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Surf City Cyclo-cross #2
Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Watsonville, California, 27 October, 2002
Jacques-Maynes and Lloyd score record victories at Surf City Round #2
By Tom Simpson
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The horse barns and sheep stalls of Surf City's 2nd round of 2002 competition are familiar ground for Ben Jacques-Maynes and Rachel Lloyd as they each continued their mastery of the dry and dusty circuit. Over 300 starters (296 finishers) saw bright sunny skies contribute to Jacques-Maynes's 4th consecutive victory at the Fairgrounds course.
After taking a tumble at the UCI races in Portland the week prior, an aching Jacques-Maynes had his hands full during the first 2 laps with Chris Pietrzak until a shoe problem dropped Pietrzak and left the door open for Jacques-Maynes. Pietrzak enjoyed his best-ever Surf City finish, ultimately losing only 39 seconds to J-M. The rib injury sustained in the first corner at the Portland International meet the previous weekend meant J-M had little power to hop any of the barricades and had to modify his approach to the uneven stairstep climbs. Pietrzak, after his win at Central Coast's event Sunday, 10/20, has made a significant jump into the top hierarchy of NorCal 'cross riders and appears ready for the return of the Clif Bar team and Jacques-Maynes's Spokesmen/Bullion teammate, Justin Robinson in upcoming rounds of Surf City and the Redline Cup finale in Napa, 1 week before the National Championships. The podium positions were another dogfight all morning. Initially John Funke, Larry Hibbard, Todd Hoefer, Jesse Scatton and Chris D'Alusio formed the chase group that later disintegrated into private duels with Funke earning the bronze, Master's legend Hibbard in 4th and then within just 20 seconds the balance of the top-10 riders sprinted home.
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Lloyd's 2nd consecutive Surf City win came on the heels of a very successful UCI trip up north the previous weekend, splitting wins with Clif Bar's Gina Hall at Portland and Tacoma. Taking an immediate lead on the first barricade and runup, Lloyd never looked back, notching her 3rd victory at the Fairgrounds, dating back to 1998. Velo Bella's Shelley Whisenhant led a contingent of 10 riders from her team entered that day to climb to 2nd by the conclusion, finishing 45 seconds in front of bronze medallist Sarah Kerlin. Lloyd appears to have the same form in 2002 that took her to a 9th place finish at the World's in Tabor in February 2001.
Camarillo's Mark Noble continued his hot streak at Surf City with another solo victory in the Master's 35 race. Todd Hoefer, Mark Howland, and Chris D'Alusio formed the loyal opposition with Noble pulling away on the last lap. For Hoefer and D'Alusio the Master's event was a tune-up as both riders also finished in the top 10 in the Elite Men's event.
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Images by Russ & Nancy Wright/AbbiOrca.com
- Mark Noble, Master 35 victor, 2nd week in a row for the rider from southern California
- Ben Jacques-Maynes, 4-time winner of the Fairgrounds circuit at Surf City
- Chris Pietrzak in a sea of yellow
- Larry Hibbard, Elite Men's 4th place
- Velo Bella from Monterey brought 10 competitors to the Fairgrounds
