Gudsell wins first NRC with Tour of Somerville
Menzies and Young complete podium
Timothy Gudsell secured his first victory Stateside at the National Racing Calendar’s (NRC) Tour of Somerville held on Memorial Day Monday. The New Zealander won a breakaway sprint ahead of Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare) in second and Eric Young (Bissell) in third.
"I broke away in the last lap to win solo," Gudsell said. "It is my first NRC win and a good one for our team. We went into today wanting to make a breakaway because we don’t have a pure sprinter. We just wanted to be as aggressive as possible and we had four riders in the last breakaway, so we were happy with that."
The Tour of Somerville’s 67th annual Kugler-Anderson Memorial is an annual criterium held in New Jersey. Some 140 Pro-Cat 1 and 2 riders took the start line. 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.
"It was a fairly safe race but I think the last straightaway was a little sketchy," Gudsell said.
The race was highly aggressive from the start with the majority of attacks coming from Pure Black Racing, Champion System, Mountain Khakis along with a series of New Jersey, New York and surrounding regions local teams.
Those interested in a bunch sprint included the nation’s two Professional Continental teams UnitedHealthcare and Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis, which titled the day’s event.
"It was a tactical race," Gudsell said. "There were a number of teams there that wanted a bunch sprint. We were working for a breakaway and trying hard to get some of our guys in a move. There were enough other teams wanting to be in a break to make it a pretty difficult race."
An early move emerged that included one rider from UnitedHealthcare, however, it was short lived as his team was not happy with the configuration of riders in the mix. "There was only the one earlier breakaway that had eight guys in it and UnitedHealthcare had one guy in it but they didn’t seem happy with it and chased it down, " Gudsell said. "It was quite an aggressive race the whole way. But, mid way through is when we got away."
A mid to late race breakaway set sail that included roughly 20 riders. Those involved in the move were Gudsell, Menzies and Young along with James Williamson, Scott Lyttle and Shem Rodger (Pure Black Racing), Alejandro Borrajo and Eric Schildge (Jamis-Sutter Home), Matt Friedmann and Kin San Wu (Champion System), Bobby Lea (Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA), Rafael Meran (Foundation/CRCA), Andrea Grendene and Ben King (Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis), Clayton Barrows (Stan’s NoTubes-AXA Equitable), Gavin Mannion (Trek-Livestrong), Eddier Godinez (Somerville Bicycle Shop), Guillaume Nelessen (Van Dessel Factory Team) and Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare).
Gudsell jumped ahead of the breakaway on the last lap and gained a few seconds advantage heading into the finish line. He soloed to his first NRC win ahead of Menzies, who took the sprint win, and Young. "I probably finish two to four seconds ahead of the sprint from our breakaway and then our breakaway sort of split apart and the field came in behind that," Gudsell said.
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Timothy Gudsell (Pure Black Racing) | 1:48:36 |
2 | Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Eric Young (Bissell Pro Cycling) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis Sutter Home) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Matthias Friedemann (Team Champion System) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Bobby Lea (Pure Energy Cycling/Proairhfa) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Rafael Meran (Foundation/CRCA) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Andrea Grendene (Team Type 1-Development) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Clayton Barrows (Stan's Notubes / AXA Equitable) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | James Williamson (Pure Black Racing) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Gavin Mannion (Trek-Livestrong) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Eddier Godinez (Somerville Bicycle Shop) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Charles Hutcheson (Xo Communications / Battley Harley-Davidson) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Scott Lyttle (Pure Black Racing) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Guillaume Nelessen (Van Dessel Factory Team) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Kin San Wu (Team Champion System) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Ben King (Team Type 1) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Shem Rodger (Pure Black Racing) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Boy Vanpoppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Eric Schildge (Jamis-Sutter Home) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Aldo Ilesic (Team Type 1) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Luke Keough (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Stalin Quiterio (James Vincent / Jv Racing) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Georg Tazreiter (Team Champion System) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Colin Jaskiewicz | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Geron Williams (Continental Cycle Club) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Matteo Dal-Cin (Euro-Sports.Ca/ The Foodery) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Holger Burkhardt (Team Champion System) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Thomas Brown (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | John Durso (Ofoto) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Maurice Gamanho (Van Dessel Factory Team) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Alessandro Bazzana (V Australia) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Gabriel Acaba (Crca / L-Raphael.Com - Leopard) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Roselvert Marte Quezada (GS Mengoni) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Aaron Fillion (Ride With Rendall) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Anthony Taylor (Crca / L-Raphael.Com - Leopard) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Bill Elliston (Van Dessel Factory Team) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Luciano Bezerra (Novane Studios/Greenwood Floor) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Adam Carr (Twinsix) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Barry Miller (Mike Fraysse Sports) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Shane Kline (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Charles Eldridge (Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Rodney Santiago (Champion System Racing) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Stephan Dioslaki (Team Metra / Cycles 54 P/B Wen) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Greg Leach (Team Metra / Cycles 54 P/B Wen) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Paul Chooweenam (Team Alanis) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Wyatt Stoup (Dynaflo Racing) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Robert Kamppila (Ca Pools/Dewalt) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Michael Northey (Pure Black Racing) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Joris Boillat (Team Champion System) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Alejandro Guzman (Foundation/CRCA) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Randy Smargiassi (Team Lionofflanders.Com) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | John (Jackie) Simes (Jamis-Sutter Homes) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Ryan Pettit (Heart House/Cce) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Chris Williams (Team Champion System) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Marc Prutton (Stan's No Tubes / AXA Equitable) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Daniel Barry (Pure Black Racing) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Matt Inconiglios (Stage 1 / Fusionthink) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Jason Meidhof (Clean Currents P/B Don Beyer V) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Guillermo Gonzalez (Team Somerville Bicycle Shop) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Michael Chauner (Cyklecity) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Guido Palma (Jamis-Sutter Home) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Igor Volshteyn (Crca/Jonathan Adler Racing) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | John Loehner (Stan's Notubes / AXA Equitable) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Nicholas Keough (Www.Keoughcyclocross.Com) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Elvi Rodriguez Garcia (Team Somerville Bicycle Shop) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Todd Scheske (Mvp Health Care) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Nikolai Masluk (Team Metra/ Cycles 54 P/B Wend) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Glen Rendall (Ride With Rendall) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Martijn Verschoor (Team Type 1) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Lynn Murray (CRCA / L-Raphael.Com - Leopard) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Alexey Shmidt (Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Casey Roth (Ride With Rendall) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Jim Tsilemos (Ride With Rendall) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Unknown Rider | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Sean Melcher (Northeastern Hardware) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Lucas Binder (Sklz P/B Pista Palace) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Euris Rafael Vidal (Foundation/CRCA) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Demis Aleman (Jamis-Sutter Home) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Austin Roach (Metlife Cycling Team) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Gavriel Epstein | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Ronald Larose Iii (Ccns Www.Charlescoaching.Com) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Nik Reinert (Van Dessel) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Glen Chadwick (Pure Black Racing) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Enno Quast (Www.Keoughcyclocross.Com) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Aaron Hubbell (Nuvo Cultural Trail) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | John Minturn (Stan's Notubes / AXA Equitable) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Isaac Howe (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Anthony Lowe (Die Hard - Think Racing) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Lisban Quintero (Foundation/CRCA) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Jared Nieters (Xo Communications / Battley Harley-Davidson) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Tim Rugg (Xo Communications / Battley Harley-Davidson) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Gilberth Gomez-Valverde (Team Somerville Bicycle Shop) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Ryan Dewald (Bikyle/Mazur Coaching) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Tim Brown (Xo Communications / Battley Harley-Davidson) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Roman Van Uden (Pure Black Racing) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Roberto Torres-Aguiar (Champion System Racing) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Jon Gallagher (Cole Sport) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zoltan Tisza (Champion System Racing) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dave Jordan (Crca / L-Raphael.Com - Leopard) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steven Black (Haymarket Bicycles) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Franklin Burgos (Jv Racing) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryan Nye (Mvp Health Care) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wes Kline (Project U23 P/B Bike Loft East) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mason Hanrahan (Ride With Rendall) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Zmolik (Stan's Notubes / AXA Equitable) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Johnson (Stan's Notubes / AXA Equitable) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Geoff Smith (Watchung Wheelmen) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chris Tirone | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Bremer (Foundation/CRCA) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Jenks (Heart House/Cadv/Cc Evesham) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anibal Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sterling Magnell (McGuire Cycling Team) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | J Gabriel Lloyd (Metlife Cycling Team) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rafal Urzedowski (Northeastern Hardware) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ken Walsh (Pabst Blue Ribbon/Talksoft Rac) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kiernan Orange (Ride With Rendall) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joe Whitman (Stan's Notubes / AXA Equitable) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryan Shebelsky (Team Alliance Environmental) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Myerson (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Neil Bezdek (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Travis Livermon (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jerome Townsend (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin Zawacki (Team Mountain Khakis p/b SmartStop) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Edwin Bull (Van Dessel Factory Team) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Horace Burrowes (W.S. United Mangoseed Restaurant) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Iggy Silva (Wonderful Pistachios) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Sommerville (Ws United Mango Seed Restaraunt) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jermaine Burrowes (Ws United/Mangoseed Restaurant) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paul Burrowes (Ws United/Mangoseed Restaurant) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fernando Antogna | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Smith Larsen | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrew Troy | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rodney Myers | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Bernard | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mark Light (Liberty Cycle) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Godfrey Pollydome (Flying Ace) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
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