Cyclocross: NECCS # 9 - Cycle-Smart International
Jeremy Powers  & Mary McConneloug dominate the Northampton Affair!

Verge New England Championship Cyclocross Series #9
19th Annual Cycle-Smart International

The 19th annual Cycle-Smart International started off with a bang today. Under clear blue skies, The Verge NECCS sprung back into action for its 9th round. The elite fields were won by two local favorites in decisive fashion. Mary McConneloug (Kenda/Seven/NoTubes) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com) both continued their stellar seasons in Northampton, today.

Elite Women - McConneloug
The Elite women split up quickly from the gun with Mary McConneloug and Natasha Elliott (Garneau/Club Chassure/Ogilvy) breaking away from the field on the first lap. A chase group formed behind them with series leader Maureen Bruno-Roy (MM Racing), Laura Van Gilder (C3/Athletes Serving Athletes), Minuteman Road Club racers Andrea Smith and Anna Barensfeld as well as Sara Bresnick-Zocchi (pedalpowercoaching.com/Landry’s Bicycles).

McConneloug and Elliott were able to stretch their advantage on the chase group and were matching each other move for move until Elliott bobbled in the sand. McConneloug, hearing of Elliott’s bobble over the loudspeaker, threw down a huge attack and held Elliott at an arm’s length for the rest of the race, eventually finishing with a twenty second advantage.

Behind them, Van Gilder proved to be too strong for the chase group and soloed in for third place ahead of Bruno-Roy. Barensfeld outsprinted Smith for fourth.

Elite Men
With a field over fifty strong, the Elite men was chaos at the start. A broken chain caused a massive pile-up only 100 meters from the start which took down several riders, leaving many riders to walk their bikes off the course, asses damage and prepare for Sunday.

Ahead of the chaos,  Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll of the dominant Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com team powered away. In their wake was leader Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs/RGM/Radix) and Nicholas Weighall (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized). Not far behind the quartet was Jerome Townsend (bikereg.com/Joe’s Garage/IF) and Adam Craig (Giant MTB Team).

Powers and Driscoll controlled the front of the race the same way they’ve been controlling races all season. Their pressure proved to be too much for Weighall as he fell off the hard pace, eventually holding on for fourth. Like Weighall, Timmerman was unable to match the pace, but rode valiantly to keep the leaders within a few seconds until the last two laps. Timmerman was able to hold on to third, thirty seconds back, and retain his series leader’s jersey.

Adam Craig looked like he was going to be able to bring himself to the leaders but with two to go, he dropped his chain and lost several spots but fought back for 5th place in his return to racing in New England.

U23 Men
The U-23 race came down to a two-up sprint between Jerome Townsend and series leader Luke Keough (Team Champion System) with Townsend taking victory fiinishing in 8th and 9th place.

The Masters 35+ race was a three-way battle again, but this time Johnny Bold and Kevin Hines (Corner Cycle) were joined by Matt Kraus (Richard Sachs/RGM/Radix) instead of series leader and national champ Roger Aspholm (Westwood Velo) who was plagued by a poor first lap and found himself fighting back. Keen tacticians, Bold and Hines took advantage of Aspholm’s absence and, with Kraus’s help, opened an insurmountable lead. The three at the front remained intact as a group and hit the finishing straight together, Johnny Bold made the bold move... (pun intended) crossing the line first with Hines behind him and the Sachs rider pulling in third.

Aspholm was the next in, his fourth place finish not enough to keep him in the series jersey. Curtis Boivin of Planet Bike fnished at ten seconds to lock up 5th.

The U-19 Juniors
The Younger Guns had a bit of a shake up with the return of Evan McNeely and Karl Hoppner, both Canadian racers for the EMD/Specialized squad. McNeely soloed to his fourth series victory this season with Hoppner behind. Third place went to the consistent Curtis White (Clif Bar Development Cyclocross Team) for his second podium of the VergeNECCS season.

The U-15 juniors had Austin Vincent (CL Noonan/KAM/Coast to Coast) alone off the front, in his favorite position. Behind him was Peter Goguen from Minuteman Road Club in second and Cooper Willsey (White’s Bikes/GMBC/Catamount) in third.

Of note, in a bizarre accident at the end of the Masters race, UCI Official Harry Lam was seriously injured. While details are not readily available, he was admitted to a regional hospital. A collection will be opened to help his family during his recovery. Details on his condition and the collection will be forthcoming.

