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Redlands Classic - 2.2
California, USA, March 31-April 3, 2005
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Stage 1 - April 1: Oak Glen Road Race, 171.7/129km
Jittery Joe's-Kalahari on top while Health Net confronts bad luck and the Sun shines on Quark
By Eddie Monnier
The Jittery Joe's-Kalahari team rode to victory in the tough Glen Oak Road Race stage, while race leaders Health Net overcame some bad luck to narrowly keep Wherry in the race leader's jersey. Your correspondent was lucky enough to grab a ride in the Health Net presented by Maxxis team vehicle alongside team director Jeff Corbett and mechanic Nick Legan. With Health Net's Chris Wherry in the leader's jersey, the vehicle occupied the number one spot in the caravan.
How it unfolded
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In spite of this being just his first NRC race following the post-cyclocross season break, Ben Jacque-Maynes (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) turned in an excellent third-best prologue. When asked if he thought Health Net could be unseated, he told cyclingnews, "It will take a concerted effort by every team that has something to gain...to not be afraid to put itself out there, gamble a bit. If every team does that, instead of succumbing to the dominance, there's a chance for a mix up [in the general classification]."
Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics), sitting fourth on GC, was likewise ready to make things difficult for Health Net, "We're going to race this thing as hard as we can."
Race leader Chris Wherry, rejuvenated after the winter break, wasn't worried, "Our team is obviously so deep. We'll do what we need to take control of the race. I feel like we have five or six of the best climbers in the race. As long as we get to the bottom of [Oak Glen] in good position, which we'll make sure we do, then I think we'll be in good position at the end of the day." Little did Wherry know that Lady Luck wouldn't smile upon the team today.
Health Net chose to tap into its depth and be aggressive in the race. Like a prizefighter that goes to work with jabs to an opponent's eye in the early rounds in order to soften it for opening later in the fight, Health Net drove the race, hitting the hills hard and setting a strong pace in the crosswind sections, putting pressure on its rivals. The field was decimated after the feed zone, just 60km into the race. None of the principle players were caught out yet, but the efforts were undoubtedly softening up some of their opponents' legs.
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Approaching the second KOM just before the midway mark, Curtis Gunn (Seasilver), Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour), and Tyler Wren (Colavita Oil/Sutter Home) established an advantage over the field. This effort was short-lived, but set up a counter attack by six riders that lasted quite a while. On the run were Gustavo Artacho (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home), Ian McGregor (Team TIAA CREF), Jake Rytlewski (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour), Omar Kem, (Subway), Chris Walker (Paul Tracy.com), and Cory Lange (Symmetrics). The break quickly ran to two minutes.
Artacho was the biggest threat at 34 seconds back from Wherry, but Health Net wasn't worried, opting to keep the break on a retractable leash. Misfortune struck when workhorse Mike Sayers and fifth-placed Mike Jones hit the deck. Although banged up, the two soldiered back to the pack and went straight to the front. The team's bad luck continued when John Lieswyn and Gord Fraser, both of whom had been quite sick the last few days, had finally given all they could give to the team.
The break benefited from Health Net's misfortune and extended its lead to almost four minutes with 50km remaining. The strongest team in US domestic racing was under pressure.
Here's where a good director is invaluable. Health Net's Jeff Corbett used to call Redlands home, has competed in the event a few times, and has served as a team director for several editions. He put this knowledge to work to the team's benefit, keeping them informed of what was ahead and where to make the most of their efforts.
Dominique Parra (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) attacked at the third KOM, forming a group of 15 riders that set off in pursuit of the leaders, whose lead Health Net had reduced to less than two minutes. Wherry and Moninger both covered the move, and Jelly Belly had the largest presence in what was now the second group, driving the pace. Missing out on the move were GC threats Wohlberg, Liam Kileen (California Giant-Village Peddlar) and Trent Lowe (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari).
The six leaders sat up to wait for the second group. Jittery Joe's chased furiously, speeding the third group through the second feed zone in its effort to put Lowe into position for the climb. Their effort succeeded. All the contenders were back together shortly after the feed zone.
