September 28, 2004 - Cross Opener

Huseby Takes 3rd at New England Cross Season Opener, September 26

I got the hole shot at the Competitive Edge Cyclocross in Northfield, MA and Mark McCormack (Colavita) and Jesse Anthony (cyclocrossworld.com) came with me. Mark pulled through and then put the burners on, and after a lap and a half opened up a bit of a gap on me. There was a group of about 10 only a few seconds behind me and Jesse was slowly falling off of Mark's blistering pace in front. I was fighting to recover while at the same time maintaining a gap over the big group behind. I kept accelerating around the corners so as not to allow them to catch me and slowly opened up a bigger and bigger gap and started closing in on Jesse, but finished 3rd probably 25 seconds down. This year, the course moved back to the old location - up on the hill where there was a considerable amount of climbing. They also incorporated a lot of off camber sections into the course which made for a challenge to forgotten technical skills.

Huseby Featured in 2005 Michelin Catalog

Johs Huseby made the back cover of the Michelin catalog with a photo from the 2003 cyclocross season.