The Action continues for the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series in Northampton tomorrow.

•The Cycle-Smart International – November 7th and 8th – Northampton, Massachusetts
•Bay State Cyclo-Cross – November 28th and 29th - Sterling, Massachusetts
•NBX Grand Prix – December 5th and 6th -Warwick, Rhode Island

This year series is generously supported by Verge Sport, makers of fine cycling clothing and products since 1993; by Cycle-Smart, purveyors of personalized cycling coaching and solutions for riders across the country; by BikeReg.com, the official online registration service of the NECCS; by Paul Weiss Photo/Video, the official photographer of the NECCS, by October Handmade Bicycles, and by Ryders Eyewear. You can visit these sponsors and get more information on the series by going to the web at http://www.cycle-smart.com/neccs.

UCI Elite/U23 Men 53 starters
Place U23 First Name Last Name Team Time  Points: Elite U23
1 Jeremy Powers Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com 0:55:18 60
2 Jamey Driscoll Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com 0:55:20 50
3 Dan Timmerman Richard Sachs/RGM Watches/Radix  0:55:55 45
4 Nicholas Weighall California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 0:56:20 40
5 Adam Craig Gaint MTB Team 0:56:30 35
6 Derrick St. John Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy 0:57:20 30
7 William Dugan Richard Sachs/RGM Watches/Radix 0:57:35 28
8 1 Jerome Townsend BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage/IF 0:57:48 26 60
9 2 Luke Keough Team Champion Systems 0:57:49 24 50
10 Adam Myerson Cycle-Smart 0:58:13 22
11 Jesse Anthony Jamis Bicycles 0:58:26 20
12 Nathaniel Ward BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage/IF 0:58:26 18
13 Jake Keough Team Champion Systems 0:58:29 16
14 Josh Dillon Richard Sachs/RGM Watches/Radix 0:58:30 14
15 3 Ethan Gilmour Bellapcoaching.com 0:58:31 12 45
16 Peter Bradshaw Embrocation Cycling Journal 0:58:40 10
17 4 mitchell Hoke Clif Bar Development Cycling Team 0:58:48 9 40
18 5 Nick Keough Team Champion Systems 0:59:28 8 35
19 Kirt Fitzpatrick Sexual Camel 0:59:56 7
20 PETE SMITH Embrocation Cycling Journal 1:00:11 6
21 6 Manny Goguen BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage/IF 1:00:43 5 30
22 Rickey Visinski Echappe Equipment Elite Team 1:00:49 4
23 christian favata Favata's Tablerock Tours and Bikes 1:00:53 3
24 david wilcox Cambridge Bicycle 1:00:53 2
25 Todd Wheelden KONA/OA/Cyclemania 1:01:06 1
26 Wayne Bray Syracuse Bicycle - SpokePost.com 1:01:09
27 Colin Reuter International Bicycle Centers 1:01:29
28 Christopher Hamlin UVM Cycling 1:01:58
29 Kevin Sweeney International Bicycle Centers 0:00:00
30 John Hanson IF/Lionette's Cycling Team 0:00:00
31 Peter Rubijono Embrocation Cycling Journal 0:00:00
32 7 Matthew Green Spooky Bicycles 0:00:00 28
33 Greg Whitney Back Bay Bicycles / Espresso Royale Caff 0:00:00
34 Michael Norton Verge Sport/Test Pilot 0:00:00
35 hunter pronovost Cheshire Cycle Racing 0:00:00
36 Macky Franklin Pioneer Racing 0:00:00
37 Ryan Kelly NorEast Cycling at 1 to go
38 8 Noah Tautfest Bicycle Express at 2 to go 26
39 Patrick Goguen NEV & CP / Bobcat of NH at 3 to go
40 James Newton Minuteman Road Club at 3 to go
41 Tom Gosselin Peak Performance Multi-Sport at 3 to go
Did Not Finish:
Michael Jenks Highland Park Hermes
Michael Broderick Kenda-Seven-No Tubes
DNF Dylan McNicholas CCB
DNF Patrick Bradley Rutgers University Cycling Team
John Burns Bikeman.com
Gavin Mannion Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team Inc.
Kevin Wolfson BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage/IF
Matt Mainer UVM Cycling
Pierre Vanden Borre Embrocation Cycling Journal
 Justin Lindine BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage/IF
Marc-andre Daigle Warrior Racing
Michael Rea NorEast Cycling
Complete results when available.

