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Compton, Trebon score Granogue wins

by VeloNews.com

• October 21, 2006
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Katie Compton (Spike Professional-Primus Mootry) and Ryan Trebon (Kona) overpowered their respective fields on Saturday at the UCI C1 Cyclocross at Granogue Estate near Wilmington, Delaware.

The start at Granogue is a long, slightly uphill paved driveway, and it proved decisive. Georgia Gould (Luna) got the hole shot with Lyne Bessette (Cyclocrossworld) on her wheel — but Compton shot by on the right and that was all she wrote.

“I should have jumped on her wheel right away, but I didn’t and Katie got a gap. I would have had to ride much faster than her to catch up, but she is so strong I couldn’t,” said Bessette.

The Canadian national champ stabilized the gap at about 15 seconds, but could never close it, and her American counterpart never made any mistakes en route to victory. Gould held on for third.

The men’s race was a four-rider contest almost from the start as defending champ Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com), Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) and Kona teammates Ryan Trebon and Barry Wicks escaped the field.

Trebon dropped his chain on the fourth trip up the run-up and had to stop briefly, but was quickly back in the action, upping the tempo “to see who would follow.”

With Wicks sitting on, the chase was left to Powers and Johnson, who soon found themselves in a three-man race for second. The runner-up slot went to Powers, with Wicks third and Johnson fourth.