Univest Grand Prix: Parisien 5th
Univest Grand Prix
Courtesy Joe McDermott, Media Director, Univest Grand Prix
Garmin-Chipotle's Euser Takes Wet & Wild Univest Grand Prix
Garmin-Chipotle's Lucas Euser held off Frederick Ericsson of Cykelcity.se/Klerh Harrison in a wet and wild finish to the 2008 Univest Grand Prix, helping his team retain the title won last year by Will Frischkorn.
The young California rider broke away from Ericsson in the last laps of the 100-mile race, finishing in a downpour blown in from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna.
"I love the bad weather," Euser said. "All of my best results have come in bad weather."
Euser and Ericsson held a more than two-minute lead in the finishing laps of the race and held off more than 20 riders to take the solo first and second place finishes. Euser's teammate, Pat McCarty finished third and Tyler Farrar, also of Garmin Chipotle, took fourth.
Francois Parisien of Team RACE Pro completed the podium with a fifth-place finish.
The race started under cloudy and humid conditions and the rains arrived in Souderton at about the same time the riders finished their 60-mile road race through the hills of Montgomery and Bucks County. The humidity, hills and hot competition wore at the riders throughout the race.
Ericsson, deemed the most aggressive rider of the race, said he was forced to expend additional energy because he was dropped in one of the breaks, and Euser played a team card with two of his teammates --McCarty and Farrar --close behind in the finishing circuits.
But Ericsson's efforts were not unrewarded. His constant pressure helped him win the Saab "Leader of Most Laps, Leidy's "Best Sprinter" and The Intelligencer's "Most Aggressive Rider" awards.
Euser, for his part, said he didn't want to come to the line with the strong Swede in tow.
The Univest Grand Prix has earned a reputation over the past 11 years as a race that tests the best riders. This is the second time the race has been run in the remnants of a tropical storm --Ivan--forced organizers to forego the road-race portion of the event in 2004 and riders raced in the short circuits through the borough of Souderton.
"This was great. This is what the Univest Grand Prix is all about," said race organizer John Eustice. "We have never had a big pack finish. It has always come down to a very small group, and most often it is one or two riders.
Bernardo Colex Tepez of the Tecos/Alderfer Auction team won the King of the Mountain competition and Jake Keough of the Kelly Benefits Strategies/Medifast team won the Sparta Youth Award.
Racing continues on Sunday, Sept. 7, with the fast-paced Univest Criterium of Doylestown. Riders such as Ukrainian Yuri Metlushenko of Amore e Vita/Mc/Donald's team and German Christian Lademann are expected to fare much better in that race. Lademann won the criterium two years ago and wants to regain the title. Metlushenko won a photo-finish sprint at the Lehigh Valley Classic in Allentown, Pa., in June and took second overall in the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling.
Courtesy Joe McDermott, Media Director, Univest Grand Prix
Garmin-Chipotle's Euser Takes Wet & Wild Univest Grand Prix
Garmin-Chipotle's Lucas Euser held off Frederick Ericsson of Cykelcity.se/Klerh Harrison in a wet and wild finish to the 2008 Univest Grand Prix, helping his team retain the title won last year by Will Frischkorn.
The young California rider broke away from Ericsson in the last laps of the 100-mile race, finishing in a downpour blown in from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna.
"I love the bad weather," Euser said. "All of my best results have come in bad weather."
Euser and Ericsson held a more than two-minute lead in the finishing laps of the race and held off more than 20 riders to take the solo first and second place finishes. Euser's teammate, Pat McCarty finished third and Tyler Farrar, also of Garmin Chipotle, took fourth.
Francois Parisien of Team RACE Pro completed the podium with a fifth-place finish.
The race started under cloudy and humid conditions and the rains arrived in Souderton at about the same time the riders finished their 60-mile road race through the hills of Montgomery and Bucks County. The humidity, hills and hot competition wore at the riders throughout the race.
Ericsson, deemed the most aggressive rider of the race, said he was forced to expend additional energy because he was dropped in one of the breaks, and Euser played a team card with two of his teammates --McCarty and Farrar --close behind in the finishing circuits.
But Ericsson's efforts were not unrewarded. His constant pressure helped him win the Saab "Leader of Most Laps, Leidy's "Best Sprinter" and The Intelligencer's "Most Aggressive Rider" awards.
Euser, for his part, said he didn't want to come to the line with the strong Swede in tow.
The Univest Grand Prix has earned a reputation over the past 11 years as a race that tests the best riders. This is the second time the race has been run in the remnants of a tropical storm --Ivan--forced organizers to forego the road-race portion of the event in 2004 and riders raced in the short circuits through the borough of Souderton.
"This was great. This is what the Univest Grand Prix is all about," said race organizer John Eustice. "We have never had a big pack finish. It has always come down to a very small group, and most often it is one or two riders.
Bernardo Colex Tepez of the Tecos/Alderfer Auction team won the King of the Mountain competition and Jake Keough of the Kelly Benefits Strategies/Medifast team won the Sparta Youth Award.
