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Mancebo wins Tour of the Battenkill

Monday, April 16, 2012  Pasquale  No comments

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Francisco Mancebo Perez 100m from the finish
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MANCEBO WINS

by Pasquale Stalteri & John Symon

April 16, 2012 (Cambridge, NY) - It was Francisco Mancebo Perez (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team) who won Sunday’s Tour of the Battenkill pro elite men’s race around Cambridge, New York. Mancebo, a Spaniard, rode the 200km course in a time of 4:55:54. Jesse Anthony (Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies) finised second, only two seconds back while Jeremy Vennell (Bissell PRO Cycling) finished third with the same time.

Bruno Langlois (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team) was the top Canadian, finishing ninth and 1:59 back from the leader. Only two other Canadian riders finished: Aaron Fillion (Ride with Rendall Cycling Team) finished 25th, Pierrick Naud (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien) who came in 30th. The 2011 champion, Brett Tivers (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team), a New Zealander based in Quebec City, finished 45th.

Of the 153 cyclists on the start line at 12 noon, only 59 finished the difficult race on hilly terrain that alternates between asphalt and gravel. Near the end of the second of the two laps, a huge gap had developed between about 20 leaders and the rest of the peloton.

Langlois told MdC that he was lucky, neither flatting out nor being caught in a crash. Tivers explained that he got caught behind a crash. “Some days things line up for you and some days they don’t,” he said philosophically. Mathieu Roy (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien) DNF’d after flatting three times and crashing once. Numerous cyclists told us of the difficulties caused by dust and loose gravel. “We were going down the hills at about 80km,” Charly Vives (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team) told us. “But it was so dusty that I couldn’t see the road in front.”  Rémi Pelletier-Roy (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team) said that the main lesson from 2012 was to try and ride near the front of the pack in 2013.

Mancebo’s Canadian connection is through his coach, Gordon Fraser, a former Olympic cyclist and Tour de France participant.

American Greg LeMond, a three time TdF winner, was very visible around Cambridge this weekend. MdC spoke to LeMond at length.


Tour of the Battenkill 


Organizer: Anthem Sports, Dieter Drake Distance: 200km
# starters: 153 # did not start: # classified: 59
Avg Speed: 40.55kph # did not finish:

