Peter Webber wins back-to-back 40-44 National Championships. © Tim Westmore
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BEND, ORE. – Last year, Peter Webber (Boulder Cycle Sport) dominated the 40-44 field to win the 2009 National Championship easily. “This year was way harder,” he said at the finish line, desperately trying to warm up his hands. “It’s wicked cold, the course is soaked. It was really hard.”
Webber waited about a lap before pushing to the front of an exciting Masters race, although he was never much further down than fourth or fifth place. Eirik Schultz (River City Bicycles) took the hole shot, with sentimental favorite and two-time US pro road champ Bart Bowen (Rebound Sports) right on his shoulder. All of the other favorites were right in the mix from the get-go, showcasing the level of ability of an incredibly deep field.
Ward Baker (Justin’s-Titus Mountain Bike Team) took a flyer early in the first lap and got himself a small gap of five seconds as he came back into the “oatmeal bowl” next to Deschutes Brewery. “He couldn’t sustain it, though,” a victorious Webber said at the finish line. Baker faded over the course of the race, eventually finishing inside the top 10.
Partway through lap number two, Webber caught Baker and passed him, just as he’s done in countless Colorado ’cross races this year. Webber’s Boulder Cycle Sport teammate, Brandon Dwight, also caught Baker and was soon leading a small chase pack that included Jon Cariveau (Moots), who was fourth in the singlespeed race on Friday. Dwight and Cariveau traded shots for the rest of the race, while Webber’s lead slowly stretched out to around 25 seconds.
Roger Aspholm (Westwood Velo) clawed his way up into fourth place, displacing the (at first) solid block of Colorado Front Range riders. Idahoan Richard Feldman (Durance-Colnago) made a protest for the northwest, riding into fifth place, but the top of the podium remained solid Colorado, with Boulder Cycle Sport taking the one-two with Webber and Dwight, and Cariveau holding on to take third place.
“I really didn’t make a mistake,” a buoyant (but very cold) Webber said at the finish line. “No bobbles, stayed upright.” The conditions during the 40-44 race were probably the worst of Saturday morning, with a steady, soaking rain falling, coupled with temperatures in the mid-thirties.
Webber had to stop talking several times due to the pain in his hands. “This is harder than the race!” he exclaimed. Webber’s next stop, now that he’s wrapped up a second consecutive National Championship, is Mol, Belgium, for the last Masters’ World Championships before that race comes to Louisville, Kentucky in 2012 and 2013. “I love that Nationals has moved to January,” he said. “I’ll be targeting Madison and Masters’ Worlds in 2012.”
Dwight was similarly stoked, and similarly frozen. His only other muddy and sloppy race this year was the superb USGP Fort Collins, and his only answer to how he prepared for these remarkably un-Coloradan conditions was “years of racing ’cross.” The wet and cold conditions took their toll on all racers, podium winners and those who abandoned alike. Eirik Schultz, who had the early lead, crashed hard just before the junction between the back and front sections of the course halfway through the race, when his hands came off the bars. “I couldn’t feel my hands at all,” Schultz said.
Update: More photos here.
