Shimano NEPCX - The Cycle-Smart International 1 2012: Elite women Results

Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) edges out Crystal Anthony for the win
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Elite Women’s Podium (L to R) Crystal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) 2nd, Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) 1st, Anna Barensfeld (Pedalpowertraining.com) 3rd

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Pink tires seemed to be all the rage today

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Catherine Sterling (Bikeman.com) chasing Ellen Noble on the run-up

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Karin Holmes (Riverside Racing) on the steep, loose run-up

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Anna Barensfeld (Pedalpowertraining.com) on the stairs in third place

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Evelyne Blouin (Ride with Rendall) racing solidly in fourth place

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Natasha Elliot (The Cyclery) running the steps in the top ten racers

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Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) sprinting up the steepest run-up

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Crystal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) at the top of the run-up

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Anna Barensfeld (Pedalpowertraining.com) had third place for the entire race

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Anna Barensfeld (Pedalpowertraining.com) out for a day in the woods

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Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) and Crystal Anthony put on quite a show

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New Englander Adam Craig watching the women’s race

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Frances Morrison (JAM Fund/NCC/Vittoria) warming up before the race

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Elite Women’s front row

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Crystal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) with the race lead on lap one

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Anna Barensfeld (Pedalpowertraining.com) on the stairs

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Frances Morrison (JAM Fund/NCC/Vittoria) approaching the stairs

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Elite Women running the stairs

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Cyrstal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) stumbles on the run-up

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Evelyne Blouin (Ride with Rendall) on the steep run-up

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Colavita teammates on one of the run-ups

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Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes)

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Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) descending on the drops

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Crystal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) at the railroad crossing

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Anna Barensfeld (Pedalpowertraining.com) jumping the railroad tracks

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Frances Morrison (JAM Fund/NCC/Vittoria) leads a group over the railroad crossing

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Evelyne Blouin (Ride with Rendall) takes fourth place

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Sally Annis (Pedalpowertraining.com) and Cassandra Maimenko (Silverbull) sprinting to the line

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Crystal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) chasing McConneloug

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Sally Annis (Pedalpowertraining.com) riding on one of the paved paths

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Evelyne Blouin (Ride with Rendall) running the stairs

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Women running the uphill stairs

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A properly dressed course crossing guard

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Elite Women’s start led out by Arley Kemmerer (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes)

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Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) leading Crystal Anthony on lap one

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Crystal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) trying to recover from a couple spills

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Erika Yozell (South Mountain Cycles) riding some pavement

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It was a gorgeous day for bike racing in New England

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In the women’s race, Mary McConneloug (Team Kenda/Seven/Notubes)and Crystal Anthony (Cyclocrossworld.com) were in a league of their own, establishing a sizable gap over the rest of the field in the first lap. They went on to finish first and second with Anna Barensfield (pedalpowertraining.com) taking third.

McConneloug and Anthony traded the lead ahead of a solo chasing Barensfeld for most of the race and just when it looked like a sprint finish was imminent, Anthony dropped her chain with two laps remaining. It was this little mistake that would give McConneloug the small gap she needed to win.

Anthony charged hard for the last lap and it looked like she might overtake McConneloug, but in the end McConneloug’s flawless performance brought her to the line one second ahead of Anthony and another 50 seconds ahead of Barensfeld.

“I was able to just make up a few seconds here and there,” said McConneloug of her race, “and that’s what cyclo-cross is all about.”

Full Results
1	Mary McConneloug (USA) Team Kenda/Seven/Notubes	0:39:52
2	Crystal Anthony (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com	0:00:01
3	Anna Barensfeld (USA) pedalpowertraining.com	0:00:50
4	Évelyne Blouin (Can) Ride With Rendall	0:01:11
5	Jenny Ives (USA) Favata TRT-Unovelo cross team	0:01:22
6	Sally Annis (USA) pedalpowertraining.com	0:01:27
7	Cassandra Maximenko (USA) Silverbull targettraining
8	Frances Morrison (USA) J.A.M. Fund/NCC
9	Natasha Elliott (Can) The Cyclery	0:01:31
10	Arley Kemmerer (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes	0:01:50
11	Brittlee Bowman (USA) pedalpowertraining.com	0:01:54
12	Catherine Sterling (USA) Bikeman.com
13	Christina Birch (USA) JAM/NCC/Vittoria	0:02:24
14	Kathleen Lysakowski (USA) Cycle Lodge	0:02:33
15	Ellen Noble (USA) Trek Cyclocross Collective	0:02:37
16	Molly Hurford (USA) Colavita/Espn-W	0:02:41
17	Stacey Barbossa (USA) Colavita/espnW NJ	0:02:42
18	Lori Cooke (USA) Cycle Lodge	0:03:21
19	Marian Jamison (USA) LadiesFirst Racing	0:03:26
20	Nancy Labbe-Giguere (Can) LadiesFirst Racing	0:03:31
21	Bailey Semian (USA) Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA	0:03:36
22	Elizabeth Lukowski (USA) NYCross.com p/b VOmax	0:03:38
23	Christina Tamilio (USA) LadiesFirst Racing	0:03:39
24	Vickie Monahan (USA) Expo Wheelmen	0:03:40
25	Kathleen Wulfkuhle (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes	0:03:41
26	Karin Holmes (USA) Riverside Racing
27	Joanne Grogan (USA) Cyclocrossracing.com	0:04:03
28	Lauri Webber (USA) Wooden Wheels Racing
29	Deirdre Smith (USA) B2C2 p/b Boloco	0:04:54
30	Erica Yozell Miller (USA) South Mountain Cycles	0:05:02
31	Giulia Righi (Ita) Central Wheel	0:05:04
32	Cait Dooley (USA) Geekhouse Bikes	0:05:08
33	Jocelyn Mauldin (USA) NEBC p/b Cycle Loft	0:05:26
34	Lauren Kling (USA) New England Athletic Cyclocross	0:08:13

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