11th Sea Otter Classic - 2.4USA, March 22-25, 2001Main Page Men's Results Women's Results Previous stage Stage 3 - March 23: Fort Ord road race, 169km (men); 101km (women)By Rob Jones Saturn took control today, in the third stage of the road portion of Sea Otter, with overall race leader Anna Millward taking her second stage win in the women's race, and Harm Jansen and Trent Klasna riding away from the men's field to place 1-2. The time difference in the men's race was great enough to put Klasna ahead of U.S. Postal's Levi Leipheimer in the overall standings. The Fort Ord stage takes the riders through the Laguna Seca Speedway and out into the old military base of Fort Ord - now managed by various conservation authorities. The rolling circuit is 21 miles (33.7 kilometres) in length, with a 4 kilometre climb before the riders re-enter the Speedway for the finish. The entry to the circuit is fairly extreme, with two 180 off-camber turns and gravel. The men did five circuits, the women three. Millward and Bruckner retain control
The women raced a race of attrition, with almost everyone intimidated by the strong Saturn presence. Race leader Anna Millward (Saturn) tells cyclingnews.com in her race diary that "immediately after the sprint (for points on lap one), Katrina Berger (800.com) attacked. Kim Bruckner and I gave chase and as we crested the next hill, we found ourselves in a small breakaway group containing Kim Bruckner, Anke and myself from Saturn, Katrina Berger (800.com), Sandy Espeseth (Intersports team) and Judith Arndt (Germany). Kim Smith was in hot pursuit with her team-mates Julie Young and Jimena Floritt as well as 800.com rider Gina Grain." The four chasers caught the break to make a bunch of 10, but they didn't work well together and they were caught after five kilometres. Suzanne Sonye (Saturn) attacked and spent some time on the front, but was caught half-way through lap 2. At this point Kim Smith attacked and Millward, Rossner and Grain followed, but on the major climb both Grain and Rossner lost contact, the latter dropping back to assist her team-mate Kim Bruckner, who was in danger of losing her second place overall to the hard-riding Kim Smith. Millward said "For the next 30kms I sat on Kim Smith's wheel and marvelled at how hard and fast she was going. At times I wondered if I could stay with her, even though I wasn't contributing at all to the pace setting." Behind the leaders, the Saturn riders were working to reduce the overall lead and with 10km to go, Smith and Millward were caught. The pace had reduced the field to 10 riders who contested the sprint, with Saturn's Millward, Rossner, Anke Erlank and Kim Bruckner, Autotrader's Smith, Julie Young and Jimena Floritt, Katrina Berger and Gina Grain from 800.com, Sandy Espeseth (Intersports) and Germany's Judith Arndt. Berger and Espeseth attacked on the last climb but they didn't get away and the sprint was won, predictably enough, by the unstoppable Australian. While the others did sprint, no one was strong enough to come around her. Jansen, Klasna and Petersen stomp for Saturn
The men's race turned the classification upside down, with a bold move by Klasna succeeding partially because of inter-squad brinkmanship between the Posties and Mercury. Klasna attacked just after the riders passed under the start/finish with 2 laps to go. "The racing was so negative that I attacked. I was hoping that someone would come up, but then I got 2 minutes. I heard that Harm was in the chase group so I waited for him to come up. The goal was just to be up front for the group coming across, but fortunately no one ever did."
Once Jansen did arrive the duo yo-yoed between 30 seconds and 2 minutes in front for the next lap, before an exhausted Leipheimer finally threw in the towel. "We tried everything we could, but on the last lap I was isolated, everyone in the group was waiting for me. They (Mercury) threw the race away, it was very frustrating. I had to watch 4 Mercury's on my own, so I couldn't do anything." Klasna rolled across the line behind his team mate ("Harm deserved the win after all the work he did for me"), approximately 2:20 ahead another Saturn rider solo in third - Soren Petersen - and over 4 minutes ahead of Leipheimer and Chris Horner (Mercury). (Additional reporting by Gerard Knapp.)
