MTB Nat'l Champs

Once again, Mount Snow VT hosted the United States National Mountain Bike Championships. The five-mile racecourse is a mix of steep climbs with up to 24% grades to the summit, followed by a harrowing technical descent through a slippery maze of rocks and roots. A true mountain biker’s course that will test a rider’s bike handling skills as well as their legs. It’s East Coast racing at it’s best.

Competition was fierce, with the best qualifying riders from 35 states competing for the Stars and Stripes jersey.

XC race

Five members of the SID’s MTB squad showed up for a weekend of fun and suffering with Gregg Galetta, Greg Waggoner, and Shasta Jenson all reaching the podium. Jenson wore the field down with her powerful climbs and fearless descents. Galletta and Waggoner gapped the formidable 35-39 field early and never looked back. 1st place in the field is still in dispute as several protests have been lodged against the winner who conveniently downgraded himself from pro, seemingly for this event. If the USCF rules the win a DQ, Galletta will move to 1st and Waggoner moves up to 4th. Rodriguez and Chomowicz held their own in deep, and extremely talented fields.

Short track

Galletta lit up the short track event with a strong surge and bridge to the select group of seven with three laps to go. Closing the gap on the bell lap, he took 5th place in a sprint photo finish. Waggoner held his position throughout the race, as riders were pulled.

Short track is basically a Dirt Crit ridden at and above V02 max. The track is short and fast with lapped riders being pulled.

SID’s-Cannondale Results

XC Female Sport 30-35
Shasta Jenson- 2nd

XC Male Expert 35-39
Gregg Galletta-2nd
Greg Waggoner-5th

XC Male Expert 40-45
Steve Rodriguez-20th

XC Male Expert 50-55
David Chomowicz -12th

Short Track Expert 30+
Gregg Galletta-5th
Greg Waggoner-14th

Pro race

Olympian Adam Craig (Giant) won the pro field, finishing ahead of Kona’s Ryan Trebon (two time US CX champ) by just over two minutes, Craig grabbed the front of the race on the opening climb to the summit, then used his impressive descending skills to open up a sizable gap on any chasers which included Olympian Todd Wells who had the strongest American results on the international circuit this year.

Mary McConneloug and Georgia Gould showed the hundreds strong crowd just why the pair is heading to Beijing next month. The recently named Olympians battled neck and neck for three laps around Mount Snow’s famed technical singletrack loop, opening up a huge gap on the rest of the nation’s best
female riders.

Greg Galletta Gregg Waggoner

Shasta Jenson

Rodriguez Waggoner Galletta Chomowicz

Galletta Waggoner Rodriguez

Gregg Galletta

Short Track

Greg Waggoner

Adam Craig

McConneloug -Gould