 Tour of the Battenkill Pro Elite Men

1. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team)  4:55:54
2. Jesse Anthony (Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies)  0:02
3. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell PRO Cycling)
4. Joey Rosskopf (Team Type 1- Sanofil)  0:25
5. Michael Friedman (Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies)
6. Jeffry Louder (United Healthcare Pro Cycling)
7. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell PRO Cycling)
8. Benjamin Day (United Healthcare Pro Cycling)
9. Bruno Langlois (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team)  1:59
10. John Murphy (Kenda/5 Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder)  2:46
11. Chad Beyer (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team)  6:03
12. Tom Last (Team IG- Sigma Sport)  6:20
13. Devan Dunn (CashCall Mortgage)  7:31
14. Cole House (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team)  0:11:43
15. Shawn Milne (Kenda/5 Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder)
16. Luca Damiani (Kenda/5 Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder)
17. Evan Oliphant (Team Raleigh-GAC)
18. Kiel Reijnen (Team Type 1- Sanofil)
19. Adam Farabaugh (XO Communications p/b Cisco Systems)
20. David Fleischhauer (Hagens Berman Elite Cycling)
21. Frank Kevin Pipp (Bissell PRO Cycling)
22. Ian Crane (Hagens Berman Elite Cycling)
23. Keck Baker (XO Communications p/b Cisco Systems)
24. Jeff Perrin (Juwi Solar Elite Cycling)
25. Aaron Fillion (Ride with Rendall Cycling Team)
26. David Santos (CashCall Mortgage)
27. Karl Menzies (United Healthcare Pro Cycling)
28. Jacob Rytlewski (Astellas Oncology Cycling)
29. Lee Muse (CashCall Mortgage)
30. Pierrick Naud (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien)
31. Brian Mcculloch (CashCall Mortgage)
32. Alexander Candelario (Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies)
33. Ian Holt (Juwi Solar Elite Cycling)
34. Ryan Knapp (Team Panther)
35. Liam Holohan (Team Raleigh-GAC)
36. Scott Tietzel (Juwi Solar Elite Cycling)
37. Dan Chabanov (Champion System)
38. Mark Langlands (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team)
39. Simon Richardson (Team IG- Sigma Sport)
40. Christopher Uberti (Team Panther)
41. Stefano Barberi (CashCall Mortgage)
42. Steve Fisher (Hagens Berman Elite Cycling)
43. Wouter Sybrandy (Team IG- Sigma Sport)
44. Cesar Augusto Grajales (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team)
45. Brett Tivers (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team)
46. Steve Lampier (Team IG- Sigma Sport)
47. Daniel Lloyd (Team IG- Sigma Sport)
48. Andrew Bajadali (Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies)
49. Max Jenkins (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team)  0:12:06
50. Mike Olheiser (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team)
51. Edison Blair Turner (Hincapie Sportswear Development)  0:12:10
52. Chris Gruber (Champion System)  0:12:20
53. Travis Livermon (Team Mountain Khakis- SmartStop)  0:12:32
54. Peter Morse (OCTTO presented by Cervélo.)  0:13:29
55. Greg Krause (Juwi Solar Elite Cycling)
56. Wyatt Stoup (Mt. Borah Cyling Team)  0:14:37
57. Martz Alder (Hincapie Sportswear Development)  0:14:56
58. Chris Barton (Bissell PRO Cycling)  0:15:06
59. Phillip Gaimon (Kenda/5 Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder)
DNF  Geoffroy Dussault (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team)
DNF  Charly Vives (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team)  
DNF  Rémi Pelletier-Roy (Garneau/Quebecor Cycling Team)  
DNF  Adam Carr (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien)  
DNF  Mathieu Roy (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien)  
DNF  Antoine Matteau (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien)
DNF  Jordan Brochu (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien)
DNF  François Chabot (Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien)
DNF  Isaac Enderline (Hincapie Sportswear Development)
DNF  Andrew Joseph Meyer (Hincapie Sportswear Development)
DNF  Jovan Zekavica (Hincapie Sportswear Development)
DNF  Parker Kyzer (Hincapie Sportswear Development)
DNF  James Stemper (Kenda/5 Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder)
