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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE
USA, June 12-15, 2003
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Stage 4 - June 14: Winona road race, 106/79 miles
Saturn dominates
Mactier, Rapinski in stage wins and leader jerseys
Men: Rapinski takes six-man finale
Saturn's Belorussian strongman Viktor Rapinski won today's men's stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix in a race powered by an early break by his team-mate Tim Johnson.
Johnson attacked early on and was joined by Cameron Evans, though he later dropped Evans on the circuit's decisive climb. After building a gap that peaked at 4:15, Johnson was reeled in by a Navigators-led peloton until the bunch was close enough for several riders to bridge and join him.
On the second time up the climb, Mark McCormack and Ivan Dominguez (both Saturn) broke away and built a 40 second gap before being joined by a chasing group that included Rapinski, Tom Danielson (Saturn), John Lieswyn (7Up/Maxxis), Ciaran Powers (Navigators), Adam Bergmann (Jelly Belly), and Jacob Erker (Schroeder Iron).
Saturn played tag in the lead group as McCormack and Dominguez dropped off and Trent Klasna arrived. The chasers soon caught Johnson, and with four Saturn riders in the break it looked unlikely that anyone else had a look-in. After Bergmann crashed and dropped back, it was Saturn vs Lieswyn and Erker. The yellow-and-red riders tried to lose them, but Lieswyn and Erker were having none of it, and in the finale Saturn led out Rapinski to take the win ahead of Lieswyn.
Women: Mactier rides powerfully to stay in Red
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Stage four of the Nature's Valley stage race saw a win by Katie Mactier as she soloed away from a small break to finish 20" ahead of the chasers. This victory ensures that she keep the leaders jersey for another day, and with only a criterium remaining in the tour puts her in a comfortable position to win the tour tomorrow afternoon.
Today's course was the Winona Road Race and consisted of a 30 kilometer loop of which the women completed 2.7 times after riding 19 kilometers through the fields to get to it. At the end of the loops the riders had 6.4 kilometers to the finish line. Within the loop was a climb made difficult by the crosswinds at the top.
Early in the race, opportunist Melissa Sandborn (ICO), knowing that she was no threat to the GC thought she would try for a stage win. She broke away and was joined eight kilometers later by Jennifer Stevens (Vaniqa). The two were strong and gained a significant gap on the field until Katrina Grove (T-Mobile) attempted to bridge, prompting a chase from the field. Lyne Bessette (Saturn) used the climb to force a pace that only a few could hold. By the top of the climb the three leaders were caught and soon after only five riders remained. Bessette, Mactier, Manon Jutras Saturn), Karen Bockel (Rona) and Katrina Berger (T-Mobile) formed the break that would produce the winner.
The three Saturn riders, realized their advantage in the break and Bessette and Jutras worked hard to open up the gap. Diet Rite Team, Victory Brewing and Nurnberger chased from behind as the gap hovered between 30 and 40 seconds As the race neared the finish, Saturn started their attacks with Jutras and Mactier taking turns to counter moves. It was an attack by race leader Mactier that would be the decisive move of the day. Rona's Bockel chased hard with Jutras on her wheel, but to no avail. The strong ride by Mactier put her 20" in front by the finish line, to secure the red leaders jersey. Jutras took the four-up sprint at the end from Bockel. Bessette finished 8" later followed shortly thereafter by Grove rounding off the top five.
