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The NCC Tour of the Hilltowns - Windsor, MA - July 14, 2001

Full Results Courtesy of PEP Results

Bouchard-Hall, Jeanson Conquer Hilltowns

Derek Bouchard-Hall (Mercury Viatel) and Genevieve Jeanson (Rona) were clearly the best in Saturday's NCC Tour of the Hilltowns in Windsor, Massachusetts. The race produced by the Northampton Cycling Club also doubled as the Massachusetts State Championships.

Bouchard-Hall easily outsprinted Jon Hamblen (Wheelworks/Cannondale) to the line after they broke away along with Kissena's Chris McDonald on the difficult East Hawley Road climb near the mid-point of the 100km loop. Jeanson, who also won the race in 1999, was untouchable as she rode away from the field early and steadily increased her lead throughout the day.

Bouchard-Hall said his group formed at the top of the twisting 5.5km climb that rises 400m to the tiny New England town of Hawley. The trio worked well together, stretching their lead on the chase group even in a stiff headwind over the final 30km. "It looked like at feed zone that we would be caught. But we turned into the headwind and I think they lost their cohesiveness when it got really hard to pull," he said.

McDonald lost contact with the leaders on the windy, rolling climb to the finish, leaving the two to duke it out in a sprint but Hamblen was no match for Bouchard-Hall at that game. "Jon was climbing very well and I thought he would try to attack me on the final climb but with the tough headwind it made it pretty hard," Bouchard-Hall said. "It kind of seemed like he was resigned to his fate."

Jeanson wasted no time in taking control of the women's race as she formed a two-rider break after just 5km. They were eventually caught but Jeanson rode away alone at the 14km mark and quickly built a big lead on East Hawley Road which pitches upward at 12% in some places.

"Two years ago I had a great day here so I just came back because it's such good training," Jeannson said afterward. "My legs are hurting a lot. I had a good workout and that's why I came here so I'm pretty happy about that."

Photos courtesy of Ben Barnhart 


Elite Men                                                   92K
1    Derek     Bouchard-Hall  Mercury Cycling Team          2:14:11
2    Jonathan  Hamblen        Wheelworks/Cannondale
3    Tyler     Savage         Rhino Bike Works
4    shawn     milne          Wheelworks\Cannondale\SRT
5    Kevin     Monahan        7UP/ Colorado Cyclist
6    mike      jones          central ny cyclist
7    Scott     Plante         Ciclismo Sportivo Ardagna
8    Alec      Donahue        NCC / BikeReg.com
9    Patrick   Sullivan       CYBC/Richard Sachs
10   John      Funk           Ridgefield Bank
11   Mike      Dietrich       Necsa/ Fraysee's Sports Resorts
12   Rob       English        Team Yellowbike
13   Ross      Krause         NCC / BikeReg.com
14   Chris     McDonald       Kissena/R&A Cycles
15   Matthew   Svatek         Wheelworks/Cannondale
16   Kirk      Albers         Jelly Belly
17   Kurt      Hackler        Capital Velo Club
18   Eneas     Freyre         Kissena
19   Randy     Rusk           Arc-En-Ciel
20   Charles   Issendorf      CRCA/Mengoni


Elite Women                                                 92K
1    Genevieve Jeanson        Rona                          2:28:45
2    Catherine Powers         CRCA Dush/Renaissance
3    Ann Marie Miller         CRCA/Renaissance
4    Andrea    Hannos         Verizon Wireless
5    Laura     Shuford        CYBC/Trek
6    Catherine Bearce         CCB/VW
7    yvonne    ilton          verizon wireless
8    Kirsten   Grasshoff      Wheelworks/IF
10   hiroko    shimada        Don's cycle
11   Louise    Barriss        CCB International
12   Elizabeth Renaud         CRCA/Women's Sports & Fitness
13   Shauna    Gillies-Smith  Gearworks/SRP
14   Greta     Schneidman     Verizon Wireless
15   Sharon    Harvell        NHCC/S&W Sports
16   Kerry     Litka          Wheelworks/Independent Fabrications
17   Zoe       Owers          New Hampshire Cycling Club
18   BETH      MASON          JRVS
19   Jeanne    Curtis
20   Brenda    Bahnson        Wheelworks/IF