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La Vuelta de Bisbee - NE
USA, April 23-25, 2004
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Stage 2 - April 24: Warren Time Trial, 10.6 miles
Miller closes on Frattini; Gaggioli extends
By Steve Medcroft
No sooner had the racers in La Vuelta de Bisbee showered off the grime from Saturday morning's road race than they lined up for an afternoon time trial. At 8.3 miles on an out-and-back and relatively flat course, Lynn Gaggioli (T-Mobile) extended her general classification lead by catching and overtaking Brooke Ourada (Victory Brewing), her 30-second woman. In the men's race, Davide Frattini (Team Monex) lost some of his GC lead to regional star Drew Miller (Landis Trek/VW), who, though he is known as a climber and not a flat time trialist, put in a stunning ride and posted the fastest time.
The end results of today's GC reorganization, is that it sets up a great drama for Sunday's Tombstone Road Race. The teams of the leading contenders will have to deliver them to the bottom of the two extended climbs that make up the finish of the race. The first, which comes at 64 miles in the men's race and 42 in the women's, gains 1100 feet in 14 miles and should settle who makes up the final group. After a short downhill, the racers then turn back and run up Tombstone Canyon, the site of the prologue, a 6% switchback.
Women
With the time trial over and having slipped in GC just behind Suz Weldon (Tamarack/Goldy's), Brooke Ourada (the original GC leader and now third overall) is prepping with her team for tomorrow. "You just don't know what can happen until you get out there," says Ourada of her chances. She knows her team will have to work hard to keep the bulk of the race together. "We were aggressive today (in the morning stage), attacking and attacking."
The Fort Collins, Colorado based Ourada said that for Sunday, her team is ready for the challenge presented by the dominant Lynn Gaggioli. But the racer they need to watch just as close, now that results are posted and everyone is able to see the impact of her impressive second-place time trial, is Suz Weldon (who was 2003 Master's U.S. National Time Trial Champion).
Men
Davide Frattini now sits firmly atop the Bisbee GC even after giving six seconds in the time trial to Drew Miller. The top three GC spots are uncomfortably close. Miller is 16 seconds back. Burke Swindlehurst, who yielded second place on GC to Miller, is only 17 seconds behind Frattini. And lurking in the weeds is Jacob Erker (25-seconds back), who came second in the prologue - ahead of Miller - on the same climb that hosts Sunday's finale.
For Miller though, this is all familiar ground. Last year, he sat second in GC behind Viktor Rapinski (Saturn). His team brought back a late breakaway on the run up to the last 20 miles and delivered Miller to the bottom of the climbs. He marked Rapinski (a sprint specialist who suffered in the climbs) and, with Gord Fraser's (Team Health New) help, put Rapinski in trouble. As soon as they reached the base of the final climb, Miller attacked and was able to open enough of a gap to win the overall.
This year, Frattini is the rabbit but much less likely to be left behind on a climb. In fact, in just his first two months racing in the U.S., he's been conspicuously present on all the major climbs in the major early-season races (Pomona, Redlands and Sea Otter specifically).
Team Monex knows the role they need to play. "We have to keep it together," said Monex rider Karl Bordine, substituting answers for Frattini who is still learning English. "Not let anything dangerous get away and get him to the climb." Bordine says the whole goal will be, if there's a battle to the climbs containing any of the top contenders, to put Frattini right with them.
Bordine said he's sure they have the right horse to win though. "Davide's proved he can race with the big guys.
Race notes
Davide Frattini has been getting quite a bit of notice from the domestic peloton since his arrival in America in March. After a junior career which included winning the Baby Giro (a junior event featuring many of the same tough climbs of the full Giro d'Italia), he found himself a racer without a contract.
Roberto Gaggioli, a former Italian pro and long-time domestic crit specialist (and husband to this year's Bisbee women's GC leader, Lynn Gaggioli), invited Frattini to race with him in the U.S.
