Wyman Doubles Up, Page and Hyde Take Day Wins at 2013 Charm City UCI Weekend – Report, Results

 

Two days of UCI racing at Charm City Cross, Rounds 3 and 4 of the Fuji Bikes Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series Presented by SRAM, saw Britain’s Helen Wyman win both days while National Champion Jonathan Page took day one and Stephen Hyde (Jam Fund NCC) seizing victory on Day 2.

Last year France’s Nicolas Bazin (Big Mat-Auber) and Britain’s Helen Wyman (Kona) claimed the top spots both days. This year, Wyman repeated her domination of the women’s race by  breaking away early and besting the field by over a minute.

Day One

While the starting grid area remained the same, this year’s redesigned course had a new finish and improved pit area that made for better viewing and racing.

A tricky dirt descent leading to a 180 degree left hand turn brought racers to the 75 yard finishing stretch on the road.  Barring sudden technical disaster, in a bunch finish, victory was nearly assured to whoever emerged first onto the tarmac.

With no challengers on either day, Wyman cruised to victory in parade lap fashion.  A real battle for the remaining podium spots ensued between Kemmerer, Thiemann, and Mo Bruno-Roy.  C3 Twenty20 Cycling elite racer Arley Kemmerer, fresh of a UCI win at Nittany race #2, briefly challenged Wyman in the women’s field before settling into a race for second with Nikki Thiemann (Team CF).   A mistake on the vicious stair section, clearly made for giants, cost Bruno Roy.

The rain held off for the women’s race, but would provide some damp conditions for the men.  Many wished for more rain and sloppier conditions, Page had a more difficult time than Wyman earning a day one victory as the men’s race went off at ludicrous speeds, shedding riders until it gradually dwindled to a lead group of six who would decide the outcome.

Riders took turns pulling with the majority of the work being done by former Philadelphia Cyclocross School rider Lukas Winterberg (Mueller Landscape/BH Bikes) of Switzerland, coming off a strong second place finish behind Tim Johnson at last weekend’s Green Mountain race, repeated his performance taking second behind Page.

Day Two

While day one was a display of dominance and strength, day two was full of surprises and near catastrophes.

Perennial podium topper Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom/Van Dessel) joined the women for the second day and showed a strong second place finish.  Kemmerer and Van Gilder were working together to chase Wyman when Kemmerer rolled a tubular on the back section of the course past the stairs.

Seizing the opportunity, Bruno Roy attacked and seized the third wheel.  Kemmerer’s pit bike proved problematic too, with a seat post that slipped causing her to sit back and pedal awkwardly. “I felt like I was on my tip toes because the saddle kept slipping,” she said. Undeterred, Kemmerer clawed her way back to catch Bruno Roy on the final lap and eventually pass her for third overall.

An eight lap race of attrition, the men’s race began with the group in tact and slowly whittled down to two riders—Page and Hyde.

With five laps to go,  it a group of 9 riders looked as if they would decide the race.  By the final lap, that group had whittled down to four—Page, Garrigan, Hyde and Livermon.  Winterberg, arguably the day’s most aggressive rider, found trouble in the sand and lost the group and his podium  opportunity.  When asked why he pulled so much, he replied, “I want to win. I want to go fast and push the pace.”

Hyde emerged on the final tarmac stretch ahead of Page and out-sprinted him to victory.   The crowd had goose bumps the size of grapefruits waiting to see who would emerge out of the descent and when it was Hyde, to see if he could hold off the Stars and Stripes.  Indeed, he did. Hyde should now be on everyone’s radar after his podium finishes at Nittany Cross and Sunday’s win at Charm City.  Expect a pro deal for this talented young star soon!