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Another break formed approaching the last feed zone, just 20km from the finish. This time, only Moninger was able to cover the move. Also present were Danny Pate (JellyBelly Pool Gel), Glen Mitchell (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada), Davide Frattini (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home), Brian Sheedy (Advantage Benefits Endeavour), Ivan Stevic (Aerospace Engineering) and Jake Erker (Symmetrics). None of these riders were further back than 26 seconds.
Ben Jacques-Maynes, third on GC, flatted and found himself without any teammates to help chase back on. His luck paralleled Heath Net's on the day, as shortly after rejoining the group, he again had to get a wheel change and chase back on solo.
With just ten kilometres remaining, the lead group held a 43-second advantage over the suffering peloton. Pate and Moninger attacked with 8km remaining and established a small gap over the others. Driven largely by Kileen for most of the climb, a group containing Wherry, Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly PoolGel), Lowe, Ivan Stevic (Aerospace Engineering), Andrew Bajadali (Vitamincottage.com), Anthony Colby (Texas Roadhouse Cycling) and Wohlberg bridged to the rest of the group with just 3km remaining. Pate and Moninger were also reabsorbed.
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Wherry tested everyone's legs with about 3km to go. Lowe countered and the two left the others behind. At a steep pitch just 2km from the finish, Trent Lowe put in a furious attack that Wherry could not answer and the former junior world champion mountain biker soloed to victory. Wherry said post-stage: "Trent Lowe put in a big attack. He's a snappy climber." and the Health Net frontrunner dug deep, upping his tempo to limit his loses, but he ultimately finished in second place, about 10 seconds adrift.
After his win, the elated Lowe told cyclingnews, "I want to thank the guys, they worked so damn hard...we were down a lot, all into the headwind...they worked their hearts out...it was remarkable." He's still figuring out things on the road; "it's good to have somebody like Tim Johnson and Johnny Sundt always keeping me in the right spot."
It looks like Lowe makes a pretty good pupil.
The day's biggest GC move undoubtedly goes to Cameron Brenneman of local team Kahala-La Grange, who put in a stellar ride to finish fifth on the stage. Also a mountain biker by background, Brenneman was "very surprised" by his top-five placing; "One by one, they kept dropping off. I just kept going around."
Team Health Net will look to stay out of trouble in Saturday's criterium, known as one of the hardest in America. Given the decimation in the field today and the likelihood of many riders missing the time cut, the field may be a bit smaller than usual, which should be to everyone's benefit. In spite of being so sick, both Lieswyn and Fraser managed to finish the race. Thanks to the mercy of the officials, the time cut was extended to 18% of the winner's time. While the team will do its best to recover through tomorrow's wickedly difficult criterium, the peloton may smell blood and look to topple the giant in Sunday's tough road stage.
Women's race report
By Jim Williams, Quark Team Manager
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The women's race was contested today under bright clear sunshine with the famous Santa Ana winds once again blowing. The peloton was hesitant at first to brave these winds, and most riders were seeking the shelter of the peloton when the first sprint of the day took place, with Quark rider Helen Kelly taking the points and an early lead in the sprinter's competition. Countering off the sprint was T-mobile's Ina Teutenberg, who forged herself a lead that fluctuated between one and two minutes for the next 50 km.
Eventually, the wind and the solo effort wore Teutenberg down and the pack was all together for the final sprint of the day, which was once again taken by Quark's Helen Kelly, securing her the Green Jersey. Still up for grabs were the climber's jersey and stage win, and riders were eager to get a jump on the climbers before the final ascent up Oak Glen. A break containing Quark's Tina Pic, Chrissy Ruiter of Ford-Basis, Belem Guerrero of the Mexican National Team and Elizabeth Begosh of Velo Bella escaped and built up a three minute lead before the hill tilted upward.
