Ellwood leads the start of the U23 race. US Open of Cyclocross UCI C2 Day 2. © Cathy Fegan Kim / Cyclocross Magazine
Day 2 of the U.S. Open of Cyclocross swapped out Day 1’s UCI Junior Men’s race for a UCI U23 Men’s race, and 2016 Junior National Champion Gage Hecht (Alpha Bicycles/Vista Subaru) capitalized on the opportunity to race for U23 UCI points near home, taking the victory ahead of Grant Ellwood (Boulder Cycle Sport / YogaGlo).
Hecht wins his first U23 race at the US Open of Cyclocross Day 2. © Cathy Fegan Kim / Cyclocross Magazine
On the women’s side, Melinda McCutcheon (DNA-Cotton Sox) made up for a her mid-race crash on Day 1 that cost her a chance to fight for the win, taking the holeshot and never straying from the front.
McCutcheon gets the holeshot in dusty conditions, and was the first to cross the finish on the last lap as well. US Open of Cyclocross UCI C2 Day 2. © Cathy Fegan Kim / Cyclocross Magazine
McCutcheon would trade blows with Day 1 winner Amanda Miller (Boulder Cycle Sport / YogaGlo), until making a decisive attack with two laps to go, finding redemption for her Day 1 mishaps with a 18 second victory.
The Argentinian Sofia Gomez Villafane, Tenspeed Hero had another strong outing ahead of the Pan-American championships at the end of the month, securing third today. Emily Kachorek (Squid) and Melissa Barker (EVOL Elite racing) closed out the top five of this UCI Elite Women’s C2 racing.
McCutcheon running away from Miller at the US Open of Cyclocross UCI C2 Day 2. © Cathy Fegan Kim / Cyclocross Magazine
“It was really hot and really hard. Super fun course, the hill on the backside was brutal” – Melinda McCutcheon
In the men’s race, it was a repeat winner in Yannick Eckmann. On Day 2, Eckmann missed the power of the Day 1 three-man team time trial that helped launch him to the win. Ellwood was in the U23 race, while teammate Krughoff had an off day. Instead, he found company with Troy Wells (Clif Bar) and Stephen Ettinger (Ridebiker p/b Focus), and the three set off on their own team time trial.
Wells leads Eckmann and Ettinger. US Open of Cyclocross UCI C2 Day 2. © Cathy Fegan Kim / Cyclocross Magazine
Ettinger was the first to face, while behind, the ageless, four-time National Champion, 40-year-old Jonathan Page (Fuji) was just warming up. Page found his second wind, passing off racer by racer, and eventually passing everyone but Eckmann.
The ageless Page gave chase and moved up to second. US Open of Cyclocross UCI C2 Day 2. © Cathy Fegan Kim / Cyclocross Magazine
Behind Page and Eckmann, several racers took big leaps from their Day 1 positions by the end of Day 2. Wells hopped five spots up to third on Day 2, while Ettinger won Most Improved on the day, moving from 21st on Day 1 to 4th.