Speaking extremely fractured English, Frattini says he's in the process of settling his sport's visa issues so he can race the entire season with Monex. With, of course, one quick hop home in June to race the Italian National Championships.
Photography
Images by Jason Elhardt/www.jasonelhardt.com
- Tucson native Curtis Gunn posts a great time on his fixed gear bike!
- Mike Dietrich (Fiordifrutta) 7th in the prologue seems to be enjoying the time trial.
- Davide Frattini (Monex) working to maintain his overall lead.
- Jacob Erker (Seasilver) lost a bit of time in the time trial today.
- Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators) is in the hunt for a podium finish.
- Brook Ourada (Victory Brewing) leader after the prologue, finished well in time trial as well.
- Kate Sherwin (Team Kenda Tire) won the road stage earlier in the day, and hopes to move up even more after the time trial.
- Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) is looking for a podium finish.
- Lynn Gaggioli (T Mobile) took the leaders jersey today and increased her lead with her time trial finish.
Results
Men 1 Drew Miller (Landis/Trek/VW) 17.06 2 Davide Frattini (Team Monex) 0.06 3 Mike Dietrich (Fiordifrutta) 0.13 4 Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Cycling Team) 5 John Hunt (Village Peddler) 0.15 6 George Ganoung (US Armed Forces) 0.16 7 David Wenger (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 0.17 8 Jacob Rubelt (Landis/Trek/VW) 0.18 9 Dylan Sybel (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.21 10 Michael Lange (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 0.24 11 Tim Carolan (Landis/Trek/VW) 0.25 12 Jacob Erker (Team Seasilver) 0.28 13 Geoffrey Rapoport (Velo Club LaGrange) 0.31 14 Scott Blanchard (Eclipse Racing) 0.33 15 Peter Fairbanks (GP - Bianchi) 0.34 16 Matt Gilbert (Team Monex) 0.39 17 Tom Crawford (Broadmark Capital Elite) 0.40 18 Curtis Gunn (Veloworx Racing) 19 Clayton Barrows (Rocky Mountain Cycling Ed Fnd) 0.42 20 Shawn Olin (US Armed Forces) 0.49 21 Keith Miller (Team DARE) 0.51 22 Michael Hernandez (Reno Wheelmen) 23 Erik Van Den Akker (Reno Wheelmen) 24 Chris Gruber (Unattached) 0.52 25 Kevin Nicol (ACA) 0.55 26 Matt Sadauskas (Team Seasilver) 27 Justin Morgan (Broadmark Capital Elite) 0.56 28 Cam Evans (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.59 29 Robbie King (Louis Garneau Racing) 1.00 30 Will Routley (Symmetrics Cycling) 1.01 31 Trent Hornus (US Armed Forces) 1.02 32 Adam Livingston (Team Seasilver) 1.05 33 Ryan Dewald (Team Snow Valley) 1.09 34 Carl Decker (Broadmark Capital Elite) 1.11 35 Wayne Puckett (Team Spine) 1.16 36 John Osguthorpe (Ogden One) 1.19 37 Todd Terlecki (Giant Factory Team) 1.21 38 Chad Beyer (Domenics) 1.22 39 Peter Penzell (US Armed Forces) 40 Bartek Fidelus (Ranchos Cycling Club) 1.25 41 Philip Wong (Fiordifrutta) 1.27 