Tour de Nez - NE/NRC

Nevada, USA, June 16-18, 2005

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Stage 4 - June 18: Mighty Tour de Nez Criterium, 90 minutes

Candelario takes first in the Mighty Tour Criterium

Warm skies, sunny weather and crowds of thousands took to the streets for the final race of the Tour de Nez Celebration of cycling in Reno, Nevada. After a fast start around the .08 mile downtown loop, crowd favourite Alex Candelario of Jelly Belly/Pool Gel took the win, coming in seconds ahead of Erik Saunders of McGuire Langdale. Rounding out the podium was Kyle Gritters of Seasilver. The intense race started fast and was strung out from the beginning.

Many attempts were made to get off the front, and Candelario managed to break ahead of the pack. The attacking was vicious and came from all sides - these riders were really out to win. Candelario came off the front about a third of the way into the race and immediately had a twelve-second gap established. Coming on the backside was Sanders following closely behind. The field continued to chase hard and was strung out and splinted the whole race. The lead slowly grew to about twenty seconds and many solo riders made various attacks that resulted in a group of four riders, including Glen Mitchell of Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada, Pete Lopinto of Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Richard England of Advantage Benefits Endeavour and Kyle Gritters of Seasilver. The field attempted to catch the chaser, but to no avail.

It was between Sanders and Candelario. The chasers made up time on the two leaders but never caught up. Despite strong efforts from Mitchell and Lopinto they couldn't overcome Gritter's successful attempt to take third coming in behind both Candelario and Saunders. First place in the Tour de Nez Omnium was awarded to Scott Moninger of HealthNet/Maxxis, with a total of 252 points. Moninger took first in both the Downtown Truckee Criterium and the 108-mile Truckee/Tahoe Road Race. In second place with 214 points was Andy Bajadali of Vitamin Cottage. Karl Menzies of Advantage Benefits Endeavour rounded out the group with 192 points and a third place overall finish. The 13th Annual Tour de Nez drew crowds of thousand to downtown Reno to celebrate cycling and watch some of the nation's top athletes compete.

Results

1 Alexander Candelario (UCICT Jelly Belly/Pool Gel)          1.31.23
2 Erik Sanders (McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling)                       
3 Kyle Gritters (Team Seasilver)                                0.10
4 Pete Lopinto (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Cycling)                
5 Richard England (Advantage Benefits Endeavour)                    
6 Glen Mitchell (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Cycling)               
7 Carl Menzies (Advantage Benefits Endeavour)                   0.36
8 Scott Moninger (Health Net presented by Maxxis)                   
9 Tim Larkin (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Cycling)                  
10 Aaron Olson (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team)              
11 Karl Bordine (RPM/Helen)                                         
12 Jason Bausch (Team Seasilver)                                    
13 Ben JacquesMaynes (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Cycling)          
14 Jackson Stewart (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Cycling)            
15 John Kelly (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                        
16 Steven Cozza (USA U23 National Team)                             
17 Andy Bajadali (VitaminCottage.com)                               
18 Roman Kilun (McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling)                       
19 Cameron Hughes (Subway Pro Cycling)                              
20 Zach Walker (McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling)                       
21 Geoff Rappoport (McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling)                   
22 James Mattis (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                      
23 Chann McRae (TARGETRAINING)                                      
24 Jake Rytlewski (Advantage Benefits Endeavour)                    
25 Lucas Euser (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                       
26 Marc Collard (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                      
27 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (Team Seasilver)                             
28 Chuck Coyle (VitaminCottage.com)                                 
29 Ben Haldeman (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                      
30 Bill Elliston (TARGETRAINING)                                    
31 John Hunt (Village Peddler)                                      
32 Gordon Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis)                   
33 Tyler Farrar (Health Net presented by Maxxis)                    
DSQ Todd Cornelius (Subway Pro Cycling)                             
 
Final Overall Omnium
 
1 Moninger Scott (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis            252 pts
2 Bajadali Andy (USA) Vitamin Cottage.com                        214
3 Menzies Carl (AUS) Advantage Benefits Endeavour                192
4 Candelario Alexander (USA) Jelly Belly/Pool Gel                170
5 Olson Aaron (USA) Colavita Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team        168
6 Cozza Steven (USA) USA U23 National Team                       164
7 Colby Anthony (USA) Target Training                            150
8 Larkin Tim (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Cycling           138
9 Walker Zach (USA) McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling                 132
10 Lopinto Pete (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Cycling        112
11 Bausch Jason (USA) Team Seasilver                              97
12 Tarkington Jon (USA) VitaminCottage.com                        94
13 Mattis James (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                90
14 Collard Marc (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                87
15 Coyle Chuck (USA) VitaminCottage.com                           87
16 JacquesMaynes Ben (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Cycling    85
17 Gritters Kyle (USA) Team Seasilver                             79
18 Saunders Erik () McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling                  70
19 Swindlehurst Burke (USA) Team Seasilver                        64
20 England Richard (AUS) Advantage Benefits Endeavour             63
21 Schmatz Daniel (USA) Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Cycling       62
22 Shirley Neil (USA) Team Seasilver                              61
23 Blickem Ryan (USA) TARGETRAINING                               60
24 Farrar Tyler (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis              60
25 Mitchell Glen (NZL) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Cycling        57
26 Bordine Karl (USA) RPM/Helen                                   49
27 Freyre Eneas (USA) TARGETRAINING                               46
28 Fraser Gordon (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis             42
29 Stewart Jackson (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Cycling      35
30 McCook David (USA) Jelly Belly/Pool Gel                        35
31 Hughes Cameron (AUS) Subway Pro Cycling                        32
32 Puckett Wayne (USA) Unattached                                 32
33 Nunez Michael (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory           26
34 Hamby Russell (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Cycling        26
35 Kilun Roman (USA) McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling                 25
36 Kelly John () Webcor Builders Cycling Team                     23
37 Tollesen Taylor (USA)                                          23
38 Wiscovitch Jeremiah (USA) Team Seasilver                       22
39 Angermann Jeff (USA) Team Spine                                20
40 Rappoport Geoff (USA) McGuire Langdale Pro Cycling             19
41 DeBroux Whitey (USA) Pro Peloton Paketa                        19
42 Rytlewski Jake (USA) Advantage Benefits Endeavour              17
43 McManus Remi (USA) Subway Pro Cycling Team                     12
44 Jones Christopher (USA) KarlStraussSDBC                        10
45 Willinger Matthew (USA) RH Villacom                            10
46 McCrae Chann () TARGETRAINING                                   8
47 Hennings todd (USA) Napa Valley Velo Infineon Raceway           8
48 Hunt John (USA) Village Peddler                                 7
49 Euser Lucas () Webcor Builders Cycling Team                     6
50 Skiles Tom (USA) Team Spine                                     5
51 Hernandez Michael (USA) Team Spine                              5
52 Gil Andres (USA) Delta Velo                                     4
53 Berry Grant (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory              4
54 Oliver Shawn (USA) Morgan Stanley                               3
55 Moreman Mitch (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory            3
56 Haldeman Ben () Webcor Builders Cycling Team                    2
57 Sweet Dustin (USA) Reno Wheelmen                                2
58 Elliston Bill () TARGETRAINING                                  1
59 Bishop Skyler (USA) Olympic Club                                1