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2016 US Open of Cyclocross Results - UCI C2 Day 2 - U23 Men
| Pos | Bib | Name | Team | NAT | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | HECHT Gage | Alpha Bicycles/Vista Subaru | USA | 51:34.4 | - |
| 2 | 2 | ELLWOOD Grant | Boulder Cycle Sport / YogaGlo | USA | 51:38.7 | 0:04 |
| 3 | 1 | CHANCE Maxx | Evol racing | USA | 51:55.6 | 0:21 |
| 4 | 7 | DOWNING Spencer | Panache Houndstooth Racing | USA | 53:17.6 | 1:43 |
| 5 | 3 | MCPHERSON Ian | Evol Racing | USA | 53:58.7 | 2:24 |
| 6 | 4 | GERCHAR Garrett | Clif Bar | USA | 54:25.1 | 2:50 |
| 7 | 22 | BICKMORE Cade | Marian University Cycling Team | USA | 54:52.8 | 3:18 |
| 8 | 25 | TANNER Jack | Boulder Junior Cycling/ 7-Eleven | USA | 55:39.5 | 4:05 |
| 9 | 5 | EARL Liam | Team Clif Bar | USA | 56:11.6 | 4:37 |
| 10 | 21 | GAUTHIER Thomas | independent-cc | CAN | @ 1 Lap | |
| 11 | 20 | ANDERSON Jonathan | Fort Lewis College | USA | @ 2 Laps | |
| DNF | 24 | SQUILLACI Taylor | Zen bikes/Hifi | USA | ||
| DNF | 23 | BRUNNER Eric | Evol Racing | USA |
2016 US Open of Cyclocross Results - UCI C2 Day 2 - Elite Women
| Pos | Bib | U23 | Name | Team | NAT | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | MCCUTCHEON Melinda | DNA-Cotton Sox | USA | 50:46.5 | - | |
| 2 | 1 | MILLER Amanda | Boulder Cycle Sport/YogaGlo | USA | 51:04.8 | 0:18 | |
| 3 | 5 | GOMEZ VILLAFANE Sofia | TENSPEED HERO | ARG | 52:32.9 | 1:46 | |
| 4 | 3 | KACHOREK Emily | Squid | USA | 53:19.5 | 2:33 | |
| 5 | 12 | BARKER Melissa | EVOL Elite Racing | USA | 53:41.2 | 2:54 | |
| 6 | 11 | ARMAN Daniele | Tenspeed Hero | USA | 53:59.4 | 3:12 | |
| 7 | 4 | VESTAL Caitlyn | Feedback Sports Racing | USA | 54:04.4 | 3:17 | |
| 8 | 13 | GHENT Christa | EVOL DevoElite Racing | USA | 54:15.5 | 3:28 | |
| 9 | 21 | WEBER Kristin | Boulder Cycle Sport/ YogaGlo | USA | 54:38.1 | 3:51 | |
| 10 | 24 | WILLIAMS Hannah | Kent Eriksen Cycles Factory Team | USA | 54:39.5 | 3:52 | |
| 11 | 30 | SKARDA Alexis | Stan's Notubes Elite Women's Team | USA | 55:21.9 | 4:35 | |
| 12 | 29 | BEISEL Amy | Griggs Orthopedics | USA | 55:36.9 | 4:50 | |
| 13 | 8 | * | HONSINGER Clara | Team S+M | USA | 55:41.9 | 4:55 |
| 14 | 25 | HUDSON Lisa | Feedback Sports | USA | 56:07.7 | 5:21 | |
| 15 | 28 | LIVINGSTON Suzie | Fort Follies | USA | 56:15.7 | 5:29 | |
| 16 | 33 | MORRISON Deidre | Stages Cycling | USA | 56:49.3 | 6:02 | |
| 17 | 20 | NEWLIN Meghan | SALT/ Full Cycle Boulder | USA | 57:15.4 | 6:28 | |
| 18 | 31 | AREND Kristie | 50x15 | USA | 57:37.3 | 6:50 | |
| 19 | 23 | * | DEHORNEY Tiziana | PDX/TI (Portland Titanium) | USA | 58:12.4 | 7:25 |
| 20 | 14 | * | ZOERNER Ashley | Alpha Bicycle Company Vista Subaru | USA | 59:10.9 | 8:24 |
| 21 | 7 | BLATT Rebecca | Van Dessel | USA | @ 1 Lap | ||
| 22 | 10 | * | LEPIKHINA Ksenia | Cross Propz | USA | @ 2 Laps | |
| 23 | 26 | * | YOUNGWERTH Abby | Tenspeedhero | USA | @ 3 Laps | |
