21st Tour of WillametteUSA, April 11-16, 2000Stage 2 - April 13: Smith River-Vincent Creek Road Race, 89 miles men/62 miles womenWomen: Autotrader.com take the initiativeBy John Alsedek, cyclingnews.com correspondent After two days of sunny and temperate conditions, the weather reverted to the Pacific Northwest stereotype: rain, and lots of it. Not that today's stage, the Smith River Road Race, needed anything to make it more challenging. Contested in the Clay Creek Recreation Area, the race course consisted of narrow logging roads that ranged from slick - and occasionally debris-strewn-macadam to sections of gravel. Combined with a series of snaking climbs (and descents), the Smith River Road Race was summed up by Nutra Fig pro, and former Cyclingnews contributor, Ronnie Schmeer as "guerilla warfare". Speaking of Cyclingnews contributors....it was AutoTrader.com's Pam Schuster who carried the day in the women's race. After several early attacks by the Saturn ad Timex squads, a nine-rider break formed at the 34-mile mark. It included Julie Hanson (Saturn), Odessa Gunn (Timex), Elizabeth Emery (Charles Schwab), Erin Carter (Elita), and the AutoTrader.com duo of Schuster and Andrea Ratkovic. With most of the top women's squads represented, the closest overall challenger to race leader Lyne Bessette was her own Saturn teammate, Julie Hanson (10th, 0:48 back). The move quickly gained 40 seconds going into the Queen of the Mountains sprint, won by Ratkovic from Schuster. At that point, Schuster decided to try her luck in a solo effort over the last nine miles. With teammate Ratkovic ready to counterattack, the rest of the break resigned itself to the race for second, as Schuster rolled in with a 34-second advantage. Ratkovic topped the day off for AutoTrader.com by outsprinting Elita's Carter for second, while Bessette finished with the main group, 46 seconds in arrears. Overall, Bessette narrowly retained her lead, with Schuster leapfrogging Katrina Berger to move into second, just two seconds back. Anna Wilson's report Today we raced the second stage of the Tour of Willamette. Going into the stage we had Lyne Bessette in the lead, 19 seconds in front of surprise performer, Katrina Berger. She finished second yesterday - I was so delirious by the end of the climb that I didn't even notice her going past me and then past Mari!! Anyway, Katrina was in second with Mari Holden (Timex) in third, myself 4th and Tracey Gaudry (Timex) 5th. It was a wet start today with most riders in rain jackets. We raced 80 kms today, over very narrow, logging roads. Beautiful countryside - if it wasn't for the weather!! There was a sprint at the 40 km mark, worth 8, 5 and 3 seconds to win and place respectively. Our plan was for me to win that sprint, with Petra taking second to prevent Mari or Tracey getting the extra seconds. However, the plan went a little wrong when the sprint line was a couple of kms later than it was supposed to be and there were no warning signs of its approach. Dede was the first to notice the organiser's ute with three people standing up in the back of it and realised that that was the sprint line. She started sprinting, and the rest of us realised that that was the sprint line with about 100 metres to go. I did not have a quick enough acceleration to get going in that space of time, but luckily Petra did and she just nipped Mari at the line, with Lyne taking third place. So Mari gained a couple of seconds on Lyne - and moved to second place overall, 18 seconds from the lead. From that point we were fairly aggressive, hoping to force Timex to chase again. With about 20 kms to go, Julie Hanson (Saturn) slipped into a breakaway with about 8 riders. Julie was the best placed overall in the break and so we were happy to let the group go. However, we hadn't counted on the fact that Julie had two Autotrader riders with her - Andrea Radkovich and Pam Schuster. They attacked and counter attacked all the way to the finish and eventually were successful in getting Pam away solo for the win. Pam finished about 15 seconds in front of the sprint for second place and that ride put her