Full 2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship coverage can be found right here.
#CXNats race reports from Wed-Saturday are brought to you in part by Verge Sport.
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina—As the sun continued to warm the course, Jay Trojan (Arc En Ciel Racing Team) basked in the warmth of the cheering crowd as he took the win the Men’s 55-59 National Championship Race.
Brad Young (Team NYCross.com) led the race through the first turn off the start but couldn’t hold on as Russell Thorstrom (Team Rhino Rush) took to the point and led the race until Trojan took over on lap two.
Trojan was chased by last year’s winner Thomas Price (Trek Cyclocross Collective) with a small band of racers on his wheel, including Eric Anderson (Somerset Wheelmen), Robert Meigan, Tyler Munroe (Riverside Racing) and Thornstrom.
Jay Trojan celebrates the win in the 2016 Men’s 55-59 Cyclocross National Championships. © Cyclocross Magazine
Giro founder Jim Gentes (buy-cell.com) was in the race and rode from a fourth row call-up to go top 20 and finish 16th.
One name not at the front of affairs was Steve Tilford (TradeWind Energy Cycling Team). Tilford posted on his blog that he had a hard fall during pre-ride yesterday and this morning confirmed to us that he had a broken thumb “as well as a couple of busted ribs.”
The new title holder, Trojan, high fived his fellow racers. Having gotten in Monday, he had seen the course a number of times and noted that everything came together for him at this, his first Cyclocross National Championships, just like the younger Victor Sheldon did earlier in the day.
2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Men's 55-59 Full Results
| Pl | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jay TROJAN | Arc En Ciel Racing Team | 45:19. |
| 2 | Thomas PRICE | Trek Cyclocross Collective | 45:53. |
| 3 | Robert MEIGHAN | None | 46:07. |
| 4 | Eric ANDERSON | Somerset Wheelmen | 46:16. |
| 5 | Tyler MUNROE | Riverside Racing | 46:31. |
| 6 | Danny WARNER | Verdigris-Village CX Team | 46:50. |
| 7 | Russell THORSTROM | Team Rhino Rush | 46:56. |
| 8 | Tedd JACOBSON | Team Wisconsin | 47:05. |
| 9 | Jay THORNTON | G2 Bike | 47:36. |
| 10 | Brad YOUNG | Team NYCROSS.com | 47:58. |
| 11 | Daniel LACH | Zephyr Wheel Sports | 48:06. |
| 12 | Randy SHIELDS | Hearts Racing Club | 48:23. |
| 13 | Joe FABRIS | Plus 3 | 48:43. |
| 14 | Joseph BRUBAKER | KUHL | 48:49. |
| 15 | Curtis SOUTHERN | NCVC/UnitedHealthcare | 48:55. |
| 16 | Jim GENTES | buy-cell.com | 48:56. |
| 17 | Douglass GRAY | First State Velo Sport | 49:13. |
| 18 | Jeffrey CRAFT | Team Lake Effect | 49:37. |
| 19 | Barney BAXTER | 49:42. | |
| 20 | Paul WAHNER | GOCycling/DrWahner.com/MAMBO CX | 49:48. |
| 21 | Steve ARSENAULT | Monadnock Cycling Club | 49:52. |
| 22 | Robert COLBERT | 49:52. | |
| 23 | John THOMPSON | Mt. Borah Epic Team | 49:57. |
| 24 | Tim MARSHALL | 50:08. | |
| 25 | Brian DAVIS | Compass Research Cycling Team | 50:20. |
| 26 | John MOSHER | Wheelworks Racing | 50:30. |
| 27 | Lawrence TOWNER | Team ProPower Coaching | 50:43. |
