Men's Race USGP #3 Louisville 10/24/09

Men's Race USGP #3 Louisville 10/24/09 1175 views

The sun was out and temps were starting to warm up for the men's race later in the afternoon. Barry Wicks led the front group early as they sped around the soggy track in Champions Park. Fifteen minutes in, Tim Johnson threw down the hammer and split the field into pieces. When the dust had settled, it was four riders at the sharp end of the race: Ryan Trebon, Jesse Anthony, Tim Johnson, and teammate Jamey Driscoll. Geoff Kabush and Chris Jones rode alone in 5th and 6th for most of the race while a large chase pack animated the race behind. Joachim Parbo, Barry Wicks, AJM, Brian Matter, and Nick Weighall were some of the strong men in the tail end of the top ten. After a painfully slow and tactical couple laps at the front, the attacks started to fly with two to go. Jesse Anthony was the first casualty of the front group but held on for a season best 4th place. Jamey Driscoll let one fly with just under one lap to go that came within a few feet of giving him the victory. Behind, Trebon took his time, not wanting to drag Johnson back in to the race too soon. With half a K to go, Ryan started to ramp it up to full speed, dropping Johnson and catching Driscoll on the pavment to take his first USGP win of 2009. 1 Ryan Trebon KONA BEND OR 2 Jamey DRISCOLL Cannondale / CyclocrossWorld.com Winooski VT 3 Timothy JOHNSON Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com Beverly MA 4 Jesse ANTHONY Team Jamis Bikes Beverly MA 5 Geoff KABUSH Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Victoria BC 6 Christopher JONES Team Champion System 7 Davide FRATTINI Team Fuji Asheville NC 8 Nicholas WEIGHALL California Giant /Specialized Mill Creek WA 9 Barry Wicks Kona CORVALLIS OR 10 Brian Matter Team Geargrinder SHEBOYGAN WI 11 Joachim PARBO CCV Leopard Cycles 12 Dave Hackworthy Bianchi/Grand Performance HUDSON WI 13 Mark LaLonde Planet Bike MADISON WI 14 Andy JACQUES-MAYNES Bissell Pro Cycling Morgan Hill CA 15 Adam Bergman Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team LINO LAKES MN 16 Troy Wells Team Clif Bar DURANGO CO 17 Braden Kappius Clif Bar LITTLETON CO 18 Erik Tonkin Kona PORTLAND OR 19 Travis Livermon Cannondale WINTERVILLE NC 20 Joseph Schmalz KCCX/Verge LAWRENCE KS ...Link to full results is up and to your left.