September 28, 2009 (Williston, Vermont) – Last year Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs/RGM Watches/Radix) made everyone take notice when he was the only rider to keep in sight of last year’s winner Jamey Driscoll, showing he had the skills needed to be successful in cyclo-cross. Now one year later the Richard Sachs rider has accented to the mountain top by sweeping the top spot in this year’s Green Mountain Cyclocross Weekend and taking the overall series lead after week 1.

Timmerman took advantage of his front row position to establish a lead on the first lap of each day. Saturday quickly turned into a battle for 2nd place, as no one was able to keep the Ithaca, NY rider is sight. Sunday was different, as Joachim Parbo (CCV Leopard Cycles) got rid of the travel bug that plaqued him on Saturday and went after Timmerman to assume the lead. Halfway through the battle the victor was still uncertain, but then Timmerman finally got away for good, and got all the help he needed from teammate Josh Dillon, who sat on Parbo’s wheel and made him do all the chasing. Parbo just couldn’t catch up without the help, but did get the best of Dillon in the sprint to take 2nd on Sunday.

The women’s field was deeper than it ever has been, and was led by defending NECCS champion Rebecca Wellons (Team Plan C), Maureen Bruno Roy (MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles), and Natasha Elliott (Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy). Elliot was right at home on the fast and dry parcours on Saturday, easily taking the win leaving Wellons, Vermont native Lea Davison (Rocky Mountain/Maxxis), and Bruno-Roy to fight it out for 2nd. Wellons’s printing capabilities was too much, and she won the field sprint with an excited crowd watching over Davison and Bruno-Roy. However, Sunday was another day and the wet conditions and much more technical terrain suited Bruno-Roy very well, and she took advantage to easily take the win. Elliott hung on for 2nd to assume the series lead after week 1, and Nikki Thiemann (Human Zoom/Pabst Blue Ribbon) surprised one and all to grab her first podium spot ever in a UCI race. Her double fist-pump as she crossed the line showed everyone she was another rider ready to tackle the big guns and be a force in elite cyclo-cross on the east coast.

Next weekend continues the 3 weeks of racing known as the New England Cross-toberfest, as the series visits the shores of Cape Ann, Massachusetts for the Great Brewers Grand Prix of Gloucester. Gloucester not only serves as week 2 of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series but also hosts the 2nd weekend of 5 for the North American Cyclo-cross Trophy series, which should bring some of the best talent the country to fight it out at what has been deemed by many as “New England Worlds”.

The Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series will be contested over 7 weekends in 2009, starting with the New England Cross-toberfest of Cycling: 3 straights weekends of UCI calendar racing to be held in Williston VT, Gloucester MA, and Providence RI. After a weekend of much needed rest, the series will continue with stops in New Gloucester ME on Oct 24, Northampton MA on Nov 7, Sterling MA on Nov 28, and the series finale in Warwick RI on Dec 5. This year series is generously supported by Verge Sport, makers of fine cycling clothing and products since 1993; by Cycle-Smart, purveyors of personalized cycling coaching and solutions for riders across the country; by BikeReg.com, the official online registration service of the NECCS; by Paul Weiss Photo/Video, the official photographer of the NECCS, by October Handmade Bicycles, and by Ryders Eyewear. You can visit these sponsors and get more information on the series by going to the web here.

2009 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Schedule:
– Green Mountain Cyclo-Cross Weekend – September 26th and 27th – Williston, Vermont
– Great Brewers Grand Prix of Gloucester – October 3rd and 4th – Gloucester, Massachusetts
– Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival – October 10th and 11th – Providence, Rhode Island
– Downeast Cyclo-Cross – October 24th and 25th – New Gloucester, Maine
– The Cycle-Smart International – November 7th and 8th – Northampton, Massachusetts
– Bay State Cyclo-Cross – November 28th and 29th – Sterling, Massachusetts
– NBX Grand Prix – December 5th and 6th – Warwick, Rhode Island

Results

Saturday, Sept. 27/09

Elite Women (28 starters)

