HPCX Day 2: Gordon and Decker’s Sand Skills Snag First UCI Wins of the Season

After finishing a close second on the opening day of Highland Park CX, Serena Gordon (Liv l Giant Co Factory) took advantage of the sand to get a little gap that held and won Day Two of the Elite Women’s C2 race in Jamesburg, N.J. Canadian Natasha Elliott (Garneau-Easton Cycling) improved to second place on Sunday, clipping Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers) and Arley Kemmerer (Fearless Femme Racing) in a sprint for the final spots on the podium.

Elliott, Van Gilder and Kemmerer all finished 11 seconds behind Gordon. Kemmerer, Saturday’s winner, finished in the back of the three-woman sprint behind Van Gilder’s wheel. Van Gilder claimed third and Kemmerer fourth. In fifth, 54 seconds back, was Kathleen Lysakowski (Joe’s Garage CX p/b Bikereg).

“It was great. Great racing, great competition,” said Gordon, who is going home to Oregon for a week to rest after several weeks of racing. “It was a fun course. It was a little bit slippery in a couple of corners. I like the sand. I think that is where I got the gap.”

The field of 37 riders broke apart on the first lap, with seven riders taking charge. Halfway through the race the three podium finishers started to distance themselves from the lead pack. Kemmerer and Gordon them made an extra push on the final lap.

Jeremy Durrin (Neon Velo Cycling) took the holeshot in the Elite Men’s C2 race but could not hold off Carl Decker. The Giant Factory Off-road rider took his first Pro CX win of the 2016-17 season, crossing the line 22 seconds ahead of Durrin, and keeping the Day Two victory within the team after Adam Craig’s win on Day One. Derrick St John (Van Dessel p/b Hyperthreads) finished third. Cole Oberman (Protestedgear.com), who was third on Saturday, was fourth on Sunday.

The weather remained mild and dry at Thompson Park’ and the signature sand pits seemed to make a difference for the men. “This is thrifty, and fast, and fun,” said Decker. “Today was good people, [a] good course, and a really good time.”

“I was talking about the second sand pit, like it’s all going to iron out once everybody’s riding it. But it never got easier. It was really hard, right to the very end. The first one, you felt like you were good at it. And then the second one, just took it right back.”

Next week Pro CX events will be hosted in Louisville, Ky. at the Derby City Cup, with C1 races on Saturday and C2 races on Sunday.

2016 HPCX Day 2 UCI C2 Results - Elite Women

Position	Bib	Last	First	Team	Time	Gap	Age
1	5	GORDON	Serena	Liv | Giant Co-factory	42:50	42:50	38
2	2	ELLIOTT	Natasha	Garneau - Easton Cycling	43:01	11	39
3	6	VAN GILDER	Laura	Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers P/	43:01	s.t.	53
4	1	KEMMERER	Arley	Fearless Femme Racing	43:01	s.t.	33
5	3	LYSAKOWSKI	Kathleen	Joe's Garage Cx P/b Bikereg	43:44	54	33
6	9	WRIGHT	Julie	Team Averica	43:51	1:01	31
7	7	BARBOSSA	Stacey	Midatlantic Colavita Women's Te	44:18	1:28	51
8	4	GROSS	Rebecca	Khs Bicycles	44:32	1:42	37
9	25	NORTHCOTT	Katherine	West Hill Shop	44:36	1:46	36
10	10	RUBINO	Rachel	Fearless Femme Racing	44:52	2:02	33
11	14	BURTON	Alexandra	Portland Bicycle Studio P/b Blu	45:42	2:52	36
12	8	BOWMAN	Brittlee	House Ind/withings/simplehuman	45:49	2:59	33
13	33	LEGGE	Regina	Green Line Velo Driven By Zipca	45:54	3:04	33
14	37	LEWANDOWSKI	Rebecca	Rare Disease Cycling / Keswick	46:06	3:16	32
15	32	TAPIAS	Natalie	Jam / Ncc	46:15	3:25	28
16	28	DOWIDCHUK	Katrina	Midatlantic Colavita Women's Te	46:42	3:52	47
17	35	MAY	Rhys	Jam / Ncc	46:49	3:59	28
18	30	GROGAN	Joanne	Next-bmb	46:57	4:07	42
19	34	WOOD	Heidi	333fab Cx Factory Team	47:03	4:13	32
20	27	LUPIEN	Leslie	Dartmouth Cycling Team	47:04	s.t.	29
21	24	FACCONE	Erin	Team Averica	47:23	4:33	33
22	31	KUYK-WHITE	Taylor	Laser Cats Feline All Stars	47:42	4:52	30
23	20	THOMPSON	Stephanie		47:46	4:56	30
24	26	VAN DER HOOP	Julie	Mit Cycling Team P/b Thoughtfor	47:57	5:07	29
25	36	DINAN	Clio	Küdü Collective Cx	48:13	5:23	20
26	18	MUDGE	Taryn	Fearless Femme Racing	48:20	5:30	31
27	21	WULFKUHLE	Kathleen	717 Cycling P/b Rsi Panels	48:24	5:34	36
28	17	LUKOWSKI	Elizabeth	Woo Girl!	48:37	5:47	40
29	11	KRAVITZ	Shaina	Kelpius Cycling	48:50	6:00	38
30	15	BROOIJMANS	Natasja	Green Line Velo Driven By Zipca	49:23	6:33	42
31	13	WILLIAMS	Paige	Ladies First	49:42	6:52	21
32	19	BAUER	Lindsey	Trt Bicycles	50:30	7:40	32
33	12	REINKORDT	Elisabeth	Laser Cats Feline All-stars	51:13	8:23	34
34	23	FESTA	Lauren	Rare Disease Cycling / Keswick	51:34	8:44	33
@1Lap	16	FERRO	Shane	Columbia University Cycling			28
DNF	22	HAUSLE	Lydia	Team Averica			26
DNS	29	WHITE	Elizabeth	House Ind/withings/simplehuman			23

