11th Sea Otter Classic - 2.4USA, March 22-25, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - March 24: Laguna Seca circuit race, 72.4km (men); 47km (women)by Rob Jones Women
It was Australia Day today at the final stage of the Sea Otter Classic road race. Anna Millward (Saturn) completed her total domination of this race by winning her third stage (she finished second in the only other one), while Baden Cooke salvaged some Mercury pride with a win in the men's event. Millward also took the overall for the women, while Trent Klasna gave Saturn double honours by taking the men's title. The final stage is run entirely on the Laguna Seca Speedway motorcycle circuit, a 3.62 kilometre loop. From the start the riders face a sharp 1 kilometre climb, then immediately dive into a twisting corkscrew descent. Once at the base they follow a zig-zag path back to the start. The women completed 13 laps, the men 20. After a slow start, Saturn immediately began sending riders off, beginning with Kim Bruckner. "It went perfectly" said Millward afterwards. "We had a rider up the road all day, which meant everyone else was on the defensive." Millward went off herself with 3 laps remaining, after her team mate Anke Erlanke was caught. "I thought we should keep it aggressive, so I went for it." It looked like Millward would solo in for a while, but Autotrader.com and 800.com went to the front and succeeded in bringing her back in the last lap. Unfortunately for them, this set things up perfectly for the Saturn train, with Millward coming to the front and bringing it home in the final 200 meters. Laura Van Gilder (Talgoamerica.com) took second and Petra Rossner (Saturn) third. Men
While the women's race followed a pattern Saturn established in the first stage, the men's offered a number of interesting twists. Saturn was, of course, protecting Klasna's overall lead. There wasn't much chance that anyone could overtake him, so they didn't mind when a group took off early in the race. From 9 this lead bunch was gradually whittled down to 4 - Dominique Perras (Marco Polo), John Lieswyn (7 Up - Colorado Cyclist), Mark Walters (Navigators) and Danny Pate (Prime Alliance). If not for the presence of Pate (9th on GC), the group might have been allowed to go. However, Pate was close to Harm Jansen (Saturn) and Chris Horner (Mercury), so both teams shut it down finally with 2 laps left. Mercury had another reason to bring it back: this event is actually called the Mercury Sea Otter Classic, and so far they had no stage wins in an event sponsored by their own paymaster. Gord Fraser, the super-sprinter that Mercury relies on, has, by his own admission, been feeling flat all weekend. So, it came down to 22 year old Cooke. Mercury went to the front after the breakaways were caught, and looked in good shape until the last climb, when Michael Rogers (Mapei-Quick Step) made a last ditch effort to get away. Mercury brought him back after the descent, and then went towork. "Jamie (Drew) took over from Chris (Horner) after we caught Rogers" explained Cooke. "I went underneath Jamie with 200 meters left and gave it everything. I knew (Joren) Blijlevens (Lotto) was right behind me, and he's one of the fastest guys in the world!" Cooke admitted to apprehension when he found out that he was the designated sprinter. "When these guys (Mercury) lead you out, you are expected to win. Gord hardly ever loses, so it was a lot of pressure." In the end, Mercury managed 1-2 with Cooke and Drew in front of Gorik Gardeyn and Blijlevens of Lotto. Courtesy of Canadian Cyclist
ResultsMen1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 1.45.19 2 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 3 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 5 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 6 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service 7 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 8 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators 9 Steve Cate (USA) Mercy 10 Joel Chavez (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale 11 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 12 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 13 Charles Dionne (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 14 Siro Componogara (Ita) Navigators 15 Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly 16 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 17 Julian Dean (NZl) U.S. Postal Service 18 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn 19 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 20 Damon Kluck (USA) Jelly Belly 21 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury-Viatel 22 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 23 Branko Filip (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 24 Jorg Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 25 Mike Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 26 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger 27 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 28 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenjie 29 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 30 Stephen Tilford (USA) Mercy 31 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 32 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn 33 Ernesto Lechuga (USA) DeFeet Lemond 34 Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn 35 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 36 Svein Tuft (Can) Broadmark Capital 37 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury-Viatel 38 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 39 Scottie Weiss (USA) Zaxby's 40 Matt Decanio (USA) Saturn 41 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 42 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 44 Chann McRae (USA) Mercury-Viatel 45 John Lieswyn (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 46 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 47 Norm Carter (USA) Jelly Belly 48 Dirk Friel (USA) Zaxby's 49 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 50 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 51 Russell Stevenson (USA) Broadmark Capital 0.21 52 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 