Evo Cross
Buckingham, PA

October 09, 2005

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PHOTO GALLERY
Photos © Kevin Dillard

On a course made treacherous by 7 inches of rain, Matt Krause (Alan Factory Team) and Betsy Schauer (Fort/GPOA!) rode the victories in the season-opening event of the $30,000 Verge Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series. The already soft fields of the None-Such Farm were turned into quagmires in places by two consecutive days of rain that had the entire region under flood warnings until 10:30 the night before the race. Race day dawned overcast, and dry -- but the damage was done. As 17 time National Champion and Cycling Hall of Famer Joe Saling put it after the Masters Race, "Ribbon to Ribbon, just mud." As the amatuer classes rode their races, their tires turned the wet soil like one of the farm's tractor tillers and left portions of the course unrideable for every Elite class racer, except defending Verge MACS Women's Champion Betsy Schauer.

The likeable West Virginian is shy and demure off the bike, but Schauer is a picture of strength and confidence while riding. Riding for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based FORT frames and GPOA medical services team, Schauer hit the front just 1/4 into the 45 minute Elite Women's race with only Melanie Schwartz (Square Coppi/Van Dessel) able to hang onto her wheel. Schwartz attacked the first time up the double run-up, but Schauer countered on the remount and was never matched. Riding in a position reminiscent of the climbing style of Tyler Hamilton, she increased her lead from 30 seconds after one lap, to two minutes by the end of the race.

The men's race was a see-saw battle that saw New Englander Matt Krause (Alan Factory Team) and defending verge MACS series champion Ryan Leach (FORT/GPOA!) swap the lead several times on the track and in the pits. Krause drew first blood with a holeshot on the grass, uphill start. But Leach retaliated on the double run-up. The lead duo was joined by four other riders -- Roger Aspholm (Westwood Velo), and the FORT/GPOA! trio of Weston Schempf, Gunnar Shogren and Mike Yozell. As they hit the "Cornfield Peanut Butter", Leach dismounted while Krause tried to ride through. Leach's decision proved the better as he put time on the tire-spinning Krause, who eventually ground to a halt and had to dismount himself. By the end of the first lap, the Krause and Leach were off the front, Yozell was off the back and third-place Asphlom was in no-man's land between the lead duo and the intramural battle of Shogren and Schempf.

On the second lap, the differences in the two leader's techniques were becoming obvious, with Krause spinning at a higher cadence and Leach pushing a bigger gear and repeatedly coming out of the saddle to maintain momentum. At three laps to go, Krause had established a lead of 9 seconds. But, Leach was able to pass when Krause pulled into the pits for a bike change. The main difference in the two was now clear, according to Leach. "All race long I was stronger in the running sections and he was able to ride faster on the technical parts," said Leach afterwards. With just a lap-and-a-half to go, the two leaders came to a tight, muddy hairpin turn around a tree. Leach, in the lead, ran the section while Krause rode his bike around both the tree and the leader. Once in the lead, Krause extended his margin to take Verge Mid Atlantic Cyclocross Series Leader's Jersey. Asked afterwards if he attacked Leach at the hairpin, Krause smiled and replied, "I don't really attack. I'm more of a Jan Ulrich diesel kind of rider. I was just faster in that part of the track all day, and he was faster on the runs."

Notes:

Pittsburgh's Stephen Cummings made the most of his cross-state commute by dominating the Men's B-Race to win by nearly two-and-a-half minutes. Cummings twice rode up the second run-up without dismounting.

71 Masters made up the largest field of the day with New Jersey's Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelmen/Van Dessel) taking the overall win. New Yorker Christopher Long (Independent Fabrication/Gotham Cyclists) and Fred Wittwer of the Charlottesville (Virginia) Racing Club were the highest-placed 45+ and 55+ riders.

After a day of mud-slogging in Pennsylvania, the Verge Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series moves to South Jersey and the high speeds and three-story "Amphitheater of Pain" run-up of the UCI-sanctioned Beacon Cyclocross in Bridgeton, New Jersey on October 16.