Along for the ride, protecting their team leader's position, were T-Mobile's Mari Holden and Webcor's Katheryn Curi. Once the climb up Oak Glen began it just became a matter of time before the escapees were caught and the climbers took their rightful place at the front of the peloton on a mountain top finish. Tina Pic, Quarks 'super sprinter' showed she is more than just that by staying with a select group of climbers containing Webcor's Christine Thorburn and Erinne Willock, Kim Baldwin and Kristen Armstrong of T- Mobile. Joining Pic in this group of climbers was her teammate Annette Beutler.
First to attack in the final kilometres was Baldwin, whose efforts dropped Willock after Willock had done the early pace making for her yellow-clad teammate Thorburn. After Baldwin, Thorburn put in a huge pull, and T-mobile's Armstrong countered but was unable to get an advantage. With 500 metres to go Quark's Beutler attacked and left her climbing partners behind to cross the finish line in first, six seconds ahead of Baldwin and 10 ahead of Thorburn. Beutler's victory earned her the red climber's jersey and Thorburn was able to hold on to her overall lead; but the top of the GC tightened up and will make for some very interesting racing in the next two days.
Photography
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- The pace was high and the going tough in the men's race
- Chris Wherry (Health Net) in yellow
- The Health Net boys struggled a bit today
- T-mobile were right up there in the women's race
- Ina Yoko Teutenberg well off the front coming up on the sprint line
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- The racers fight the wind as they circle Matthews Lake.
- TIAA-CREF was strong but didn't feature
- Ian MacGregor finished up the race after a long day working in the break
- Health Net had a tough day but battled on
- The Men's podium
- Chris Wherry takes the red jersey too
- Health Net man Chris Wherry stays in yellow
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- Scott Moninger, Chris Wherry and Mike Jones (all HealthNet pb Maxxis) are happy at the start
- The men's field rides along Lake Matthews with the snow capped peaks of the San Bernadino Mtns in the distance
- The women's race gets rolling under picturesque conditions
- An early flat tire saw Genevieve Jeanson's entire team drop back to make sure she made it back to the bunch
- The first major break of the day nears the top of the Lake Perris climb
- The early break slips off the front of the field
- The early break in the men's race
- The many jersey's on team HealthNet pb Maxxis were lined up on the front to control the pace
- HealthNet pb Maxxis on the front
- 80 degrees (F) and sunny... you gotta love Southern California in the spring
- Gord Fraser leads the HealthNet pb Maxxis train on a descent
- For a while it looked like one of these three would take the stage Danny Pate (Jelly Belly), Scott Moninger (HealthNet) and Ivan Stevic (Aerospace Engineering)
- The Yellow Jersey of Chris Wherry (HealthNet pb Maxxis) took pulls on the front as the race splintered in the wind
- The most dangerous move of the day was powered by locally based team Jelly Belly-PoolGel
- Race leader Chris Wherry (HealthNet pb Maxxis) was alert in covering the key moves of the day. On his wheel is Alex Candelario (Jelly belly)
- HealthNet was on top of their game today putting both Chris Wherry in yellow and Scott Moninger in red
- As the final climb approaches the break tries to stay away from the greatly diminished pack
- Erinne Willock (Webcor) set the tempo early on the climb for race leader and team mate Christine Thorburn
- Kristin Armstrong (T-Mobile) does not look happy as she nears the finish
- Ace sprinter Tina Pic had a great ride to finish sixth on top of Oak Glen
- Genevieve Jeanson (The Bicycle Store) was not on her best form today
- On the lower slopes of the final climb it looked like it would be a showdown between Danny Pate, Scott Moninger and Ivan Stevic
- And then it was down to just Pate and Moninger...
- Former overall Redlands champ Moninger looked ready to strike...
- But then up from behind came the yellow jersey group
- And suddenly it's Wherry in control again...