Results
1 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 3.34.40 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.23 3 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker 0.25 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.50 5 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 0.57 6 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS 1.06 7 Lara Kroepsca (USA) T-Mobile 1.07 8 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 9 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 10 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona-Esker 11 Carrie Tuck (USA) Rona-Esker 12 Megan Long (USA) Jamba Juice 13 Becky Broeder (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org) 14 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 15 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 16 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lights 17 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycle Club 18 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS 19 Brooke O'connor (USA) Colavita-Bolla Racing 20 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile 21 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 22 Jennifer Leonard (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 23 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 24 Catherine Walberg (USA) Jamba Juice 25 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Ford Racing Team/ Orlando Velo 26 Stacy Peters (USA) T-Mobile 27 Tania Duff-Miller NZl Diet Rite 28 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 29 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's 30 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite 31 Nicole Freedman (USA) Basis 32 Jo Kiesanowski NZl Diet Rite 33 Kate Sherwin (USA) Jamba Juice 34 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 35 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis 36 Amanda Lawrence (USA) CCB 37 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS 38 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker 39 Melissa Holt NZl Rona-Esker 40 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 41 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 42 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 43 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 44 Laura Resor (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 45 Felicia Greer (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 46 Melissa Sandborn (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org) 1.48 47 Jennifer Stevens (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 1.49 48 Laura Vangilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 49 Sophie St. Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 2.23 50 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis 3.04 51 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 5.56 52 Erin Carter (Can) TDS 8.02 53 Erika Schwarz (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 10.36 54 Kerry Cohen (USA) ABD Cycle Club 55 Kelly Benjamin (USA) ABD Cycle Club 56 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS DNF Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team DNF Cybil Diguistini (Can) Diet Rite DNF Crystal Yap (USA) Jamba Juice DNF Lynn Gaggioli (USA) DNF Christina Ruiter (USA) T-Mobile General classification after stage 4 1 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 6.52.28 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.59 3 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker 1.19 4 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 1.56 5 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS 2.10 6 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile 2.37 7 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 2.43 8 Melissa Holt NZl Rona-Esker 2.50 9 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 3.07 10 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker 6.52 11 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 6.56 12 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 7.01 13 Megan Long (USA) Jamba Juice 7.12 14 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis 15 Stacy Peters (USA) T-Mobile 7.32 16 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 7.36 17 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS 7.48 18 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona-Esker 8.02 19 Carrie Tuck (USA) Rona-Esker 20 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 8.09 21 Nicole Freedman (USA) Basis 8.22 22 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite 8.30 23 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS 8.34 24 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 8.44 25 Laura Vangilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 8.46 26 Lara Kroepsca (USA) T-Mobile 8.52 27 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 8.57 28 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 8.58 29 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's 8.59 30 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 31 Brooke O'connor (USA) Colavita-Bolla Racing 9.00 32 Kate Sherwin (USA) Jamba Juice 9.04 33 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 9.05 34 Jennifer Leonard (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 9.07 35 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycle Club 9.09 36 Jo Kiesanowski NZl Diet Rite 37 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 9.17 38 Amanda Lawrence (USA) CCB 9.22 39 Catherine Walberg (USA) Jamba Juice 9.24 40 Tania Duff-Miller NZl Diet Rite 9.40 41 Felicia Greer (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 9.42 42 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 9.48 43 Melissa Sandborn (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org) 9.52 44 Laura Resor (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 10.44 45 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Ford Racing Team/ Orlando Velo 10.56 46 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis 11.49 47 Becky Broeder (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org) 12.04 48 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lights 12.15 49 Sophie St. Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 12.19 50 Jennifer Stevens (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 12.56 51 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 14.09 52 Erin Carter (Can) TDS 14.53 53 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS 19.15 54 Kelly Benjamin (USA) ABD Cycle Club 19.23 55 Kerry Cohen (USA) ABD Cycle Club 20.14 56 Erika Schwarz (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing 21.14 Men 1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 4.14.58 2 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis 3 Jacob Erker (USA) Schroeder Iron 4 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.11 6 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.21 7 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly 2.07 8 Mark Mcmormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3.12 9 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 10 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Harvard University Cycling 11 Jason Waddell (USA) Mathis Brothers 12 Aaron Olson (USA) Schroeder Iron 13 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron 5.36 14 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron 15 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 16 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers 17 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 18 Bill Stolte (USA) HRR 19 Brian Jensen (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods 20 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 7.46 21 Pete Hanna (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 22 Steve Tilford (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods 23 Gus Carrillo (Gua) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 24 Cabrel Boucher (USA) Team Manitoba 25 Eric Pardyjak (USA) First Endurance/Contender 26 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS 27 Matthew Gates (USA) Nature Valley 28 David Sachs (USA) Alberto's sport 29 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron 30 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron 31 John (Jack) Seehafer (USA) Pro Peloton Velo 32 Barrett Zoltai (USA) Orbea/MoEx 33 Paul Ellis (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 34 Christopher Flood (USA) 05 Orbitel 35 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators 36 Bryce Mead (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 37 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 38 Claran Power (Irl) Navigators 39 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 40 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7-Up/Maxxis 41 Cameron Evans (USA) Broadmark Capital 42 Dylan Sebel (USA) Broadmark Capital 43 Andrew Minier (USA) SHA 11.12 44 Andrew Powell (USA) Orbea/MoEx 15.59 45 Murray Carter (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC 46 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team 20.43 47 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators 20.45 48 Glen Mitchell NZl Navigators 49 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators 50 Mike Johnson (USA) Spring Street Sports 51 Josh Crow (USA) HRR DNF Dan Schmatz (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators DNF John Puffer (USA) ABD Cycling Team DNF Dale Sedgwick (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance DNF Karl Stover (USA) Grove Dental Cycling Team DNF Erik Tomlinson (USA) Grove Dental Cycling Team DNF Joshua Tack (USA) Mercy/Cannondale DNF Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips DNF Brian Koeneman (USA) Nature Valley DNF Rod Raymond (USA) Flanders-IteamNova.com DNF Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Monex DNF Kenny Labbe (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor General classification after stage 4 1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 8.34.10 2 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis 1.03 3 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1.05 4 Jacob Erker (USA) Schroeder Iron 1.51 5 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1.52 6 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 2.27 7 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly 2.51 8 Mark Mcmormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 4.12 9 Aaron Olson (USA) Schroeder Iron 4.49 10 Jason Waddell (USA) Mathis Brothers 6.16 11 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Harvard University Cycling 6.28 12 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron 7.47 13 Claran Power (Irl) Navigators 7.59 14 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron 8.22 15 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 8.35 16 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers 8.36 17 Bill Stolte (USA) HRR 8.51 18 Steve Tilford (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods 9.59 19 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 10.15 20 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 10.20 21 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 10.21 22 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS 10.27 23 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron 10.33 24 David Sachs (USA) Alberto's sport 10.39 25 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7-Up/Maxxis 10.40 26 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators 10.47 27 Cameron Evans (USA) Broadmark Capital 10.48 28 John (Jack) Seehafer (USA) Pro Peloton Velo 10.51 29 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron 10.58 30 Christopher Flood (USA) 05 Orbitel 11.00 31 Gus Carrillo (Gua) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 11.14 32 Paul Ellis (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 11.23 33 Matthew Gates (USA) Nature Valley 11.35 34 Pete Hanna (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 12.07 35 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 12.39 36 Bryce Mead (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance 12.41 37 Dylan Sebel (USA) Broadmark Capital 15.55 38 Eric Pardyjak (USA) First Endurance/Contender 18.41 39 Barrett Zoltai (USA) Orbea/MoEx 19.20 40 Murray Carter (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC 21.16 41 Andrew Powell (USA) Orbea/MoEx 22.28 42 Cabrel Boucher (USA) Team Manitoba 23.02 43 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators 23.08 44 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators 23.20 45 Glen Mitchell NZl Navigators 23.24 46 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team 24.25 47 Mike Johnson (USA) Spring Street Sports 26.09 48 Brian Jensen (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods 26.43 49 Andrew Minier (USA) SHA 29.36 50 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 40.15 51 Josh Crow (USA) HRR 42.24
