Men's Race Cycle-Smart International 11/07/09

With a field over fifty strong, the Elite men was chaos at the start.
A broken chain caused a massive pile-up only 100 meters from the start
which took down several riders, leaving many riders to walk their
bikes off the course, asses damage and prepare for Sunday. Ahead of
the chaos though, were Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll of the
dominant Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com team. With them were series
leader Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs/RGM/Radix) and Nicholas Weighall
(California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized). Not far behind them were
Jerome Townsend (bikereg.com/Joe’s Garage/IF) and Adam Craig (Giant
MTB Team). Powers and Driscoll controlled the front of the race the
same way they’ve been controlling races all season. Their pressure
proved to be too much for Weighall as he fell off the hard pace,
eventually holding on for fourth. Like Weighall, Timmerman was unable
to match the pace, but rode valiantly to keep the leaders within a few
seconds until the last two laps. Timmerman was able to hold on to
third, thirty seconds back, and retain his series leader’s jersey.
Adam Craig looked like he was going to be able to bring himself to the
leaders but with two to go, he dropped his chain and lost several
spots but fought back for 5th place in his return to racing in New
England.
The U-23 race came down to a two-up sprint between Jerome Townsend and
series leader Luke Keough (Team Champion System) with Townsend taking
victory.

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