October 10/11 11:55 am - Exergy USGP of Cyclocross: Day 1 report and results
Posted by Editoress on 10/10/11
The Exergy USGP of Cyclocross p/b Greenware - New Belgium Cup Day One Report and Brief Results
October 8th in Fort Collins, Colorado
The New Belgium Cup weekend of racing kicked off under stormy skies with the driving wind and rain complicating many a riders' race. Many pros had traveled under the presumption that the early week forecast of sunny and 70 would hold true and were underprepared for cold wet conditions and temperatures in the 40s.
The Elite Women's field included all of the nation's top female competitors in what was one of the most impressive fields assembled to race in the US this cross season. Katerina Nash and Katie Compton opened an early and sizable early lead - with Georgia Gould in the chase. Nash and Compton were neck and neck for most of the race when Compton crashed in a corner. Nash seized the opportunity and surged away from Compton never to be caught again. She finished the race nearly 30 seconds of Compton and almost two minutes ahead of teammate Gould. In the AVID Shorty Ultimate Holeshot competition Nicole Duke surged off the line and into turn one taking the holeshot prize cleanly. By virtue of the victory Nash tightened her grip on the 2011 Series Overall.
In the Elite Men's Race the AVID Shorty Ultimate prize went to Jeremy Powers - who took home the first turn prize money. It was clearly a day for the mountain bikers though as the rain and wind created perfect cyclocross conditions. Powers built and early lead with Ben Berden and Ryan Trebon giving chase. As Berden faded Powers and Trebon exchanged the lead until three laps to go when Trebon began to open a gap. As Trebon's lead grew, Powers faded back to third and Geoff Kabush surged into second place - which is how it would finish - Trebon, Kabush, Powers. Trebon soloed in and secured his ownership of the Series lead while Yannick Eckmann, had a storming ride himself - coming back from a 36th place start to finish 5th in the overall standing and cementing his hold on the U23 series leader's jersey.
Women's AVID Shorty Ultimate Holeshot: Nicole Duke
Men's AVID Shorty Ultimate Holeshot: Jeremy Powers
Press release
| Elite Women, 15 km, 5 laps | |
| 1 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 0:44:02 |
| 2 Katherine Compton (USA) RaboBank/ Giant | at 0:44 |
| 3 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 2:05 |
| 4 Mical Dyck (Can) Pro City Racing | 2:58 |
| 5 Caroline Mani (Fra) BH-Suntour/Vienne Futuroscope | 3:38 |
| 6 Susan Butler (USA) River City Ridley | 3:40 |
| 7 Kaitlin Antonneau (USA) Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld.com | 3:46 |
| 8 Nicole Duke (USA) Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld.com | 3:50 |
| 9 Katherine Sherwin (USA) Stan's NoTubes Elite Cyclocross | s.t. |
| 10 Meredith Miller (USA) California Giant Cycling | 4:19 |
| 11 Teal Stetson-Lee (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | 4:47 |
| 12 Kelsy Bingham (USA) Roosters/Bikers Edge | 5:09 |