Racing continues on Sunday, Sept. 7, with the fast-paced Univest Criterium of Doylestown. Riders such as Ukrainian Yuri Metlushenko of Amore e Vita/Mc/Donald's team and German Christian Lademann are expected to fare much better in that race. Lademann won the criterium two years ago and wants to regain the title. Metlushenko won a photo-finish sprint at the Lehigh Valley Classic in Allentown, Pa., in June and took second overall in the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling.
| 99.4 miles/159.8km | |
| 1 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Chipotle p/b H3O | 3:50:48 |
| 2 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Cykelcity.se/Klehr Harrison | at 0:13 |
| 3 Pat McCarty (USA) Garmin-Chipotle p/b H3O | 1:47 |
| 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Chipotle p/b H3O | 2:00 |
| 5 Francois Parisien (Can) Team RACE Pro | 2:01 |
| 6 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse/Canon Capital | 2:02 |
| 7 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | 2:03 |
| 8 Mark Walters (Can) Team RACE Pro | 2:04 |
| 9 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 2:20 |
| 10 Robbie King (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling | 3:33 |
| 11 Steven van Vooren (Bel) Cycling Center/JBCA/Doylestown Hospital | |
| 12 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Champion System Racing /KraftGenie Cycling Inc. | |
| 13 Ryan Roth (Can) Team RACE Pro | |
| 14 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita -McDonald's | |
| 15 Joshua F Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 16 Yosvany Falcon (Cub) Toshiba-Santo Pro Cycling p/b Herbalife | 3:35 |
| 17 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 | s.t. |
| 18 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos/Aldefer Auction | 3:36 |
| 19 Bernardo Colex Tepez (Mex) Tecos/Aldefer Auction | 4:54 |
| 20 Scott Jackson (USA) DLP Racing | 8:01 |
| 21 Matt Winstead (USA) Team Inferno Pro Cycling | 13:22 |
| 22 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team | |
| 23 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Sparkasse/Canon Capital | both s.t. |
| 24 Jake Keough (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast | 15:13 |
| 25 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) DLP Racing | |
| 26 Kevin 'Buck' Miller (Can) Team RACE Pro | |
| 27 Jonas Bjellmark (Swe) Cykelcity.se/Klehr Harrison | |
| 28 Cheyne Hoag (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 Team | |
| 29 Mike Norton (USA) Calyon Pro Cycling Team | |
| 30 Rick Norton (USA) Immediate Mortgage/Artemis Elite | |
| 31 Matthew Johnson (USA) CRCA/Empire Cycling Team | |
| 32 Eric Tremble (USA) Kenda/Raleigh Cycling Team | |
| 33 Robert Kenneth Osterling (Swe) Cykelcity.se/Klehr Harrison | |
| 34 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | |
| 35 Tom Soladay (USA) Time Pro Cycling | |
| 36 Mathew Bell (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team | |
| 37 Trent Wilson (Aus) The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team | |
| 38 Michael Margarite (USA) CRCA/Empire Cycling Team | |
| 39 Keck Baker (USA) Battley Harley Davidson Elite Cycling Team | |
| 40 Christopher Hong (USA) Battley Harley Davidson Elite Cycling Team | |
| 41 Peter Horn (USA) Cycling Center/JBCA/Doylestown Hospital | |
| 42 John Freddy Parra (Col) Toshiba-Santo Pro Cycling p/b Herbalife | |
| 43 Nathan Coleman (USA) Immediate Mortgage/Artemis Elite | |
| 44 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast | |
| 45 Chad Butts (USA) Champion System Racing KraftGenie Cycling Inc. | |
| 46 Jose Medina (Chile) Champion System Racing KraftGenie Cycling Inc. | |
| 47 Jacob Mueller (USA) Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA-Cannondale | |
| 48 Richard Geng (Ger) Rite Aid Pro Cycling | |
| 49 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos/Aldefer Auction | |
| 50 Andrew Hunt (Can) Team RACE Pro | |
| 51 Christopher T Rozdilsky (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team | |
| 52 David Nelson (USA) Cycling Center/JBCA/Doylestown Hospital | |
| 53 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
| 54 Omar Cervantes (Mex) Tecos/Aldefer Auction | |
| 55 Ricardo Tapia (Mex) Tecos/Aldefer Auction | |
| 56 Evan Elken (USA) The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team | |
| 57 Frank Travieso (Cuba) Toshiba-Santo Pro Cycling p/b Herbalife | |
| 58 Keir Plaice (Can) Team RACE Pro | |
| 59 Ii Boyd Johnson (USA) DLP Racing | all s.t. |
| 60 Nicholas Bennette (USA) Fitness Together / Independent Fabrication | 15:14 |
| 61 Bobby Lea (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling | |
| 62 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse/Canon Capital | |
| 63 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse/Canon Capital | |
| 64 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast | |
| 65 Mathieu Roy (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team | |
| 66 Charles T Marzot (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team | |
| 67 Eric Schildge (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team | |