RACE RESULTS

Category: Elite Men				30 starters
Place		Time		Last Name	First Name	Team	Hometown	ST	Racing Age
1		57:05:00		KRAUS	Matt	Alan Factory Team	Arlington	MA	34
2		57:25:00		LEECH	Ryan	Fort/GPOA !	Philadelphia	PA	29
3		58:43:00		SHOGREN	Gunnar	FORT-GPOA!	Morgantown	WV	44
4		58:45:00		ASPHOLM	Roger	Westwood Velo	Haworth	NJ	37
5		1:01:01		SCHEMPF	Weston	FORT-GPOA!	Sinking Spring	PA	29
6		1:01:57		WITTWER	Greg	FORT-GPOA!	Charlottesville	VA	23
7		1:02:02		KAHLENBERG	Jordan	Alan	Baltimore	MD	24
8		1:02:03		GALEGHER	Sean	Hunt Valley Bicycles	Towson	MD	31
9		1:02:36		WILSON	Dan	Henrys Bikes	Wilmington	DE	33
10		1:02:45		PICCILLO	Joe	Evolution Racing	Doylestown	PA	35
11		1;02:47		BAKER	Myron	Verge Sport.com	Hamilton	NJ	33
12		1:02:50		REYNOLDS	Joseph	Wissahickon	Folsom	NJ	30
13		1:03:02		YOZELL	Michael	FORT/GPOA !	Phila	PA	37
14		1:03:21		MENARD	George	HVB	York	PA	31
15		1:03:36		DEIBERT	Nathan	Evolution Racing	Hummelstown	PA	29
16		1:04:20		MAGUR	Mike	Verge Sport.com	Washingtonville	NJ	32
17		1:04:33		AMES	Kris	Alan Mid Atlantic	Baltimore	MD	35
18		1:04:52		MINTURN	John	Kraynicks	Pittsburgh	PA	26
19		1:05:17		BARRY	Colin	Manulife Financial / Kane Bikes	Philadelphia	PA	32
20		1:05:37		SNOOP	Donald	Verge Sport Test Pilot	Monroe	NY	30
21		1:05:54		STUBNA	Mike	Savage Hill Cycling	Oakdale	PA	29
22		1:06:11		ZENONI	Paolo	Westwood Velo	Tenafly	NY	32
23		1:06:13		SPONSEL	Alistair	Colavita Racing	Princeton	NJ	28
24		1:07:04		SHAFFER	Nicholas	Evolution Racing	Newtown	PA	25
25		1 lap		TURNER	Glenn	Evolution Racing	Newtown	PA	34
26		2 lap		BLACK	Greg	Vergesport.com	Cornwall	NY	34
27		dnf		WULFKUHL	Andrew	Alan Mid Atlantic	Lititz	PA	23
28		dnf		FERGUSON	Greg	Fort/GPOA !	Glassboro	PA	30
29		dnf		HUGHES	FJ		Baltimore	MD	37
30		dnf		SCHEERER	Kurt	Test Pilot	Cornwall	NY	35
				ARNAL	Alvaro	Human ZOOM !	King Of Prussia	PA	25
Category: Elite Women				11 Starters
Place		Time		Last Name	First Name	Team	Hometown	ST	Racing Age
1		40:23		SCHAUER	Betsy	FORT- GPOA !	Morgantown	WV	30
2		42:22		SWARTZ	Melanie	Square Coppi/Van Dessel	Reston	PA	28
3		44:34		YOZELL	Erica	FORT/GPOA !	Philadelphia	PA	31
4		45:17		MOST	Lisa	Wissahickon	Philadelphia	PA	36
5		46:09		VON TEITENBERG	Heidi	ALAN Mid-Atlantic	Baltimore	MD	30
6		47:02		VIBLE	Lisa	Velo Bella	Wilmington	DE	43
7		47:41		EBERSOLE	Tammy	Evolution Racing	Warminster	PA	44
8		48:10		STARK	Laura	Somerset Wheelmen	Princeton	NJ	31
9				MASON	Beth	NCVC/Edge Technologies	Silver Spring	MD	37