1. Natasha Elliott (Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy) 0:39:20
2. Rebecca Wellons (Team Plan C) 00:28
3. Lea Davison (Rocky Mountain/Maxxis) 00:28
4. Maureen Bruno Roy (MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles) 00:28
5. Amanda Carey (Kenda/Trainwitheric.com) 01:21
6. Andrea Smith (Minuteman Roadclub) 01:33
7. Crystal Anthony (Minuteman Roadclub) 01:33
8. Nikki Thiemann (Human Zoom Pabst Blue Ribbon) 01:39
9. Vicki Thomas (Ottawa Cross) 01:52
10. Emma Bast (Cycle-Smart / NCC) 02:22
11. Anna Milkowski (BikeReg.com / Joe’s Garage / IF) 02:35
12. Karen Potter (Zanconato) 02:47
13. Anna Barensfeld (Minuteman Roadclub) 02:57
14. Ann D’Ambruoso (Minuteman Road Club) 02:57
15. Katrina Baumsteiger (Team Rambuski Law) 03:07
16. Perri Mertens (Embrocation Cycling Journal / Mad Alchemy) 03:53
17. Cris Rothfuss (Seven Cycles) 04:04
18. Sarah Krzysiak (Syracuse Bicycle/Spokepost.com) 04:15
19. Christina Tamilio (Minuteman Roadclub) 04:15
20. Linnea Koons (October Factory Racing) 04:50
21. Megan Bilodeau (HUP! United) 05:43
22. MaryAnn Martinez (CVC/Subaru of New England) 05:54
23. Michelle Kersbergen (Joe’s Garage) 05:54
24. Katherine Harris (October Factory Racing) 06:27
25. Jennifer Maxwell (ATAC Sportswear p/b The Bike Rack) 06:33
26. Beth Mason (Verge Test Pilot) 06:52
27. Sara Cushman (Gear Works/Spin Arts) 07:01
28. Arielle Filiberti (Dartmouth College) 07:17

Elite/U23 Men (39 starters)

1. Dan Timmerman (RICHARD SACHS – RGM WATCHES – RADIX) 1:01:30
2. Derrick St. John (Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy) 00:14
3. Justin Lindine (BikeReg.com / Joe’s Garage / IF) 00:37
4. Justin Spinelli (Svelte Cycles) 01:01
5. Josh Dillon (Richard Sachs – RGM Watches – Radix) 01:17
6. Joachim Parbo (CCV Leopard Cycles) 01:36
7. Luke Keough* (Team Champion System) 02:03
8. Jonny Sundt (El Gato) 02:50
9. Dylan McNicholas (CCB Racing) 03:00
10. Richard Visinski (Exodus Road Racing) 03:07
11. Osmond Bakker (EMD Serono-Specialized) 03:41
12. Alec Donahue (Cycle-Smart/NCC) 04:06
13. Patrick Bradley* (Rutgers University Cycling Team) 04:17
14. Nathaniel Ward (Spooky/NCC/Kenda Cycling Team) 04:43
15. Adam Myerson (Cycle-Smart) 04:53
16. Simon Lambert Lemay* (Ride with Rendall) 04:53
17. Wayne Bray (Syracuse Bicycle / Spokepost.com) 04:53
18. Christian Favata (Favata’s Tablerock Tours and Bikes) 04:53
19. John Burns (Bikeman.com) 05:25
20. Todd Wheelden (KONA/OA/CycleMania) 06:02
21. Pete Smith (Embrocation Cycling Journal / Mad Alchemy) 06:29
22. Joshua Bartlett (Land Rover-ORBEA) 06:38
23. Sylvain Jean (Kona/Bio-Max) 06:38
24. Adam Sullivan (Cycle-Smart / NCC) 06:38
25. Ugo LaPierre (Marinoni) 07:15
26. Noah Tautfest* 07:48
27. Colin Reuter (International Bicycle MTB Team) 11:20
28. Peter Rubijono (Embrocation/Igleheart/MadAlchemy) lap
29. Paul Ignatiuk (Quilicot-Rackultra) lap
30. Mukunda Feldman (Spooky/NCC/Kenda Cycling Team) lap
31. Pierre Vanden Borre (Embrocation Cycling Journal) lap
32. Tom Gosselin (Peak Performance Multisport) lap
33. Hunter Pronovost (Cheshire Cycle Racing – cyclistsarenotrockstars.com) lap
34. Manny Goguen* (Bikereg/Joe’s Garage/IF) lap
35. Cort Cramer (Svelte Cycles) lap
36. Seamus Powell* (Windham Mountain Outfitters) lap
37. Gordon Daniell (Fetzer Cycling) lap

