Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Giro finale Photo ©: Bettini |
International Cycling Classic - Superweek - NE
USA, July 8 -24, 2005
Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage
Stage 18 - July 24: Bodyworks by Concours Whitefish Bay Classic, Whitefish Bay, WI, 100km
Fourth time the charm for Candelario
Advantage Benefits/Endeavour claims final sprint and overall classifications
by Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Milwaukee
|
Superweek has been rather bittersweet for Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel). While three of his teammates have won a race of this year's series, he has finished second... three times! The third time came on Saturday night at the Great Downer Avenue race when Candelario made a seven rider break but was isolated against two Advantage Benefits/Endeavour riders. Today in Whitefish Bay, Candelario again made the break -- and like Sheyboygan and Kenosha, the Jelly Belly-Pool Gel team used their speed and power to deliver Candelario to the line for his first Superweek win for this year. "We're pretty hard to beat with Pate and Dave [McCook] burning it down the back stretch," said Candelario. When asked how relieved he was to finally break into the top of the podium, he replied, "The difference between winning and losing is so small. Actually I felt better yesterday than today!"
Series leader Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) also made the break and wound up his sprint just behind Candelario finishing second and clinching his overall win."We had some strong guys up the road," said Menzies. "Alex had a fast lead-out so you know he's got a good chance of winning." But before Menzies could focus on getting a race win, he and his team had to work for sprinter Frank Pipp, who was just one point behind Emile Abraham (Monex). "We wanted to win the sprint jersey first and then after that let everyone have free reign getting up the road," said Menzies.
For the first sprint, Advantage Benefits/Endeavour rode hard on the front with Menzies marshaling the troops until he delivered Pipp to the line. "I had the strongest team today," said Pipp. "We had the whole team on the front for the first one, and Karl actually sat-up on the line to give me the points and to put another point between me and Emile. That told Emile that the jersey is yours to win or lose now."
|
From there the breaks went and Advantage Benefits/Endeavour was ecstatic to see them go -- with the remaining sprint points up the road for the rest of the race. "How can I not feel great, we got all of it as a team," said Pipp.
Finishing third today and finishing Superweek well is Erik Saunders (McGuire/Langdale) who initiated and drove many breaks during the series and winning one race. He, along with many other riders, use Superweek as training for the upcoming menu of criteriums in August, leading up to the USPRO Championship. "I came here flat and started out struggling for the first races," admitted Saunders. "Then I steadily got better and finally got the legs." He along with many of the pros here will target the Bank of America criterium in Charlotte, North Carolina in a few weeks time.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Mark Zalewski
- Sprint leader Emile Abraham (Monex) peeks through two Advantage Benefits/Endeavour riders who plan on keeping a close eye on him.
- Series leader Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) gets on the horn to his troops for the upcoming sprint lap.
- The early break survived for a short while until the sprint lap came into view.
- Advantage Benefits/Endeavour gets organized thanks to captain Karl Menzies.
- Mr. Pipp, your jersey is ready. Menzies delivers teammate Pipp to the line with Emile Abraham (Monex) looking on.
- Emile Abraham (Monex) knows his chance to keep the jersey has gone up the road.
- Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) looks to get into the right move.
- Erik Saunders (McGuire/Langdale) once again initiates a move.
- With the sprint lead in the bag Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) looks for a race win in the break.
- Even with the sprint lead won Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) tries to bridge up to the break.
- The break worked well together eventually lapping the field.
- Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) celebrates the first win of the series.
- Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) gets a congratulations from former teammate Jonas Carney.
- Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) waves to the crowd.
- The podium for the final race of the 2005 Superweek.
- The final overall podium with Frank Pipp in the sprint leader's final jersey.
