Debbie Dust (Bouledogue Tout Noir) went for sprint points 10 laps into Sunday night’s 35-lap women’s P/1/2/3 Evanston Grand Prix and kept on rolling, eventually lapping the field while maintaining a 50-second gap over a lone chaser to take her first Superweek win.

In the men’s P/1/2 race, Fly V Austarlia’s Jonathan Cantwell and Ben Kersten escaped from a large but dysfunctional break midway through and built a gigantic lead over a field that could never get a chase together once it neutralized the break. The two finished side-by-side with 2008 champion Cantwell, currently higher than Kersten in the overall, taking the victory.

Coincidentally, Kersten and Cantwell also went 1-2 Saturday night at the Boise Twilight Crit, in that case with Kersten finishing first in a bunch sprint.

Notable riders in Sunday’s field included Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare) and Rahsaan Bahati (Bahati Foundation),  both making their 2010 Superweek debut.

Other local results include Tony Rienks (Beverly Bike-Vee Pak), who put in a long solo effort to win the 35+ 4/5’s; Adam Lesniakowski (PACT/Dish Network), who took the bunch sprint in a 35+ 1/2/3 race that was halted and abbreviated because of a quick thunderstorm; and Justin Somerville (Bicycle Heaven) winning the 4/5’s. In the 3’s, Burnham Racing had Nick Ramirez off the front for the last several laps, but had to settle for 2nd and 3rd from Chris Curran and Nate Iden after Andrew Buntz (University of Iowa) launched a long attack to bring him back and take the win.

The BK Stacker and the dicey Turn 4 tooks their share of victims but most races were relatively crash-free this year, at least compared to previous editions.

Full results.

Reports
Cathy Frampton (Project 5; W-3/4): “Then fluky things started happening.”

Arron Hampton (Psimet; 35+ 4/5): “I pushed through it, arse on the tip of the saddle, funny pain face on full display and grabbed me some 5th place.”

Photos
Lisa McMahon
Omar Patalinghug (4/5’s video): 1, 2, 3
Cecile Redoble
Luke Seemann
Ed White