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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE
USA, June 12-15, 2003
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Stage 3 - June 13: Minneapolis downtown criterium, 60/40 minutes
Teutenberg and Schmatz Rule the Criterium
By James Lockwood
It was suppose to be a 40-minute race through the streets of downtown Minneapolis. Saturn's Ina Teutenberg turned it into a 40-minute time trial. The German took off from the start of the gun in the inaugural Minneapolis Downtown Classic - a .8-mile circuit race that was the third stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix - and never looked back.
Joined on two separate occasions by only one other rider, she cruised to a 5-second win over T-Mobile's Stacy Peters, with Saturn's Laura VanGilder winning the sprint to third. While Teutenberg looked to do all the work, she took little credit for the win. "We wanted to race aggressively," she said. "We didn't want to give the seconds." With many sprint bonuses and primes for bonus time on the general classification, Saturn controlled the race from all aspects of the course to deny any bonuses to Diet Rite's Tina Mayolo-Pic and TDS Telecom's Sarah Ullmer, both sitting second and fourth respectively overall.
A sick VanGilder even used all the kick she had to deny Ullmer the third-place bonus time on the finish. "I gave one for the team today," she said, describing her illness as a cold. Katie Mactier, who wore the leader's red jersey after Friday morning's time trial, said the race couldn't have worked more perfectly for her and the team, but also wondered about the strategy of the other teams.
The race saw few attempts by Mayolo-Pic's Diet Rite to bridge the gap to Teutenberg, who at times had her break up to 20 seconds and never fell below 10 seconds. TDS made some early attempts but never were able to have a rider hold Teutenberg's wheel. "There seemed to be a lot of riders racing for themselves this evening," she said.
Rona-Esker's Karen Bockel thought it was just Saturn, with some help from T-Mobile, shutting down any attempts. "They were trying to control the race," said Bockel, who dropped from fourth to fifth in the general classification, 29 seconds down to Mactier. Peters did give credit to her team for allowing her to stay out just less that half the race. She said it was not in her plans at the start. "I did not feel particularly good at the start of the race," she said. "When I made the jump, it was the first time I had seen the front of the pack all day. "It was just good timing, I guess." But the kudos came back to Teutenberg. "She was just so awesome," Peters said.
In the Men's race it wasDan Schmatz who took the honours in the inaugural Minneapolis Downtown Classic - a 60-minute, .8-mile circuit race that was the third stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix - while Navigator's Cieran Power smartly took back the red leader's jersey after placing third in the finish.
It turned out to be all about the bonus times at the finish and in sprints that put Power back into red after losing the jersey in Friday morning's time trial. "This was a perfect race for me," said Power, who won the open stage road race on Thursday and took 55 seconds in bonus time on Friday. "Navigators just did their own race and it worked out for me."
Jelly Belly's new pro rider Adam Bergman also road his own race, but in the end his results were not so sweet. Wearing the red leader's jersey after Friday morning's time trial, he finished in the main pack 37 seconds down to the leaders and 44 seconds down to Power in the G.C., third overall. The results, though, did not seem to worry him too much. "I had no teammates today, so I had to conserve some of my energy for Saturday and Sunday," he said. "I'm confident I can give it a go. I'll definitely be a threat."
Bergman's strategy was questioned by Saturn's Mark McCormack, who sat second in the G.C. after the time trial and is fourth currently. "He was glued to my wheel all day," said McCormack, who was in an early break of 12 for the first half of the race but finished in the pack, as well, 38 seconds down. "You can't just let the guy who is in third ride away with the bonuses," he said, referring to Power. "I was kind of surprised he wasn't willing to stick his neck out more." For McCormack, his team has so many guns it did not matter if he stuck his neck out or not. Although in fourth place, second overall now belongs to McCormack's teammate, Viktor Rapinski, who also finished second in the Minneapolis stage. "My teammates did everything we could today," said Rapinski, who is 32 seconds off the leader's jersey. "It was difficult to race the time trial and then travel 3 hours to race here this evening. "I think next time, it will be better," he said with a grin, hoping for something more than second place.