Results
1 Alexander Candelario (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 2 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 3 Erik Saunders (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 4 Carlos Alzate (Colombian National Team) 5 Dennis Haueissen (Team RSH) 6 Andrew Crater (Wheel and Sprocket) 7 Jamiel Danesh (Hammer Nutrition) 8 R Curtis Gunn (Team Seasilver (Sea)) 9 Karl Bordine (Helen's Cycles) 10 Jacob Nielsen (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 11 Aram Dellalian (Amgen Cycling Club) 12 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 13 Marco Rios (Kahala-LaGrange) 14 Carlos Vargas (Team Monex) 15 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 16 David McCook (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 17 Jim Baldesare (ABD Cycling Team) 18 Brad Armstrong (Colonels) 19 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team) 20 Gustavo Carrillo (Aerospace Engineering) 21 Zac Davies (Rocky Mounts / IZZE) 22 Roman Kilun (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 23 Cameron McKenzie () 24 Jason Predick (Michael's Cycles) 25 Carlos Uran (Colombian National Team) 26 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 27 Cole House (Advantage Benefits Endeavour Cycling Club) 28 Mikkel Bossen (Team Oregon) 29 Wendy Cruz (UPMC/ACT) 30 Robert White (PCW Cycling) 31 Jacob Rytlewski (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 32 Michael Ebert (ABD Cycling Team) 33 Chris Strout (Team Mack) 34 (unknown rider) () 35 Ryan White (PCW Cycling) 36 John Staroba (Eastside Cycles/Marin) 37 Peter Femal (Subway) 38 Armando Cardenas (Colombian National Team) 39 Paul Ellis (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 40 Kasper Kloostergaard (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 41 Alexi Martinez (Excel Sports) 42 Skyler Bishop (Olympic Club) 43 Todd Miller (Advantage Benefits Endeavour Cycling Club) 44 (unknown rider) () 45 Dennis Guikema (RHVilla.com) 46 Seth Hansley (Park City Cycling Academy) 47 Nicholas Reistad (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 48 David Sachs (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 49 Shawn Willard (Wheel and Sprocket) 50 Arles Castro (Colombian National Team) 51 John Semmelhack (Transrapid-USA.com Cycling) 52 Randy Reichardt (Hauln Ass Racing Team(HART)) 53 Morgan Wiswall (Wheel & Sprocket) 54 Gregory Coburn (Vegas Velo Racing Team) 55 Al Krueger (CZ Velo) 56 Joshua Carter (Subway) 57 Devon Vigus (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 58 Brett Stewart (ABD Cycling Team) Sprint 1 1 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 2 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 3 Emile Abraham (Team Monex) 4 Joshua Goodwin (Team Monex) 5 Andrew Crater (Wheel and Sprocket) 6 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 7 Nathan Miller (Team Monex) Sprint 2 1 Carlos Alzate (Colombian National Team) 2 Aram Dellalian (Amgen Cycling Club) 3 Carlos Vargas (Team Monex) 4 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 5 Jacob Nielsen (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 6 Joe Papp (UPMC/ACT) 7 Jamiel Danesh (Hammer Nutrition) Sprint 3 1 Carlos Alzate (Colombian National Team) 2 Aram Dellalian (Amgen Cycling Club) 3 Alexander Candelario (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 4 Jacob Nielsen (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 5 Jamiel Danesh (Hammer Nutrition) 6 Dennis Haueissen (Team RSH) 7 Erik Saunders (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) Sprint 4 1 Carlos Alzate (Colombian National Team) 2 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 3 Aram Dellalian (Amgen Cycling Club) 4 Jamiel Danesh (Hammer Nutrition) 5 Dennis Haueissen (Team RSH) 6 Alexander Candelario (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 7 R Curtis Gunn (Team Seasilver (Sea)) Final overall standings 1 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 218 pts 2 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 190 3 Carlos Vargas (Team Monex) 186 4 Jacob Nielsen (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 163 5 David McCook (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 154 6 Marco Rios (Kahala-LaGrange) 151 7 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 149 8 Erik Saunders (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 138 9 Carlos Alzate (Colombian National Team) 131 10 Alexander