| The following riders did not finish | |
| DNF Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin-Chipotle p/b H3O | |
| DNF Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Chipotle p/b H3O | |
| DNF Graziano Gasparre (Italy) Amore & Vita -McDonald's | |
| DNF Fabio Gilioli (Italy) Amore & Vita -McDonald's | |
| DNF Phillip Cortes (Can) Amore & Vita -McDonald's | |
| DNF Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita -McDonald's | |
| DNF Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Thaddeus Dulin (USA) DLP Racing | |
| DNF Owen Nielsen (USA) DLP Racing | |
| DNF Charles Pendry (USA) DLP Racing | |
| DNF Benjamin King (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast | |
| DNF Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast | |
| DNF Clayton Barrows (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Stephan Kincaid (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Miles Watson (Aus) Rite Aid Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Moises Aldape (Mex) Team Type 1 | |
| DNF Luis Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos/Aldefer Auction | |
| DNF Chad Hartley (USA) The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Neil Shirley (USA) The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Jared Barrilleaux (USA) The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Matt Shriver (USA) The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Nick Frey (USA) Time Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Jackie Simes (USA) Time Pro Cycling | |
| DNF John Hamblen (USA) Time Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Daniel Ramsey (USA) Time Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Mike Stoop (USA) Time Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Toshiba-Santo Pro Cycling p/b Herbalife | |
| DNF Predrag Prokic (SRB) Toshiba-Santo Pro Cycling p/b Herbalife | |
| DNF Brian Butts (USA) Battley Harley Davidson Elite Cycling Team | |
| DNF Sean Barrie (USA) Battley Harley Davidson Elite Cycling Team | |
| DNF Ken Johnson (Can) Battley Harley Davidson Elite Cycling Team | |
| DNF Franklin Burgos (Dom) Champion System Racing KraftGenie Cycling Inc. | |
| DNF Rashad Guerra (USA) Champion System Racing KraftGenie Cycling Inc. | |
| DNF Vladimir Estevez (Dom) Champion System Racing KraftGenie Cycling Inc. | |
| DNF Nick Keough (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 Team | |
| DNF Gavriel Epstein (Can) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 Team | |
| DNF Nick Friesen (Can) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 Team | |
| DNF Lisbon Quintero (COL) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 Team | |
| DNF Sheldon Deeny (USA) CRCA/Empire Cycling Team | |
| DNF Eric Brownell (USA) CRCA/Empire Cycling Team | |
| DNF Michael Mathis (USA) CRCA/Empire Cycling Team | |
| DNF Pascual Caputi (Italy) CRCA/Empire Cycling Team | |
| DNF Jim Camut (USA) Cycling Center/JBCA/Doylestown Hospital | |
| DNF Bryan Mcvey (USA) Cycling Center/JBCA/Doylestown Hospital | |
| DNF Calle-Henrik Sandell (Swe) Cykelcity.se/Klehr Harrison | |
| DNF Johan Anders Lindgren (Swe) Cykelcity.se/Klehr Harrison | |
| DNF Jan Gunners (Swe) Cykelcity.se/Klehr Harrison | |
| DNF James B Driscoll (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team | |
| DNF Kevin Wolfson (USA) Fitness Together / Independent Fabrication | |
| DNF Aidan Charles (USA) Fitness Together / Independent Fabrication | |
| DNF Ward Solar (USA) Fitness Together / Independent Fabrication | |
| DNF Jonathan Bruno (USA) Fitness Together / Independent Fabrication | |
| DNF Thom Coupe (USA) Fitness Together / Independent Fabrication | |
| DNF Turner Johnson (USA) Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA-Cannondale | |
| DNF Colin Sandberg (USA) Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA-Cannondale | |
| DNF Chris Kuhl (USA) Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA-Cannondale | |
| DNF Elliot Gaunt (USA) Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA-Cannondale | |
| DNF Adam Farabaugh (USA) Hershey Cancer Institute-GPOA-Cannondale | |
| DNF Mark Warno (USA) Immediate Mortgage/Artemis Elite | |
| DNF Ramon Benitez (USA) Immediate Mortgage/Artemis Elite | |
| DNF Michael Githens (USA) Immediate Mortgage/Artemis Elite | |
| DNF David Osborn (USA) Immediate Mortgage/Artemis Elite | |
| DNF Jamie Riggs (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | |
| DNF Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | |
| DNF Kevin Hazzard (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | |
| DNF Jason Baer (USA) Kenda/Raleigh Cycling Team | |
| DNF Jason Beerman (USA) Kenda/Raleigh Cycling Team | |
| DNF Sean O Rourke (USA) Kenda/Raleigh Cycling Team | |
| DNF Adam J Sullivan (USA) Kenda/Raleigh Cycling Team | |
| DNF Joe Cooper (NZl Team Inferno Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Andrew Applegate (USA) Team Inferno Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Christian Parrett (USA) Team Inferno Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Timothy Swain (USA) Team Inferno Pro Cycling |
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