42 Edward King (Louis Garneau Racing) 1.30 43 Peter Baker (Team Snow Valley) 44 Ryan Hamity (Rocky Mountain Cycling Ed Fnd) 1.32 45 John Reed (Team Lucky Lounge) 1.35 46 Mark Weideman (High Sierra Cyclists) 1.37 47 Owen Jeffries (Rocknasium/CBE) 1.38 48 Brian Lemke (Landis/Trek/VW) 1.39 49 Omer Kem (Broadmark Capital Elite) 1.40 50 David Robinson (Broadmark Capital Elite) 1.43 51 Thomas Hallock (Northwest Cycling Club) 52 Steve Mlujeak (US Armed Forces) 1.46 53 Nick Kiernan (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 1.49 54 Matthew Holecko (Arizona State Cycling) 1.53 55 Marsh Cooper (Symmetrics Cycling) 1.54 56 Sean Cahill (US Armed Forces) 1.55 57 Zach Winter (Hayden Frontier Cycling Team) 1.56 58 Todd Hageman (Cole Sports) 1.57 59 Kurt Hackler (Ibex/Fitwerx) 60 Scott Kasin (Team Lucky Lounge) 1.59 61 Matt Bromen (Velo Club LaGrange) 2.01 62 Evan Lawrence (Team Hammer Gel) 2.03 63 Dave Reid (Landis/Trek/VW) 2.05 64 Andew Guptill (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 2.08 65 Mike Zagorski (Velo Club LaGrange) 2.09 66 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 67 Andy Bestwick (HDCC) 2.11 68 Jason Karew (Eclipse Racing) 2.12 69 Jason Spencer (Atlas Cycling) 2.16 70 Enrique Ospina (Team Monex) 2.18 71 Greg Bourque (Team Seasilver) 72 Stuart Press (Velo Club LaGrange) 2.20 73 Evan Elken (Broadmark Capital Elite) 2.22 74 Roy Pickavance (CenturyTel) 2.24 75 Pat Caro (Team Monex) 2.25 76 Neil Shirley (Team Seasilver) 2.27 77 Michael Gallagher (US Armed Forces) 78 Russell Cree (Broadmark Capital Elite) 2.30 79 Matt Lorenz (US Armed Forces) 2.35 80 Daniel Ramsey (Team Seasilver) 2.43 81 John Hackman (Velo Club LaGrange) 2.45 82 Zachary Vestal (Jimmy D Racing) 2.54 83 Aaron Smathers (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 2.56 84 Jacob Hunter (Team Revolution Racing) 2.57 85 Scott Goguen (Symmetrics Cycling) 3.02 86 John Salskov (CZ Racing) 3.08 87 Gregory Abrahamson (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 3.09 88 Mark Cunningham (Symmetrics Cycling) 89 Josh Goodwin (Team Monex) 3.11 90 Ryan Yee (Team Monex) 3.12 91 Logan Garey (Unattached) 3.14 92 Jose Quintero (Ranchos Venezuela) 3.21 93 Devin Zoller (Hayden Frontier Cycling Team) 3.27 94 Peter Knudsen (Team Seasilver) 3.43 95 Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics Cycling) 3.53 96 Axel Santiago (CenturyTel) 3.54 97 Karl Bordine (Team Monex) 98 Drew Deters (Team Seasilver) 4.56 99 Hugh Moran (Atlas Cycling) 5.24 100 Mike Herdman (Team Monex) 10.56 Women 1 Lynn Gaggioli (T-Mobile) 18.25 2 Suz Weldon (Tamarack/Goldy's) 0.29 3 Sandy Espeseth (Team Victory Brewing) 0.38 4 Brooke Ourada (Team Victory Brewing) 0.53 5 Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) 1.06 6 Lisa Hunt (The Olympic Club) 1.10 7 Kele Hulser (Basis) 1.14 8 Kristin Johnson (Basis) 9 Rook Campbell (Genesis