Candelario (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 131 11 Andrew Crater (Wheel and Sprocket) 126 12 Jose Serpa (Colombian National Team) 125 13 Dennis Haueissen (Team RSH) 112 14 Brian Jensen (HRRC / Saddlewood/ Specialized/ Bikesour) 104 15 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 97 16 Emile Abraham (Team Monex) 93 17 Alexander Gonzalez (Colombian National Team) 87 18 Garrett Peltonen (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 82 19 Karl Bordine (Helen's Cycles) 79 20 Juan Jose Haedo (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 77 21 Greg Henderson (Health Net/Maxxis) 77 22 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 77 23 Jason Allen (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 73 24 Eddy Hilger (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 72 25 Brian Sheedy (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 70 26 John Murphy (Team Krystal) 67 27 Jonathan Page (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 63 28 Kasper Kloostergaard (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 59 29 Glen Mitchell (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 57 30 John Lieswyn (Health Net/Maxxis) 55 31 Paul Martin (Texas Roadhouse) 55 32 Jens Mouris (AXA Cycling Team) 54 33 Frank Dierking (ABD Cycling Team) 52 34 R Curtis Gunn (Team Seasilver (Sea)) 51 35 Jackson Stewart (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 50 36 Russell Hamby (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 41 37 Wes Hartman (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 40 38 Jamiel Danesh (Hammer Nutrition) 39 39 Steve Tilford (BikeSource) 39 40 Dan Schmatz (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 38 41 Armando Cardenas (Colombian National Team) 37 42 Alvaro Tardaguila (UPMC/ACT) 36 43 Brent Bookwalter (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 35 44 Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 35 45 Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) 33 46 Nicholas Reistad (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 33 47 Joe Papp (UPMC/ACT) 32 48 Graham Howard (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 31 49 Carlos Uran (Colombian National Team) 30 50 Carlos Julian Quintero (Colombian National Team) 29 51 Alexi Martinez (Excel Sports) 28 52 Wendy Cruz (UPMC/ACT) 25 53 William Innes (GS Lombardi Sports) 23 54 Bryan Smith (TIAA-CREF) 22 55 Scott Zwizanski (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 21 56 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team) 21 57 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 20 58 Mateo Sasso (UPMC/ACT) 19 59 Joshua Carter (Subway) 19 60 Ryan Roth () 17 61 Roman Kilun (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 16 62 Jacob Stephens (Team Cobblestone) 16 63 Dean LaBerge (GS Lombardi Sports) 16 64 Jason Snow (Cycle Science) 15 65 Aaron Smathers (GS Tenzing) 14 66 Rahsaan Bahati (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 14 67 John Puffer (ABD Cycling Team) 14 68 Aram Dellalian (Amgen Cycling Club) 14 69 Paul Che (Sotheby's) 14 70 Victor Ayala (Kahala-LaGrange) 14 71 Robert White (PCW Cycling) 13 72 Arles Castro (Colombian National Team) 13 73 Kirk Albers (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 12 74 Russell Langley (Snow Valley) 12 75 Sebastian Alexandre (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 11 76 Todd Herriott (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 11 77 Bryce Mead (ABD Cycling Team) 11 78 Ward Solar (Team Cobblestone) 11 79 Todd Henriksen (Team Krystal) 11 80 Diego Garavito (Outdoorlights.com) 10 81 Pete Lopinto (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 9 82 Sergio Hernandez (Veloworx Racing) 9 83 Jim Baldesare (ABD Cycling Team) 9 84 Erik Lyman (Espoirs de Laval) 9 85 Zach Fiocca (Team Hotel San Jose) 9 86 David Sachs (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 9 87 Joshua Goodwin (Team Monex) 8 88 Scott Allen (Team Rubicon) 7 89 Ryan Nenninger (ABD Cycling Team) 7 90 Stephen Spencer (Mesa Cycles Racing Team) 6 91 Tyler Wren (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 6 92 Jacob Rubelt (Team Krystal) 6 93 Robert Sczepurek (Team RSH) 5 94 Patrick Briggs (Cal Giant / Village Peddler) 5 95 Mark Southard (Excel Sports Boulder) 5 96 Marco Aledia (Texas Roadhouse) 4 97 Michael Ebert (ABD Cycling Team) 4 98 Brad Armstrong (Colonels) 3 99 Michael Anderson () 3 