Top-notch Cyclocross Photography

photo credit: Greg Descantes

A great photo of Geoff Kabush (MAXXIS) putting the hurt on Andrew Pinfold (SYMMETRICS) while on his way to winning the BC Provincial Cyclocross Championships at the end of October. The Canadian National Championships are this upcoming weekend on Vancouver Island. It promises to be another showdown between Kabush, Pinfold and an elite cast of characters.

Local Vancouver, BC photographer, Greg Descantes has some great photos of the BC Cross season as well as other selected races from around the northwest (Starcrossed). Simply go to his website for images of the cyclocross action in the northwest.

USGP Colorado coverage

Feel the love with these two great videos that capture all the action at last weekend’s USGP stop in Colorado

Saturday’s race in Longmont:



Sunday’s race in Boulder:

Cross Crusade - Barton Park results

The big race of the weekend was the Cross Crusade race at Barton Park. Shannon Skerritt (VANILLA) out biked a fast-improving ‘cross newbie, Zach Winter (GUINESS) to snag the victory. Bridgette Stoick (RIVER CITY) won the Women A race while Doug Reid (VELOCE/FELT) had an excellent race and managed to keep John McCaffrey (BICYCLEATTORNEY.COM) from grabbing two victories over the weekend in the Master Men A category.

As always, results are available for all the categories of the cycling menagerie simply known as the Cross Crusade.

Men A
1 Skerritt Shannon -- Vanilla Bicycles (9 laps)
2 Winter Zach -- Guinness Cycling Team
3 Brown Ian -- River City Bicycles
4 McNamee Jeffrey -- bicycleattorney.com
5 Slaven Matthew -- Kona
6 Stevenson Russell -- Benaroya Research Institute
7 Blackwelder Mark -- Veloshop
8 Plews Evan -- Capitol Subaru
9 Brandt Chris -- Collin's Cycle Shop
10 Miller Cary -- Team S&M
11 Smith Jonathan -- Team S&M
12 Fletcher Shane -- Veloce/Felt
13 Hulick Kevin -- Vanilla Bicycles
14 Hunter Steve -- Veloshop
15 Kelsey Sean -- bicycleattorney.com

Women A
1 Stoick Bridgette -- River City Bicycles (4 Laps)
2 Kelsey Kristen -- bicycleattorney.com
3 Dance Dani -- River City Bicycles
4 Pennington Alice -- Desalvo Custom Cycles Racing
5 Faris Megan -- River City Bicycles
6 Playman Erin -- Veloshop
7 Alvares Marila -- Sorella Forte
8 Humblet Catherine -- none
9 Alexander Nicole -- none

Master Men A
1 Reid Doug -- Veloce/Felt (9 laps)
2 McCaffrey John -- bicycleattorney.com
3 Quirk Dan -- Veloce/Felt
4 Baker Martin -- bicycleattorney.com (8 laps)
5 Benderly Ken -- bicycleattorney.com
6 Anderson Brody -- River City Bicycles
7 Mitchem John -- Casa Bruno
8 Hendricks Tre -- Disco Velo
9 Evans Doug -- bicycleattorney.com
10 Talbert Greg -- Art by Opsal
11 Butler Tim -- River City Bicycles
12 Voldengen Erik -- Beaverton Bicycle Club
13 Engstrom David -- Cycle Analysis
14 Crane Bill -- River City Bicycles
15 Cramer Rich -- bicycleattorney.com

Washington State Championship results

Emde Sports and the town of Spokane Valley, WA, hosted the 2006 Washington State Cyclocross Championships this past Sunday. Congratulations to Ryan Iddings (REDLINE), Shannon Holden (VELO BELLA/KONA) and Tom Phillips (RAGNAROK) on their state titles. It must be noted that the Iddings crew almost pulled it off. Ryan won the Men A race and Randy placed a close second in the Master Men A race.

Here are results for all the categories held in conjunction with the state championships.

