In the morning's first race, Stephen Tilford bested the 46-rider masters men 50-54 field to earn the stars-and-stripes jersey.
On the third of the four-lap competition Tilford and his closest chaser, Kevin Hines (Corner Cycle Cycling Club), opened a gap approaching three minutes on the third-place rider. Hines trailed Tilford by 21 seconds as they heard the bell for their last lap. In the end, Tilford crossed 11 seconds ahead of a hard-charging Hines.
| 1 | Stephen Tilford | 0:47:38 |
| 2 | Kevin Hines (Corner Cycle Cycling Club) | 0:00:11 |
| 3 | Wayne Simon (PSIMET Racing/Enzo's-PSIMET) | 0:03:52 |
| 4 | Tim Hacker (Planet Bike) | 0:05:26 |
| 5 | Ron Huebner (Evolution Cycling Club p/b Long & Foster) | 0:05:35 |
| 6 | Danny Warner (Village-Verdigris Cycling/Verdigris-Village CX Team) | 0:05:54 |
| 7 | Gregory Goblirsch (Loon State Cyclists) | 0:06:02 |
| 8 | Phillip Kenealy (University of New Hampshire) | 0:06:04 |
| 9 | Stephen Songer (360 Racing) | 0:06:10 |
| 10 | John Thompson (St Paul Bicycle Racing Club/Bianchi/Grand Performance) | 0:06:17 |
| 11 | Russell Thorstrom (Intermountain Cycling Organization) | 0:06:32 |
| 12 | John Mosher (Wheelworks Racing) | 0:06:51 |
| 13 | John Bliss (Team Kappius) | 0:06:54 |
| 14 | Alan Blanchard (Century Road Club Association/Blue Ribbon-Translations.com) | 0:07:15 |
| 15 | Mark Mcgeen (Team Mack Racing Assoc. LTD) | 0:07:34 |
| 16 | Bill Reed (Lost River Cycling Club/St. Lukes Sports Medicine) | 0:07:38 |
| 17 | David Luczynski | 0:07:44 |
| 18 | William Kuster (Loon State Cyclists) | 0:07:57 |
| 19 | Tim James (Cross Propz Racing) | 0:08:00 |
| 20 | Edwin Rambuski (Team Rambuski Law /Team Rambuski Law) | 0:08:04 |
| 21 | Kenneth Smith (Oklahoma City Velo Club) | 0:08:30 |
| 22 | Mathew Baroli (Wolverine Sports Club) | 0:08:32 |
| 23 | Allan Thom (Half Acre Cycling) | 0:08:47 |
| 24 | Tedd Jacobson | 0:09:03 |
| 25 | Gregory Anderson (Spin Doctor Cyclewerks Cycling Club/Spin Doctor Cyclewerks) | 0:09:13 |
| 26 | Paul Nyberg (TWZ Masters Cycling Team/Horst Engineering Masters Cycling Team) | 0:09:33 |
| 27 | Larry Kaufman (Van Dessel Factory Team) | 0:10:37 |
| 28 | Lennard Zinn (Boulder Cycle Sport) | 0:10:42 |
| 29 | Randal Warren (xXx Racing) | 0:10:46 |
| 30 | Tony Trattenero (The TEAM /The TEAM - SoCalCross) | 0:11:10 |
| 31 | Kirk Rhinehart (KHSNM.com/Thenationalsproject.com) | 0:11:11 |
| 32 | Daryl Rains (Mock Orange Bikes) | 0:11:30 |
| 33 | Bill O'Keefe (Charm City Cycling LLC) | 0:11:35 |
| 34 | William Stevens (Mid State Cycling Club/Gear Works/Spin Arts Cyclery) | 0:12:04 |
| 35 | William Koehler (BVC/Nomad Cycling) | 0:12:18 |
| 36 | Tim Leroy (Team Mack Racing Assoc. LTD) | -1lap |
| 37 | Michael Meteyer (Trek Midwest Team) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Richard Toler (Team Dayton Bicycling/MERRILL LYNCH CYCLING) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Martin Soetaert (Team Brain and Spine Cycling) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Kenny Sipes (Scheller's Racing Team) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Dwayne Letterman (Tri Cities Road Club/MSG Cyclocross) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Gregory Clausen | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Jeff Sympson (Big Ring Flyers) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Chris Clausen (Pfoodman Racing) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | William Anderson (360 Racing) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Colonel Reynolds | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Eric Knuth (Trek Midwest Team) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Bobby Langin (Platinum Performance Cycling Team) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Eric Anderson (Somerset Wheelmen) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ross Giese (Team Velocause) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Andy Lucas (360 Racing) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
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