0.27 53 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Marco Polo 54 Milan Erzen (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 55 Mike Ley (USA) Zaxby's 0.32 56 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nurnberger 57 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators 58 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 59 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 60 Viktor Laza (Yug) DeFeet Lemond 61 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 62 Dominique Perras (Can) Marco Polo 63 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jamba Juice 64 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Marco Polo 1.01 65 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators 1.53 66 Christopher Harkey (USA) DeFeet Lemond 2.15 67 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury-Viatel 2.32 68 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel 69 Scott Konicki (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com 2.36 70 Corey Lange (Can) Marco Polo 71 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) Broadmark Capital 72 Adham Sbeih (USA) Navigators 73 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury-Viatel 74 David Zabriskie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 5.32 75 Rad Cunningham (USA) Broadmark Capital 76 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Ryan Guay (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist DNF Donny Lopez (USA) Kissena Men's Final General Classification 1 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn 8.44.19 2 Eddy Gragus (USA) Jelly Belly 1.44 3 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 1.45 4 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 2.13 5 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury-Viatel 2.17 6 Levi 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 3.40 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 7.40 19 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 8.32 20 Ernesto Lechuga (USA) DeFeet Lemond 8.34 21 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Marco Polo 8.41 22 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger 9.07 23 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 12.26 24 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 12.47 25 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 12.55 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 12.56 27 Svein Tuft (Can) Broadmark Capital 13.34 28 Branko Filip (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 13.41 29 Chann McRae (USA) Mercury-Viatel 13.43 30 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 13.56 31 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenjie 13.58 32 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service 14.33 33 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.59 34 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 15.00 35 Matt Decanio (USA) Saturn 15.02 36 John Lieswyn (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 15.13 37 Mike Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 15.18 38 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 15.45 39 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury-Viatel 15.46 40 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 41 Dominique Perras (Can) Marco Polo 15.48 42 Dirk Friel (USA) Zaxby's 16.09 43 Julian Dean (NZl) U.S. Postal Service 16.21 44 Charles Dionne (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 16.39 45 Steve Cate (USA) Mercy 16.40 46 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 17.01 47 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 17.17 48 Siro Componogara (Ita) Navigators 17.19 49 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jamba Juice 17.27 50 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 17.32 51 Stephen Tilford (USA) Mercy 17.40 52 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 17.50 53 Russell Stevenson (USA) Broadmark Capital 17.54 54 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nurnberger 17.57 55 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury-Viatel 18.01 56 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel 18.13 57 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 18.23 58 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators 18.55 59 Todd Littlehales (USA) Navigators 18.57 60 Adham Sbeih (USA) Navigators 19.01 61 Milan Erzen (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 19.35 62 Jorg Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 19.36 63 David Zabriskie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 19.47 64 Scottie Weiss (USA) Zaxby's 19.59 65 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 21.02 66 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) Broadmark Capital 22.48 67 Joel Chavez (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale 68 Corey Lange (Can) Marco Polo 22.51 69 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 23.17 70 Christopher Harkey (USA) DeFeet Lemond 23.24 71 Mike Ley (USA) Zaxby's 23.37 72 Viktor Laza (Yug) DeFeet Lemond 24.17 73 Norm Carter (USA) Jelly Belly 24.38 74 Scott Konicki (USA) Lombardi Sports-Ofoto.com 25.12 75 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Marco Polo 25.17 76 Rad Cunningham (USA) Broadmark Capital 45.14 Men's Final Sprint Classification 1 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 22 pts 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Marco Polo 17 3 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators 14 4 John Lieswyn (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 9 5 Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn 8 6 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 6 8 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators 5 8 Rad Cunningham (USA) Broadmark Capital 5 9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 10 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 5 11 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 4 12 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn 3 13 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 14 Joel Chavez (USA) Wheelworks-Cannondale 3 15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 3 16 