into the leader's jersey. The chasing bunch that I was in, along with all the other main players, finished about another 20 seconds back. So I think now Pam will be the leader with Julie Hanson in second place. Lyne and myself should be pretty close to the lead still since Pam didn't have a great day yesterday. Tomorrow looks really hard and will probably be make or break day for the tour lead. Three days to go!! Results1 Pam Schuster (USA) Auto Trader.com 2.43.35 2 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Auto Trader.com 0.39 3 Erin Carter (Can) Elita 0.44 4 Julie Hanson (USA) Saturn 0.49 5 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Team Charles Schwab 6 Odessa Gunn (Can) Timex 7 Karen Timewell (USA) EscapeVelocity 1.01 8 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 1.45 9 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 1.47 10 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 1.50 11 Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 12 Tina Mayolo (USA) Auto Trader.com 13 Dede Demet (USA) Saturn 14 Sophie St Jacques (Can) Elita 15 Katrina Berger (USA) Harbour Lights/Velom 16 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 17 Cybil Di Guistini (Can) Elita 18 Kim Smith (USA) Timex 19 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 20 Ruthie Mathes (USA) National MTB Team 21 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Timex 22 Aileen Loe (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 23 Gretchen Reeves (USA) Cane Creek 24 Megan Elliott (USA) US National Team 25 Kori Kelly (USA) P&G/Women's Health 26 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Auto Trader.com 27 Catherine Cardwell (USA) Team Charles Schwab 28 Annelie Chapman (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 29 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 30 Marie Holjer (Swe) Team Charles Schwab 31 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Team Charles Schwab 32 Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 33 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 34 Julie Young (USA) Auto Trader.com 35 Mina Pizzini (USA) P&G/Women's Health 36 Heather Cole (USA) P&G/Women's Health 37 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports Inc. Racing 38 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports Inc. Racing 39 Sara Neil (USA) Trek/Volkswagen 40 Susy Pryde (NZl) Saturn 41 Rhonda Quick (USA) Unattached 42 Cynthia Ferguson (USA) Alto Velo/Webcor/Quicken 43 Allison Bergeson (USA) Team Goldy's 2.13 44 Kerry Hellmuth (USA) P&G/Women's Health 2.22 45 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 46 Andrea Hannos (USA) Intersports Inc. Racing 2.30 47 Gail Longenecker (USA) Unattached 2.38 48 Heidi Stamm (USA) Five Valley Velo 49 Melanie McQuaio (Can) Canadian 50 Claire Townsend (USA) Rocky Mountain 2.53 51 Troy Watson (USA) Unattached 2.56 52 Cindy Carroll (USA) 800.com 3.09 53 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 5.17 54 Emily Miazga (USA) EugeneCycling Club 5.45 55 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn 7.32 56 Erin Veenstra (USA) Timex 9.23 57 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 9.15 58 Stephanie Hannos (USA) Campione Cycling 12.49 59 Sandra Kolb (USA) Team Charles Schwab 60 Andrea Foster (USA) 800.com 61 Laura Suditu (USA) 800.com 13.19 62 Marni Prazsky (USA) Giant 63 Brenda Black (USA) Team Voler 64 Tiffany Pezzulo (USA) Team Proteus.com 65 Allie Warfel (USA) US National Team 66 Laura Shuford (USA) Auto Trader.com 14.55 67 Julia Farell (USA) Intersports Inc. Racing 20.07 68 Weatherly Stroh (USA) Schwinn Homegrown 25.14 69 Martha Walsh (USA) Mongoose/Defeet 70 Melissa Erion (USA) Paradise Homes 33.39 71 Ashly McCullough (USA) P&G/Women's Health 38.24 72 Allison Beall (USA) Torrefazione Italia 38.24 73 Jennifer Rhodes (USA) Torani/Nw Velo 38.45 74 Stacey Spencer (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 40.19 75 Norrene Valente (USA) Safeway/Saturn 43.01 DNF Ann Trombley (USA) National MTB Team DNF Clare Hall-Patch (USA) No.com DNF Muffy Roy (USA) Rebound/Sunnyside DNF Gina Hall (USA) Sycip Racing DNF Nicole Gingles (USA) 800.com General classification after stage 2: 1 Pam Schuster (USA) Auto Trader.com 6.00.35 2 Julie Hanson (USA) Saturn 0.34 3 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Auto Trader.com 0.42 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 0.44 5 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 1.02 6 Katrina Berger (USA) Harbour Lights/Velom 1.06 7 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 1.14 8 Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 1.19 9 Julie Young (USA) Auto Trader.com 1.20 10Tina Mayolo (USA) Auto Trader.com 1.23 11 Cybil Di Guistini (Can) Elita 1.28 12 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Team Charles Schwab 1.31 13 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports Inc. Racing 1.34 14 Dede Demet (USA) Saturn 1.35 15 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 1.41 16 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 1.41 17 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 1.42 18 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 1.45 19 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Auto Trader.com 1.45 20 Catherine Cardwell (USA) Team Charles Schwab 1.52 21 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports Inc. Racing 1.52 22 Susy Pryde (NZl) Saturn 1.56 23 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Team Charles Schwab 1.59 24 Sara Neil (USA) Trek/Volkswagen 1.59 25 Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 1.59 26 Kim Smith (USA) Timex 2.00 27 Annelie Chapman (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 2.01 28 Sophie St Jacques (Can) Elita 2.04 29 Cynthia Ferguson (USA) Alto Velo/Webcor/Quicken 2.05 30 Marie Holjer (Swe) Team Charles Schwab 2.09 31 Gretchen Reeves (USA) Cane Creek 2.12 32 Ruthie Mathes (USA) National MTB Team 2.15 33 Erin Carter (Can) Elita 5.48 34 Karen Timewell (USA) EscapeVelocity 6.22 35 Odessa Gunn (Can) Timex 6.42 36 Rhonda Quick (USA) Unattached 7.02 37 Allison Bergeson (USA) Team Goldy's 7.31 38 Heather Cole (USA) P&G/Women's Health 7.35 39 Andrea Hannos (USA) Intersports Inc. Racing 7.39 40 Aileen Loe (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 7.59 41 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Timex 8.04 42 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 8.28 43 Kerry Hellmuth (USA) P&G/Women's Health 11.53 44 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 11.55 45 Claire Townsend (USA) Rocky Mountain 12.30 46 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 12.32 47 Cindy Carroll (USA) 800.com 12.44 48 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn 12.46 49 Heidi Stamm (USA) Five Valley Velo 12.53 50 Sandra Kolb (USA) Team Charles Schwab 13.03 51 Erin Veenstra (USA) Timex 14.41 52 Mina Pizzini (USA) P&G/Women's Health 14.48 53 Kori Kelly (USA) P&G/Women's Health 15.00 54 Laura Shuford (USA) Auto Trader.com 15.16 55 Melanie McQuaio (Can) Canadian 17.14 56 Troy Watson (USA) Unattached 19.10 57 Allie Warfel (USA) US National Team 19.45 58 Megan Elliott (USA) US National Team 19.49 59 Brenda Black (USA) Team Voler 20.22 60 Stephanie Hannos (USA) Campione Cycling 25.46 61 Marni Prazsky (USA) Giant 26.00 62 Gail Longenecker (USA) Unattached 26.19 63 Laura Suditu (USA) 800.com 26.43 64 Tiffany Pezzulo (USA) Team Proteus.com 27.01 65 Andrea Foster (USA) 800.com 27.39 66 Weatherly Stroh (USA) Schwinn Homegrown 39.50 67 Julia Farell (USA) Intersports Inc. Racing 41.13 68 Martha Walsh (USA) Mongoose/Defeet 45.27 69 Stacey Spencer (USA) Team Jane Cosmetics 45.49 70 Melissa Erion (USA) Paradise Homes 53.41 71 Emily Miazga (USA) EugeneCycling Club 57.31 72 Allison Beall (USA) Torrefazione Italia 57.47 73 Ashly McCullough (USA) P&G/Women's Health 58.50 74 Jennifer Rhodes (USA) Torani/Nw Velo 1.27.59 75 Norrene Valente (USA) Safeway/Saturn 1.28.09 Men: Mercury and Saturn in oppositionMeanwhile, in the 89-mile men's event, the Saturn men picked up where the ladies had left off in Stage 1. After a multi-rider pileup at a gravel section just two miles in split the pack into two sections, there was a general regrouping that lasted until the first King of the