Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Dauphiné Libéré Photo ©: Sirotti |
Tour of Connecticut - NE
USA, May 16-23, 2004
Main Page Results Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 2 - May 20: Lime Rock Park circuit race, 50km
Fraser takes sprint win in stage 2
Official race report
HealthNet's Gord Fraser outsprinted the Team Colvita duo of Juan Jose Haedo and overall race leader Mark McCormack to win Stage 2 of the Tour of Connecticut. The short, 50-kilometer stage was held on the in Lime Rock Park auto racing track and provided a high-speed spectacle for the fans, with the 50 k being covered in just over one-hour.
Olympic Champion Marty Nothstein, holder of the Green Points Sprints Jersey, confirmed his position at the head of that special classification by taking all three of the intermediary sprints on the day. Nothstein faded in the final rush to the line to finish 11th.
The high speed and relative short distance of the event crushed any breakaway attempts until the last lap when the Yellow Jersey McCormack put in a violent attack on the back straight hill, opened a ten-second gap, and held it until Fraser and Haedo passed him with 50 meters to the line. McCormack's third place gives the current US Pro Champions 13 points in the Tour of Connecticut standings (race is decided on points totals rather than time) and with his victory in the opening stage in Litchfield Hills, places him at 53 points, 19 points ahead of second placed Shawn Milne of the Fiordifrutta team as he heads into anticipated stage 3 in NewHaven on Friday evening.
Results
1 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 20 pts (time: 1.02.01) 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Colavita Olive Oil) 15 3 Mark McCormack (Colavita Olive Oil) 13 4 Charles Dionne (Webcor Builders) 12 5 Joe Papp (Team Holland) 11 6 Neil Shirley (Team Seasilver) 10 7 Adam Hodges Myerson (Sharper Image - Jelly Belly) 9 8 Franky Van Haesebroucke 8 9 Jamiel Danesh (McGuire Pro Cycling Team) 7 10 Ian Dille (Team Snow Valley) 6 11 Marty Nothstein (Navigators Insurance) 5 12 Shawn Milne (Fior di Frutta) 4 13 Bjorn Cornelissen (Team Holland) 3 14 Alexandre Nadeau (Volkswagen TREK) 2 15 Kevin Lacombe (Volkswagen TREK) 1 16 Jacob Erker (Team Seasilver) 17 Anthony Alessio (ReMax) 18 Ivan Dominguez (Colavita Olive Oil) 19 Devon Vigus (McGuire Pro Cycling Team) 20 Tyler Wren (Colavita Olive Oil) 21 Imanol Ayestaran (Webcor Builders) 22 Sebastian Alexandre (Colavita Olive Oil) 23 Alexandre Lavallée (Volkswagen TREK) 24 Bobby Lea (TEAM Fugi) 25 Gustavo Artacho (Colavita Olive Oil) 26 Jason Schneider (GS Mengoni) 27 Steve Mlujeak (US Armed Forces) 28 Eneas Freyre (Team Holland) 29 Jon Wirsing (Team Snow Valley) 30 Robbie King (Louis Garneau Racing) 31 Mike Friedman (ESSM/GPOA) 32 Greg Wolf (Stelvio TEAMWEAR-Orbis Properties) 33 Stu Gillespie (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) 34 Cameron Holland (Team Snow Valley) 35 Ang Sheldrake (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) 36 Ryan Leech (ESSM/GPOA) 37 Andrew Manart (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) 38 Florian Smits (Team Holland) 39 Chris Horner (Webcor Builders) 40 Jeff Louder (Navigators Insurance) 41 Jon Bruno (Essex County Velo) 42 Amos Brumble (CCB/Volkswagen) 43 Matt Svatek (Sharper Image - Jelly Belly) 44 Bruno Langlois (Volkswagen TREK) 45 Mike Sayers (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 46 Nathan Mitchell (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) 47 Rafal Urzedowski 48 Larry Perera (Sharper Image - Jelly Belly) 49 Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance) 50 Jeff Craddock (CCB/Volkswagen) 51 Colin Sandberg (ESSM/GPOA) 52 Karl Rahn (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 53 Damon Parke (Louis Garneau Racing) 54 Roland Stenekes (Team Holland) 55 Will Frischkorn (Colavita Olive Oil) 56 Jeremy Powers (Sharper Image - Jelly Belly) 57 Eric Sheagley (Essex County Velo) 58 Alain Ferry (GS Mengoni) 59 Ben Stafford (Webcor Builders) 60 Matt Sadauckas (Team Seasilver) 61 Vassili Davidenko (Navigators Insurance) 62 Wim Botman (Team Holland) 63 Craig Upton (Stelvio TEAMWEAR-Orbis Properties) 64 Joshua Dillon (Louis Garneau Racing) 65 Ernie Lechuga (Sharper Image - Jelly Belly) 66 Jake Stephens (Team Snow Valley) 67 Danny Pate (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 68 Ian Stuart (Louis Garneau Racing) 69 Justen Peters (GS Mengoni) 70 Louis Secreto (ESSM/GPOA) 71 Greg Montello (Essex County Velo) 72 Gavi Epstein (Stelvio TEAMWEAR-Orbis