When I rolled into Greenfield, New Hampshire from Breckenridge I expected to find Jeremiah Bishop already cleaned up, maybe getting a massage or knocking off another chapter of his memoir. But no, it was Christian Tanguy who was leading the race, though you wouldn't know it from asking people on course, it was all Tinker fever out there. I heard multiple reports that Tinker Juarez had lead into the second lap, somehow they had all missed the blue kit of the diminutive Team CF rider as he blazed through the start/finish. Tanguy would finish over six minutes ahead of Juarez, raving "Aw man, New Hampshire is fantastic, I love it!"
Juarez finished strong, expecially considering the kind of miles he'd put in over the past week with the Leadville 100 and the Mt. Washington Hill Climb just the day prior.
A lot of fast guys had tough days out on the NH100 course. The consesus seemed to be that it was a fun course but that it was hard. I asked Jeremiah Bishop if it was tougher than Leadville, he said it was TWICE as hard. "What about the elevation?" I asked. "Elevation isn't the course" he wisely replied. Michael "Simonster" Simonson, a huge, powerhouse of a man, had trouble with the punchy climbs. Bishop had four flat tires and had to rummage through someone's garage looking for a floor pump, eventually finishing an uncharacteristic sixteenth place. Rob Spreng called it a "mountain biker's course" and he classifies himself as a mountain biker, so he was able to pull off a fourth place in front of Brandon Draugelis. Keck Baker who is anything but a mountain biker landed fifth despite his claims that he can't ride singletrack. Watch out for that dude if he ever learns how to ride a bike.
Cheryl Sornson, another Team CF rider was stoked to snag another win in front of Vicki Barclay and Karen Potter. This sets Cheryl up for a showdown with Amanda Carey at Fool's Gold in Georgie just a few weeks out. She said she plans to skip Shenandoah Mountain 100 to be fresh for the EPIC battle. I don't know about you, but I can't wait.
Tanguy's win in New Hampshire set up a showdown as well — Bishop and Tanguy each go into the final race with two wins. This is why having a series like this is sweet.
Singlespeeder Gerry Pflug is in a little bit safer place series-title-wise. He finished second at NH100 to a big-gear-churning Ron Harding. A.J. Linnell of Victor, ID is/was about the only threat to Pflug for the series overall, but he didn't have the best day in New Hampshire. The flat. spinny sections did him in, he's more used to grinding up huge climbs and bombing down long descents.
In the Masters race Ron Sanborn, the former hard-drinking obese guy from Michigan turned amazingly-fast bike racer notched up another win over Roger "Mecha-Kong" Masse.
The NUE Series divides on the September first and second with some racers heading to the Park City Point to Point in Utah while others head to the massive party in the woods that doubles at Shenandoah Mountain 100. BigBikes will be heading to SMT100 (I think), then to Fool's Gold...then to Pisgah Monster Cross...then to Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race...then to Three Peaks (maybe)...then it's back up north for a day of the Grand Prix of Gloucester and The Vermont 50.
Then it's cross season kids.
Hampshire 100 NUE Series #9 Full Results:
Open Men
1 Christian Tanguy (Team CF) 7:35:44
2 David (Tinker) Juarez (Cannondale Factory) 0:06:07
3 Brandon Draugelis (Team CF) 0:22:21
4 Rob Spreng (Dirty Harry's) 0:26:58
5 Keck Baker (Carytown Bicycle Company/Cannondale) 0:33:42
