Summerhill claims Cincy3 opener at Harbin Park

Cold, wet, and slippery conditions could not hold back Danny Summerhill (K-Edge-Felt) from winning at Harbin Park on Friday, the first day of the Toyota Cincy3 CX Festival. Summerhill opened up a large gap early in the race, and held on for his second ProCX win of the season.

After a relatively mild season of ProCX races, it was a harsh re-introduction to traditional cyclo-cross conditions for the peloton.

“It was a cold race, I haven’t felt my hands like that since I got frostbite in Bend,” Summerhill said. “It was nasty. It was my first wet race pretty much of my whole year.”

Geoff Kabush (Scott-3Rox Racing) nabbed the hole-shot but was eclipsed early in the first lap by Yannick Eckmann (California Giant-Specialized). Summerhill didn’t let Eckmann spend too much time up front before taking charge.

Summerhill opened up a gap and by the end of the first lap he had put 10 seconds on the field. Justin Lindine (Redline Factory/NBX) moved to the front and took the helm of a chase group that included Troy Wells (Team Clif Bar), Kerry Werner (Optum-Kelly Benefit), Jamie Driscoll (Raleigh-Clement) and Ben Berden (Raleigh-Clement.)

“It was chaos on the first lap, a bunch of people crashing,” Lindine said. “So my goal was to stay clean through that first lap and I figured I would be in an okay place, and I was.”

Despite the slippery and cold conditions Summerhill rode like he had glue on his tires and steadily built his lead to over 20 seconds.

“I just tried to put power down where it was smart to do it and not take the risks that I easily could,” said Summerhill. “By avoiding those risks I was able to keep it upright all but one time.”

Lindine and Wells battled for second for most of the race, with Driscoll chasing a few seconds behind them. After a hard, slow fight to make contact with Lindine and Wells, opportunity knocked and Driscoll answered.

“Fortunately I was able to claw back the second place and third place guys back,” said Driscoll. “Unfortunately Troy dropped his chain - so that put him out but because I was able to come up to him I was showing I was a little stronger towards the end of the race.”

In the final lap Driscoll attacked, finishing the battle with Lindine. After a hard day of racing, Lindine shifted his efforts to protecting the last podium spot.

Summerhill won by a wide margin ahead of Driscoll in second and Lindine held on for third. Berden picked up the pace in the closing laps of the race to finish in fourth place, followed by young upstart Cody Kaiser (Lange Twins/Specialized) in fifth. 

Toyota Cincy3 CX Festival racing continues on Saturday November 1st when the elite men’s field takes on the Kings After Dark UCI C1 race.

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Daniel Summerhill (USA)1:00:10
2James Driscoll (USA)0:00:18
3Justin Lindine (USA)0:00:26
4Ben Berden (Bel)0:01:08
5Cody Kaiser (USA)0:01:13
6Kerry Werner (USA)0:01:20
7Todd Wells (USA)0:01:49
8Geoff Kabush (Can)0:01:56
9Allen Krughoff (USA)0:02:06
10Benjamin Sonntag (Ger)0:02:10
11Shawn Milne (USA)0:02:29
12Isaac Neff (USA)0:02:40
13Yannick Eckmann (USA)0:02:50
14Troy Wells (USA)0:02:59
15Alex Ryan (USA)0:03:48
16Jacob Lasley (USA)0:03:52
17Sam O'keefe (USA)0:03:57
18Robert Marion (USA)0:04:13
19Corey Stelljes (USA)0:04:30
20Timothy Johnson (USA)0:04:54
21Kevin Bradford-Parish (USA)0:04:58
22Greg Wittwer (USA)0:06:19
23Andrew Reardon (USA)Row 22 - Cell 2
24Ben Frederick (USA)Row 23 - Cell 2
25Ian Haupt (USA)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Joshua Thornton (USA)Row 25 - Cell 2
27Spencer Whittier (USA)Row 26 - Cell 2
28Michael Dutczak (USA)Row 27 - Cell 2
29Jay Strothman (USA)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Ryan Gamm (USA)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Eric Lundgren (USA)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Lewis Gaffney (USA)Row 31 - Cell 2
33Mark Shannon (Irl)Row 32 - Cell 2
34Skyler Mackey (USA)Row 33 - Cell 2
35Jason Siegle (USA)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Philip Short (USA)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Kailin Waterman (USA)Row 36 - Cell 2
38Cameron Jackson (USA)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Ryan Comeau (USA)Row 38 - Cell 2
40Brandon Melott (USA)Row 39 - Cell 2
41Sean Germaine (Can)Row 40 - Cell 2
42Jp Brocket (USA)Row 41 - Cell 2
43Craig Wohlschlaeger (USA)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Adam Finck (USA)Row 43 - Cell 2

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