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September 6, Cross country & Final GC:

Woodruff, Rinehart win cross country

By:
Jay Richards
Published:
September 8, 2009, 15:10,
Updated:
September 9, 2009, 22:34

Both lock up overall titles

TJ Woodruff crests the top of Suicide Hill in route to the cross country and stage race win.

TJ Woodruff crests the top of Suicide Hill in route to the cross country and stage race win.

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Sunday morning's races came quickly after riders fueled up with a big breakfast of seven-grain hot cereal, Norwegian pancakes with lingonberries and farm sausage.

The elite men rolled off first with Doug Swanson taking the early lead before a group of three consisting of Moore, TJ Woodruff and Sam Oftedahl. Behind them, Eric Oftedahl, Jack Hinkens and Cam Patrick chased.

Heading towards the lakeside on the final lap, Moore pinned the drops in first with Woodruff and Oftedahl just off by seconds. Woodruff hung tight, and when the three riders came out the tight and twisty and began the climb up Suicide Hill, Woodruff made "the attack that stuck" and went on for the win that also secured the overall classification.

Moore hung on for second, Sam Oftedahl was third, junior rider Hinkens was fourth and Kirkpatrick finished fifth.

In the elite women's race, Jenna Rinehart and Kyia Anderson pulled away from the field until Suicide Hill where Rinehart made her move.

"I had a great start and jumped on Jenna's wheel. I let Jenna take the lead and when I looked back the rest of the elite field was right there," said Anderson. "We dove into the first section of singletrack and Jen Fisher was excusing her brake noise. We gapped the field out of the first section of singletrack, and I stuck on Jenna's wheel on the ski trails and up Suicide Hill."

Eventually Rinehart got away for the win. "Once in the singletrack and onto the steep climbs, she just danced away," said Anderson.

Fisher, Meghan Korol and Corey Coogan rounded out the top five respectively with Coogan looking rather "clean" compared to the other riders, male and female, who looked "dirty". Rinehart took the overall as well with the sweep of all three events.

Both Rinehart and Woodruff were repeating a previous overall win.

