Keough lead United domination
Clarke splits the health care crew
UnitedHealthcare has been close to victory in the first quartet of races at USA Crits Speed Week, but it was Jaco Keough that finally got the job done at the Spartanburg Downtown Criterium. The team was dominate at the finish, with only Bahati Foundation’s Hilton Clarke stopping the team from filling all three steps of the podium.
Andrew Pinfold took third place behind Clarke, while Australia’s Karl Menzies just missed out on a podium spot as he claimed fourth place.
“After being so close the last few races, this win was sweet,” Keough said. “We’re racing consistently well, and it's good to finally get back on the top step.
“Coming into the final turns, Hilton was able to slip between me and Pinner,” Keough said. “I came off of Hilton’s wheel in the sprint and was able to get around him at the line.”
Ironically it was Hilton’s brother Johnny Clarke who attacked the peloton with eight laps remaining, allowing the UnitedHealthcare riders to rest ahead of the sprint finish.
Cliff-Ryan comes out on top
Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) held off Laura Van Gilder (Mellow mushroom) in a two-woman sprint for the elite women’s race. Erica Allar (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) finished third.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare) | 1:16:10 |
2 | Hilton Clarke (Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Andrew Pinfold (UnitedHealthcare) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare) | 0:00:01 |
5 | Luca Damiani (KENDA) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Alexey Schmidt (Team Type 1) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Adam Myerson (Team Mountain Khakis) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Luis Zayas | 0:00:02 |
9 | Emile Abraham (Aerocat Racing) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Daniel Holt (Team Type 1) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Olaf Kerkhof (Team Type 1) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Chris Schmidt (Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit) | 0:00:03 |
13 | Ty Magner (Locos Grill & Pub) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Jonathan Parrish (KENDA) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Isaac Howe (Team Mountain Khakis) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Andrew Crater (Aerocat Racing) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Tim Henry (Team Type 1 Devo) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | John Grant (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:00:04 |
19 | David Guttenplan (Team Mountain Khakis) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Philip Martz (Team Globalbike) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Robert Bush (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Juan Gaspari (ZMOTION Racing Team) | 0:00:05 |
23 | Neil Bezdek (Team Mountain Khakis) | 0:00:06 |
24 | Victor Herrera (ZMOTION Racing Team) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Thomas Brown (Team Mountain Khakis) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Jared Nieters (Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | David Forkner (Team Globalbike) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Daniel Ramsey (Williams Cycling pb SC Velo) | 0:00:07 |
29 | Sebastian Flaskamp (Droessiger) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Diego Garavito (Aerocat Racing) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Gavriel Epstein (CRCA/FOUNDATION) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Oneil Samuels (Team Ion-United Healthcare 19831203) | 0:00:08 |
33 | Frank Travieso (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Benjamin Miller (Team Globalbike) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Ronald Strange (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Jo) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Karel Sumbal (Lindner Capital Advisors) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Matthew Spohn (Richmond Pro Cycling) | 0:00:09 |
38 | Kevin Attkisson (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Daniel Zmolik (AXA Equitable Cycling Team) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Logan Hutchings (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Johnnys) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Lewis Almonte (CRCA/FOUNDATION) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Boyd Johnson (Team Globalbike) | 0:00:10 |
43 | Sean Sullivan (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Jo) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Stefan Rothe (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Jo) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Alejandro Guzman (CRCA/FOUNDATION) | 0:00:11 |
46 | Andrew Baker (Team Ion-United Healthcare) | 0:00:12 |
47 | Scottie Weiss (KENDA) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Nat Bricker (Chain Reaction) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Joe Whitman (AXA Equitable Cycling Team / C) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Matthew Howe (HTR Inside Out Sports) | 0:00:13 |