Mountains sprint, taken by Jelly Belly's Adam Livingston. At that point, a group of 25, including five Mercury riders and most of the top G.C. riders, kept things rolling on the descent, and seemed to be well clear of any chasers. Therefore, it came as a surprise when they were joined by 15 racers at the 50-mile mark, and then by another 15 just five miles later. With nearly a dozen pro or amateur riders in the front group, Mercury looked to be in the driver's seat. A fact driven home when they could afford to have Gord Fraser, a recent stage winner in the Criterium International, cover Shaklee's Graeme Miller when he made a gutsy move off the front. However, despite gaining as much as 1:40, the duo were back in the fold by the second K.O.M. sprint, where mountains leader Doug Ziewacz (7 UP/Colorado Cyclist) added to his lead. From that point until the finish, Mercury kept the pressure on at the front, perhaps in hopes of having race leader Scott Moninger jump clear on the uphill finish. But things didn't quite work out that way: the group stayed together up the twisting but gradual climb, leaving it to a group sprint, where Saturn's Mark McCormack and Tony Cruz beat the odds and took advantage of Mercury's hard work to take first and third, respectively. It was a pleasant bonus for Saturn team director Andy Lee, who had previously admitted "We don't really have our best climbers, so this is pretty much a training race for us." Overall, Moninger, who placed second in the stage, increased his lead over 7 UP/Colorado Cyclist's David Zabriskie to 0:10.
Results1 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn 3.34.07 2 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury 0.05 3 Antonio Cruz (USA) Saturn 0.10 4 Damon Kluck (USA) Spokesman/SsCruz 0.15 5 Adam Livingston (USA) Jelly Belly 6 Dave Zabriski (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 7 John Lieswyn (USA) Shaklee 8 Will Frischkom (USA) JW Sports 9 Jason McCartney (USA) NutraFig 10 Justin Spinelli (USA) JW Sports 11 Paul Martin (USA) Navigators 12 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 13 Norm Carter (USA) Jelly Belly 14 Clark Sheehan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 15 Jesus Zarate (USA) Mercury 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Shaklee 17 Walker Ferguson (USA) National MTB Team 18 Patrick Heaney (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 19 Steve Larsen (USA) National MTB Team 20 John Hunt (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 21 Jason Crookham (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee 22 Svein Tuft (Can) Trek/Volkswagen 23 Kirk Willett (USA) Mercury 24 Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly 25 Trevor Wurtele (USA) 3point Motors/Merced 26 Jon Retscek (USA) JW Sports 27 Chris McGovern (USA) Wizards Of The Coast 28 Oscar Pineda (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 29 Ron Schmeer (USA) Nutrafig 30 Steve Hegg (USA) Jelly Belly 0.33 31 Jamul Hahn (USA) NutraFig 32 Mark Hunt (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 33 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Rocky Mounts 34 Shane Thellman (USA) Mercy Fitness Cycling 35 Mark Southard (USA) Scrc/New Belgian-Trek 36 John Peters (USA) Mercury 0.45 37 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury 0.46 38 Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury 0.56 39 Erik Tonkin (USA) Team S%m 1.08 40 Luke Mauriteen (USA) Shaklee 41 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 2.14 42 Graeme Miller (NZl) Shaklee 4.11 43 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Jelly Belly 8.39 44 Roy Knickman (USA) Mercury 10.48 45 Dean Meyer (USA) Gs Lombardi/Ofoto.com 15.54 46 Billy Innes (USA) Kissena 16.49 47 Charles Weisel (USA) River City 18.02 48 Matt Minard (USA) Jelly Belly 49 Tim Brown (USA) Sobe/Headshock 50 Peter Maruz (USA) Kissena 51 Robbie Ventura (USA) Saturn 52 Derek Bouchard (USA) Mercury 53 Matthew Decore (USA) Marin 54 Jesse Keefer (USA) NutraFig 55 Mike Lamb (Can) 3point Motors/Merced 56 Steve Mlujeak (USA) Jamis Bicycles/Columbus 57 Henry Weibe (USA) NutraFig 58 