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update from Bay State CX PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dave Beals   
Sunday, 29 November 2009 00:21
this update from the Bay State Cyclocross Race , Race # 11 in the New England Cyclocross Championship Series held in Sterling Mass....
Jeremy Powers (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com) and Series Leader Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs/RGM Watches) from Ithaca NY, broke away from the field of Elite Men early in the race and quickly created a sizable gap from all chasers. Justine Lindine (Bikereg.com) from Maplecrest NY  made a heroic charge in lap 3 to bridge to the duo of J-Pow and Grizzly Dan as the two front leaders backed off their blistering pace and took turns charging into the 30 mile per hour winds. But Justine was unable to hang and fell off the pace again. Powers kept the pressure on and put small but incremental hurts into Dan Timmerman's race to stay on Jeremy's wheel. With one lap to go it was all Jeremy Powers, Dan Timmerman was second and Justin Lindine came in third. Josh Dilllon (Richard Sachs/RGM Watches) was fourth, young Will Dugan (Richard Sachs/RGM Watches) was 5th. Nathaniel Ward (Bikereg.com) unofficially top ten.
Emma White (CBRC) pulled back a big deficit in her race and finished third in the Women's 3/4 Race. Curtis White (Cliff Bar Developmental Team) suffered a couple mechanicals yet finished strong and rode well. Liz Lukowski (NYcross.com/VO Max) did battle in the Women's 3/4 race and did the NYcross.com Team proud. Tim Janson (RPI Cycling) reported a top 20 finish in the Men's speedy Cat 3 race.
Check USA Cycling for the the official results, www.bikereg.com for the early, quasi-official, good enough for www.crossresults.com race results

 
Cyclocross Survey PDF Print E-mail
Written by Eric   
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 18:02

Please take a minute and help us gather some feedback on the NYCross.com Series and the general cross scene in the North East by doing this quick survey:

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0ON194gj1S2j2xTNsALVNg_3d_3d

 

There's on ly 8 questions, it will take 5 minutes or less.  Thanks!

 
Bethlehem Cup and Final Series Standings! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Eric   
Monday, 16 November 2009 21:15

The results for the Bethlehem Cup and final NYCross.com Series Standings are posted over on Bikereg.com now.

 

B-Cup:  http://www.bikereg.com/Results/2009/11/15-Bethlehem-Cup-CX.asp

 

Final Series Standings: http://www.bikereg.com/Results/2009/11/16-NYCross-Overall.asp

 

Thanks to Chuck Quackenbush and the hoard of volutneers from CBRC who helped make the race happen.  The Bethlehem Cup is an infamously hard cross course.  It offers little in the terms of traditional fast swoopy corners and forces riders to test their mettle in deep mud, tretcherous gravel decents, and the hardest run up I've ever come across.  There are people that avoid this race and there are people who criticize it, but none of those people are made of as tough a grit as all those who tackeled the insanely hard terrain Sunday.  Yes, we should probably make it more like a normal cross race, but good luck getting Chuck to agree.  He's unflappably cool in tough conditions, as evidenced not only by his stellar performance at the B-Cup each year, but also by his willingness to tackle the Iron Cross each year, and will likely instruct those pleading for a detuned B-Cup to toughen up.  This is cross after all.

 

In the elite men's race, Al Donahue (Cycle-Smart / NCC) took a comanding victory over the field with Nathaniel Ward (Bikereg.com / Joe's Garage / IF).  Rounding out the podium in the elite men's field was Gavriel Epstien (Radicalvelo.com).   The tight race was in the overall series points though, with Gavriel trailing series leader Mukunda Feldman (Cycle-Smart / NCC) by only five points starting the race; the overall series win was going to come down to the last day.  It turns out, what was a tight race going into the B-Cup ended as an insanely tight race, with only one point seperating the two racers at the end.  Mukunda managed to hold on to the series lead with 96 points to Gavriel's 95.  Amazingly had either Mukunda finshed just one place back, or Gavriel one place up, the results would have flipped.  That's a tight race if I've ever seen one.  Jermey Gardner (HUDZ/Subaru) took the final series podium spot thanks to his consistent top placings throughout the year.  All three of the riders on the NYCross podium earned their spots through hard work week after week against top notch competition.  Congrtaulations to all of you.

 

In the women's race Anna Young (Pioneer Racing) secured the victory with Emma Bast (Cycle-Smart / NCC) in second and Bryna Nestor (Anthem Sports) breaking up a potential New England sweep of the podium by taking third.  In the overall women's series Katina Walker (Velo Bella - Kona) took the overall victory in dominating fashion, outpacing the competition by twenty points.  Liz Lukowski (NYCross.com / VO Max / CBRC) put an exclamation point on her break out season, securing second in the elite women's series.  Kirsten Begg grabbed the third spot to round out the women's podium.

Rich Teal (NYCross.com / VO Max / CBRC) won the overall in the 3/4.  Jeff Leak (WeLoveBicycles.com) took the win in the

35 plus.  Jeff Walker (SCARR / Ommegang) won the 45 plus,  and Dave Beals (NYCross.com /VO Max / CBRC) took home the 55 plus series title.

 

In the juniors, Christopher Celeicki (MVBC) took the U19 Boys, Joe Toth (CBRC) took the U15 boys, and Julia Sante took the Junior Giirls.

 

Cody Madigan took a one point victory over teammate Brad Young (both Team Tinney's Tavern) in the Single Speed, and Christina Perkins took home the Cat 4 Women's championship.

 

Thanks to everyone who came out and raced NYCross.com this season.  We had our biggest and best year yet, and are already planning for 2010.  If you have any feed back on the series this year, questions about next year or anything else, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Thanks again!

 
Bethlhem Cup this Weekend PDF Print E-mail
Written by Eric   
Friday, 13 November 2009 20:11

Don't forget, the final race of the NYCross.com Series, the Bethlehem Cup is this weekend.

 

Register at http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=8898

 

See you all Sunday!

 
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