51 | Benjamin Smith (Locos Grill & Pub) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | John Loehner (AXA Equitable Cycling Team) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Gustavo Rullo | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Juan Pablo Dotti (Aerocat Racing) | 0:00:14 |
55 | Carlos Vargas (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Jo) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Emilio Asconeguy (Aerocat Racing) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Luis Sanchez (MEN Asheville bicycle racing club) | 0:00:15 |
58 | Andrew Gonzales (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Team) | 0:00:16 |
59 | Adrian Hegyvary (UnitedHealthcare) | 0:00:18 |
60 | Ryan Simpson (Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit) | 0:00:21 |
61 | Tyler Jewell (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Team) | 0:00:22 |
62 | Eric Murphy (Team Ion-United Healthcare) | 0:00:23 |
63 | Hector Pastorini | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Martijn Verschoor (Team Type 1) | 0:00:25 |
65 | Michael Midlarsky | 0:00:26 |
66 | J Gabriel Lloyd (MetLife p/b groSolar) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Andrew Erskine (ACE p/b Highland) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Hunter Garrison (Barley's Taproom Greenville) | 0:00:27 |
69 | Rob Giannini (Locos) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Daniel Harm (Doppio Cycling) | 0:00:28 |
71 | Rich Harper (KENDA) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Gonzalo Escobar (Haymarket Bicycles/HomeVisit) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Calixto Bello (ZMOTION Racing Team) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Benjamin Zawacki (Team Ion-United Healthcare) | 0:00:29 |
75 | Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare) | 0:00:30 |
76 | Mark Warno (Syn-Fit Race Team 601) | 0:00:32 |
77 | Joe Eldridge (Team Type 1) | 0:00:34 |
78 | Oscar Clark (Team Mountain Khakis fueled b) | 0:00:37 |
79 | Yosvany Falcon (Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | 0:00:40 |
80 | Heath Blackgrove (Team Hotel San Jose/Mellow Jo NZL 19801205) | 0:00:42 |
81 | Geoff Godsey (KENDA) | 0:01:00 |
82 | Rob White (KENDA) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Phillip Mann (Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | 0:01:03 |
84 | Bobby Lea (Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling) | 0:01:14 |
85 | Matthew Crane (UnitedHealthcare) | 0:01:21 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) | 1:02:14 |
2 | Laura Van Gilder (Mellow mushroom) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Erica Allar (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) | 0:00:01 |
4 | Liza Rachetto (TREADS.com/DFT) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Tiffany Pezzulo (TREADS.com/DFT) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Kori Seehafer (Team Type 1) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Anna Lang (Vanderkitten Racing) | 0:00:02 |
8 | Jenny Trew (BMW-Bianchi) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Kacey Manderfield (Cycle Loft) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Samantha Schneider (TEAM Tibco) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Erin Silliman Fruit (66/Artemis) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Carrie Cash-Wootte (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Elizabeth Morse Hill (Zmotion) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Shontell Gauthier (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Cinthia Lehner (Raleigh Allstars) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Starla Teddergreen (Vanderkitten Racing) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Sarah Caravella (BMW-Bianchi) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Linsey Bradshaw-Sa (TREADS.com/DFT) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Chris Roettger (Mesa Cycles Racing) | 0:00:03 |
20 | Christy Blakely (BMW-Bianchi) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Amanda Watson (Fruit 66/Artemis) | 0:00:04 |
22 | Lenore Pipes (Fruit 66/Artemis) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Kate Veronneau (Kutztown Cutters) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Keely Brooks (Colavita/Outback Steakhouse LA) | 0:00:06 |
25 | Valeria Galeano | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Marianne Holt (Subaru-Gary Fisher Elite Road) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Janel Bedard (MVP Health Care Elite Cycling) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jennifer Wilson (Vanderkitten Racing) | 0:00:07 |
29 | Rushlee Buchanan (Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Jacquelyn Crowell (Team Type 1) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Frances Schofield (Zmotion) | 0:00:12 |
32 | Kate Ross (BMW-Bianchi) | 0:00:17 |
33 | Jennifer Reither (Vanderkitten Racing) | 0:00:22 |
34 | Unkonwn (Team Kenda) | 0:00:26 |
35 | Kate Bates (Colavita/Baci) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
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