Peloton Star: 2012 Cyclocross Nationals

Photo: USA Cycling

WISCONSIN: Verona - 2012 .'Cross Nats - RESULTS Okay, this is going to be heavily biased towards Midwest riders as you can read about everyone else in the dozens of reports posted elsewhere.

From USA Cycling: Linda Sone (Cycle Smart) literally ran away from her competition on the muddy course to take the Masters Women 40-44 title.

Masters Women 40-44
1. Linda Sone (Northfield, Minn./Cycle-Smart Inc.) 46:10
2. Kimberly Flynn (Hixson, Texas/Scenic City Velo-Ussc-Trekp/bVantaggio) 46:30
3. Katrina Dowidchuk (Wilmington, Del./Team Tbb-Deep Blue) 48:06
4. Margell Abel (Boulder, Colo.) 48:12
5. Heidi Beck (Delafield, Wisc./Twin Six) 49:00

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Masters Men 55-59
1. Paul Curley (Taunton, Mass./Mid State Cycling) 42:58
2. Norman Kreiss (Orinda, Calif./Cal Giant) 43:24
3. Robert Downs (Madison, Wisc./Planet Bike) 43:44
4. Randy Shields (Winston Salem, N.C./Carolina Masters) 44:26
5. Randall Root (Sterling, Va./Evolution Cycling) 44:36

Masters Men 60-64
1. Fred Wittwer (Charlottesville, Va./Alan North America Cycling) 38:41
2. Gregory Pausch (Chippewa Falls, Wisc./Planet Bike) 38:57
3. Joseph Brown (Walled Lake, Mich./Flying Rhino Cycling Club) 39:33
4. Harold Parker (Lenexa, Kansas/360 Racing) 40:11
5. Timothy Leonard (New Hartford, N.Y./Nycross.com) 40:18

Masters Men 65-69
1. Lewis Rollins (Salt Lake City, Utah/The Contender Club/Contender Bicycles) 42:11
2. Rick Abbott (Boulder, Colo./Excel Sports Boulder) 42:49
3. Richard Bagienski (Durango, Colo./Durango Wheel Club) 46:38
4. John Adamson (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Twisted Spokes Racing Team) 48:13
5. Richard Wall (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 49:55

Masters Men 70-74
1. Robert Llamas (Montrose, Calif./Montrose Cycling Club) 45:28
2. Erik Nordenson (Moab, Utah) 45:29
3. Joe Saling (Bridgewater, N.J./Somerset Wheelmen) 48:47

Masters Men 80+
1. Walter Axthelm (Durango, Colo./Durango Wheel Club) 48:56

Masters Women 40-44
1. Linda Sone (Northfield, Minn./Cycle-Smart Inc.) 46:10
2. Kimberly Flynn (Hixson, Texas/Scenic City Velo-Ussc-Trekp/bVantaggio) 46:30
3. Katrina Dowidchuk (Wilmington, Del./Team Tbb-Deep Blue) 48:06
4. Margell Abel (Boulder, Colo.) 48:12
5. Heidi Beck (Delafield, Wisc./Twin Six) 49:00

Masters Women 45-49
1. Gina Hall (Orinda, Calif./Cal Giant) 40:38
2. Antonia Leal (Waukesha, Wisc./Planet Bike) 41:25
3. Stacey Barbossa (Rugherford, N.J./Elite Endurance Training Systems) 41:45
4. Karen Hogan (Louisville, Colo./Team Kappius) 42:22
5. Katrina Baumsteiger (San Luis Obispo, Calif./Team Rambuski Law) 43:02

Masters Women 50-54
1. Kris Walker (Pocatello, Idaho/Conender) 42:58
2. Catherine Walberg (Topeka, Kan.) 43:02
3. Karen Tripp (Deerfield, NH/Blue Steel Cyclery) 46:28
4. Deirdre Garvey (Boulder, Colo./BRAC) 46:48
5. Susan Prieto (Boulder, Colo.) 47:14

Masters Women 55-59
1. Kathy Sarvary (Manchester, N.H./Blue Steel Cyclery/Blue Steel Cyclery) 44:08
2. Diane Ostenso (Cottage Grove, Wisc./Trek Midwest Team) 44:32
3. Elizabeth Heller (St. Louis, Mo./708 Racing p/b Dressel's Pub) 45:27
4. Melissa Behr (Madison, Wisc./MadCity Velo Club) 49:28
5. Beverly Enslow (Metamora, Ill./Hammer Nutrition-CMG Racing Team) 50:46

Masters Women 60-64
1. Tove Shere (Santa Fe, N.M./KHSNM.com-Thenationalsproject.com) 50:27
2. Martha Iverson (Durango, Colo./Durango Wheel Club) 52:05
3. Linda Shelburne (Sandwich, Mass./Cape Cod Cycling Club LLC) @1LAP

Masters Women 65-69
1. Julie O'Neill (Milwaukee, Wisc.) 56:27

Masters Women 70+
1. Julie Lockhart (Dunstable, Mass./Northeast Bicycle Club) 55:37