- Australian mtb rider Trent Lowe (Jittery Joe's) has a chat over his radio
- Then he decides to go! Lowe (Jittery Joe's) attacks Wherry for the stage win atop Oak Glen
- Trent Lowe (Jittery Joe's) hammers up the climb to Oak Glen to win Stage one of the 2005 Redlands Classic
- Chris Wherry (HealthNet pb Maxxis) kept calm and limited his losses to retain the leaders yellow jersey
- Liam Kileen, another mtb crossover rider rounded out the podium in third
- Annette Beutler (Quark) jumps away from Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile) and Christine Thorburn (Webcor) with 300 metres to go for the win
- Christine Thorburn (Webcor) rode within herself to keep the yellow jersey
Results
1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 4.40.14 2 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 0.12 3 Liam Kileen (GBr) California Giant-Village Peddlar 0.18 4 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.34 5 Cameron Brenneman (USA) Kahala LaGrange 0.52 6 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1.04 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 1.13 8 John Hunt (USA) California Giant-Village Peddlar 1.17 9 Anthony Colby (USA) Texas Roadhouse 1.39 10 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Vitamin Cottage 11 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 12 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Subway 1.43 13 Jake Erker (Can) Symmetrics 1.59 14 Karl Menzies (Aus) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 2.30 15 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders 16 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 2.41 17 Josh Dillon (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 2.46 18 Dustin MacBurnie (Can) Canadian national 3.03 19 Luke Stockwell (Aus) Texas Roadhouse 3.09 20 Hugh Moran (USA) Aerospace Enginering 21 Jonathan Baker (USA) Vitamin Cottage 22 Marco Rios (Mex) Kahala LaGrange 23 Andy Guptill (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 3.18 24 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 3.24 25 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 3.38 26 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Aerospace Enginering 3.50 27 Roman Kilun (Uzb) McGuire-Langdale 3.53 28 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 3.59 29 Chad Beyer (USA) Vitamin Cottage 4.10 30 Glen Mitchell (USA) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 4.16 31 Brian Sheedy (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 32 Carlos Vargas (USA) Team Monex 4.20 33 Jean-Sebastiaen Maheu (Can) Canadian national 4.34 34 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage 4.43 35 Edward King (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 36 Jake Rytlewski (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 4.53 37 Lucas Euser (USA) Webcor Builders 5.04 38 Matt Dubberly (USA) McGuire-Langdale 5.09 39 Ben Haldeman (USA) Webcor Builders 40 Chris Brennan (USA) Vitamin Cottage 5.34 41 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Team Seasilver 42 Robbie King (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 5.43 43 Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver 5.51 44 Geoff Rapaport (USA) McGuire-Langdale 45 Brian Jensen (USA) California Giant-Village Peddlar 46 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 5.58 47 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian national 6.26 48 Davide Frattini (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 6.38 49 Richard England (Aus) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 50 Chris Walker (USA) PaulTracy.com 6.44 51 Jason Van Marle (USA) Healthy Choice/Goble Knee 7.01 52 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 7.03 53 Cheechi Giancarlo (USA) Team Monex 7.09 54 Stephen Tilford (USA) California Giant-Village Peddlar 7.13 55 Arquimedes Lam Zamora (Mex) Kahala LaGrange 7.17 56 Andrew Edwards (USA) Vitamin Cottage 7.44 57 Stefano Barberi (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7.51 58 Derek McMaster (Can) Canadian national 8.02 59 Curtis Gunn (USA) Team Seasilver 60 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Seasilver 61 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Builders 62 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 8.54 63 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 64 Gustavo Artacho (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 9.00 65 Chris McDonald (USA) Team Spine 9.28 66 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 10.28 67 Tim Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 68 Chris Jones (USA) Team Spine 10.34 69 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 10.40 70 Josh Horowitz (USA) Kahala LaGrange 10.44 71 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 10.47 72 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 73 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 74 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian national 75 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home 11.02 76 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 