Shimano-USCF Cyclocross National Championships at Domaine Chandon, Napa, CA, 12/14-15/2002

Well results are: Paul Weiss raced Masters 35-40 result: 25th place. Here is the story and some pics.

American Express Finanancial Advisors Cyclocross, Verge Series Final Round #6, Wasserman Park, Merrimack, NH 12/8/02

George Benington takes 2nd in C race, Peter Stetson takes 5th in the Junior race, Paul Weiss took 25th in the Masters race

UNH Eastern Collegiate Championships & the Live Free & Ride Cyclocross Race 12/7/2002

George Benington raced in the Mens c racen taking 5th place, Paul Weiss took 5th in the Masters race

Verge Series # 5 12/1/02 W.E. Stedman Co. Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross South Kingstown, RI. UCI Category 3

PVC junior racing brothers: Peter Stetson places 8th and Charley 9th in the Junior race. Charley, in his first ever Cyclocross race! Paul Weiss finished 30th in the Masters race

Verge Series #4 - 11/24/02 Chain Biter 4.0 Cyclo-CrossFarmington, CT.

PVC Junior Peter Stetson in his first Cyclocross race, takes 11th, in a large field of Juniors!

Plymouth Cyclocross, Plymouth High School, Plymouth MA 11/16/02

Rain snow and mud were greeting racers as the noreaster ripped thru for the day. A very cold and wet day made for some classic New England conditions. Suffering for PVC were: Geoff Johnson, who finished 2nd in the Junior race and Paul Weiss who finished 21st in the large Maters field.

West Hill Shop Cyclocross Race, Putney, Vermont 11/10/02

Junior race: 2 Geoffrey Johnson 2nd! Mens C race: Charles Goldman 15th, Shawn Corbett 17th

Frank n' Horst Cyclocross, Keene, NH, 11/9/02

Mens C race: 14th GOLDMAN, Charles , 15th CORBETT, Shawn

Schoolhouse Cyclo-cross, U-32 High School - E. Montpelier VT 11/3/02

This race was in the snow, about 2 inches in spots. This made for a slick time. Out there slogging in the fields for PVC: In the Masters Paul Weiss placed 9th, In the Mens C race Charles Goldman placed 4th!

Catamount Cyclocross, Williston VT 11/2/02

Cold temps and snow on the ground. This was a fun one though: results for PVC : Mens B race Paul Weiss 9th, Mens C race Charlie Goldman 4th

Cycle-Smart Amherst International Cyclocross, Verge Series #3 (UCI), UMass, Amherst, MA 10/27/02

With one of the biggest races in North America for cyclocross, this was a great event. All the big names form around the country were there and this made for a great race to be in and watch. Racing for PVC was Juniors Geoff Johnson (DNF) and Morgan Maclead (who took 10th in a huge Junior field). Paul Weiss 37th/74 raced Masters .

Boston Road Club Cyclocross at Beaver Brook Reservation Waltham MA 10/26/02

One of the rainiest days in cyclocross in years made this a mud festival. A fun new venue was on hand and it turned out to have 6 inches of mud on it. It was a cold and wet event, but for those that stuck it out, wow, we will never forget this one.
Junior racer Geoff Johnson sludged through with an excellent 1st place win! Thirty four racers maked mud cakes in the C race, including Charles Goldman (14th) and Shawn Corbet (17th). I slung mud in the Master race and took 15th overall. Lots of fun was had by all........hmmm submitted by Paul Weiss

Wicked Maine Cylocross II Race Gray ME 10/20/2002

As the Maine State Championship and the Tim Johnson Junior series premier event, the Wicked Maine cyclocross race is becoming a well know event. This year event was better than ever. With changes in the course design that made bunny hopping near impossible, and with long runnups and a lot of off camber...this was a killer course. Andy Whelan did his best on the design and everyone that I talked with, loved/hated it!

PVC had some great racers represented: racing the the Mens C race was: George Bennington who took 4th, Charles Goldman who took 11th and Shawn Corbet who had to abandon since his cleat came off....ooops. In the Womens B race: Rhonda Morin did her first cyclocross race and did a respectable finish, beating her only competitor. In the Junior 15-16 Catagory, PVC's Geoff Johnson took second in the state championship and 4th overall, Morgan Macleod is the new State Champion and took second overall.In the Masters race: Chis Karam is the new state champion, Andy Whelan 7th and Paul Weiss was 9th. In the Mens B race, Jason Pettengill was 6th and Chris Green was 16th. In the Elite Mens race, Ron Calavolpe, who started like a charging bull, eventually had to abandone due to a back pain.

