Singlespeed Men Results – 2022 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, Hartford, CT

The singlespeed men delivered the thriller of the week so far.

Kerry Werner (Kona Adventure Team) and Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz Bicycles) converted bikes to one gear and added to the star power of the final race of the day. Lining up with them were former singlespeed champs Ben Frederick (The Small Monsters Project pb Ornot-Ritchey) and Jake Wells (Alpha Bicycle Co. – Groove Silverthorne), along with pros Cody Kaiser (Kinetic Cycles – Specialized – SRAM – Zipp) and Max Judelson (Rock Lobster International). Teacher Casey Hildebrandt made his return to racing with his students cheering him on.

The singlespeed title race has come along away since 2015 in Austin, when it was mostly a singlespeed purist’s race, with a few cyclocross pros jumping in and upsetting those dedicated to one-gear.

Now it’s anyone’s race, and a good opener for the pros.

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Werner and Ortenblad quickly made it a two-man race, and it came down to each turn.

 

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USA Cycling offered its take on the race:

The biggest field of the weekend was the Men’s Singlespeed race with 101 registrants [Ed. note: 92 starters], and it lived up to the hype. In one of the closest races of the day, Kerry Werner (Vinton, Va.; Kona Adventure Team) and Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz, Calif.; Santa Cruz Bicycles ) stayed wheel to wheel for the entire race.

It came down to the final stretch, where Werner was able to create a small gap as they went onto the pavement, not even having a moment to post-up after giving everything he had to win on that last lap. The duo rode the fastest lap of the day on the course, riding under a 9-minute lap time.

Casey Hildebrand (Antigo, Wisc.; Broken Spoke) made his comeback to racing after taking some time off to pursue teaching full-time. The kids in his classroom were cheering loud for him to take third in a stacked Singlespeed field.

Werner spent the day playing defense. He recalled the one-on-one battle:

I think [that was] partly luck and partly putting my head down and going for it. Tobin was really crafty on that last lap, I just kept on trying to take away lines from him that he had been taking, but then he would just do the opposite line, and he would get in front of me, I knew there wasn’t a lot of space to pass in the last two minutes of the lap, so I really wanted to be in front, and I passed him in the dip on heading into the stairs, and once I got on the front, I had to stay on the gas.

When looking ahead to the Elite race tomorrow, Werner said, “I’m not saying I thought this would be easy, but I didn’t think it would be quite so hard. I was kind of using it as an opener, but I don’t know. I think we’ll just go into it and do the best we can for recovery tonight. I typically do better on the second day in a weekend, but I’m also racing against a lot of other guys that also will be racing for the second day, so it will be interesting to see.”

 

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Werner has had lots of success at Nationals but also a lot of heartbreak, including getting stuck in course tape while in contention for the title in Lakewood in 2019.

Tim Love celebrated Werner’s big win with some great artwork.

 

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The one-gear title caps off Werner’s part-time cyclocross season that was mixed with gravel and mountain biking. Both Werner and Ortenblad will line up tomorrow for a crack at the Pro Men’s title.

 

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See the full results for the race below.

Featured image used with permission from Tim Love. Follow him at Mit Evol on Instagram.