10		49:12		SALTZGUEBER	Pam	Evolution Racing	Pipersville	PA	32
11		49:53		KUNTZBECK	Tina	Altoona Bike Club	Altoona	PA	31
				MALDONADO	Lynda	Tri State Velo/Amoroso's/Victory Racing Team	Philadelphia	PA	37
Category: Masters				71 Starters
Place	45+	55+	Time	Last Name	First Name	Team	Hometown	ST	Racing Age
1			42:02	SCHLAUCH	Eric	Somerset Wheelmen/Van Dessel	Califon	NJ	41
2			42:26	RUGGERT	Joseph	Freddie Fu	Greensburg	PA	34
3			42:45	KINCAID	Troy	Westwood Velo	Guttenberg	NJ	40
4			42:57	ALCORN	William	SPEEDGOAT	State College	PA	39
5	1		42:59	LONG	Christopher	Independent Fabrication/Gotham	Woodside	NY	46
6				JONES	Martin	Somerset	High Bridge	NJ	42
7			43:20	MIHILLS	Richard	The Secret Henry's Team	Newark	DE	42
8	2		42:29	ROOT	Randall	Team Snow Valley/SIBEX	Sterling	VA	51
9			44:07	HEBE	Mike	FORT/GPOA	Etters	PA	38
10			44:43	WARMUTH	Ralf	Highland Park Hermes	Highland Park	NJ	42
11			44:47	REISINGER	Kirk	Club Wissahickon	Schwenksville	PA	38
12	3		44:57	CORDISCO	Jeff	CAPOforma	Kennett Square	PA	47
13			45:10	LUX	John	Hunt Valley Bicycles	Cornwall	PA	39
14			45:33	CLINE	Kelly	Club Wissahickon	Philadelphia	PA	37
15		1	45:35	WITTWER	Fred	Charlottesville racing club	Charlottesville	VA	55
16	4		46:07	GRAY	Douglass	First State Velo Sport	Elizabethtown	PA	46
17				LYON III	Robert	HUNT VALLEY BICYCLE CLUB	York	PA	40
18			46:36	ANESTAD	N. Johan	Evolution Racing	Quakertown	PA	36
19				BUDAY	Alan	rotations racing	Manorville	NY	39
20				PIACINE	Bob	Guys Racing Club	Sellersville	PA	40
21	5		47:07	KAUFMAN	Larry	Velocity Sports/CCE	Belle Mead	NJ	45
22	6		47:15	CONNAIR	Mike	First State Velo Sport	Elkton	MD	52
23	7		47:20	MIKESKA	Kurt	Wooden Wheels	Holkessin	DE	48
24			47:32	HANDEL	Fred	NVC	State College	PA	42
25	8		47:37	SAINT CLAIR	Kevin	QCW/Bike Addicts	Philadelphia	PA	48
26			47:49	ZEIMET	Raymond	IL Bradipo dei Romiti USA	Ewing	NJ	40
27				ELSASSER	Mark		Philadelphia	PA	39
28			48:27	WINDH	Rolf	Guy's Racing	Philadelphia	PA	42
29	9		48:31	LANG	Brad	Team Cobblestone/Nature's Path	Chester	VA	47
30	10		48:45	FREDERICK	Rob	Evolution Racing	Doylestown	PA	46
31			48:56	KIRK	Michael	Wooden Wheels Racing	Kennett Square	PA	42
32			49:43	PERREN	James	Wissahickon	Philadelphia	PA	44
33	11		49:48	CZUPRYNA	Michael	First State Velo Sport	Newark	DE	47
34	12			MCDANIEL	Charles	Wooden Wheels	Wilmington	DE	45
35			49:54	SMITH	Pete	Doylestown Wheelman	Doylestown	PA	36
36			50:12	EVANS	Chris	Wissahickon	Philadelphia	PA	36
37	13			REYNOLDS	Scott	Guy's Racing	Perkiomenville	PA	49
