Round 3 - Napa Valley
Napa Valley College - Napa, Ca.
USA Cyclocross National Calendar Event
World's Team Qualifier - UCI 1.3
Sunday,
December 8, 2002
Sponsors:
Redline Bicycles - www.redlinebicycles.com
Series
Sponsored By: REDLINE * MICHELIN * ALEX RIMS * CRANK
BROS. * KOOLSTOP * THOMSON * POTENZA * RUDY PROJECT * VERGE * VELONEWS
* HONEY STINGER * MINOURA
Napa
Round Co-Sponsors: Clif Bar
- Sheila
Moon Designs - Steelman Cycles
- Sally Spicer - Sycip
Cycles - Voler Team Apparel - Ritchey
Designs - Campion Wines
- Kelly Maher Consulting - Showers
Pass Clothing - Inglis Cycles
& RetroTec - Time Sport
USA - CamelBak - Velo
Bella - Cuvaison Chardonnay
Race presented by Napa
Valley Velo
Photos: Sabine Dukes - Abbiorca.com(coming soon)
Video: hanskellner.com(coming soon)
Audio: Adventure Sports Radio
First Person: Hans Kellner - Todd Wells
Race Report:
REDLINE
CUP NAPA: WELLS AND D'ALUISIO CAP SERIES FINALE
By
Dave Carr
December 8, 2002, Napa CA – Fine weather and a fast course welcomed star-studded fields to Napa Valley College for the final round of the Redline Cup of Cyclocross, Dec. 8.
With the national championships just a week away in nearby Yountville, the Redline Cup finals had dual implications: not only were the daily prizes and series win on the line, but the all-important Natz callup rankings and Worlds' team points also weighed heavily on racers’ minds.
Riders battled on a fast course under dry conditions. Stretching from end to end of the college campus, the 2.5 kilometer circuit interspersed long sections of fast pavement with tricky curves on gravel and rough grass, with a wide-open finish on the gravel-topped college running track. Tight, tactical groups and nail-biter sprint finishes were the order of the day.
The women's race included a slate of local and international standouts including Canada's Lynne Bessette (Cyclocrossworld.com), Seattle's Anne Grande (Kona), local stars Gina Hall and Carmen D'Aluisio of Clif Bar, Rachel Lloyd (Team Spine), and former national champ Shari Kain. Under pressure of the "Clif Shot Holeshot" first-lap prime, a lead pack quicky formed including Bessette, Hall, D'Aluisio, Lloyd, and Nadine Bruhn (Stevens Jeantex). This elite group snaked around the circuit for several laps until D'Aluisio escaped for the win, followed closely by Hall and Lloyd for an all-NorCal podium. Hall's second place was enough to capture the series win and the giant Redline Cup trophy.
Shortly thereafter, the elite men lined up the strongest field assembled in California since the 1999 San Francisco nationals, with Redline Cup leader and defending national champ Todd Wells (Mongoose), Seattle's Jonny Sundt (K2) and Dale Knapp (Kona), local hotshots Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar), Justin Robinson (Santa Cruz Spokesman) and brothers Andy Jacques-Maynes (Clif Bar) and Ben Jacques-Maynes (Santa Cruz Spokesman). Putting in a special star appearance was Thomas Frischknecht (Swisspower) who was in the Bay Area visiting old friends from longtime sponsor Ritchey, taking time out to school the locals in the previous day's Coyote Point race.
The elite race blasted off in typical fashion with Ben Jacques-Maynes taking the holeshot as the field sorted itself out on the first lap of the running track before heading out into the first sections of rough grass. Frischknecht quickly assumed the lead into the course's first runup, but gave it up a couple laps later when he slid out on a loose corner. As the race settled into a rhythm, a sizeable pack formed at the front with no rider able to forge a decisive advantage on the lightning-fast flat sections. Spectators could follow every move as the circuit looped back through the vendor expo and start-finish three times every lap.
In the closing laps everyone waited for the inevitable move, which inevitably came from race favorite Wells on the bell lap. Seconds behind Wells' victory salute, Ben Jacques-Maynes outsprinted the ageless Steve Tilford (Shimano/Extran) and a few seconds after that, Sundt and Knapp led in the remains of the lead pack. The final overall standings were easy to calculate as Wells made a clean sweep of all three events in the Redline Cup.
In the UCI junior men's race, series leader David Fleischhauer (Rad Racing) succumbed to a puncture, but his teammate Tucker Thomas took the day and the overall win, in a series podium sweep for the powerhouse Rad Racing junior team from Seattle.