2022 USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals Hartford, CT Results: Singlespeed Men

Rank	Bib	Name	Affiliation	Time	Laps
1	764	Kerry WERNER JR.	Kona Adventure Team	36:20:00	4
2	765	Tobin ORTENBLAD	Santa Cruz Bicycles	36:23:00	4
3	768	Casey HILDEBRANDT	Broken Spoke	37:58:00	4
4	762	Max JUDELSON	Rock Lobster International	38:08:00	4
5	761	Ben FREDERICK	The Small Monsters Project pb Ornot-Ritchey	38:10:00	4
6	763	Jake WELLS	Alpha Bicycle Co. - Groove Silverthorne	38:59:00	4
7	770	Andrew GINIAT	Pony Shop Cyclocross Team	39:32:00	4
8	857	Cody KAISER	Kinetic Cycles - Specialized - SRAM - Zipp	39:40:00	4
9	776	Nick LANDO	Competitive Edge Racing	39:54:00	4
10	771	Keiran EAGEN	Team Durango Segment 28	40:09:00	4
11	769	Frederick JUNGE	Broom Wagon Works	40:30:00	4
12	822	Cobe FREEBURN	Bear national team	40:43:00	4
13	815	Kent HAMMOND	PAA Cycling	41:17:00	4
14	782	Henry CONAWAY	Bissell ABG Giant	41:23:00	4
15	781	Ryan POPPLE	Cycle-Smart	41:46:00	4
16	829	Justin ROBINSON	Santa Cruz Free agent	42:13:00	4
17	849	Aaron ANDERSON	Biciclista US	42:22:00	4
18	777	Tommy SERVETAS	Competitive Edge Racing	42:32:00	4
19	778	William HARDIN	Project Echelon Racing	42:33:00	4
20	780	Jay GANSER	Carpe Diem	42:34:00	4
21	790	Donny GREEN	1 PVD Cycling	42:45:00	4
22	767	Nathaniel VACURA	Go4Graham	42:56:00	4
23	789	Logan KASPER	0	43:03:00	4
24	785	Paul BOURCIER	Symantec Corp-SPR	43:05:00	4
25	788	Eli WOODARD	Velocious Sport	43:11:00	4
26	853	Cody PHILLIPS	WTB	43:32:00	4
27	800	Benjamin STRINE	717 Cycling	43:34:00	4
28	794	Cole OBERMAN	V??sen Brewing --- V??t Fot Bicycles	43:43:00	4
29	801	Philip MAYNARD	CNYC-NYCM Insurance	43:45:00	4
30	791	Cole ELLISON	Cole & Matts Big Adventure	43:50:00	4
31	858	Michael WISSELL	B2C2 p-b JRA Cycles	43:58:00	4
32	805	Wells WILLETT	Dartmouth Cycling Team	44:02:00	4
33	766	Jason HARTMAN	Groove Subaru Excel Sports	44:05:00	4
34	793	Shawn GEIGER	0	44:05:00	4
35	783	Zach BENDER	Cycle-Smart	44:27:00	4
36	843	Chad CHEENEY	Durango Devo	44:47:00	4
37	787	Coakley JOPLING	Stage 1-Airline Cycles	45:04:00	4
38	798	Mark HARMS	Neff Cycle Service	45:15:00	4
39	855	William WARBURTON	Cascadia Junior Cycling	45:33:00	4
40	823	Kevin ORLOWSKI	Chainline Cycles	45:37:00	4
41	840	Tyler STEIN	DNA Cycling	45:45:00	4
42	775	Andrew HARBUCK	Alpha Bicycle - Groove Silverthorne	45:46:00	4
43	797	Frank DEAL	The Black Bibs	46:03:00	4
44	796	Miles ERICSON	Farmington Valley Youth Cycling	46:05:00	4
45	786	Dan LARINO	The Valley Om p-b Two Rivers Brewing	46:09:00	4
46	824	Samuel BRAMEL	NorthStar Development	46:45:00	4
47	784	Zach ANDREWS	Bissell-ABG-Giant	46:53:00	4
48	806	George LEWIS	Team Bikenetic	35:00:00	3
49	808	Brooks NABLO	Stage 1 - Airline Cycles	35:03:00	3
50	792	Brody BURNHAM	NorthStar Development	35:13:00	3
51	804	Shane BLACK-MACKEN	pedalpowertraining.com	35:28:00	3
52	861	Ryan CONLEY	Capital Bicycle Racing Club	35:35:00	3
53	845	Alexander WARNER	Alpine Carbon Racing	35:39:00	3
54	841	Clyde Sebastian LOGUE	Dartmouth Cycling Team	35:48:00	3
55	814	Matthew KIEL	0	36:03:00	3
56	859	Robert DONOVAN	Avout Racing	36:15:00	3
57	813	James STRANE	ECE Racing - SWOOD Racing p-b Cutaway	36:39:00	3
58	802	Jeffrey SLADE	717Cycling	37:13:00	3
59	818	Nolan HOLMES	Dartmouth Cycling Team	37:30:00	3
60	812	Matthew REINHARDT	Aquidneck Cyclocross	37:34:00	3
61	863	Ian BURNETT	Fort Lewis College	37:56:00	3
62	807	Sean SMITH	JB???s Bike Shop Racing	38:06:00	3
63	819	Christopher ARNDT	Smanie	38:15:00	3
64	816	Noah HALLISEY	Mythic Bike Works-URI Cycling	38:15:00	3
65	832	David STEARNS	Fritz???s bicycle Shop	38:20:00	3
66	825	Eric WYZGA	0	38:20:00	3
67	852	Evan ADAMS	dfL	38:28:00	3
68	817	Pete MOHR	Old School Industries	38:43:00	3
69	809	Jim MOLNAR	Hammercross	25:56:00	2
70	860	Brian ROSENER	TMB Racing-Trek Bicycle Summit	25:58:00	2
71	773	Doug RICHARDS	Feedback Sports	25:59:00	2
72	842	Nicholas BROCATO	NBX-Narragansett Beer-Apex	26:09:00	2
73	839	Grant HALSEY	0	26:22:00	2
74	811	Chris HOWELL	Bike Dr Frederick-Dirty Kitten Gravel	26:35:00	2
75	836	John CORBO	Cheshire Cycle Racing	26:40:00	2
76	828	Jonathan SAWN	Hartland Hollow	26:50:00	2
77	831	Kurt LITSINGER	Stage 1 - Airline Cycles	26:55:00	2
78	821	Derek GRIGGS	Recycled Sports	27:01:00	2
79	830	Patrick LA PETINA	Hand Ups Off-Road Project	27:04:00	2
80	820	Jack KOSMA	Flowers	27:07:00	2
81	846	Alex LAIFER	0	27:43:00	2
82	851	Geoff WILLIAMS	NBX	28:21:00	2
83	833	Peter MORGAN	Valkyrie Racing	28:32:00	2
84	848	Alan CONNELL	Applied Direction	28:38:00	2
85	850	Benjamin KOYLE	Minuteman Road Club	29:16:00	2
86	847	Dillon PRONOVOST	Cheshire Cycle Racing	29:33:00	2
87	827	Jake FOX	Bike Doctor Frederick Racing Team	30:02:00	2
88	837	Skyler FUGELSO	Portlands Finest	30:13:00	2
89	854	Axel KABAN	0	27:13:00	1
DNF	835	Kobi GYETVAN	0		1
DNF	862	Spencer HACKETT	Inter Cap City Elite United p-b Re??l Westerville Bike Shop Fac		1
DNF	838	Lawrence PURTILL	Stedmans		1
DNS	772	Grant HOLICKY	Blue Competition Cycles		0
DNS	774	Paul RAPINZ	0		0
DNS	779	Seamus OCONNOR-WALKER	University of Iowa Cycling Club		0
DNS	799	Anthony VECCA	Stage 1 - AirLine Cycles		0
DNS	795	Jurgen BENEKE	DaHANGER - Harmony Builders		0
DNS	803	Devin CLARK	Pastaria Big Shark		0
DNS	810	Keith BURGOYNE	BikeReg		0
DNS	826	David SKROCKI	0		0
DNS	844	Anthony CLARK	Squid bikes		0

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