38			50:29	WATKINS	Jim	Team Somerset	Skillman	NJ	43
39	14		50:47	GULEMMO	Ralph	East End Kreb Cycle	East Moriches	NY	48
40			51:03	DICKS	Douglas	CRCA/BENNETTS BICYCLES/FDNY	Staten Island	NY	37
41		2	51:39	MORRISON	Donald	Wissahickon	West Brandywine	PA	56
43			52:10	KUZAS	Kevin	Guy's Racing	Merion Station	PA	40
44			53:43	PINNEO	Tom	CC Evesham	Princeton	NJ	42
44		3	-1	DIBIASI	Nunzio	Yellow Breeches Racing	Elizabethtown	PA	55
45	15		-1	HOLLERBACH	George		Newtown	PA	51
46			-1	BECHTOLD	Marc	Peddler Shop Racing	Cherry Hill	NJ	42
47			-1	GOREL	Greg	Somerset Wheelmen	Neshanic Station	NJ	40
48	16		-1	BRECKENMAKER	Kevin	Yellow Breeches Racing	Hershey	PA	50
49	17		-1	BAUCH	Richard	Colavita Racing Team	Califon	NJ	52
50			-1	DEBARTOLO	Paul	GS Gotham/TOGA	New York	NY	40
51		4	-1	PIZZINI	Leo	Henry's Bikes	West Grove	PA	57
52	18		-1	SANCHEZ	Gustavo	Evolution Racing	Wrightstown	PA	45
53			-1	INCOGNITO	Paul	Quakert City Wheelman	Wilmington	DE	40
54	19		-1	BAYAT	Fafar	CRCA/Strictly Bicycles	Teaneck	NJ	47
55	20		-1	KENAS	Joseph	Guy's Racing	Meadowbrook	PA	50
56		5	-1	SALING	Joe	Somerset Wheelmen		NJ	65
57			-1	MANHARDT	David	Henry's Bikes	Quakertown	PA	35
58	21		-1	PERNA	Bob	beans bikes	West Chester	PA	53
59			-1	FAINO	Christian	Evolution Racing	Philadelphia	PA	36
60			-1	DOWNS	Jay	FORT/GPOA	Gettysburg	PA	40
61	22	6	-1	ALOYO	Vincent		Blue Bell	PA	58
62			-1	MCCABE	Mark	3D	Rumson	NJ	43
63			-1	WAHL	Charles		Furlong	PA	41
64	23		-1	SANDS	Robert	Evolution Racing	Warminster	PA	51
65		7	-1	LEA	Rob	TEAM Fuji	Taneytown	MD	63
66		8	-1	WILLIAMS	Michael	Wilmington Velocity	Wilmington	DE	55
Category: B Men			60 starters
Place	Time		Last Name	First Name	Team	Hometown	ST	Racing Age
1	44:13		CUMMINGS	Stephen	kraynicks/mezzatesta	Pittsburgh	PA	26
2	46:41		REA	Michael	Bayside Velo/Bike Doctor	Annapolis	MD	26
3	47:13		MAINS	Tom	Velocity Sports/CCE	Hamilton	NJ	35
4	47:25		LINDSTROM	Gregory	First Capital Velo	Mount Wolf	PA	29
5	47:32		BIDDLE	Brent	First State Velo Sport	Wilmington	DE	32
6	47:41		MEALEY	Sean	Hunt Valley Bicycles/HVB	York	PA	35
7	48:11		BRILL	Daniel	Team Beacon	South River	NJ	34
8	48:13		BIEGALSKI	Michael		State College	PA	24
9	48:17		FERRARI	Matthew	Mt. Nittany Wheelworks	State College	PA	32
10	48:19		GANTER	Chris	HighRoad Bicycles	Doylestown	PA	28
11	48:33		SZCZEPANSKI	Adam	Bike & Blade - Serfs	Collegeville	PA	27
12	48:37		IGNOSH	Ray	Gotham Cyclists	Breinigsville	PA
13	48:45		SCOTT	Wayne	First State Velo Sport	Elkton	MD	36
