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Evo Cross 2004 Verge Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Championship Series Race #2 Presented by Evolution Racing None Such Farm, Buckingham, PA Sunday, October 17, 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.Fort/GPOA owns Evo Cross as Yozell and Schauer Chalk Up Wins. The 2004 Verge Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Championship Series moved into round two today completing the opening weekend double. A series of overnight thunderstorms ushered in a cold front that made today’s racing conditions at Evo Cross much different than those experienced yesterday at Blue Diamond. Not only was it one of the coldest days so far this season, unexpected high winds added to the bitterness. The course, a new one this year, looked like a fast one at first glance. But, appearances can be deceiving, and riders were treated to one of the more punishing courses around. The course allowed no room for rest and the high winds made pack riding a necessity for survival. The Elite women’s race provided a great deal of crowd excitement as the battle for the top three spots came down to the final lap. Early in the race, a group five started riding away from the remainder of the field. Contained within that group was yesterday’s winner at Blue Diamond Park Cross, Amber Itle (Yellow Breeches Racing), Melanie Swartz (Squadra Coppi), Betsy Schauer (Fort/GPOA) Caroline Hacker (Evolution Racing) and Sami Fournier (Velo Bella). Dangling close behind was Megan Clark ( Cycle-Smart). As the pace quickened, Fournier came off followed soon by Hacker. While the leaders focused on each other, no one was paying attention to the fact that a rider was charging through the field after getting a less than perfect start. First-time cross racer, Melissa Maurer (unattached), powered across the course, picking off riders at a surprising speed. Maurer made contact with the front trio of Schauer, Swartz and Itle and then sparks began to fly. Surprised by the appearance of Maurer, the original three ramped the pace up a bit, hoping to drop Maurer. Instead it was Swartz who faltered and lost contact. The hard pace continued to take its toll and on the last lap, Itle started to fade and struggled to maintain contact with Schauer and Maurer. Coming off the road and onto the grass for the final time, Schauer launched an attack that gapped Maurer. Hitting the barriers before the final turn for home, Schauer was over the barriers quickly but Maurer, still learning technique, bobbled badly. That bobble gave Schauer all the time she needed to round the corner and cross the line for the win. Maurer’s difficulties at the barriers almost cost her a position as hard charging Itle closed the gap and had Maurer in her sights. With Itle breathing down her neck, Maurer managed to hang on for second and Itle crossed the line three seconds behind for third. Although Swartz had to battle the strong, gusty winds alone for the last portion of the race, she held on for fourth crossing nine seconds after Itle. Hacker rounded out the top five. With twenty-nine riders on the start line and the cold winds still howling across the course, the Elite Men’s race promised to be another good one. Greg Wittwer (Cyclocrossworld.com) got off the line first but carried way too much speed into the first turn, resulting in a struggle to stay on course and allowing Glenn Turner (Evolution Racing) to take the lead. Turner’s lead was short-lived as Mike Yozell (Fort/GPOA) came flying past him. Close behind Yozell was teammate Ryan Leech. With Leech doing the lion’s share of the work, the pair started increasing the distance between themselves and a group containing Wittwer, Joe Reynolds (Wissahickon) and another Fort/GPOA teammate, Gunnar Shogren. Just as everyone thought that Leech and Yozell were gone for good, Wittwer dropped into another gear, jumped away from Shogren and Reynolds and bridged to the Fort/GPOA duo up front. Not content to simply make contact, Wittwer immediately attacked again. Yozell matched his acceleration but it was too much for Leech who was unable to go with the charging duo. Yozell not only matched Wittwer’s jump, he continued to drive the pace upward, eventually riding away from the Charlottesville, Virginia rider. Behind the Yozell - Wittwer battle, Shogren and Reynolds had been joined by Greg Marini (Bike Doctor). Shogren, Reynolds and now Marini, passed a fading Leech and soon a fading Wittwer. As one spectator observed out loud “there was a whole lot of detonation taking place out there.” With only Yozell ahead of them, it became a three-way battle for second place. Reynolds started to run out of steam late in the race, leaving Marini and Shogren to fight over the order of the top three. At the end, it was Yozell racking up his second straight Evo Cross win and Marini riding in ahead of Shogren for second place. Reynolds finished behind Shogren for fourth. Fifth place was claimed by Kris Auer (Alan MidAtlantic) who passed a struggling Wittwer within sight of the finish line. Wittwer finished sixth and was also the first U-23 rider across the line. Series information and complete results for Evo Cross can be found at www.monkeyhillcs.com/mac/mac2004/
Elite Men
Place Rider Team
1 Mike Yozell FORT-GPOA !
2 Greg Marini Bike Doctor
3 gunnar Shogren FORT-GPOA !
