News for April 15, 1997

Dutch Top Competition MTB

Spaarnwoud, 2nd race

Men: 

 1. Van de Ven (Den Dungen) 50 km in 2.07.34
 2. Dekker (Doetinchem)
 3. Van Dooren (Ravenstein) 		1.33
 4. Hofstede (Nijverdal) 		2.59
 5. Brentjens (Schaijk) 		5.28
 6. De Roo (Veldhoven) 			6.09
 7. Mulders (Esch) 			6.43
 8. Schrader (Spankeren) 		7.14

Women:

 1. Ravenstijn (Wijchen)    30 km in 1.35.37
 2. Dorland (Eerbeek) 			0.34
 3. Van den Brand (Zeeland) 		0.39
 4. Coppoolse (Nijmegen) 		0.46
 5. Lieftink (Deventer) 		1.26

Tiel, Rivierenlandronde, Club Competition

 1. Post (Breda)  	   150 km in 3.32.27
 2. Hofstee (Boskoop) 			0.09
 3. Castein (Meerkerk)
 4. Rozenveld (Numansdorp) 		0.21
 5. Van Rijk (Spijkenisse)
 6. Roos (Zoetermeer) 			2.10
 7. Commandeur (Amsterdam) 		2.10
 8. Gieskens (Voorburg)
 9. Slingerland (Lisse)
10. Verwey (Nieuwegein)

Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium, Elites without contract

 1. Giesberts (Bel) 108 km in 2.31.00
 2. Van Hoof (Bel)
 3. Driesen (Bel)
 4. Van Kessel (Ned)
 5. Petereyns (Bel)

Norg, Ronde het Ronostrand - Elite/clubcompetition

 1. Slenema (Roden) 		161 km in 3.40.03
 2. Blaauw (Kropswolde)
 3. Fledderus (Assen)
 4. Mellema (Wagenberg)
 5. Engels (Gieten)
 6. Nagengast (Hoogeveen)
 7. Tissingh (Groningen)
 8. Hoekstra (Bolsward)
 9. Ruiter (Foxhol)
10. Dagelet (Groningen)

Women: 

 1. Mansveld (Gasselternijveen) 107 km in 2.20.11
 2. Brunen (Swifterbant)
 3. Van Alebeek (Eindhoven)
 4. Smoorenburg (Langeraar)
 5. Mos (Groningen)

Womens Driedaagse van de Vendee

Stage 1, Faute-sur-Mer - l'Herbergement: 

 1. Zocca (Ita)  95.8 km in 2.44.44
 2. Hohlfeld (Ger)
 3. Valvik (Nor)
 4. Ioeganioek (Rus)
 5. Olsen Rikke (Den)

Stage 2, Fontenay-le-Comte: 

 1. Zilioete (Lit) 114 km in 3.24.56
 2. Ioeganioek (Rus)
 3. Longo (Fra)
 4. Samokavalova (Rus)
 5. Hohlfeld (Ger)

Stage 3, Mouilleron - La-Roche-sur-Yon: 

 1. Zabirova (Rus)    18 km in 25.11
 2. MacGregor (USA) 		0.05
 3. Longo 			0.26
 4. Samokavalova 		0.45
 5. Zilioete 			1.18

Stage 4, Thorigny - La-Roche-sur-Yon: 

 1. Samokavalova    94 km in 2.36.02
 2. Van de Vijver 		0.12
 3. Zilioete 			0.14
 4. Royer (Fra) 		0.16
 5. Valvik (Noo) 		0.18

Final GC

 1. Zabirova 		     9.11.11
 2. MacGregor 			0.12
 3. Longo 			0.26
 4. Samokavalova 		0.27
 5. Zilioete 			1.15

Day Three - EDS Track Cup, Houston Texas

Results from Day Three at the EDS Track Cup '97 at Alkek Velodrome in Houston, Texas. The next round is May 9-11 at Brian Piccolo Velodrome in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

For Immediate Release, April 13, 1997 Contact: Frank Stanley, (281) 558-5580

Two of America's top cycling stars, Marty Nothstein and Rebecca Twigg, showed why they remain the riders to beat in their respective events on the final day of the EDS Track Cup '97 at Alkek Velodrome.

Nothstein, of Trexlertown, Pa., demonstrated why he wears the rainbow jersey of a world champion as he powered to victory in the keirin, leading a top-three sweep for Team EDS. He also helped his Team EDS squad set an EDS Track Cup record in the Olympic sprint, leaving teammate Chris Carlson, Dallas, Texas, struggling to stay on Nothstein's wheel in the race. The world's number one sprinter, Nothstein won the men's match sprint Saturday.

His new teammate, Twigg, of Colorado Springs, Colo., did not disappoint, either. The six-time world champion won her specialty, the women's 3km individual pursuit, in an EDS Track Cup record-time of 4 mins, 3.318 seconds. Competing for the first time since the 1996 Olympic Games, Twigg enjoyed herself at the competition, participating in the women's match sprint and 500 meters as well. In the individual pursuit, Twigg beat Ryan Kelly (Freewheel), a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Kelly admitted she was nervous facing her hero in the final.