Results

Elite men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Tj Woodruff 1:51:37  
2 Brendan Moore (Velo Rochester) 0:00:13  
3 Cam Kirkpatrick 0:05:01  
4 Paul Hanson (Nicollet Bike Shop) 0:09:24  
5 Scott Kylander-Johnso 0:11:49  
6 Doug Swanson 0:16:55  
7 Heath Weisbrod (LCR (Larson Cycle Racing)) 0:17:09  
8 Jay Henderson (Hollywood Cycles/ Silver Cycli) 0:18:58  
9 Jeff Herrera 0:21:54  
10 Chris Fisher (Velorochester) 0:28:40  
Elite women
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jenna Rinehart (Specialized) 1:30:18  
2 Kyla Anderson (Hidden Bay Sports/Revolution/C) 0:10:01  
Cat. 1 junior men 15-18
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jack Hinkens (Penn Cycle) 1:55:25  
2 Jake Richards (Maplelag Resort-Paramount Spor) 0:06:49  
3 Michael McBurney (Peace Coffee) 0:10:54  
Cat. 1 Men 19-29
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Sam Oftedahl (hollywood/silver cycling) 1:52:37  
2 Eric Oftedahl (hollywood/silvercycling) 0:04:02  
3 Nikolai Anikin (conti) 0:09:45  
4 Jason Wenk 0:16:50  
DNF Justin Rinehart (Nicollet South Bike Shop)    
DNF Seth Carlson (Continental)    
Cat. 1 Men 30-39
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Dave Oachs (Nicollet Bike) 2:06:59  
2 Kevin Supple (peace coffee) 0:08:37  
3 J Ross Fraboni 0:08:41  
4 Tim Stone 0:13:12  
5 Shane Kullman (Loon State Cyclist) 0:13:51  
6 Eric Guse (Flat city cycling) 0:18:05  
7 Rich Omdahl (LCR) 0:24:47  
8 Matthew Horner (LCR) 0:24:53  
Cat. 1 men 40+
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Rodney Johnson (Freewheel Bile) 2:10:27  
2 Larry Sauber (LCR) 0:00:22  
3 Jan Rybar 0:00:48  
4 Wallace Alexander (Kenwood Racing) 0:05:12  
5 Thomas Thornquest 0:06:55  
Cat. 1 women 19-35
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jennifer Fisher 1:42:33  
2 Meghan Korol 0:04:00  
3 Corey Coogan (Freewheel) 0:10:42  
Cat. 1 women 36+
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Andrea Horner (LCR) 2:18:04  
Competition men 15-16
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Luke Baker (Summit Racing) 1:35:07  
Competition men 17-18
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Trent Warner 1:35:48  
Competition men 19-24
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Aaron Deutchman (Peace Coffee) 1:42:21  
Competition men 25-29
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Drew Wilson 1:34:23  
2 Matt Guettler 0:01:25  
3 Matt Abel 0:05:19  
4 Scott Spoo (Wannabee Racing) 0:06:14  
5 Tom Thorne 0:34:53  
Competition men 30-34
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Joe Surla (Wannabee Racing) 1:35:24  
2 Jason Scherman (Wannabee) 0:01:47  
3 Ryan Sportel (Freewheel) 0:02:50  
4 Evan Lawrence 0:04:32  
5 John Oman (WannaBee Racing) 0:16:25  
6 Jamison Beisswenger (Peace Coffe Racing) 0:17:48  
7 Roberto Madrigal (Revolution) 1:00:48  
DNF Nathaniel Swanberg    
Competitoin men 35-39
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Clayton McLagan (Peace Coffee Racing) 1:36:05  
2 Ben Rogowski (Freewheel Bike) 0:04:01  
3 Chris Van Ert (Peace Coffee Racing) 0:04:27  
4 Brandt Elson (hollywood/silver cycling) 0:04:45  
5 Eric Lebow (Wannabee Racing) 0:06:26  
6 Dan Wheeler (Gopher Wheelmen) 0:09:47  
Competition men 40-44
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 John Sandberg (Penn Cycle) 1:31:56  
2 Rick Ochs (Summit Racing) 0:05:03  
3 Piotr Bednarski (Freewheel) 0:05:05  
4 Todd Nesvold 0:09:08  
5 John Strucynski 0:09:33  
6 Jeff Colbert 0:11:21  
7 Jeffrey Penman 0:13:25  
8 Jim Jaglo (LCR) 0:14:06  
9 Eddie Karow (LCR) 0:18:05  
10 Marc Harvieux (Wannabee Racing) 0:30:26  
11 Dennis Porter 0:32:45  