ECV Cyclocross, Verge NE series #2 (UCI) Lost Valley, Auburn, ME 10/13/02
With the backdrop of the Atlantic ocean this course was a real New England Race. With a damp wind lowing off the atlantic and rain falling throughout the day, things got wet and fast. The sandpits became the hardest obstacle and caused many mechanical problems during the race. PVC again sported bunch of crossers. Racing in the Masters/Juniors race: Morgan Maclead, Geoff Johnson, Andy Whelan and Paul Weiss. In the Mens C George Benington. In the Mens B: Jason Pettengil and Ron Calavolpe. Ron won the B race battling many laps with fellow Mainer Matt Hersey.
Submitted by Paul Weiss

Downeast Cyclocross, Verge NE series #1 (UCI) Lost Valley, Auburn, ME 10/06/02
With the backdrop of the Lost Valley Ski Area, and a Tom Stevens design this course was a classic. Big hurdles and an absolutue killer runnup that was as steep as it gets. PVC sported bunch of crossers including Morgan Maclead, Geoff Johnson, George Benington, Jason Pettengil, Andy Whelan and Paul Weiss. Submitted by Paul Weiss

Competitive Edge Cyclocross, Northfield Mt, MA 9/29/02
With the backdrop of Northfield Mt Reservation, this course was a classic. Lots of huge UCI hight level hurdles and long grass sections. What made the course a killer was the long road climb in the woods, that ended in a sandy uphill ride/run. Of of course the amazing 6 foot vertical wall in the field was also killer. My race was fun and difficult.....a great course. Not sure how I placed yet.but will post, along with some sick pictures I took of the uphill and race. Submitted by Paul Weiss

NCC Cyclocross, Cummington, MA 9/28/02
A great race on the grounds of the Cummington Fairgrounds. The evening rain kept the early races in the day difficult since all the greass was wet and the famous upper field was bogged down on the uphill climb. Both Morgan Macleod and I raced in the combined Junior/Master Race. Morgan ditched me prietty early and I chased for the whole race. Morgan finished 3rd for the Juniors! I finished 15th for the masters. A great race, and lot fo fun with the double drop off cliff and uphill! Submittted by Paul Weiss

BCA Cyclocross, Pittsfield, MA 9/23/02
The New England Season opener for cyclocross was great!. I was the only Mainer to make it out to the Western Berkshires. I would not miss this race. It is a great race, situated in a town park up on a hill on the edge of town. The course was a classic with routes through the back fields of the school and the famous between the buildings uphill hurdle set. I did the Masters race and had a good run. A wake up call to the fitness level that you need for cyclocross. I took a lot of pictures, I will post this week. Mark McCormack and Jody Grosbeck showed their early season form by winning their races.

Green Mountain Stage Race 8/30/02-9/2/02 Northern VT

The best way to top off the road season is a great stage race. In it's second year, this race has shown again that it is "the beast of the east". With 3 day of hard climbs over some of the hardest terrain in New England, this is it. PVC had several riders attempt to finish this stage race. Racing were: Andy Whelan, Paul Weiss, Dave Harrell, Chris Green Jr, Rhonda Morin, Morgan Macleod, Bill Black and Charles Goldman. Joining PVC but racing for Team Saturn was Ollie Cote, who stayed with most of us at Tom Papps house in Burlington.

Congratulations to all that raced or even tried to. It was a very hard race, and with the hard eliminations at the Criterium on the last day, few made the final GC. Hats off to Rhonda Morin, who finished 4th in the GC for Cat 4 Women!

Haverhill Cycling Classic, Haverill, MA 2002+COX Cycling Classic 2002

Graydon Stevens placed 7th at the COX Charities Cycling Classic in the men's 45+ and then went on to place first the next day in the men's 50+ at the Haverhill Cycling Classic.

Scarborough Road Race, Scarborough, ME 8/25/02
Women Cat 4 Rhonda Morin 4th, Master 45+ Graydon Stevens 5th, Steve Johnson 8th, Master 35+ Chris Karam 1st, Neil Fitch 10th, Paul Weiss 25th, Gene Landry 32nd, Andy Whelan 33rd, Bob Baiguy 37th, Brian Linscott 43rd, Mens Cat 3: Ron Colavolpe 7th, Dave Harrell 27th, Jason Pettengill 32nd, Mens Cat 4 Greg Hutchinson 4th, Stuart Abramsonm 26th, Mike Laughlin 35th, Mens Cat 5 Tim Fisher 6th, Charles Goldman 8th, Chris Talbot 47th, Junior 15-18 Geoff Johnson 2nd, Morgan Macleod 5th, Peter Stetson 8th and Charley Stetson 12th

Race note by Gene Landry
Congratulations to Chris Karam yesterday for winning the 35+ Scarborough RR. It was a great sight to see as the pack headed into the finish after 55 miles at speeds hovering around 40mph. Chris exploded from the front of this group with the help of Bob "Leadout" Baiguy and won going away while the top sprinters from around New England watched. In the 3s, Jason and Ron had a good race with Ron grabbing a top 10 place in a field sprint following Jason's long leadout. Great job to all the other PVC racers. Looked like a good turnout.

