Taberlay closes US Cup season with final victory at Bonelli Park
By Sue George , Mountain Bike Editor published
Mann wins women's race
Team Sho-Air/Specialized's Sid Taberlay capped of the 2009 season with a bookend wins at Bonelli Park, California. Taberlay, the men's Kenda Cup West Pro Champion, and runner-up in the US ProXCT series, opened the season with a win at the US Cup West Bonelli in March and closed off the year with a victory at Sunday's US Cup Unification shootout.
The men's field blasted off around high noon, under bright sunny skies with temperatures soaring in the high 80s. Immediately a group of six formed off the front including Team Sho-Air's moonlighter Ben Bostrom of A.M.A. street bike fame, Team Turbo's Ignacio Torrez, KHS/Cytomax's Sean Donovan and Team Sho-Air regulars Manny Prado, Sid Taberlay and Dana Weber.
Prado experienced a flat tire less than 15 minutes into the first lap and disappeared from the lead group. He would later claw his way back to a fifth place podium spot, but wouldn't factor with the leaders.
At the front, Bostrom set the early tempo for his team leader Taberlay and had many spectators wondering about him.
Heading into lap two, Bostrom experienced a mechanical and dropped back off the group of five. Shortly after, Torrez made the first acceleration and whittled it down to Taberlay and Donovan, as Weber lost contact.
Donovan was already showing signs of difficulty as he yo-yo'ed off the leaders, but somehow managed to claw his way back to the duo a few times.
Then out on the back section of the course, Taberlay showed his cards and laid down an attacked that only Mexico's Torrez could follow. Donovan was unhitched for good with this latest attack, and gave up ground to the leaders.
From there, Taberlay played cat and mouse with Torrez as they each took pulls testing each other, looking for a chink in the armor.
The heat of the day added to the difficulty, as riders began to deteriorate under the intense racing and sun.
Late into lap three, Taberlay saw an opening and punched it at the top of a climb before a fast, tricky decent. Immediately the Aussie opened up a five-second lead on Torres.
From there Taberlay began putting real estate between himself and the Mexican Torrez on the fourth and final lap.
Eventually the five-time Australian National Champion put in two minutes and twenty seconds into second place Torres and four minutes into eventual third place finisher Donovan. Rounding out the podium in fourth were Weber and Prado.
In the women's race, Allison Mann (Sho-Air/Specialized) won by less than one minute over Krista Park (Incycle/Magura). Joy Duerksen (Pass Physical) was third.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sid Taberlay (Shoair/Specialized) | 1:54:55 |
2 | Ignacio Torrez | 0:02:19 |
3 | Sean Donovan (Cytomax/Khs) | 0:04:03 |
4 | Dana Weber (Trek/World Bicycle) | 0:06:48 |
5 | Manuel Prado (Shoair/Specilaized) | 0:09:35 |
6 | Ben Bostrom (Sho-Air Specialized) | 0:11:43 |
7 | Romolo Forcino (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:14:02 |
8 | Kevin Smallman (Cannondale Factory) | 0:17:19 |
9 | Tom Koerner (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:17:50 |
10 | Paul Freiwald (Pivot Cycles) | 0:19:58 |
DNF | Alex Boone (Helens/Subar) | |
DNF | Matt Freeman (Pass Pt/Gary Fisher) | |
DNF | Chris Heinrich | |
DNF | Garnet Vertican (Giant/Odi) | |
DNF | Charles Jenkins (Cytomax/Khs) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Allison Mann (Shoair/Specialized) | 1:41:16 |
2 | Krista Park (Incycle/Magura) | 0:00:45 |