Competition men 40-49
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Peter Schow (Penn Cycle) 1:43:42  
2 Brian Murdoch 0:07:08  
3 Jeffrey Arndt (Freewheel Bike) 0:09:04  
4 Tom McBurney (Peace Coffee) 0:18:28  
DNF Jeff Kalo (Central Plains Cycling)    
Competition men 50+
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jack Baker (Summit Racing) 1:43:43  
Competition Singlespeed men 34 & under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Tim Williams (Wannabee Racing) 1:44:06  
2 Charles Lamb 0:02:36  
Competition singlespeed men 35 & over
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Cory Mortensen (Peace Coffee) 2:45:35  
Cat. 2 junior men 14 & under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Nils Boberg (MNJRC) 1:17:35  
2 Jonathon McBurney 0:32:20  
3 Duncan Weisbrod (LCR (Larson Cycle Racing)) 0:41:02  
Cat. 2 Junior men 15-16
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Shea Franken (Bicycle Sports) 1:16:18  
2 Matthew Wenzel (Maplelag/Paramount) 0:10:27  
3 Alex Price 0:14:02  
Cat. 2 Junior men 17-18
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Tyler Boek 1:39:55  
Cat. 2 men 19-24
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kevin Bender (continental) 1:40:18  
2 chris nelson 0:13:07  
Cat. 2 men 25-29
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kaleb Himli 1:16:13  
2 Jeremy Dirk (Maplelag/Paramount) 0:01:46  
3 Jeff Bushendorf (Wannabee Racing) 0:02:27  
4 Jesse Hagglund (Summit Racing) 0:03:17  
5 Brendan Bellew 0:07:17  
6 Tim Gut 0:07:54  
7 Brent Miller 0:09:40  
8 Adam Caughey (Summit Racing) 0:11:49  
9 Chris Harwood 0:24:22  
Cat. 2 Men 30-34
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Paul Cullen (Maplelag/Paromount) 1:13:39  
2 Dan Knudsvig 0:01:58  
3 Corey Tabbert 0:17:38  
4 Garrett Tews 0:49:16  
Cat. 2 Men 35-39
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jason Kempel (LCR) 1:19:29  
2 Derek Broten 0:03:31  
3 Matthew Johnson (Freewheel Bike) 0:03:48  
4 Nick Pettis (Wannabee Racing) 0:06:04  
5 Tony Schmitz (Maplelag / Paramount Sports) 0:06:11  
6 Chris Okane 0:06:19  
DNF Don Colberg    
Cat. 2 Men 40-44
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Bob Callaway 1:18:36  
2 Sean Valentine (Peace Coffee) 0:01:43  
3 Randy Smothers (Bicycle Sports) 0:03:10  
4 Dave Riipinen 0:06:20  
5 Jim Newton 0:07:27  
6 Spencer Lenz 0:12:05  
7 Frank Bobick (Peace Coffee) 0:22:05  
8 Rich Poehls 0:32:00  
DNF Matthew Engen (Maplelag/Paramount/Cheep Team)    
Cat. 2 Men 45-49
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Thomas Rinehart (Nicollet South Bike) 1:12:52  
2 Steve Wenzel (Maplelag/Paramount) 0:03:05  
3 Craig Wiklund 0:04:40  
4 Ray Osowski 0:11:14  
5 Jack Ellefson 0:14:37  
6 Bruce Brown (MOB Racing) 0:16:07  
7 Philip Roadley 0:22:42  
8 Kevin Knutson (Peace Coffee) 0:40:32  
9 Kraig Anderson 0:51:02  
DNF Todd Borstad    
Cat. 2 Men 50-59
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Steve Kapaun 1:25:35  
2 Todd Trembley 0:03:04  
3 Norm Busse 0:05:08  
4 Ken Grantier 0:11:05  
5 Thomas Gujer 0:14:02  
Cat. 2 Men 60+
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Denny Barry (Maplelag-Paramount Sports) 1:36:25  
Cat. 2 Junior women 18 & under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Allison Baker (Summit Racing) 1:48:36  
Cat. 2 Women 19-34
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jessica Wittwer (Gopher Wheelman) 1:36:19  
2 Amy Johnson 0:03:21  
3 Julie Vardaman 0:06:24  
4 Mandi Tauferner (Wannabees) 0:15:09  
5 Kari Edvenson 0:16:15  
6 Kristy Henderson (Hollywood/Silver Cycling) 0:18:47  
7 Danielle Coffield 0:34:51  