ResultsMen1 Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn 4.29.47 (37.8 km/h) 2 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn 3 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 1.50 4 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) KRKA-Telekom Sloven 1.57 5 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly 7 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 2.27 8 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury-Viatel 9 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 3.14 10 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn 11 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 12 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 13 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 3.26 14 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury-Viatel 15 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators 3.41 16 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.47 17 Ernesto Lechuga (USA) DeFeet Lemond 18 Damon Kluck (USA) Jelly Belly 4.18 19 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Marco Polo 4.49 20 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger 5.03 21 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 6.44 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 7.41 23 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 24 Christopher Harkey (USA) DeFeet Lemond 9.36 25 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 10.02 26 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.54 27 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 28 Norm Carter (USA) Jelly Belly 29 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel 30 Corey Lange (Can) Marco Polo 31 Joel Chavez (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale 32 Stephen Tilford (USA) Mercy 33 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 35 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 36 Russell Stevenson (USA) Broadmark Capital 37 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) Broadmark Capital 38 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 39 Charles Dionne (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 40 Viktor Laza (Yug) DeFeet Lemond 41 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators 42 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 43 Dominique Perras (Can) Marco Polo 44 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 45 Chann McRae (USA) Mercury-Viatel 46 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 47 Svein Tuft (Can) Broadmark Capital 48 Mike Ley (USA) Zaxby's 49 Jorg Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 50 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators 51 Luke Stockwell (Aus) Zaxby's 52 Dirk Friel (USA) Zaxby's 53 Adham Sbeih (USA) Navigators 54 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 55 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 56 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 57 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nurnberger 58 Milan Erzen (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 59 Donny Lopez (USA) Kissena 60 Branko Filip (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 61 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 62 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jamba Juice 63 Siro Componogara (Ita) Navigators 64 Scott Konicki (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com 65 Steve Cate (USA) Mercy 66 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury-Viatel 67 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenjie 68 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 69 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury-Viatel 70 Mike Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 71 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service 72 Matt Decanio (USA) Saturn 73 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Marco Polo 74 John Lieswyn (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 75 Julian Dean (NZl) U.S. Postal Service 76 David Zabriskie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 77 Ryan Guay (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 26.53 78 Rad Cunningham (USA) Broadmark Capital 29.10 79 Nat Faulkner (Can) Kissena 37.19 80 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 81 Jason McCartney (USA) Jelly Belly 40.36 82 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators DNS Kirk Willett (USA) Prime Alliance DNS Marco Aledia (USA) Mercy DNS Dean Meyer (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com DNS John Durso (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com DNS Mark Hunt (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com DNS David Smith (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com DNF Ryan Allison (USA) Prime Alliance DNF Rusty Beall (USA) Prime Alliance DNF Brad Buccambuso (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Rob Campbell (USA) Broadmark Capital DNF Alex Candelario (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Dylan Casey (USA) U.S. Postal Service DNF Josh Collingwood (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ DNF Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije DNF Peter Devore (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com DNF Alex Ferguson (USA) Zaxby's DNF Robert Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger DNF Eneas Freyre (USA) Kissena DNF Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco DNF Leung Hang Chi (HKg) Marco Polo DNF Nick Hillyer (USA) Broadmark Capital DNF Jonas Hudalla (Ger) Wustenrot-ZVVZ DNF John Hunt (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com DNF Billy Innes (USA) Kissena DNF Jesse Keefer (Can) Broadmark Capital DNF Mike Kuhn (USA) Kissena DNF Kenny Labbe (USA) US Postal DNF Alex Lavallee (Can) Kiseena DNF Jessie Lawler (USA) Zaxby's DNF Patrick McCarty (USA) Mercy DNF Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn DNF Chris McDonald (USA) Kissena DNF Chris