| 13 Alice Pennington (USA) Team S&M | 5:42 |
| 14 Kari Studley (USA) Team Redline | 5:48 |
| 15 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru/Trek | 6:21 |
| 16 Pepper Harlton (Can) Juventus Cycling Club | 6:41 |
| 17 Devon Gorry (USA) Rambuski Law | 7:34 |
| 18 Rebecca Gross (USA) TOUGH GIRLS | 7:37 |
| 19 Lisa Hudson (USA) Feedback Sports Racing | 7:47 |
| 20 Sage Wilderman (USA) Unsponsored | 8:01 |
| 21 Shannon Gibson (USA) Stan's NoTubes Elite Cyclocross | 8:21 |
| 22 Judy Freeman (USA) | s.t. |
| 23 Meghan Korol (USA) Momentum Racing/Pro Bikes | 8:49 |
| 24 Courtney Van Dimpel (USA) | 9:09 |
| 25 Rebecca Blatt (USA) unattached | 9:56 |
| 26 Alison Powers (USA) Cross Propz | 10:03 |
| 27 Nina Baum (USA) | s.t. |
| 28 Melanie Long (USA) Tough Girl / SCOTT | 10:23 |
| 29 Sarah Maile (USA) Ventana Mountain Bikes | -1Lap |
| 30 Marsa Daniel (USA) Team Group Health | -1Lap |
| 31 Anna Jo Dingman (USA) Cycleution | -1Lap |
| 32 Erin Kummer (USA) Timex | -1Lap |
| 33 Kate Powlison (USA) The Service Course | WBR | -2 Laps |
| 34 Jenni Gaertner (USA) Raleigh America | -2 Laps |
| 35 Jennifer Hill (USA) Rivet SG | -2 Laps |
| 36 Amber Rydholm (USA) GS Boulder | -2 Laps |
| 37 Cristina Begy (USA) Gates Carbon Drive | -2 Laps |
| 38 Lynn Bush (USA) Tough Girl / SCOTT | -2 Laps |
| 39 Lea Stralka (USA) Ragnarok | -2 Laps |
| 40 Jadine Riley (GBr) Team Group Health | -2 Laps |
| 41 Catherine Johnson (USA) Service Course/ WBR | -2 Laps |
| 42 Deirdre Garvey (USA) Louisville Cyclery | -2 Laps |
| 43 Katie Jay Melena (USA) Bay 101/HRS/Rock Lobster | -2 Laps |
| DNF Linda Sone (USA) cycle-smart.com/Flanders | |
| DNS Ashley James (USA) KCCX Elite | |
| DNS Kelly Benjamin (USA) Colavita/Forno d'Asolo | |
| Elite/U23 Men, 21 km, 7 laps | |
| 1 Ryan Trebon (USA) LTS-Felt | 56:07 |
| 2 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis / Rocky Mountain | at 0:24 |
| 3 Jeremy Powers (USA) Rapha/Focus | 0:58 |
| 4 James Driscoll (USA) Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld.com | 2:08 |
| 5 Yannick Eckmann (GER) Pearlizumi/Shimano | s.t. |
| 6 Chris Sheppard (Can) | 2:25 |
| 7 Troy Wells (USA) Team CLIF BAR | 2:34 |
| 8 Ben Berden (BEL) Ops Ale - Clement | 2:49 |
| 9 Christian Heule (SUI) Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld.com | 3:07 |
| 10 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona | 3:18 |
| 11 Zach Mcdonald (USA) Rapha/Focus | 3:26 |
| 12 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru/Trek | 3:26 |
| 13 Timothy Johnson (USA) Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld.com | 3:59 |
| 14 Sean Babcock (USA) Kona | 4:06 |
| 15 Mitchell Hoke (USA) Team Clif Bar | 4:41 |
| 16 Cody Kaiser (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | 5:21 |
| 17 Allen Krughoff (USA) BOULDER CYCLE SPORT | 5:21 |
| 18 Jake Wells (USA) Stan's NoTubes Elite Cyclocross | 5:32 |
| 19 Brian Matter (USA) Gear Grinder / Clif Bar | 5:41 |
| 20 Evan Guthrie (Can) Rocky Mountain Bicycles Factory | 6:16 |
| 21 Christopher Jones (USA) Rapha/Focus | 6:21 |
| 22 Aaron Schooler (Can) Team H&R BLOCK - Sri Importing | 6:32 |