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Full Results:
| Place | Points | Name | City, State | Time | License | Bib | Team |
| 1 | 150 | Peter Webber | Boulder, CO | 42:11 | 66936 | 451 | Boulder Cycle Sport |
| 2 | 135 | Brandon Dwight | Boulder, CO | 42:36:00 | 90939 | 598 | Boulder Cycle Sport |
| 3 | 120 | Jon Cariveau | Steamboat Springs, CO | 42:37:00 | 6112 | 491 | Moots |
| 4 | 105 | Roger Aspholm | Haworth, NJ | 43:10:00 | 136195 | 520 | Westwood Velo |
| 5 | 90 | Richard Feldman | Ketchum, ID | 43:14:00 | 11408 | 542 | Durance-Colnago |
| 6 | 85 | Shawn Mitchell | Boise, ID | 43:23:00 | 24621 | 582 | Boise Cycling Club |
| 7 | 80 | Michael Robson | Boulder, CO | 43:28:00 | 64112 | 454 | |
| 8 | 75 | Mark Savery (1 – Cat2) | Omaha, NE | 43:35:00 | 31378 | 458 | Midwest Wheelmaster/Velogear.Co |
| 9 | Exp | Ward Baker | Boulder, CO | 43:38:00 | 109619 | 613 | Justin’S / Titus Mountain Bike |
| 10 | 65 | Douglas Krumpelman (2 – Cat2) | Hayden, ID | 43:44:00 | 81054 | 552 | Coeur D ‘Alene Velo Racers (Cda |
| 11 | 60 | Shannon Skerritt | Portland, OR | 44:04:00 | 116968 | 528 | |
| 12 | 55 | Anastasio Flores | La Selva Beach, CA | 44:21:00 | 11877 | 594 | |
| 13 | 50 | John Behrens | San Diego, CA | 44:23:00 | 119862 | 585 | Bailey Bikes |
| 14 | 45 | Todd Hoefer | Aptos, CA | 44:34:00 | 16401 | 513 | California Giant Cycling |
| 15 | 40 | Eirik Schulz | Portland, OR | 44:42:00 | 31865 | 554 | |
| 16 | 38 | Shadd Smith | Overland Park, KS | 44:48:00 | 138402 | 551 | Mercy Cycling Team/Mercy Cycli |
| 17 | 36 | Kristopher Auer | Baltimore, MD | 44:56:00 | 2065 | 584 | C3-Athletes Serving Athletes |
| 18 | 34 | Brian Hludzinski | Boulder, CO | 45:01:00 | 16334 | 563 | Boulder Cycle Sport |
| 19 | 32 | Barton Bowen | Bend, OR | 45:07:00 | 47833 | 604 | Bicycle Ruidoso Inc. |
| 20 | 30 | Michael Gaertner | Coeur D Alene, ID | 45:18:00 | 12623 | 636 | Coeur D ‘Alene Velo Racers (Cda |
| 21 | 28 | Brent Prenzlow | Carlsbad, CA | 45:28:00 | 28646 | 540 | Celo Pacific/B&L |
| 22 | 26 | John Bravard | Portland, OR | 45:30:00 | 88883 | 545 | |
| 23 | 24 | Scott Bradway | Portland, OR | 45:31:00 | 284327 | 616 | |
| 24 | 22 | Murray Swanson | Woodside, CA | 45:53:00 | 206144 | 588 | Peninsula Velo Cycling Club/Pen |
| 25 | 20 | T Henshall (3 – Cat2) | Boise, ID | 45:53:00 | 15869 | 533 | |
| 26 | 19 | John Flack (4 – Cat2) | Olympia, WA | 45:54:00 | 11775 | 568 | Cbc Racing/Olympia Orthopaedic |
| 27 | 18 | Shawn Harshman (5 – Cat2) | Boulder, CO | 45:56:00 | 80580 | 470 | Pm Racing Team |
| 28 | 17 | Todd Davis (6 – Cat2) | Seattle, WA | 45:59:00 | 103745 | 471 | Kryki Sports/Audi |