McGee (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Ryan Miller (USA) Prime Alliance DNF Russell Miller (USA) Zaxby's DNF Aaron Olson (USA) Prime Alliance DNF Jonathan Page (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale DNF Sandy Perrins (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com DNF Ryan Peterson (USA) Mercy DNF Juan Pineda (Gua) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist DNF Fillippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Gabriele Rampollo (Ita) DeFeet Lemond DNF Andrew Randell (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist DNF Robin Reid (NZl) Kissena DNF Eric Schwartz (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Joby Siciliano (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nurnberger DNF Ryan Starr (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Ian Stuart (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale DNF Jonathan Sundt (USA) Broadmark Capital DNF Dale Suttle (USA) Mercy DNF Matt Svatek (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale DNF Trevor Thomas (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Craig Thomson (NZl) Marco Polo DNF Robbie Ventura (USA) US Postal Service DNF Zachary Vestal (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Scottie Weiss (USA) Zaxby's DNF Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger DNF Shawn Willard (USA) DeFeet Lemond DNF Ching Ngai Wong (HKg) Marco Polo DNF Kam Po Wong (HKg) Marco Polo DNF Pavel Zerzan (Slo) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP-Colorado Cyclist DNF Mike Zingaro (USA) Mercy DNF Dragomir Zivkovic (Yug) DeFeet Lemond General classification after stage 3 1 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn 6.59.00 2 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 1.45 3 Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly 1.47 4 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 2.14 5 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury-Viatel 2.17 6 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2.18 7 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury-Viatel 2.27 8 Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn 2.35 9 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 3.43 10 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn 4.19 11 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators 4.39 12 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.00 13 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 5.03 14 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 5.48 15 Damon Kluck (USA) Jelly Belly 5.50 16 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7.34 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 7.36 18 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 7.30 19 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Marco Polo 8.14 20 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 8.32 21 Ernesto Lechuga (USA) DeFeet Lemond 8.34 22 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger 9.07 23 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 12.26 24 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 12.53 25 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 12.55 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 12.56 27 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury-Viatel 13.10 28 Svein Tuft (Can) Broadmark Capital 13.34 29 Branko Filip (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 13.41 30 Chann McRae (USA) Mercury-Viatel 13.42 31 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 13.56 32 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenjie 13.58 33 David Zabriskie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 14.15 34 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service 14.33 35 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 15.01 36 Matt Decanio (USA) Saturn 15.02 37 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.03 38 John Lieswyn (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 15.15 39 Mike Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 15.18 40 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 15.19 41 Dominique Perras (Can) Marco Polo 15.21 42 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury-Viatel 15.29 43 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.30 44 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel 15.41 45 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.46 46 Dirk Friel (USA) Zaxby's 16.09 47 Julian Dean (NZl) U.S. Postal Service 16.21 48 Adham Sbeih (USA) Navigators 16.25 49 Charles Dionne (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 16.39 50 Steve Cate (USA) Mercy 16.40 51 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jamba Juice 16.55 52 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 17.00 53 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 17.01 54 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators 17.04 55 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 17.17 56 Siro Componogara (Ita) Navigators 17.19 57 Russell Stevenson (USA) Broadmark Capital 17.33 58 Stephen Tilford (USA) Mercy 17.40 59 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 17.50 60 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 17.51 61 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators 18.23 62 Milan Erzen (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 19.08 63 Jorg Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 19.36 64 Luke Stockwell (Aus) Zaxby's 19.57 65 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) Broadmark Capital 20.12 66 Corey Lange (Can) Marco Polo 20.15 67 Donny Lopez (USA) Kissena 20.59 68 Christopher Harkey (USA) DeFeet Lemond 21.09 69 Scott Konicki (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com 22.36 70 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 22.45 71 Joel Chavez (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale 22.48 72 Mike Ley (USA) Zaxby's 23.07 73 Viktor Laza (Yug) DeFeet Lemond 23.45 74 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Marco Polo 24.16 75 Norm Carter (USA) Jelly Belly 24.38 76 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nurnberger 27.11 77 Ryan Guay (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 30.20 78 Rad Cunningham (USA) Broadmark Capital 39.42 Women1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn-Timex 3.05.48
