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October 17, Elite Men:

Trebon solos to victory

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Cycling News
Published:
October 17, 2009, 22:27,
Updated:
October 18, 2009, 17:28

Wicks and Scherz round out podium

Race leader Ryan Trebon (Kona) gets a bit twisted on a slippery part.

Race leader Ryan Trebon (Kona) gets a bit twisted on a slippery part.

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US 'cross national champion Ryan Trebon (Kona) powered to his first UCI win of the season on Saturday, besting teammate Barry Wicks by more than one minute. Early protagonists included Adam Myerson (Cycle Smart), Wicks and Swiss U23 racer Valentin Scherz (Pro Cycles Scott Newwork). By the end of the first lap, Myerson had dropped back and Trebon was off the front.

Wicks and Sherz battled before stabilizing with Wicks in the second position leaving the main action in the race the battle for fourth place. Davide Frattini (Fuji) flatted a rear tire and elected to change his wheel. That moved up the battle of Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs/RGM Watches/Radix) and Adam McGrath (Thule/Van Dessel). Frattini mounted a pursuit and eventually finished fourth. McGrath faded in the last quarter of the race and finished in seventh, behind the Richard Sachs/RGM Watches/Radix duo of Dan Timmerman and Will Dugan.

Had it not been for the weather, one of the big stories may have been the first major course revision for the venerable race in over five years. But an early Nor'easter brought near-record low temperatures and saturated the region, even dropping snow in some locales less than two hours from the race. The resultant muddy mess turned even the smallest incline (and even some flat portions), into a run-up.

"It's the heaviest this race has ever been," said men's runner-up Barry Wicks of Kona. "You could still ride through Devou last week, but with the grass and the clay soil here, it just grabbed your wheel."

"On a day like this you throw the tactics out and it's just who's the strongest and makes the least mistakes," continued Wicks. "Today it was Ryan, again."

The MAC Powered by SRAM Series continues Sunday with the Wissahickon Cyclo-cross at the Ludwig's Corner Horse Show and Country Fair grounds in Glenmore, Pennsylvania.

Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona 0:59:37  
2 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 0:01:27  
3 Valentin Scherz (Swi) Pro Cycles Scott Newwork 0:02:13  
4 Davide Frattini (Ita) Fuji 0:03:04  
5 Dan Timmerman (USA) RICHARD SACHS - RGM WATCHES - RADIX 0:03:28  
6 Will Dugan (USA) RICHARD SACHS - RGM WATCHES - RADIX 0:03:51  
7 Adam Mcgrath (USA) Thule/Van Dessel 0:03:53  
8 Josh Dillon (USA) RICHARD SACHS - RGM WATCHES - RADIX 0:06:07  
9 Adam Myerson (USA) Cycle-Smart 0:06:13  
10 Greg Wittwer (USA) ALAN North America Cycling Team 0:06:18  
11 Weston Schempf (USA) C3 Athletes Serving Athletes 0:06:30  
12 Patrick Wulfkuhle (USA) Rutgers University Cycling Team 0:07:18  
13 Jared Bradley (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit 0:09:15  
14 Joseph Nieters (USA) Haymarket Bicycles/Home Visit 0:10:10  
15 Bill Dombrowski (USA) Van Dessel Factory Team    
16 Andrew Elliston (USA) NYC Velo    
17 Rickey Crooks (USA) Echappe Equipment Elite Team    
18 Ryan Visinski (USA) Battley HARLEY-DAVIDSON    
19 Adam Dewald (USA) Adventures For the Cure    
20 Michael Driscoll (USA) Highland Park Hermes p/b Kim's Bike Shop    
21 Andrew Jenks (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes    
22 Ian Mihalik (USA) Team BBC    
23 Jeffrey Mathias (USA) ALAN / Richmond Pro    
24 Michael Nelessen (USA) Freddie Fu Cycling Team    
25 Bradley Farabaugh (USA) South Mountain Cycles    
26 Kirt Langlois (USA) Sexual Camel    
27 Bryan Buckles (USA) Hudz - Subaru    
28 Jordan Ford (USA) Breakaway Bikes.com/Giant    
29 Matt Fitzpatrick (USA) Dynaflo Racing    
30 Christopher Fawley (USA) Secret Henry's Team    
31 Adam Kahlenberg (USA) Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA Cannondale    
32 Peter Spohn (USA) Embrocation/IGLEHEART/MadAlchemy    
DNF J Gabriel Consorto (USA) Echappe Equipment Elite Team    
DNF Elliott Rubijono (USA) Seigler Sports    
DNF Stephen Lloyd (USA) Indiana Regional Medical Center    
DNF Adam Craddock (USA) Wissahickon    
DNF Tyler Cummings (USA) Boo Bicycles    
DNF Dan Szczepanski (USA) Embrocation Cycling Journal    
DNF Guillaume Wren (USA) Van Dessel Factory Team