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Wooden Wheels/Granogue Cyclocross - C3
Granogue Estate, Wilmington, Delaware, October 25, 2003
Vergegear.com Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Championship Series #3
Wells and D'Aluisio win first round of Mid-Atlantic double header
By Tammy Ebersole
Last year, riders commented on how tough the Granogue course was. This year, the promoters notched it up even a bit further and the course that greeted riders this year was undoubtedly one of the toughest around. Riders were thankful for the sunny, dry conditions because rain and mud would have put the pain factor over the top.
It was a rough start in the women's race, as the first lap saw several riders go down on a fast grass to road transition. As several riders slid across the road, and riders behind them hit the brakes, the Clif Bar duo of Carmen D'Aluisio and Gina Hall had already headed up the road. They would never relinquish their lead and put on an impressive display of power and smoothness, dominating the tough, technical, hilly course. D'Aluisio crossed first taking the win. Christine Vardaros (Velo Bella/Sally Spicer) rode a steady race to take third and Anna Milkowski (Gearworks/Spin Arts) took fourth place. One of the riders involved in the early crash was former national masters champion Katrina Davis (Richard Sachs). After picking herself up off the road, Davis did an outstanding job of riding back up through traffic to round out the top five.
In the Elite Men's race, the surprise absence of Marc Gullickson (Redline) had spectators re-thinking their picks for the day. The start of the race saw the establishment of an early group of four that included Todd Wells (Mongoose/Hyundai), Ryan Trebon (Kona), Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar) and Andy Jacques-Mayne (Clif Bar). As Wells pushed the pace, Stewart and Jacques-Mayne started to falter. As they started to fall back, Trebon hung tough. Eventually Wells dropped the hammer, opened the gap and soloed in for the win. Trebon rode a great race to finish second and Stewart wrapped up the third spot. U23 star Jeremy Powers (NCC/Bikereg.com), continuing his streak of great rides, got past Jacques-Mayne for fourth. Jacques-Mayne finished fifth.
Racing tomorrow moves to Blue Bell, Pennsylvania for Prophecy Creek Cross.
Photos
Images by Jeff Feddersen/cyclocrossworld.com
- The women's pack at the top to the big climb
- Christine Varderos hop back on at the top of the run-up
- Anna Milkowski
- Sarah Uhl out of the saddle
- Amber Itle had a strong finish today
- Katrina Davis rides the climb after the off-camber downhill
- Clif Bar's Gina Hall puts a foot down for stability
- Gina Hall
- Velo Bella's Christine Varderos rides the off-camber section
- Carmen takes the win!
- The drag race for the hole shot
- Todd Wells takes the early lead
- Andy Jacques-Mayne (Clif Bar) leads teamate Jackson Stewart
- Ryan Trebon (Kona) had a great races and was close to Wells the entire race
- Jesse Anthony at the turnaround
- Team Clif Bar on the decent
- Jessie Anthony rides up the climb through the woods
- Todd Wells charges through the wooded section
- Jackson Stewart pushes hard to a 3rd place finish
- Andy Jacques-Maynes rode much of the race with Stewart, but faded near the end
- Andy Jacques-Maynes on the hurdle
- Jackson Stewart carries past the hurdles