14	48:52		THALER	Chris	Evolution Racing	Dublin	PA
15	49:01		HENDERSON	Randall	CycleSports	Doylestown	PA	35
16	49:02		TOTARO	Chad	Team Human Zoom	Philadelphia	PA	32
17	49:25		LOUSTAU	Emerson		Philadelphia	PA	22
18	50:01		FLOREK	Charles	Rutgers Cycling	Piscataway	NJ	26
19			KOLSHORN	Leo	3D/Atlantic Cyclery	E. Windsor	NJ	33
20	50:11		BERNARDI	John	Action Wheels	Swedesboro	NJ	33
21	50:18		SOVEK	Chip	Potomac Velo Club	Centreville	VA	36
22	50:37		HOSTETTER III	John	ALAN Mid-Atlantic	Perryville	MD	32
23	51:11		WILLIAMS	Trevor	Guys Racing	Radnor	PA	35
24	51:18		JOHNSON	Christopher	Mt. Nittany Wheelworks	Altoona	PA	30
25	51:22		HESS	Wade	Team Beacon	Ocean View	NJ	37
26	51:27		MORGAN	Eric	Wissahickon	Phila	PA
27	51:30		NACE	Joel	First Capital Velo	York	PA	33
28	51:33		MCDONALD	Bernard	LSV/Kelly	Baltimore	MD	39
29	51:38		FREEHOFF	Bruce	Beacon	Robbinsville	NJ	37
30	51:42		ZGODA	Frank	CRCA/Strictly Bicycles	Sussex	NJ	26
31	52:05		WEST	Josh	Bikeman	Allentown	PA	32
32	52:19		PARTLAND	JP	Kissena Cycling Team	NY	NY	37
33	52:24		DESOUZA	Alessandro	Rutgers University/All Brunswick Cyclery	Highland Park	NJ	33
34	52:33		O'HARA	Mike	LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies	Baltimore	MD	28
35	53:21		ANDREWS	Wade	Oz	Philadelphia	PA	29
36	53:30		KILGORE	Mark	First Capital Velo	York	PA	23
37			REVERE	James	Team Cobblestone/Nature's Path	Midlothian	VA	42
38	53:35		PALERMO	Kirk	Premier Bank/Cycle Sports	Doylestown	PA	27
39			LOWENSTEIN	Eric	Highland Park Hermes	Jersey City	NJ	28
40	53:51		NEWMANN	Andrew	Evolution Racing	Newtown	PA	33
41	54:18		PROCOPOS	Theo	Wissahickon	Havertown	PA	27
42	55:30		GULDALIAN	Drew	Club Wissahickon	Phila	PA	34
43	56:10		EORIO	John		Quakertown	PA
44			BRADLEY	Bill		Coatesville	PA	30
45			CALLAN	Craig	Highland Park Hermes	Highland Park	NJ	36
46			WEISS	Eben	GS Gotham	Brooklyn	NY	33
47			NORVELL	Montana	Club Wissahickon	Philadelphia	PA	28
48			SHUMAKER	Jeff	Breakaway Endurance Sports	Philadelphia	PA	35
49			STRIKA	Dusan	Kissena Cycling Team	Parlin	NJ	46
50			JOYCE	Jeremy	Evolution Racing	Buckingham	PA	28
51			QUINNAN	Brad	Evolution Racing	Newtown	PA	17
52			STINE	Christopher	Cedar Bike	Kingston	NY	34
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Category: B women			14 Starters
Place	Jr.	Time	Last Name	First Name	Team	Hometown	ST	Racing Age
1		41:02	SCHULTZ	Krista	Hunt Valley Bicycles	Baltimore	MD	28
2		42:36	GALEGHER	Marilyn	Hunt Valley Bicycles	Towson	MD	31
3		42:39	BREYLA	Amy	Henry's Bikes	New Castle	DE	29