Scuba/FFCC) 1.28 10 Cynthia Mommsen (The Olympic Club) 1.29 11 Sima Trapp (Tamarack/Goldy's) 1.44 12 Emily Westbrook (Tamarack/Goldy's) 1.46 13 Maria Molina (Ortho-Evra) 1.50 14 Sandra Kolb (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 1.55 15 Kate Sherwin (Team Kenda Tire) 1.57 16 Maggie Luciano-Williams (Landis/Trek/VW) 1.58 17 Carolyn Donnelly (Landis/Trek/VW) 1.59 18 Jennifer Stevens (Red 5 Racing) 2.04 19 Maegan Daigler (Helen's/Trek/VW) 2.11 20 Deneen Brown (Landis/Trek/VW) 2.19 21 Nadine Bruhn (Red 5 Racing) 2.26 22 Sheila Orem (BBC) 2.28 23 Paula Higgins (Landis/Trek/VW) 2.30 24 Rebecca Stengel (Mountain Velo Cycling Team) 2.37 25 Michelle Beltran (Red 5 Racing) 2.38 26 Jennifer Todd (Red 5 Racing) 2.42 27 Marielle Aunave (Unattached) 2.44 28 Dorothy Wong (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 2.47 29 Marie Rosado (Ortho-Evra) 30 Corinn Clark-Danielli (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 2.49 31 Kirsten Robbins (Team Victory Brewing) 32 Maureen Middleton (Landis/Trek/VW) 2.51 33 Juliane Mortello (Landis/Trek/VW) 2.56 34 Chrissy Ruiter (Basis) 2.57 35 Maria Castaneda (Ortho-Evra) 36 Jana Repulski (Tamarack/Goldy's) 2.58 37 Mary Georgetti (Mystic Velo) 3.08 38 Heather Woodhouse (Team Kenda Tire) 3.14 39 Mary Rudy (US Armed Forces) 3.34 40 Betsy Sellers (Team Kenda Tire) 3.41 41 Jennifer Stern (Arizona State Cycling) 4.03 42 Mindi Martin (Team Kenda Tire) 4.17 43 Jacqui Lockwood (Team Kenda Tire) 4.19 44 Rosanne Lent (Skirack.com/Provisions Intl Ltd) 4.24 45 Sarah Barber (Richardson Bike Mart) 4.30 46 Holly Hagan (Durango Wheel Club) 4.37 47 Marlene Zuhl (Mountain Velo Cycling Team) 4.45 48 Kate Gracheck (Unattached) 49 Debbie Dust (Team Kenda Tire) 4.47 50 Louella Holter (PSCC Gregg Specialized) 4.57 51 Diane Shaline (Durango Wheel Club) 5.23 52 Lauren Dorsch (Tamarack/Goldy's) 5.38 53 Katherine Farago (NEBC/Cycleloft) 7.16 54 Karen Kraus (Team Kenda Tire) 8.09 55 Graciela Perez (Unattached) 25.48 DNF Johanna Buick (Team Victory Brewing) General classification after stage 2 Men 1 Davide Frattini (Team Monex) 3.22.38 2 Drew Miller (Landis/Trek/VW) 0.16 3 Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Cycling Team) 0.17 4 Jacob Erker (Team Seasilver) 0.25 5 John Hunt (Village Peddler) 0.33 6 Mike Dietrich (Fiordifrutta) 0.41 7 Dylan Sybel (Symmetrics Cycling) 8 Scott Blanchard (Eclipse Racing) 0.47 9 Michael Lange (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 0.54 10 Tim Carolan (Landis/Trek/VW) 0.57 11 Peter Fairbanks (GP - Bianchi) 1.02 12 David Wenger (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 1.09 13 Geoffrey Rapoport (Velo Club LaGrange) 1.17 14 George Ganoung (US Armed Forces) 1.22 15 Matt Sadauskas (Team Seasilver) 1.27 16 Jacob Rubelt (Landis/Trek/VW) 1.33 17 Adam Livingston (Team Seasilver) 1.42 18 Michael Hernandez (Reno Wheelmen) 1.44 19 