Menzies nets another in Charlotte
Australian 1-2 as Schmidt seals third podium spot
Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) claimed victory in the Dilworth Criterium in Charlotte, his second of the USA Crits Speed Week, after he opened the series with the win in Athens last week.
Menzies capitalised on a strong lead-out from his teammates to outsprint Hilton Clarke (OUCH-Bahati Foundation) and Alexey Schmidt (Team Type 1).
"I had Johnny [Clarke] and Pinner [Andrew Pinfold] leading me out and Jake [Keough] on my wheel." said Menzies. "Pinner dropped me off and I had good acceleration out of the last turn. The finish is a bit of a power climb. I took off at the right time, maybe a bit earlier than the other guys were expecting."
Menzies' win capped of a strong performance by the UnitedHealthcare squad. Adrian Hegyvary and Matt Crane had launched subsequent late-race attacks, forcing OUCH-Bahati to chase down the moves as they worked to set up Hilton Clarke.
"Everyone has been racing really well this week." Menzies added. "I don't think we've done anything different the last two nights. We've just finished it off a bit better."
1 | Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) | 1:12:30 |
2 | Hilton Clarke (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Alexey Schmidt (Team Type 1) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Luca Damiani (KENDA Pro Cycling p/b Gear Grinder) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Lisban Quintero (CRCA/FOUNDATION) | 0:00:01 |
7 | Daniel Holt (Team Type 1) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Adam Myerson (Team Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joes) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Demis Aleman | 0:00:02 |
10 | David Guttenplan (Team Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joes) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Austin Carroll (Adageo Enery Pro Cycling) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Yosvany Falcon (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Frank Travieso (Jamis-Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Rahsaan Bahati (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | 0:00:03 |
15 | Jonathan Parrish (KENDA Pro Cycling p/b Gear Grinder) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Robert Bush (KENDA Pro Cycling p/b Gear Grinder) | 0:00:04 |
17 | Philip (alder) Martz (Team Globalbike) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Sebastian Flaskamp (Droessiger) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Isaac Howe (Team Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joes) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Carlos Vargas (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Johnny's) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Tim Henry (Team Type 1 Development) | 0:00:05 |
22 | Daniel Ramsey (Williams Cycling pb SC Velo) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Matthew Howe (HTR Inside Out Sports) | 0:00:06 |
24 | Gavriel Epstein (CRCA/FOUNDATION) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Boyd Johnson (Team Globalbike) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Andrew Pinfold (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | A.J. Meyer | 0:00:07 |
28 | Benjamin Zawacki (Team Ion-United Healthcare) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Benjamin Miller (Team Globalbike) | 0:00:08 |
30 | Alejandro Guzman (CRCA/FOUNDATION) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Unknown | 0:00:09 |
32 | Spencer Gaddy (Black Sheep Cartel) | 0:00:10 |
33 | Ronald Strange (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Johnny's) | 0:00:11 |
34 | Scottie Weiss (KENDA Pro Cycling p/b Gear Grinder) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Karel Sumbal (Lindner Capital Advisors) | 0:00:12 |
36 | Robert Giannini (Locos Grill & Pub) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Luis Zayas | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Olaf Kerkhof (Team Type 1 Development) | 0:00:13 |
39 | Ty Magner (Locos Grill & Pub) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Name Name (Aerocat Racing) | 0:00:18 |
41 | Andrew Crater (Aerocat Racing) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Nicholas Bennette (MetLife p/b groSolar) | 0:00:22 |
43 | Victor Herrera (ZMOTION Racing Team) | 0:00:23 |
44 | Unknown | 0:00:25 |
45 | Jared Nieters (Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | David Forkner (Team Globalbike) | 0:00:26 |
47 | Unknown | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Edward Adamy (Subaru Fisher) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Eric Murphy (Team Ion-United Healthcare) | 0:00:27 |
50 | Andrew Gonzales (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Team) | 0:00:31 |
51 | Neil Bezdek (Team Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joes) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Unknown | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Guido Palma (Jamis-Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | 0:00:32 |
54 | Juan Gaspari (ZMOTION Racing Team) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Martijn Verschoor (Team Type 1) | 0:00:35 |
56 | Benjamin Smith (Locos Grill & Pub) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Daniel Harm (Doppio Cycling) | 0:00:53 |
58 | Rich Harper (KENDA Pro Cycling p/b Gear Grinder) | 0:00:54 |
59 | Aldo Ilesic (Team Type 1) | 0:00:59 |
60 | Winston David (Team Ion-United Healthcare) | 0:01:11 |
61 | Calixto Bello (ZMOTION Racing Team) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) | 0:01:24 |
63 | Jonathan Hamblen (Team Mountain Khakis f/b Jittery Joes) | 0:01:27 |
64 | Phillip Mann (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | 0:01:30 |
65 | Adrian Hegyvary (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) | 0:01:33 |
66 | Juan Pablo Dotti (Aerocat Racing) | 0:01:37 |
67 | Kevin Attkisson (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:02:23 |
68 | Evan Fader (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV) | 0:02:34 |
69 | Stefan Rothe (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Johnny's) | 0:02:35 |
70 | Chris Schmidt (Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit) | 0:05:35 |
71 | Shane Martin (Subaru/Gary Fisher) | 0:08:13 |
1 | Rushlee Buchanan (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) | 0:50:33 |
2 | Liza Rachetto (Threads.com/DFT) | 0:00:01 |
3 | Amanda Watson (Fruit66/Artemis) | 0:00:02 |
4 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) | 0:00:09 |
5 | Kate Veronneau (Kutztown Cutters) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Sarah Caravella (BMW-Bianchi) | 0:00:10 |
8 | Samantha Schneider (Team TIBCO) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Erica Allar (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Jacquelyn Crowell (Team Type 1) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Elizabeth Morse Hill (Zmotion) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Starla Teddergreen (Vanderkitten Racing) | 0:00:11 |
13 | Kacey Manderfield (Cycle Loft) | 0:00:12 |
14 | Tiffany Pezzulo (Threads.com/DFT) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Jennifer Wilson (Vanderkitten Racing) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Carrie Cash-Wootten (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) | 0:00:13 |
17 | Kori Seehafer (Team Type 1) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Chris Roettger (Mesa Cycles Racing) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Lenore Pipes (Fruit 66/Artemis) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Erika Graves (Herbalife LaGrange) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Frances Schofield (Zmotion) | 0:00:14 |
22 | Kat Carr (Threads.com/DFT) | 0:00:15 |
23 | Keely Brooks (Subaru/Gary Fisher Cycling Team) | 0:00:16 |
24 | Marianne Holt (Subaru/Gary Fisher Cycling Team) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Nicole Vincent Jordan (Spokeswomen sydicate Inc.) | 0:00:17 |
26 | Cinthia Lehner (Raleigh Allstars) | 0:00:18 |
27 | Erin Silliman (Fruit66/Artemis) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Sara Tussey (Subaru-Gary Fisher Elite Road) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Katherine Bates (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) | 0:00:29 |
30 | Shontell Gauthier (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Linsey Bradshaw-Sandoval (Threads.com/DFT) | 0:00:34 |
32 | Anna Lang (Vanderkitten Racing) | 0:00:36 |
33 | Kate Mahoney (Performance Bicycle Racing) | 0:04:44 |
34 | Valeria Galeano | 0:07:17 |
35 | Rachel Byus (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Team) | 0:07:36 |
36 | Evie Boswell-Vilt (Performance Bicycle Racing) | 0:22:25 |
36 | Nancy Jones (Subaru/Gary Fisher Cycling Team) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
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