| 29 | 16 | Patrick Morrissey (7 – Cat2) | Albuquerque, NM | 46:21:00 | 25167 | 459 | Team Cross (Tcnm) |
| 30 | 15 | Tim Thompson | San Jose, CA | 46:44:00 | 35481 | 531 | Team Rambuski Law |
| 31 | 14 | Dave Weaver | Towson, MD | 46:57:00 | 37442 | 612 | Alan N. America Cycling Team |
| 32 | 13 | Matt Williams | Bend, OR | 47:01:00 | 207429 | 547 | Grandstay Hotels |
| 33 | 12 | Charles Von Isenburg (8 – Cat2) | Winston Salem, NC | 47:04:00 | 132489 | 573 | Mock Orange Bikes/Mock Orange R |
| 34 | 11 | Aaron Leritz | Portland, OR | 47:06:00 | 62868 | 592 | |
| 35 | 10 | Jeff Gaeckle (9 – Cat2) | Olympia, WA | 47:11:00 | 12621 | 607 | Cbc Racing/Olympia Orthopaedic |
| 36 | 9 | David Diviney | Portland, OR | 47:14:00 | 9603 | 521 | |
| 37 | 8 | Michael Coffino (1 – Cat3) | Pointreyesstation, CA | 47:17:00 | 298522 | 576 | |
| 38 | 7 | Shawn O’Meara (2 – Cat3) | Reno, NV | 47:27:00 | 26461 | 480 | |
| 39 | 6 | Kenny Burt (10 – Cat2) | Folsom, CA | 47:30:00 | 89186 | 530 | Wtb |
| 40 | 5 | Brock Dickie (11 – Cat2) | Capitola, CA | 47:32:00 | 42222 | 499 | |
| 41 | 4 | Jordi Cortes (3 – Cat3) | Berkeley, CA | 47:32:00 | 41985 | 614 | California Giant Cycling |
| 42 | 3 | Rainer Leuschke (12 – Cat2) | Seattle, WA | 47:32:00 | 275808 | 534 | Avanti Racing Club/Blue Rooster |
| 43 | 2 | Martin Baker | Hillsboro, OR | 47:37:00 | 137718 | 632 | |
| 44 | 0 | Jeffrey Wardell (13 – Cat2) | Boulder, CO | 47:39:00 | 155512 | 501 | Excel Sports Boulder |
| 45 | 0 | Monte Boyle (14 – Cat2) | Reno, NV | 47:39:00 | 218669 | 505 | Team Clover |
| 46 | 0 | Timothy Cannard | Los Gatos, CA | 47:50:00 | 6002 | 511 | |
| 47 | 0 | Christopher Smith (4 – Cat3) | Minneapolis, MN | 47:59:00 | 118619 | 606 | Hup United |
| 48 | 0 | Matthew Scott | Boise, ID | 47:59:00 | 50296 | 571 | Fiets Met Slagroom |
| 49 | 0 | Dan Sharp (15 – Cat2) | Portland, OR | 48:03:00 | 32310 | 546 | |
| 50 | 0 | David Weber (5 – Cat3) | Boulder, CO | 48:06:00 | 50682 | 541 | Rockymounts~Izze Racing |
| 51 | 0 | Curtis Boivin | Rye, NH | 48:06:00 | 120079 | 581 | Providence Velo Club |
| 52 | 0 | Matt Jordan | Scotts Valley, CA | 48:12:00 | 245591 | 625 | |
| 53 | 0 | Daniel McNally (6 – Cat3) | San Francisco, CA | 48:23:00 | 23850 | 488 | |
| 54 | 0 | Kelly Cline (16 – Cat2) | Glenside, PA | 48:30:00 | 145697 | 595 | Club Wissahickon |
| 55 | 0 | Sean Haidet (17 – Cat2) | Bend, OR | 48:30:00 | 153943 | 600 | Slo Nexus Cycling Club |
| 56 | 0 | Andrew Sargent | Bend, OR | 48:32:00 | 31309 | 586 | Webcyclery Racing/Webcyclery.Co |
| 57 | 0 | Ronald Miller (18 – Cat2) | Boise, ID | 48:34:00 | 24340 | 475 | Byrds (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq |
| 58 | 0 | Damon Pettinger (19 – Cat2) | Seattle, WA | 48:34:00 | 60117 | 562 | Lake Washington Velo |
| 59 | 0 | Michael Szwaya | Portland, OR | 48:42:00 | 302554 | 544 | |
| 60 | 0 | Cesar Chavez | San Jose, CA | 48:43:00 | 6697 | 493 | |
| 61 | 0 | Mark Knokey (20 – Cat2) | Spokane, WA | 49:00:00 | 19475 | 608 | Coeur D ‘Alene Velo Racers (Cda |
| 62 | 0 | Jared Roy | St Louis Park, MN | 49:06:00 | 77759 | 619 | Crossniacs |
| 63 | 0 | Kevin Donovan (21 – Cat2) | Boise, ID | 49:08:00 | 186738 | 623 | |
| 64 | 0 | Matthew Engel (22 – Cat2) | Bend, OR | 49:15:00 | 302544 | 453 | |
| 65 | 0 | Erik Voldengen (23 – Cat2) | Portland, OR | 49:22:00 | 101908 | 500 | Beaverton Bicycle Club/Bike N H |
| 66 | 0 | Kirk Reisinger (24 – Cat2) | Schwenksville, PA | 49:36:00 | 29503 | 550 | Club Wissahickon |
| 67 | 0 | Matthew McNamara (25 – Cat2) | Sunnyvale, CA | 49:43:00 | 23775 | 622 | Sterling Sports Group |
| 68 | 0 | LeRoi Smith (26 – Cat2) | Seattle, WA | 49:49:00 | 181380 | 618 | Ragnarok Racing |
| 69 | 0 | Gregory Keller (27 – Cat2) | Boulder, CO | 49:55:00 | 154167 | 611 | Boulder Cycle Sport |
| 70 | 0 | Derwyn Harris (7 – Cat3) | Portland, OR | 49:56:00 | 15188 | 539 | |
| 71 | 0 | Chad Lowe (28 – Cat2) | Bend, OR | 49:56:00 | 137537 | 569 | |
| 72 | 0 | Michael Martin (29 – Cat2) | Bend, OR | 50:05:00 | 22703 | 589 | |
| 73 | 0 | Scott Carothers (8 – Cat3) | Reno, NV | 50:12:00 | 234765 | 455 | Kinetic Cycles/Gbi |
| 74 | 0 | Douglas Hudson (9 – Cat3) | Golden, CO | 50:16:00 | 77069 | 537 | |
| 75 | 0 | Basil Moutsopoulos (30 – Cat2) | Palo Alto, CA | 50:18:00 | 55050 | 524 | Hup United |
| 76 | 0 | Thomas Cody (10 – Cat3) | Portland, OR | 50:25:00 | 7244 | 498 | |
| 77 | 0 | Brian Staby (31 – Cat2) | Santa Rosa, CA | 50:27:00 | 215179 | 627 | Red Peloton |
| 78 | 0 | Michael Birner | Woodbine, MD | 50:36:00 | 57561 | 605 | Ben’S Performance Bicycles Inc |
| 79 | 0 | Tim Kelley (32 – Cat2) | Boise, ID | 50:40:00 | 212853 | 591 | Broken Spoke Cycling |
| 80 | 0 | Robert Kramer (33 – Cat2) | Venice, CA | 50:45:00 | 19773 | 481 | |
| 81 | 0 | Sean McLaughlin (11 – Cat3) | Spokane, WA | 50:55:00 | 294953 | 522 | Emde Sports/Emdesports.Com/Fitn |
| 82 | 0 | Philip Webb (12 – Cat3) | Louisville, KY | 50:57:00 | 98515 | 579 | |
| 83 | 0 | Robert Weyman (34 – Cat2) | Venice, CA | 51:04:00 | 57687 | 596 | Vrc/Now-Ms Society |
| 84 | 0 | Dan Farrell (13 – Cat3) | Lyons, CO | 51:15:00 | 11286 | 508 | Blue Sky Velo |
| 85 | 0 | Matthew Oseto (14 – Cat3) | Kirkland, WA | 51:15:00 | 59413 | 599 | Kryki Sports/Audi |