David Wyandt (USA) Spokesman 59 Carl Swenson (USA) National MTB Team 60 Jon C Tarkington (USA) Plant Outdoors.com 61 Donald Reeb (USA) Nutrafig 62 Joseph Dundee (USA) Echelon 63 Menno Hubregtse (USA) Unattached 64 Rusty Beall (USA) Wizards Of The Coast 65 Ryan Miller (USA) Nutrafig 18.56 66 Sterling Magnell (USA) JW Sports 21.48 67 Brendon Vesty (NZl) Navigators 68 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators 69 Andre Kim (USA) Broadmark Capital 70 Antoine Varghese (USA) Kissena 71 David McCook (USA) Shaklee 72 Craig Ruby (USA) Lost River Cycling 73 Robin Baille (USA) Pacific Sport/Sask 23.23 74 John Kelly (USA) Kissena 75 Mick Walsh (USA) Mongoose/Defeet 76 Ken Hashikawa (USA) Bridgestone 77 Tinker Juarez (USA) National MTB Team 78 Juan Pineda (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 23.59 79 Jeff Corbett (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 25.35 80 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 31.14 81 Craig Wilcox (USA) Pettit Oil Racing 82 Brad Buccambuso (USA) Nutrafig 83 Alex Candelario (USA) Rocky Mounts 84 Keith Skiles (USA) NutraFig 35.38 85 Dale Suttle (USA) Mercy Fitness Cycling 86 Robert Marez (USA) BargainBasement 87 Robert Campbell (USA) Broadmark Capital 88 Rad Cunningham (USA) Boardmark Capital 89 Ryan Perlman (USA) SaturnOf Bellevue 90 Pete Swenson (USA) PlanetOutdoors.com 91 Trevor Mays (USA) Pettit Oil Racing 92 Paul Johnson (USA) Mongoose/Defeet 93 Rick Van Den Akker (USA) Reno Wheelmen 94 Andrew Randell (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee 95 Tom Nelson (USA) Broadmark Capital 96 Philip Horwitz (USA) PlanetOutdoors.com 97 John Cipolla (USA) Jamis Bicycles/Columbus 43.20 98 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Shaklee 99 Patrick Caro (USA) Dynamite-Incycle 100 Andrew Malcom (USA) River City 101 Robbie Yost (USA) Team Bike Pedlar 102 Tim Coffey (USA) SaturnOf Bellevue 103 Christopher Frederick (USA) Jamis Bicycles/Columbus 104 Alex Gardner (USA) NutraFig 105 Zach Vestal (USA) Nutrafig 106 Kenny Williams (USA) NutraFig 107 Phil Zajecjk (USA) JW Sports 108 Scott Cochran (USA) Jelly Belly 109 Todd Posselli (USA) Rocky Mountain Cycling 110 Steven Kalin (USA) AutomicRacing Team 111 Peter Devoerr (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 1.04.13 DNF Sean Doyle (USA) Unattached DNF Brent Davis (USA) Broadmark Capital DNF Jacob Hess (USA) Spokesman DNF Craig Demars (USA) Hutch's DNF Ben Kaplan (USA) SaturnOf Bellevue DNF Graham Hill (USA) Team Oregon DNF Rahsaan Bahati (USA) JW Sports DNF Morris Worsfold (USA) 3point Motors/Merced DNF Kiefer Hahn (USA) Wizards Of The Coast DNF John Grochau (USA) Wizards Of The Coast DNF Chris Worsfold (USA) 3point Motors/Merced DNF Matt Brown (USA) Trek/Volkswagen DNF Damon Pettinger (USA) Spokesman DNF William Cuello (USA) Jamis Bicycles/Columbus DNF August Schilling (USA) Northwest Velo DNF Allen Hossley (USA) Bikes N'more General classification after stage 2: 1 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury 7.28.30 2 Kirk Willett (USA) Mercury 0.13 3 Dave Zabriski (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 0.20 4 Adam Livingston (USA) Jelly Belly 0.27 5 Damon Kluck (USA) Spokesman/SsCruz 0.29 6 Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly 7 Antonio Cruz (USA) Saturn 8 John Lieswyn (USA) Shaklee 0.34 9 Clark Sheehan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 10 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn 0.35 11 Will Frischkom (USA) JW Sports 0.36 12 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 0.39 13 Ron Schmeer (USA) Nutrafig 0.43 14 Justin Spinelli (USA) JW Sports 0.46 15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Shaklee 0.50 16 Trevor Wurtele (USA) 3point Motors/Merced 17 Jon Retscek (USA) JW Sports 18 Steve Larsen (USA) National MTB Team 0.53 19 Chris McGovern (USA) Wizards Of The Coast 0.54 20 Oscar Pineda (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 21 Svein Tuft (Can) Trek/Volkswagen 0.57 22 John Hunt (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 1.00 23 Walker Ferguson (USA) National MTB Team 24 Jesus Zarate (USA) Mercury 1.03 