Rockburn Cross in Words, Pictures and Video

Lateral Stress Velo hosted the BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series Event #4 on Sunday, as Rockburn Cross rolled out under clear skies and warm temps. C3-Sollay.com delivered the 1-2 crane-style punch in the men's elite event, with Andrew Wulfkuhle (C3-Sollay.com) and Michael Gallagher (C3-Sollay.com) leading the way, both adorned in the special edition Cobra Kai skinsuits. Third was Sean Galegher (Hunt Valley Bicycles / Marathon Roofing).

In the women's elite event, Betsy Shogren (SoBe / Cannondale) outsprinted Melanie Swartz (Velo Bella / Kona) for the win. Arley Kemmer (Hub Racing) finished third, after a crash going into the bell lap allowed the lead duo to squirt away.

Other Winners:
Elite Masters Men 35+/45+: Gunnar Shogren (SoBe / Cannondale)
Cat 4 Men: Paul Rades (Artemis)
Masters Men Cat 3/4 35+/45+: Joe Lillibridge (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling)
Masters Men 55+: Nunzio Dibiasi (Yellow Breeches Racing)
Cat 3/4 Men: Alex Driscoll (Adventures For the Cure)
Juniors 18 and Under: Steven Black (NCVC / Inova Health System)
Juniors 16 ahd Under: Jimmy Klose (Adventures for the Cure)
Cat 3/4 Women: Jessica Gallagher (C3-Sollay.com)

Additional Coverage:

• Bill Schieken has a photo gallery from the 3/4 race up on Flickr.
• Oh yes. 7 full minutes of video from the Men's Elite adn Men's Elite Masters races at Rockburn, by Eric Schmitt
  
  (and also a video from Fair Hill the day before).
• FatGuyRacer has pics from the Masters Cat 3/4 race also. A lot of them.
• girlfoffroad Melanie Swartz wishes she could have another crack at Plan A on Sunday. After all, it worked on Saturday.
• If you really like racing cross, like the Unholy Rouleur, it shows in your cross race reports.
• Except when it doesn't.
• Gay (bike) racer had third place in his sights with 2 turns to go. And then finished 8th. Such is Cross.
• The Complete Jewish Cyclist battled the Cat 4 field, the course, and finally the results pages. He's got pictures of much of it, including the packaging for nutritional supplement CeraSport (CERA? Really, that's what you want to call it?) which is - yup - kosher.
• Cross racing makes The Muscle feel like The Little Girly Muscle.

Comments

[Greg]

I thought the same thing, CERASport? kind of unfortunate...