| 86 | 0 | Brian Price (15 – Cat3) | Boise, ID | 51:15:00 | 256458 | 553 | Gs Casella/Look! Save A Life |
| 87 | 0 | James Gillette (16 – Cat3) | Gig Harbor, WA | 51:18:00 | 104712 | 574 | Lake Washington Velo/Hagens Ber |
| 88 | 0 | David Prause (35 – Cat2) | Portland, OR | 51:18:00 | 302620 | 495 | |
| 89 | 0 | Jamie Kilcoyne (17 – Cat3) | Louisville, CO | 51:21:00 | 104091 | 502 | Justin’S / Titus Mountain Bike |
| 90 | 0 | Philip Hynes (18 – Cat3) | Mill Valley, CA | 51:22:00 | 169857 | 478 | Irondatathirstybearcycling.Com |
| 91 | 0 | Dirk Manley (19 – Cat3) | Fair Oaks, CA | 51:24:00 | 51092 | 570 | Squadra Abruzzo |
| 92 | 0 | Rob Deeble (36 – Cat2) | Boise, ID | 51:25:00 | 231495 | 620 | Treasure Valley Cycling Club/Te |
| 93 | 0 | Alexander Lehnert (20 – Cat3) | Eugene, OR | 51:32:00 | 289322 | 624 | |
| 94 | 0 | Alan Petrie (21 – Cat3) | Liberty Lake, WA | 51:35:00 | 27941 | 617 | Spokane Rocket Velo |
| 95 | 0 | Christopher Milliman (22 – Cat3) | Hanover, NH | 51:38:00 | 24506 | 555 | Hup United |
| 96 | 0 | Robert Uetrecht (37 – Cat2) | Bend, OR | 51:41:00 | 117604 | 485 | Webcyclery Racing |
| 97 | 0 | Travis Oliger (23 – Cat3) | Durango, CO | 51:55:00 | 208678 | 503 | Durango Wheel Club/Durango Whee |
| 98 | 0 | Hugh Moran | Asheville, NC | 52:45:00 | 180136 | 490 | Mars Hill College |
| 99 | 0 | Jason Dudek (24 – Cat3) | Seattle, WA | @1Lap | 93950 | 630 | Step Down Racing/Second Ascent |
| 100 | 0 | Vincent Mysliwiec (25 – Cat3) | University Place, WA | @1Lap | 219322 | 529 | Old Town Bicycle (Otb)/Old Town |
| 101 | 0 | David Sjogren (26 – Cat3) | Bend, OR | @1Lap | 103341 | 602 | |
| 102 | 0 | Michael Brown | Bend, OR | @2Lap | 206751 | 561 | |
| 103 | 0 | Mike Upchurch (27 – Cat3) | Sacramento, CA | @2Lap | 283109 | 507 | Team Mad Cat |
| 104 | 0 | Ladd Williamson (28 – Cat3) | Boise, ID | @2Lap | 236285 | 482 | Treasure Valley Cycling Club/Te |
| 105 | 0 | Brian Milnick (29 – Cat3) | Bennett, CO | @2Lap | 91543 | 543 | |
| 106 | 0 | Tim Hall (30 – Cat3) | Nashville, TN | @2Lap | 179788 | 514 | Nashvillecyclist.Com |
| 107 | 0 | Wade Miller | Bend, OR | @2Lap | 42488 | 577 | |
| 108 | 0 | James Brown (38 – Cat2) | Olympia, WA | @2Lap | 5083 | 575 | Rad Racing Nw/Hagens Berman |
| 109 | Exp | Bradley Koester | San Francisco, CA | @2Lap | 89242 | 633 | |
| 110 | 0 | Mark Adamski (31 – Cat3) | Portland, OR | @2Lap | 326416 | 494 | |
| 111 | 0 | Jack Kelley (32 – Cat3) | Bend, OR | @2Lap | 330406 | 634 | |
| 112 | 0 | Jeff Herring (33 – Cat3) | Altadena, CA | @2Lap | 79728 | 487 | The Team /The Team Socalcross |
