2026 Craftsbury Grand Prix Results

Race start thru the Murphy’s West. Photo - Phil Belena

A hearty thanks and congratulations to all the competitors and volunteers for the Black River Grand Prix. Though the rain actually stopped for most of the racing, conditions remained challenging. While the singletrack held up quite well to the 2.5” of rain we’ve enjoyed here since Thursday, portions of the grassy ski trail were quite soggy - “watt-sucking death march” was used in the pre-race email as a descriptor. As such, participation was down versus some other editions of the race.

Men’s 1 lap

  
    
  
      Place
      Name
      Affiliation
      Category
      Finish time
      Difference
    

  
      1
      Tomas Masterson
      Coyote Hill - Bradford, VT
      Junior
      1:42:29.2
      -
    

      2
      Henry Katz
      Bicycle Express Racing - Northfield, VT
      Junior
      1:50:45.7
      +8:16.5
    

      3
      Kellon Mencucci
      East Hardwick, VT
      U23
      1:52:08.2
      +9:39.0
    


  

Tomas Masterson of Bradford, VT led the 1 lappers with a stong showing, using the tricky conditions and long course to build a substantial buffer to 2nd placed Henry Katz who was in a much tighter battle for podium spots with East Hardwick’s Kellon Mencucci.

Only one woman tackled the 1-lap race, East Burke’s Jennifer Wetherald. Wetherald broke the tape in just a shade under 2:40.

Men’s 2 lap

  
      Place
      Name
      Affiliation
      Finish time
      Difference
    
      1
      Cody Phillips
      Frost Beer Works/TRP Cycling - Jericho, VT
      2:58:27.8
      -
    
      2
      Cooper Eastridge
      Bicycle Express Racing - South Burlington, VT
      3:07:16.8
      +8:49.0
    
      3
      Gregory Jancaitis
      Bicycle Express Racing/the Bike Fitter L - Barre, VT
      3:18:55.2
      +20:27.4

When one combines a long course with challenging conditions, gaps can grow quite quickly - and that was definitely the case today, as ~10 minutes/place was the rule on the men’s podium.

  
      Place
      Name
      Affiliation
      Finish time
      Difference
    
      1
      Amelia Circosta
      Bicycle Express Racing - Greensboro, VT
      3:33:57.2
      -
    
      2
      Georgia Gould
      East Burke, VT
      3:35:17.7
      +1:20.5
    
      3
      Justine Morrison
      Charlotte, VT
      4:00:49.9
      +26:52.7

The women’s side was much closer today with Greensboro local Amelia Circosta facing off against Olympic bronze medalist (and Kingdom Trails executive director) Georgia Gould. After ~50k of racing, 80s separated first and second.

Find full results at the Center’s webscorer account. Photos coming soon.

Thanks again to everyone who showed up and shared part of their Saturday with us! Hope to see you at Craftsbury again soon.