Whitmore's Landscaping Super Cross Cup, a UCI cat 2 event
Presented by
Hampton Velo Club
Southampton, NY
Sunday, October 03, 2004
							
These results are provided for informational purposes only.  Please note that 
the protest period for this event has expired and no changes can or will be made 
to these results.
							


East coast UCI schedule underway

A beautiful fall day on the east end of Long Island brought out some good 
competition in the east coast's first UCI race of the season, the 2004 
Whitmore's Landscaping Super Cross Cup.  The cross fanatics of the Hampton 
Velo Club sought to give the riders a challenge, and the riders were not 
disappointed in the toughness of the course.

The women's field was light but contained some heavy hitters, led by 
Christine Vardaros (Velo Bella), reigning state champion Anna Milkowski 
(Rona), and 30+ national champion Marianne Stover (Independent 
Fabrications).  As has been the case in previous races, Stover got a great 
start and only Vardaros was able to stay close by the end of the first lap.  
Milkowski wound up with a chase group containing local rider Sinead 
Fitzgibbon (CRCA/Aquafina) and Maureen Bruno (Cyclocrossworld.com) and the 
three riders managed to stay in touch with the leaders.  But the technical 
nature of the course took it's toll on Stover, as a crash on lap 2 gave 
Vardaros the lead that she would never relinquish.  Milkowski meanwhile 
found her legs and dropped Fitzgibbon and Bruno and went after Stover.  A 
second crash at the same location by Stover gave Milkowski all she needed to 
reel in and pass Stover as she powered away to a second place finish.  
Stover managed to hang on to 3rd as a tiring Fitzgibbon could not keep pace 
at the end.

The men lined up with 28 starters, with Mark McCormack (Clif Bar/Colavita) 
clearly being the favorite.  However, it was Massachusetts native Johannes 
Huesby (FiorDiFrutta) who got the hole shot and led most of lap 1 with 
McCormack staying close.  But as Stover did in the women's race, Huesby got 
in trouble in the technical sections, allowing McCormack to go clear to 
stay.  Northampton, MA native Matt White (Northampton CC/BikeReg.com) 
started slow but charged through the field and by the 2nd lap was away from 
the bunch and only McCormack was not caught by the emerging espoir rider.  
After having settled down, Huesby was able to maintain a 3rd place position 
and was not challenged for the rest of the race.  The best race of the day 
was for 4th position, as a group containing Ben Turner (TIAA-CREF), Tyler 
Johnson (Richard Sachs), and Adam Hodges-Myerson (Cycle-Smart) constantly 
fought each other tooth and nail through the twisty technical sections and 
the fast flats for the entire 2nd half of the race.  The high paced action 
was eventually too much for Johnson, who dropped back on the last lap; just 
as Turner turned it up a notch and rode away from Myerson to secure 4th 
spot.  Myerson rounded out the top 5.

Results

Elite Men (28 starters)
1) Mark McCormack (USA) Clif Bar/Colavita - 57:31
2) Matt White (USA) Northampton CC/BikeReg.com - 58:27
3) Johannes Huesby (USA) FiorDiFrutta - 58:38
4) Ben Turner (USA) TIAA-CREF - 59:20
5) Adam Hodges-Myerson (USA) Cycle-Smart - 59:30
6) Tyler Johnson (USA) Richard Sachs - 59:37
7) Jonathan Hamblen (USA) FiorDiFrutta - 59:43
8) Jon Bruno (USA) Independent Fabrications - 1:00:23
9) Ryan Leech (USA) Fort/GPOA - 1:00:28
10) Jonny Bold (USA) Corner Cycles CC - 1:00:45
11) John Hanson (USA) Northampton CC/BikeReg.com - 1:01:01
12) Joe Reynolds (USA) Wissahickon - 1:01:19
13) Kevin Molloy (USA) CRCA/Sakkonet - 1:03:00
14) John Verhuel (USA) Ideal Tile/Brielle's Cyclery - 1:03:39

1 lap behind

15) John Loehner (USA) CRCA/Sakkonet
16) William Ellison (USA) Ideal Tile/Brielle's Cyclery
17) Matt Reale (USA) Hampton Velo Club
18) Ryan Broules (USA)
19) Rick Trojanowski (USA) Hampton Velo Club
20) Gary Keblish (USA) CRCA/Conrad's
21) Abdullah Din (USA) Missing Link
22) Karl Rahn (USA) CRCA/Sakkonet
23) Basil Moutsopoulous (USA) CRCA/Sakkonet
24) Jerry Kapko (SVK)
25) Jon Hansen (USA) Embestida
26) J.P. Partland (USA) Kissena Cycling Club


Elite Women (10 starters)
1) Christine Vardaros (USA) Velo Bella - 47:20
2) Anna Milkowski (USA) Rona - 48:02
3) Marianne Stover (USA) Independent Fabrications - 48:13
4) Maureen Bruno (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com - 48:26
5) Sinead Fitzgibbon (USA) CRCA/Aquafina - 48:42
6) Alicia Genest (USA) Richard Sachs - 51:46
7) Pauline Franscone (USA) Mystic Velo - 52:02
8) Lisa Most (USA) Wissahickon - 54:53

1 lap behind

9) Sami Fournier (USA) Velo Bella
10) Tammy Ebersole (USA) Evolution