MEN A
1 Ryan IDDINGS -- Redline 53:58
2 Ronnie SCHMEER -- Art of Opsal 54:19
3 Loren HANSON -- BRI 54:43
4 Michael GAERTNER -- Vertical Earth 54:43
5 Mark HANSON -- BRI 56:36
6 Mike FUSARO -- BRI 57:08
7 Shawn HOWARD-- WAR 57:08
8 Eric ANDERSON -- SRU 57:34
9 Matt NOVAKOVICH -- Cannondale 58:30
10 Tim NOONAN -- Flathead Cycling 58:55

WOMEN A
1 Shannon HOLDEN -- Velo Bella/Kona 41:06
2 Allison BEALL - Emde Sports 42:15
3 Lea STRALKA -- Byrne Spec.Gases 42:15
4 Jodi HESS -- Avanti/TiCycles 43:44

MASTER MEN A
1 Tom PHILLIPS -- Ragnarok 56:00
2 Randy IDDINGS -- Redline 57:11
3 Randy DANIELS -- Byrne Specialty Gases 54:00
4 Chance COOKE -- Flathead Cycling 54:38
5 Mark KNOKEY -- Axley USA.com 54:39
6 Paul NELSON -- BCC 55:00

Fox Hollow Grand Prix results

The Master A Men came out with no regard for the tough Cross Crusade race awaiting them the next day at Barton Park. John McCaffrey (BICYCLEATTORNEY.COM) won the biggest race of the day. Here are the results for all categories.

Senior Men A
1 Nichols Brett -- River City Bicycles
2 Miller Cary -- Team S&M
3 Hunter Steven -- Veloshop
4 Wilson Joel -- Paul's Bicycle Way of Life Cycling Team
5 Cleary Mike -- Midtown Racing
6 Floding Jed -- Veloshop
7 Daab Zac -- HUP United

Senior Women A
1 Tina Brubaker -- Vanilla Bicycles
2 Kunz Kori -- Poplollies

Master A Men
1 McCaffrey John -- bicycleattorney.com
2 Doabler Christian -- Midtown Racing
3 Alling Chris -- Fred Meyer/Lakeside Cycling Team
4 Barker Scott -- none
5 Wilson John -- EWEB Windpower
6 Thayer Justin -- none
7 Ott Alan -- Rock Lobster
8 Frommelt Jon -- bicycleattorney.com
9 Williams Robert -- River City Bicycles
10 Strasser Ron -- Team S&M
11 Thiele James -- Team Rose City
12 Hickey Matthew -- none
13 Glazener Nick -- Paul's Bicycle Way of Life Cycling Team
14 Sakacsi Jeff -- Park Horse

Outlaw Cross Race #3

It was the Nate and Kristi show at this week’s edition of Outlaw Cross. Check out the results here.

Men A
1 Riddle Nathan -- Wilderness Trail Bikes
2 Perrin Bear -- Etna Brewing/Desalvo Custom Cycles
3 Maluk Steven -- Etna Brewing/Desalvo Custom Cycles
4 Evans Ryan -- Team Pistis
5 Hinke John -- none
6 Churchill Scott -- DeSalvo Custom Frames
7 Johnson Brian R. -- Marty's Cycles & Moore
8 Kneeland Thom -- DeSalvo Custom Frames
9 Hogan Richard -- Cycle Analysis

Women A
1 Green Kristi -- Etna Brewing/Desalvo Custom Cycles
2 Wilcoxson Jade -- Cycle Analysis/Wolfhound
3 Klakulak Amy -- none
4 Margulies Becca -- none
5 Welch Heather -- Cycle Analysis

Inland NW Series Race #7 results

Mike Gaertner (VERTICAL EARTH) and Shannon Holden (VELO BELLA) took top honors in the 7th stop of the Inland NW Series stop in Spokane.

Here are results for all categories.

Men A
1 Mike Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
2 Shawn Howard -- W.A.R.
3 Duncan McGovern -- Whitman College
4 Eric Anderson -- North Division Bicycles
5 Soren Klingsporn -- Hagens-Berman LLP
6 Kris Holden -- Vertical Earth
7 Cameron York -- Wheelsport
8 Mark Knokey -- Axley-USA
9 Thomas Butler -- Wheatland Wheelers/Lecole 41
10 Doug Krumpelman -- Vertical Earth
11 Dan Rud -- Mtn.View Cyclery
12 Chris Kelsey - North Division Bicycles
13 Uli Salas Vega -- Emde Sports/Fitness Fanatics
14 Paul Nelson -- Baddlands
15 Daniel Studley -- Excel
16 James Barton -- Emde Sports/Fitness Fanatics
17 Ted Chauvin -- Hagens-Berman LLP

Women A
1 Shannon Holden -- Velo Bella
2 Jenni Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
3 Kari Bolton -- Ti-Cycles
4 Allison Beall -- Emde Sports/Fitness Fanatics
5 Erika Krumplemann -- Velo Bella

Viking Cross report

The boys from BC came down from the North like a freight train and dominated the Men A race. Master A was a bit more US-biased, maybe because there were no Canadian entrants. Women results shortly. The great European/Washington hope, Mr. Farrar, dnf'd again, second time in two weeks!