25 Patrick Heaney (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 26 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Rocky Mounts 1.14 27 Jason Crookham (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.16 28 Mark Southard (USA) Scrc/New Belgian-Trek 1.17 29 John Peters (USA) Mercury 1.20 30 Paul Martin (USA) Navigators 1.21 31 Mark Hunt (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 32 Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury 1.27 33 Norm Carter (USA) Jelly Belly 1.32 34 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury 2.03 35 Shane Thellman (USA) Mercy Fitness Cycling 2.24 36 Steve Hegg (USA) Jelly Belly 2.44 37 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 3.32 38 Graeme Miller (NZl) Shaklee 5.12 39 Erik Tonkin (USA) Team S%m 6.35 40 Luke Mauriteen (USA) Shaklee 6.59 41 Jamul Hahn (USA) NutraFig 7.19 42 Jason McCartney (USA) NutraFig 9.21 43 Roy Knickman (USA) Mercury 13.34 44 Dean Meyer (USA) Gs Lombardi/Ofoto.com 16.33 45 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Jelly Belly 17.27 46 Billy Innes (USA) Kissena 18.03 47 Peter Maruz (USA) Kissena 18.29 48 Derek Bouchard (USA) Mercury 18.30 49 Carl Swenson (USA) National MTB Team 18.32 50 Tim Brown (USA) Sobe/Headshock 18.36 51 Jon C Tarkington (USA) Plant Outdoors.com 19.38 52 Jesse Keefer (USA) NutraFig 19.40 53 Mike Lamb (Can) 3point Motors/Merced 19.45 54 David Wyandt (USA) Spokesman 20.00 55 Ryan Miller (USA) Nutrafig 20.29 56 Brendon Vesty (NZl) Navigators 22.12 57 Antoine Varghese (USA) Kissena 22.31 58 Rusty Beall (USA) Wizards Of The Coast 23.18 59 Joseph Dundee (USA) Echelon 23.39 60 Robbie Ventura (USA) Saturn 23.44 61 John Kelly (USA) Kissena 24.05 62 Tinker Juarez (USA) National MTB Team 24.08 63 Ken Hashikawa (USA) Bridgestone 24.30 64 Mick Walsh (USA) Mongoose/Defeet 24.48 65 Robin Baille (USA) Pacific Sport/Sask 25.07 66 Matt Minard (USA) Jelly Belly 26.27 67 Matthew Decore (USA) Marin 26.35 68 Charles Weisel (USA) River City 26.42 69 Donald Reeb (USA) Nutrafig 26.54 70 Steve Mlujeak (USA) Jamis Bicycles/Columbus 26.55 71 Henry Weibe (USA) NutraFig 26.56 72 Sterling Magnell (USA) JW Sports 27.24 73 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators 27.51 74 Juan Pineda (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 29.50 75 Andre Kim (USA) Broadmark Capital 30.35 76 David McCook (USA) Shaklee 30.52 77 Craig Ruby (USA) Lost River Cycling 31.02 78 Jeff Corbett (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 31.43 79 Brad Buccambuso (USA) Nutrafig 32.20 80 Alex Candelario (USA) Rocky Mounts 32.30 81 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 33.27 82 Andrew Randell (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee 36.17 83 Craig Wilcox (USA) Pettit Oil Racing 39.58 84 Menno Hubregtse (USA) Unattached 41.30 85 Phil Zajecjk (USA) JW Sports 43.44 86 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Shaklee 43.51 87 Dale Suttle (USA) Mercy Fitness Cycling 44.22 88 Rad Cunningham (USA) Boardmark Capital 44.34 89 Kenny Williams (USA) NutraFig 44.38 90 Pete Swenson (USA) PlanetOutdoors.com 91 Zach Vestal (USA) Nutrafig 44.45 92 Keith Skiles (USA) NutraFig 44.57 93 Patrick Caro (USA) Dynamite-Incycle 49.00 94 Alex Gardner (USA) NutraFig 49.04 95 John Cipolla (USA) Jamis Bicycles/Columbus 51.54 96 Tim Coffey (USA) SaturnOf Bellevue 52.17 97 Todd Posselli (USA) Rocky Mountain Cycling 52.18 98 Rick Van Den Akker (USA) Reno Wheelmen 56.55 99 Robert Campbell (USA) Broadmark Capital 59.06 100 Robert Marez (USA) BargainBasement 59.22 101 Tom Nelson (USA) Broadmark Capital 59.36 102 Trevor Mays (USA) Pettit Oil Racing 59.41 103 Paul Johnson (USA) Mongoose/Defeet 1.00.03 104 Scott Cochran (USA) Jelly Belly 1.04.23 105 Peter Devoerr (USA) GS Lombardi/Ofoto.com 1.04.53 106 Ryan Perlman (USA) SaturnOf Bellevue 1.22.31 107 Andrew Malcom (USA) River City 1.27.34 108 Steven Kalin (USA) AutomicRacing Team 1.31.06 109 Robbie Yost (USA) Team Bike Pedlar 1.34.36 110 Philip Horwitz (USA) PlanetOutdoors.com 1.36.47 111 Christopher Frederick (USA) Jamis Bicycles/Columbus 1.46.59 Thanks to the organisers for the complete results |