3 | Joy Duerksen (Pass Physical ) | 0:13:48 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Michael Lee (Oakley) | 1:39:40 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Cole Avery (Fast Friday) | 0:38:27 |
2 | David Polley (Landis/Trek) | 0:08:41 |
3 | Jag Barton | 0:19:21 |
4 | Nathan Hickey | 0:25:34 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Christian Husband (Nytro) | 0:37:55 |
2 | Evan Williams (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:01:30 |
3 | Cameron Shirley | 0:17:34 |
4 | Derek Wiese (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:33:09 |
5 | Derek Flanigan (Team Dnf) | 0:37:24 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
DNF | Kenny Polley (Landis/Trek) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | William Curtis (Whole Athlete) | 1:35:09 |
2 | Zachary Valdez | 0:02:15 |
3 | Will Patterson (Whole Athlete) | 0:06:32 |
4 | Alex Schoenfelder | 0:15:30 |
5 | Kody Adams (Cannondale) | 0:22:05 |
DNF | Colby Pastore (Whole Athlete) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Casey Williams (Bear Valley Bikes) | 1:08:02 |
2 | Ryan Geiger (Bionicon/Schwalb) | 0:01:20 |
3 | Gene Capinas (Team Mata) | 0:03:29 |
DNF | Samuel Grove |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Cory Greenberg (Now Ms) | 1:34:52 |
2 | David Robertson (Coates Cyclery) | 0:09:40 |
3 | Yoshio Garcia (Coates Cyclery) | 0:11:59 |
4 | Vu Le (Helens/Subaru) | 0:12:17 |
DNF | Scott Mcclave (Simi Cycling) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Vincent Lombardi (Velo Club La Grange) | 1:30:34 |
2 | Ely Woody (V V Cycles) | 0:06:11 |
3 | Sergio Garcia (Sc Velo) | 0:10:59 |
4 | Lucas Wiens (Intense) | 0:17:06 |
5 | Steve Marshall (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:31:50 |
6 | Ryan Hernandez (Sc Velo) | 0:32:16 |
DNF | Adam Poytress (Platinum Performance) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | James Walsh (Celo Pacific) | 1:30:55 |
2 | Marco Arocha (Shoair/Sonance) | 0:06:05 |
3 | Matthew Perry (Chicken Ranch) | 0:07:18 |
4 | Humberto Castro (Backbone Racing/Tomac) | 0:07:59 |
5 | Gary Douville (Shoair/Sonance) | 0:08:22 |
6 | Justin Mann (Rock N Road) | 0:13:03 |
7 | Chuck Hamm (Hamm Team) | 0:20:20 |
8 | Daniel Stevenson (Sc Velo) | 0:26:19 |
DNF | Matthew Severson | |
DSQ | Griffith Vertican (Bear Valley Bikes) | |
DNF | Daniel Perez (Bear Valley Bikes) | |
DNF | Richard Spiegel (Bikeland) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mario Correa (Shoair/Sonance) | 1:31:57 |
2 | Matthew Cochran (Fast Friday) | 0:02:38 |
3 | Ben Capron (Shoair/Specialized) | 0:08:08 |
4 | Daniel Stromborg (Helens/Subaru Fisher) | 0:08:46 |
5 | John Saliamonas (Paa/Remax) | 0:09:48 |
6 | Rene Pulido (Sc Velo) | 0:11:30 |
7 | Timothy Sparks (Shoair/Sonance) | 0:12:21 |
8 | Jermaine Brown (Velo Pro/Kon) | 0:12:39 |
9 | Chris Kasey (Team Cohort) | 0:16:49 |
10 | Todd Branham (Long Cane Trails) | 0:18:01 |
DNF | Michael Holk (Joselyns) | |
DNF | Chuck Ross (Sho-Air) | |
DNF | Jeff Dotterweich (Helens/Subaru/Fisher) | |
DNF | James Renwick (Helens Bikes) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Todd Booth (Platinum Performance) | 1:37:25 |
2 | Jay Hammond (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:02:26 |
3 | Jon Flagg (Simple Green) | 0:05:39 |
4 | Scott Palmer (Covina Valle) | 0:12:21 |
5 | Chris Marsiguerra (Joselyns) | 0:15:59 |
6 | Sean Davidson | 0:42:39 |
DNF | Terry Crouse (Pasadena Athletic) | |
DNF | Craig Sisino (Shoair/Sonance) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | David Sullivan (Shoair/Sonance) | 1:34:12 |
2 | Brad Stephenson (Shoair/Sonance) | 0:03:33 |
3 | John Biron (Platinum Performance) | 0:11:35 |