Properties) 73 Chris Pile (ReMax) 74 Boyd Johnson (ESSM/GPOA) 75 Trent Ashburn (Essex County Velo) 76 Ian Beilby (Louis Garneau Racing) 77 Mike McGinnley (ReMax) 78 Ryan McKinney (Team Snow Valley) 79 Conor Coffey (CCB/Volkswagen) 80 Sheldon Deeny (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) 81 Zack Soucy (Ibex) 82 Craig Dodson (TEAM Fugi) 83 Tim Gernitis (TEAM Fugi) 84 Jared Bunde (Team Ideal Tile/Briell Cyclery) 85 Seth Hosmer (Ibex) 86 Juan Pablo Castro (Team Ideal Tile/Briell Cyclery) 87 Aaron Olson (Colavita Olive Oil) 88 Jason Baer (Louis Garneau Racing) 89 Chris Rozdilsky (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 89 Oscar Pineda (Stelvio TEAMWEAR-Orbis Properties) 90 David Wiswell (TEAM Fugi) 91 Aiden Charles (GS Mengoni) 92 Nate Kokinda (Essex County Velo) 93 Peter Hult (Fior di Frutta) 94 Martin St-Laurent (Volkswagen TREK) 95 George Ganoung (US Armed Forces) 96 Tommy Nelson (TEAM Fugi) 97 Andrew Knight (Louis Garneau Racing) 98 Alec Donahue (Louis Garneau Racing) 99 Todd Herriott (Colavita Olive Oil) 100 Stephen Badger (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 101 Kyle Wamsley (TEAM Fugi) 102 Pascal Choquette 103 Mike Dietrich (Fior di Frutta) 104 Curt Davis (Fior di Frutta) 105 Josh Gewirtz (Fior di Frutta) 106 Jason Bremer (GS Mengoni) 108 Igor Misiki 109 Sean Cahill (US Armed Forces) 110 Kevin Molloy (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 111 Pat Dunaway (McGuire Pro Cycling Team) 112 Peter Baker (Team Snow Valley) 113 Roman Kilun (McGuire Pro Cycling Team) 114 Philip Wong (Fior di Frutta) 115 Chris Peck (Fior di Frutta) 116 Dave Somerville (Team Ideal Tile/Briell Cyclery) 117 Dmitri Buben (CCB/Volkswagen) 118 Brian Sheedy (Team Seasilver) 119 Ciaran Power (Navigators Insurance) 120 Chris Wherry (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 121 Jason Lokkesmoe (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 122 Mike Jones (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 123 Ron Fantano (ReMax) 124 John Conroy (Stelvio TEAMWEAR-Orbis Properties) 125 Mark Nicoll (ESSM/GPOA) 126 Phil Zajicek (Navigators Insurance) 127 Tim Unkert (Ibex) 128 Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Insurance) 129 David McKenzie (Navigators Insurance) 130 Ed Beamon 131 Jon Hamblen (Fior di Frutta) 132 Zak Grabowski (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) 133 Ian MacGregor (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) DNF Nathan O'neill (Colavita Olive Oil) DNF Drew Deters (Team Seasilver) DNF Daniel Ramsey (Team Seasilver) DNF Kurt Hackler (Ibex) DNF Peter Knudsen (Team Seasilver) DNF Adam Livingston (Team Seasilver) DNF Josh Taylor (TEAM Fugi) DNF Jon Bravman (Team Ideal Tile/Briell Cyclery) Sprints Sprint 1 1 Marty Nothstein (Navigators Insurance) 1 Sprint 2 1 Marty Nothstein (Navigators Insurance) 1 Sprint 3 1 Marty Nothstein (Navigators Insurance) 1 Climbs KOM 1 1 Mike Jones (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 3 pts 2 Joe Papp (Team Ofoto) 2 3 Todd Herriott (Colavita Olive Oil) 1 KOM 2 1 Joe Papp (Team Ofoto) 3 pts 2 Mike Jones (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 2 3 Chris Rozdilsky (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Mark McCormack (Colavita Olive Oil) 53 pts 2 Shawn Milne (Fior di Frutta) 34 3 Alexandre Nadeau (Volkswagen TREK) 24 4 Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance) 24 5 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 20 6 Jon Erdeyli (Team Ofoto) 20 7 Melito Heredia (Toga Bikes) 18 8 Stu Gillespie (TIAA-Cref/5280 Magazine) 16 9 Juan Jose Haedo (Colavita Olive Oil) 15 10 Joe Papp (Team Holland) 14 11 Bruno Langlois (Volkswagen TREK) 14 12 Charles Dionne (Webcor Builders) 12 13 Scott Swizanski (Team Ofoto) 12 14 Tyler Wren (Colavita Olive Oil) 11 15 Neil Shirley (Team Seasilver) 10 16 Gustavo Artacho (Colavita Olive Oil) 10 17 Adam Hodges Myerson (Sharper Image - Jelly Belly) 9 18 Peter Baker (Team Snow Valley) 9 19 Franky Van Haesenbroucke 8 20 Craig Upton (Stelvio TEAMWEAR-Orbis Properties) 8 21 Jamiel Danesh (McGuire Pro Cycling Team) 7 22 Eneas Freyre (Team Holland) 7 23 Ian Dille (Team Snow Valley) 6 24 Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Insurance) 6 25 Marty Nothstein (Navigators Insurance) 5 26 Wim Botman (Team Holland) 5 27 Alec Donahue (Louis Garneau Racing) 4 28 Bjorn Cornelissen (Team Holland) 3 29 Chris Rozdilsky (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology) 2 30 Kevin Lacombe (Volkswagen TREK) 1 31 Waclaw Godycki (Team Ideal Tile/Briell Cyclery) 1