Saco Criterium, Saco, ME 8/24/02

Cat 4 Women: Rhonda Morin 3rd (MAINE STATE CHAMPION), Cat 3 Men: Chris Karam 26th, Jason Pettengill wins prime, DNF, Mens 4 Greg Hutchinson 14th, Geoff Johnson 22nd, Cat 5 Men: Charles Goldman 3rd (MAINE STATE CHAMPION), Matt Cyr 33rd, Junior 15-18 Geoff Johnson 4th (MAINE STATE CHAMPION), Morgan Macleod 12th, Junior 10-14: Chris Talbot 7th (MAINE STATE CHAMPION), Eli Gilbert 10th, Aaron Gilbert (crashed out) Master 35 + Chris Karam 13th, Gene Landry 30th, Neil Fitch 37th, Bob Biaguy 39th, Paul Weiss DNF, Graydon Stevens DNF. Master 45 +: Graydon Stevens 8th (MAINE STATE CHAMPION), Steve Johnson 11th.

Mt Washington Hill Climb, Mt Washington, NH 8/24/02
This killer climb once again was concored by PVC: Peter Stetson a Junior PVC racer finished 1:16:58 taking 90th place and Steve Fluet made it up in 1:17:19 taking 128th . Chris Green also raced althouth I do not have his time.

Carrabassett XC Cycle Challenge August 11th, 2002

CYR, CHRISTOPHER MEN'S EXPERT 30-39 1st!
KARAM, CHRIS MEN'S EXPERT 30-39 7th!
HINSHAW, JOEL MEN'S EXPERT 40+ 3rd!
COLAVOLPE, RONALD PRO/SEMI PRO MEN 3rd!
MACLEOD, MORGAN BOYS JR CLASS 17-18 3rd!
LANDRY, MARC MEN'S BEGINNER 30+ 3 rd!

Westfield Road Race Westfield MA, August 10th, 2002

Men Cat 3; 22nd Dave Harrell, Men Cat 4; 10th for Stuart Abramson, Men 40+; 22nd Graydon Stevens

Central New Hampshire Road Race, Bow, NH August 4, 2002

Quite a few PVC-er braved the hot, humid, and hilly terrain of central New Hampshire this past Sunday to rack up some pretty good results:
Men's Cat 3 - Ron Colavolpe 14th, Men's Cat 4 - Gregory Hutchinson 53rd, Men's Cat 5 - Chris Green 5th; Charles Goldman 23rd, Men's 35+ - Neil Fitch 9th, Men's 45+ - Graydon Stevens 12th

Submitted by Charles Goldman

Concord Criterium, Concord, NH August 3, 2002

PVC Junior racer Aaron Gilbert had a great race on Saturday placing 1st in the juniors 10-14...it was also his first race he has ever done!!! Other PVC racers had great results too, such as Gregory Hutchinson, placing 11th in the men's Cat 4 and Graydon Stevens, who placed 19th in the Masters 45+.

Submitted by Charles Goldman

Essex Woods Mountain Bike Race 7/28/2002

5th CORCORAN TIMOTHY MEN'S EXPERT 30-39
1st HINSHAW JOEL MEN'S EXPERT 40+

Yarmouth Clam Festival Bike Race Yarmouth, ME 7/21/2002

Another great year and very fast, race. Racing in the Mens Pro 1-2-3 race was: Neil Fitch, Graydon Stevens, Andy Whelan, David Harrell, Gene Landry, Jason Pettengill, Chris Karam, Dave Brink, and Paul Weiss, Racing in the Womens 1-4 race was Betsy Perry.
Yarmouth Clam Festival 2002 Race Results
Results from 2001 race
Photos from 2001 race

Tour of the Hilltowns 7/20/02, Berkshires, Western, MA

Many of the PVC riders made the 4 hour trip to western Mass for the Tour of the Hilltowns. Mike Claus once again displayed his power on the hills by staying in the top group in the 4/5 race and placing 5th. Bill Black also had a good race staying with the front group over Hawley hill and placed 4th in the 45+ race. The rest of us, Grayden Stevens (10th in 45+) Eddie Quinn, Andy Whelan, Dave Harrell and I, later greed that that is one big hill. My best move of the day was on the drive back home where I was able to pass Eddie and Andy on a 3% grade, staying away all the way into Maine.

Submitted by Stuart Abramson

Alden Hill Challenge Mt Bike Race, Gorham ME 7/14/02
PVC had a good turnout for this local race on the campus of USM. THe 90 degree temperatures did not deter Junior Team member Morgan Macleod who finished 2nd in the Junior 17-18 age group. Racing in the expert 30-39 age group Tim Corocoran took 1st. In Semi Pro Level Ron Calavolpe raced, taking second to Mike Vose. In the expert 40+ catagory Joel Hinshaw took 2nd! Racing in the sport 30-30 age group Chris Karam took 1st!