| 28 | Thomas PREHN | Boulder Cycle Sport/ YogaGlo | 50:45. |
| 29 | Doug CAMPBELL | Raging Bull Racing | 50:48. |
| 30 | Shawn DOWNING | JAMSQUAD Cycling | 50:48. |
| 31 | Doug SHAW | Crosstown Velo | 50:49. |
| 32 | Scott REYNOLDS | Guys Racing Club | 51:16. |
| 33 | John ROGERS | DCMTB | 41:05. |
| 34 | John GRENIER | Maine Cycling Club | 41:06. |
| 35 | Jeffrey HAASE | Asheville Bicycle Racing Club | 41:09. |
| 36 | Doug RICHARDS | Blue Sky Velo | 41:21. |
| 37 | Steve NOBLE | Sarasota Cycling Club p/b SeaSu | 41:25. |
| 38 | John MCGRATH | NEBC p/b Cycle Loft | 41:30. |
| 39 | James PATERSON | Spin Arts Cycling | 41:31. |
| 40 | Eric SLOMAN | Bicycle Outfitters Racing Team | 41:33. |
| 41 | Derek GRIGGS | 41:36. | |
| 42 | David SHERWIN | Velo Allegro | 41:37. |
| 43 | Kevin DOLAN | 41:38. | |
| 44 | Timothy SHEA | Sunapee Racing Team | 41:40. |
| 45 | John BAXTER | Constellation Cycling | 41:49. |
| 46 | Lee REAVIS | Carolina Cycling Team | 41:58. |
| 47 | Roger PAYNE | Living Water Cycling | 42:16. |
| 48 | John ADAMIK | Riverside Racing | 42:27. |
| 49 | Dave GEISSERT | Nerac Earth | 42:35. |
| 50 | Phillip JEROME | All Terrain Cycling | 42:52. |
| 51 | Jay FORGIONE | 43:00. | |
| 52 | Thomas CATALANO | Cannondale Cyclocrossworld | 43:16. |
| 53 | Christopher SCOTT | Riverside Racing | 43:31. |
| 54 | Lonnie BROOKS | Cone Health/cycles de ORO | 43:31. |
| 55 | Todd THORNTON | Constellation Cycling | 43:32. |
| 56 | David WOLFEL | Arrow Bicycle | 43:48. |
| 57 | Jon ANTONNEAU | 43:50. | |
| 58 | Dennis SMITH | 43:57. | |
| 59 | Robert PUGH | Fiets Maan Racing p/b Luna Cycl | 44:01. |
| 60 | Allen MCMURTRY | 33:03. | |
| 61 | Scott WILSON | Evolution Racing | 33:11. |
| 62 | Mark SOLBERG | JAMSQUAD Cycling | 33:39. |
| 63 | Michael FITZGERALD | L5Flyers Cycling Team | 33:54. |
| 64 | Bill TELLMAN | Transylvania County Schools | 33:55. |
| 65 | Richard TOLER | Team Dayton Bicycling | 34:20. |
| 66 | Paul SCHWARTZ | Orlando Road Club | 34:27. |
| 67 | Mark NORTH | Richmond Velo Sport | 34:27. |
| 68 | Marty CLOER | Fiets Maan Racing p/b Luna Cycl | 34:32. |
| 69 | James FEEHAN | Kissena Cycling Club | 34:42. |
| 70 | Jeffrey LINNEN | MSG Cyclocross | 34:44. |
| 71 | Todd JENKINS | 34:48. | |
| 72 | Franz Biron KEEFER | Colavita Racing Inc. | 34:56. |
| 73 | Thomas FULCHER | Rock Creek Velo | 35:04. |
| 74 | Andy PERRINO | Bio Wheels Racing | 35:09. |
| 75 | Kevin MALLORY | xXx Racing | 35:22. |
| 76 | Derick SHOFF | Evolution Racing | 36:15. |
| 77 | Jim EMERY | Cycle-Smart Inc. | 24:22. |
| 78 | Daryl ELLIS | Northstar Racing | 24:56. |
| 79 | Gustavo SANCHEZ | Evolution Racing | 24:58. |
| 80 | Donald ISAACS | Team Bicycle Heaven | 25:08. |
| 81 | Bob SZYMKIEWICZ | Slippery Sasquatch | 25:38. |
| 82 | David OREAR | 25:44. | |
| 83 | Louis DAMELIO | Evolution Racing | 25:51. |
| 84 | John BAUER | Evolution Jr. Devo Team | 26:10. |
| 85 | John DZUBINSKI | Amorosos Racing Team | 32:41. |
| 86 | Mike THOMAS | Hawleys Bicycle World Racing T | 15:10. |
Be sure to enter Verge Sport’s Cyclocross Nationals giveaway, details here.
