Wind and rain created difficult conditions for racers and turned a usually fast, dry course into a sloppy, peanut butter and puddle trail of pain. During the elite men's race, a massive dark cloud moved in from the north as gusts of 40+ mph wind pummeled racers and spectators, destroyed umbrellas, and lifted a few tents into the air.
Canada's Craig Richey (Renner Custom CX Team-Raleigh) pulled away from the men's Beacon 'Cross field on lap four and soloed to victory.
Switzerland's Lukas Winterberg (Philadelphia Cyclocross School) fought hard to finish second, 45 seconds off the pace, while Travis Livermon (SmartStop-Mock Orange Bikes p/b Ridley) rounded out the top three 36 seconds after Winterberg.
"Sandy, muddy, windy and rainy-- my eyes are feeling like sandpaper, so painful!" remarked Winterberg about the tough conditions.
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| 1 | Craig Richey (Can) Renner Custom - Raleigh | 1:05:58 |
| 2 | Lukas Winterberg (Swi) Philadelphia Cyclocross School | 0:00:45 |
| 3 | Travis Livermon (USA) SmartStop-Mock Orange Bikes p/b Ridley | 0:01:21 |
| 4 | Mike Garrigan (Can) Lapierre Canada | 0:01:49 |
| 5 | Lukas Müller (Swi) Philadelphia Cyclocross School | 0:01:57 |
| 6 | Jeremy Durrin (USA) J.A.M. Fund - NCC | 0:02:05 |
| 7 | Weston Schempf (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes | 0:02:09 |
| 8 | Greg Wittwer (USA) Alan North America Cycling Team | 0:02:11 |
| 9 | Mark Batty (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10 | 0:02:40 |
| 10 | Adam Myerson (USA) SmartStop-Mock Orange Bikes p/b Ridley | 0:02:52 |
| 11 | Ben Frederick (USA) Team Traveller | 0:03:14 |
| 12 | Ryan Dewald (USA) Haymarket-Seavs | 0:03:17 |
| 13 | Ryan Knapp (USA) Bob's Red Mill Cyclocross | 0:03:28 |
| 14 | Daniel Chabanov (USA) RGM Watches-Richard Sachs | 0:04:34 |
| 15 | Andrew Wulfkuhle (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes | 0:04:45 |
| 16 | Donny Green (USA) Cycle-Smart | 0:05:50 |
| 17 | Patrick Bradley (USA) Philadelphia Cyclocross School | 0:05:57 |
| 18 | Shaun Adamson (Can) Cycle-Smart | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | David Wilcox (USA) Cycle-Smart | 0:06:13 |
| 20 | Adam Farabaugh (USA) Team Deschuytter-Kwsc Westkerke | 0:06:32 |
| 21 | Peter Glassford (Can) Trek Canada | 0:06:55 |
| 22 | John Burns (USA) Burns Racing | 0:07:21 |
| 23 | Nathan Wyatt (USA) Carolina Fatz Cycling Center p/b Industry Nine | 0:07:48 |
| 24 | Steven Ordons (USA) Human Zoom | 0:07:53 |
| 25 | Austin Roach (USA) MetLife Cycling Team | 0:08:12 |
| 26 | Gunnar Bergey (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Fred Brown (USA) Mtbnj.Com-Halters Cycles | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Eric Brungger (Swi) Philadelphia Cyclocross School | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Gerald Adasavage (USA) Bicycle Therapy-Melitta | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Cary Fridrich (USA) Embrocation Cycling Journal | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Zach Semian (USA) Van Dessel Factory Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Cole Oberman (USA) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Montana Norvell (USA) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Peter Hagerty (USA) Team Plan C p/b Stevens | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jerome Townsend (USA) SmartStop-Mock Orange Bikes p/b Ridley | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Anthony Clark (USA) J.A.M. Fund - NCC | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | John Minturn (USA) Stan's NoTubes-AXA Equitable-CRCA | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Craig Lebair (USA) Philadelphia Ciclismo | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthew Means (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stephen Cummings (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Zoltan Tisza (Hun) Champion System Racing | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Ryan Leach (USA) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Matt Spohn (USA) Philadelphia Cyclocross School | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Thomas Mackay (USA) C3-Athletes Serving Athletes | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Gavriel Epstein (Can) CRCA-Foundation | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Kyle Peppo (USA) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
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