DNF Norma Dukes    
Cat. 2 Women 35 and over
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kris Brazil (Kris Brazil) 1:34:24  
2 Michele Jordet 0:39:20  
3 Jess Wiborg (Bent Crank Racing) 0:50:34  
DNF Beckie Alexander (Kenwood Racing)    
Clydesdale 34 and under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kelly Ness 1:36:24  
2 Todd Hale 0:02:45  
3 Matt Heutinck (Bent Crank Racing) 0:04:08  
4 Derek Vondevelde 0:08:27  
Clydesdale 35 and over
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Michael Soderburg 1:33:38  
2 Kelly Bakke 0:07:04  
3 Gary Smith (Peace Coffee) 0:29:47  
Singlespeed 34 and under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Nathan Goltz (Synergy) 1:23:34  
2 Corey Edge 0:02:17  
3 David Bruning (Bent Crank Racing) 0:09:18  
4 Isreal Lawstuen (29nSNGL*) 0:14:56  
Singlespeed 35 and over
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Matt Huron 1:25:25  
2 paul lorinser 0:15:33  
3 Chuck Jacobs (Silver Cycling) 0:46:50  
Cat. 3 Junior men 10-12
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Zachary Smith (Peace Coffee) 0:55:49  
2 Max Smothers (Bicycle Sports) 0:05:36  
Cat. 3 Junior Men 13-15
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Matthew Olson 0:39:17  
2 Lucas Hieb 0:00:01  
3 Zach Newton 0:08:50  
Cat. 3 Men 16-18
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Matt Lee 0:38:37  
2 Kyle Greene 0:01:05  
3 Jayson Aakre 0:06:39  
4 Alec Driscoll 0:17:42  
DNF Shane Anderson    
Cat. 3 Men 19-24
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Michael Petroff 0:40:28  
2 Matthew Smithers 0:09:05  
Cat. 3 Men 25-29
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ryan Edge 0:39:41  
2 Andris Zakis 0:08:22  
3 Benjamin Streiff 0:17:31  
Cat. 3 Men 30-34
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ryan Fahrmann 0:42:36  
DNF Chris Horsmann    
Cat. 3 Men 35-39
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jacque Poquette 0:38:56  
2 Nathan Olson 0:05:52  
3 Mike Mohs 0:06:45  
Cat. 3 Men 40-44
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Brian Penner 0:45:36  
2 Bernie Seleski 0:07:44  
Cat. 3 Men 45-49
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Michael Kahn 0:54:09  
Cat. 3 Men 50-59
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Tim Hieb 0:41:01  
2 Michael Cisek (Freewheel Bikes) 0:00:45  
3 Bill Hinkens 0:07:26  
4 Phillip Jemiellta 0:13:16  
Cat. 3 Men 60+
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Steve Weisbrod (LCR) 1:08:54  
Cat. 3 Women 13 and under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Rachel Jensen (Riverbrook Momentum) 0:42:52  
2 Jordan Horner (LCR) 0:02:22  
Cat. 3 Women 14-18
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kate Hinkens 0:50:37  
Cat. 3 Women 19-29
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Emily Goltz 0:43:05  
2 Samantha Bushendorf (Wannabee Racing) 0:05:10  
3 Annie Swanberg 0:05:58  
4 Kelly Karstad 0:09:30  
5 Tara Chichester 0:20:39  
Cat. 3 Women 30-39
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Yvette Harvieux (Wannabee Racing) 0:45:30  
2 Diane Callaway 0:03:56  
3 Katy Rudolph (Team MORBID) 0:06:16  
4 Sarah Williams (Wannabee Racing) 0:07:15  
5 Amanda Lawstuen (29nSNGL*) 0:13:39  
6 Amy Ochs (Summit) 0:16:05  
7 Lynn Tews 0:16:52  
DNF Allison Poehls    
DNF Carmen Scherman    
Cat. 3 Women 40+
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Anne Eleefspn 0:46:22  
2 Darcy Busse 0:03:35  
3 Amy McTavish 0:08:17  
4 Sherri Stastny 0:18:21  
Boys 8 and under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jens Richards 0:18:53  
2 Calvin Sandberg 0:00:21  
3 Hunter Kahn 0:01:35  
