December 7, 2005 - New England Cross Series Final

Fiordifrutta riders have been doing well in the lead-up races to this weekend’s National Championships in Rhode Island. This past weekend saw the conclusion of the New England cyclocross series where Matt White and Michael Cody finished 5th and 6th overall behind a few of the nation’s top cyclocross racers. There is also a great photo of Peck on cyclingnews.com

2005 Verge New England Championships Cyclo-Cross Series, Presented by Cycle-Smart
Final Overall Series Standings - Elite Men
1. Tim Johnson (Cyclocrossworld.com-Louis Garneau), 310
2. Mark McCormack (Team Clif Bar), 300
3. Jesse Anthony (Team Clif Bar), 184
4. Todd Wells (GT-Hyundai), 160
5. Matt White (FiordiFrutta), 146
6. Michael Cody (FiordiFrutta), 138
7. Erik Tonkin (Kona), 136
8. Tristan Schouten (Trek-VW), 126
9. Greg Reain (Stevens), 108
10. Matt Kraus (Alan Factory), 99

Gearworks Cyclocross – UCI C2, Sterling, Mass., USA, November 26
(Verge New England Championships Cyclocross Series #4)

A cold snowy morning greated racers in Sterling, with the snow flurries kicking in just in time for the Elite men's race. Johs Huseby, Matt White, and Michael Cody toed the start line for Fiordifrutta in the cold conditions as the start put White and Cody in their typical fast start positions sitting behind Tim Johnson and Jesse Anthony. The race veered out onto a running track for a lap at the start and resembled motorcycle ice racing rather then a cross race. The previous races had packed the course down and turned it into a slick crash inducing race of handling skills. An ultra bumpy downhill knocked White's chain off and pushed him back quite a few spots, while the gap put Cody, McCormack, Johnson, and Anthony up the road a ways. Cody would eventually succumb to the leaders pace as White and Huseby came back together into a group of five with 3 laps remaining. The fight for fourth place went back and forth between the three Fiordifrutta riders and Noah Taylor as well as Tristain Schouten. Cody, Huseby, and White would roll in for 6th-8th places and headed back out on the course after the race for some laps on the very fun course.