‘Gully’ takes Round One of Verge series

• Results

By John Verheul

Marc Gullickson of Mongoose/Hyundai flew across the country to start in the DownEast Cyclo-Cross. His competition saw him fly away early in the race.

The former U.S. National Champion and Overall SuperCup champion grabbed the lead on lap 1, breaking away with the newly married Jonathan Page (Richard Sachs), and never looked back as he claimed the race title. With that win, Gullickson also takes the blue leader’s jersey in the 2002 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series.

Gullickson had an atypically poor start in his first ‘cross race of the year, and had to work hard to pull back the early leaders – including fast starter and series promoter Adam Hodges Myerson (NCC/Bikereg.com). As soon as he did, he attacked straight through near the end of the first lap. Page was the only rider able to respond, although a hard working Peter Wedge (Kona) made a valiant effort. Defending Verge Series champion Mark McCormack of Saturn chased the two leaders, and eventually made contact with Page as Gullickson rode away. Gullickson rode a steady effort for the rest of the race alone to finish 18 seconds up on Page.

To his credit, the Richard Sachs rider never let up the entire way, while McCormack was forced to limit his efforts and ride alone for a solid third place on the day.

“I was able to ride at 90 percent pretty easily, but I needed to go a lot harder than that today” said the veteran pro.

Canadian National Champion Pete Wedge broke away from a group of three late in the race to take fourth. He was followed in by the US U23 National Champion, and a native of Corinth, ME, Adam Craig (Giant).

On the women’s side, last year’s runner-up Mary McConnelough (Seven Cycles) got an excellent start, took the lead over the first of two sets of barriers on the course, and never looked back. McConnelough rode a very steady race to finish 2:55 in front of the second placed rider, while behind her there were tight battles for the rest of the top five spots on the day. Canadian National Champion Shauna Gillies-Smith gave the host Gearworks/SRP team something to cheer about by holding off the super smooth Jodi Groesbeck (Putney/West Hill) for second. Behind them, rising star Alicia Genest (Richard Sachs) held off Gearworks/SRP’s Sara Cushman for fourth.

Saturn Development team rider and U.S. junior national champion JesseAnthony ran away with the junior race in a dominant performance. CCB’sKonrad Lebas made a valiant effort to stay with Anthony on lap 1, butAnthony ran away to a winning margin of over four minutes. Lebas was able to hold off Josh Benson (MVBC) for third.

Other winners on the day donning new Verge New England ChampionshipCyclo-Cross Series leader’s jerseys were Sam Morse in Men’s 35+, Paul Curley in Men’s 45+, and Matt Hersey in the Men’s B race. The Men’s C race winner was Ethan Fogg, while Jean Cunningham won the Women’s B race and Keith Brown took the Beginner Junior race.

With over $25,000 in prize money, six internationally sanctioned rounds in five states, and all events world-class, the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series is the cyclo-cross racing series in the U.S. Round 2 of the 2001 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series will be the ECV Cyclo-Cross, held on Sunday, Oct. 13 in Gloucester, Mass. Like the Downeast Cyclo-Cross, it is a U.S. team selection event for the World Championships and a UCI Catgeory 2 race.

