Tour de Nez - NE/NRC

Nevada, USA, June 16-18, 2005

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Stage 2 - June 16: Downtown Truckee criterium, 60 minutes

Moninger takes evening stage

Blustery wind and light rain greeted a huge field as they came to the line in historic downtown Truckee, CA for 13th Annual Tour de Nez Historic Downtown Truckee Criterium. Immediately after the gun started the race the attacks came fast and furious with Aaron Olsen animating the early action of the race. A very attentive field refused to let a gap grow over five seconds until a third of the way into hour-long race the first move with real legs began dictating to the peloton. A group of five including Aaron Olson (Colavita/Sutter Home), Andy Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage), Scott Moninger (Health Net/Maxxis) and Dan Schmatz (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada), and Zack Walker (McGuire/Langdale) made a very strong selection at the midway point of the race.

As the field began the process of reeling in the breakaway, Moninger attacked hard out of the break and continued to stoke the coals building his lead lap after lap. Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly/Pool Gel) was the last rider able to bridge up to the now shattered chase group pursuing solo leader Scott Moninger holding onto a 19 second gap. As the Tour de Nez got down to the business end of the race Moninger continued to roll at an incredible high steady stay and with 15 minutes of racing remaining looked to be closing in on lapping the field being controlled by his Health Net/Maxxis teammates.

As the Moninger move started to look like it was going to stick the chase began setting itself up for maximum omnimun points. With three laps to go Health Net/Maxxis escorted Moninger up to the front of the group he had just lapped, securing his victory. With second place still up for grabs it was like the Donner Party with two to go. A very aggressive Candelario went ballistic on the final lap and shattered the group. With a 10 bike length lead Candelario posted a strong second place finish with Aaron Olson rolling through moments later to round out the Tour de Nez. After an incredible day of racing Scott Moninger will start tomorrow's stage wearing the leader's jersey as he starts a 108-mile road race. The race then continues with the Mighty Tour de Nez Criterium in downtown Reno on June 18th.

Results

1 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                    58.39
2 Alexander Candelario (USA) UCICT Jelly Belly Pool Gel         0.57
3 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                            
4 Daniel Schmatz (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                  
5 Andy Bajadali (USA) Vitamin Cottagecom                            
6 Zach Walker (USA) McGuire Langdale                                
7 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Team Seasilver                           
8 Pete Lopinto (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada               59.55
9 Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver                                 
10 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottagecom                          
11 David McCook (USA) UCICT Jelly Belly Pool Gel                    
12 Marc Collard (USA) Webcor Builders                               
13 Carl Menzies (Aus) Advantage Benefits Endeavour                  
14 Russell Hamby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                  
15 Steven Cozza (USA) USA U23 National Team                         
16 Jeff Angarmann (USA) Team Spine                                  
17 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Team Seasilver                         
18 Eneas Freyre (USA) Targetraining                                 
19 Tim Larkin (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                     
20 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining                                
21 Jake Rytlewski (USA) Advantage Benefits Endeavour                
22 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                
23 Todd Hennings (USA) Napa Valley Velo Infineon Raceway Cyc        
24 Gordon Fraser (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                         
25 Whitey Debroux (USA) Pro Peloton Paketa                          
26 Michael Hernandez (USA) Team Spine                               
27 Christopher Jones (USA) Karl Strauss SDBC                        
28 Shawn Oliver  Morgan Stanley                                     
29 Tyler Farrar (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                          
30 Chuck Coyle (USA) Vitamin Cottagecom                             
31 Geoff Rappoport (USA) McGuire Langdale                           
32 Dean Laberge (USA) GSLombardi Sports                             
33 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders                               
34 Kilun Roman (USA) Mc Guire Langdale                              
35 Ryan Blickem (USA) Targetraining                                 
36 Christopher Baumann (USA) Elnn Brewing                           
37 Mitch Moreman (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocalate Factory             
38 Ryan Yee (USA) Team Seasilver                                    
39 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Subway                                      
40 Patrick Briggs (USA) Cal Giant Village Peddler                   
41 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                  
42 Frank Mapel (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory               
DNF Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor Builders                            
DNF Lucas Euser (USA) Webcor Builders                               
DNF Jesse Mendonca (USA) Webcor Alto Velo                           
DNF Nate Rodgers (USA) Webcor Alto Velo                             
DNF Arthur Rand (USA) Webcor Alto Velo                              
DNF Nick Hight Huf (USA) Webcor Alto Velo                           
DNF Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada            
DNF Walter Tate (USA) Advantage Benefits Endeavour                  
DNF Richard England (Aus) Advantage Benefits Endeavour              
DNF Aron Huerta (USA) Cal Giant Village Peddler                     
DNF Bill Elliston (USA) Targetraining                               
DNF Marc Anderson (USA) Targetraining                               
DNF Colin Beardsley (USA) Mc Guire Langdale                         
DNF David Richter (USA) Subway                                      
DNF Skyler Bishop (USA) Olympic Club                                
DNF Matthew Willinger (USA) R H Villacom                            
DNF Michael Nunez (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory            
DNF Grant Berry (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory                   
DNF Joseph Iannarelli (USA) Davis Bike Club                         
DNF Darin Divine (USA) Lombardi Sports                              
DNF Carl Hekkert (USA) Easton Specialized                           
DNF Bill Howard (USA) Lombardi Sports                               
DNF Steve Pelaez (USA) GSLombardi Sports                            
DNF Craig Roemer (USA) Team Clover                                  
DNF Paul Sumner (USA) GSLombardi Sports                             
DNF Stan Urban (USA) Team Spine                                     
DNF Ryan Wong (USA) Easton Specialized LGBRC                        
DNF Dustin Sweet (USA) Reno Wheelmen                                
DNF Karl Bordine (USA) RPM/Helen                                    
 