- World Singlespeed champion Stella Carey
- 2002 season revelation Chris Pietrzak leading Ben Jacques-Maynes at the barricades during the first lap
- John Funke, Elite Men's 3rd place
- Rachel Lloyd, 3-time winner at the Fairgrounds
- Shelley Whisenhant, runnerup Women's Elite race
- B race winner Russ Clark
Results
Senior A 1 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Spokesman/Bullion) 59.07 2 Christopher Pietrzak (Team Cannibal) 0.39 3 John Funke (SyCip) 1.45 4 Larry Hibbard (Family Cycling Centr) 2.01 5 Todd Hoefer (SallySpicer.com) 2.22 6 Jesse Scatton (Bicycles Plus) 2.29 7 Chris D'Alusio (Specialized) 2.32 8 Jeff Caton (Napa Valley Velo) 2.33 9 Doug Ott (SallySpicer.com) 2.36 10 Aaron Odell (Buy-Cell.com) 2.41 11 Mansur Nurullah (Clif Bar) 3.10 12 James Coats (Steelman/V.B.) 13 Bob Stoik (Family Cycling Cntr) 3.11 14 Aaron Kereluk (Hunter/Bike Trip) 3.13 15 Joe Mcnerney (Alameda Bicycle) 3.16 16 Rob Evans (WB) 4.25 17 Jonathan Owens (Missing Link/Bianchi) 4.32 18 Steve Reaney (ABS) 4.34 19 Sven Sturm (Who's your daddy) 4.48 20 Brian Vernor (ABS) 4.52 21 Keith Wegener (Cyclepaths.com) 4.56 22 Erik Paddleford 4.59 23 Roman Kilun (SCS) 5.03 24 Patrick Williams (Spokesman) 5.05 25 Lance Doherty (Missing Link/Bianchi) 5.32 26 Cameron Falconer (Hunter/DFL) 5.42 27 Zack Bock (Buy-cell.com) 5.48 28 Chris Daugherty (Steelman) 5.52 29 Ben Dodge (Ritchey Designs/PAB) 6.00 30 Anastasio Flores (ABS) 6.08 31 Jeffrey Hautman (Clif Bar) 6.20 32 Jason Rahlwes 7.09 33 Arlo Buijten (Family Cycling) 7.11 34 Steven Cozza (Swift) 7.52 35 Eric Richter (Giro) 10.40 One lap behind 36 Colin Beardsley (Hancock/McGuire) 37 Brock Dickie (Armadillo Willys) 38 Dean Poshard (Kelly Bike Co) 39 Juozas Martynaitis (Bicycle Warehous/GSR) 40 Michael Martin (SCCCC) 41 John Percer (Steelman) 42 Terry Tenette (Ritchey/Palo Alto) 43 Monty Worthington (Tifosi Wines) Senior B 1 Russ Clark (Ritchey/PAB) 47.24 2 Stosh Bankston (Bicycle Warehouse) 0.02 3 Jeremy Sarrow (SyCip) 0.22 4 Matt Young (Penn State Cycling) 1.00 5 Heath Maddox (SCCCC) 1.01 6 Paul Janney (ABS/SC Bikes) 1.05 7 Joseph Ball (Big Swinging Cycles) 1.06 8 David Samples (Cal Giant) 1.07 9 Mike McCloskey (Omnifit Racing) 10 Stacey Sell (Cannibal/Speckalized) 1.18 11 Randy Denton (LGBRC) 1.21 12 Mike Morgan (SyCip) 1.22 13 Jean-Luc Callahan (Specialized/Cannibal) 1.28 14 Robert Nelson (Missing Link/Bianchi) 1.34 15 John Rowan (SyCip) 1.48 16 David Belden (Ritchey/Palo Alto) 2.02 17 Ron Gutierez (SyCip) 2.13 18 Robert Godar (Back Country) 2.21 19 Rami Aburomia 2.33 20 Lucas Paz (3BRT) 2.34 21 Joe Cahoon (Cannibal/Specialized) 2.36 22 Isaih Stackhouse 23 James Stafford (NorCal Velo) 2.50 24 Ari Benderly 2.52 25 Brett Hondorp (SyCip) 2.55 26 Jorn Diedricksen (Cal Cycling) 3.03 27 Hans Kellner (SyCip) 3.08 28 Johannes Schmidt (Ritchey/PAB) 3.10 29 Greg Keller (Big Swinging Cycles) 3.13 30 Jeff Bronack (SCCCC) 3.18 31 Brent Carkeet (Scotts Valley CS) 3.24 32 Mark Firzsimmons (Fox Shox) 3.38 33 Eric Bustos (LGBRC) 3.56 34 David Widmark (3BRT) 4.02 35 Patrick McAnulty (Bikes+/Sierra Nevada) 4.03 36 Dave Finsthwait (Specialized/Cannibal) 37 James Lipe_Jr (Boyer Sports) 4.19 38 Uri Friedman (Barracho/Bike Coop) 4.27 39 Eric Wemhoff (Cal Cycling) 4.32 40 Jason Benford (Bicycle Trip) 4.52 41 Stephen Kent (SyCip) 5.06 42 Kevin Waggoner (UCSC/Titec) 5.07 43 Josh Johnson (Johnson