Tour de Toona - NE
Altoona, USA, August 1-6, 2000
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Stage 1 - August 1: Altoona
ITT, 2.5 mi/4 km
Olympians start with
a bang
The six stage Tour de 'Toona in Pennsylvania kicked off with a tight
(16 turns) 4 kilometre prologue in the streets of downtown Altoona,
with various Olympians dominating the event. In the men, Canada's Gord
Fraser (Mercury) showed that he was not just a top sprinter, taking
the win from teammate and US Team Pursuit nominee, Derek Bouchard-Hall.
In third, a few tenths of a second behind was Saturn's Chris Wherry.
The women's race was won by Elita's Sarah Ulmer, who is also the New
Zealand team's main hope for the women's Olympic points/pursuit races.
She narrowly beat Saturn's Lyne Bessette (selected for Canada on the
road), and Timex's Tracey Gaudry (Australian road selection), the latter
who had just negotiated a long flight in from Germany.
Results
Men
1 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury 5.10.11
2 Derek Bouchard-Hall (USA) Mercury 0.02.25
3 Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn 0.02.66
4 Andrew Randell (Can) Jetfuel 0.04.73
5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Shaklee 0.05.01
...
8 Mike Sayers Mercury 0.07.35
Women
1 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 5.52.26
2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 0.01.09
3 Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 0.01.99
4 Pam Schuster (USA) AutoTrader.com 0.02.58
5 Anne Samplonious (Can) Saturn 0.03.21
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