Unbelievable. The guy shows up to Nationals just for the hell of it, and walks away with the Masters 50-54 title. Incredible.
Page has finally healed up, and will be racing in today’s Elite Men’s Championship as well…on his prototype Cervelo. I don’t think the bike will be enough to get him across the line first though…Trebon has been on fire as of late.
Any STers racing? Men’s B Under 35, 9:30am tomorrow…see you there.
“Specialized rider Ned Overend provided the first show of the day by winning the Men’s 50-54 race. Overend, the first ever world mountain bike champion and multi-time national mountain bike champion, surprised riders and spectators when he chose to toe the start line in Providence, since he had passed on 'cross nationals in the past. Despite his storied past, Overend was stuck in the middle of the field at the start of the race (a front row starting position is generally considered critical in the relatively short 'cross races). Overend quickly showed that not even a poor starting position could slow him as he appeared at the front of the race merely a half lap in. There, he and California Giant Strawberries/Specialized rider, Henry Kramer, worked together to distance themselves from the rest of the chasing field, with Overend choosing to follow Kramer.
“I’m not totally sure of my cyclo-cross skills,” explained Overend. “Especially my mounts and dismounts.”
With two and half laps to go, Overend showed the power that has taken him to so many titles and simply rode away from Kramer and the rest of the field, earning him his first ever masters title.”
