Tristan Uhl Wins Men’s Singlespeed Championship – Updated: Photo Gallery, Full Results and Video

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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina—From first call up to first across the line it was nearly all Tristan Uhl (Giant South) in the Men’s Singlespeed Championship race.

On the start grid there were 152 riders vying for the Singlespeed title. With various equipment set-ups and gear ratios, they set off in the afternoon sun and spun up the paved start-finsih straight in a whirlwind of high rpms.

Into the first turn it was Westly Richards (Clemmons Bicycle Racing) leading the massive herd onto the grass with Uhl, former Naitonal Champion Tim Allen (Feedback Sports Racing), Jared Nietters (SEAVS/Haymarket) and Chris Drumond (SPCX p/b R.K. BLACK) all on his wheel.

Uhl found the course to his liking, the morning mud having given way to traction that he thought was better than when he pre-rode in the earlier days’ dry conditions. With his technical skills on display, he was able to move ahead of Allen and Nietters on the first descent off of Ingles Heckle Hill and at the end of lap one Uhl had Allen on his wheel and the race for the title was on.

Allen was resplendent in full tights that had the look of “jeggings.” Pristine at the start, his tights had a hole at the end of the race from an apparent fall. Allen, who felt he was a little under geared at the start, told us that his favorite part of the course was the descent off Heckle Hill. “The downhill was rad. it was super technical and it was lined with fans. Just ripping,” said Allen.

Uhl too had a mishap causing him to go down. On the approach to Ingles Heckle Hill he went for the drivetrain-side dismount and got his toe spikes hung up on his pedal. But a quick recovery left his nearly 10 second lead intact and it only grew from there.

As Uhl padded his lead as the race wore on Allen, Nietters, Richards and Max Judelson (Rock Lobster) all chased mostly solo, with Richards and Judelson dueling for fourth, a fight that Richards won.

Clearly the course’s testing nature was multiplied by the difficulty of having but one gear. “I definitely felt like I was cracking as the laps went on. The course is so hard,” added Uhl. This was Uhl’s first singlespeed race of the year. He told us after the race that he had planned to race some singlespeed races this season, but it just never came together.

It came together today for Uhl.

Photo gallery below the results.

2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Men's Single Speed Full Results

