CHARM CITY: SECOND VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST?
Race #2 Report from Baltimore
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By Fatmarc Vanderbacon
September 19, 2010; Baltimore, MD, USA: Sunny skies, dry, fast racing and a technical parcours greeted 1200 Champion System MAC racers for the Charm City Cross Weekend held at historic Druid Hill Park in the heart of Baltimore, Maryland. The park, one of the oldest in America, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, and the Charm City Cross weekend has become one of its largest annual events. On the track, Charm City Cross winners from day one, Laura Van Gilder, of the promoting team C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, and Davide Frattini (Hudz-Suburu) looked to repeat their results.
Unlike Saturday, where Van Gilder traded jabs with Team CF's Kristen Gavin for the bulk of UCI Women�s race before gaining the victory, Van Gilder launched from the starting blocks like a woman on a mission. She opened a small gap and continued to leverage it to close off a comfortable win. The battle of the day was for the second spot on the podium as Kristen Gavin outlasted
Van Gilder's C3 - Athletes Serving Athletes teammate Arley Kemmerer, who finished 3rd.
1. Laura Van Gilder-C3: Athletes Serving Athletes
2. Kristen Gavin: Team CF
3. Arley Kemmerer: C3 Athletes Serving Athletes
The UCI Men�s race was a very similar story as Davide Frattini (Hudz-Suburu) didn't want allow the young guns from Cyfac-Champion System in Valentin Scherz and Anthony Grand to hang around too long. Separating himself from the duo, Frattini rode dominantly to claim his second victory in as many days. The Cyfac Champion system teammates worked together holding off the remainder of the field as Scherz took 2nd and Grand took 3rd.
1. Davide Frattini (Hudz-Suburu)
2. Valentin Scherz (Cyfac-Champion System)
3. Anthony Grand (Cyfac-Champion System)
In the Elite Master's race, Saturday's Champion Stephan Kincade (Philadephia Ciclismo) repeated his victory from the day before, only this time defending MAC Masters Champion Mike Yozell (PA Valley's) battled Kincade throughout the day, as Kincade pulled out the victory with a bike throw at the line.
Next week, the Champion System MAC Series travels to another historic venue in Bryn Athyn Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia, for the WhirlyBird �Cross. With only one result dropped in the overall standings this year and call-ups determined by series points, every race is crucial for riders chasing championship dreams. More information on this week�s WhirlyBird �Cross and other upcoming Champion System MAC races can be found at www.MidAtlanticCross.com.