Fly V lands one-two punch
Cliff-Ryan claims it for the sponsors
Ben Kersten (Fly V Australia) blasted through a crash-filled sprint to take victory ahead of his teammate Alessandro Bazzana at the Tour of Somerville on Memorial Day Monday. Clayton Barrows (AXA Equitable Cycling Team/CRCA) rounded out the podium in third.
"I was keen on doing this race because I had heard about it, it catered to my track background," said Kersten. "The team did a great job; David Tanner kicked it with about 600 metres to go and Alessandro Bazzana went with 400 metres to go and he held on for second and I got the win.
"It was a very interesting course and 800 metres from the last corner to the finish line," continued the Australian. "It was slightly uphill with a head wind and I think a lot of people got it wrong. Judging the line was hard and it was easy to go early because you get excited seeing the banners but it was a really long straight."
The Lantus Tour of Somerville celebrated its 70th anniversary with some 150 riders in the professional men's Kugler-Anderson Memorial criterium, an 80km race worth $15,000 in prizes and well known as the Kentucky Derby of cycling in America.
The event takes place annually in New Jersey and title sponsored by Sanofi Aventis and Lantus, which also sponsor the Team Type 1 squad. The event's location is also home of Jamis-Sutter Home p/b Colavita sponsors Colavita USA and Jamis Bicycles, giving the race added importance for both professional teams.
The event's four corner circuit started on West Main Street, took a left onto Grove Steet, another left onto the back stretch on West High Street, rounded a left onto Mountain Avenue before blasting through the final corner for a 800-metre dash to the finish line.
"We had a tactic that we had discussed a couple days ago with [Ed] Beamon, our directeur here, who has done this race a thousand times and knew exactly what was going to happen," Kersten said. "We only had five riders so we couldn't take full control of the race.
"We had to make sure that the two major teams, Team Type 1 and Jamis, weren't both in a move without us. If they weren't in a move, then it was up to them to chase on their own home turf. We had a lot of confidence in our sprint finish and as soon as we saw the course we thought that I would most likely win."
The race got under way with a flurry of attacks however, the natural momentum of the course coupled with the speed of a sprint-hungry peloton held the field together for most of the race. With 10 laps to go, National Racing Calendar (NRC) individual standings leader Luis Amaran and Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home p/b Colavita), attacked the field and worked together to try to maintain a 30-second lead ahead of the peloton.
"Somerville is a hometown race for me so there is a little bit of pride there," said Fly V Australia's technical director Ed Beamon. "We had to come here with a small crew but one that we had a lot of confidence in. We hoped that Team Type 1 would take some control and they did, so we sat back because they had so many guys. They did most of that work to bring those two guys back."
Team Type 1 took on the responsibility to reel in the pair of threatening contenders who were reabsorbed into the field with five laps to go. The two riders stayed near the front of the field to set up a lead-out train for sprinter Ivan Dominguez, who crashed with 200 metres to go.
"We rode the last four laps on the front and the last lap was crazy, as always," said the squad's directeur sportif, Sebastian Alexandre. "Luis, Alejandro and Ivan were together and someone took Ivan's wheel from Ale so he lost the train with two corners to go and they sprinted separately. Luis and Ale were doing the lead-out on one side and Ivan was on the other side of the road.
"We know that Somerville is a hard race for breakaways but we tried to make the race hard," he added. "That is what we did so we are happy. We gave it a shot. Having Ivan sitting in today was a good card. Unfortunately he crashed."
Jamis-Sutter Home riders were the first through the last corner followed by the Fly V Australia's crew of sprinters who timed their sprint to perfection, outpacing their rival fast-men in the gallop to the line to take the top two places of the prestigious podium with Kersten and Bazzana.
Colavita-Baci makes sponsors proud in Somerville
Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita-Baci p/b Cooking Light) won the women's Kugler Open in front of a sponsor-filled audience at the finale race of the Tour of Somerville. She outpaced runner up Kristy Broun (Verducci Breakaway Racing) and former US Criterium Champion Brooke Miller (Tibco) in third.
