 2 Christine Vardaros (USA) (Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam) 1.00 3 Maureen Bruno Roy (USA) (Independent Fabrication/Wheelworks) 1.44 4 Mackenzie Dickey (USA) 2.44 5 Tara Ross (Can) (Cheerwine Cycling) 3.20 6 Mandy Lozano (USA) (Cheerwine) 3.38 7 Melanie Swartz (USA) (Velo Bella/Kona) 3.48 8 Anna Milkowski (USA) (Velo Bella-Kona) 5.04 9 Amy Wallace (USA) (RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - REX CHIU) 5.11 10 Pauline Frascone (USA) (Independent Fabrication/Kempner) 5.43 11 Alicia Hamblen (USA) (RGM WATCHES-RICHARD SACHS-REX CHIU) 6.45 12 Erin Kassoy (USA) (Velo Bella-Kona) 7.47 13 Megan Bilodeau (USA) (NCC - BikeReg.com) 8.15 One lap behind 14 Nina Santiago (USA) (High Gear Cyclery)