2 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com
3 Katrina Berger (USA) 800.com
4 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports
5 Kimberly Smith (USA) Autotrader.com
6 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn-Timex
7 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team
8 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn-Timex
9 Jimena Florit (Arg) Autotrader.com 0.07
10 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com
11 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 2.39
12 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn-Timex 7.47
13 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Autotrader.com 7.55
14 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Autotrader.com
15 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 7.58
16 Gabriella Gonzalez de Ferrat (Mex) Goldys/Grove Street
17 Nicole Demars (USA) 800.com
18 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com
19 Charmain Breon (USA) Talgoamerica.com 8.35
20 Rhonda Quick (USA) jane Cosmetics
21 Pam Schuster (USA) Autotrader.com
22 Jenny Eyerman (USA) jane Cosmetics 9.04
23 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 9.14
24 Cathrine Cardwell (USA) jane Cosmetics 9.26
25 Jessica Phillips (USA) Verizon Wireless 10.09
26 Ann Samplonious (Can) Intersports 11.23
27 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn-Timex
28 Laura van Gilder (USA) Talgoamerica.com
29 Erin Mirabella (USA) jane Cosmetics
30 Erin Carter (Can) Intersports 14.36
31 Tina Leibig (Ger) German National Team
32 Joy Shaffer (USA) Verizon Wireless 16.43
33 Annelie Chapman (USA) jane Cosmetics 19.44
34 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldys Grove Street
35 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldys/Grove Street
36 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldys/Grove Street
37 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports
38 Rosie Coleman (USA) Terry Precision/Boise
39 Cindy Bauwens (Bel) Verizon Wireless
40 Jacqueline Brabenetz (Ger) German National Team
41 Simone Klewitz (Ger) German National Team
42 Brenda Black (USA) Terry Precision/Boise 20.53
43 Jeanne McFall (USA) Terry Precision/Boise 28.19
44 Gina Grain (Can) 800.com 32.03
45 Cindy Carroll (USA) 800.com 38.28
46 Liza Rachetto (USA) Goldys/Grove Street 39.58
47 Laurel Green (USA) Goldys/Grove Street 1.09.37
DNF Alison Bergeson (USA) Goldys/Grove Street
DNF Annie Gariepy (Can) Autotrader.com
DNF Cindy Lacotta (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo
DNF Marjon Marik (Swe) Autotrader.com
DNF Elizabeth Morse (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo
DNF Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn-Timex
DNF Caren Spore (USA) jane Cosmetics
DNF Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn-Timex
DNF Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo
DNF Doreen Weise (Ger) German National Team
DNF Daphne Wihlhelm (USA) Terry Precision/Boise
DNS Rebecca Conzelman (USA) Talgoamerica.com
DNS Lauren Gilliland (USA) Verizon Wireless
DNS Beth Leasure (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo
DNS Susy Pryde (NZl) Autotrader.com
General classification after stage 3
1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn-Timex 4.27.57
2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn-Timex 0.54
3 Kimberly Smith (USA) Autotrader.com 1.55
4 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 2.10
5 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 3.00
6 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn-Timex 3.16
7 Katrina Berger (USA) 800.com 3.41
8 Jimena Florit (Arg) Autotrader.com 4.23
9 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com 4.39
10 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 4.51
11 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 10.18
12 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Autotrader.com 11.29
13 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn-Timex 12.09
14 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 12.12
15 Pam Schuster (USA) Autotrader.com 12.14
16 Cathrine Cardwell (USA) jane Cosmetics 12.58
17 Nicole Demars (USA) 800.com 13.18
18 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Autotrader.com 14.11
19 Gabriella Gonzalez de Ferrat (Mex) Goldys/Grove S 14.41
20 Ann Samplonious (Can) Intersports 14.43
21 Charmain Breon (USA) Talgoamerica.com 15.28
22 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn-Timex 15.30
23 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 15.42
24 Jenny Eyerman (USA) jane Cosmetics 16.43
25 Jessica Phillips (USA) Verizon Wireless 17.04
26 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 17.18
27 Rhonda Quick (USA) jane Cosmetics 17.20
28 Laura van Gilder (USA) Talgoamerica.com 19.25
29 Erin Carter (Can) Intersports 21.01
30 Tina Leibig (Ger) German National Team 21.54
31 Erin Mirabella (USA) jane Cosmetics 22.29
32 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports 24.17
33 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldys/Grove Street 28.20
34 Joy Shaffer (USA) Verizon Wireless 27.33
35 Jacqueline Brabenetz (Ger) German National Team 28.34
36 Annelie Chapman (USA) jane Cosmetics 28.53
37 Cindy Bauwens (Bel) Verizon Wireless 29.27
38 Simone Klewitz (Ger) German National Team 31.59
39 Rosie Coleman (USA) Terry Precision/Boise 32.13
40 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldys Grove Street 33.57
41 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldys/Grove Street 33.44
42 Brenda Black (USA) Terry Precision/Boise 35.19
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