- Jeremy Powers rode a strongly to finish 4th for the 2nd week in a row
- It was good to see Bart Bowen mixing it up again
- A Fuji team rider clears the hurdles
- Jesse Anthony on the run-up
Images by Chris Mayhew
- Fort/GPOA B-Squad prepares for battle. Left to Right - Chris Mayhew, Ben Pate, Colin Sandberg
- Start of the Junior's Race
- Start of the Master's Race
- Fort/GPOA's Betsy Schauer soldiers on
- Amber Itle, we're ready for your closeup
- Andy Jacques Maynes and Jackson Stewart of Clif Bar through the dollar parking
- Verge MAC Elite Men's series leader Ryan Leech of Fort/GPOA through the dollar parking lot
- Preview of the finishing order - Todd Wells, Ryan Trebon, Jackson Stewart, and Andy Jacques Maynes
- Todd Wells on the runup
- Jeremy Powers on the runup
- Gunnar Shogren, local folk hero on the run up
- Adam Hodges-Myerson on the run up
- Chris Mayhew - the announcer at Granogue Prophecy Creek
- Ryan Leech of Fort/GPOA and Joe Reynolds of Wissahickon in the elite race
Results
Elite Men 1 Todd Wells (Hundyndi) 57.04 2 Ryan Trebon (Easton/Kona/CCA) 0.15 3 Jackson Stewart (Ofoto.com-Lombardi Sports) 1.23 4 Jeremy Powers (NCC/BikeReg.com) 1.48 5 Andy Jacques-maynes (Clif Bar) 1.49 6 Jon Hamblen 1.59 7 Bart Bowen (Kona) 2.58 8 Jessy Anthony (Hot Tubes) 3.16 9 Charlie Storm (Kona/Easton/CCA) 3.32 10 Jed Schneider (Alan Factory) 4.26 11 Adam Hodges Myerson (Cycle-Smart) 12 Ryan Leech (NCC / BikeReg.com) 13 Gunnar Shogren (Fort/GPOA Cross Racing) 14 Sean Groom (Squadra Coppi) 4.42 15 Joseph Reynolds (Wissahickon) 4.50 16 Bill Elliston (YSG Racing / Ideal Title) 4.58 17 Matt White (NCC/BikeReg.com) 5.01 18 Daniel Doub (Kona/Easton/CCA) 5.05 19 Gregory Wittwer (LSV/Trek) 5.32 20 Greg Ferguson (FORT/GPOA) 5.54 21 Joey Thompson (Balance Bar/Devo) 6.11 22 Andy Applegate (Kona/Easton/CCA) 6.21 23 Kris Auer (LSV/Trek) 6.35 24 Jeff Leake (NCC/BikeReg.com) 6.37 25 Glenn Turner (Main Line Cycling) 6.59 26 Daniel Coady (NCC / BikeReg.com) 8.16 DNF Michael Yozell (Guys bicycle club) DNF Andrew Wulfkuhle (Wissahickon Cyclery) DNF Jacob Stechmann (Alan Factory Team) DNF Joseph Piccillo (Evolution Racing) DNF Brendan Marshall (Team Beacon) DNR Mark Gullickson (Redline) DNF Ryan Dewald (LSV/Trek) DNF Nathan Deibert (Faulkner Honda Racing) DNF Michael Cody (NCC / BikeReg.com) DNF Joseph Alachoyan (Ideal Tile/Brielle Cyclery) DNF Gary Keblish (CRIA-Conrad's) DNF Ethan Townsend (LSV/Trek) DNF Les Leach (FSVS) Elite Women/35+ 1 Carmen D'Aluisio (ClifBar) 44.06 2 Gina Hall (Clif Bar) 0.03 3 Christine Vardaros (Velobella/Sallespicer) 2.06 4 Anna Milkowski (Gearworks/SpinArts) 3.30 5 Katrina Davis 3.38 6 Sinead Fitzgibbon 3.41 7 Amber Itle (Wissahickon) 4.13 8 Sarah Uhl (Saturn) 5.51 9 Kerry Litka (Dansko/Wheelworks) 6.24 10 Susan Maclean (Gear Works/Spin Arts Cycling Team) 6.36 11 Celeste Drumm (Mean Wheels Bike Shop) 6.49 12 Sami Fournier (Velo Bella) 7.02 13 Megan Render (Team Snow Valley) 7.11 14 Caitlyn Tuel (sobe cannondale) 7.17 15 Betsy Schauer (FORT/GPOA) 7.23 16 Erica Miller (Wissahickon) 8.09 17 Lisa Most (Wissahickon) 8.35 18 Cara Mccauley (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club/CCA) 9.18 19 Tara Parsons (CRCA/ EAS) 0.55 20 Michelle Suplick (wissahickon) 1.17 21 Jill Morgan (Evolution Pro Bike) 1.30 22 Bonnie Stoeckl (Evolution) 1.52 23 Lisa Vible (First State Velo Sport) 2.21 24 Tammy Ebersole (Evolution Racing) 3.00 25 Tina Skelley (LSV/Trek/VW) 3.24 26 Kami Trenblay (MSCC) 4.04 27 