"We were riding for a sprint today and our main goal was to keep everything together," Cliff-Ryan explained afterwards. "We weren't stressing trying to get away because we were confident we could win a sprint. The girls kept it together and did a huge lead-out, it was perfect."
"Of course this race is very important to us," she added. "Colavita and Jamis groups are really good and supportive and they understand bike racing. We always want to win this one for them so we are happy to pull that off."
The women's Kugler Open, a 32km criterium, offered $7,000 in cash prizes and was contested by some 50 Pro and Elite racers. Verducci Breakaway Racing were arguably the most aggressive riders in the bunch; however, the fast course design has traditionally left little opportunity for a breakaway to succeed to the line.
"It was roasting hot today," said Rachel Heal, Colavita-Baci directeur sportif. "But it is a hard course to get away on and a break never seems to stick. There was a lot of attacking but no break got any distance. We wanted it to come down to a bunch sprint because that suited us well. This is also an important race for us because it is in both our sponsors, Colavita and Jamis' backyard in New Jersey."
Colavita-Baci's seven-woman team proved to have the strongest lead-out train with two laps to go. They ramped up the speed on the final lap and Cliff-Ryan sat protected behind two of her teammates Modesta Vzesniauskaite and Kelly Benjamin. As the trio exited the last corner, they were followed closely by Miller and Broun. Cliff-Ryan jumped early and held her sprint the line for the victory.
"Brooke, Kristy and Laura Van Gilder were behind me," Cliff-Ryan said. "Kelly was the last lead-out for me and I left a gap on her because I didn't want to get boxed in. I wanted to wait as long as possible because it was a head wind. As soon as I heard Brooke coming at me I got a run at Kelly and was able to hold on to the line. I started it with 200 metres to go."
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ben Kersten (Fly V Australia) | 1:46:22 |
2 | Alessandro Bazzana (Fly V Australia) | 0:00:00 |
3 | Clayton Barrows (AXA Equitable Cycling Team / C) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Neil Bezdek (Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joe's) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) | 0:00:00 |
6 | Adam Carr (Adageo Energy Pro Cycling) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Edwin Bull (Van Dessel Factory Team) | 0:00:01 |
8 | Luca Damiani (Kenda p/b Gear Grinder) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Alexey Shmidt (Team Type 1) | 0:00:01 |
10 | Iggy Silva (Trek-Livestrong) | 0:00:01 |
11 | Aldo Ilesic (Team Type 1) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Jermaine Burrowes (Dave Jordan/Zephyr) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Isaac Howe (Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joe's) | 0:00:01 |
15 | Martijn Verschoor (Team Type 1) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Adam Myerson (Mountain Kakis) | 0:00:01 |
17 | Olaf Kerkhof (Team Type 1 Development) | 0:00:01 |
18 | John Durso (Liberty) | 0:00:01 |
19 | Jerome Townsend (BikeReg.com / Joe's Garage / I) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Lisban Quintero (CRCA/ Foundation) | 0:00:01 |
21 | Michael Friedman (Jelly Belly) | 0:00:01 |
22 | Eric Schildge (Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joe's) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Bobby Lea (OUCH/Bahati Foundation) | 0:00:02 |
24 | Anthony Taylor (CRCA / Dave Jordan Coaching-Ze) | 0:00:02 |
25 | Ward Solar (Spooky/NCC/Kenda Cycling Team) | 0:00:02 |
26 | Stalin Quiterio Cuello (jamen vincents racing team) | 0:00:02 |
27 | Cheyne Hoag (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:00:02 |
28 | Mark Hekman (Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joe's) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Patrick Bevin (BISSELL Pro Cycling) | 0:00:02 |
