2nd Saturn Cycling Classic - NE
Boulder, USA, August 11, 2001
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Note: Times are Boulder, CO local times.
09:20 - 0 km
And the riders are off! More than 100 of them pedal away from 14th and
Spruce in downtown Boulder heading south on Colo. 93. The weather in
Boulder is sunny and warm, 22 degrees celsius. Perfect racing weather!
09:40
The cyclists just entered Jefferson County. The first six miles or so,
the cyclists rode as a pack. Then three riders broke away, and it's
been attack and counter-attack since. "Despite the few minor attacks,
I think the pack is pretty mellow right now," said Race Director Len
Pettyjohn, from one of the VIP caravans. "I think they're aware of what's
ahead."
10:00
The entire field starts up Coal Creek Canyon together on their way to
Wondervu the first of seven peaks they'll climb today. A $1,000 King
of the Mountain prize will be awarded to the points winner. The climbs
still to come are Golden Gate, Oh-My-God Road, Guanella Pass, Kenosha
Pass, Red Hill and Hoosier Pass.
10:40
The first riders reach Wonderview. Juan Gabriel Sanchez (No. 75) of
Tecos Turbo, a Mexican team, is first, taking 15 points in the King
of the Mountain race. Doug Ziewacz (No. 65) of 7-Up/Colorado Cyclist
is second for 12 points; Phil Zajicek (No. 6) of Mercury is third for
8 points; Harm Jansen (No. 14) of Saturn is fourth for 4 points; and
Nathan Busch (No. 131) of Rio Grande Monsoon Racing is fifth for 2 points.
These five and three other riders - Dariusz Wojciechowski of Handle
Bar & Grill, Alex Candelario of Zaxby's Cycling Team, and Kirk O'Bee
of Navigators Cycling Team are in a break-away as they head toward
the Peak-to-Peak Highway. The group has 4 minutes, 10 seconds on the
pack. The weather is still gorgeous. Sunny and 70 degrees. Note: Wojciechowski
(former Mroz rider) is a formidable climber.
11:25
The break-away of eight is now seven - and it's a slightly different
group. Wojciechowski (No. 33) and Candelario (No. 83) were dropped (Note:
Oh well, can't pick 'em all). And Jeff Hartman (No. 114) of Trek/VW,
New Belgium has joined the lead group. The leaders have 7'30 on the
pack as they head up the Peak-to-Peak Highway to the second King of
the Mountain peak - Golden Gate.
Meanwhile in Breckenridge, the Cat 4 Men are warming up for their
criterium, and adults and children are starting to gather along the
streets - checking out the Saturn CyberBike and other displays that
are set up around town. It's sunny and 19 degrees in Breckenridge.
11:37
They've reached Golden Gate. Points go to: 1. Doug Ziewacz (7-Up/Colorado
Cyclist) 10 points; 2. Juan Gabriel Sanchez (Tecos Turbo) 6 points;
Phil Zajicek (Mercury) 4 points; and Nathan Busch (Rio Grande Monsoon
Racing) 2 points. As they start the descent from Golden Gate, Harm Jansen
comes flying to take a 30-meter lead off the front at about 55 mph.
11:43
Harm Jansen (Saturn) was leading into Black Hawk, but just before the
Black Hawk sprint finish (with a total of $8,000 at stake), Kirk O'Bee
(No. 43) of Navigators overtook Jansen for first place. O'Bee got 50
points for first in the Sprint totals; Jansen got 40 points for second;
Phil Zajicek of Mercury took third for 30 points; Nathan Busch of Rio
Grande Monsoon took fourth for 20 points; and Doug Ziewacz of 7-Up/Colorado
Cyclist took fifth for 10 points.
The Sprint point winner gets $5,000; second gets $2,000; and third
gets $1,000... but they have to finish the race within the time cut
in order to collect their prizes. If they don't, the money will go to
the next person in line.
11:48
Mercury's Phil Zajicek passes O'Bee and Jansen to win the Central City
Sprint, adding another five points to his sprint total. Nathan Busch takes
second for 4 points, and Saturn's Harm Jansen is third for three points.
Although O'Bee is in the sprint lead with 50 points, Harm Jansen can still
win the $5,000 prize if he places first or second in the two remaining
sprints.
11:57
Mercury's Phil Zajicek is still in the lead at the top of Oh-My-God
Road. He gets 15 points in the King of the Mountain race for being first
to the top. Juan Gabriel Sanchez gets there second; Busch was third;
Jansen was fourth; and O'Bee was fifth. The leading group still numbers
seven, and they have 5'50 on the pack. They're making their way through
Idaho Springs and onto the I-70 frontage road.