4		42:58	TOURIAN	Karen	Club Wissahickon	Philadelphia	PA	44
5		43:01	OCHOA	Annelisa	Wissahickon	Philadelphia	PA	25
6		43:07	THIEMANN	Nikki	Human Zoom	Philadelphia	PA	27
7		44:34	KAHN	Alicia	Rutgers Cycling/All Brunswick Cyclery	Highland Park	NJ	30
8	Jr.	46:04	SANTIAGO	Nina	ACT-UPMC	Dover	NJ	16
9		46:04	CSIRA	Laura	Trophy Bikes	Philadelphia	PA	24
10		46:42	SINGERMAN	Jessica	Lehigh Valley Bike Line	Newark	DE	25
11		down lap	DUBEK	Kim	Bean's Bikies	West Chester	PA	30
12		down lap	FLORE	Kate	Artemis	Washington	DC	27
dnf		dnf	SIEGRIST	Laney	Human Zoom	Havertown	PA	24
dnf		dnf	GONELLA	Lisa		New York	NY	31
Category: Juniors 10-16			3 Starters
Place	Time		Last Name	First Name	Team	Hometown	ST	Racing Age
1	36:26		GERLAK	Morgan	Alan Mid-Atlantic	Baltimore	MD	14
2	45:14		SCHLAUCH	Adam	Somerset Wheelmen	Califon	NJ	14
3	down lap		BAHNSON	Jeff	Henry's Bikes	Newark	DE	13
Category: C Men			29 Starters
Place	Time		Last Name	First Name	Team	Hometown	ST	Racing Age
1	36:64		LEA	Syd	TEAM Fuji	Taneytown	MD	20
2	37:16:00		YUNGHER	Don	Rutgers University Cycling	Piscataway	NJ	23
3	37:37:00		BERSON	David	East Coast Velo	Phila	PA	37
4	38:25:00		HERBERT	Gerhardt	East Coast Velo	Philadelphia	PA	36
5	38:29:00		WAHNER	Barry		Drexel Hill	PA	39
6			HALL	Alex	South Bay Wheelman	Los Angeles	CA	34
7	38:36:00		DILLARD	Kevin	NCVC/Edge Technologies	Washington	DC	43
8	38:41:00		COVELL	David	Guy's cycling club	Newtown Square	PA	26
9	38:51:00		MASUDA	Glenn		Long Beach	CA	43
10	39:48:00		SAPSFORD	Travis	Cycle Sports/Premier Bank	North Wales	PA	32
11	39:56:00		PETERSON	Matthew	HP Hermes	Belle Mead	NJ	27
12	40:31:00		AMBAGIS	James	FORT-GPOA!	Newark	DE	36
13	40:44:00		DISCHLER	Dennis	Wooden Wheels	Delaware City	DE	36
14	40:57:00		NIEDZIODA	Daniel	Trophy Bikes - Team Shiftless	Philadelphia	PA	24
15	41:12:00		KOLSHORN	Leo	3D/Atlantic Cyclery	E. Windsor	NJ	33
16	41:26:00		PEIFFER	Robert	Evolution Racing	Doylestown	PA	21
17	42:00:00		MALONE	Darren		Doylestown	PA	37
18	42:29:00		JAGER	Richard	Evolution Racing	Richboro	PA
19	42:36:00		BOWMAN	Tim	Trophy Bikes	Philadelphia	PA
20			BURKE	Steven	Hunt Valley Bicycles	Baltimore	MD	30
21	42:a39		DEDOYARD	Jake		Washington	DC	22
22	43:39:00		LOPEZ	Andre	Peddlers Shop Racing	Maple Shade	NJ	33
23	43:53:00		MORAN	Edward		Pittsgrove	NJ	45
24	44:00:00		FITZWATER	Mark	Wooden Wheels	Newark	DE	36
25	45:22:00		ROTHBERG	Jay	Evolution Racing	Holland	PA	42
26	down lap		GILLHAM	Patrick		Philadelphia	PA	22
27	down lap		RUIGROK	Albert		Willow Grove	PA	49