Thanks to all those riders who showed up for the (hopefully) annual Franklin Omnium. Next year, we're hoping that it will be larger and not just for Masters only.
I'd like to thank all of the sponsors that provided money and support of this first Franklin Omnium:
Pepsi - AllSport drinks for the crit Whitley Service Mart - RR hospitality tent / Pro,1,2,3 race sponsor Bank of Franklin - Public Race Sponsor Union Camp - Cat 4,5 crit sponsor Downtown Franklin - 30+ crit sponsor Hub's Peanuts - sample peanuts and primes Franklin Equipment - cash primes Leggett's/Belk - Cash Primes Bike West - Merchandise primes and neutral support Southern States - hay bales Main Street Eatery - meal discounts for riders Franklin Police - wonderful support for the downtown road closure Southampton County Sherrifs - support for the road race Franklin Fire Dept - ice and water for the crit
Results:
Stage 1 - Road Race
Women's - 5 riders / 32 miles 1 Hannah Gwyn Durham NC 2 Pam Zimmerman Tidewater Bicycle Assn Norfolk, VA 3 Sharon Smith MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 4 Ruth Stornetta MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 30+ - 23 riders / 48 miles 1 Grant Soma Snow Valley Manassas, VA 2 Roger Friend MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 3 Mike King THR Chesapeake, VA 4 Bob Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA 5 Noel Wick Fitness Works Norfolk, VA 6 Bill Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA 7 Erich Smith Unattached Richmond, VA 8 Michael Price First State Velo Lake Ridge, VA 9 Bradley Fabre ? Australia (!!!) 10 Bob Dodge NCVC Washington, DC 40+ - 9 riders / 48 miles 1 Wesley Wilmer Blue Ridge Bicycle Roanoke, VA 2 Mark Plourde DC Velo Richmond, VA 3 Dave Venable THR Hampton, VA 4 Roland Parsons PDO Velo Petersburg, VA 5 Jimmy Smith Team Charlotte Raleigh, NC 6 Frank Hitch TBA Norfolk, VA 7 Dave Olds TBA South Mills, NC 50+ - 9 riders / 32 miles 1 Bob Kenner NCVC McLean, VA 2 Ron Whitenack James River Velo Newport News, VA 3 Joe Phillips HCC/Contes Va Beach, VA 4 John Hackett MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 5 Howard Gutgesell MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 6 George Downer JRVS Yorktown, VA 7 William Putt Team Richmond RutherGlen, VA 8 Gene Bowen HCC/Contes Yorktown, VA 9 James Bishop L'Junque Va Beach, VA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stage 2 - Individual Time Trial - one 8 miles loop Women - 6 riders 1 Sarah Grier VeloPro Richmond, VA 21:17 2 Hannah Gwyn Durham, NC 21:31 3 Pam Zimmerman TBA Norfolk, VA 22:36 4 Sharon Smith MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville 23:11 5 Nancy Ellis THR Hayes, VA 25:01 6 Ali Maveros Blue Ridge Bicycle Spain (!!!) 25:36 30+ - 11 riders 1 Roger Friend MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville 17:17 2 Grant Soma Snow Valley Manassas, VA 17:37 3 Bill Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA 17:40 4 Stephen Losen MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville 18:35 5 Bob Dodge NCVC Wash, DC 18:50 6 Jeff Zeigler THR Hampton, VA 19:22 7 Noel Wick Fitness Works Norfolk, VA 19:24 8 Bob Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA 19:26 9 Michael Price First State Velo Lake Ridge, VA 19:30 10 John Davis HCC/Contes Portsmouth, VA 22:10 40+ - 7 riders 1 Wesley Wilmer Blue Ridge Bicycle Roanoke, VA 18:54 2 Bill Conoscenti Tri-Power Va Beach, VA 19:24 3 Roland Parsons PDO Velo Petersburg, VA 20:23 4 Bob Storer HCC/Contes Portsmouth, VA 21:44 5 Mark Plourde DC Velo Richmond, VA 6 Dave