Robbie King (Louis Garneau Racing) 20 Clayton Barrows (Rocky Mountain Cycling Ed Fnd) 1.45 21 Cam Evans (Symmetrics Cycling) 1.57 22 Philip Wong (Fiordifrutta) 2.01 23 Ryan Dewald (Team Snow Valley) 24 Curtis Gunn (Veloworx Racing) 2.02 25 Matt Gilbert (Team Monex) 2.07 26 Shawn Olin (US Armed Forces) 2.08 27 John Osguthorpe (Ogden One) 2.10 28 Erik Van Den Akker (Reno Wheelmen) 2.16 29 Tom Crawford (Broadmark Capital Elite) 2.18 30 Peter Penzell (US Armed Forces) 2.19 31 Will Routley (Symmetrics Cycling) 32 Carl Decker (Broadmark Capital Elite) 33 Chris Gruber (Unattached) 2.29 34 Keith Miller (Team DARE) 2.30 35 Chad Beyer (Domenics) 2.35 36 Bartek Fidelus (Ranchos Cycling Club) 2.37 37 Peter Baker (Team Snow Valley) 2.47 38 David Robinson (Broadmark Capital Elite) 2.48 39 Kevin Nicol (ACA) 2.51 40 Matt Bromen (Velo Club LaGrange) 2.53 41 Owen Jeffries (Rocknasium/CBE) 42 Edward King (Louis Garneau Racing) 2.55 43 Ryan Hamity (Rocky Mountain Cycling Ed Fnd) 2.59 44 Trent Hornus (US Armed Forces) 3.01 45 Todd Terlecki (Giant Factory Team) 3.05 46 Thomas Hallock (Northwest Cycling Club) 3.08 47 Kurt Hackler (Ibex/Fitwerx) 48 Zach Winter (Hayden Frontier Cycling Team) 3.21 49 Wayne Puckett (Team Spine) 3.24 50 Sean Cahill (US Armed Forces) 3.35 51 Daniel Ramsey (Team Seasilver) 3.36 52 Neil Shirley (Team Seasilver) 3.46 53 Steve Mlujeak (US Armed Forces) 3.50 54 Mike Zagorski (Velo Club LaGrange) 55 Matthew Holecko (Arizona State Cycling) 56 Mark Weideman (High Sierra Cyclists) 3.53 57 Marsh Cooper (Symmetrics Cycling) 3.55 58 Enrique Ospina (Team Monex) 3.58 59 Todd Hageman (Cole Sports) 60 Justin Morgan (Broadmark Capital Elite) 3.59 61 Andew Guptill (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 62 Evan Lawrence (Team Hammer Gel) 4.00 63 Jason Karew (Eclipse Racing) 4.05 64 Evan Elken (Broadmark Capital Elite) 65 Michael Gallagher (US Armed Forces) 4.07 66 Omer Kem (Broadmark Capital Elite) 4.09 67 Greg Bourque (Team Seasilver) 68 Andy Bestwick (HDCC) 4.16 69 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 4.25 70 Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics Cycling) 4.27 71 John Hackman (Velo Club LaGrange) 4.38 72 Logan Garey (Unattached) 73 Roy Pickavance (CenturyTel) 4.40 74 Ryan Yee (Team Monex) 4.52 75 Matt Lorenz (US Armed Forces) 5.04 76 Stuart Press (Velo Club LaGrange) 77 Jason Spencer (Atlas Cycling) 5.09 78 John Salskov (CZ Racing) 5.12 79 Nick Kiernan (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 5.13 80 Scott Goguen (Symmetrics Cycling) 5.19 81 Gregory Abrahamson (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 5.22 82 Scott Kasin (Team Lucky Lounge) 5.23 83 Jacob Hunter (Team Revolution Racing) 5.36 84 Devin Zoller (Hayden Frontier Cycling Team) 5.44 85 Aaron Smathers (Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers) 5.45 86 Josh Goodwin (Team Monex) 5.55 