Sanchez leads the King of the Mountain points total with 33. Zajicek
is second with 27 points.
12:10
The Men's Cat 4 Crit is under way in Breckenridge. The crowds are getting
larger
12:40
The same group of seven leads the Men's 140-mile race entering Georgetown.
But the big news is that somewhere after the Oh-My-God Road descent
a second break-away formed. This second group of eight riders - Mercury's
Chris Horner and Floyd Landis; Saturn's Tim Johnson, Trent Klasna and
Soren Petersen; Navigators' Burke Swindlehurst; 7-Up/Colorado Cyclists'
Clark Sheehan; and Tecos Turbo's Florencio Ramos - is just a couple
of minutes behind the leading group of seven. Interesting note: last
year's winner Scott Moninger, wearing jersey No. 1, isn't in either
of the two breakaways.
12:53
In the Men's 140-mile race, part of the second group has caught the
first group as they shoot through Georgetown. There's now a lead pack
of 13 riders. Six members of the second break-away caught the first
group of seven.
In the Georgetown sprint, Jeff Hartman (Trek/VW, New Belgium) took
first followed by Trent Klasna (Saturn) and Floyd Landis (Mercury).
Kirk O'Bee still leads the sprint total, and Harm Jansen is in second.
13:00
Heading up Guanella Pass, Jeff Hartmann makes a solo break, with Mercury's
Chris Horner right on his heels. The other 11 of the lead group are
scattered behind Hartmann and Horner as they make their way up the gruelling
pass.
Meanwhile in Breckenridge, the official results of the Men's Cat 4
criterium are in:
1 Josh Seldman (Colorado Springs, CO) 2 Roger Raines (Fort Collins,
CO) 3 Mark Thompson (Breckenridge, CO) 4 Greg Ludke (Edwards, CO) 5
Barry Hanson (Dillon, CO)
Also, on a sad note, Cat 4 rider Dave Hawes took an ugly spill in
the first turn of the course, and was injured. He has been transported
to Breckenridge Medical Center for treatment.
13:10
Horner has caught and passed Hartmann in the Men's 140-Mile Race as
they continue up Guanella Pass. The weather continues to hold with sunny
skies and 73 degrees on the Pass. Behind Horner and Hartmann, the other
packs of riders are beginning to scatter.
13:35
Near the top of Guanella pass, Mercury's Chris Horner has a 1'43 lead
over Navigators' Burke Swindlehurst. Mercury's support crew is preparing
mountain bikes for their riders to switch from road bikes to mountain
bikes. There's a small group of riders about 3 minutes, 20 seconds behind
Horner. That group includes Mercury's Scott Moninger, Floyd Landis,
and Chris Wherry, Saturn's Michael Barry, Tim Johnson and Soren Peterson,
Handle Bar & Grill's Jonathan Vaughters, and Tecos Turbo's Jesus Zarate.
The skies are still sunny, with scattered clouds, and it's a pleasant
17 degrees.
Meanwhile in Breckenridge, the official results of the Men's Cat 3
criterium are in:
1 Larry Smith (Centennial, CO) 2 Matthew Walp (Golden, CO) 3 Elias Bachmann
(Boulder, CO) 4 Tim Faia (Frisco, CO) 5 John Seehafer (Louisville, CO)
13:50
Mercury's Chris Horner is the first to the top of Guanella Pass. He
is followed by Jonathon Vaughters at 1'50, Burke Swindlehurst (2'00),
Chris Wherry (2'10), Michael Barry (2'20), Jesus Zarate (2'25), Scott
Moninger (2'30 back). All seven of these riders switch to mountain bikes
for the descent. Floyd Landis is just behind Moninger; he stays on his
road bike, as does Tim Johnson, who's following Landis closely.
14:00
King of the Mountain update: Juan Gabriel Sanchez still holds
first with 33 points, followed Phil Zajicek with 27 points, and Chris
Horner is third with the 25 points he earned by being first to the top
of Guanella Pass.
14:25
Three riders have caught leader Chris Horner of Mercury on the way up
Kenosha Pass in the Men's 140-mile Race. They are Jonathan Vaughters
(Handle Bar & Grill), Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators) and Michael Barry
(Saturn). About three minutes behind this group four is a group of three
Mercury riders: defending champion Scott Moninger, Floyd Landis and
Chris Wherry.
14:33
Defending champion Scott Moninger retires from the race at Mile 95.
Horner, Vaughters, Swindlehurst and Barry still lead the pack.
