Sunday’s course included an uphill switchback run-up(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Natalie Tapias (Thisteamsaveslives) sprinting over the barriers with one lap to go(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Ellen Noble (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) leading Emma White with two laps remaining(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Katina Walker (Park Ave. Bike Shop) running the barriers with one lap remaining(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
On Sunday the course included a new extremely steep descent(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Kate Lysakowski (Goe’s Garage) riding in fourth position with three laps remaining(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Libby White (House Industries) riding the zig-zag course on the lower grass field with two laps remaining(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Jena Page Greaser (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) riding in third position halfway through the race(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Ellen Noble (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) leading Emma White down a steep descent halfway through the race(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
The long sand pit had a U-turn halfway making the second half more difficult to ride(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Britlee Bowman (House Industries) following Kathryn Cumming (Cyclocross Magazine) on the steep run-up(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Natasha Elliot (Red Truck-Garneau) riding the sand pit in fifth position on lap one(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Jena Page Greaser (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) leading the Elite Women through the double sand pit during lap one(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Jena Greaser (JAM/MNCC/Vittoria) leading Noble, White, and Maximenko on the run-up during lap two(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Jena Page Greaser (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) moving into the lead to the left of team-mate Ellen Noble(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
104 Emma White (Cyclocrossworld.com) leading Ellen Noble around a high berm(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
The Elite Women head out onto the course at Look Park(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Ellen Noble (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) takes the hole-shot on the grass start(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Emma White (Cyclocrossworld.com) was expected to give Noble another good battle(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Verge Series leader Ellen Noble (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) got the first call-up on Sunday(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Raphael Gagne (Red Truck-Garneau) takes the win at Cycle-Smart International in convincing style(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
120 Charles Berhtram (Team Cuppow) running the barriers with one lap to go(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Patrick Collins (Minuteman) sprinting over the barriers with one lap remaining(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Cyclo-Smart founder Adam Myerson was racing the event for the 25th time(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Raphael Gagne (Red Truck-Garneau) bunny-hopped the high barriers all weekend(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Anthony Clark (Squid Bikes) riding with the six chasers(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Cameron Dodge was part of the six-man chase group(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Raphael Gagne (Red Truck-Garneau) running the uphill switchbacks alone(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Michael Van Den Ham (Red Truck- Garneau) riding a high berm during lap three(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Cameron Dodge riding in third position during lap one(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
David Berg (Dartmouth) on a steep descent during lap two(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Dillon McNicholas (Polartec) takes second place in a sprint for second place(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Michael Van Den Ham (Red Truck-Garneau) and Scott Smith (JAM/NCC/Vittoria) were part of a group of six still chasing Gagne with one lap remaining(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Joachim Parbo (Challenge Tires) coming through the start with one lap remaining(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Gagne moves into the overall Series lead(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Derrick St. John (Silber Pro Cycling) at the start(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
The large Elite Men’s field started on grass(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Raphael Gagne (Red Truck-Garneau) having a small bobble in the sand pit(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Sunday’s course included a steep descent that ended in a sharp left hand turn at the bottom(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Raphael Gagne (Red Truck-Garneau) was all alone by lap two(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
A group of seven racers were chasing Gagne on lap two(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Dillon McNicholas (Polartec) leading Saturday’s winner Michael Van Den Ham on the steep run-up(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Emma White (Cyclocrossworld.com) wins the Cycle-Smart International on Sunday(Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Gagne's mountain bike skills helped him ride the pro section fast and smooth(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Clark carries his custom Squid Bikes up the run-up, leading the chase(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Dodge in the seven-person chase(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
The JAM Fund's Scott Smith with a solid ride today, earning the U23 Series leader's jersey(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Patrick Collins, a local U23 racer, on his way to 15th today(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Myerson, founder of the race 25 years ago, and President of the Verge New England Cyclo-cross Series, presented by Cycle-Smart and Stan's NoTubes(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
McNicholas on the descent as the shadows lengthen(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Gagne hopping the Stan's NoTubes barriers(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
The chase, still all together with only a few laps to go(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Gagne claims the win and the Series lead as the sprint winds up behind him(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
McNicholas, after the sprint in which he claimed second, congratulates Smith on a great race(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
White wins the traditional Northampton cookie from Tart Bakery, Noble second, Maximenko third(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Noble in the women's overall Series leader's jersey(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
The U23 men's podium: Smith wins, Collins second, recently-upgraded Lints third(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)
Smith nabs the U23 leader's jersey(Image credit: Todd Prekaski)