Charm City 2013 Day 1 Women

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age*	Result
1	Helen WYMAN	GBR	32	39:32:00
2	Arley KEMMERER	USA	29	40:51:00
3	Nicole THIEMANN	USA	34	40:59:00
4	Julie HUNTER	USA	26	41:13:00
5	Maureen BRUNO ROY	USA	38	41:20:00
6	Serena GORDON	USA	34	41:32:00
7	Brittlee BOWMAN	USA	29	41:44:00
8	Stacey BARBOSSA	USA	47	42:07:00
9	Allyson TUFANO	USA	33	42:25:00
10	Katrina DOWIDCHUK	USA	43	42:25:00
11	Emily SHIELDS	USA	20	42:39:00
12	Ally STACHER	USA	26	42:47:00
13	Katherine SHIELDS	USA	20	42:55:00
14	Lauren DAGOSTINO	USA	32	43:00:00
15	Carolyn POPOVIC	USA	35	43:01:00
16	Cheryl SORNSON	USA	44	43:07:00
17	Avanell SCHMITZ	USA	27	43:23:00
18	Kathleen WULFKUHLE	USA	32	43:26:00
19	Jessica KUTZ	USA	25	43:51:00
20	Erica YOZELL	USA	38	43:56:00
21	Traci RODOSTA	USA	41	43:59:00
22	Jennifer TILLMAN	USA	37	44:28:00
23	Victoria GATES	USA	16	44:34:00
24	Kristine CHURCH	USA	34	45:10:00
25	Amy BREYLA	USA	37	45:13:00
26	Linda MOLENDYKE	USA	30	45:22:00
27	Jocelyn MAULDIN	USA	32	45:29:00
28	Erin MASCELLI	USA	41	45:31:00
29	Bailey SEMIAN	USA	18	45:51:00
30	Dana MCALLISTER	USA	29	46:05:00
31	Kaitlyn LAWRENCE	USA	19	46:32:00
32	Jennifer POPE	USA	38	46:34:00
33	Heather HEINRICH	USA	41	46:49:00
34	Ginny JEPPI	USA	18	47:00:00
35	Lauren FESTA	USA	29	47:46:00
36	Caitlin THOMPSON	USA	29	48:35:00
37	Stephanie THOMPSON	USA	26
38	Abigail ISOLDA	USA	35

Charm City 2013 Day 1 Men

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age*	Result
1	Jonathan PAGE	USA	37	1:03:28
2	Lukas WINTERBERG	SUI	25	1:03:29
3	Stephen HYDE	USA	26	1:03:29
4	Dan TIMMERMAN	USA	33	1:03:31
5	Anthony CLARK	USA	26	1:03:31
6	Cameron DODGE	USA	22	1:03:32
7	Ryan KNAPP	USA	29	1:03:43
8	Mike GARRIGAN	CAN	32	1:03:44
9	Craig RICHEY	CAN	29	1:03:47
10	Greg WITTWER	USA	30	1:03:52
11	Christian FAVATA	USA	35	1:04:08
12	Jacob LASLEY	USA	36	1:04:46
13	Travis LIVERMON	USA	25	1:04:53
14	Lewis GAFFNEY	USA	21	1:04:57
15	Alex RYAN	USA	25	1:05:18
16	Ryan DEWALD	USA	34	1:05:32
17	Stephen CUMMINGS	USA	33	1:05:39
18	Jordan SNYDER	USA	32	1:05:39
19	Cole OBERMAN	USA	23	1:06:29
20	Nick WAITE	USA	30	1:06:45
21	Michael MIHALIK	USA	31	1:07:04
22	Timothy RUGG	USA	28	1:07:08
23	Bryan FAWLEY	USA	28	1:07:33
24	Tim VAN NUFFEL	BEL	32	1:07:43
25	Patrick BLAIR	USA	32	1:07:53
26	Matthew MEANS	USA	25	1:08:03
27	Mike FESTA	USA	30	1:08:12
28	Maksym SHEPITKO	UKR	25	1:08:15
29	Evan MURPHY	USA	25	1:08:33
30	Michael VAN DEN HAM	CAN	21	1:08:46
31	Joe PIGGA	USA	35	1:08:52
32	Greg WHITNEY	USA	28	1:09:01
33	Marten ROBERTS BEELS	USA	34	1:09:18
34	Cody LACOSTA	USA	22	1:09:20
35	Andy BROOKS	USA	27	1:09:34
36	Eric FISCHER	USA	27
37	Patrick BRADLEY	USA	23
38	David WEAVER	USA	42
39	Hal BATDORF	USA	29
40	Szymon NIEMOTKO	USA	33
41	Wyatt STOUP	USA	23
42	Skyler MACKEY	USA	18
43	Steven ORDONS	USA	30
44	Willem HEYDENDAEL	USA	35
45	Dan WOLF	USA	24
46	Evan COOPER	USA	23
47	Andrew WEBSTER	USA	30
48	Barret FISHNER	USA	30
49	Brendan MCGRATH	USA	29
50	Joseph O'BRIEN-APPLEGATE	USA	25

