October 3, 2004 – The UCI cyclocross calendar officially kicked off the
season at the Marymoor Velodrome in Redmond Washington this past Saturday
evening. Held under the lights, through the Tona Cerveza Garden and up and
around the velodrome, the third annual Star Crossed drew the top talent in
North America.

Team Maxxis-Giant rolled out the big guns with all riders in attendance.
Geoff Kabush, Adam Craig and Jonny Sundt rolled to the start line aboard
their new Giant TCX bikes, Zipp wheels and Maxxis rubber. At the gun, Sundt
and Kabush immediately went to the front of the group with Craig just off
the leader. As the protected rider for the night, it was Craig’s job to
stay out of the wind and out of trouble until late in the race and a
hopeful victory.

As the pace wound up, Sundt maintained the high pace at the head of affairs
riding in support of his teammates. The fast pace took its toll on the
competitors as the lead group slowly dwindled down to a select few. Todd
Wells (Hyundai-GT) took a good flyer and opened an immediate gap to the
chasers with Kabush, Sundt, Russell Stevenson (BRI Racing) and a distanced
Carl Decker (Giant-Peal Izumi) working feverishly to reel him back to the
group. Accelerations from other riders spread the chase with Kabush working
each lap to bring back Wells.

With only four laps remaining, Kabush made contact with Wells leaving
Sundt, Stevenson and Decker together at a 10 second deficit. Wells and
Kabush worked smoothly together but their pace had slowed enough that
Decker made contact within a laps time. The three leaders rode together as
Sundt dropped Stevenson and accelerated in an effort to bridge the gap.

At two and a half laps to go, Kabush bobbled in a corner, laying his bike
over and losing contact with Wells and Decker. With two and then a single
lap remaining, Kabush worked valiantly to bring back the escaped duo to no
avail. At the finish it was Carl Decker escaping from Todd Wells to claim
the prize. Kabush and teammate Sundt tolled across the line in third and
fourth, Stevenson in fifth and Adam Craig in thirteenth.


Mens A Results
1. Carl Decker – Giant-Pearl Izumi
2. Todd Wells Hyundai-GT
3. Geoff Kabush – Team Maxxis-Giant
4. Jonny Sundt – Team Maxxis Giant
5. Russell Stevenson – BRI Racing
13. Adam Craig – Team Maxxis-Giant