Bike/Grazie) 5.16 44 Scott Huddleston (Greg Halls Team) 45 Joe Lavelle (Specialized) 5.24 46 Aron Bonar 5.39 47 Jimmy Clarke (SV Cycle Sport) 5.51 48 Rick Lambert (SyCip) 5.54 49 Geoff Luttrell 5.56 50 Eric Miller 5.57 51 Gregory Towers (Steelman) 6.29 52 Barnaby Lee (SCCCC) 6.48 53 Robin Roby (Church of Sweet Ride) 6.52 54 Antonio Diaz 7.05 55 Jeff Stoudt (Cambria Bikes) 7.16 56 Adam Smith 7.32 57 Brian Bruckner (Big Swingin Cycles) 58 Brian Garcia (NorCal Velo) 9.00 59 Joey Recht (Missing Link) 9.12 60 Ben Whiteneck 9.47 One lap behind 61 Paul Thai (Team Ritchey/PAB) 62 Robert Ford (REI Austin) Women (A) 1 Rachel Lloyd (Spine/Santa Cruz) 48.06 2 Shelley Whisenhant (Velo Bella) 2.42 3 Sarah Kerlin (ABS) 3.29 4 Kate Maher (Missing Link) 3.39 5 Kathleen Lenno (Ritchey PAB) 3.46 6 Hillary Daniels 4.10 7 Stella Carey (Kelly Bike) 4.36 8 Janie Dalton (Missing Link) 4.51 9 Monica Erdosh 5.26 10 Allison Baumhefner 5.39 11 Anya Hinkle (3BRT) 6.16 12 Claire Anderson (Soulcraft) 6.42 13 Jessica Runyon (Cyclepaths.com) 7.22 14 Shauna Potocky (Bike Trip) 8.33 15 Lori Janney (ABS) 9.33 One lap behind 16 Sarah Bumberger (SyCip) 17 Sabine Dukes (Velo Bella) Women 35+(A) 1 Linda Elgart (Webcor/Alto Velo) 54.30 2 Andrea Mackie (moots Cycles) 0.49 3 Marguerite Meyer (Olympic Club) 1.28 4 Colleen Wanty (Missing Link/Bianchi) 2.31 5 Kathleen Bortolussi (ABS) 2.43 6 Jessie Hickel (Velo Vella) 3.01 One lap behind 7 Celeste McCartney (Missing Link) 8 Laura Sanchez (Velo Bella) 9 Denise Jenderzak Women (B) 1 Ann Cigan (Velo Bella) 55.55 2 Heather Kirkby 1.52 One lap behind 3 Melanie Dominguez (Bike Trip) 4 Lindsey Collins 5 Reilly Dibner (3BRT/Cyfac) 6 Martin Patella (Cal Cycling) 7 Kari Saunders 8 Kathleen Meyer (Team Wrong Way) 9 Julie Brothers (Clif) 10 Stefanie Graeter (3BRT-Cyfac) 11 Rona Hung (Bike Trip) 12 Peterson-Lindberger (Bike Trip) 13 Karen Kefauver (Velo Bella) 14 Karen Nordstrom (Bike Trip) Two laps behind 15 Alyson Lowery (Velo Bella) Women C 1 Monica Flesher (Velo Bella) 48.23 One lap behind 2 Tammy Pickerell (Cyclesport) 3 Rhonda Patterson 4 Michelle Lee 5 Ella Lawrence (Another Bike Shop) 6 Melissa Gambol (Stanford Cycling) 7 Leah Christian (Velo Bella) 8 Naomi Monks 9 Susan Brown (Family Cycling) 10 Goldi Skeel (Velo Bella) 11 Kelly Miller 12 Arleen Jouras (Velo Bella) 13 J. Dalander-Johnson (Grazie/Johnson) 14 Cheri Poff (Armadillo Willys) 15 Flo Queen-Stover (SCTA) 16 Betty Jordan (Valley Spokesmen) Master 35+(A) 1 Mark Noble (Camarillo Ravens) 44.42 2 Todd Hoefer (SallySpicer.com) 0.28 3 Chris D'Alusio (Specialized) 0.45 4 Mark Howland (Black Market) 0.57 5 Pat Schott (Black Market) 2.30 6 Mark Abele (Diablo Cyclists) 2.44 7 Sam Giles (Clif Bar) 2.51 8 Gannon Myall (Mako/Galaxy Granola) 2.53 9 Steve Hess (Bicycle Trip) 2.54 10 Scott Lynch (BBC) 3.04 11 Steve Ouzounian (Missing Link/Bianchi) 3.05 12 Julian Zgoda (Webcor/Alto Velo) 3.20 13 George Hope (Gianni Westpole) 3.21 14 Keith Defiebre (Clif) 3.25 15 Mike Bohn (Another Bike Shop) 3.46 16 Jon Suzuki (Missing Link/Bianchi) 4.03 17 Rod Hernandez (CCCX/Clif Bar) 4.09 18 Brad Koester (DFL/Satan) 4.24 19 John Kammeyer (Le Matin) 4.41 20 Paul Siegel (Family Cycling) 5.07 21 Steve Gile (Winnning Wheels) 5.09 22 Thomas Hoeffel (Steelman/Cyclesports) 5.54 23 Ruben Villarreal (PBR) 6.12 24 Evan Adams (Hancock/McGuire) 6.14 25 Mitch Bramlett 6.26 26 Ryan Mark (Sharp Bicycle) 6.37 27 James Kelleher 6.56 28 Keith Packard (Crazie/Johnson) 7.09 29 Randy Osborn (Team City) 7.20 30 Jeff Hane (Wrong Way/Zanotti) 7.21 31 Patrick Dolden (Family Cycling) 7.28 32 Chip Baker (SyCip) 7.39 33 Bud Napolio (CRC/Travelocity) 7.53 34 Bill Carslay (Missing Link/Bianchi) 8.02 35 Frank Snowden (Clif Bar) 8.06 36 Edwin Rambuski 37 Gregory Phipps (Black Market Racing) 8.31 38 Darrel Brokeshoulder (LGBRC) 8.55 39 Farid Hamidieh 9.31 One lap behind 40 Dick VanDerLuit 41 Jim Beuselinch 42 Robert Cannahen (Calabazas Cyuclery) 43 Gary Noe (Rio Strada) 44 Jeff Steinhart (Team Hollywood) 45 Paul Macielo (Johnson/Grazie) 46 Mike Evans (SCCCC) 47 Willie Bullion (Spokesman/Bullion) 48 Alan Sund (Black Market Racing) 49 Andrew Lindon (Missing Link/Bianchi) 50 Dennis McGovern (SyCip) Master 45+(A) 1 Cass Laizure (Clif Bar) 48.28 2 Norm Kreiss (Clif Bar) 1.06 3 Jim Gentes 1.07 4 Richard Stone (Bicyclery HMB) 1.10 5 Doug Hatfield (GGBC) 1.12 6 Mark Michel (Bike Trip) 1.57 7 Robert Kurosawa (Clif Bar) 2.19 8 John Royson (DFL) 2.32 9 Chris Allen (Clif Bar) 2.35 10 Kem Akol (Bike Trip) 2.50 11 Dave Samples (Cal Giant Inc) 3.02 12 John Brown (Family Cycling) 3.06 13 Frank Cuaresma 3.11 14 Robert Harbuck (Kaiser Permanente) 3.36 15 Jonah Houston 3.40 16 Scott Martin (Bike Trip) 4.18 17 Tom Sullivan (Sully's) 4.44 18 Peter Brown (Pedali Corsa) 5.23 One lap behind 19 Gary Gogol (SCCCC) 20 Todd Olson (One Gear) 21 Rick Eklund 22 Bob Loflund (Team Wrong Way) 23 Peter Dahlstrand (BBC) Jr Men 1 Juozas Martynaitis (Bicycle WarehouseGSR) 45.06 2 Matt Lamont (CCORC) 1.25 Senior C 1 Rick Cotter (Armadillo Willies) 32.56 2 Gustavo Jimenez 0.08 3 Matt Watson 0.42 4 David Tom (Missing Link) 1.35 5 Brendon Novis (Eden Bicycles) 2.05 6 John Wallingford 2.09 7 Paul Pietryka (Bierman) 2.16 8 Brian Jensen (Fremont Freewheelers) 2.41 9 Keith McKee 2.57 10 Steve Stewart (LGBRC) 3.15 11 Fred Baldi (Bike Biz) 3.29 12 Tom Dixon 3.45 13 Alex Abbas (Calk Cycling) 4.00 14 Michael Booth (UCSC) 4.01 15 James Trent (SV Cycle Sport) 4.10 16 Andrew Payne (Fremont Freewheelers) 4.20 17 Johnny Stallings 4.22 18 Wolff Grand 4.40 19 John Priolo (Team Tam) 5.54 20 Darren Croteau 6.00 21 Page Hiner (Eden Bicycles) 6.19 22 Eric Werner (Webcor/Alto Velo) 6.27 23 Eric Lowe 6.28 24 Estaban Luis 7.53 25 David Charles 10.13 Master 35+(B) 1 Kevin McIntosh (ICCC) 33.19 2 Mike Videll 0.07 3 Joe Ornelas (Big Johnson Bike) 0.42 4 William Muir (Team Cycle Sport) 0.56 5 Cory Nash (Sycip) 1.25 6 Norman Field 1.56 7 Philip Sims (SCCCC/ABS) 1.58 8 Jeffrey Bramlett 2.44 9 Curt Ferguson (TNT) 3.10 10 Steven Woo (LGBRC) 3.46 11 Larry VanZant (Echelon/SB) 3.49 12 Troy Boone (Team Yugo) 4.13 13 Robert Barber (Tribe Triathlon) 4.47 14 Chris Pearson 5.50 15 Martin Lee 5.57 16 Doug Blasdell 8.37 Master 45+(B) 1 Paul Ryan (Sharp Bicycles) 34.43 2 Brian Birch (Berkeley Bike Club) 0.44 3 Reed Cantlay (Team 800) 0.53 4 Dwight Goss (Redwood Riders) 2.45 5 Dan Spisak (BBC) 3.08 6 Dick Graybill 4.13 7 Jody Hutchinson (VCM/Steelman) 4.38 8 Steven Seaweed (107.7 The Bone) 4.54 9 Harry Bidleman 5.32 10 Dick Rebozzi 6.18 Jr Men (B) 1 Daniel Dye (Bike Trip) 35.32 2 Paul Robertson (Bike Trip) 0.20 3 Aaron Deich 1.06 4 Chance Noble (Camarillo Ravens) 5 Mathew O'Bannon (Bike Trip) 3.53 6 Jeremy Ferguson (TNT) 7.15 One lap behind 7 Jason Eagle Two laps behind 8 Darik Thunstrem