4 | David Stowell (Cal-Coast Bi) | 0:12:07 |
DNF | Johnny Dalton (Velocity) | |
DNF | Johnny Omara (Shoair/Specilaized) | |
DNF | Tim Zandbergen (Shoair/Sonance) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Dean Swank (Bear Valley Bikes) | 1:39:43 |
2 | Steven Hensler (Possabilitie) | 0:03:26 |
3 | Joe Gallal (Velocity) | 0:07:34 |
4 | Dale Raymond (Sc Velo) | 0:16:50 |
5 | John Langton (Lv Velo/Penta) | 0:18:46 |
6 | Steve Herrera (Coveralls) | 0:21:45 |
7 | Eric Airheart (Santa Clarita Velo) | 0:25:31 |
DNF | Phil Beckman (Dons Bike Of) | |
DNF | Bobby Langin Sr (Platinum Performance) | |
DNF | Curt Morlock (Henderson Bike Shop) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ben Eisley | 2:10:43 |
DNF | Gary Shuey (Bear Valley Bikes) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Stan Ford (Cycopath) | 2:01:32 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Robert Dahlgren (Paa/Remax) | 1:23:08 |
2 | Frederic Schmid (Bicycles Outback) | 0:01:55 |
3 | Russ Fay (Folsom Breakouts) | 0:04:48 |
4 | Gary Foster (Cycopath) | 0:06:07 |
5 | Ron Riley (Scccc) | 0:10:11 |
6 | Brian Kiniry | 0:13:51 |
DNF | Garo Mooradian (Otbmbc) | |
DNF | David Martin (Coates Cyclery) | |
DNF | Terry Dahl (Platinum Performance) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Todd Stephenson (Shoair/Sonance) | 1:43:06 |
2 | Adam Hart (29Er Crew Fisher ) | 0:01:13 |
3 | Jeff Sanford | 0:04:33 |
4 | Mark Scheetz (Coates Cyclery) | 0:05:30 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Essence Barton (Devo/Nso) | 1:15:33 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lisa Crowe (Dons Bikes) | 2:01:43 |
2 | Claudia Espinoza (Devo) | 0:31:07 |
DNF | Vanessa Humic (Backbone Adventure ) | |
DNF | Anna Fortner (Van Dessel Factory ) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Heidi Volpe (Shoair/Sonance) | 1:14:40 |
2 | Vicki Chernoff (Afp/Velo) | 0:01:34 |
3 | Heidi Bowen (Giant Factory Team) | 0:10:34 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Carol Ruckle (Team Possabilities) | 1:31:42 |
2 | Jodi Martin (Coates Cyclery) | 0:14:44 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Shane Skelton (Montrose Bike Shop) | 1:10:24 |
2 | Nathan Pherigo (Sc Velo) | 0:10:27 |
3 | Cameron Williams (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:14:30 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ryan Odle | 1:09:00 |
2 | Brady Kiss (Team Mata) | 0:03:09 |
3 | Brandon Dillard (Owens Healthcare) | 0:04:43 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Tucker Trotter (Mata) | 1:09:00 |
2 | Chris Johnson (Sho-Air) | 0:02:32 |
3 | Brandon Droese (Platinum Performance) | 0:11:51 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Brian Crooks (Pure Power Outhguard) | 1:11:21 |
2 | Ryan Kershek | 0:03:06 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Brian Mcculloch (Team Possabilities) | 1:04:03 |
2 | Michael Crockoft (Incycle) | 0:07:17 |
3 | Calvin Lefebure (Shoair) | 0:09:37 |
4 | Brett Butler | 0:10:22 |
5 | Ara Movsessian (Backbone) | 0:11:55 |
6 | Omar Santos (Bagel Love) | 0:13:20 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Gritters (Rock N Road) | 0:59:28 |
2 | Dj Claassen | 0:04:37 |
3 | David Ruiz (Sc Velo) | 0:07:27 |
4 | Alfredo Marquez (Mex-America) | 0:11:03 |
5 | Oliver Forger | 0:14:58 |
6 | Nick Gualtieri (Sc Velo) | 0:17:03 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Oliver Hutchinson (Team Helens) | 1:01:30 |
2 | Javier Vega | 0:05:20 |
3 | Paul Chia (Mobil Lube Genie) | 0:08:55 |
4 | John Moisan (Portofino) | 0:09:14 |
5 | Christoph Bautista (Sc Velo) | 0:10:04 |
6 | Richard Contreras | 0:10:35 |
