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Verge NECCS Opens with Maine Double
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2006
CONTACT:
Milliman Media Group
NECCS Coordinator
(603) 340-1580
media@necyclocross.com
The 2006 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross
Series opens October 14-15 in New Gloucester, Maine with a
pair of Downeast Cyclo-Cross events. Using the flexible and
tortuous Pineland Farm’s site, Downeast races dish out
a rugged mix of ‘cross challenges, creating the most
demanding lap on the Verge NECCS. New for 2006, both days
of Downeast will carry UCI Cat 2 status, attracting points-hungry
racers from across the Northeast.
 “We
re-designed the course after last year's tractor pull in the
mud,” said organizer John Grenier. “The course
at Pineland Farms is something that takes your breath away,
and I'm not talking about the beautiful fall foliage! There
will be plenty of blotchy red cheeks to match the leaves.
Each of the two courses emphasizes different skill sets. Day
one has short hard efforts without many long breaks while
the day two has a couple of fast technical descents that will
allow for more recovery but require more skill.
“Each year we've grown bigger and better
and now that we have stepped up and made it a two-day UCI
Event we feel it will become one of the premier events in
the Northeast,” said Grenier.
 Downeast
expects to host the usual New England favorites 2005 Verge
NECCS champion Tim Johnson (Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com,
Mark McCormack and Jesse Anthony (ClifShot), Jeremy Powers
(Jelly Belly) and Lyne Bessette (Cyclocrossworld.com) and
defending Verge NECCS champ Mo Bruno Roy (Independent Fabrication)
on the Elite women's side.
The 2006 Verge NECCS is sponsored by Verge
Sport, makers of quality cycling apparel, and specializing
in custom clothing orders; Cycle-Smart: Solutions for Cycling,
personalized coaching for all cycling disciplines; Felt Bicycles,
builders of the best bicycles in the world: BikeReg.com, the
official registration service of the NECCS, is the solution
for all of your online registration needs for cycling events;
Greyhound Juice, warming salves and skin care products for
all athletes; and Paul Weiss Photo/Video, the NECCS official
photographer and videographer.
Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross
Series
- October 14 - Downeast Cyclocross
#1 - New Gloucester, ME
- October 15 - Downeast Cyclocross
#2 - New Gloucester, ME
- November 4 - Chainbiter 8.0 - Farmington,
CT
- November 5 - Cycle-Smart International
- Northampton, MA
- November 25 - Bay State Cyclocross
- Sterling, MA
- December 9 - W.E. Steadman Grand
Prix - S. Kingston, RI
- December 10 - Caster's Cyclocross
- Warwick, RI
For more information on the 2006 Verge New
England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series please go to www.necyclocross.com
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