DNF  Max Korus (Kenda/5 Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder)
DNF  Marsh Cooper (Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies)
DNF  Scott Zwizanski (Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies)
DNF  Peter Hawkins (Team IG- Sigma Sport)
DNF  Jonathan Hamblen (Team Mountain Khakis- SmartStop)
DNF  Jerome Townsend (Team Mountain Khakis- SmartStop)
DNF  Adam Myerson (Team Mountain Khakis- SmartStop)
DNF  Chris Monteleone (Team Mountain Khakis- SmartStop)
DNF  Russell Hampton (Team Raleigh-GAC)
DNF  Daniel Holloway (Team Raleigh-GAC)
DNF  Simon Holt (Team Raleigh-GAC)
DNF  James Sparling (Team Raleigh-GAC)
DNF  Alex Bowden (Team Type 1- Sanofil)
DNF  William Dugan (Team Type 1- Sanofil)
DNF  Joe Eldridge (Team Type 1- Sanofil)
DNF  Hilton Clarke (United Healthcare Pro Cycling)
DNF  Jay Thompson (United Healthcare Pro Cycling)
DNF  Adrian Hegyvary (United Healthcare Pro Cycling)
DNF  John Minturn (Bikereg.com/Cannondale Cycling Team)
DNF  Stephen Weller (Bikereg.com/Cannondale Cycling Team)
DNF  Peter Hurst (Bikereg.com/Cannondale Cycling Team)
DNF  Evan Burkhart (Bikereg.com/Cannondale Cycling Team)
DNF  Zack Noonan (Bikereg.com/Cannondale Cycling Team)
DNF  Wesley Kline (Bikereg.com/Cannondale Cycling Team)
DNF  Ryan Aitcheson (Team Panther)
DNF  Ben Damhoff (Team Panther)
DNF  Andrew Seitz (Team Panther)
DNF  Robert Stumpf (Team Panther)
DNF  Casey Roth (Ride with Rendall Cycling Team)
DNF  Olivier Delaney (Ride with Rendall Cycling Team)
DNF  Kiernan Orange (Ride with Rendall Cycling Team)
DNF  Matteo Dal-Cin (Ride with Rendall Cycling Team)
DNF  Stephen Keeping (Ride with Rendall Cycling Team)
DNF  William Blackburn (Team Medique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF  Sebastien Lacroix (Team Medique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF  Scott Loong (Team Medique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF  Kianoush Missaghi (Team Medique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF  James Picolli (Team Medique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF  Robert Ralph (Team Medique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF  Osmond Bakker (OCTTO presented by Cervélo)
DNF  Kevin Black (OCTTO presented by Cervélo)
DNF  David Byer (OCTTO presented by Cervélo)
DNF  Yuri Hrycaj (OCTTO presented by Cervélo)
DNF  Brian Trafford (OCTTO presented by Cervélo)
DNF  Anthony Hall (Champion System)
DNF  Timothy Rugg (Champion System)
DNF  Chris Johnson (Champion System)
DNF  Igor Volshteyn (Champion System)
DNF  Kennett Peterson (Hagens Berman Elite Cycling)
DNF  Gabe Varela (Hagens Berman Elite Cycling)
DNF  Jesse Reams (Hagens Berman Elite Cycling)
DNF  Michael Margarite (Stans Notubes / AXA Equitable Cycling Team)
DNF  Stephen Kincaid (Stans Notubes / AXA Equitable Cycling Team)
DNF  Joseph Whitman (Stans Notubes / AXA Equitable Cycling Team)
DNF  Jacob Mueller (Stans Notubes / AXA Equitable Cycling Team)
DNF  Stephen Cummings (Stans Notubes / AXA Equitable Cycling Team)
DNF  Bobby Lea (Pure Energy Cycling Team)
DNF  Barry Miller (Pure Energy Cycling Team)
DNF  Michael Chauner (Pure Energy Cycling Team)
DNF  Nick Frey (Pure Energy Cycling Team)
DNF  William (Booey) Hottenstein (Mt. Borah Cyling Team)
DNF  John Hunter (Mt. Borah Cyling Team)
DNF  Andrew Mccullough (Mt. Borah Cyling Team)
DNF  Matthew Spohn (Mt. Borah Cyling Team)
DNF  Adam Switters (XO Communications p/b Cisco Systems)
DNF  Sean Barrie (XO Communications p/b Cisco Systems)
DNF  Jamie Riggs (Jet Fuel Cycling Team)
DNF  Anton Varabei (Jet Fuel Cycling Team)
DNF  Joe Guiliano (Jet Fuel Cycling Team)
DNF  Andrew Randell (Jet Fuel Cycling Team)
DNF  Jesse Goodrich (Juwi Solar Elite Cycling)
DNF  Julian Kyer (Juwi Solar Elite Cycling)
DNF  Zachary Bergh (Astellas Oncology Cycling)
DNF  Daniel Harm (Astellas Oncology Cycling)
DNF  Nicholas Inabinet (Astellas Oncology Cycling)
DNF  Andre Vandenberg (Astellas Oncology Cycling)
DNF  Simon Bennett (Athletix Cycling Team Benefiting Globalbike)
DNF  Shane Braley (Athletix Cycling Team Benefiting Globalbike)
DNF  Coulton Hartrich (Athletix Cycling Team Benefiting Globalbike)
DNF  Christian Parrett (Athletix Cycling Team Benefiting Globalbike)
DNF  James Schurman (Athletix Cycling Team Benefiting Globalbike)
DNF  Joshua Whitmore (Athletix Cycling Team Benefiting Globalbike)
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