   July 10, 2000 |
NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES #2 Mount Snow, Vt. |
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 Christoph Sauser Volvo / Cannondale |
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INTERVIEWS
SUE HAYWOOD STUNS CROWD PLACING 4TH IN SHORT TRACK AMONG WORLD'S BEST WOMEN!! PAOLA PEZZO WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A PROFILE - BUT WE NEEDED A TRANSLATOR DRUNKEN SPECTATORS SLAPPING AND PUSHING WORLD CLASS PROS?? Race notes: (Rachel Lloyd - Voodoo) sung the national anthem (good voice) while sitting on her bike one row back from the front just before the XC women's start. Jimi Hendrix's rendition of the national anthem was
played before the start of the women's short track. Chrissy Redden CANMORE World Cup Report NCS #3 - CROSS-COUNTRY by Chrissy Redden/Andy Bishop (Gary Fisher/SAAB) Tim Horton's Canadian Nat. Championship by Chrissy Redden (Gary Fisher/SAAB) 2000 Tour de Burg Race Report--Stage 1 2000 Tour de Burg
Race Report--Stage 2&3 Results
Cascade Mountain Bike DH Challenge CURSE OF THE DARK HOLLOW RACE REPORT - Erik Silva
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Snow Race Report The 2nd race of the North American Series kicked off on the wet slopes of Mt. Snow, Vermont. The spectator friendly cloverleaf design of the course offered many spectator-viewing areas. The 6km course featured equal amounts of climbing and technical terrain. Due to the excessive rain the east coast has been having recently, the course was fairly wet and slick in the woods. But surprisingly the rest of the course held up fairly well and stayed quite fast. The two sections each consisted of fire road climbing with some good root infested wet descents. The women raced 4 laps and the men did 6 laps. XC The Women: This is the best kind of press release to write: I won! Because of my 5th place finish at the series first race a mere 6 weeks ago, I got to line up on the front row,,,,with my teammate, Mary. Knowing that I wanted the hole shot at the first bit of single track, I started hard. The first climb was a good pace with Jimena Florit (RLX) taking an early lead, then Alison Dunlap (GT) maintaining a strong pace. Just about 50 meters before the first bit a single track I edged past Dunlap and was heading for the trail when Alison Sydor knicked past me. I figured she was a good wheel to be on!! Sure enough by the time we finished the first little section we had a 20 sec gap over the rest of the field. What surprised me the most, is the fact that I felt the urge to attack mid way through the next major climb,,,,and I broke away. I then maintained the hard pace and eventually on the start of the third lap got up to a 1:45 min lead. Needless to say, I felt good today. My strategy was then to hold this lead, play it safe, keep focussed and upright. All of which happened. I finished the race with about a 1:30 min lead. My teammate Mary was feeling the effects of an 18 hour travel,,,,and this was just from Denver to Vermont. Mary rode an amazing race and finished up 4th with the same time as 3rd and just a mere 25 sec from 2nd. Women's Results: 1st Chrissy Redden Gary Fisher/SAAB Men's Race: After the fine results from the first race in Big Bear, both Ryder Hesjedal and Pavel Tcherkassov started on the front row. Heading into the first single track, Ryder promptly took the lead through the greasy sections and down the first crowd-lined descent. At the bottom, a group of three formed--the two Gary Fisher/SAAB riders and Christoph Sauser from Volvo Cannondale. Sauser took the lead when passing through the feed zone and held back strong challenges throughout the race. While he maintained the lead throughout the entire race, the battle for the other podium positions offered some of the |
most excitement for the day. Pavel overtook Tinker Juarez and rode in 2nd place for most of the race. Near the end of the race, Kirk Molday passed Pavel but still could not catch the speedy Swiss man. Men's Results: 1st Christoph Sauser Volvo/Cannondale Short Track The short track races for the pro women and men went off today (Sat. June 24th) at 4 and 4:30 pm during some great, sunny, dry weather. The adrenaline in the crowd sounded like it equaled the adrenaline in the riders!! The course was about 1km long, winding through the expo area with lots of tight turns and one small popper of a climb leading into a "jump" on the descent. The Chicas: The energy level about 1 hr before the race was quite mellow, but 30sec before the gun went off, I could smell the fire in everyone's legs. We were in for a quick trip around the expo area. Off the start, Alison Dunlap (GT) took an early lead, but no-one was about to let her go. Throughout the race there were many attack-attempts, but none strong enough to gap the world class field out there today. I was content to stay in the 2nd to 4th position, patiently waiting for the 3 lap to go signal. My teammate Mary, though, went for a few solo attempts, creating a ringing buzz in the Gary Fisher/SAAB tent area! With 3 laps to go I looked back and surprisingly saw that we were still a group of about 10! The biggest motivation factor for me today was seeing newcomer, Sue Haywood (Trek/Volkswagen) dicing it out with Alison Sydor (Volvo/Cannondale) , Dunlap, Mary and myself....and then to witness her table-top skills off the jump!! Good job, Sue!! On the bell lap Dunlap attacked hard under the starting banner and Sydor and myself both responded. I tried to move up but Sydor edged me out and we went up the final climb Dunlap, Sydor, Redden. And that was it. That was how we finished. A good adrenaline rush made way better by the energetic crowd!! Chica's Results: 1st Alison Dunlap GT Chico's Race: Since my partner, Andy, has conveniently gone to bed, this report will be written by myself and co-producer, Kevin Kelly (the best mechanic there is). Our teammate Ryder went into the lead off the start with Roland Green (GT) and Greg Randolf (GT) challenging. Like the women's race there were many solo and attack-attempts, but definitely none strong enough to hold any more than 20 sec. Meanwhile, our other teammates, Pavel and Andy moved up to help Ryder control the outcome of the race. With 3 laps to go, the main lead group was still about 15 strong....and blazing fast, then Steve Larson (Mongoose) made a valiant attempt, but Pavel chased hard and bridged up to Steve than dropped him like a stone. Pavel held the lead until the final climb when Cadel Evans (Volvo/Cannondale) overtook him to take the win. Ryder was unfortunately eliminated by crash and subsequent flat tire. Andy also had unfortunate luck with a late race crash. Chico's Results: 1st Cadel Evans Volvo/Cannondale |
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