But for this race, the night belonged to Schmatz. The winner of the Athens Twilight Criterium found the race that suited him, and used the power of teammate John Lieswyn to get him to the end. While Saturn used both riders in an initial break of 12 and the chase group to shut down what looked to be a decisive break with 7-Up, Navigators, Schroeder and Jelly Belly, Lieswyn would have none of it and attacked after the peloton regrouped with 20 minutes to go in the race. Both Navigators and 7-Up kept the pace high, building a 38-second lead with 4 laps to go.
Then Lieswyn took off again on the bell lap, and Schmatz said he thought that was it. "I thought that the race was over," he said. But as they entered the final turn into the finishing straight, Schmatz found a different line than the other riders that allowed him to pedal through the turn rather then just leaning into it, as most were doing. "I came out of the last corner just pedaling," he said. "I never got out of my 13 [cog]." The win proved sweet for the 7-Up/Maxxis squad, who only has three riders here but animated most of the race in both breaks. "We were just rolling the dice," he said.
The Nature Valley Grand Prix continues tomorrow in the southern Minnesota city of Winona with a 106-mile road race for the men and an 80 mile road race for the women.
Results
Women 1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 2 Stacy Peters (USA) T-Mobile 0.06 3 Laura Vangilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.12 4 Sarah Ulmer NZl TDS 0.13 5 Nicole Freedman (USA) Basis 6 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona-Esker 7 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 8 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 0.14 9 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 10 Megan Long (USA) Jamba Juice 11 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 12 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 0.15 13 Erin Carter (Can) TDS 14 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker 15 Lara Kroepsca (USA) T-Mobile 16 Melissa Holt NZl Rona-Esker 17 Tania Duff-Miller NZl Diet Rite 18 Kelly Benjamin (USA) ABD Cycle Club 19 Brooke O'connor (USA) Colavita-Bolla Racing 0.16 20 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite 21 Jo Kiesanowski NZl Diet Rite 22 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 23 Catherine Walberg (USA) Jamba Juice 24 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 25 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycle Club 0.17 26 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile 27 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS 28 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 29 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 30 Carrie Tuck (USA) Rona-Esker 0.18 31 Jennifer Leonard (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 32 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis 33 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS 34 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) 35 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 36 Melissa Sandborn (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org 0.19 37 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker 38 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 39 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.21 40 Kate Sherwin (USA) Jamba Juice 41 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS 42 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 43 Amanda Lawrence (USA) CCB 0.23 44 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Ford Racing Team/ Orlando Velo 0.24 45 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 46 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 47 Christina Ruiter (USA) T-Mobile 48 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 0.26 49 Felicia Greer (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 0.27 50 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Diet Rite 51 Sophie St. Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 0.28 52 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's 0.32 53 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 0.35 54 Laura Resor (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 0.42 55 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis 0.46 56 Erika Schwarz (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 43.46 57 Jennifer Stevens (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 44.19 58 Kerry Cohen (USA) ABD Cycle Club 59 Crystal Yap (USA) Jamba Juice 60 Becky Broeder (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org) 44.24 61 Rook (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lights 44.27 DNF Anne Meyer (USA) ABD Cycle Club DNF Allison Dwyer (USA) America's Dairyland DNF Rachel Eichers (USA) America's Dairyland DNF Rebecca Loney (USA) America's Dairyland DNF Megan Monroe (USA) America's Dairyland DNF Kathleen Jones (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org) DNF Debbie Dust (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Laurel Sundberg (USA) MCT/Tonka Cycle DNF Andrea Mugge (USA) Mercy/Cannondale DNF Lindsay Wetzel (USA) Mercy/Cannondale DNF Anne Grabowski (USA) Nature Valley DNF Kristen Lasasso (Can) Rona-Esker DNF Elisa Gagnon (USA) Terry Precision DNF Michelle Beltran (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing DNF Betsy Bloom (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing DNF Megan Mcquaid (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing DNF Cory Page (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing General classification after stage 3 1 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 2.37.28 2 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 0.09 3 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.16 4 Sarah Ulmer NZl TDS 0.24 