Venable THR Hampton, VA 7 Jimmy Smith Team Charlotte Raleigh, NC 50+ - 7 riders 1 Ron Whitenack JRVS Newport News,VA 19:27 2 Bob Kenner NCVC McLean, VA 19:37 3 George Downer JRVS Yorktown, VA 19:53 4 William Putt Team Richmond RutherGlen, VA 20:09 5 Howard Gutgesell MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville 20:29 6 John Hackett MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville 21:30 7 James Bishop L'Junque Va Beach, VA 23:20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stage 3 - Downtown Franklin Criterium Women - 9 riders 1 Mary Beth Grier VeloPro Rockville, VA 2 Marah Boyesen Evolution Racing Bryn Athyn, PA 3 Michelle Holland HDK Newport News, VA 4 Sarah Grier VeloPro Richmond, VA 5 Hanah Gwyn Chapel Hill Durham, NC 6 Carol Hansen HCC/Contes Newport News, VA 7 Sharon Smith MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 8 Pam Zimmerman TBA Norfolk, VA 9 Nancy Ellis THR Hayes, VA 30+ - 17 riders 1 Wes Wilmer Blue Ridge Bicycle Roanoke, VA 2 Bob Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA 3 Stephen Losen MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 4 Roger Friend MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 5 Grant Soma Snow Valley Manassas, VA 6 Mike King THR Chesapeake, VA 7 Michael Price First State Velo Lake Ridge, VA 8 Bill Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA 9 Jeff Zeigler THR Hampton, VA 10 Matt Harris Raleigh All Stars Raleigh, NC 40+ - 7 riders 1 Mark Plourde DC Velo Richmond, VA 2 Wesley Wilmer Blue Ridge Bicycle Roanoke, VA 3 Jimmy Smith Team Charlotte Raleigh, NC 4 Dave Venable THR Hampton, VA 5 Roland Parsons PDO Velo Petersburg, VA 6 Bob Storer HCC/Contes Portsmouth, VA 50+ - 9 riders 1 Bob Kenner NCVC McLean, VA 2 Ron Whitenack JRVS Newport News, VA 3 Joe Phillips HCC/Contes Va Beach, VA 4 George Downer JRVS Yorktown, VA 5 Howard Gutgesell MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 6 Aiye Wood HCC/Contes Va Beach, VA 7 John Hackett MVC/Powerbar Charlottesville, VA 8 William Putt Team Richmond RutherGlen, VA 9 James Bishop L'Junque Va Beach, VA Public - 2 riders 1 Gary Hewett Boykins, VA 2 Frederick Cunningham Suffolk Police Suffolk, VA Category 4,5 1 Mike King THR Chesapeake, VA 2 Jonas Hall-Gariano Chisholm Burlington, NC 3 Bart "Bootie" Johnson JRVS Sedley, VA 4 Brian "Beaver" Findley Unattached Hayes, VA 5 Rick Curtis THR Va Beach, VA 6 Mike Hresko Tri-Power Chesapeake, VA 7 Chris Timmons JRVS Poquoson, VA 8 Mike Kernels HCC/Contes Chesapeake, VA 9 Ryan Ketchum JRVS Williamsburg, VA 10 Paul Scribbins HDK Newport News, VA Category 1,2,3 1 Nikolai Shemnshin Belarus National Team Colorado 2 Terry Ashby MVC/Powerbar Richmond, VA 3 Jeremy Eisenzapf Fitness Works Norfolk, VA 4 Bill Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA 5 Wes Wilmer Blue Ridge Bicycle Roanoke, VA 6 Brian Tester Chisholm Greensboro, NC 7 Pat Richardson HDK Yorktown, VA 8 Bobby Powell HDK Newport News, VA 9 Matt Tranduc Team Richmond Glen Allen, VA 10 Bob Collins Fitness Works Va Beach, VA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall Omnium Winners Women Hannah Gwyn 127 pts Pam Zimmerman 114 Sharon Smith 106 Sarah Grier 85 Nancy Ellis 56 30+ Roger Friend 135 Grant Soma 133 Bob Collins 109 Bill Collins 99 Steven Lossen 92 Mike Price 76 Mike King 68 Jeff Zeigler 64 Bob Dodge 63 Noel Wick 61 40+ Wes Wilmer 153 Mark Plourde 125 Roland Parsons 110 Dave Venable 108 Jimmy Smith 101 50+ Bob Kenner 150 Ron Whitenack 145 George Downer 108 Howard Gutgesell 95 John Hackett 94 William Putt 90 Joe Phillips 85 James Bishop 73