11.24 77 Mike Zagorski (GBr) Texas Roadhouse 78 Johnny Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 11.30 79 Nick Waite (USA) USA national 11.55 80 Marc Anderson (USA) Texas Roadhouse 12.12 81 Frank Pipp (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 12.25 82 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 12.58 83 Phil Abbott (Can) Canadian national 84 Cody Peterson (USA) Texas Roadhouse 13.03 85 David Clinger (USA) Webcor Builders 13.17 86 Nathon Miller (USA) Team Monex 87 Ryan Trebon (USA) Aerospace Enginering 13.38 88 Lance Doherty (USA) Team Spine 13.55 89 Dan Schmatz (USA) Team Seasilver 15.30 90 Eric Saunders (USA) McGuire-Langdale 15.35 91 Kyle Gritters (USA) Team Seasilver 92 Louie Amelburu (USA) PaulTracy.com 93 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 94 Alex Candeloria (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 95 Todd Cornelius (USA) Subway 96 Marc Colland (USA) Webcor Builders 97 Omer Kem (USA) Subway 98 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 99 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Canadian national 100 Jeff Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 15.59 101 Thad Dulin (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 102 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 103 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 16.11 104 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 16.20 105 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics 106 Mike Wilk (USA) Vitamin Cottage 16.25 107 Sam Jurekovic (USA) USA national 16.38 108 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 17.34 109 Nick Reistad (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 18.25 110 Daniel Holt (USA) Healthy Choice/Goble Knee 18.48 111 Chris Greene (USA) California Giant-Village Peddlar 19.04 112 Marsh Cooper (Can) Symmetrics 19.15 113 Godfrey Hayden (NZl) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 19.55 114 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 115 Kyle Barbary (USA) Team Spine 20.37 116 Michael Anderson (USA) PaulTracy.com 22.07 117 Sid Taberly (Aus) California Giant-Village Peddlar 22.27 118 David Richter (USA) Subway 22.36 119 Dave Harward (USA) Healthy Choice/Goble Knee 22.42 120 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 22.57 121 Victor Ayala (Mex) Kahala LaGrange 23.40 122 Jesse Gordon (USA) Healthy Choice/Goble Knee 123 Glenn Fant (USA) Team Monex 24.36 124 Chris Foster (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 24.52 125 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 25.18 126 Eugene Boronow (USA) Team Six 26.31 127 Jermy Powers (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 128 Zach Walker (USA) McGuire-Langdale 28.18 129 Bernard van Ulden (USA) Webcor Builders 31.57 130 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 35.24 131 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 132 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 133 Mathew Moon (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 134 Michael Hernandez (USA) Team Spine 39.01 135 Chris Frederick (USA) Aerospace Enginering 43.12 136 Alex Welch (USA) USA national 44.28 137 Alan Obye (USA) USA national 138 Dave McCook (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 45.47 139 Mark Yap (USA) Healthy Choice/Goble Knee 48.16 General Classification after Stage 1 1 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 4.49.09 2 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 0.04 3 Liam Kileen (GBr) California Giant-Village Peddlar 0.28 4 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.57 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 1.19 6 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1.20 7 Cameron Brenneman (USA) Kahala LaGrange 1.42 8 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 1.44 9 John Hunt (USA) California Giant-Village Peddlar 1.52 10 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Vitamin Cottage 1.56 11 Anthony Colby (USA) Texas Roadhouse 2.12 12 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Subway 2.14 13 Jake Erker (Can) Symmetrics 2.18 14 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders 2.59 15 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 3.01 16 Karl Menzies (Aus) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 3.07 17 Jonathan Baker (USA) Vitamin Cottage 3.26 18 Josh Dillon (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 3.33 19 Hugh Moran (USA) Aerospace Enginering 3.36 20 Dustin MacBurnie (Can) Canadian national 3.41 21 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 3.44 22 Luke Stockwell (Aus) Texas Roadhouse 4.01 23 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Aerospace Enginering 4.05 24 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 4.10 25 Marco Rios (Mex) Kahala LaGrange 4.11 26 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 4.13 27 Andy Guptill (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 4.20 28 Brian Sheedy (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 4.24 29 Glen Mitchell (USA) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 