Results

Results – Verge Series – Round One

Elite Men

1 1:00:41 Marc Gullickson Mongoose Boulder CO

2 1:18  Jonathon Page Richard Sachs Norhtfield NH

3 1:34 17  Mark McCormack Saturn Easton MA

4 1:48 24  Peter Wedge Kona Fredricton BC

5 1:56 26 (U23) Adam Craig Giant Corinth ME

6 2:00 18  Mike Broderick Seven Chilimark Ma

7 2:14 23  Jerimiah Bishop Trek/VW Harrisburg VA

8 3:18 29  Kirt Fitzpatrick Trek/VW Keene Nh

9 3:25 15  Jon Hamblin Carlisle MA

10 3:49 30  Matt Svartek Wheelworks Carlisle ma

11 3:59 6  Rob Hult O’Neils Harvard MA

12 4:10 31 (U23) Brian Astell CCB Hampstead NH

13 4:27 22 (U23) Jeremy Powers Devo Niantic CT

14 4:51 2  Todd Bowden cvc – Pig Iron Guilford CT

15 5:11 14  Ches Christophe Montreal

16 -1 lap 5  Adam Hodges Myerson NCC/Bikereg.com Northampton MA

17 -1 lap 27  Eugene Rurter Trek/VW Nashua NH

18 rele 16 (U23) Josh Anthony Saturn Development Beverly MA

Elite Women

1 40:33 121 Mary McConnelough Sevn Chilimark MA

2 @2:55 114 Shauna GilliesSmith Gearworks/SRP Somerville MA

3 3:06 103 Jodi Groesbeck Putney/westhill Keene NH

4 4:15 112 Alicia Genest Richard Sachs Amhesrt MA

5 4:35 101 Sara Cushman Gearworks/SRP North Grafton MA

6 5:02 108 Cori Page  Northfield NH

7 5:24 105 Anna Milkowski Gearworks/SRP Putney VT

8 6:11 104 Susan Maclean BOB Plaistow NH

9 6:39 113 Kathy Savary Mid /State Lunenburg MA

10 -1 lap 110 Sheila Vibert Redhook Salem NH

11 -1 lap 111 Marianne Stover Gearworks/SRP Portland ME

12 -1 lap 119 Mary Martinez NEBC Concord MA

13 -1 lap 102 Catherine Dudley  New Ipswich NH

14 -1 lap 117 Stephanie Roussos 7up Belmont MA

15 -1 lap 109 Rebecca Sox Dansko/Wheelworks/IF Wakefield RI

16 -1 lap 115 Sarah Gagne-Hall NHCC Candia NH

17 -1 lap 118 Kerry Litka NHCC Sanbornton NH

18 -1 lap 116 Elizabeth  Lafavour Dansko/Wheelworks/IF Cambridge
MA

19 -1 lap 120 Karena Paululis NEBC Cambridge MA

20 -2 laps 106 Martha Wilson Dansko/Wheelworks/IF Littleton NH

21 -2 laps 107 Jen Rhodes Dansko/Wheelworks/IF Boston MA

Juniors

1 43:29 389 Jesse Anthony Saturn Dev Beverly Ma 17

2 @4:17 396 Konrad Lebas CCB International Ansonia CT 16

3 4:59 390 Josh Benson MVBC Whitesboro NY 18

4 5:10 395 Morgan Macleod Portland Velo Club Cumberland ME 15

5 5:29 391 Kevin Wolfson NEBC / CycleLoft Belmont MA 16

6 -1 lap 398 Tom Gosselin Maine Cycling Club Lewiston ME 17

7 -1 lap 394 Charles Marzot Corner Cycle Cycling Club Middleboro MA
15

8 -1 lap 393 Tucker Olander Peerless/HNECC Windham NH 14

9 -2 laps 422 Stanley McCarthur Spinskis Caribou ME 15

10 rele 392 Ethan Tieger Essex County Velo Manchester MA 14

Masters

1  45:39 317 Sam Morse MA Bay Lokassett MA

2  @:40 318 Mike Bernard Arc en Ciel Millbury MA

3  :58 315 John Verheul Ideal Tile Northampton MA

4  1:02 324 Bob Bisson Gearworks/SRP FallRiver MA

5   323 Paul Curley Gearworks/SRP Tauton MA 45+

6  1:18 306 Paul Boudreau Essex County Velo Salem MA

7  1:39 304 tim haitz Team Dupont /RITCHEY charlestown RI

8  2:08 309 paul lynch missing link bicycle club marshfield MA

9  2:29 305 Joel Brown Cox Communications Cycling Team Wakefield
RI

10  2:46 316 Tim Groesbeck CCB Sharon NH 45+

11  3:13 310 eric marro Team BOB/Skofield Builders nashua NH

12  3:43 325 Brian Sweeney Gearworks/SRP Sterling MA

13  3:54 320 James Walsh Cox Wakefiled RI

14  4:09 312 kevin callahan Bicycle Link norwell MA

15   302 Robert Kramer Mass Bay Road Club Boston MA

16  4:33 301 Malcolm Toynbee BOB Cycling Haverhill MA

17  4:39 307 Paul Weiss Portland Velo Club Falmouth ME

18  -1 lap 311 Andrew Whelan Portland Velo Cloub Portland ME

19  -1 lap 319 Mike Christopher  Chilimark MA

20  -1 lap 326 Paul Nyberg Bennidom Avon Ct

21  -1 lap 308 Wayne Cunningham NEBC/Cycle Loft Wayland MA 45+

22  -1 lap 321 Matthew Brown Cox Wakefield MA

23  -1 lap 322 Tom Stevens Gearworks/SRP Earth!