Charm City 2013 Day 2 Women

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age*	Result
1	Helen WYMAN	GBR	32	38:49:00
2	Laura VAN GILDER	USA	49	39:37:00
3	Arley KEMMERER	USA	29	40:10:00
4	Maureen BRUNO ROY	USA	38	40:14:00
5	Nicole THIEMANN	USA	34	40:33:00
6	Serena GORDON	USA	34	41:31:00
7	Katrina DOWIDCHUK	USA	43	41:42:00
8	Stacey BARBOSSA	USA	47	41:44:00
9	Ally STACHER	USA	26	42:09:00
10	Julie HUNTER	USA	26	42:13:00
11	Carolyn POPOVIC	USA	35	42:21:00
12	Brittlee BOWMAN	USA	29	42:22:00
13	Avanell SCHMITZ	USA	27	42:24:00
14	Allyson TUFANO	USA	33	42:24:00
15	Katherine SHIELDS	USA	20	42:27:00
16	Jessica KUTZ	USA	25	42:34:00
17	Lauren DAGOSTINO	USA	32	42:41:00
18	Frances MORRISON	USA	26	43:12:00
19	Traci RODOSTA	USA	41	43:24:00
20	Erica YOZELL	USA	38	43:31:00
21	Victoria GATES	USA	16	43:39:00
22	Jennifer TILLMAN	USA	37	43:55:00
23	Kathleen WULFKUHLE	USA	32	44:02:00
24	Jocelyn MAULDIN	USA	32	44:10:00
25	Linda MOLENDYKE	USA	30	44:14:00
26	Bailey SEMIAN	USA	18	44:16:00
27	Kristine CHURCH	USA	34	44:26:00
28	Kaitlyn LAWRENCE	USA	19	44:38:00
29	Ginny JEPPI	USA	18	44:48:00
30	Dana MCALLISTER	USA	29	44:59:00
31	Erin MASCELLI	USA	41	45:07:00
32	Stephanie THOMPSON	USA	26
33	Lisa MOST	USA	43
34	Caitlin THOMPSON	USA	29
35	Jennifer POPE	USA	38
36	Heather HEINRICH	USA	41
37	Emily SHIELDS	USA	20
38	Lauren FESTA	USA	29
39	Abigail ISOLDA	USA	35

Charm City 2013 Day 2 Men

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age*	Result
1	Stephen HYDE	USA	26	1:01:59
2	Jonathan PAGE	USA	37	1:02:00
3	Mike GARRIGAN	CAN	32	1:02:22
4	Travis LIVERMON	USA	25	1:02:25
5	Cameron DODGE	USA	22	1:02:28
6	Lukas WINTERBERG	SUI	25	1:02:36
7	Christian FAVATA	USA	35	1:02:46
8	Anthony CLARK	USA	26	1:02:47
9	Dan TIMMERMAN	USA	33	1:02:55
10	Craig RICHEY	CAN	29	1:03:05
11	Daniel CHABANOV	USA	26	1:03:17
12	Ryan KNAPP	USA	29	1:03:36
13	Nick WAITE	USA	30	1:03:42
14	Jacob LASLEY	USA	36	1:04:15
15	Greg WITTWER	USA	30	1:04:30
16	Stephen CUMMINGS	USA	33	1:04:33
17	Jacob SITLER	USA	24	1:04:33
18	Lewis GAFFNEY	USA	21	1:04:53
19	Cole OBERMAN	USA	23	1:05:09
20	Alex RYAN	USA	25	1:05:16
21	Bryan FAWLEY	USA	28	1:05:22
22	Jordan SNYDER	USA	32	1:05:22
23	Michael MIHALIK	USA	31	1:05:27
24	Robert MARION	USA	31	1:05:33
25	Ryan FAWLEY	USA	28	1:05:49
26	Skyler MACKEY	USA	18	1:06:28
27	Tim VAN NUFFEL	BEL	32	1:06:56
28	Gerald ADASAVAGE	USA	27	1:07:11
29	Patrick BLAIR	USA	32	1:07:24
30	Matthew MEANS	USA	25	1:07:31
31	Steven ORDONS	USA	30	1:07:32
32	Michael VAN DEN HAM	CAN	21	1:08:06
33	Greg WHITNEY	USA	28	1:08:27
34	Maksym SHEPITKO	UKR	25	1:08:34
35	Mike FESTA	USA	30
36	Szymon NIEMOTKO	USA	33
37	Ben COLEMAN	USA	29
38	Eric FISCHER	USA	27
39	Willem HEYDENDAEL	USA	35
40	Cody LACOSTA	USA	22
41	Marten ROBERTS BEELS	USA	34
42	Hal BATDORF	USA	29
43	Patrick BRADLEY	USA	23
44	Evan COOPER	USA	23
45	Dan WOLF	USA	24
46	Brendan MCGRATH	USA	29
47	Andrew WEBSTER	USA	30
48	Evan MURPHY	USA	25
49	Barret FISHNER	USA	30
50	Joseph O'BRIEN-APPLEGATE	USA	25
51	Ryan DEWALD	USA	34
52	Andy BROOKS	USA	27
53	Craig LEBAIR	USA	30
54	Timothy RUGG	USA	28