87 Brian Lemke (Landis/Trek/VW) 6.19 88 Axel Santiago (CenturyTel) 89 Mark Cunningham (Symmetrics Cycling) 6.20 90 Zachary Vestal (Jimmy D Racing) 6.21 91 John Reed (Team Lucky Lounge) 6.26 92 Pat Caro (Team Monex) 6.31 93 Jose Quintero (Ranchos Venezuela) 6.34 94 Dave Reid (Landis/Trek/VW) 6.42 95 Hugh Moran (Atlas Cycling) 7.19 96 Russell Cree (Broadmark Capital Elite) 7.46 97 Drew Deters (Team Seasilver) 7.56 98 Karl Bordine (Team Monex) 8.06 99 Peter Knudsen (Team Seasilver) 8.30 100 Mike Herdman (Team Monex) 16.37 Women 1 Lynn Gaggioli (T-Mobile) 2.33.19 2 Suz Weldon (Tamarack/Goldy's) 0.56 3 Brooke Ourada (Team Victory Brewing) 1.02 4 Sandy Espeseth (Team Victory Brewing) 1.21 5 Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) 1.57 6 Kristin Johnson (Basis) 2.18 7 Kate Sherwin (Team Kenda Tire) 2.32 8 Carolyn Donnelly (Landis/Trek/VW) 3.03 9 Rook Campbell (Genesis Scuba/FFCC) 3.18 10 Sandra Kolb (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 3.22 11 Jennifer Stevens (Red 5 Racing) 3.25 12 Sima Trapp (Tamarack/Goldy's) 3.28 13 Lisa Hunt (The Olympic Club) 3.38 14 Jennifer Todd (Red 5 Racing) 3.51 15 Maria Molina (Ortho-Evra) 16 Cynthia Mommsen (The Olympic Club) 3.54 17 Chrissy Ruiter (Basis) 4.00 18 Sheila Orem (BBC) 4.18 19 Heather Woodhouse (Team Kenda Tire) 4.21 20 Kirsten Robbins (Team Victory Brewing) 4.27 21 Maureen Middleton (Landis/Trek/VW) 4.48 22 Maggie Luciano-Williams (Landis/Trek/VW) 4.56 23 Deneen Brown (Landis/Trek/VW) 5.03 24 Rebecca Stengel (Mountain Velo Cycling Team) 5.21 25 Marie Rosado (Ortho-Evra) 5.23 26 Juliane Mortello (Landis/Trek/VW) 5.29 27 Maegan Daigler (Helen's/Trek/VW) 5.31 28 Emily Westbrook (Tamarack/Goldy's) 5.32 29 Maria Castaneda (Ortho-Evra) 5.34 30 Corinn Clark-Danielli (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 5.45 31 Michelle Beltran (Red 5 Racing) 32 Marielle Aunave (Unattached) 5.49 33 Dorothy Wong (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 5.50 34 Nadine Bruhn (Red 5 Racing) 6.04 35 Kele Hulser (Basis) 7.19 36 Jana Repulski (Tamarack/Goldy's) 7.31 37 Betsy Sellers (Team Kenda Tire) 7.43 38 Mary Georgetti (Mystic Velo) 7.52 39 Rosanne Lent (Skirack.com/Provisions Intl Ltd) 7.54 40 Sarah Barber (Richardson Bike Mart) 8.30 41 Mary Rudy (US Armed Forces) 8.34 42 Jacqui Lockwood (Team Kenda Tire) 8.44 43 Kate Gracheck (Unattached) 9.44 44 Mindi Martin (Team Kenda Tire) 10.50 45 Jennifer Stern (Arizona State Cycling) 11.18 46 Debbie Dust (Team Kenda Tire) 11.53 47 Diane Shaline (Durango Wheel Club) 12.34 48 Louella Holter (PSCC Gregg Specialized) 13.02 49 Paula Higgins (Landis/Trek/VW) 13.06 50 Marlene Zuhl (Mountain Velo Cycling Team) 13.12 51 Lauren Dorsch (Tamarack/Goldy's) 13.55 52 Holly Hagan (Durango Wheel Club) 53 Karen Kraus (Team Kenda Tire) 21.53 54 Graciela Perez (Unattached) 33.53 55 Katherine Farago (NEBC/Cycleloft) 34.21