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Stage Race, Fitchberg, MA June 27th-30th
Cat 4 Women-Rhonda Morin 22nd overall, Cat 4 Men Greg Hutchinson 82 overall.

Scarborough Training Series Thursdays, April-June, 2002

A great series that started with many dangerous crashes, finished with a safer peleton and some surprises. Dave Harrell and Joel Hinshaw get and fantastic last week win. Breaking clear, to make the 1-2 finish. Of course the top PVC favoroites rained in a hard competing filed that included the top racers from Maine. PVC overall standings after 10 weeks:

B Race: 11th Dwayne Clement (even after the crash/seperated shoulder!), 13th Morgan McLeod, 15th Geoffrey Johnson, 18th Charles Goldman, 30th Michael Spadinger, 37th Ray Kusche

A Race: 1st Chris Karam, 3rd Ron Colavolpe, 4th Chris Linscott, 5th Graydon Stevens, 6th Dave Harrell, 7th Joel Hinshaw, 10th Bob Baiguy, 11th Jason Pettingill, 19th Art Davis, 22nd Neil Fitch, 26th Rick Smith , 28th Greg Hutchinson.

Very Fine Grand Prix, Littleton, MA, June 23, 2002

PVC had some pretty good success down at the Veryfine Grand Prix on Sunday. In the Cat 4 race, Greg Hutchinson came in 3rd and in the Cat 5, Chris Green got together with 10 other racers to form a breakaway group and wound up wining the sprint for 1st by half a bike length! I, however wasn't paying attention to the guys up front and wound up working my butt off with about five other guys to form a chase group and ended up in 12th place. Oh well, I'll just have to pay more attention next time. Submitted by Charles Goldman

Kennebunk RR May 27th, 2002

We had several PVC racer in the race including Charles Golman and Brian Linscott.

Southwest Harbor, Citz. Road Race , ME May 27th, 2002

A linscott win........Melissa Linscott got 3rd place in the 20-30 yo cat, Chris Linscott got 1st in the 30-40 cat,
Linda Linscott got 1st in the 40-50 yo cat and Brian Linscott got 1st in the
40-50 yo cat.

Krank the Kank Time Trial May 18, 2002

I'm sure the sun was shining for the road racers in Sunapee and the Club folks riding through Cape this fine Saturday May morning. Somewhat different result at the corner of Routes 112 and 16/113 in New Hampshire. Riders were greeted with falling snow at the start line, a shortened but none the less scenic time rial up the Kangamangus Highway from Conway. With four inches of snow at the top of the Kank we were left to finish only 17 miles up the road at the start of the first steep pitch. Joel Henshaw took 1st in the 35+, while I settled for 4th. Paul (Yellow Look) and Dan Emery (nice Lew wheels Dan) from CCCP also had notable rides, with Dan taking 2nd in 45+. Usually the highlight of the Time Trial is the downhill ride back to The start, but riding downhill with soaked clothing through the snow and watching the plow trucks wiz by made this event epic. Nice spaghetti feed at the finish. -- Mike Claus - May 18, 2002

Bath Criterium, May 5th, 2002

A large contingent turned out for this race in dwontown bath. I am not sure if I listed all those that raced (but let me know). Womens race included PVC star: Rhonda Morin. Mens 4-5 race was hotly contested with several PVC racers : Chris Linscott, Mike Loughlin, and Morgan Macleod In the Mens 1,2,3, race, Bob B., Graydon Stevens, Neil Fitch, Jason Pettengil, Paul Weiss, Tim Corcoran, Chris Karam all raced. Most of us were caught or in the back of a crash that caused large problems with Bob's wheel. Bob got back in though and had fun chasing for many miles.

Brunswick Criterium 4/28/02

PVC dominated this event once again, In the A race, a trio of Riders got away about half way through, Jason Pettengill (PVC) and Thad Lavelle (BRC), and Al Z.(SMCC). They staeyed clear for the rest of the race despite efforts from PVC to try to get our big sprinters up (Chris Linscoot and Chris Karam). Helping pull the peleton up were Brian Linscott, Paul Weiss (who ended up on his ass in the last lap) and Zack promoter of the pavement skin peal. Jason took the win!

In the B race PVC had a strong turnout. PVC Junior racer Morgan Macleod pushed the pace, while the clan of Mike Loughlin, Dwayne Clement, Mark Landry lead the pack.

Great race run by the Bowdoin College Club. A great set of races, with 2 Maine college teams attending and pushing the pace (Bates, Bowdoin). Great also to have Kinnin Payson and Co. officiating a non USCF event.