Trebon and Compton Double at Day 2 of Cincy3 CX Festival

Under the Cross After Dark Series disco lights, through deep wet mud from an all-day rain, and to the smears of the HeckleOnline.com Heckle Ghoul, Ryan Trebon (Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld) and Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross) again soloed to wins, this time at the Lionhearts International at Kings CX in Mason OH p/b Toyota and Siemens.  The drama of the day unfolded when Cross After Dark Men’s Series leader Ben Berden (Raleigh Clement) lost the rear end on a wicked slick off-camber which ripped his wheel and derailleur from the dropouts.  The Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival continues tomorrow at the big C1 finale p/b Reece-Campbell and United Dairy Farmers at Harbin Park in the suburb of Fairfield.  You can follow the news live on Twitter @Cincy3CX or on the festival’s Facebook page.

ELITE WOMEN

With light reflecting from the tape-to-tape mud, Katerina Nash (LUNA) took to the front early with Katie Compton and Kaitlin Antonneau (Cannondale/CyclocrossWorld).  As they came through the sloppy railroad tie run-up flanked by throngs of heckling fans (one with dollar hand-ups hanging from a fishing pole), they were followed closely by Maureen Bruno Roy (Bob’s Red Mill) and Nicole Thiemann (Team CF-Elite).  Not too far off separated and solo were Caroline Mani (Raleigh-Clement), Amanda Carey (Volkswagen Boise), Andrea Smith (Ladies First), Rebecca Blatt (Van Dessel) and Katie Arnold (Bob’s Red Mill.)

Compton made her first dig on the “Camel Hump,” a 30 foot slick off-camber steep lump which had to be climbed and descended three times in succession.  She was one of few who cleaned all three sections every time.  Gapped, Nash dug deep over the DeFeet flyover.   A half lap later, she made contact just before the Heckle Zone run-up, only to have Compton pop her 200 meters later, again at the Camel.  From there, Compton continued to increase her gap for the win.  Behind the riders strung out with Carey and James both going down in the slick mud.  Nash would take second followed by Antonneau.  Mani would pull out mid race, still not feeling well after a hectic travel schedule.  Compton cleaned up well for the podium, but joked the mud was still caked under a layer of clean clothes.

ELITE MEN

As the Elite Men sloshed their way to the soft hole-shot, Michael Sherer (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit), Berden and local Andrew Dillman (Bob’s Red Mill) showed their colors at the front.  Trebon confided after the race that he had a poor start.

Through the run-up on lap 1, Trebon managed to make it a loose group of three at the front with Berden, and Ryan Knapp (The Pony Shop).  Then they hit the camel hump and Trebon pulled clear with Berden on his wheel.  Riders gapped behind included: Dillman, Bradley White (Moms in Tow Cyclocross), Trebon’s teammate Jamie Driscoll, Chris Sheppard (Rocky Mountain Bicycles), Knapp, Sherer, Canadian champ Craig Richey (SponsorConnected.com), Robert Marion (American Classic Pro CX Team), and Kevin Bradford (Emde Sport-Fitness Fanatics.)

Then disaster struck for Berden.  Watching from the nearby Heckle run-up, fans were shocked and couldn’t believe the carnage.  On a series of slick slow hilly off camber turns between the pit and the run-up, Berden washed out.  As he picked us his bike and began running, the rear wheel caught for a moment on the chain, then fell cleanly to the ground.  A fan shouted, “Ben!  Ben!  Your wheel!”  Berden pressed on without it, shouldering two-thirds of a bike for a death-slog to the pit, a half lap away.  With a free pass, Trebon was gone for good.

Behind riders slid and wrecked.  Dillman went into the tape on the same off-camber that took out Berden.  Many chose to run the climbs of the slick camel rather than chance a mid-hill dismount.  Livermon, who wasn’t in the top 10 early on, now was clawing his way through traffic.  With four to go, Trebon crested the run-up and a rooster tail of mud flew from his rear wheel as he turned on the gas on the paved golf course path.

Driscoll worked his way into a solid second position, with a few seconds separating White, Livermon,  Sheppard, and Dillman.  Further back was Knapp, in front of the Krughoff/ Richey duo by a few seconds.  With three to go, Livermon continued to shine, working his way through the muck up to third.  Dillman continued to hop the low LED lit barriers every lap to the cheers and cowbells of the crowd.  However, there was a shake-up in store in the closing laps.

