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MN FIXED GEAR CLASSIC RESULTS

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MINNEAPOLIS – June 9, 2008 - The MN Fixed Gear Classic celebrated its inaugural year at the National Sports Center Velodrome June 7 and 8. The prelude to the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival, the MN Fixed Gear Classic included a field of 20 women and 25 men, including 41-time Italian National Champion, Roberto Chiappa.

 

The international race field again squared off in front of a captive audience of local bicycle racing fans. Overall  Omnium Championships for the men went to Emile Abraham, a native of Trinidad-Tobago, who held and maintained a slight points lead going into the final day of racing over sprinter Ben Barczewski of Allentown, Penn., and world champion Italian sprinter Roberto Chiappa.  On the first evening of the event, Chiappa set two new NSC Velodrome track records. Abraham, who is also a road racer for Team Type 1 road race team, will compete in the Nature Valley Grand Prix June 11-15 in Minnesota.

 

The women’s omnium was closely fought between 17-year-old Colleen Hayduke, America’s Dairyland racer Carrie Higgins and Broadmark’s Jennifer Triplett.  Coming into the day, Higgins held a lead of just eight points over Hayduk.  In the first race of the day, the women’s handicap, Higgins teammate, Australian Claire Vohopoulous took first with Hayduk edging five points closer to Higgins with a second place finish.  Higgins crashed in the women’s second race of the day and Hayduk won the race, leapfrogging into first with a four point lead. The heavily bandaged Higgins showed grit coming from behind and placing second in the following race, setting the stage for the final event of the afternoon, the women’s 12k race.  In a tough race, Jennifer Triplett won and Hayduk finished second, giving her the Fixed Gear Classic women’s championship. 

 

The bicycle racing attention now turns to the Nature Valley Grand Prix professional stage race, which begins Wednesday, June 11, in St. Paul, Minn. The five-day, six stage race finishes on Sunday in Stillwater, Minn. 

 

For more information, and daily race results, visit www.minnbikefestival.com.

 

Overall Final Standings:

Men’s Omnium

  • 1. Emile Abraham, Atlanta GA, Trinidad/Tobago National Team / Team Type 1
  • 2. Ben Barczewski, Allentown, PA, Alliance Environmental Systems
  • 3. Roberto Chiappa, Italy, Gruppo Sportivo Forestale

Women’s Omnium

  • 1. Colleen Hayduk, Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Inn/Bicycling World
  • 2. Cari Higgins, Boulder CO, America’s Dairyland 
  • 3. Jeniffer Triplett, Seattle, WA, Broadmark Capital

 

Complete Standings – Day One:

Women’s 1 Lap standing TT

21.539        Colleen Hayduk, Kutztown Inn/Bicycling World

21.998        Cari Higgins, America’s Dairyland

22.164        Karen Claeys, Avanti

22.520        Elena Dorr, Speedfix

22.590        Veronica Martinez, JVR Sports/Argentinean National Team

Men’s Flying 200 Meter TT

10.575        Roberto Chiappa, Gruppo Sportivo Forestale

10.897        Ben Barczewski, Alliance Environmental Systems

11.203        Taylor Olson, Speedfix

11.433        Eugene Chacherine, EVO Pro Cycling

11.732        Emile Abraham, Trinidad/Tobago National Team/Team Type 1

Miss and Out, mass start race

  • 1. Cari Higgins, America’s Dairyland
  • 2. Annette Williams, Avanti
  • 3. Jennifer Triplett, Broadmark

Men’s Points Race, 50 laps

  • 1. Andrew Armstrong, Matrix/RBM
  • 2. Dan Harm of the Broadmark Capital Track
  • 3. Emile Abraham, Trinidad/Tobago National Team/Team Type 1

250 Meter One Lap Record

  • 1. Roberto Chiappa, 13.17 seconds, (track record)
  • 2. Andrew LaCorte, Sommerville Sports World Team,
  • 3. Taylor Olson, Speedfix

Women’s Keirin

  • 1. Colleen Hayduk
  • 2. Jennifer Triplett
  • 3. Cari Higgins

Men’s Miss and Out

  • 1. Emile Abraham
  • 2. Ben Barczewski

Men’s Scratch Race, 12 kilometers – 48 laps

  • 1. Kenny Williams, First Rate Mortgage
  • 2. Daniele DeFranceschi, JetFuel Coffee
  • 3. Emile Abraham

Women’s Points Race, 10 kilometers – 40 laps

  • 1. Cari Higgins
  • 2. Annette Williams
  • 3. Veronica Martinez, JVR Sports/Argentinean National Team

 

Complete Standings – Day Two:

Men’s 1 Mile Sprint

  • 1. Ben Barczewski, Allentown, PA Alliance Environmental Systems
  • 2. Roberto Chiappa, Italy, Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
  • 3. Emile Abraham, Atlanta GA, Trinidad/Tobago National Team / Team Type 1

Men’s Keirin

  • 1. Roberto Chiappa, Italy, Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
  • 2. Ben Barczewski, Allentown, PA Alliance Environmental Systems
  • 3. Kenny Williams, Kenmore, WA, First Rate Mortgage

Men’s Miss-n-Out

  • 1. Emile Abraham, Atlanta GA, Trinidad/Tobago National Team / Team Type 1
  • 2. Daniele DeFranceschi, Windsor Ont/Canda, JetFuel Coffee
  • 3. Kenny Williams, Kenmore, WA, First Rate Mortgage

20K Madison

  • 1. Harm-Hegyvary, Broadmark Capital Track Team: 13 POINTS
  • 2. Abraham-Williams,Team Type 1/First Rate Mortgage: minus one lap 15 points
  • 3. Byer-DeFranceschi, JetFuel Coffee, minus one lap 7 points

Women’s Handicap

  • 1. Clare Vlahopoulos, Victoria,Australia, America’s Dairyland 
  • 2. Colleen Hayduk, Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Inn/Bicycling World
  • 3. Melissa Dahlmann, Minneapolis, MN, UA

Women’s Miss-n-Out

  • 1. Colleen Hayduk, Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Inn/Bicycling World
  • 2. Jeniffer Triplett, Seattle, WA, Broadmark Capital
    3. Annette Williams, Kenmore, WA, Avanti

Women’s Chariot

  • 1. Cari Higgins, Boulder CO, America’s Dairyland 
  • 2. Colleen Hayduk, Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Inn/Bicycling World
  • 3. Veronica Martinez, Allentown PA, JVR Sports/Argentinian National Team

Women’s 12k Scratch Race

  • 1. Jeniffer Triplett, Seattle, WA, Broadmark Capital
  • 2. Colleen Hayduk, Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Inn/Bicycling World
  • 3. Cari Higgins, Boulder CO, America’s Dairyland