Racers faced cold and slippery conditions on Saturday at SuperCross Cup in Suffern, New York. It was the second year at Rockland Community College, offering rolling hills and tricky off-cambers. The changing weather was a major factor for course conditions in the Elite races, providing points for Professional Cyclocross Calendar (ProCX) and the Vittoria Northeast Cyclocross Series presented by Clif Bar and Cycle-Smart. Kerry Werner (Kona Factory CX Team) of Birdsboro, Penn. and Canadian National Champion Christel Ferrier Bruneau (SAS-Macogep) conquered the conditions and the course, riding away to solo victories.
The leading women in the Vittoria Series, Emma White (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com) and Ellen Noble (Aspire Racing), were not in attendance in Suffern, which left the door wide open for other riders to seize valuable points. Cassie Maximenko (VanDessel/Atom Composite Wheels) led the charge by taking the hole shot, and cemented her presence in the lead group. Like the fluctuation in wet weather, the conditions would quickly change and turn things over to Ferrier Bruneau. After a single lap of racing, Ferrier Bruneau established a small gap and continued to motor away as the race went on.
"The victory with the jersey (Canadian National Championship) was very nice," said Ferrier Bruneau in English, her second language. She earned her maple-leaf emblazoned kit earlier this month. "The race was good. It was mostly me in the rain. I am good on some parts, I like a technical race."
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Maximenko would slot into second place after battling the deteriorating weather conditions. She would finish 53 seconds behind Saturday's winner, and a give herself a little gap from a charging Kathryn Cumming (Jalapeno Cycling), who was third.
"I got the hole shot; it was a little squirrelly, but I got it. And then I just kind of battled with Christel (Ferrier Bruneau) and Ruby (West) for that first lap," she said. "Christel started to gap us on the climbing, so I decided that I had to pass Ruby to try and not let Christel get away. She still managed to get away, but I kept my head down and kept the foot on the gas and held on for second, even though Kate Cumming was charging hard. I tried to keep it pretty clean, ride a good, solid, steady pace the whole time. I just never gave up and finally had a good day one."
Cumming attacked Ruby West (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com) and Regina Legge (Trek Cyclocross Collective), moving to try to reel in Maximenko.
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