UCI Elite Women 30 starters
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Points
1 Mary McConneloug Kenda-Seven-No Tubes 0:35:43 60
2 NATASHA Elliot Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy 0:36:04 50
3 LAURA Van Gilder C3 Athletes Serving Athletes 0:36:20 45
4 Maureen Bruno Roy MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles 0:36:51 40
5 Anna Barensfeld Minuteman Road Club 0:37:27 35
6 Andrea Smith Minuteman Road Club 0:37:27 30
7 Anna Milkowski BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage/IF 0:37:41 28
8 Sara Bresnick-Zocchi Pedalpowercoaching.com/Landry's 0:37:48 26
9 Rebecca Wellons Team Plan C 0:37:58 24
10 Ann D'Ambruoso Minuteman Road Club 0:38:21 22
11 sally annis Hub Racing 0:38:21 20
12 Linnea Koons October Factory Racing 0:39:03 18
13 Rebecca Blatt US Army/Central Wheel 0:39:16 16
14 Karen Potter Zanconato 0:39:17 14
15 Christina Tamilio MInuteman Road Club 0:39:17 12
16 Crystal Anthony Minuteman Road Club 0:39:23 10
17 Anna McLoon Harvard University 0:39:48 9
18 Arielle Filiberti Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team Inc. 0:39:52 8
19 Karin Holmes Sunapee/S & W Racing Team 0:39:59 7
20 Sarah Krzysiak Syracuse Bicycle - SpokePost.com 0:40:35 6
21 Beth Mason Verge Sport - Test Pilot 0:40:45 5
22 Natalia Gardiol Cambridge Bicycle 0:40:46 4
23 Marilyn Ruseckas Seven Cycles 0:40:56 3
24 Michelle Kersbergen Joe's Garage 0:41:21 2
25 Carmen Labbe POLAR Canada 0:41:35 1
26 Allison Snooks Minuteman Road Club 0:41:59
27 mary lynn hadix CVC/Subaru of New England 0:43:36
28 Callie Gordon Cyclocrossworld.com At 1 Lap
Anna Young Pioneer Racing DNF
Emily Curry Joe's Garage DNS

Cat 3 Men 108 starters
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Points
1 Graham Garber U.S. Army/Central Wheel-GHCC     0:41:29 60
2 Cary Fridrich Embrocation Cycling Journal p/b NIBRCC     0:42:03 50
3 Chris Laflamme Embrocation Cycling Journal     0:42:05 45
4 Jeremy Durrin Northampton Cycling Club / NCC     0:42:19 40
5 Evan Huff Cycle Smart / NCC     0:42:24 35
6 R. Michael McKittrick Cambridge Bicycle / Igleheart Frames     0:42:24 30
7 michael wissell back bay bicycles/ espresso royale caffe     0:42:41 28
8 Scott Rosenthal Zanconato Racing     0:42:57 26
9 synjen marrocco CLNoonan/KAM/Coast to Coast     0:42:57 24
10 Colin H. Murphy CycleSmart / NCC     0:42:58 22
11 Colin Rowan Corner Cycle     0:43:01 20
12 Greg Burbidge CLAREMONT CYCLE DEPOT     0:43:10 18
13 Josh Austin NorEast Cycling     0:43:13 16
14 Collin Huston CL Noonan/Coast to Coast/KAM     0:43:27 14
15 Matthew Simpson Svelte Cycles     0:43:27 12
16 Doug Aspinwall Joe's Garage     0:43:27 10
17 Joshua Wright Geekhouse / Boston Rock Gym     0:43:28 9
18 james harmon 503 Cycleworx/LHCC     0:43:29 8
19 Dave Trimble Kissena Cycling Club     0:43:53 7
20 Jonathan Awerbuch NorEast Cycling     0:43:54 6

Juniors 15-18 20 starters
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Points
1 Evan McNeely EMD Serono / Specialized     0:40:37 60
2 Karl Hoppner Emd Serono Specialized     0:41:58 50
3 Curtis White CLIF BAR Development Cyclocross 0:42:02 45
4 Benjamin Wolfe Mystic Velo Juniors     0:42:02 40
5 Joshua Lehmann Sunapee/S&W/Continental Paving Racing  0:42:26 35
6 Jesse Keough CLNoonan/KAM/Coast to Coast     0:42:34 30
7 Conor O'Brien EMD Serono Specialized     0:42:36 28
8 Nate Morse CLIF BAR Development Cyclocross Team     0:43:22 26
9 Paul Lynch CLNoonan/Coast-to-Coast/KAM     0:43:38 24
10 Ryan Packard QuadCycles Junior Team     0:43:53 22
11 Tommy Goguen Minuteman Road Club     0:45:48 20
12 Zach Bender Cycle-Smart     0:45:50 18
13 0:46:12 16
14 Aaron House Housatonic Wheel Club     0:46:31 14
15 Jack MacClarence Farm Team Cycling     0:47:16 12
16 Sean Suprenant CCB/Volkswagen     At 1 Lap 10
17 Tomas Jurgensen Quad Cycles Junior team     At 1 Lap 9
18 aidan snyder Farm team     At 1 Lap 8

Cat 1-3 Masters 35+ 81 starters
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Points
1 Jonny Bold Corner Cycle     0:40:15 60
2 Kevin Hines Corner Cycle     0:40:15 50
3 Matt Kraus Richard Sachs/RGM Watches/Radix 0:40:17 45
4 roger aspholm Westwood Velo     0:40:47 40
5 curtis boivin Planet Bike     0:40:57 35
6 Kurt Perham Bikeman.com/PBMcoaching.com     0:41:20 30
7 Rob Hult Gear Works Spin Arts     0:41:34 28
8 Bill Shattuck bikebarnracing.com     0:41:39 26
9 Todd Bowden CVC Subaru of New England     0:41:41 24
10 Ryan Rumsey Bikeman.com     0:41:49 22
11 Marc Boudreau Ride with Rendall     0:41:54 20
12 jon bernhard CCB Racing     0:41:55 18
13 Steve Proulx Stevens Racing     0:41:58 16
14 Alan Starrett Bikeman.com     0:42:18 14
15 Mike Rowell NEBC/Cycle Loft/Devonshire Dental     0:42:30 12
16 Ryan LaRocque Gearworks / Spinarts     0:42:31 10
17 jeff molongoski Joe,s Garage     0:42:31 9
18 Damien Colfer noreast cycling     0:42:49 8
19 John Meerse OA/Cyclemania/PVC     0:42:59 7
20 Matthew Howard GS Gotham/Toga     0:43:14 6

Masters 45+ 59 starters
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Points
1 Samuel Morse Corner Cycle     0:42:25 60
2 Mark Gunsalus Team FUJI Clif Bar     0:42:29 50
3 John Mosher Wheel Works     0:42:36 45
4 John Funk Bikereg.com / Joe's Garage / IF     0:43:21 40
5 Bob Bisson Gear Works/Spin Arts     0:43:21 35
6 mitchell medeiros scottee's westport bicycle     0:44:25 30
7 Tim Groesbeck CCB     0:44:44 28
8 Geoffrey House Housatonic Wheel Club     0:44:49 26
9 Jeffrey Craft Lake Effect Racing     0:45:28 24
10 jonathan tarbox Expo Wheelmen-Superior Energy     0:45:29 22
11 eric marro BOB/Shift-Stonyfield Farm-Ariza-Goodales     0:45:30 20
12 kevin callahan Bicycle Link/MBRC     0:45:33 18
13 David Foley BOB/Stonyfield Farm/Goodales Bike Shops     0:45:42 16
14 keith button noreast cycling     0:45:45 14
15 Tom Stevens Gear Works/Spin Arts     0:45:48 12
16 chip baker HUP United     0:45:51 10
17 Christopher Burke Providence Velo Club/Planet Bike     0:45:55 9
18 Timothy Shea BOB/Shift-Stonyfield Farm-Ariza-Goodales     0:46:02 8
19 paul lynch bicyclelink/mbrc     0:46:16 7
20 Wayne Cunningham Team Wheelworks     0:46:19 6