4 Joe Reynolds Wissahickon
5 Kris Auer Alan MidAtlantic
6 gregory wittwer cyclocrossworld.com
7 chris samuel Pro Pedals
8 Kyle Wamsley FUJI
9 Al Senft NUVO/Bicycle Action Project
10 John Verheul Ideal Tile/Brielle Cyclery
11 Nathan Deibert G.D. Campos Lorca
12 Les Leach Wissahickon
13 Harlan Price Team America
14 Jon Hansen Embestida
15 Glenn Turner Evolution Racing
16 Ailisair Sponsel Colavita
17 Nicholas Shaffer Evolution Racing
18 Martin Jones Somerset Wheelmen
19 Joe Piccillo Evolution Racing
20 Ryan Leech FORT-GPOA !
21 JD Bilodeau NCC/BikeReg.com
22 Nate Seymour PVC
23 Jay Downs FORT-GPOA !
dnf Andrew Wulfkuhle Alan MidAtlantic
dnf Ryan DeWald Snow Valley
dnf Greg Ferguson FORT-GPOA !
dnf Peter Schildt Wissahickon
dnf Ed Bush Wissahickon
dnf Judd Milne Squadra Coppi
Elite Women
1 Betsy Schauer FORT/GPOA!
2 Melissa Maurer Unattached
3 Amber Itle YBR
4 Melanie Swartz Squadra Coppi/IM Saab
5 Caroline Hacker Evolution Racing
6 Sami Fournier Velo Bella
7 Megan Clark Cycle-Smart
8 Lisa Most Wissahickon
9 Sheila Senft CITGO/PBF
10 Lisa Vible First State Velo Sport
11 Tammy Ebersole Evolution Racing
12 Jill Neumann Evolution Racing
13 Bonnie Stoeckl Evolution Racing
14 Lauri Jenkins First State Velo Sport
dns Donna Anderson Evolution Racing
Junior Men
1 Evan Piche Necsa/Cuevas
2 Patrick Ryland Rad Racing Northwest
3 Michael Garretson Yellow Breeches
4 Michael Tessler unattached
5 Zach Adams Yellow Breeches Racing
6 Jake Sitler Gung Ho
7 Bradley Quinnan Evolution Racing
Masters 35+
45+ placing
1 Bill Alcorn Speedgoat
2 Ransom Weaver Guys Bicycles
3 Eric Schlauch Somerset Wheelmen
4 1 Randall Root Team Snow Valley
5 Kirk Reisinger Club Wissahickon
6 Richard Mihills First State Velo Sport
7 Erik Scott NVC
8 2 Christopher Long Independent Fabrication/Gotham
9 John Lux First Capital Velo
10 3 fred wittwer charlottesville racing club
11 Mark Podgurski Mt. Nittant Wheelworks
12 4 rob frederick Evolution Racing
13 Alan Buday rotations racing
14 N. Johan Anestad Evolution Racing
15 5 Kevin Saint Clair QCW/Bike Addicts
16 Gary Keblish CRCA Conrads
17 Fred Handel Nittany Velo
18 6 Scott Wilson Evolution Racing
19 Stephen Caffrey First State Velo Sport
20 chris stutz susquehanna valley velo club
21 James Perren Wissahickon Cyclery/Yards Brewing Company
22 7 Kevin Breckenmaker Team Harrisburg
23 Kelly Cline Wissahickon
24 Mark Dontigny NVC
25 8 Leo Pizzini FSVS
26 9 Scott Reynolds Tailwind
27 Bob Piacine Guys Bicycles
28 ROB LYON FIRST CAPITAL VELO
29 Paul Incognito First State Velo Sport
30 David Jablonski Husker Road Club
31 Andrew Albright Aquafina
32 Greg Gorel Somerset Wheelmen
33 Mark Zach Evolution Racing
34 10 Donald Morrison Wissahickon/Comcast
35 11 Gary Dugovich Snitgers/ACA
36 Malcomb Toynbee Evolution Racing
37 Gary Mangee High Gear
38 12 Joseph Kenas Guy's Racing
39 13 Nunzio DiBiasi Team Harrisburg
40 14 Richard Bauch Colavita-Bolla Racing
41 15 Steve Heede FIRST CAPITAL VELO
42 16 jeffrey wanerman huntington bicycle club
43 Mark McCabe 3D
44 17 Tom Ekberg Liberty Cycle
dnf Kevin Kuzas Squadra Coppi
dnf Gustavo Sanchez Evolution Racing