14:38
Official results from the Junior's Criterium are in:
1 Scott Tietzel (Boulder), 2 Allen Krughoff (Boulder), 3 Mikkel Christensen
(Evergreen), 4 Ben Seltzer (Boulder), 5 Ian MacGregor (Boulder).
And the Women's Nicole Reinhart Criterium (for Pro/1/2 riders) is
about to begin in downtown Breckenridge.
14:52
The King of the Mountain points race continues to heat up as riders
reach the top of Kenosha Pass in the Men's 140-mile Race. First to the
top of Kenosha is Michael Barry (Saturn), followed by Jonathan Vaughters
(Handle Bar & Grill), Chris Horner (Mercury), Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators),
and Chris Wherry (Mercury).
Standings for King of the Mountain point totals are: first place is
a tie between Juan Gabriel Sanchez (Tecos Turbo) and Chris Horner (Mercury),
both with 33 points; Jonathan Vaughters (Handle Bar & Grill) follows
them closely with 32 points.
In other racing news, Horner, Barry, Vaughters and Swindlehurst still
have the lead, but Mercury's Wherry and Landis are gaining on them,
just 1:30 back. The riders are now on their way to Fairplay.
15:15 - 45 km to go
Mercury's Chris Wherry has just joined the top group of four - Barry,
Vaughters, Horner and Swindlehurst. Landis is solo a few minutes behind
them. And a group of six riders is seven minutes behind the lead group
as they all enter Fairplay with about 45 km to go.
15:32
Jonathan Vaughters (Handle Bar & Grill) attacked and only Mercury's
Horner could keep up with him. The two have a 30 second lead on the
others just after leaving Fairplay.
In the Fairplay Sprint, Vaughters took first, Horner second and Barry
third. The final results for the Sprint race (riders must finish the
race to collect their prize money):
1 Kirk O'Bee (Navigators) $5,000, 2 Harm Jansen (Saturn) $2,000, 3
Phil Zajicek (Mercury)
15:36
Results are in from the Red Hill King of the Mountain. Jonathan
Vaughters (Handle Bar & Grill) was first followed by Chris Horner (Mercury)
and Michael Barry (Saturn). As for point totals for King of the Mountain,
Chris Horner leads with 36 points; Juan Gabriel Sanchez is in second
with 33 points, and Jonathan Vaughters is third with 32 points.
15:40
Official results of the women's miss-and-out format criterium:
1 Dede Demet-Barry $1,000, 2. 2 Anke Erlank $750, 3. Sarah Konrad
$500, 4. Lyne Bessette $400, 5. Anne Lannan $300
15:50
Three miles from the top of Hoosier Pass, Handle Bar & Grill's Jonathan
Vaughters is being the aggressor, and Mercury's Chris Horner is sitting
in. Saturn's Michael Barry, Mercury's Chris Wherry and Navigators' Burke
Swindlehusrst are holding strong 2'29 back. And Mercury's Floyd Landis
is on his own 4'45 seconds back.
16:00
The leaders of the Men's 140-mile Race are about 1 kilometer from the
summit of Hoosier Pass. It's still Jonathan Vaughters and Chris Horner
in front. Mercury's Chris Wherry and Saturn's Michael Barry are in the
second group about 2 minutes back; they have just dropped Navigators'
Burke Swindlehurst.
16:10
Mercury's Chris Horner is first to the top of Hoosier Pass, followed
directly by Handle Bar & Grill's Jonathan Vaughters. Saturn's Michael
Barry was third, Mercury's Chris Wherry is fourth and Navigators' Burke
Swindlehurst is fifth.
That clinches the King of the Mountain victory for Mercury's Chris
Horner who finishes with 51 points, earning him the $1,000 King of the
Mountain prize. Vaughters was second with 44 points, Barry was third
with 34 points, and Tecos Turbo's Juan Gabriel Sanchez was fourth with
33 points. Prize money is only awarded to the first place finisher in
the King of the Mountain points race.
16:25
Handle Bar & Grill's Jonathan Vaughters crossed the finish line just
seconds ahead of Mercury's Chris Horner to win the 2001 Saturn Cycling
Classic. Saturn Cycling Team's Michael Barry and Mercury's Chris Wherry
rode into town just after Vaughters and Horner crossed the line. Barry
and Wherry battled it out for third in their final lap around town,
with Barry barely edging out Wherry.
16:35
Burke Swindlehurst of Navigators rode into town solo to take fifth place.
Results
Unofficial
1 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Handle Bar & Grill
2 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury
3 Michael Barry (Can) Saturn
4 Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn
5 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators
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