Brother-Sister White Duo Sweep Podium at Day 2 of the Verge Northampton International

by Lauren LeClaire, Vittoria Series Media Coordinator

Day 2 of the Verge Northampton International saw a clean sweep from the Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com squad with wins from siblings Curtis White and Emma White. Both the Elite Women and the Elite Men’s UCI Category 2 races featured fast, tactical racing on a dry, chilly day in Northampton, Mass., with the men’s race coming down to a sprint finish.

Emma White Leads Early and Late for the Win

In the Elite Women’s race, Emma White put out a confident early effort to take the lead on the first lap. It was her first top step of the podium for a UCI Elite Women's race this season on the USA Cycling Professional Cyclocross Calendar.

"It was really, really tactical," said White, who sits number two overall in the Pro CX Women's standings going into today. "I was in the front in the first lap and a half and I realized I was putting out a lot more energy than I probably should have. And I was worried that when Ellen (Noble) attacked, that I felt like I had done a little bit more, and burned a little bit more matches, than she has, so it was just about making that final match everything I had. It had to be one big acceleration. Right before we went into the woods that last time she (Noble) had the lead and had a pretty good gap and I was with Maghalie (Rochette) and we were trying to bring her back and I just realized that I had to do it on my own."

White would finish six seconds ahead of Aspire Racing's Ellen Noble. "I was drilling it and then I came into the kinda technical sections just before all these straights and she (Emma White) was closer than I anticipated, and I could even see her through the 180's. And by the time we got to here (final lap), she was closer to me than I thought, so I was like 'anything can happen on this sand stuff'. If she had to put a foot down I wanted to be right there. And yeah, I was a couple seconds off, but anything could have happened."

Rochette (Luna Pro Team) would follow in third place, after her win on Day 1 at Look Park. "It was super technical and we were just kind of following each other. And Emma (White) was really, really strong. For her, it's a good thing she won, she was definitely the strongest out there today. It was cool though, the technical section was super fun. It kind of split up on the last lap I guess, I was catching up to Ellen (Noble) who was second in the woods and then I face planted in the run up."

Curtis White Edges Jeremy Powers at the Finish

The Elite Men's race featured a huge 70-rider field at the start and was full of one-on-one battles. Curtis White went back and forth with Jeremy Powers (Aspire Racing) for several laps. The victory for White is his second for the weekend, and fifth C2 win for the Pro CX season.

"Powers was going hard. There were probably three straight laps where he didn't look back once. He knew what he was doing, he was on a mission," said Curtis White about his antagonist for the day. "The best I could do was just try to hang on. We kind of went back and forth the last lap and half, two laps or so. On the last lap I tried to get in front and take control, but every time he came back and was able to hit it hard. He led the last 500 meters, or so and I thought. He almost had me on the second to last straight away, but I knew if I could win the corner I could hold it to the finish."

The battle with Powers came down to the very final turn. Powers, who swept the opening weekend of C1 and C2 races this season at Rochester Cyclocross, finished five seconds back for another podium, just not the top step.

"Right in the final, he just got around me," Powers said about trying to hold off White. "I thought he was going to over-cook it in the last turn. He was going so hot, but I think that was his goal, like either I make this or I don't, and I crash or I win. So he won and that's how you have to do it. I backed off a little bit because I thought for sure he was going down, but that’s how it goes."

Rounding out the podium, it came down to another sprint finish between Jeremy Durrin (Neon Velo Cycling) and Dylan McNicholas (Polartec). McNicholas took third place over Durrin in a head-to-head sprint to the line. Canadian Jeremy Martin (Focus CX Team Canada) was fifth.

The Verge Northampton International, now in its 26th year, is the oldest UCI race in the U.S. It is the second of four events in the Vittoria Northeast Cyclocross Series presented by Cycle-Smart.

Next on the calendar for Pro CX will be Supercross Cup in Suffern, N.Y., and CXLA Weekend in Los Angeles, Calif. Both events have two days of C2 racing for Elite Women and men Nov. 19-20. CXLA also offers separate UCI races for junior men (17-18) and U23 men.

Be sure to view the entire Photo Gallery below the results.