dnf Jay Downs Fort GPOA
dnf Chuck Wahl
dns Stephen Blacklocks Kissena
dns patrick leonard evolution racing
B Men
1 Weston Schempf Fort Factory Team
2 Sean Galegher First Capital Velo
3 Tom Mains Velocity Sports
4 Alvaro Arnal Ardmore Cycling
5 Eric Ragot Kissena Cycling Club
6 Jonathan Gibbs Bicycle Therapy
7 Ray Ignosh Gotham
8 Christopher Johnson Nittany Velo Club
9 Matthew Howard CRCA Blue Ribbon
10 Michael Babcock Yellow Breeches
11 Elliott McAllister Bikeline
12 Jeff Guy Fort GPOA
13 Chris Mayhew FORT/GPOA
14 James Revere Team Cobblestone
15 FJ Hughes Bike Doctor
16 Trevor Williams Guy's Bicycle Racing
17 John Brown Bikeline
18 chad totaro Breakaway Endurance Sports Club
19 Sean Mealey First Capital Velo
20 Alessandro de Souza Rutgers Cycling
21 Mark Featherman Breakaway Endurance Sports Club
22 Matt Bergerson unattached
23 Kenny King Team Bicycle Therapy
24 Joel Nace First Capital Velo
25 Luke Sauder cycleworks
26 Clifford Cantrell unattached
27 Kirk Palermo unattached
28 John Bernardi Action Wheels
29 David Lowe Ardmore Bikeline
30 Dusan Strika Kissena Cycling Team
31 Drew Guldalian Wissahickon
32 Wade Hess Team Beacon
33 Eric Lowenstein
34 Eben Weiss Gotham
35 David Stauffer Cycleworks
36 Zombor Zoltoni Alan MidAtlantic
37 Philip Didier Cranford Bike Team\CTS
38 Werner Fregmann Shirks
39 Theo Procopos Wissahickon
40 Chris Evans Wissahickon
41 kevin zutell Green Mountain/Aquafina
42 Adam Szczepanski Nittany Velo Club
43 Clark Evanitus Gung Ho
44 John Linvill MainLine
45 Craig Callan Highland Park Hermes
46 Noah Greenhill Kissena
47 Tom Kulzer BCRC
48 Paul DeBartolo GS Gotham/TOGA
49 Corey Lev Bikery/Shebell Shebell
50 Pete Smith unattached
51 David Smith CRCA
52 Jonathan Kahler Team Ardmore Bike Line
53 Charlie Goss Race Pace
54 Mark Kilgore First Capital Velo
55 Craig Goodstein CRCA
56 Paul Reiss
dnf David Manhardt
dnf Alec Riendeau Highland Park Hermes
dnf Wayne Scott First State Velo Sport
dnf marc vettori Spot Brand
dnf Joel Hoerni cycleworks
dns Bruce Freehoff Beacon
dns Eric Morgan Wissahickon
dns Javier Pazos Guy's Bicycle club
dns Michael Rea
dns Brent Biddle FSVS
B Women
Jr placing
1 Pamela Wahl Evolution Racing
2 Lynda Maldonado Tri State Velo
3 Janet Olney Team BBC
4 Marilyn Galegher First Capital Velo
5 Karen Tourian Club Wissahickon
6 Sandra Kerr
7 1 Nina Santiago Liberty Cycle
8 Laney Siegrist Bike Line
dns Laura Tyson Skylands Cycling
C Men
1 John Hostetter III ALAN Mid-Atlantic
2 Rolf Windh Guy's Racing
3 Charles Chichester
4 Henry Tremper
5 Keith Ely First State Velo Sport
6 Robert May Tailwind
7 Randy Marsola unattached
8 roland peterson
9 Jonathon Maley
10 Jamie Debuque Evolution Racing
11 Jim Milito Liberty Cycle
12 Matt peterson HP Hermes
13 Robert Perna Beans Bikes
14 Harris Finkelstein
15 Jeff Dubeck unattached
16 Mark Vareschi Rutgers University
17 Nicholas Nudy
18 Jay Rothberg Evolution Racing
19 David Lawson
20 Byron Ling
21 Robert Peiffer Evolution Racing
dnf Lyle Trumball unattached
dns John Bernardi Action Wheels
dns Alan Connell Colavita
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