Redlands Bicycle Classic - Cat. 2.5

USA, March 7-12, 2000

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Prologue - March 7: Street Sprint, 200 meters

Report - A downhiller does the roadies on the flat

The 16th annual Redlands Bicycle Classic kicked off in unique fashion with the Carousel Mall-San Bernardino Street Sprints, a 200 metre "prologue" which takes the shape of flat-out sprints down the main street, right under nose of the San Bernadino courthouse.

And complimenting such uniqueness, the leader of the men's race heading into tomorrow's first real road stage is downhill MTBer Brian Lopes (Volvo/Cannodale) who set the fastest time riding a hard-tail Cannondale MTB fitted with road wheels.

Ironically, Lopes was required to use a road bike for the finals and was actually beaten by Todd Littlehales of the Navigators squad, who earned the points leader's jersey with a 16.29 second final, while Lopez won the overall leader's jersey by virtue of his 15.95 second qualifying sprint down the main drag - riding a mountainbike. No other rider could match his qualifiying time so the downhiller won the yellow jersey. It seems the geometry and stiffness of the MTB allowed for a much faster start.

It was a similar story in the women's event, although race leader Petra Rossner did use a road bike for her sprints. The awesome German sprinter set the fastest qualifiying time of 17.69 seconds but was then defeated in the final by Saturn team-mate Nicole Reinhart, with Tina Mayolo (AutoTrader.com) defeating Lyn Bessette (also from Saturn) for third place.

The ride-off for third place in the men's sprint saw Polish rider Marcin Gebka (Mat-Ceresit) overcome US rider Shane Thellman.