Pam Shue (Wissahickon) 4.57 28 Donna Anderson (Evolution) 5.20 Men B 1 Bobby Lea (TEAM Fuji) 43.10 2 Kyle Wamsley (TEAM FUJI) 3 Todd Cassan 1.34 4 Jesse Semanchik (First State Velo Sport) 2.07 5 Wade Hess 2.25 6 N. Johan Anestad (Evolution Racing) 2.32 7 Brad Patches 8 Jason Babcock (Nittany Velo Club) 9 Chris Samuel (Pro Pedals) 2.47 10 Adam Szczepanski (Nittany Velo Club) 2.52 11 Andrew Crocks 3.04 12 Daniel Wilson Jr 3.07 13 Rick Trojanowski (hampton velo club) 3.13 14 Benjamin Pate (GPOA/FORT) 3.48 15 Marc Vetori (Wooden Wheels) 3.54 16 Jonathan Gantz (Gung Ho Bikes) 4.02 17 Trevor Williams (Guy's Racing) 4.11 18 Wayne Scott (First State Velo Sport) 4.18 19 Drew Guldalian (Wissahickon) 4.26 20 Nick Rinker (First Capital Velo) 4.48 21 Eric Morgan (Wissahickon) 4.54 22 Christian Skinner (Beacon Cycling) 4.58 23 Bruce Freehoff (Beacon) 24 Ian Sandberg (Evolution Racing) 5.00 25 Young Choi 5.14 26 Justin Polinski (skyline bicycle) 5.19 27 Sean Mealey 5.25 28 Todd Pittman (unattached) 5.31 29 Taylor Jones 5.50 30 Pete Smith 6.03 31 Wade Andews (Wissahickon) 6.25 32 Mark Fitzwater (Wooden Wheels) 6.35 33 Colin Sandberg (ESSM/GPOA Cycling Team) 6.44 34 John Hartpence 35 Theo Procopos (Wissahickon) 6.50 36 Andrew Albright 7.08 37 Chris Evans (Club Wissahickon) 7.13 38 Mark Gorman 7.26 39 Robert Sprague 7.50 40 ? 41 Shawn Johnson (Lateral Stress Velo) 8.27 42 Jay Donns 1 lap 43 Dusan Strika (Kissena Cycling Team) 44 Kevin Zutell (Aquafina) Masters 35+/45+ 1 Chris D'Aluisio 2 Richard Maile 3 Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelmen) 4 Robert Hacker (Team Lite Bites) 5 John Verheul (Cycle-Smart) 6 Mike Hebe (Monex) 7 Christopher Long (Independent Fabrication/Gotham) 8 Martin Jones (somerset wheelmen) 9 Willian Alcorn 10 ? 11 Blair Saunders 12 Robert Bobrow (TexasRoadhouse/Roark) 13 Wiliam Crecelius (rapid transit) 14 Robert Campos (Hampton Velo Club) 15 Randall Root (Team Snow Valley) 16 John E Lux (First Capitol Velo Club) 17 Douglass Gray (First State Velo Sport) 18 Kevin Saint Clair (QCW/Bike Addicts) 19 Fred Wittwer (charlottesville racing club) 20 Stephen Caffrey (First State Velo Sport) 21 Fred Handel (nittany velo club) 22 Kelly (must Beat Martin) Cline (Wissahickon) 23 Rick Mihillis 24 Robert Lyon (FIRST CAPITAL VELO) 25 Leo Pizzini 26 Mike Connair (First State Velo Sport) 27 Kevin Breckenmaker (Team Harrisburg) 28 Steve Heede (FIRST CAPITAL VELO) 29 Mike Czupryna 30 John Fox 31 Richard Sachs Juniors 10-16 1 Aaron Snyder Juniors 17-18 1 Jamey Driscoll (GMBC Invensys) 35.35 2 Konrad Lebas 1.49 3 Geoffrey Johnson (Portland Velo) 2.02 4 Gonzalo Escobar (squadra coppi/IM Saab) 6.20 5 Aaron Snyder 7.10 6 Sid Lea 1 lap 7 Kyle Gregg B Women 1 Erica Allar (T.E.A.M. Fuji) 2 Karen Tourian 3 Lana Courtney 4 Christina Lindsey 5 Tracy Lea (TEAM Fuji) 6 Linda Lennon 7 Lauri Jenkins (First State Velo Sport) 8 Nina Santiago (Liberty Cycle) Men C 1 Gorman 2 Briggs 3 Jakubowitch 4 Stauffer (Cycleworks) 5 Watkins (Somerset Wheelmen) 6 Fazio 7 Gassler 8 Ely 9 Gilmore (unattached) 10 Chewning 11 Sanchez 12 Nekil 13 Vann 14 Stine (Cedar Bike) 15 Kelly 16 Sands (Evolution Racing) 17 Hermann (Lateral Stress Velo) 18 Ekberg (Liberty Cycle) 19 Peterson (HP Hermes) 20 Sanchez (Evolution Racing) 21 McDaniel 22 Manning 23 Williams (Wilmington Velocity) 24 Fitzwater (Wooden Wheels) 25 Pollard (Team Snow Valley) 26 Ondik (Drexel Cycling) 27 Paulson (Unattached) DNF Windh DNF May