The Master 35+ race saw a hard-fought battle of local favorites such as Redline Cup series leader and Master 35+ national champ Alan Coates (Winning Wheels-Steelman) against visiting challengers including Jim Brown (Rad Racing) and Kenny Williams (Saturn Bellvue). Mark Noble (Camarillo Ravens) took the win but Coates kept the others at bay to lock the series title.
Redline Series
Final Overall Champions
Elite
Men - Todd Wells, Mongoose
Elite
Women - Gina Hall, Clif Bar
Junior
Men - Tucker Thomas, Rad Racing Northwest
Master
35 Men - Alan Coates, Winning Wheels-Steelman
Timed
Results
*** PRELIMINARY results - Elite Men ***
PLC @ TIME NUM NAME
CLUB/SPONSOR HOMETOWN
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1 59:53 33
Todd Wells
2
5 19 Ben Jacques-Maynes Spokesman/Bullion
St Santa Cruz
3
" 44 Steve Tilford
4 12
27 Jonny Sundt
5
" 20 Dale Knapp
6
" 119 Justin Robinson Santa Cruz
Spokesman Santa Cruz
7 49
46 Adam Craig
Giant
Corinth
8 1:05
38 Andy Jacques-Maynes Solano Avenue Cycler Berkeley
9 1:12
37 Ryan Trebon
10
" 5 Bart Gillespie
Team Biogen Salt
Lake City
11 1:13
42 Tyler Johnson CYBC Richard
Sachs Chester
12 1:15
30 Barry Wicks
13 1:16
10 Travis Brown Trek/Volkswagen
Boulder
14 1:17
18 Erik Tonkin
Kona-Kenwood Portland
15 1:42
3 Brent Prenzlow Celo Pacific
/ Canno Carlsbad
16 1:52
1 Thomas Frischknecht SwissPower
Feldbach
17 2:00
32 Shannon Skerritt
18 2:16
9 Christopher Pietrzak Specialized
Morgan Hill
19 3:32
34 Frank Mapel
20 3:33
31 Joe DePaemelaere
21 3:34
2 Barton Bowen Kona/Kenwood
Albuquerque
22 3:51
4 Chris McGovern C2
nevada city
23 4:01
14 Richard Feldman Durance Cycleworks
Ketchum
24 4:54
17 Gary Thompson Bicycle
Warehouse/ G Reno
25 4:55 120
Ryan Guay
26 4:59
41 John Funke
27
" 39 David Wyandt
Sierra Nevada / Cann Scotts Valley
28 5:26
45 Joe McNerney Alameda
Bicycle Alameda
29 5:30
7 Doug Ott
Sally Spicer.com Mill Valley
30 6:00
36 Jackson Stewart G.S.Lombardi Sports
Los Gatos
31 6:17
28 Jesse Scatton
32 6:22
21 Robert Campbell Rad Racing
Olympia
33 7:15
15 Tyson Apostol Euclid
Provo
34 (@1) 115
David Yeater Team City/Mtn.
Pedal Sacramento
*** results - Elite Women ***
PLC @ TIME NUM NAME
CLUB/SPONSOR HOMETOWN
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1 37:06 109
Carmen D'alusio ClifBar
Watsonville
2 11
102 Gina Hall
Clif Bar
Richmond
3 12
25 Rachel Lloyd
4 21
111 Nadine Bruhn
Stevens Jeantex/Denm La Mesa/San Diego
5 46
125 Lyne Bessette cyclocrossworld.com
Knowlton
6 53
108 Melissa Thomas Rocky Mounts/Ritchey
Boulder
7 1:54 113
Ann Grande
Kona/Kenwood
8 2:05 100
Rhonda Mazza Team S&M--Vanilla
Bi Portland
9 2:06
26 Stella Carey
10 2:15 124
Sarah Kerlin Another Bike
Shop Santa Cruz
11 2:16 107
Christine Vardaros SallySpicer.Com
Mill Valley
12 2:32 105
Dorothy Wong Kelly Bike
Company Altadena
13 2:39 110
Hillary Daniels
Santa Cruz
14 2:58 114
Shelly Whisenhant Velo Bella/Monterey Seaside
15 3:00 123
Kathleen Lenno
16 3:17 121
Helen Drumm Team
Spine San Anselmo
17 3:45 126
Shari Kain
Cupertino
18 3:58 104
Kimberley Vandersyde Bicycle Warehouse/ G Reno
19 4:02 122
Monica Erdosh Palace
Newcastle
20 4:25 103
Nichole Wangsgard UNC Cyling
Longmont
21 4:36
24 Linda Elgart Alto
Velo/Webcor Sacramento