2016 Northampton International Cyclocross Results Day 2: Elite Women

Place	Bib #	Last Name	First Name	Team	Time
1	2	White	Emma	Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com	44:57:00
2	1	Noble	Ellen	Aspire Racing	45:03:00
3	6	Rochette	Maghalie	LUNA Pro Team	45:16:00
4	3	Anthony	Crystal	maxxis-shimano pro cyclocross	45:27:00
5	4	Kemmerer	Arley	Fearless Femme Racing	45:35:00
6	5	Cumming	Kathryn	Jalapeno Cycling	47:27:00
7	7	Elliott	Natasha	Garneau - Easton Cycling	47:32:00
8	8	Maximenko	Cassandra	Van Dessel/Atom Composites/ISM	47:37:00
9	10	Wright	Julie	Team Averica	47:39:00
10	28	Legge	Regina	GREEN LINE VELO driven by Zipcar	48:08:00
11	11	Arman	Danielle	Tenspeed Hero	48:21:00
12	13	Northcott	Katherine	West Hill Shop	48:25:00
13	9	Gross	Rebecca	Zero D Racing	48:41:00
14	14	Rubino	Rachel	Fearless Femme Racing	49:14:00
15	46	Van Der Hoop	Julie	MIT Cycling Team p/b Thoughtforms	49:23:00
16	12	Bowman	Brittlee	HOUSE IND/WITHINGS/SIMPLEHUMAN	49:34:00
17	23	Faccone	Erin	Team Averica	49:39:00
18	21	Dinan	Clio	KÜDÜ Collective CX	49:49:00
19	42	Szymkowicz	Caitlin	Barks X Wreck Adventure Club	49:56:00
20	47	Vetter	Jauron (Roni)	State 9 Racing p/b Vittoria	50:14:00
21	25	Grogan	Joanne	NEXT-BMB	50:24:00
22	27	Heise	Alana	HSC Garneau	50:26:00
23	43	Tapias	Natalie	JAM / NCC	50:35:00
24	48	Wanat	Kathleen	Bikes+Life	50:56:00
25	49	White	Elizabeth	HOUSE IND/WITHINGS/SIMPLEHUMAN	51:05:00
26	39	Piciga	Natascha	Giant Toronto/Liv pb Powerwatts	51:09:00
27	50	Williams	Paige	ladies first racing	51:35:00
28	16	Seipp	Carol	Foundry Cycles	51:46:00
29	31	Lupien	Leslie	Dartmouth College	52:09:00
30	30	Lukowski	Elizabeth	Woo Girl!	52:27:00
31	51	Wojewoda	Jenny	HUP United	52:35:00
32	44	Thompson	Stephanie		53:12:00
33	37	Mudge	Taryn	Fearless Femme Racing	53:16:00
34	22	Dowd	Caitlin	This Team Saves Lives	54:01:00
35	36	Morrison	Frances	BikeReg	1L
36	34	Melikian	Sara	pedalpowertraining.com	1L
37	26	Hausle	Lydia	Team Averica	1L
38	32	Makoujy	Stephanie	Tall Sock Racing	2L
39	29	Lewandowski	Rebecca	Rare Disease Cycling / Keswick	2L
999	40	Ramsay	Turner	KMS Cycling - Killington Mountain School	DNF