5 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker 0.29 6 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile 0.50 7 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.56 8 Melissa Holt NZl Rona-Esker 1.03 9 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 1.20 10 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker 5.05 11 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 5.14 12 Megan Long (USA) Jamba Juice 5.25 13 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis 14 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 5.41 15 Stacy Peters (USA) T-Mobile 5.45 16 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 5.59 17 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS 6.01 18 Erin Carter (Can) TDS 6.11 19 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona-Esker 6.15 20 Carrie Tuck (USA) Rona-Esker 21 Laura Vangilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 6.17 22 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) 6.21 23 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 6.22 24 Nicole Freedman (USA) Basis 6.35 25 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite 6.43 26 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS 6.47 27 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 6.52 28 Christina Ruiter (USA) T-Mobile 6.54 29 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 6.57 30 Lara Kroepsca (USA) T-Mobile 7.05 31 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 7.10 32 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 7.11 33 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 7.12 34 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's 35 Brooke O'connor (USA) Colavita-Bolla Racing 7.13 36 Kate Sherwin (USA) Jamba Juice 7.17 37 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 7.18 38 Jennifer Leonard (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 7.20 39 Jo Kiesanowski NZl Diet Rite 7.22 40 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycle Club 41 Melissa Sandborn (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org 7.24 42 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 7.30 43 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 7.33 44 Amanda Lawrence (USA) CCB 7.35 45 Catherine Walberg (USA) Jamba Juice 7.37 46 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Diet Rite 7.52 47 Tania Duff-Miller NZl Diet Rite 7.53 48 Felicia Greer (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 7.55 49 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS 7.59 50 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 8.01 51 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis 8.05 52 Kelly Benjamin (USA) ABD Cycle Club 8.07 53 Laura Resor (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 8.57 54 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Ford Racing Team/ Orlando Velo 9.09 55 Sophie St. Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 9.16 56 Kerry Cohen (USA) ABD Cycle Club 49.58 57 Erika Schwarz (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 50.58 58 Becky Broeder (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org) 51.17 59 Jennifer Stevens (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 51.27 60 Rook (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lights 51.28 61 Crystal Yap (USA) Jamba Juice 52.24 Men 1 Dan Schmatz (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis 59.45 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 3 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 4 Aaron Olson (USA) Schroeder Iron 5 Jacob Erker (USA) Schroeder Iron 0.01 6 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 7 Steve Tilford (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods 8 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis 0.02 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 10 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators 11 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 0.04 12 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators 0.34 13 Jason Waddell (USA) Mathis Brothers 0.36 14 Glen Mitchell NZl Navigators 0.37 15 Pete Hanna (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 16 Gus Carrillo (Gua) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 17 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly 18 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron 19 Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Monex 20 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 0.38 21 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 22 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 23 Erik Tomlinson (USA) Grove Dental Cycling Team 24 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS 25 Rod Raymond (USA) Flanders-IteamNova.com 26 John (Jack) Seehafer (USA) Pro Peloton Velo 27 Mark Mcmormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 28 Kenny Labbe (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 29 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron 30 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 0.39 31 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators 32 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips 33 Paul Ellis (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 34 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators 35 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 0.40 36 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron 37 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Harvard University Cycling 38 Christopher Flood (USA) 05 Orbitel 0.41 39 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7-Up/Maxxis 40 John Puffer (USA) ABD Cycling Team 41 Cameron Evans (USA) Broadmark Capital 42 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron 43 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.42 44 Bill