22 5:02 106
Anya Hinkle 3BRT/Cyfac
Berkeley
23 5:43
22 Lauren Costantini SyCip/Novo
San Francisco
24 7:41 112
Hollie McGovern Rad Racing
Nevada City
25 8:01
23 Sheila Moon
*** results - Men B ***
PLC @ TIME NUM NAME
CLUB/SPONSOR HOMETOWN
-- ------ --- ----------
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----------
1 45:13 437
Kelly Ryan
Rhodes / Century 21
2
0 422 Jeff Herring
Kelly Bike Company Altadena
3
1 430 Simon Vickers
4 25
429 Matt Young
5 58
453 Dave Carr
Napa Valley Velo Napa
6 59
421 Mike McCloskey Santa Cruz
Spokesman San Jose
7
" 451 Jim Moser
8
" 407 Charles Ehm
Mill Valley
9 1:00 403
todd cassan
NYC
10 1:18 441
Ben Haldeman Fuji
11 1:20 449
Tony Leal
X-Men
12 1:29 438
Todd Paoletti Solano Avenue Cycler
Mill Valley
13
" 454 Jason Pyzynski
14 1:30 408
robert nelson Missing Link/Bianchi
Concord
15 1:45 423
Page Hadden Sycip
San Francisco
16 1:55 450
Eric Muensterman Eastside/Huangoche
17
" 442 David Pauls
Palisades Mtn Sport Calistoga
18 2:07 431
Ross Ellison Davis Bike
Club Davis
19 2:09 447
Kris Arnott Pikes
Peak Velo Colorado Springs
20 2:13 444
Jacob Gilchrist
21 2:14 445
David Widmark
22 3:10 400
JOE ORNELAS JHONSON
BIKE DUBLIN
23 3:31 416
aron bonar
solano avenue cycler berkeley
24 3:33 432
Stephen Kent SyCip / Novo
San Francisco
25
" 406 Linde Smith
Biogen
Springville
26 4:01 414
Hans Kellner Sycip
San Francisco
27 4:08 405
Mark Slavonia
San Francisco
28 4:20 439
Jeff Wyatt
Solano Avenue Cycler Berkeley
29 4:26 435
Josh Johnson Johnson Bicycles
30 4:47 446
Curtis Inglis Eagle
31 4:54 415
Jace Gifford Hancock/McGuire
San Francisco
32
" 452 Christopher Green
33 5:23 410
Adam Smith
San Anselmo
34
" 404 Chris Lowe
San Francisco
35 5:30 402
Gregory Towers Steelman Cycles
San Francisco
36
" 433 Christopher Holmes
37 5:57 417
Andrew May
Bianchi USA Dublin
38 5:59 424
Scott DeLaurentis SCCC/Cupertino Bike Sunnyvale
39 6:11 434
Richard McElman
40 6:12 418
Eric Russell
Oakland
41 6:38 425
terry tenette Ritchey factory
ride sunnyvale
42 6:48 420
John Rowen
SyCip
San Francisco
43 7:01 448
Patrick Sahs Unattached
44 7:24 427
Wayne Smith Sunnyvale-Cupertino
Palo Alto
45 7:37 419
Brian Garcia Nor Cal Velo
Santa Rosa
46 7:59 401
Paul Keerner
47 8:23 411
Steven Woo
Los Gatos Bicycle Ra San Mateo
48 (@1) 436
Avi Green
*** results
- Jr Men 17-18 ***
PLC @ TIME NUM NAME
CLUB/SPONSOR HOMETOWN
-- ------ --- ----------
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1 36:44 310
Tucker Thomas
2 29
306 Morgan Schmitt Rad Racing
NW Roslyn
3 37
303 Steven Cozza
Team Swift
Petaluma
4 38
301 Zak Grabowski Saturn
Cycling Devel Lafayette
5 1:19 300
Adam Switters SGW/Bianchi/BicycleP
Folsom
6 1:40 304
David Fleischhauer Rad Racing NW
Olympia
7 1:42 311
Mike Wentz
Rad Racing NW Olympia,WA
8 3:09 307
Nick Agate
Napa Valley Velo
9 3:28 305
Chance Noble Camarillo
Ravens Camarillo
10 4:58 308
Luke Brechwald
11 6:37 302
Perry Paolini Balance Bar - Devo
Oak Park
*** results
- Master Men 35+ ***
PLC @ TIME NUM NAME
CLUB/SPONSOR HOMETOWN
-- ------ --- ----------
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1 42:24 200
Mark Noble
Camarillo Ravens Oxnard
2 10
209 Kenny Williams Saturn of
Belluve Kirkland
3
" 227 Rich Maile