4 Logan Roadley 0:02:33  
5 Devon Horner (LCR) 0:02:43  
6 Henry Hall 0:05:01  
7 Isaac Hale 0:05:09  
8 Wyatt Horner (LCR) 0:05:17  
9 Jack Smothers 0:06:11  
10 Ryan Guse 0:09:17  
11 Rowan Penner 0:10:59  
12 Garrett Horshager 0:11:00  
13 Cole Johnson (Freewheel Bike) 0:12:17  
14 Tony Murdoch 0:14:17  
15 Owen Thornquest 0:16:48  
Boys 9-10
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jonathan Busse 0:19:09  
2 Jack Zonneveld 0:00:09  
3 Jasper Roadley 0:00:52  
4 Mark Keeler (LCR) 0:01:08  
5 Casey Porter 0:02:43  
6 Grant Horsager 0:04:42  
7 Jack Johnson (Freewheel Bike) 0:05:00  
8 Leo Weisbrod 0:06:18  
Boys 10-12
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jesse Busse 0:16:08  
2 Ian Price 0:01:31  
3 Samuel Elson 0:02:30  
Boys 11-12
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
4 Kieran Penner 0:19:05  
5 Ryan Schow 0:24:06  
Girls 8 and under
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kaitlyn Bakke 0:29:35  
2 Margaret Murdoch 0:04:15  
3 Trind Nesvold 0:21:25  
Girls 9-10
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Chloe Penner 0:23:54  
2 Briana McLagan (Peace Coffee) 0:00:16  
3 Allison Okane 0:01:09  
4 Grace Steinhagen 0:01:17  
5 Melissa Jacobs (Silver Cycling) 0:05:44  
Girls 11-12
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Annie Hinkens 0:19:15  
Elite women final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jenna Rinehart 2:53:43  
2 Kyla Anderson 0:00:14  
3 Jennifer Fisher 0:01:47  
4 Meghan Korol 0:03:30  
5 Corey Coogan 0:07:30  
6 Andrea Horner 0:14:37  
Elite men final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Tj Woodruff 2:20:55  
2 Brendan Moore 0:00:27  
3 Sam Oftedahl 0:03:49  
4 Jack Hinkens 0:06:23  
5 Cam Kirkpatrick 0:07:07  
6 Eric Oftedahl 0:08:07  
7 Jake Richards 0:14:34  
8 Doug Swanson 0:17:58  
9 Jay Henderson 0:23:10  
10 Heath Weisbrod 0:23:32  
11 Jan Rybar 0:25:17  
12 Kevin Supple 0:29:48  
13 Wallace Alexander 0:30:15  
14 Chris Fisher 0:32:48  
15 Thomas Thornquest 0:33:02  
16 Tim Stone 0:34:35  
17 Shane Kullman 0:36:18  
18 Eric Guse 0:40:18  
19 Matthew Horner 0:47:25  
Competition men final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 John Sandberg 1:58:39  
2 Drew Wilson 0:03:00  
3 Luke Baker 0:03:10  
4 Trent Warner 0:04:30  
5 Clayton McLagan 0:04:46  
6 Rick Ochs 0:05:57  
7 Ryan Sportel 0:06:41  
8 Jason Scherman 0:08:03  
9 Todd Nesvold 0:10:00  
10 Eric Lebow 0:11:34  
11 Peter Schow 0:12:38  
12 Tim Williams 0:14:26  
13 Dan Wheeler 0:14:50  
14 Jeffrey Penman 0:15:33  
15 John Oman 0:21:10  
Sport women final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kris Brazil 2:01:33  
2 Jessica Wittwer 0:03:43  
3 Julie Vardaman 0:07:52  
4 Amy Johnson 0:09:02  
5 Kristy Henderson 0:20:53  
Sport men final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Thomas Rinehart 1:38:19  
2 Steve Wenzel 0:01:45  
3 Shea Franken 0:03:48  
4 Jeff Bushendorf 0:05:24  
5 Sean Valentine 0:07:45  
6 Randy Smothers 0:09:30  
7 Matthew Johnson 0:11:11  
8 Matthew Wenzel 0:13:36  
9 Jim Newton 0:14:10  
10 Tony Schmitz 0:14:39  
11 Brent Miller 0:15:03  
12 Jack Ellefson 0:15:15  
13 Adam Caughey 0:15:17  
14 Todd Trembley 0:17:05  
15 Norm Busse 0:19:32  
16 Philip Roadley 0:24:29  
17 Thomas Gujer 0:28:49  
Citizen Women final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Rachel Jensen 1:09:06  
2 Anne Eleefspn 0:05:43  
3 Samantha 0:08:06  
4 Kate Hinkens 0:11:14  
5 Darcy Busse 0:11:21  
6 Jordan Horner 0:14:01  
Citizen men final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Zach Newton 1:17:31  
2 Bill Hinkens 0:02:03  
3 Matt Lee 0:16:59  
4 Max Smothers 0:18:09