100 JD Bergmann (McGuire Cycling) 3 101 Darin Divine (Lombardi Sports) 3 102 Duane Dickey (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 3 103 Brian Bibens (Nalley Automotive) 3 104 Devon Vigus (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 2 105 John Acker (Wheel & Sprocket) 2 106 Michael Lanyon (Mesa Cycles Racing Team) 2 107 John DeLong (Snow Valley) 2 108 Gustavo Carrillo (Aerospace Engineering) 1 109 James Van Toever (Team Krystal) 1 Final sprint standings 1 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 165 pts 2 Emile Abraham (Team Monex) 164 3 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 106 4 Andrew Crater (Wheel and Sprocket) 89 5 Garrett Peltonen (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 71 6 Carlos Alzate (Colombian National Team) 65 7 Alexander Candelario (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 51 8 Alexander Gonzalez (Colombian National Team) 37 9 Nicholas Reistad (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 36 10 Jens Mouris (AXA Cycling Team) 34 11 Joe Papp (UPMC/ACT) 33 12 Jacob Nielsen (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) 24 13 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team) 21 14 Erik Saunders (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 21 15 John Lieswyn (Health Net/Maxxis) 21 16 Eddy Hilger (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 20 17 Aram Dellalian (Amgen Cycling Club) 19 18 Alvaro Tardaguila (UPMC/ACT) 19 19 Carlos Vargas (Team Monex) 19 20 Joshua Goodwin (Team Monex) 18 21 Paul Martin (Texas Roadhouse) 18 22 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 17 23 R Curtis Gunn (Team Seasilver (Sea)) 15 24 Greg Henderson (Health Net/Maxxis) 15 25 Brian Jensen (HRRC / Saddlewood/ Specialized/ Bikesour) 14 26 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 14 27 Jonathan Page (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 13 28 John Murphy (Team Krystal) 12 29 Frank Dierking (ABD Cycling Team) 10 30 Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) 10 31 Jamiel Danesh (Hammer Nutrition) 10 32 Karl Bordine (Helen's Cycles) 9 33 Patrick Briggs (Cal Giant / Village Peddler) 9 34 Carlos Uran (Colombian National Team) 8 35 Dennis Haueissen (Team RSH) 7 36 David McCook (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 7 37 Diego Garavito (Outdoorlights.com) 6 38 Rahsaan Bahati (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 5 39 David Sachs (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 5 40 Erik Lyman (Espoirs de Laval) 5 41 Brent Bookwalter (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 5 42 Marco Rios (Kahala-LaGrange) 5 43 Jacob Stephens (Team Cobblestone) 5 44 Glen Mitchell (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 5 45 Wes Hartman (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 4 46 Randy Reichardt (Hauln Ass Racing Team(HART)) 4 47 Todd Herriott (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 4 48 Scott Zwizanski (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 4 49 Juan Jose Haedo (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 4 50 Bennet Van der Genugten (Honey Stinger/Spinergy Cycling Team) 4 51 Carlos Julian Quintero (Colombian National Team) 4 52 Brian Sheedy (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) 4 53 Pete Lopinto (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 4 54 Michael Lanyon (Mesa Cycles Racing Team) 3 55 Matty Rice (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 3 56 kevin Attkinson (Texas Roadhouse) 3 57 Jackson Stewart (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 3 58 Steen Rose (Matrix Cycle Club) 3 59 John Puffer (ABD Cycling Team) 3 60 Nathan Miller (Team Monex) 3 61 Roman Kilun (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 2 62 Roberto Gaggioli (Monex) 2 63 Stephen Spencer (Mesa Cycles Racing Team) 2 64 Jason Allen (McGuire/Langdale Pro CT) 2 65 Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 2 66 Duane Dickey (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 2 67 John Acker (Wheel & Sprocket) 2 68 Kirk Albers (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 1 69 Mateo Sasso (UPMC/ACT) 1 70 Dan Schmatz (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) 1 71 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly/PoolGel) 1 72 Daniel Underwood (Transrapid-USA.com Cycling) 1 73 Whitey DeBroux (Pro Peloton/Paketa) 1 74 Robert White (PCW Cycling) 1