Masters 55+ 23 starters
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Points
1 Edward Hamel Joe's Garage     0:45:59 60
2 David Rath Corner Cycle     0:47:00 50
3 David Goodwin Northampton Cycling Club     0:47:15 45
4 Phillip Bannister Putney/West Hill     0:47:16 40
5 William Sawyer Gearworks - Spinarts     0:47:37 35
6 Barry Doubleday Mass Bay Road Club     0:47:48 30
7 Gary Passler Essex County Velo (ECV) /Trifit Training     0:47:54 28
8 Dusty Adams MosaicSmalti.com     0:48:18 26
9 Richard Sachs RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - RADIX     0:48:24 24
10 garabed minasian BOB cycling/stoneyfield /goodales     0:48:27 22
11 Dave Beals NYCROSS.COM / VO Max / CBRC     0:48:52 20
12 jim quinn The Bicycle Link/MBRC     18
13 Jerry White Naults Cyclery/naults.com     16
14 Jack Chapman NAULTS CYCLERY/naults.com     14
15 Alan Lesage GMBC/Catamount     12
16 James Owers NHCC     10
17 bob ludecke laurel bike club     9
18 Gary Toth Capital Bicycle Racing Club     At 1 Lap 8
19 Steve White White's Bikes     At 1 Lap 7
20 David Holmander NAULTS CYCLERY/naults.com.     At 1 Lap 6

Juniors 10-14 8 starters
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Points
1 Austin Vincent CLNoonan/KAM/Coast to Coast     0:25:43 60
2 Peter Goguen Minuteman Road Club     0:26:32 50
3 Cooper Willsey Whites Bikes/GMBC/Catamount     0:28:07 45
4 Nicolas Catlin My Way     0:28:27 40
5 Ian Keough CLNoonan/KAM/Coast to Coast     0:31:58 35
6 Kevin Goguen Minuteman Road Club     0:34:30 30
7 Victoria Gates NEBC/Cycle Loft/Devonshire Dental     0:34:42 28
8 Greg Gunsalus Team FUJI     At 1 Lap 26

Cat 3/4 Women 41 starters 13 26
Place First Name Last Name Team Time Cat 3 Cat 4
1 Frances Morrison Cycle-Smart/NCC     0:26:14 1
2 Julie Lefebvre International Bicycle/Global     0:26:19 2
3 jennifer o'donnell Cambridge Bicycle / Igleheart Frames     0:26:19 1
4 Amy Cutler EPS/CSS/Riptide cycling     0:27:11 2
5 Laura Ralston MIT Cycling/ FXDD     0:27:20 3
6 Kirsten Begg      0:27:26 3
7 kathleen monahan      0:27:27 4
8 Jessica Hayes Conroy North Atlantic Velo     0:27:31 5
9 Molly Housman Flying Penguins     0:27:50
10 Sally McInnis JRA Cycles     0:27:55 6
11 Elizabeth Lukowski NYCROSS.COM / VO MAX / CBRC     0:27:57 4
12 Natalia McKittrick Cambridge Bicycle/Igleheart Frames     0:28:07 5
13 Rebecca Zanconato Zanconato Racing     0:28:13 6
14 BrittLee Bowman Kissena     0:28:22 7
15 bridget petrillo CVC/Subaru of New England     0:28:23 8
16 Christine Fort QuadCycles     0:28:33 7
17 Sarah Hart Colby College     0:28:33 9
18 Nancy Labbe-Giguere Quad Cycles p/b NIBRCC     0:28:35 8
19 Emma white CBRC/Capital Bicycle Racing Club     0:28:38 10
20 Brett Dollar Middlebury College     0:28:43 11

Cat 4 Men 114 starters
Place 35+ First Name Last Name Team Time
1 1 Matt Mitchell      0:39:15
2 2 Brian Quigley Colavita Racing Inc.     0:39:30
3 Stephen Pierce King Kog     0:39:40
4 John Herrick UVM Cycling     0:39:48
5 3 Robert Hale HUP United     0:40:12
6 4 Sven Lohse Team Wheelworks     0:40:28
7 5 Geoff McIntosh New Hampshire Cycling Club     0:40:37
8 6 Michael Whitfield HUP United     0:40:45
9 7 Christopher Owen      0:40:50
10 8 John McGrath NEBC/Cycle Loft/Devonshire Dental     0:40:56
11 9 James Willsey GMBC/Catamount     0:41:07
12 10 Matt Williams circle69 Racing     0:41:11
13 Donny Green team makeout party     0:41:25
14 11 Jesse Smith Fort Rock'N'Rollas     0:41:28
15 12 Scott Sweeney Minuteman Road Club     0:41:37
16 13 Deke Andrew Portland Velo Club / Cyclemania     0:41:45
17 Matthew Montesano Kissena Cycling Club     0:41:50
18 Brendan McGrath Bicycle Therapy     0:41:50
19 14 Gregory Shea AFR2Mex/USA     0:41:57
20 15 Dan Sirois Joe's Garage     0:42:12

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