Sunday, Sept. 27

Elite Women (25 starters)

1. Maureen Bruno Roy (MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles) 0:40:17
2. Natasha Elliott (Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy) 00:35
3. Nikki Thiemann (Human Zoom Pabst Blue Ribbon) 00:41
4. Rebecca Wellons (Team Plan C) 01:21
5. Amanda Carey (Kenda/Trainwitheric.com) 01:31
6. Crystal Anthony (Minuteman Roadclub) 01:59
7. Anna Barensfeld (Minuteman Roadclub) 01:59
8. Katrina Baumsteiger (Team Rambuski Law) 02:28
9. Andrea Smith (Minuteman Roadclub) 02:35
10. Cris Rothfuss (Seven Cycles) 02:35
11. Karen Potter (Zanconato) 03:30
12. Perri Mertens (Embrocation Cycling Journal / Mad Alchemy) 04:06
13. Vicki Thomas (Ottawa Cross) 04:22
14. Katherine Harris (October Factory Racing) 04:46
15. Anna Milkowski (BikeReg.com / Joe’s Garage / IF) 05:02
16. Christina Tamilio (Minuteman Roadclub) 05:13
17. Emma Bast (Cycle-Smart / NCC) 05:27
18. Michelle Kersbergen (Joe’s Garage) 05:53
19. Melissa Ross (Landry’s Bicycles) 06:13
20. Rebecca Blatt (US Army/ Central Wheel) 06:56
21. Sarah Krzysiak (Syracuse Bicycle/Spokepost.com) 07:19
22. MaryAnn Martinez (CVC/Subaru of New England) 08:56
23. Natalie Dumont (Gearworks / Spinarts) 10:31

Elite/U23 Men (43 starters)

1. Dan Timmerman (RICHARD SACHS – RGM WATCHES – RADIX) 1:03:13
2. Joachim Parbo (CCV Leopard Cycles) 00:08
3. Josh Dillon (Richard Sachs – RGM Watches – Radix) 00:08
4. Jerome Townsend* (BikeReg.com / Joe’s Garage / IF) 00:32
5. Justin Spinelli (Svelte Cycles) 00:55
6. William Dugan (RICHARD SACHS – RGM WATCHES – RADIX) 01:29
7. Luke Keough* (Team Champion System) 01:47
8. Derrick St John (Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy) 01:55
9. Jake Keough (Team Champion System) 02:08
10. Adam Myerson (Cycle-Smart) 02:44
11. Jonny Sundt (El Gato) 02:50
12. Alec Donahue (Cycle-Smart/NCC) 02:58
13. Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter Home p/b cooking Light) 03:37
14. Kirt Fitzpatrick (Sexual Camel) 04:03
15. Nathaniel Ward (Bikereg/Joe’s Garage/IF) 04:21
16. Wayne Bray (Syracuse Bicycle / Spokepost.com) 04:47
17. Richard Visinski (Exodus Road Racing) 04:52
18. Manny Goguen* (Bikereg/Joe’s Garage/IF) 04:52
19. Pete Smith (Embrocation Cycling Journal / Mad Alchemy) 05:22
20. Simon Lambert Lemay* (Ride with Rendall) 05:24
21. Joshua Bartlett (Land Rover-ORBEA) 05:24
22. Ugo LaPierre (Marinoni) 05:48
23. John Burns (Bikeman.com) 05:48
24. Marc-Andre Daigle (Warrior Racing) 06:04
25. Adam Sullivan (Cycle-Smart / NCC) 06:34
26. Todd Wheelden (KONA/OA/CycleMania) 06:53
27. Macky Franklin (Pioneer Racing) 06:53
28. Tom Gosselin (Peak Performance Multisport) 07:27
29. Thierry Laliberte (ProBikePool / Kuota) 07:47
30. Michael Rea (NorEast Cycling) 07:47
31. Peter Rubijono (Embrocation/Igleheart/MadAlchemy) 09:01
32. Osmond Bakker (EMD Serono-Specialized) 09:20
33. Noah Tautfest* 09:55
34. Pierre Vanden Borre (Embrocation Cycling Journal) 10:09
35. Hunter Pronovost (Cheshire Cycle Racing – cyclistsarenotrockstars.com) lap
36. Ryan Kelly (NorEast Cycling) lap
37. Seamus Powell* (Windham Mountain Outfitters) lap