30 | Robert Bush (Kenda p/b Gear Grinder) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) | 0:00:02 |
32 | David Tanner (Fly V Australia) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Rodney Santiago (Champion System Racing) | 0:00:02 |
34 | David Guttenplan (Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joe's) | 0:00:03 |
35 | Brian Cornelius (Trisports/Eclipse Racing) | 0:00:04 |
36 | Luis Alberto Romero Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | 0:00:05 |
37 | Hayden Brooks (Fly V Australia) | 0:00:05 |
38 | Rafal Urzedowski (Northeastern Hardware) | 0:00:06 |
39 | Luke Keough (BikeReg.com/Cannondale) | 0:00:06 |
40 | Daniel Holt (Team Type 1) | 0:00:06 |
41 | Stephan Dioslaki (Team Metra / Cycles 54 p/b Wen) | 0:00:08 |
42 | Igor Volshteyn (Champion System Racing) | 0:00:09 |
43 | Nathaniel Ward (Wheelhouse / NCC) | 0:00:10 |
44 | J Gabriel Lloyd (MetLife p/b groSolar) | 0:00:10 |
45 | Sean Melcher (Champion System Racing) | 0:00:10 |
46 | Daniel Holloway (BISSELL Pro Cycling) | 0:00:10 |
47 | Colin Sandberg (Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA-) | 0:00:13 |
48 | Kenneth Hanson (Team Type 1) | 0:00:13 |
49 | Michael Chauner (Pelotonia Cycling Team p/b rol) | 0:00:15 |
50 | Randy Smargiassi (Team LionofFlanders.com) | 0:00:18 |
51 | Chad Hartley (Kenda p/b Gear Grinder) | 0:00:19 |
52 | Gregory Leach (Team Metra / Cycles 54 p/b Wen) | 0:00:20 |
53 | Sean Coleman (US Military Cycling Team) | 0:00:20 |
54 | Zach Garrett (US Armed Forces) | 0:00:21 |
55 | Daniel Zmolik (AXA Equitable Cycling Team / C) | 0:00:21 |
56 | Joseph Whitman (AXA Equitable Cycling Team / C) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Alex Bowden (Team Type 1) | 0:00:23 |
58 | Matt Inconiglios (Stage 1 / fusionTHINK) | 0:00:26 |
59 | Joey Rosskopf (Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joe's) | 0:00:26 |
60 | Elvi Rodriguez Garcia (Team Somerset/Somerville Bicyc) | 0:00:32 |
61 | Ryan Fleming (MetLife p/b groSolar) | 0:00:34 |
62 | Charles Hutcheson (US Military Cycling Team) | 0:00:40 |
63 | Gilberth Gomez Valverde (Team Somerset/Somerville Bicyc) | 0:00:43 |
64 | Jared Bunde (G.S. Mengoni USA) | 0:00:46 |
65 | Aaron Fillion (Ride With Rendall) | 0:00:48 |
66 | Franklin Burgos (james vincent bicycles/jv raci) | 0:00:50 |
67 | Horace Burrowes (CRCA / Dave Jordan Coaching /Z) | 0:00:53 |
68 | John Loehner (AXA/EquiTable-CRCA) | 0:00:54 |
69 | Elliot Gaunt (Pelotonia Cycling Team p/b rol) | 0:00:55 |
70 | Steven Ward (Libery Cycles) | 0:00:57 |
71 | Jacob Brewer (US Military Cycling Team/Herri) | 0:00:57 |
72 | Jorge Romero (Champion System Racing) | 0:01:00 |
73 | Justin Morris (Team Type 1 Development) | 0:01:00 |
74 | Paul Burrowes (CRCA/Dave Jordan) | 0:01:01 |
75 | Brian Cooblall (Flying Stars CC) | 0:01:01 |
76 | Nikolai Masluk (Team Metra/ Cycles 54 p/b Wend) | 0:01:01 |
77 | Jon Gallagher (Cole Sport) | 0:01:02 |
78 | Alejandro Guzman (CRCA-FOUNDATION) | 0:01:02 |
79 | Scott Jackson (Global Bike Racing) | 0:01:03 |
80 | Geoff Smith (Watchung Wheelmen) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | James Megias-Leal (Team Type 1) | 0:01:04 |
82 | Ronald Larose (CCNS / Pedalpower) | 0:01:04 |
83 | Barry Miller (Mike Fraysse Sports) | 0:01:05 |
84 | Wilson Vasquez | 0:01:09 |
85 | John Hunter (PBR / Talksoft) | 0:01:09 |
86 | Joe Eldridge (Team Type 1) | 0:01:11 |
87 | David Martin (team metra/cycles 54 p/b wendy) | 0:01:19 |
88 | David Kemp (Fly V Australia) | 0:01:22 |
89 | Glen Rendall (Ride with Rendall) | 0:01:23 |
90 | Todd Scheske (Preferred Care Elite Cycling) | 0:01:25 |
91 | Ryan Nye (MVP Health Care) | 0:01:26 |
92 | Luis Aquino (Innovation Bike) | 0:01:27 |
93 | Anthony Lowe (Die Hard - Think Racing) | 0:01:28 |
94 | Diego Guzman (swim bike and run) | 0:01:28 |
95 | David Wiswell (CRCA/ David Jordan Coaching -) | 0:01:34 |
96 | Austin Carroll (Adageo Enery Pro Cycling) | 0:01:34 |
97 | Nicholas Keough (Kenda p/b Gear Grinder) | 0:01:35 |