| 24 | 22 | GINSBACH Sarah | Topo Designs Cycling Club | USA | @ 4 Laps | ||
| 25 | 32 | LUKAS Sarah | Amy D Foundation | USA | @ 5 Laps | ||
| DNF | 6 | ORTON Beth Ann | Team S+M Sellwood Cycle Repair | USA | |||
| DNF | 27 | HOLICKY Breeze | EVOL DevoElite racing | USA | |||
| DNS | 2 | MILLER Meredith | Focus | USA |
2016 US Open of Cyclocross Results - UCI C2 Day 2 - Elite Men
| Pos | Bib | Age (Racing) | Name | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 24 | ECKMANN Yannick | Boulder Cycle Sport/ Yogaglo | 02:30.1 | - |
| 2 | 1 | 41 | PAGE Jonathan | Fuji | 02:54.8 | 0:24 |
| 3 | 3 | 33 | WELLS Troy | Team CLIF Bar | 03:13.6 | 0:43 |
| 4 | 32 | 28 | ETTINGER Stephen | RideBiker Alliance p/b Focus Bikes | 03:28.2 | 0:58 |
| 5 | 6 | 25 | KAISER Cody | LangeTwins / Specialized | 03:43.3 | 1:13 |
| 6 | 4 | 33 | LINDINE Justin | Apex/NBX/Trek | 03:57.4 | 1:27 |
| 7 | 2 | 33 | KRUGHOFF Allen | Boulder Cycle Sport/YogaGlo | 04:22.1 | 1:52 |
| 8 | 21 | 23 | CUPP Cody | SET Coaching | 05:14.4 | 2:44 |
| 9 | 27 | 25 | DIREEN Josh | Define Cycling/ Focus Bikes | 05:57.4 | 3:27 |
| 10 | 40 | 37 | DONALD Jason | Skratch Labs/Donkey Label Foundry Cycles | 06:18.0 | 3:47 |
| 11 | 42 | 27 | MORRISON Samuel | Stages Cycling | 06:58.5 | 4:28 |
| 12 | 8 | 35 | BRADFORD-PARISH Kevin | SETCoaching | 07:21.3 | 4:51 |
| 13 | 29 | 35 | FOSSELL Eric | Veloforma | 07:39.5 | 5:09 |
| 14 | 34 | 28 | FARABAUGH Adam | Support Clean Sport/SeaSucker/Gutt Coaching | 07:58.8 | 5:28 |
| 15 | 37 | 29 | SELANDER Bjorn | Borah Teamwear | 07:59.8 | 5:29 |
| 16 | 43 | 33 | REYES David | Tenspeed Hero | 08:06.0 | 5:35 |
| 17 | 24 | 39 | FRIEDBERG Michael | Evol | 09:02.0 | 6:31 |
| 18 | 30 | 33 | VAUGHN Aaron | Rally Sport | @ 4 Laps | |
| 19 | 28 | 38 | OSTROWSKI Jeremy | Reynolds Roofing | @ 4 Laps | |
| 20 | 44 | 28 | DOLZANI Samuel | Honey Stinger/Bontrager | @ 4 Laps | |
| 21 | 45 | 33 | TIETZEL Scott | Cuore-Specialized | @ 5 Laps | |
| 22 | 41 | 23 | DILGER Connor | Above and Beyond Cancer p/b Scheels | @ 6 Laps | |
| 23 | 11 | 27 | CAMPBELL Kacey | First city cycling | @ 6 Laps | |
| 24 | 25 | 23 | THOMAS Nick | Trek Cyclocross Collective | @ 6 Laps | |
| 25 | 20 | 33 | JACOBS Jayson | BREISMEISTER FACTORY RACING | @ 6 Laps | |
| 26 | 38 | 30 | KAPPIUS Braden | Team Clif Bar | @ 7 Laps | |
| DNF | 9 | 30 | RIVEROS Hector | QARVimports/Raleigh Bikes | ||
| DNF | 22 | 31 | SCHWEIKER Matt | TENSPEED HERO | ||
| DNF | 33 | 28 | JOHNSON Kyle | Team Yacht Club | ||
| DNF | 26 | 27 | SHATTELL Fred | Sonic Boom Racing p/b Lucky Pie | ||
| DNS | 39 | 36 | WHITNEY Josh | EVOL Racing | ||
| DNS | 36 | 35 | BURLEIGH Michael | EVOL Racing | ||
| DNS | 35 | 26 | POSTIER Dylan | Renewed Cyclocross | ||
| DNS | 31 | 38 | LEWIS Greg | 2nd Ave Sports Durango | ||
| DNS | 10 | 29 | PURVIS John | Tyson Foods Cycling Club | ||
| DNS | 7 | 33 | RICHEY Craig | Garneau - Easton Cycling |