24  -1 lap 327 David Genest Rich Sachs Providence RI

25  -1 lap 303 Michael Oster Swamp Yankee Road Club Narragansett
RI

26 -1 lap 314 Thomas Downey MBRC Plymouth MA 45+

Intermediate Men

1 45:11 214 matt hersey so. portland so. portland ME

2 @:42 280 Ross Brody Orono Orono ME

3 :43 226 Christopher White Windham Windham NH

4 :49 278 Noah Taylor Peterborough Peterborough NH

5 :55 204 Curtis Boivin Providence Providence RI

6 :59 285 Brendan Sullivan Somerville Somerville Ma

7 1:16 284 Jonathan Lawrence Portland Portland mE

8 1:28 207 Matt DeMeis Pawtucket Pawtucket RI

9 1:48 232 Kurt Schmid Salem Salem MA

10 1:56 212 Josh Garland Bangor Bangor ME

11 2:08 227 Matt Wilson Littleton Littleton NH

12 2:10 225 Samuel Wheeler-Martenis Belmont Belmont MA

13 2:21 231 John Burns Hingham Hingham MA

14 2:23 218 Juston Manville Manchester Manchester CT

15 3:13 223 Wade Summers Southington Southington CT

16 3:22 230 Matt Nalesnik Wellesley Wellesley MA

17 3:24 237 John Meerse Portland Portland ME

18 3:37 281 Robert Frechette Portland Portland ME

19 3:57 209 Mark Donahue S. Portland S. Portland ME

20 4:29 220 Rodney Nobrega Exter Exter NH

21 4:48 222 Jason Pettengill Portland Portland ME

22 4:57 234 Jim Everard Ottwa Ottwa CN

23 5:20 283 Matt Williams Bar Harbor Bar Harbor ME

24 6:00 229 Ryan Ramsey Portland Portland ME

25 6:04 211 John Frey Northampton Northampton MA

26 6:29 224 Malcolm Toynbee Haverhill Haverhill MA

27 -1 lap 201 Euclides Amado Pawtucket Pawtucket RI

28 -1 lap 208 Jude DeMeis Westford Westford MA

29 -1 lap 217 David F. Keefe Newton Newton MA

30 -1 lap 221 James Olson Yarmouth Yarmouth ME

31 -1 lap 206 Darren Crupi brooklyn brooklyn NY

32 -1 lap 210 Jay Francis Merrimack Merrimack NH

33 -1 lap 228 Brian Dahlmaer Boston Boston MA

34 -1 lap 279 Mark Wysocki Wocester Wocester MA

35 -1 lap 233 Peter Wilson Springfield Springfield MA

Beginner Women

1 40:55 499 Jean Cunningham Northeast Bicycle Club/Cycle Loft Wayland
MA

Beginner Juniors

1 39:03 470 Kieth Brown ME Cycling Auburn ME

Beginner Men

1 31:35 404 Ethan Fogg  Bar Harbor ME

2 @ :29 416 Nate Rogers Bates College Lewiston ME

3  417 David Drew MCC Litchfield ME

4  402 Brian Bigelow B.O.B Nashua NH

5 1:57 411 Brendan Cornett MCC  ME

6 2:24 419 Matthew Crews unattached Petersborough NH

7 2:30 405 Dave Herzig Sebago Outfitters Windham ME

8 3:09 418 John Liston Sebago Outfitters Windham ME

9 3:16 407 Peter Rondinone NHCC“ Goffstown NH

10 3:43 420 Daniel Fraiman Bates College Lewiston ME

11 4:35 414 Dave Mazur Minuteman Road Club Andover MA

12 5:52 413 John Beaudoin SMCC Bowdoinham ME

13 6:13 422 Stanley McCarthur Spinskis Caribou ME

14 6:21 421 Dan Brown Maine Cycling Club Lewiston ME

15 6:24 424 Jesse Groom unattached Cumberland ME

16 6:29 412 Marc Robert D’Amour MCC Lewiston ME

17 6:46 403 Jim Dowling Maine Cycling Club/Rainbow Buckfield ME

18 6:59 415 Jim Titone unattached

19 -1 lap 409 Herbert Taylor Bath Cycle&Ski/Bikeman Chelsea ME

20 -1 410 Jefferson Longfellow Maine Cycling Waterville ME

21 -1 408 Lee Strout Maine Cycling Club Leeds ME

22 -1 423 Chase Pray unattached Lewiston ME