Canadian Catherine Pendrel edged out American Georgia Gould (both on LUNA team) for the win at the 15th annual BUMP ‘n’ Grind mountain bike race.  For the first time, this event was part of the US Cup national point series, and it attacted top talent for both the men’s and women’s races.  The photo above (from Corey Nolen, Shelby County Reporter) shows the first bit of woods on the course just after the start.  From here, it hops on pavement for about a 1/4 mile, then dumps into some really tight singletrack, making lead out position extremely important.  Eventually the course opens up to a few miles of fire road before finishing with a long stretch of world-class singletrack.  If you’re ever in the Birmingham, AL, area, I highly recommend riding the BUMP trail…it’s 17 miles of sweetness.
For the men, Australia’s Sid Taberlay bested Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski to take the win.  Hit ‘more’ for full pro men’s and women’s results…
PRO WOMEN’S RESULTS:
RANK BIB # LAST NAME FIRST NAME SPONSOR/TEAM COUNTRY FINISH 1 2 PENDREL Catharine LUNA PRO TEAM CAN 01:29:38 2 1 GOULD Georgia LUNA PRO TEAM USA 01:29:39 3 12 NASH Katerina LUNA PRO TEAM USA 01:31:55 4 6 SAWICKI Pua ELLSWORTH USA 01:33:48 5 4 EMMETT Kelli USA 01:34:06 6 5 IRMIGER Heather SUBARU/GARY FISHER USA 01:35:47 7 154 DAVISON Lea TEAM MAXXISROCKY MOUNTAIN USA 01:37:04 8 152 BUTLER Sue MONAVIECANNONDALE.COM USA 01:37:47 9 11 SHERWIN Kathy KENDA/TOMAC/HAYES USA 01:39:33 10 156 FLYNN Kimberly VANTAGGIO/SPECIALIZED USA 01:41:31 11 72 AARON Anina RSA 01:41:56 12 73 DINKINS Jamie MOTAR MILE USA 01:43:24 13 155 DISTERHEFT Erin TEAM BILLYS USA 01:43:28 14 157 FORSMAN Chloe LUNA PRO TEAM USA 01:44:45 15 158 KUNZ Maureen LOST COAST BREWERY USA 01:46:01 16 74 KRAUSS Kylie INDEPENDENT FABRICATIONS USA 01:51:01 17 159 MARION Philicia USA 1 LAP 18 161 WALLACE Tracey USA 1 LAP 3 KOERBER Willow SUBARU/GARY FISHER USA DNF 153 COMPTON Katie SPIKE SHOOTER USA DNF 160 ROKITA Aleksandra POL DNF
PRO MEN’S RESULTS:
RANK BIB # LAST NAME FIRST NAME SPONSOR/TEAM COUNTRY FINISH 1 3 TABERLAY Sid SHOAIR/SPECIALIZED AUS 1:39:41 2 2 HORGAN-KOBELSKI Jeremy SUBARU / GARY FISHER USA 1:39:43 3 1 PLAXTON Max SHOAIR/SPECIALIZED USA 1:40:03 4 6 WELLS Todd USA 1:40:05 5 15 MCGRATH Seamus JAMIS FACTORY TEAM CAN 1:40:27 6 10 KABUSH Geoff TEAM MAXXISROCKY MOUNTAIN USA 1:42:21 7 8 CRAIG Adam USA 1:43:25 8 54 WELLS Troy TEAM CLIF BAR USA 1:43:26 9 33 ISHAI Rotem ISR 1:44:10 10 46 SCHULTZ Andy KENDATOMACHAYES USA 1:44:16 11 21 CARES Colin KENDA/TOMAC/HAYES USA 1:44:21 12 34 JUREKOVIC Sam SHOAIR/SPECIALIZED USA 1:45:30 13 7 DECKER Carl USA 1:45:44 14 55 WOODALL Ryan USA 1:45:45 15 51 TURNER Thomas USA 1:45:46 16 4 SCHULTZ Sam SUBARUGARY FISHER USA 1:45:47 17 49 TONKIN Erik KONA USA 1:45:50 18 64 SNEDDON Kris CAN 1:46:35 19 50 TREBON Ryan KONA USA 1:47:33 20 13 PRADO Manuel SHOAIR/SPECIALIZED CRC 1:48:38 21 24 COWIE Tristan USA 1:49:10 22 59 KOERBER Sam GARY FISHER 29ER CREW USA 1:49:58 23 61 LIVERMON Travis USA 1:49:59 24 53 WEBER Dana USA 1:50:11 25 56 WOODRUFF Travis ADVENTURE212/SPECIALIZED USA 1:50:30 26 23 COMARDO Mitch USA 1:50:31 27 48 SNYDER Adam USA 1:51:34 28 70 ALESIO Dylan USA 1:52:14 29 39 MARION Robert USA 1:52:15 30 30 FREDERICK Scott INLAND CONSTRUCTION USA 1:52:46 31 28 ELWELL Aaron CRRT/TWIN SIX USA 1:53:32 32 71 ALESIO Andrew USA 1:53:43 33 52 VISINSKI Rickey 29ER CREW USA 1:54:01 34 67 RAYNES Justin SEAUS/BIKES UNLIMITED USA 1:54:06 35 18 BEISEL Kalan PROCYCLING/CTS USA 1:54:07 36 68 LIVERMON Lucas USA 1:55:26 37 69 MOORADIAN Mike SPIN RR DOMELLY USA 1:55:52 38 27 EDSALL Drew SCOTT USA / WTB USA 1:56:13 39 32 HALL Raymond 918XC.COM USA 1:56:47 40 57 WYATT Nathanael USA 1:58:03 41 22 CARPENTER Greg 3D RACING USA 1:58:04 42 66 WOHLSCHLAEGER Craig THE HUB/ GIANT BICYCLE USA 1:58:54 43 44 ROTROFF Matt USA 1:59:26 44 58 ZUMBRUNNEN Blake REVOLUTION/PEAK FASTENERS USA 1:59:32 45 26 CURTIS Brandon USA 1:59:33 46 41 PRATER Jacob USA 2:00:00 47 47 SINDT Sean AUSTIN FLYERS/BSS USA 2:01:19 48 36 KELL Martin USA 2:05:28 49 29 FRANKLIN Macky TRANSPARENT RACING USA 2:25:28 50 20 BOWDEN Ross CHAMPION SYSTEM/CANNONDALE USA 1 LAP 51 35 KAHLENBERG Jordan BREAKAWAYBIKES.COM USA 1 LAP 52 25 COX Martin USA 1 LAP 53 42 REARDON Andrew USA 1 LAP 54 62 POWELL Seamus USA 1 LAP 55 31 GREER Dustin WOODNWAVE/MAXXIS USA 1 LAP 56 60 KOLB Paul USA 2 LAPS 57 43 ROSBY Joshua RASING CANE'S RACING USA 2 LAPS 19 BLACK Will USA DNF 37 KINDREGAN Daniel USA DNF 38 MAGELKY Kelly TREK USA DNF 40 PIRTLE Eric THE HUB BIKE SHOP / GIANT USA DNF 45 RYAN Alex CHAMPION SYSTEM/CANNONDALE USA DNF 63 SAGER Jason JAMIS FACTORY TEAM USA DNF 65 WICKS Barry USA DNF
