USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships 2012: Masters Men: 50-54 Results

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.

Full Results
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)
38	Richard Toler (Team Dayton Bicycling/MERRILL LYNCH CYCLING)
39	Martin Soetaert (Team Brain and Spine Cycling)
40	Kenny Sipes (Scheller's Racing Team)
41	Dwayne Letterman (Tri Cities Road Club/MSG Cyclocross)
42	Gregory Clausen
43	Jeff Sympson (Big Ring Flyers)
44	Chris Clausen (Pfoodman Racing)
45	William Anderson (360 Racing)
46	Colonel Reynolds
DNS	Eric Knuth (Trek Midwest Team)
DNS	Bobby Langin (Platinum Performance Cycling Team)
DNF	Eric Anderson (Somerset Wheelmen)
DNF	Ross Giese (Team Velocause)
DNF	Andy Lucas (360 Racing)