98 | Andres Ignacio Pereyra (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | 0:01:46 |
99 | Rod Myers | 0:01:46 |
100 | James Carney (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com) | 0:02:05 |
101 | Cody O'reilly (BISSELL Pro Cycling) | 0:02:10 |
102 | Lanell Rockmore (Ouch-Bahati Foundation) | 0:02:11 |
103 | Andrew Chocha (US Military Cycling Team) | 0:02:12 |
104 | Frank Travieso (Jamis Sutter Homes p/b Colavit) | 0:02:29 |
DNS | Andrew Baker (Ion-United Healthcare) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Alexander Bremer (MetLife p/b groSolar) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Daniel Cassidy (US Military Cycling Team) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Oscar Clark (Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joe's) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Joao Correia (CTT) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jake Hollenbach (AXA Equitable Cycling Team / C) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ryan Mcfeely (US Military Cycling Team) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jared Nieters (Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Som Raj Seepersaud (Flying Ace Cycling) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Neal Stansbury (tri state velo) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jim Tsilemos (Ride With Rendall) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Kyle Wamsley (BISSELL Pro Cycling) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNP | Michael Jenks (Heart House/CADV/CC EVESHAM) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Josh Alexander (Foundation/ CRCA) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | James Baldesare (Kenda pro cycling p/b geargrin) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Bennett (Team Type 1 Development) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Demis Aleman (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ivan Dominguez (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | William Elliston (Van Dessel Factory Team) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Evan Fader (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timothy Farnham (Adageo Energy Pro Cycling) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dave Jordan (CRCA / Dave Jordan Coaching -) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shane Kline (BISSELL Pro Cycling) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mark Light (Liberty Cycle) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roselvert Marte Quezada (GS Mengoni) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | John Minturn (AXA Equitable Cycling Team / C) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clay Murfet (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lynn Murray (CRCA / Dave Jordan Coaching- Z) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Nelessen (Van Dessel Factory Team) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luis Amaury Perez (GS Mengoni USA) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chris Reid (Ride with Rendall) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Austin Roach (MetLife p/b groSolar) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Casey Roth (Ride With Rendall) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jackie Simes (Jamis Sutter Homes p/b Colavit) | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Spohn (Dynaflo) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ken Walsh (Pabst Blue Ribbon/Talksoft Rac) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tyler Wren (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jeff Zygo (MVP Health Care Cycling) | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kirk Albers (Panther pb Competitive Cyclist) | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jason Cheney (Ride With Rendall) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paul Chooweenam | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Colin Jaskiewicz (AXA Equitable Cycling Team / C) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team) | 0:47:25 |