Results

Mens                      
1 Todd Littlehales     	       	   16.29 seconds
2 Brian Lopes          	       	   15.95
3 Marcin Gebka         	       	   17.46
4 Shane Thellman       	       	   17.02
5 Jay Sweet            	       	   17.36
6 Luke Mauritsen       	       	   17.09
7 Michael Taylor       	       	   17.43
8 Marco Aledia         	       	   16.33
9 David Kopp           	       	   17.54
10 Charles Dionne      	       	   17.33
11 Jaroslav Bilek      	       	   17.48
12 Shawn McCormack     	       	   17.47
13 Adam Livingston     	       	   17.53
14 Scottie Weiss       	       	   17.25
15 Ryder Hesjedel      	       	   17.52
16 Sandy Perrins       	       	   17.24
17 Stefan Kink         	       	   17.56
18 Roland Green        	       	   17.58
19 David Smith         	       	   17.62
20 John (J.D.) Durso   	       	   17.62
21 Mike Tillman        	       	   17.62
22 Steven Cate         	       	   17.62
23 Alexandre Chouffe   	       	   17.63
24 Gus Tietsort        	       	   17.63
25 Pelle Kil           	       	   17.66
26 Brice Jones         	       	   17.69
27 William Cuello      	       	   17.72
28 Phil Dixon          	       	   17.74
29 Tim Larkin           	   17.74
30 Franky VanHaesebrouke	   17.76
31 Chris Frederick      	   17.77
31 Devon Hoff-Weeks     	   17.77
31 Sylvain Beauchamp    	   17.77
34 Graeme Miller        	   17.81
34 Thomas Kalstrup      	   17.81
36 Scott Cochran        	   17.82
37 Derek Wilkerson      	   17.85
37 Stephen Gilligan     	   17.85
39 Clark Sheehan        	   17.87
40 Carlos Dacruz        	   17.89
41 Ryan Allison         	   17.91
42 Ryan Cady            	   17.94
42 Ryan Miller          	   17.94
44 Chris Pic            	   17.95
44 Tim Morley           	   17.95
46 Kashi Leuchs         	   17.98
47 Slawomir Chrzanowski 	   17.99
47 William Skinner      	   17.99
49 Christian Valenzuela 	   18.00
49 Patrick Caro         	   18.00
49 Steve Larsen         	   18.00
52 Ken Helgeson         	   18.02
53 Will Frischkorn      	   18.04
54 Jonathan Hamblen     	   18.05
55 Pavel Tcherkassov    	   18.10
56 Taylor Carrington    	   18.12
56 Tomasz Kloczko       	   18.12
58 Phil Zajecek         	   18.13
59 Brandon Lovick       	   18.17
60 Christian Knees      	   18.18
60 Michael Sayers       	   18.18
62 Norm Carter          	   18.23
63 Jeremy Hunt          	   18.24
64 Ronny Jahn           	   18.26
64 Tommy Mulkey         	   18.26
66 Trevor Wurtele       	   18.28
67 Roel Paulisssen      	   18.29
68 Chris McDonald       	   18.30
69 Brian Fagan          	   18.32
70 Mathew Svatek        	   18.32
71 Florencio Ramos      	   18.33
72 Chris Wherry         	   18.34
72 John Matthews        	   18.34
72 Kirk Albers          	   18.34
75 John Lieswyn         	   18.38
75 Jose Velasquez       	   18.38
77 Robert Dapice        	   18.39
77 Sebastian Talabardon 	   18.39
79 Gord Fraser          	   18.40
80 Steve Mlujeak        	   18.42
81 Milos Pejcha         	   18.43
82 Czeslaw Lukaszewicz  	   18.44
83 Doug Ziewacz         	   18.47
84 Brad Buccambuso      	   18.48
85 Patrick Heaney       	   18.48
85 Paul Lasenby         	   18.48
87 Andy Bishop          	   18.49
87 Jason Jones          	   18.49
87 Mark Walters         	   18.49
90 Josh Thornton        	   18.50
91 Jess Swiggers        	   18.54
92 Damon Kluck          	   18.56
92 Paul Collins         	   18.56
92 Victor Ayala         	   18.56
95 Matt Minard          	   18.57
96 Richard Thomas       	   18.58
97 Eddy Gragus          	   18.59
98 Steve Chrapchynski   	   18.63
98 Trent Klasna         	   18.63
100 Tomas Konecny       	   18.64
100 Frank McCormack     	   18.64
102 Adham Sbeih         	   18.66
102 Mark McCormack      	   18.66
104 Dereck Butterrield  	   18.67
105 Michael Luther      	   18.70
106 Brendon Vesty       	   18.73
106 David Branstner     	   18.73
108 Henk Vogels         	   18.74
109 Greg Randolph       	   18.75
110 John (Jeff) Corbett 	   18.76
111 Ricardo Schlemonat  	   18.77
112 Mariano Friedick    	   18.78
113 Jessie Lawler       	   18.80
114 Scott Moninger      	   18.81
115 Grant Potter        	   18.82
116 Michael Creed       	   18.82
117 Kent Bostick        	   18.84
118 Steve Zampieri      	   18.85
119 Danny Pate          	   18.87
120 Fabio Cardoso       	   18.91
121 Floyd Landis        	   18.92
122 Vassili Davidenko   	   18.92
123 Jason McCartney     	   18.94
124 Chris Harkey        	   18.95
125 Steffen Weigold     	   18.98
126 Ian Wilkinson       	   18.99
127 Dave Zabriskie      	   18.99
128 Matt Kelly          	   19.03
129 John Cipolla        	   19.04
129 Ron Schmeer         	   19.04
131 Kirk O'Bee          	   19.07
132 Alexei Sivakov      	   19.08
133 Eric Wohlberg       	   19.08
134 Ken Toman           	   19.10
135 Nat Faulkner        	   19.17
136 Chris Horner        	   19.19
137 Denis Leproux       	   19.21
138 Carl Swenson        	   19.23
139 Colby Pearce        	   19.25
140 Arquimedez Lam      	   19.26
140 Ryan Lane           	   19.26
142 Marty Jemison       	   19.27
143 David George        	   19.30
144 Anton Villatoro     	   19.31
145 James Hodnett       	   19.32
146 Andreas Hestler     	   19.33
147 Ernie Lechuga       	   19.35
148 Dainis Osols        	   19.36
149 Piotr Przydzial     	   19.37
150 Allan Iacuone       	   19.40
151 Rene Andrle         	   19.41
152 Travis Brown        	   19.43
153 Eric Tourville      	   19.49
154 Oliver Beckinsale   	   19.51
155 Donny Lopez         	   19.56
156 Marc Gulickson      	   19.57
157 Seth Angevine       	   19.58
158 Cadel Evans         	   19.60
159 Anthony Martin      	   19.61
159 Lane Packwood       	   19.61
161 Mat Anand           	   19.66
162 Jason Van Marle     	   19.68
163 Skyler Reeves       	   19.71
164 Camil Sidharta      	   19.86
165 Dimitri Sedun       	   19.88
165 Roberto Gaggioli    	   19.88
167 Brian Walton        	   19.92
168 Mathieu Toulouse    	   19.99
169 John Hunt           	   20.01
169 Zack Vestal         	   20.01
171 Steve Hegg          	   20.02
172 Justin Spinelli     	   20.05
173 Ryan Peterson       	   20.10
174 Bart Bowen          	   20.15
175 Levi Leipheimer     	   20.34
176 Ryan Perlman        	   20.39
177 Mike Barry          	   20.52
178 Steve Speaks        	   20.66
179 Christoph Sauser    	   20.68
180 Chris Sheppard      	   20.70
181 Mike Lamb           	   20.70
182 Jesse Keefer        	   20.77
183 Andrew Randall      	   20.80
184 Luke Stockwell      	   20.82
185 Alex Lavallee       	   21.14
186 Ben Scherrer        	   21.16
187 Bill Innes          	   21.25
188 Jose Garcia         	   21.41
189 Noe Camacho         	   27.01
190 Zbigniew Piatek     	   27.12
190 Seamus McGrath      	   27.12
190 Sean Nealy          	   27.12
190 Antoine Varghese    	   27.12
194 Dylan Casey         	   38.43
DNS Alejandro Sanchez   	      DNS 
DNS Adam Laurent        	      DNS 