2016 Northampton International Cyclocross Results Day 2: Elite Men

Place	Bib #	Last Name	First Name	Team	Time
1	2	White	Curtis	Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com	56:16:00
2	1	Powers	Jeremy	Aspire Racing	56:21:00
3	12	Mcnicholas	Dylan	POLARTEC	57:40:00
4	3	Durrin	Jeremy	Neon Velo Cycling Team	57:42:00
5	4	Martin	Jeremy	Focus CX Team Canada	58:03:00
6	14	Goguen	Peter	RACE CF	58:30:00
7	16	Beard	Cameron	Cannondale P/B Cyclocrossworld.com Devo	58:38:00
8	11	Juiliano	Andrew	VOLER/CLIF/HRS/ROCK LOBSTER	58:41:00
9	8	Marion	Robert	American Classic Pro CX Team	58:46:00
10	10	St John	Derrick	Van Dessel p/b Hyperthreads	58:46:00
11	17	Myerson	Adam	Cycle-Smart	59:40:00
12	19	Murphy	Evan	Hudson/Ludwig & Larsen Racing	59:49:00
13	20	Snyder	Jordan	C3-Twenty20 Cycling	59:52:00
14	23	Blackburn	Trent	NCC / JAM Fund	1:00:03
15	34	Daigle	Marc-André	Garneau Easton Cycling	1:00:03
16	56	Lemke	Nicholas	Kona/HiFi/Cycle-Smart	1:00:11
17	59	Mihalik	Michael	Jmac Cycling/Novacare	1:00:22
18	43	Goguely	Jules	Apex/NBX/Trek	1:00:35
19	78	St. Germain	Adam	Apex / NBX / Trek Pro Cycling	1:00:37
20	15	Chabanov	Dan	HOUSE IND/WITHINGS/SIMPLEHUMAN	1:00:42
21	66	Owens	Michael	Hands-On Cycling p/b Giant	1:01:08
22	54	Lando	Nick	UVM Cycling	1:01:15
23	31	Clements	Matthew	Bike Doctor Frederick	1:01:35
24	18	Judelson	Max	Voler/Clif/HRS/Rock Lobster	1:01:42
25	37	Eckert	John	STAMPEDE!	1:01:47
26	40	Fitzgibbons	Daniel	GREEN LINE VELO driven by Zipcar	1:01:48
27	21	Adasavage	Gerald	Hudson/Ludwig & Larsen Racing	1:01:50
28	22	Berhtram	Charles	B2C2 / Boloco	1:01:50
29	86	Willis	Tim	KING KOG	1:01:52
30	62	Murphy	Kyle	Hudson/Ludwig & Larsen Racing	1:01:53
31	69	Prescott	Fred	Dr. Naylor-Treadwelltraining Racing	1:02:00
32	76	Smith	Bradford	the drifters	1:02:05
33	33	Curtis	Zachary	Bridgewater State University	1:02:08
34	24	Borden	Andrew	Squadra Flying Tigers	1:02:19
35	64	Niesen	Chris	NCC / JAM	1:02:22
36	75	Scott	Cameron	Barks + Wreck	1:02:23
37	60	Mollo	Matt	ECV | Essex County Velo	1:02:33
38	27	Butler	Case	NCC/JAM	1:02:43
39	80	Thibault-Roberge	Jean-Philippe	Trek Cyclocross Collective	1:02:52
40	85	Willard	Ted		1:03:01
41	72	Reuter	Colin	crossresults.com	1:03:04
42	87	Wissell	Michael	B2C2/Boloco	1:03:09
43	46	Goorskey	Abe	American Classic Pro CX Team	1:03:18
44	65	Oakes	Aaron	Wenzel Coaching	1:03:28
45	53	Kessler	David	Rhode Island School of Design	1:03:31
46	81	Tyler	Matthew	KÜDÜ Collective CX	1:03:37
47	25	Bradshaw	Peter	CrossResults.com	1:03:38
48	48	Jacobs	Jayson	BREISMEISTER FACTORY RACING	1:03:39
49	47	Griffo	Gregg	Park Ave Bike Shop	1:03:40
50	82	Vrambout	Olivier	waffle power	1:03:46
51	74	Scott	Andy	Riverside Racing	1:04:06
52	41	Frank	Andrew		1:04:14
53	26	Buehrer	Preston	B2C2 p/b Boloco	1:04:17
54	84	Wenczel	Kale	Joe's Garage	1:05:04
55	73	Schon	Ian	B2C2/Boloco	1:05:11
56	28	Butler	Derrick	University of Pennsylvania	1:05:18
57	77	Sousa	Matthew	B2C2/Boloco	1:05:35
58	100	Ross	Anson	Southbridge bikes/cannondale	1:05:46
59	63	Nicholas	Andrew	RPI	2L
60	57	Manderfeld	Tristan	Army West Point Cycling Team	2L
61	68	Perry	Spencer	RIT Cycling	2L
62	44	Goguen	Chris	RACE CF | racecf.org	2L
63	35	Dombrowski	Joe	Cannondale Drapac	2L
999	50	Keough	Ian	Keough CX	DNF
999	83	Waterman	Kailin	Voler/Clif/HRS/Rocklobster	DNF
999	52	Keough	Nicholas	Keough Cyclocross	DNF
999	61	Moran	A.J.	GREEN LINE VELO driven by Zipcar	DNF
999	38	Erchull	Matthew	KÜDÜ Collective CX	DNF
999	70	Raab	Trevor		DNF

2016 Verge Northampton International Photo Gallery - Day 2: