Watsonville cyclist Matt Schaupp takes bronze in criterium at road nationals

Santa Cruzans Devon Gorry, Tobin Ortenblad each have top 25 finishes

Watsonville resident Matt Schaupp secured the bronze in the junior men’s 17-18 criterium at the USA Cycling Juniors U23 Elite Road Nationals in Augusta, Georgia, on Friday.

Schaupp, who rides with the Ritte Elite U23 Development Team, finished the race in the same time as winner Brendan Rhim of Norwich, Vt. They crossed the finish line in 1 hour, 6 minutes, 21 seconds as did runner-up Alexandre Darnville of Santa Barbara. Rhim rides for Woodstock Bicycle Club/Killing and Darnville rides for Hammer Nutrition-CMG Racing Team.

The first 14 riders came across the finish line with the same time.

Schaupp also raced in the road race Sunday, when he placed 75th [2:26:48]. Ritte teammate Tobin Ortenblad took 23rd [2:25:22] in that race after suffering two DNFs in earlier races. Miami’s Miguel Bryon won in 2:25:22. The first 39 cyclists across the finish line recorded the same time.

Santa Cruzan Devon Gorry [NOW and Novartis for MS/Now Cycling] placed 14th in the time trial, crossing the finish line in 41:59.355. Specialized-Lululemon’s Amber Neben of Lake Forest won in 39:27.375.

Gorry also took 23rd in the criterium, finishing in 1:10:04. Theresa Cliff-Ryan [Exergy TWENTY12], of Cedar Springs, Mich., won in 1:09:27.

Results in this report are from USACycling.com.

– Christina Gullickson, on Twitter @CGullTweets

Santa Cruz’s Tobin Ortenblad finishes 26th in Mount Hood Cycling Classic criterium

Just a week after winning the junior division of the Steve Dunlap Time Trial, Santa Cruz’s Tobin Ortenblad finished 26th in the pro division of the criterium at the Mount Hood Cycling Classic, which ran from Friday to Sunday in Hood River, Ore.

Ortenblad finished in 1 hour, 2 minutes, 4 seconds — a time which matched that of winner Jeff Perrin of Lakewood, Colo — according to results on USACycling.com. Ortenblad’s other finishes in the stage race were 65th or farther back.

Ortenblad, who rides for the Ritte Elite U23 Development Team, was also recently selected to represent the USA at the UCI Cross Country World Cups this summer, according to the team’s Twitter feed.

– Christina Gullickson, on Twitter @CGullTweets

Aromas’ Kiran MacKinnon takes seventh in Chile Challenge downhill mountain bike race

Aromas’ Kiran MacKinnon, a Soquel High alum, placed seventh in the men’s pro downhill mountain bike race at the Chile Challenge in Angel Fire, N.M., on Saturday. The event was the second of the Mountain States Cup State Series.

MacKinnon [Santa Cruz/TLD/e*thirteen/Formula/Cane Creek/Fox] finished the course in 5 minutes, 55.99 seconds. Logan Binggeli of Saint George, Utah, won the race in 5:46.14. Bingelli rides for KHS.

Hans Keisler of Aptos [Troy Lee/the Hive/Smith optics] was the only other Santa Cruz County-area rider to compete. He finished 23rd in the men’s Cat 1 19-29 age division in 7:09.50. Placentia’s Jake Payne [unattached] won that race in 6:20.62.

Results in this report are from USACycling.com.

– Christina Gullickson, on Twitter @CGullTweets