Race Recap: Ringwood Rumble XC Race - H2H Race #2

The sky dumped rain throughout the morning, adding a slick layer of mud to the rocks and the riders.

The second race of the Highland to Hudson Mountain Bike Race Series brought racers to the beautiful rocky trails of Northern New Jersey. Presented by Team Town Cycle in West Milford, the Ringwood Rumble is one of the more technical race courses of the series, featuring plenty of baby head rock gardens, boulders, rock-armored trails and rocky fire-roads.

Unlike most cross-country mountain bike races in which all levels of racers share the same course, the Ringwood Rumble gave each category of racers their own single race loop of varying lengths that included different amounts of technical terrain. The First Timers class raced a mild 2 mile course with 200 feet of climbing while the Endurance, Cat 1 & Pro classes rode a 12 mile lap with over 1500 feet of climbing. The longer loops touched on some of the best and most technical trails Ringwood has to offer including the 'White Trail' - a long manicured enduro style descending flow trail and a segment know simply as 'The Tech' - 1.8 miles of muscle grinding rocks features.

Clean racers making their way to the start line

The Pro Open Men s field charging off the start line.

The Pro/Open Men's field sprinting off the start line. Ringwood native Nick Lando, Bear Pro Team p/b Trek, took the win by an astounding 3 mins & 54 seconds.

Last stretch of single track before the finish line sprint.

William Hochkeppel is all smiles

Steve Mancuso of Team Bulldog crushing the Endurance class

Steve Mancuso of Team Bulldog won the endurance class with a solid 7 minute and 29 second margin.

Cat 3 Men vying for position down the first stretch of fire muddy fire road.

Zoe Eckman from Commonwealth Cycling Collective won the Cat 2 Women's race

Team Town Cycle's Jon Zechmeister taking care of business in the 55+ class

Cat 3 Women charge down the road.

Jaime Castrillion Jr, Shore Cycling Sports, banged out 3 long laps in just 4:14, landing in 2nd place in the endurance class.

MTBNJ rider Kristine Contento-Angell found her stride on the rocks to win the Pro/Open Women's field

Aquashine Racing's Tim Kelley wearing a nice coating of mud after the Cat 2 45+ class

RESULTS

CROSS COUNTRY

Pro Men
1. Nick LANDO
2. Joseph THOMAS
3. Matthew BRUNO

Pro Women
1. Kristine CONTENTO-ANGELL
2. Mikaela MARTIN
3. Kiley KRASLEY

Cat 1/2 Men
1. Palo SAMKO
2. Zack RUNDELL
3. Jeremy SHORT

Cat 1/2 45+
1. David KAHL
2. Chris BRAWLEY
3. Esteban RODRIGUEZ

Cat 1/2 Women
1. Holly CLAPPER

Cat 2 Jr Men 10-14
1. Brandon Guerro

Cat 2 Men 19+
1. Evaldo LIBERATO
2. Anthony KROPP
3. Phillip LICHTENWALNER

Cat 2 Men 45+
1. Brian PADDACK
2. Glenn ACHESON
3. Robert OST

Cat 2 Women
1. Zoe ECKMAN
2. Deici JARAMILLO
3. Makenzie CAPUTO

Men Open 55+
1. Morgan STEBBINS
2. James GOULD
3. Doug HOVER

Singlespeed Open
1. Ray HYLAND
2. David VAN WART
3. Stephen MIRSKY

Fat Bike Open
1. Ryan HEERSCHAP
2. Ara ARSLANIAN
3. Nedlloyd RUIZ

Cat 2/3 Jr Men 15-18
1. Austin MOSKOWITZ
2. Haru WATTS
3. Collin TESTA

Cat 3 Jr Men 10-14
1. Kevin SHULL
2. Lukas DONNELLY
3. Jack DELGRANDE

Cat 3 Men 19+
1. Leonard MOW
2. Vinny MENELES
3. William BORGES

Cat 3 Men 45+
1. Michael SHULL
2. James GERMAN
3. J WIESE

Cat 3 Women
1. Mazie HAYDEN
2. Colette SEXTON
3. Karin REEVE

Jr Women 15-18
1. Claire HOLT
2. Abigail SHIVERS

Cat 2/3 Jr Women 10-18
1. Zoe MAYOSKY

First Timers
1. Russell MCBRIDE
2. Josue RENDON

ENDURANCE

Open Men
1. Steven MANCUSO
2. Jaime CASTRILLON JR
3. Jeff MANDELL

45+ Men
1. Tim HAITZ
2. Eric MODEL
3. Frank GLOMB

Full results here

Photo Credits: Dillon Van Wart & Diana Mayosky

Team Town Cycle: teamtowncycle.com

H2H Race Contact: H2Hraceinfo@gmail.com
H2H Race Schedule & Series information: h2hrace.com
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