Stolte (USA) HRR 45 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers 46 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team 0.51 47 David Sachs (USA) Alberto's sport 0.54 48 Dale Sedgwick (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 1.16 49 Matthew Gates (USA) Nature Valley 1.17 50 Bryce Mead (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 2.40 51 Joshua Tack (USA) Mercy/Cannondale 52 Andrew Powell (USA) Orbea/MoEx 53 Mike Johnson (USA) Spring Street Sports 54 Murray Carter (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC 55 Dylan Sebel (USA) Broadmark Capital 6.30 56 Brian Koeneman (USA) Nature Valley 8.30 57 Barrett Zoltai (USA) Orbea/MoEx 5.30 58 Eric Pardyjak (USA) First Endurance/Contender 59 Andrew Minier (USA) SHA 10.35 60 Cabrel Boucher (USA) Team Manitoba 12.16 61 Josh Crow (USA) HRR 13.55 62 Brian Jensen (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods DNF Cory Steinbrecher (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Mike Eberts (USA) ABD Cycling Team DNF Ryan Nenninger (USA) ABD Cycling Team DNF Frank Pipp (USA) ABD Cycling Team DNF Paul Holm (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance DNF Daniel Arden (USA) Birchwood/GIS DNF Brent Binkowski (USA) Birchwood/GIS DNF Shawn Brick (USA) Birchwood/GIS DNF Mark Dykes (USA) Birchwood/GIS DNF Peter Maxwell (USA) Birchwood/GIS DNF Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital DNF Chris Doig (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC DNF Timmer Mulrooney (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC DNF Karl Stover (USA) Grove Dental Cycling Team DNF Ryan Ramos (USA) Higher Gear - Lemond DNF John Olney (USA) Mercy/Cannondale DNF Aaron Rukgaber (USA) Mercy/Cannondale DNF Lee Venteicher (USA) Mercy/Cannondale DNF Tone Coughlin (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS DNF Matt Henry (USA) Nature Valley DNF Aaron Johnson (USA) Nature Valley DNF Banning Ostrow (USA) Orbea/MoEx DNF Jason Snider (USA) Orbea/MoEx DNF David Metza (USA) Spring Street Sports DNF Fred Feirn (USA) Orbea/MoEx DNF Luke Winger (USA) Orbea/MoEx DNF Andy Malcom (USA) RCR DNF Robbie Ventura (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor General classification after stage 3 1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 4.19.25 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 0.32 3 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly 0.44 4 Mark Mcmormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.51 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.59 6 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis 1.12 7 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1.19 8 Aaron Olson (USA) Schroeder Iron 1.24 9 Jacob Erker (USA) Schroeder Iron 1.49 10 Dan Schmatz (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis 1.59 11 Steve Tilford (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods 2.01 12 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators 13 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron 2.02 14 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 2.11 15 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators 2.12 16 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 2.20 17 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators 2.22 18 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 2.26 19 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 2.27 20 Glen Mitchell NZl Navigators 2.29 21 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS 2.32 22 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron 2.36 23 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips 2.39 24 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron 2.40 25 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7-Up/Maxxis 2.48 26 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 2.50 27 Jason Waddell (USA) Mathis Brothers 2.53 28 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators 29 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers 2.55 30 John (Jack) Seehafer (USA) Pro Peloton Velo 2.56 31 Cameron Evans (USA) Broadmark Capital 32 Rod Raymond (USA) Flanders-IteamNova.com 2.59 33 David Sachs (USA) Alberto's sport 3.00 34 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron 3.06 35 Christopher Flood (USA) 05 Orbitel 3.08 36 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Harvard University Cycling 3.09 37 Bill Stolte (USA) HRR 3.10 38 Erik Tomlinson (USA) Grove Dental Cycling Team 3.15 39 Gus Carrillo (Gua) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 3.18 40 Dale Sedgwick (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 3.22 41 Paul Ellis (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 3.29 42 Matthew Gates (USA) Nature Valley 3.37 43 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team 3.46 44 Kenny Labbe (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3.55 45 John Puffer (USA) ABD Cycling Team 3.58 46 Pete Hanna (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 4.11 47 Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Monex 4.39 48 Bryce Mead (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 4.42 49 Murray Carter (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC 5.04 50 Mike Johnson (USA) Spring Street Sports 5.11 51 Joshua Tack (USA) Mercy/Cannondale 5.22 52 Andrew Powell (USA) Orbea/MoEx 6.16 53 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 6.55 54 Eric Pardyjak (USA) First Endurance/Contender 7.42 55 Dylan Sebel (USA) Broadmark Capital 7.56 56 Barrett Zoltai (USA) Orbea/MoEx 8.21 57 Brian Koeneman (USA) Nature Valley 10.36 58 Cabrel Boucher (USA) Team Manitoba 15.03 59 Andrew Minier (USA) SHA 18.11 60 Brian Jensen (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods 20.54 61 Josh Crow (USA) HRR 21.26 62 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 36.54