2 | Kristy Broun (Team Verducci Breakaway Racing) | 0:00:00 |
3 | Sinead Miller (Team TIBCO) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom) | 0:00:00 |
5 | Joelle Numainville (Webcor Builders) | 0:00:01 |
6 | Emma Petersen | 0:00:01 |
7 | Jennifer Purcell (Rooster p/b Edge Composite Whe) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Kate Veronneau | 0:00:01 |
9 | Erica Allar (Team VBF) | 0:00:02 |
10 | Carrie Cash Wootten (Team VBF) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Sarah Caravella | 0:00:02 |
12 | Kori Seehafer (Team Type 1) | 0:00:02 |
13 | Nichole Wangsgard (Roosters p/b Edge Composite Wh) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Kacey Manderfield (Cycle Loft) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Amity Elliot (Team Kenda) | 0:00:02 |
16 | Genevieve Whitson (MVP Healt Care Cycling) | 0:00:03 |
17 | Melissa Sanborn (CyclePath Racing) | 0:00:03 |
18 | Thea Parent (Human Zoom / Pabst Blue Ribbon) | 0:00:03 |
19 | Kelly Benjamin (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team) | 0:00:03 |
20 | Unknown Rider | 0:00:03 |
21 | Lenore Pipes (Fruit66/Artemis) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Colleen Gulick (Team Kenda) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Samantha Schneider (Team TIBCO) | 0:00:04 |
24 | Amy Mcguire (Wheelworks Racing) | 0:00:04 |
25 | Mary Costelloe (Verducci) | 0:00:04 |
26 | Kristen Lasasso (Team TIBCO Pro Cycling) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Caryl Gale (Denos Wonder Wheel) | 0:00:05 |
28 | Jacquelyn Crowell (Team Type 1) | 0:00:05 |
29 | Amanda Watson | 0:00:05 |
30 | Kristine Church (Humanzoom/ Pabst Blue Ribbon) | 0:00:05 |
31 | Colleen Hayduk (Team Verducci Breakaway Racing) | 0:00:07 |
32 | Christy Blakely | 0:00:07 |
33 | Jennifer Rasmusson (Team Kenda) | 0:00:18 |
34 | Anna Mcloon (Team Kenda) | 0:00:20 |
35 | Patricia Buerkle (Fruit66 - Artemis) | 0:00:22 |
36 | Alexandra Carle (Team Verducci Breakaway Racing) | 0:00:23 |
37 | Nicole Freedman (Wheelworks Racing) | 0:00:25 |
38 | Erin Silliman (Fruit66/Artemis) | 0:00:28 |
39 | Sarah Iepson | 0:00:28 |
40 | Sara Zeigler | 0:00:28 |
41 | Andrea Luebbe (Lehigh University Cycling Club) | 0:00:29 |
42 | Arley Kemmerer (Team CARD Women's Cycling) | 0:00:33 |
43 | Lauren Shirock (BMW/Bianchi) | 0:00:33 |
44 | Catherine Cheatley (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team) | 0:00:35 |
45 | Carmen Small (Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team) | 0:00:40 |
46 | Kimberly Geist (Team Alliance Environmental) | 0:00:40 |
47 | Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team) | 0:00:40 |
48 | Morgan Patton (Team Type 1) | 0:00:43 |
49 | Lenore Imhof (Riptide Cycling) | 0:00:50 |
50 | Michelle Hart (CAWES powered by Specialized) | 0:00:56 |
51 | Mandy Marquardt (Team Type 1) | 0:01:00 |
52 | Natalie Stoll (MVP Health Care Cycling) | 0:01:05 |
53 | Rushlee Buchanan (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team) | 0:01:15 |
54 | Kate Bates (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Tricia Carnila (Verducci Breakaway) | 0:01:28 |
56 | Lisa Jellett (Team Verducci Breakaway Racing) | 0:01:28 |
57 | Bron Ryan (Team Verducci Breakaway Racing) | 0:02:05 |
58 | Elspeth Huyett (Team Verducci Breakaway Racing) | 0:02:05 |
DNS | Janel Bedard (MVP Health Care) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Sinead Miller (Peanut Butter & Co. / Twenty 12) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Anna Young (MVP Health Care Cycling) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNP | Monique Hanley | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jessie Maclean (Team Verducci Breakaway Racing) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
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