7 | Karl Sneider | 0:11:22 |
8 | Zach Thorp (Tm Redlands) | 0:12:25 |
9 | Paul Donohoe (Chicken Ranc) | 0:13:14 |
10 | Jeff Stanners (Dons Bikes) | 0:13:33 |
11 | Daniel Eitman | 0:14:12 |
12 | Paul Fujisawa | 0:15:16 |
13 | Ruy Lopez (Buena Park Cycling) | 0:18:26 |
14 | Norberto Oropez (Pasadena Athletic) | 0:20:09 |
15 | Jason Miyagishima (Miyagi) | 0:22:23 |
DNF | Jason Broussard | |
DNF | Rob Winslow (Shoair/Sonance) | |
DNF | Yomen English (Quantico Marines) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Tony Osburn (Fullerton Bicycles) | 1:02:09 |
2 | Robb Mesecher (Mba/Sho-Air) | 0:03:01 |
3 | John Umale (Padjack Racing) | 0:03:51 |
4 | Adam Austin (Team Mbs) | 0:05:11 |
5 | Doug Farnham | 0:06:16 |
6 | Brian Grimm | 0:07:24 |
7 | Clinton Campbell (Shoair/Sonance) | 0:07:43 |
8 | Darin Tanikawa | 0:07:43 |
9 | Clarke Tanner (Optimal Solutions) | 0:08:14 |
10 | Thomas Kanusky (Privateer) | 0:08:15 |
11 | Jim Spotts (Simi Cycling) | 0:08:31 |
12 | John M Reveles (Platinum Performance) | 0:10:35 |
13 | Mike Henderson (Khs Cycles) | 0:13:16 |
14 | Wade Arnold (Sc Velo) | 0:15:53 |
15 | Omar Almaguer (Sc Velo) | 0:17:08 |
16 | Dave Hauck (Santa Clarita Velo) | 0:17:41 |
DNF | Scott Delameter | |
DNF | Derric Swinfard (Monster Media) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Francisco Vidal (Santa Clarita Velo) | 1:04:52 |
2 | Dan Turner | 0:00:16 |
3 | Todd Gottfried (Tm Xterra) | 0:01:26 |
4 | Robert Rodgers (Sho-Air/Sona) | 0:03:22 |
5 | Vincent Sabotin (Santa Clarita Velo) | 0:04:52 |
6 | Charlie Stone (Sc Velo) | 0:06:44 |
7 | Randy Rush (Backbone) | 0:08:18 |
8 | Tom Gabehart (Cal Coast) | 0:08:50 |
9 | Kurt Vine | 0:14:05 |
10 | Ludek Kolesa (Evma) | 0:17:34 |
11 | Andy Somerville (Team Duke) | 0:20:06 |
12 | Brad Bigelow | 0:21:16 |
13 | Guy Hanou | 0:28:52 |
14 | John Flores (Bv Bikes) | 0:30:32 |
DNF | Yoshimi Tsujio |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ken Germain (Shoair/Sonance) | 1:10:02 |
2 | James Reilly (Triatholan Lab) | 0:05:34 |
3 | Mark Wronski (The Path Bike Shop) | 0:08:29 |
4 | Gary Stewart (Esi Grips) | 0:09:22 |
5 | Jeff Kinney (E Cycling Store) | 0:12:19 |
6 | Steve Ellis (Honda Riding Club) | 0:12:51 |
7 | Gary Bojorquez (Santa Clarita Velo) | 0:26:08 |
DNF | Steve Bertrand (Platinum Performance) | |
DNS | Don Jackson (Shoair/Sonance) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Philippe Minniti (Team Ape) | 1:27:04 |
2 | John Beam | 0:02:40 |
3 | Bob Britton | 0:06:28 |
DNF | Mike Roberts (Judgement Velo) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Nils Hendrix (Stump Grinder Bicycle) | 1:18:03 |
2 | Bruce Ramsey (Santa Clarita Velo) | 0:08:23 |
3 | Roger Sexton (Team Ape) | 0:10:28 |
4 | Dean Ferrandini | 0:29:24 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jason Woodruff (Woodruff Offroad) | 1:15:31 |
2 | Luke Werkhoven (Platinum Performance) | 0:02:53 |
3 | Gary Locken (Tri-Sport Racing) | 0:07:16 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Greg Turner (Giant) | 1:11:28 |
2 | Michael Dulin (Back Alley) | 0:00:16 |
3 | Matt Dodd (Sc Velo) | 0:01:55 |
4 | Andrew M Hart (Bear Valley Bikes) | 0:05:41 |
5 | Rod Christiansen (Surf City ) | 0:17:33 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Paul Hubbell (Moto Tabs) | 1:07:15 |
2 | Paul Lorusso (Outer Circle Racing) | 0:03:43 |
3 | Rudy Melendez (Pasadena Athletic ) | 0:19:12 |
4 | Cheyne Mckeever (Bv Bikes) | 0:26:14 |
DNF | Joey Dolowy (Outer Circle) |

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Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.
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