Women

1 Nicole Reinhart           	  17.96 seconds 		 
2 Petra Rossner             	  17.69 		 
3 Tina Mayolo               	  17.97 		 
4 Lyne Bessette             	  17.99 		 
5 Carmen Richardson         	  18.15 		 
6 Mandy Poitras             	  18.15 		 
7 Suzanne Sonye             	  18.18 		 
8 Stacey Spencer            	  18.23 		 
9 Ashley McCullough         	  18.27 		 
10 Karen Dunne              	  18.32 		 
11 Jennifer Eyerman         	  18.38 		 
12 Susan Latshaw            	  18.47 		 
13 Ruthie Matthes           	  18.49 		 
14 Tracey Brunger           	  18.58 		 
15 Cynthia Ferguson         	  18.63 		 
16 Melanie Dorion           	  18.65 		 
17 Sandra Kolb              	  18.67 		 
18 Clara Hughes             	  18.70 		 
19 Caren Spore              	  18.75 		 
20 Laura Van Gilder         	  18.79 		 
21 Leigh Hobson             	  18.85 		 
22 Maria Calle              	  18.87 		 
22 Tracie Tonello           	  18.87 		 
24 Christy Nicholson        	  18.95 		 
25 Lesley Tomlinson         	  18.95 		 
26 Stacey Peters            	  18.98 		 
27 Cynthia Mommsen          	  19.00 		 
28 Shari Kain               	  19.00 		 
29 Gina Hall                	  19.04 		 
30 Lauren Gilliland*        	  19.05 		 
31 Sophie St. Jacques       	  19.06 		 
32 Heather Cole             	  19.08 		 
33 Tamara House-Williamson  	  19.12 		 
34 Nicole Freedman          	  19.16 		 
35 Katie Safford            	  19.18 		 
36 Karen Menge              	  19.24 		 
37 Catherine Cardwell       	  19.25 		 
38 Deirdre Murphy           	  19.34 		 
38 Jimena Florit            	  19.34 		 
40 Kirsten Kotval           	  19.35 		 
40 Alison Sydor             	  19.35 		 
42 Desira Utzig             	  19.37 		 
43 Mina Pizzini             	  19.41 		 
44 Lara Ruthven             	  19.43 		 
45 Julie Hanson             	  19.44 		 
45 Tomarra Notch            	  19.44 		 
47 Cynthia Carroll          	  19.52 		 
48 Cheryl Binney            	  19.53 		 
48 Elizabeth Emery          	  19.53 		 
50 Nicole Gingles           	  19.57 		 
50 Kimberly Bruckner        	  19.57 		 
52 Traci Brown              	  19.62 		 
53 Mary Grigson             	  19.63 		 
54 Daphne Wilhelm           	  19.64 		 
55 Troy Watson              	  19.67 		 
56 Chrissy Redden           	  19.71 		 
57 Leah Goldstein           	  19.72 		 
58 Caroline Alexander       	  19.73 		 
59 Kori Kelly               	  19.77 		 
60 Julie Young              	  19.89 		 
61 Annelie Chapman          	  19.96 		 
61 Jessica Phillips*        	  19.96 		 
63 Niki Pippin              	  19.97 		 
64 Trish Sinclair           	  19.98 		 
65 Deborah Durand           	  20.04 		 
66 Ann Trombley             	  20.06 		 
67 Karen Timewell           	  20.08 		 
67 Lisa Hunt                	  20.08 		 
69 Annie Gariepy            	  20.12 		 
70 Rachel Lloyd             	  20.19 		 
71 Maureen Vergara          	  20.31 		 
72 Rebecca McClintock*      	  20.35 		 
73 Andrea Foster            	  20.42 		 
74 Katrina Berger           	  20.44 		 
75 Chantal Dancourt         	  20.45 		 
75 Megan Elliott*           	  20.45 		 
77 Annabelle Stropparo      	  20.48 		 
78 Sarah Hedger             	  20.50 		 
79 Brenda Black             	  20.51 		 
80 Marie Holjer             	  20.58 		 
81 Laurie Furman            	  20.61 		 
82 Pam Wolkoff              	  20.63 		 
83 Aileen Loe               	  20.69 		 
84 Brandy Bounds*           	  20.73 		 
85 Amy Stenner-Roberts      	  20.74 		 
86 Pamela Schuster          	  20.81 		 
87 Alla Epifanova           	  21.03 		 
88 Gabriella Gonzalez       	  21.07 		 
89 Melissa Spooner          	  21.09 		 
90 Kathleen Scully Weiner   	  21.54 		 
91 Anke Erlank              	  21.87 		 
92 Alison Dunlap            	  21.90 		 
93 Dotsie Cowden            	  22.21 		 
94 Adriana Sanchez Perez    	  22.46 		 
95 Barbara Blatter          	  22.60 		 
96 Cybil DiGuistini*        	  23.29 		 
 0 Jane Despas              	    DNS    		 
 0 Alison Buxton            	    DNS    		 
 0 Rhonda Quick             	    DNS    		 
 0 Ann Schelert             	    DNS    		 
*Espoirs

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