| 113 | 0 | Arthur Weichbrodt (34 – Cat3) | Auburn, WA | @2Lap | 37558 | 509 | Viking Sport Seattle |
| 114 | 0 | Geoffrey Albert (39 – Cat2) | Altadena, CA | @2Lap | 234186 | 460 | The Team /The Team Socalcross |
| 115 | 0 | William Youngman (40 – Cat2) | Rocklin, CA | @2Lap | 203737 | 535 | Squadra Abruzzo |
| 116 | 0 | Shannon Kupfer (35 – Cat3) | Kirkland, WA | @2Lap | 171061 | 474 | |
| 117 | 0 | Adam Andelin (36 – Cat3) | Elk Grove, CA | @2Lap | 128711 | 532 | Rio Strada Racing |
| 118 | 0 | Matt Radich (37 – Cat3) | Portland, OR | @2Lap | 132783 | 572 | |
| 119 | 0 | Mark Duff (41 – Cat2) | Banks, OR | @2Lap | 10112 | 506 | Veloforma |
| 120 | 0 | Carl Anton (38 – Cat3) | Seattle, WA | @2Lap | 272872 | 463 | Boat Street Cycle Club (Bscc)/R |
| 121 | 0 | Timothy Schauer (42 – Cat2) | Camas, WA | @2Lap | 302531 | 610 | |
| 122 | 0 | ryan linville (39 – Cat3) | Seattle, WA | @2Lap | 258660 | 631 | Jet City Velo/Byrneinvent |
| 123 | 0 | Lawrence Leonard | Ventura, CA | @2Lap | 88185 | 565 | Successful Living |
| 124 | 0 | Rob Born (40 – Cat3) | Lake Forest Park, WA | @2Lap | 52463 | 519 | Avanti Racing Club/Blue Rooster |
| 125 | 0 | David Chipchase (41 – Cat3) | Dupont, WA | @2Lap | 220071 | 525 | Team Aj’S /Nutrishop |
| 126 | 0 | Kevin Denison (42 – Cat3) | Sacramento, CA | @2Lap | 303642 | 587 | Team Mad Cat |
| 127 | 0 | David Lawson (43 – Cat3) | Carlsbad, CA | @2Lap | 42445 | 517 | Celo Pacific |
| 128 | 0 | Carl Boni (44 – Cat3) | Erie, CO | @2Lap | 244813 | 469 | Blue Sky Velo |
| 129 | 0 | Tom Elder (45 – Cat3) | Boise, ID | @2Lap | 231717 | 472 | Treasure Valley Cycling Club/Te |
| 130 | 0 | Dominic DAngelo (46 – Cat3) | Snohomish, WA | @2Lap | 285545 | 558 | Pilchuck Cycling Club/Collision |
| 131 | 0 | Mike Osier (47 – Cat3) | Eureka, CA | @2Lap | 53712 | 497 | Old Town Bicycle (Otb) |
| 132 | 0 | Curtis Inglis | Napa, CA | @2Lap | 129709 | 601 | |
| 133 | 0 | Kenneth Wolford (48 – Cat3) | Bend, OR | @2Lap | 117432 | 467 | |
| 134 | 0 | Ian Dewar (49 – Cat3) | San Jose, CA | @2Lap | 197747 | 510 | San Jose Bicycle Club/Sjbc |
| 135 | 0 | Joe Carpenter | San Jose, CA | @2Lap | 301276 | 465 | Team Mad Cat |
| 136 | 0 | Christopher Wherity | Florence, OR | @3Lap | 230335 | 567 | |
| 137 | 0 | Alex Accetta (43 – Cat2) | Portland, OR | @3Lap | 1073 | 515 | |
| 138 | 0 | Scott Hamness (50 – Cat3) | Lakeoswego, OR | @3Lap | 303741 | 621 | |
| 139 | 0 | Kurt Hubbart (51 – Cat3) | East Wenatchee, WA | @3Lap | 331904 | 635 | |
| 140 | 0 | Kevin Hinton (52 – Cat3) | Culver City, CA | @3Lap | 290170 | 566 | Vrc |
| 141 | 0 | David Byron (44 – Cat2) | Seattle, WA | @3Lap | 5761 | 473 | Union Bay Cycling/Bikesale.Com |