6 John Burns (Burns Racing) 0:37:19
7 Jonathan Schottler (Cannondale) 0:37:26
8 Michael Simonson (RBS MTB Team) 0:40:27
9 Zack Morrey (BlueRidgeCyclery/NoTubes/Magura/Schwalbe) 0:40:35
10 Troy Barry (Hammer Nutrition/NoTubes) 0:40:54
11 Jonathan Davis (Trek Bike Store Racing - Boulder, CO) 0:43:40
12 Dylan Johnson (Scott RC Mountain Bike Team) 0:44:36
13 Dereck Treadwell (Dr Naylors Racing) 0:48:55
14 Gregory Jancaitis (Riverside Racing) 0:49:11
15 Ernesto Marenchin (Pivot Cycles) 0:50:42
16 Jeremiah Bishop (Cannondale Factory Racing) 1:01:46
17 Chris Gagnon (MTBMind / JRA / CrossCycle Fitness) 1:02:07
18 Daniel Rapp (Mountainside Racing/MyFam) 1:03:04
19 Paul Simoes ( ) 1:11:23
20 Eddie O'dea (Team Topeak-Ergon) 1:15:22
21 Dan Kotwicki (Aberdeen Bike) 1:34:13
22 John Creedon (NEVER SATISFIED RACING) 1:34:52
23 Jeffrey Stevens (Trestle Bridge Racing) 1:37:28
24 Noah Mabry (Shirk's 10) 1:37:30
25 A. Zane Wenzel (Horst Engineering Cycling Team) 1:43:05
26 Scott Contois (Mason Racing) 1:45:15
27 Jesse Quagliaroli (Expowheelmen) 1:46:45
28 James Davis ( ) 1:56:35
29 Francis J Cuddy Iii (Bike Line) 2:02:05
30 Lee Simril (MotorMile Racing) 2:15:33
31 Steven Harlacker ( ) 2:18:46
32 Douglas Wilson 2:18:48
33 Kevin Ryan (Bikeman.com) 2:21:45
34 Ian Carleton (Fellowship Of The Wheel) 2:28:28
35 Peri Garite (Team PC) 2:42:32
36 Curtis Lavoie (Awesome!) 2:42:48
37 Jeff Carlson (Cadre Racing) 2:45:06
38 Matt Kretchmar (Athens Bicycle) 2:52:01
39 S. Tyler Durham (NH Audubon) 2:55:15
40 Ian Herchenroder (Papa Wheelies) 2:58:13
41 John Sumner (NBX/Narragansett Beer) 3:00:49
42 Mike Shields (Greenfield Trails Association) 3:08:32
43 Dan Biscup (Danielson Adventure Sports) 3:08:58
44 Ernie Lozeau (mtbmind.com) 3:18:40
45 Christian Baks (Pawling Cycle and Sport) 3:23:08
46 James Wholey (team AAA) 3:26:01
47 Jeremy Larsen (Rose Bike/ Koyo) 3:27:37
48 Ben Norris ( ) 3:51:06
49 John Griffiths (NYCMTB) 3:54:49
50 Daniel Sirota (Brands Cycle) 3:55:36
51 Luis Rivera (NYCMTB) 3:57:41
52 Dan Giroux (Northampton cycling club) 4:04:56
53 Glen Catalano 4:23:55
54 Brian Spring (TEAM BUMS) 4:31:49
55 Doug Trojan (Onondaga Cycling) 4:34:04
56 Randy Larrison (Cadre Racing) 5:03:09
Women
1 Cheryl Sornson (Team CF) 8:58:36
2 Vicki Barclay (Stan's NoTubes Elite Women's Team) 0:15:26
3 Karen Potter (MTBracenews.com) 0:22:33
4 Brenda Simril (Motor Mile Racing) 0:51:40
5 Elizabeth Allen (Danielson Adventure Sports) 1:16:03
6 Susan Lynch (Union Velo) 1:22:19
7 Haley Sumner (NBX/Narragansett Beer) 3:31:07
Singlespeed men
1 Ron Harding (Trestle Bridge Racing) 8:20:20
2 Gerry Pflug (Salsa/Notubes/TOP Gear) 0:05:52
3 Aj Linnell (Fitzgerald's Bicycles/Misfit Psycles) 0:20:59
4 Patrick Blair (Adventures For the Cure) 0:23:11
5 James Harmon (Createx Colors-Benidorm-Cycle Matrix Coaching) 0:33:39
6 Matthew Ferrari (Hubcap - Freeze Thaw Cycles) 0:43:13
7 Jeffrey Whittingham (Stark Mountain Bikes Works, Waitsfield VT) 0:48:53
8 Kelly Klett (Trips for Kids Triangle, Grassroots Bikes) 0:49:15
9 Will Crissman (B2C2 p/b Boloco) 1:16:27
10 Richard Long (Cycle-Smart Grassroots Team) 1:28:02
11 Tim Ahern 2:17:51
12 Marc Mazzalupo (Wolf Killer Racing) 2:43:58
13 Scott Green (Spud Racing) 2:56:42
14 Roy Huber 3:56:47
Masters men
1 Ron Sanborn (Einstein Racing) 8:53:26
2 Roger Masse (Trek Racing) 0:06:19
3 Richard Labombard (Joe's Garage) 0:20:25
4 Michael Johnson 1:44:06
5 Derek Griggs (Recycled Sports) 1:46:44
6 James Wilson (Team CF) 2:48:24
7 Mike Coyne (Berkshire NEMBA) 3:10:01
8 Bill Zekas (Berkshire NEMBA) 3:10:02
Categories: results, race report