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 2 17 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 18 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 2 18 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenjie 2 18 Mike Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 2 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 1 18 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger 1 18 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jamba Juice 1 Men's Final Teams Classification 1 Saturn Cycling Team 24.14.56 2 Mercury-Viatel 10.29 3 KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 20.54 4 Jelly Belly 21.08 5 Mapei-Quick Step 21.42 6 Navigators Cycling Team 22.44 7 Lotto-Adecco 24.00 8 U.S. Postal Service 26.56 9 Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 35.01 10 Team Nürnberger 37.42 11 Marco Polo Cycling Team 40.02 12 DeFeet Lemond 42.16 13 Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 50.59 14 Zaxby's 51.24 15 Mercy Cycling Team 51.25 Women1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn-Timex 1.03.24 2 Laura van Gilder (USA) Talgoamerica.com 3 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn-Timex 4 Jenny Eyerman (USA) jane Cosmetics 5 Ann Samplonious (Can) Intersports 6 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 7 Katrina Berger (USA) 800.com 8 Cathrine Cardwell (USA) jane Cosmetics 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 10 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 11 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 12 Jessica Phillips (USA) Verizon Wireless 13 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn-Timex 14 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 15 Kimberly Smith (USA) Autotrader.com 16 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Autotrader.com 17 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn-Timex 18 Nicole Demars (USA) 800.com 19 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 20 Rhonda Quick (USA) jane Cosmetics 21 Gabriella Gonzalez de Ferrat (Mex) Goldys/Grove Street 22 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 23 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports 24 Joy Shaffer (USA) Verizon Wireless 1.39 25 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Autotrader.com 1.47 26 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com 27 Pam Schuster (USA) Autotrader.com 1.57 28 Jimena Florit (Arg) Autotrader.com 29 Tina Leibig (Ger) German National Team 30 Annelie Chapman (USA) jane Cosmetics 31 Charmain Breon (USA) Talgoamerica.com 2.59 32 Erin Mirabella (USA) jane Cosmetics 3.03 33 Cindy Bauwens (Bel) Verizon Wireless 6.52 34 Erin Carter (Can) Intersports 35 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldys/Grove Street 7.14 36 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn-Timex 7.41 37 Simone Klewitz (Ger) German National Team 11.33 38 Rosie Coleman (USA) Terry Precision/Boise 39 Brenda Black (USA) Terry Precision/Boise 11.59 40 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldys Grove Street 41 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldys/Grove Street DNF Jacqueline Brabenetz (Ger) German National Team Women's Final General Classification 1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn-Timex 5.31.11 2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn-Timex 1.01 3 Kimberly Smith (USA) Autotrader.com 2.05 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 2.20 5 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 3.10 6 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn-Timex 3.25 7 Katrina Berger (USA) 800.com 3.51 8 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 4.59 9 Jimena Florit (Arg) Autotrader.com 6.30 10 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com 6.36 11 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 10.28 12 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Autotrader.com 11.39 13 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn-Timex 12.12 14 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 12.22 15 Cathrine Cardwell (USA) jane Cosmetics 13.08 16 Nicole Demars (USA) 800.com 13.28 17 Pam Schuster (USA) Autotrader.com 14.19 18 Gabriella Gonzalez de Ferrat (Mex) Goldys/Grove Street 14.51 19 Ann Samplonious (Can) Intersports 14.53 20 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 15.52 21 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Autotrader.com 16.08 22 Jenny Eyerman (USA) jane Cosmetics 16.53 23 Jessica Phillips (USA) Verizon Wireless 17.14 24 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 17.18 25 Rhonda Quick (USA) jane Cosmetics 17.30 26 Charmain Breon (USA) Talgoamerica.com 18.37 27 Laura van Gilder (USA) Talgoamerica.com 19.29 28 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn-Timex 23.21 29 Tina Leibig (Ger) German National Team 24.00 30 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports 24.27 31 Erin Mirabella (USA) jane Cosmetics 25.42 32 Erin Carter (Can) Intersports 28.03 33 Joy Shaffer (USA) Verizon Wireless 30.09 34 Annelie Chapman (USA) jane Cosmetics 31.00 35 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldys/Grove Street 34.57 36 Cindy Bauwens (Bel) Verizon Wireless 36.29 Women's Final Sprint Classification 1 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn-Timex 21 pts 2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn-Timex 12 3 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn-Timex 9 4 Katrina Berger (USA) 800.com 7 5 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn-Timex 6 6 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 5 7 Kimberly Smith (USA) Autotrader.com 5 8 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com 4 9 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Autotrader.com 4 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 3 11 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) Autotrader.com 3 12 Pam Schuster (USA) Autotrader.com 2 14 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn-Timex 1 15 Charmain Breon (USA) Talgoamerica.com 1 Women's Final Teams Classification 1 Saturn Cycling Team 16.38.23 2 Autotrader.com 6.44 3 800.com 16.26 4 Intersports 20.35 5 German National Team 37.25 6 Jane Cosmetics 42.06 7 Verizon Wireless 1.19.02 |