4 11
230 James Coats
Winning Wheels Racin Seaside
5 1:02 212
Chris D'Aluisio Specialized
Watsonville
6 1:43 239
Mark Howland Blackmarket
Racing Santa Cruz
7 1:57 240
Todd Hoefer
8 1:59 206
Gannon Myall Mako/Galaxy
Granola Lafayette
9
" 244 Robert Meighan
10 2:21 228
Sam Giles
Pacfic Supply Sacramento
11 2:22 234
Greg Regan
Half Moon Bay
12 2:47 231
Thomas Feix Bicyclery
HMB Moss Beach
13 2:48 217
Michael Matthews Buy-Cell .com
Los Gatos
14
" 210 Scott Fifield
Bike Warehouse Reno,NV
15 3:21 233
Richard Stone
16 3:38 246
Mark Gilbreath
17 3:53 226
Doug Grattan Unattached
Gardnerville
18 4:06 220
John Elgart Alto
Velo/Webcor Sacramento
19 4:11 224
Mark Abele
Diablo Cyclists Concord
20 4:59 219
Jim Brown
Rad Racing
Olympia
21 5:00 242
Vance Russell Davis Bike Club
Davis
22 5:14 214
James Kelleher Ritchey
Palo Alto
23 5:15 211
Evan Adams
Hancock/McGuire San Francisco
24 5:16 221
Dan Sovereign Sacramento GW
Sacramento
25 5:18 247
John Brown
Family Cycling Cente
26 5:23 201
Jon Suzuki
Missing Link/Bianchi Oakland
27 5:42 202
Ron Gutierrez SyCip
San Francisco
28 5:50 216
Chris Allen Clifbar
Campbell
29
" 215 Keith Packard
Livermore
30 5:55 208
Lawrence Smith Durance Cycleworks
Eugene
31 6:15 213
Fred Huxham
Ross
32 6:22 249
Blaise Maher SGW/Bianchi/BicycleP
Sacramento
33 6:25 229
Ruben Villarreal
San Leandro
34 6:49 203
Chip Baker
Sycip
Danville
35
" 232 Chuck Scarpelli SoulCraft
Santa Rosa
36 6:50 222
Shawn Miller Davis Bike
Club Davis
37 7:04 243
Gary Erickson
38 7:23 205
Jeff Hane
Wrong Way/Zanotti Sunnyvale
39 7:25 237
Steve Stewart LGBRC/Contentlab
Los Gatos
40 7:36 207
Jeff Steinhart Team Hollywood
Glendale
41 8:23 223
Richard Parks Davis Bike Club
Davis
42 (@1) 241
Kevin Fasley
43
" 225 Gary Noe
44
" 245 Andrew Lyndon
Oakland
45
" 248 Gary Wolff
Boulder
46
" 218 Tom Boardman
Oakland
*** results - Men C ***
PLC @ TIME NUM NAME
CLUB/SPONSOR HOMETOWN
-- ------ --- ----------
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1 24:53 512
Alex Rodriguez Sacramento GW
Sacramento
2
4 514 Reed Maxwell
3 12
509 Jon Erskine
LGBRC/Contentlab Oakland
4 51
504 Eric Brown
Erio Brown
Petaluma
5 1:31 510
Don Daniel
6 1:54 516
Curt Ferguson
7 2:26 503
John Priolo Team-Tam
Healdsburg
8 2:27 500
Willem Pennings
Calistoga
9 2:49 501
Drew Wheeler
Davis
10 3:21 515
Jeremy Ferguson
11 3:22 513
John Silva
12 3:44 508
Kirk Grace
13 7:37 518
Gerrit VanSickle
14 (@1) 505
Cisco Moran surf
all day San Francisco
*** results
- Non-elite Women ***
PLC @ TIME NUM NAME
CLUB/SPONSOR HOMETOWN
-- ------ --- ----------
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1 26:52 552
Robyn Fuchs
Davis
2 33
556 Michele Gibson Team NSO
3 54
554 Kathy Pruit
4 6:34 557
Susan Serp
5 8:44 551
Octavia Edelstein Ritchey Factory
Santa Rosa
TIMING AND RESULTS BY TOM SIMONSON (tom@tsimonson.com)
Information
Rider
info (reg and licenses, course info),
Local
info (directions, lodging, restaurants)
Race
promoter: Dave Carr, davidlcarr@aol.com,
tel. 707-287-3747
Registration
questions: Larry Floyd, lfloyd@sonic.net
Sponsorship
and Vendor Expo: Sheila Moon, sheilamoon@earthlink.net
Sponsoring
club:
Napa Valley Velo
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