Trebon crossed the finish line at 1:07:47.  Apparently the early fast laps skewed the lap timing, perhaps resulting in a slight miscalculation by the officials and a rather long race.  It was just what White needed.  With the extra real estate he closed and passed Livermon to take third.  Dillman showed his young budding strength, endurance and skills to finish with an impressive fifth among riders vying for National and Worlds team selections.

Elite Men Results:

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age*	Result	PaR	PcR
1	Ryan TREBON	USA	32	1:07:47	40	40
2	James DRISCOLL	USA	27	1:10:38	30	30
3	Bradley WHITE	USA	31	1:10:54	20	20
4	Travis LIVERMON	USA	25	1:11:01	15	15
5	Andrew DILLMAN	USA	19	1:11:20	10	10
6	Chris SHEPPARD	CAN	40	1:11:48	8	8
7	Allen KRUGHOFF	USA	29	1:12:23	6	6
8	Craig RICHEY	CAN	29	1:12:40	4	4
9	Ryan KNAPP	USA	29	1:13:28	2	2
10	Craig ETHERIDGE	USA	33	1:14:07	1	1
11	Josh JOHNSON	USA	21	1:14:34
12	Luke HALEY	USA	19	1:14:40
13	Spencer PAXSON	USA	29	1:15:07
14	Tom BURKE	USA	34	1:15:08
15	Robert MARION	USA	31	1:15:09
16	Greg WITTWER	USA	30	1:15:27
17	Corey STELLJES	USA	33	1:15:42
18	Sven BAUMANN	GER	33	1:15:58
19	Nick WAITE	USA	30
20	Weston SCHEMPF	USA	36
21	Andrew REARDON	USA	31
22	Kevin BRADFORD-PARISH	USA	31
23	John PROPPE	USA	26
24	Ryan FAWLEY	USA	28
25	Mike SHERER	USA	27
26	Daniel GEROW	USA	22
27	Chase DICKENS	USA	19
28	Jason MONK	USA	32
29	Joseph MALONEY	USA	23
30	Gian DALLE ANGELINI	USA	25
31	Chad TIEMAN	USA	25
32	Christopher BOGEDIN	USA	24
33	Raymond SMITH	USA	28
34	Jason SIEGLE	USA	34
35	Ernesto MARENCHIN	USA	41
36	Mark PARMELEE	USA	31
37	Alistair SPONSEL	USA	35
38	Ben COLEMAN	USA	29
39	Michael CROUCH	USA	35
40	James BILLITER	USA	37
41	Scott BAUMER	USA	28
42	Myles LIETZKE	USA	27
43	Ashton WISCHMEIER	USA	23
44	Christopher UBERTI	USA	26

Elite Women Results:

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age*	Result	PaR	PcR
1	Katherine COMPTON	USA	35	39:10:00	40	40
2	Katerina NASH	CZE	36	40:11:00	30	30
3	Kaitlin ANTONNEAU	USA	21	41:04:00	20	20
4	Maureen BRUNO ROY	USA	38	42:54:00	15	15
5	Amanda CAREY	USA	35	43:46:00	10	10
6	Ashley JAMES	USA	23	44:17:00	8	8
7	Andrea SMITH	USA	35	44:42:00	6	6
8	Nicole THIEMANN	USA	34	45:02:00	4	4
9	Rebecca BLATT	USA	33	45:20:00	2	2
10	Katie ARNOLD	USA	29	45:30:00	1	1
11	Rebecca GROSS	USA	33	46:16:00
12	Erin SILLIMAN	USA	31	46:19:00
13	Corrie OSBORNE	USA	18	47:23:00
14	Corey COOGAN	USA	36	47:29:00
15	Therese MEEK	USA	30	48:26:00
16	Sierra SIEBENLIST	USA	27	49:15:00
17	Elizabeth COBB	USA	31	49:26:00
18	Allison ARENSMAN	USA	19	49:29:00
19	Sarah FREDRICKSON	USA	30
20	Cooper AMBJORN	USA	35
21	Marne SMILEY	USA	31
22	Jessica OWINGS	USA	34