Here are the results.

A Men
1 Andrew Pinfold -- Symmetrics
2 Kevin Noiles -- Masi-Adobe
3 Sven Stern -- Trek Red Truck Ale
4 Rob Gosselin -- Atomic
5 Jason Fluckiger -- Bayside
6 Lars Sternberg -- FluidRide
7 Sean Curran -- Hagens Berman
8 Kevin Hall -- Team Indifference
DNF Tyler Farrar -- Cofidis
DNF Jeff McConaghey -- Jack's Bikes
DNF Joey Rogerson -- Rad Racing NW

Master A Men
1 Jeff Cummings -- Ragnarok
2 Derek Shreks -- TiCycles/Avanti
3 Dale Plant -- Kona Cycles
4 Doug Graver -- Ragnarok
5 Tony Ogden -- Hagens Berman
6 David Karman -- Hagens Berman
7 David Neubeck -- The Valley
8 Blair Murray -- First Rate Mortgage

Women A
*****Results will be posted shortly for the ladies*****

weekend wrap-up

Busy week with lots of stuff going on, some 'cross-related, some not. Just concluded a busy weekend of racing across the northwest. Results are listed above this post in no specific order. Enjoy. For upcoming races, as always, just click on the race in the calendar to the right.

Got any news or notes? Race photos or results? Rants or raves? Go ahead and hit us at maddog202020@gmail.com.

USGP Colorado, Day 2

Wicks and Compton win - Trebon and Gould retain their series leads at USGP

November 5, 2006 (from cyclocrossworld)

The men's race ended in similar fashion with a Kona rider crossing the line first. But today it wasn't Ryan Trebon. it was Trebon's teammate Barry Wicks taking home his first USGP win of the year and Katie Compton (Spike) made it two in a row as she swept the weekend series on the women's side as the 2006 Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross wrapped up its second weekend with the Boulder Cup at Harlow Platts Park in Boulder Co. Trebon and Georgia Gould (Luna) both retain their USGP series leads.

Elite Men

In contrast to yesterday's competition, today's men's race was exciting and unpredictable with multiple lead changes throughout the race. After the first lap there was a group of five out in front Ryan Trebon (Kona), Todd Wells (GT), Barry Wicks (Kona), Jonathan Baker (Harshman Wealth Management / Primus Mootry) and Geoff Kabush (Maxxis). On the second lap, at the Cliff Bar run up, Trebon attacked as the crowd of approximately 600 fans went wild. Wells followed and the two of them stayed ahead. About half way through, Trebon suffered the first of two mechanical problems. First, his bars came loose then a few laps later sustained a flat which dropped him out of contention for a few laps. Johnson, who had a slow start, had worked his way back through the field to join Wells in the lead. The two of them were in front for a few laps with Wicks trailing about 10 seconds behind. With two and a half laps to go, Wicks closed the gap and caught Wells and Johnson. Jeremy Powers was in fourth and Trebon, who was riding hard to get back in contention, was in fifth place. Wicks, Wells and Johnson stayed together on the last two laps until the last long uphill. It was Wells who jumped first but it was Wicks who came hard from the left and overcame Wells for the win. Johnson finished third and Trebon ended up passing Powers to finish fourth. Despite finishing off the podium today, Trebon retains the white jersey as the series leader.

Elite Women

With her convincing victory yesterday, national champion Katie Compton (Spike) became the woman to beat in Boulder. But reining USGP champion, Lyne Bessette (Cyclocrossworld.com) made it known she is not going down without a fight. From the jump it was Compton and Bessette out in front and the pair stayed ahead for the entire race. With three laps to go Compton attacked on the downhill and got a slight gap. Bessette didn't let her get too far and caught Compton fairly quickly. With two to go, Compton attacked again and stayed away for good and capturing her second USGP win in as many days. Bessette finished second. Despite the Compton/Bessette battle today, it is Georgia Gould (Luna) who keeps the series lead. Gould, who finished in third, was followed by Katerina Nash (Luna) and Wendy Simms (Kona).

Juniors

The junior race saw series leader Alex Coelho (Hot Tubes Development Cycling) and Danny Summerhill (TIAA-CREF/CLIF BAR) away for most of the race. Summerhill attacked about halfway through the race and never looked back soloing to the win. Coelho finished second followed by Ethan Gilmour (K2 Bike - Okemo - Coyote Hill), Steve Fisher (Rad Racing NW) and Jerome Townsend (Alan) rounding out the top five. With his second place finish today, Coelho remains the series leader.