In other action, Nicole Reinhart (Cox Atlanta Velo), Macungie, Pa., captured the women's match sprint title in a two-ride sweep over Jennie Reed (Gregg's-Specialized), Issaquah, Wash. Reinhart, who won two events at the opening round of the EDS Track Cup '97 last month in San Diego, Calif., also finished second in the women's points race and the 500 meters. Also, 1996 U.S. Olympian Dirk Copeland, San Diego, and Danny Reid, Redlands, Calif. of the Mrs. T's-Lexus squad won the Madison, chasing down the Cox Atlanta Velo team two-thirds of the way through the race to take the win in the 30km race.

Results, Sunday, April 13 

Olympic Sprint

1. EDS-ORCA (CHRIS CARLSON, Dallas, Texas; MARTY NOTHSTEIN, Trexlertown, Pa.;
TREY GANNON, Dallas, Texas), one minute, 5.92 secs (EDS Track Cup record); 2.
Senior National Team (Sam Baker, Ventura, Calif.; Jason Garner, Newport Beach,
Calif.; Brian Sitcer, Fontana, Calif.), 1:07.62; 3. San Diego Velodrome (Dave
Bittenbender, Del Mar, Calif.; Shaun Wallace, Great Britain; Mark Whitehead,
Los Angeles, Calif.), 1:07.78; 4. EDS-Shamu (Nick Chenowth, Plano, Texas; Mark
Garrett, Los Angeles, Calif.; Ryan Oelkers, New Tripoli, Pa.), 1:08.41; 5. Cox
Atlanta Velo (Garth Blackburn, Houston, Texas; Ben Sharp, Indianapolis, Ind.;
Adam Payne, Newnan, Ga., 1:09.949; 6. Mrs. T's-Lexus (John Barrios, Redlands,
Calif.; Dirk Copeland, San
Diego, Calif.; Danny Reid, Redlands, Calif.), 1:10.293; 7. Junior National Team
(Dan Dunaway, Houston, Texas; Basil Milsal, Oakland, Calif.; Nathan Rogut,
Tampa, Fla.), 1:12.542; 8. Tri-State Velo (Bob Schuler, Breiningsville, Pa.;
Jason Orowitz, Bethlehem, Pa.; Brian DeRouen, Lafayette, Calif.), 1:14.391.

Women's Individual Pursuit, 3km

1. REBECCA TWIGG (Team EDS), Colorado Springs, Colo., 4 mins, 3.318 secs (EDS
Track Cup record); 2. Ryan Kelly (Freewheel), Colorado Springs, Colo, 4:16.653;
3. Jennifer Evans (Team EDS), Austin, Texas, 4:10.154; 4. Karen Dunne
(Chippers), Colorado Springs, Colo., 4:15.613; 5. Linda Kruse (Team EDS),
Irving, Texas, 4:18.821; 6. Heather Thompson (Leprechaun Racing), Pleasanton,
Calif., 4:23.157; 7. Erika Nelson-Wong (Lakewood), Evergreen, Colo., 4:24.838;
8. Cynthia Goodman (Team 101), Redondo Beach, Calif., 4:25.426.

Madison, 30km

1. MRS. T'S-LEXUS (DANNY REID, Redlands, Calif.; and DIRK COPELAND, San Diego,
Calif.), 36 pts (4 sprint wins); 2. EDS (Chris Carlson, Dallas, Texas, and Ryan
Oelkers, New Tripoli, Pa., 34 (3); 3. The Olympic Club (Nicholas Kelez,
Oakland, Calif., and Mike Tillman, Lafayette, Calif.), 15; 4. Cox (Ben Sharp,
Indianapolis, Ind., and Brian Whitcomb, Atlanta, Ga.), 14; 5. Team 377 (Ken
Hillyer, Seattle, Wash., and Keith Schaller, Costa Mesa, Calif., 4; 6. Team Cox
(Garth Blackburn, Houston, Texas, and Adam Payne, Newnan, Ga.), 0; 7.
Horstmeyer-Whitehead (Jim Horstmeyer, Monrovia, Calif., and Mark Whitehead, Los
Angeles, Calif., 0; 8. San Diego Velodrome Association (Shaun Wallace, Great
Britain, and John Walrod, Macungie, Pa), 0.

Women's Match Sprint

1. NICOLE REINHART (Cox Atlanta Velo), Macungie, Pa.; 2. Jennie Reed
(Gregg's-Specialized), Issaquah, Wash.; 3. Tanya Lindenmuth (FCCC), Bethlehem,
Pa.; 4. Rebecca Twigg (Team EDS), Colorado Springs, Colo.; 5. Dana Thomason
(AMV), Del Mar, Calif.; 6. Becky Quinn (Intercon), Bethlehem, Pa.; 72E Heather
Thompson (Leprechaun Racing), Pleasanton, Calif.; 8. Julie Speight (Randwick
Botany), Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

Men's Keirin

1. MARTY NOTHSTEIN (Team EDS), Trexlertown, Pa.; 2. Mark Garrett (Team EDS),
Los Angeles, Calif.; 3. Trey Gannon (Team EDS), Dallas, Texas; 4. Dave
Bittenbender (San Diego Velodrome), Del Mar, Calif.; 5. John Barrios (Mrs.
T's-Lexus), Redlands, Calif.; 6. Garth Blackburn (Cox Atlanta Velo), Houston,
Texas; 7. Jason Garner (Northbrook BC), Newport Beach, Calif.; 8 Jason Buczny
(Bank United), n.a.