PL	Name	Team	Time
1	Tristan UHL	Ride Biker Alliance	39:44.
2	Tim ALLEN	Feedback Sports Racing	39:50.
3	Jared NIETERS	SEAVS/Haymarket	40:21.
4	Westley RICHARDS	Clemmons Bicycle Racing	40:28.
5	Max JUDELSON	Rocklobster	40:31.
6	Chris DRUMMOND	SPCX p/b R.K. BLACK	41:22.
7	Molly CAMERON	Portland Bicycle Studio	41:25.
8	Scott CHAPIN	Santa Cruz Factory Racing	41:44.
9	Joshua THORNTON	Wicked Awesome Racing	41:47.
10	Nathan WINKELMANN	Sugar Cycles/Wholesome Sweetene	42:06.
11	Eric FOSSELL	Veloforma	42:07.
12	Jason HARTMAN	Groove Subaru Excel Sports	42:42.
13	Donald SEIB	NEXT-BMB	42:43.
14	Jamie BELCHAK	Squadra Flying Tigers	42:53.
15	David SHEEK	SDG - Muscle Monster	42:59.
16	Olivier VRAMBOUT	Waffle Power Cycling Club	43:08.
17	Daniel LARINO	Century Road Club Of America	43:39.
18	Ryan RINN		43:39.
19	Gerald PFLUG		43:40.
20	William JOHNSON		43:49.
21	Doug GRAVER	Mafia Racing	43:58.
22	Harold STEPHENSON	Rally Sport Cycling Team	44:03.
23	Richard ZAWADA		44:09.
24	Kurt SCHMID	Cyclocrossworld	44:13.
25	Brendan LEHMAN		44:16.
26	Jim WOOD	333fab Factory CX Team	44:23.
27	Steven BEARDSLEY	Hosmer Chiropractic-RPM Mortgag	44:37.
28	Kailin WATERMAN		44:38.
29	Elwood GLASS		44:44.
30	Bret YOUNG	nycross.com	44:48.
31	Tom HORROCKS	Squadra Flying Tigers	44:48.
32	Mike STEWART	Tri Cities Road Club	44:54.
33	Katriel STATMAN	Bayou City Racing	45:03.
34	Wesley BOYCE	Cycle City Racing	45:05.
35	Jeff CURTES	Speedvagen Family Racing	45:08.
36	Clayton TRAVIS	WAS Labs Cycling	45:17.
37	Brian HART		45:32.
38	Carter WARREN	BELGIANWERKX	45:41.
39	Brad YOUNG	Team NYCROSS.com	45:49.
40	Donald SEIB	NEXT-BMB	46:01.
41	Matthew SCOTT	Fiets Met Slagroom	46:11.
42	Andrew HARBUCK	Alpha Bicycle Co.- Vista Subaru	46:20.
43	Ira RYAN		46:22.
44	Jess PARKER	Team Air Assurance/Tulsa Connec	46:22.
45	Ryan STAHNKE		46:25.
46	Logan LUKER	MOAB	46:33.
47	Evan FRY	Team Small Batch	46:34.
48	Angelo MASCELLI	Giant Co-Factory Off-Road Team	46:42.
49	Richard TSUI	The Spirited Cyclist Cycling Cl	46:56.
50	Luke WOODARD		46:57.
51	Brian DAVIS	Compass Research Cycling Team	47:04.
52	Geoffrey SIEPKER	Cycle-Smart Inc.	47:16.
53	Michael CURTES	Milwaukee Bicycle Company Racin	47:42.
54	Joseph FORTIN	High Desert Bicycles Team	47:43.
55	Brett ROTHMEYER	Crosshairs Cycling	47:56.
56	Jose MARTINEZ	Sugar Cycles/Wholesome Sweetene	48:00.
57	John DOVE	Crosshairs Cycling	48:15.
58	Jim GENTES	buy-cell.com	48:18.
59	Aaron BARCHECK	Team Small Batch	48:23.
60	Evan MUELLER		48:26.
61	Brian HLUDZINSKI	Boulder Cycle Sport/ YogaGlo	48:51.
62	Timothy CANNARD		38:53.
63	Patrick GORE	Joes Bike Shop Racing Team	38:57.
64	Jess COUCH		39:08.
65	Wayne LEWIS	Burnside Forge	39:08.
66	Brad HAWK	Team Bikenetic	39:10.
67	Michael MANTHEY		39:11.
68	Jonathan JONES	Crosshairs Cycling	39:17.
69	Joseph HATLEY		39:27.
70	Derek GRIGGS		39:34.
71	Jack KITCHING		39:36.
72	Nicholas BARLOW		39:36.
73	Daimeon SHANKS	Single Barrel CX	39:36.
74	David MARBUT	Toyota Forklifts of Atlanta	39:36.
75	Eric CRANDELL	Rogue Velo Racing	39:54.
76	David HAHN	Steady Spin	39:56.
77	Michael SEEK	Rogue Velo Racing	40:00.
78	Ryan STOUTEN		48:00.
79	Jerry HADLEY	Rogue Velo Racing	30:02.
80	Matthew BILHARZ	Bikesport / Slyfox Racing	30:11.
81	Arthur MORAN	Green Line Velo	30:15.
82	Zach FOUT	Tampa Bay Cyclocross Junior Dev	30:16.
83	Steven SHARPE	Team Air Assurance/Tulsa Connec	30:25.
84	Anthony WILLIAMS	Reedy Creek Bicycles	30:27.
85	Michael HOFFMAN	Nuts About Granola/Hoffman DieC	30:29.
86	Sean MCDONOUGH		30:30.
87	Benjamin TOLL	Arrow Bicycle	30:36.
88	Raymond LAFFIN	Crosstown Velo	30:46.
89	Stuart LOUDER	Crosshairs Cycling	30:51.
90	Bill WHEELER	Adventures for the Cure	30:55.
91	John COTTON	Blue Sky Velo	31:01.
92	Christopher MERRIAM	Crosshairs Cycling	31:03.
93	Douglas AHRENS	Evolution Jr. Devo Team	31:04.
94	David SHERWIN	Velo Allegro	31:04.
95	George BRANYAN	Arrow Bicycle	31:12.
96	Daniel LEE	Velo Fratello p/b Bay Equity Ho	31:22.
97	David CHAMBLIN		31:29.
98	Joseph CROSS	Birdsong Brewing Cyclocross Tea	31:31.
99	Michael WALTERS		31:31.
100	Jonathan SEIBOLD	DCMTB	31:36.
101	Steven JONES	Reedy Creek Bicycles	31:56.
102	Eric PETERSON	The Revolting Cogs	32:27.
103	Alex LAIFER		32:31.
104	Dariusz TYBOROWSKI	Team Spoke Cycles p/b Carolina	35:58.
105	Paul MCKENZIE		21:38.
106	Kevin SUNDEEN		21:41.
107	John SMITH		21:41.
108	Christopher ADAMS	Rogue Velo Racing	21:45.
109	David LAWSON	Celo Pacific	21:49.
110	Gary LOWDEN	KCOI Boulevard	21:50.
111	Robert OGREN	The Fix Studio	21:52.
112	Levi JAMISON	Veloworks Urban Cyclery	21:58.
113	Lawrence CZARNECKI	Micro Metals/Bike Zoo	21:59.
114	Shawn MOORE	Fiets Maan Racing p/b Luna Cycl	22:01.
115	George LEWIS	Team Bikenetic	22:25.
116	Gregory CURL	Blevins Bicycle Company	22:29.
117	Jonathan ANDERSON	Fort Lewis College	22:55.
118	Todd PETERSON	Finkraft Cyling Team	23:33.
119	Christopher MOORE	Violet Crown	23:45.
120	Joe LACINY	Joes Bike Shop Racing Team	23:51.
121	Justin BRISTOL		25:18.
122	Ryan PLAISTED		25:25.
123	Pete VAN RIPER	Arrow Bicycle	25:40.
124	Gregory DYAS	Bike Law Cycling Club	31:26.

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