| 23 Tim Allen (USA) Niner Stan's Ergon | 6:54 |
| 24 Russell Stevenson (USA) Raleigh | 7:28 |
| 25 Skyler Trujillo (USA) CYF Divo | s.t. |
| 26 Colton Andersen (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | 7:55 |
| 27 Tristan Schouten (USA) ISCorp | 7:58 |
| 28 Kevin Fish (USA) KCCX/Fuji Presented by Challeng | 7:59 |
| 29 Joseph Schmalz (USA) KCCX | 8:13 |
| 30 Matthew Pacocha (USA) BikeRadar | 8:27 |
| 31 Russell Harding (USA) Natural Grocers Cycling Team | 9:03 |
| 32 Eric Emsky (USA) Cyclocrossracing.com p/b Blue | -1Lap |
| 33 Braden Kappius (USA) Team Clif Bar | -2 Laps |
| 34 Mark Mcconnell (Can) Synergy Racing | -2 Laps |
| 35 Robin Eckmann (GER) Peral Izumi, shimano team | -2 Laps |
| 36 Greg Lewis (USA) Directory Plus/Trek | -2 Laps |
| 37 Justin Robinson (USA) California Giant Cycling | -2 Laps |
| 38 Spencer Powlison (USA) Plains to Peaks Racing | -2 Laps |
| 39 Zachary Edwards (USA) Boulder Cycle Sport | -2 Laps |
| 40 Brendan Shafer (USA) Wooly Mammoth | -2 Laps |
| 41 Bryan Alders (USA) | -2 Laps |
| 42 Brennan Wodtli (USA) | -3 Laps |
| 43 Ken Benesh (USA) Feedback Sports | -3 Laps |
| 44 Josh Whitney (USA) rocky mounts~izze | -3 Laps |
| 45 Bryan Mickiewicz (USA) Hammer Nutrition | -3 Laps |
| 46 Shawn Harshman (USA) BOULDER CYCLE SPORT | -3 Laps |
| 47 John Phillips (USA) Team Rio Grande | -3 Laps |
| 48 Nick Truitt (USA) Breckenridge | -3 Laps |
| 49 Ted Willard (USA) SDG Felt pb. iRT | -3 Laps |
| 50 Samuel Morrison (USA) Epic Endurance | -3 Laps |
| 51 Ryan Miller (USA) Pacific Power - Blue Sky | -3 Laps |
| 52 Caley Fretz (USA) Echelon Energy Cycling Team | -3 Laps |
| 53 Chris Mackay (USA) RealCyclist.com | -3 Laps |
| 54 Campbell Levy (USA) Yeti Jett Pro XC | -3 Laps |
| 55 David Sheek (USA) SDG/Felt p.b. IRT | -3 Laps |
| 56 Eric Bennett (USA) JET Cycling | -3 Laps |
| 57 Alex Wentz (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing | -3 Laps |
| 58 Ross Holbrook (USA) Boulder Cycle Sport | -4 Laps |
| 59 Ray Smith (USA) Bob's Red Mill CX | -4 Laps |
| 60 Jimmy Archer (USA) | -4 Laps |
| 61 Chad Haga (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth | -4 Laps |
| 62 William Iaia (USA) Groove Subaru Cycling | -4 Laps |
| 63 Jesse Goodrich (USA) Plains to Peaks Racing | -4 Laps |
| 64 Grant Holicky (USA) Plains to Peaks Racing | -4 Laps |
| 65 Brett Pirie (USA) ColoBikeLaw.com | -4 Laps |
| 66 Scott Tietzel (USA) Plains to Peaks Racing | -4 Laps |
| 67 Drew Hogg (USA) RGF Solutions | -5 Laps |
| 68 Lane Miller (USA) Louisville Cyclery | -5 Laps |
| DNF Ryan Knapp (USA) Bob's Red Mill Cyclocross | |
| DNF Brad Cole (USA) Mercy Elite Cycling Team | |
| DNF Jacob Lasley (USA) Team Soundpony | |
| DNS Nicholas Weighall (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | |
| DNS Mitchell Kersting (USA) Schellers | |
| DNS Ian Holt (USA) Pretty in Pink / Chad is going | |
| DNS Mike Friedberg (USA) Service Course/World Bicycle | |
| DNS Chris Brandt (USA) Honey Stinger/Trek | |
| DNS Taylor Carrington (USA) Turin Bicycles - TLR |
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