Omnium standings after stage 2
 
1 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                      121 pts
2 Andy Bajadali (USA) Vitamin Cottagecom                         121
3 Steven Cozza (USA) USA U23 National Team                       103
4 Alexander Candelario (USA) UCICT Jelly Belly Pool Gel           90
5 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining                               82
6 Carl Menzies (Aus) Advantage Benefits Endeavour                 81
7 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                          71
8 Marc Collard (USA) Webcor Builders                              70
9 Zach Walker (USA) McGuire Langdale                              68
10 Daniel Schmatz (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada               62
11 Ryan Blickem (USA) Targetraining                               60
12 Tim Larkin (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                   58
13 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada           56
14 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottagecom                        56
15 Pete Lopinto (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                 52
16 Chuck Coyle (USA) Vitamin Cottagecom                           49
17 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Team Seasilver                        48
18 Gordon Fraser (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                       42
19 Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver                              41
20 David McCook (USA) UCICT Jelly Belly Pool Gel                  35
21 Wayne Puckett (USA) Unattached                                 32
22 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Seasilver                              29
23 Russell Hamby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                26
24 Michael Nunez (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory           26
25 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders                             23
26 Jeff Angarmann (USA) Team Spine                                20
27 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Team Seasilver                       18
28 Eneas Freyre (USA) Targetraining                               17
29 Kyle Gritters (USA) Team Seasilver                             14
30 Remi McManus (USA) Subway                                      12
31 Tyler Farrar (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                        12
32 Whitey Debroux (USA) Pro Peloton Paketa                        11
33 Jake Rytlewski (USA) Advantage Benefits Endeavour              10
34 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada               9
35 Geoff Rappoport (USA) McGuire Langdale                          9
36 Todd Hennings (USA) Napa Valley Velo Infineon Raceway Cyc       8
37 Richard England (Aus) Advantage Benefits Endeavour              7
38 Michael Hernandez (USA) Team Spine                              5
39 Grant Berry (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory                   4
40 Christopher Jones (USA) Karl Strauss SDBC                       4
41 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada                 3
42 Shawn Oliver (USA) Morgan Stanley                               3