U-23

Local Joey Thompson (Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory) proved that yesterday's win was no fluke taking back to back wins in the U-23 field. Adam McGrath (Team Maxxis) had the lead for awhile before Thompson took over for good. Dan Neyens (Hagens-Berman LLP Cycling) placed second and McGrath ended up in third. Current USGP leader Jamey Driscoll (FiordiFrutta) finished in fourth. With his fourth place finish today, Driscoll retains the jersey going heading into the final weekend of the USGP.

Masters 35+

In the masters race it was series leader Roger Aspholm (Westwood Velo) sprinting to the win over Dennis Farrell (Rocky Mtn. Chocolate Factory) and Will Black (Lone Star Racing). Dale Knapp (Kona) and Andy Applegate (Sonic) rounded out the top five. With the win today, his second place finish and his strong showing in Gloucester, Aspholm retains the leader's jersey.

Race Notes*
The Adidas Most Aggressive Riders were Ryan Trebon (Elite Men), Georgia Gould (Women), Ethan Gilmore (Juniors) and Dennis Farrell (Masters).

The USGP series now moves to the Pacific Northwest for its final weekend of racing with the Rad Cup Presented by Seasoned Skewers in Lakewood, Washington on November 18th and the Scion Stumptown Cup in Portland, Oregon on November 19th.

Fairgrounds Cross Classic announced

A new race was announced and will be promoted by Ridge Racing. The fine folks that brought you the Blackberry Crit in Bremerton at the end of the road racing season are offering up a fine cyclocross race for this upcoming weekend. For those in the Seattle area that are feeling fit, here is a great opportunity to double-up and race both days, taking in the Seattle Cyclocross race at Evergreen on Sunday. For all the details on Saturday’s race, check out the race flyer for the Fairgrounds Cross Classic – (because that is what it is going to be: CLASSIC!)

USGP Colorado, Day 1

Xilinx Cup
Saturday, November 4, 2006
Longmont, CO

Elite Men

From the start it was Ryan Trebon (Kona), Barry Wicks (Kona), and Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) getting away early and setting the pace. Lap after lap Trebon, decked out in his white USGP leader’s jersey, began to slowly pull away before finally dropping the other two and staying ahead for good. For most of the race there was a group of five chasing: Wicks, Powers, Tim Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com), Todd Wells (GT), and Danish Champion Joachim Parbo.

With about 2.5 laps to go Wicks broke his seat post and crashed. Just a few minutes later Wells hooked his bars on the tape and went down. Johnson and Powers attacked and were able to get a gap on the chase group until Wells quickly recovered to join them.

With Trebon safely out front, the only race was for second. The sprint came down to these three with Powers just edging Wells in a close finish with Johnson coming in fourth. Wicks recovered nicely to round out the top five. Trebon will be decked out in white again as he retains the series lead.

Elite Women

In her first ever USGP race Katie Compton (Spike) blew away the field winning with a margin of over a minute. Compton, the current national cyclocross champion, missed the first weekend of the USGP in Gloucester but has been on the top of her game and racing very well including a win in Boulder earlier this week. This one was no contest with Compton jumping out to an early lead and never looking back. Like in the men’s race, the only real battle was for second place where current series leader, Georgia Gould (Luna) led out and out-sprinted Katerina Nash (Luna) and defending USGP champ Lyne Bessette (Cyclocrossworld.com). Melissa Thomas (Maxxis) rounded out the top five.

Elite Men
1 TREBON Ryan 59:39
2 POWERS Jeremy :33
3 WELLS Todd s.t.
4 JOHNSON Tim s.t.
5 WICKS Barry 1:06

Elite Women
1 COMPTON Katie 39:44
2 GOULD Georgia :52
3 NASH Katerina s.t.
4 BESSETTE Lyne s.t.
5 THOMAS Melissa 1:31
6 SIMMS Wendy 1:38

Kruger's Crossing announced

Portland extends its cross season with the addition of the Kruger's Crossing race on Sunday, December 3rd on Sauvie Island. Presented by Team Veloshop and Portland Racing, this race sounds like it has it all: "This will NOT be your usual cross race! Besides the challenges thrown at us by the December weather gods, you can expect a wild course that will lead you along rutted farm roads, through berry fields, pastures, a barn, and a full-scale corn maze!"

How can you miss this one? Check out the race flyer here.