2016 HPCX Day 2 UCI C2 Results - Elite Men

Place	Bib	Last	First	Team	Time	Gap
1	10	DECKER	Carl	Giant Factory Off-road Team	59:53	-
2	2	DURRIN	Jeremy	Neon Velo Cycling Team	1:00:15	0:22
3	13	ST JOHN	Derrick	Van Dessel P/b Hyperthreads	1:00:25	0:32
4	11	OBERMAN	Cole	Protestedgear.com	1:00:43	0:50
5	8	MARION	Robert	American Classic Pro Cx Team	1:00:54	1:01
6	9	JUILIANO	Andrew	Voler/clif/hrs/rock Lobster	1:01:03	1:10
7	15	WOODALL	Ryan	Team Tgb / Mumu / Felt	1:01:07	1:14
8	21	D'AVINO	Mark	Cadence Cycling	1:01:24	1:31
9	3	SMITH	Scott	Jam / Ncc	1:02:06	2:13
10	5	BRADFORD-PARISH	Kevin	Set/coaching Giro Scratchlabs	1:02:21	2:28
11	6	KISSEBERTH	Jack	Jam / Ncc	1:02:30	2:37
12	4	CRAIG	Adam	Giant Factory Off-road Team	1:02:44	2:51
13	39	SNYDER	Jordan	C3-twenty20 Cycling	1:03:15	3:22
14	34	WULFKUHLE	Andrew	717cycling P/b Rsi Panels	1:03:34	3:41
15	31	GOGUELY	Jules	Apex/nbx/trek	1:03:47	3:54
16	26	DAVIS	Merwin	Cyclus Sports	1:04:04	4:11
17	23	MURPHY	Kyle	Hudson/ludwig & Larsen Racing	1:04:08	4:15
18	29	BLACKBURN	Trent	Ncc / Jam Fund	1:04:11	4:18
19	37	SNYDER	Aaron	Stan's Notubes/7 Mountains Lodg	1:04:13	4:20
20	27	MIHALIK	Michael	Jmac Cycling/novacare	1:04:14	4:21
21	41	WILLIS	Tim	King Kog	1:04:43	4:50
22	40	FLIS	Mark	Squadra Flying Tigers Pb Jamis	1:04:50	4:57
23	42	FESTA	Mike	Philadelphia Ciclismo	1:05:09	5:16
24	18	KESSLER	David	Rhode Island School Of Design	1:05:44	5:51
25	25	TYLER	Matthew	Küdü Collective Cx	1:06:01	6:08
26	32	OAKES	Aaron	Wenzel Coaching	1:06:15	6:22
27	30	MARGARITE	Michael	Crca/the Weather Channel Giant	1:06:41	6:48
28	35	STAUFFER	Jesse	Kelly Benefit Strategies/lsv	1:07:00	7:07
29	17	LEBAIR	Craig	Philadelphia Ciclismo	1:07:14	7:21
30	20	VRAMBOUT	Olivier	Waffle Power	1:07:37	7:44
31	44	NIESEN	Chris	Ncc / Jam	1:07:59	8:06
32	38	STONER	Jerod	717 Cycling P/b Rsi Panels	1:08:53	9:00
@2Lap	48	DRUMMOND	Jack	Arrow Racing
@2Lap	24	MANDERFELD	Tristan	Army West Point Cycling Team
@2Lap	45	GOORSKEY	Abe	American Classic Pro Cx Team
@2Lap	28	GARRISON	Keith	King Kog
@3Lap	19	LINTS	Andrew	Rit Cycling
@3Lap	47	BUEHRER	Preston	B2c2 P/b Boloco
DNF	16	MURPHY	Evan	Hudson/ludwig & Larsen Racing
DNF	12	O'KEEFE	Samuel	House Ind/withings/simplehuman
DNF	43	ERCHULL	Matthew	Küdü Collective Cx
DNF	33	ADASAVAGE	Gerald	Hudson/ludwig & Larsen Racing
DNF	46	HUFF	Evan	Bikereg
DNS	1	CLARK	Anthony	Squid Bikes
DNS	7	MARECAILLE	Antonin
DNS	14	CHABANOV	Dan	House Ind/withings/simplehuman
DNS	22	SITLER	Jake	Van Dessel Factory Team
DNS	36	RESEK	Hunter	Giant Co-factory Off Road Team