4.33 30 Roman Kilun (Uzb) McGuire-Langdale 4.47 31 Edward King (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 5.16 32 Chad Beyer (USA) Vitamin Cottage 5.18 33 Carlos Vargas (USA) Team Monex 5.21 34 Jean-Sebastiaen Maheu (Can) Canadian national 5.26 35 Jake Rytlewski (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 5.42 36 Lucas Euser (USA) Webcor Builders 5.44 37 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage 5.46 38 Ben Haldeman (USA) Webcor Builders 5.51 39 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Team Seasilver 6.08 40 Matt Dubberly (USA) McGuire-Langdale 6.18 41 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 6.21 42 Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver 6.27 43 Brian Jensen (USA) California Giant-Village Peddlar 6.32 44 Chris Brennan (USA) Vitamin Cottage 45 Robbie King (USA) Louis Garneau/Sakonnet/Mercy Fitness 6.34 46 Geoff Rapaport (USA) McGuire-Langdale 6.53 47 Davide Frattini (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 7.00 48 Richard England (Aus) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 7.06 49 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian national 7.12 50 Cheechi Giancarlo (USA) Team Monex 7.17 51 Chris Walker (USA) PaulTracy.com 7.33 52 Jason Van Marle (USA) Healthy Choice/Goble Knee 7.35 53 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 7.41 54 Stephen Tilford (USA) California Giant-Village Peddlar 7.47 55 Stefano Barberi (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 8.11 56 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Seasilver 8.18 57 Andrew Edwards (USA) Vitamin Cottage 8.33 58 Arquimedes Lam Zamora (Mex) Kahala LaGrange 59 Derek McMaster (Can) Canadian national 8.38 60 Curtis Gunn (USA) Team Seasilver 61 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Builders 9.07 62 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodak gallery/Sierra Nevada 9.10 63 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 9.18 64 Gustavo Artacho (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 9.26 65 Chris McDonald (USA) Team Spine 10.28 66 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 10.51 67 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 10.55 68 Tim Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 11.03 69 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 70 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 11.15 71 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 11.17 72 Chris Jones (USA) Team Spine 11.30 73 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home 11.31 74 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian national 11.34 75 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 11.47 76 Josh Horowitz (USA) Kahala LaGrange 77 Johnny Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 11.58 78 Mike Zagorski (GBr) Texas Roadhouse 12.32 79 Frank Pipp (USA) Advantage Benefits/Endeavour 12.58 80 Nick Waite (USA) USA national 13.02 81 Marc Anderson (USA) Texas Roadhouse 13.29 82 Cody Peterson (USA) Texas Roadhouse 13.34 83 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 13.37 84 Ryan Trebon (USA) Aerospace Enginering 13.51 85 Phil Abbott (Can) Canadian national 86 David Clinger (USA) Webcor Builders 13.52 87 Nathon Miller (USA) Team Monex 14.47 88 Lance Doherty (USA) Team Spine 14.57 89 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 16.08 90 Alex Candeloria (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 16.09 91 Kyle Gritters (USA) Team Seasilver 16.16 92 Thad Dulin (USA) Jittery Joe's/Kalahari 16.25 93 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Canadian national 16.28 94 Marc Colland (USA) Webcor Builders 16.31 95 Eric Saunders (USA) McGuire-Langdale 16.35 96 Todd Cornelius (USA) Subway 16.38 97 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 98 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 16.51
Women 1 Annette Beutler (Swi) Quark 4.15.09 2 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 0.10 3 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders 0.11 4 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders 0.31 5 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 0.59 6 Tina Pic (USA) Quark 1.15 7 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 1.39 8 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Ford - Basis 1.54 9 Christine Peick (Den) Monex 10 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 2.01 11 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 12 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) The Bicycle Store 2.29 13 Amy Moore (Can) Victory Brewing 2.42 14 Penny Avril (GBr) Touchstone Climbing 2.56 15 Mari Holder (USA) T-Mobile 3.00 16 Kelli Emmett (USA) Ford 3.08 17 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Colavita/Cooking Light 3.12 18 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Monex 3.21 19 Dara Marks-Marino (USA) Ford 4.21 20 Kori Seehafer (USA) T-Mobile 4.30 21 Kristin J. Danielson (USA) Ford - Basis 4.36 22 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) The Bicycle Store 5.20 23 Leigh Hobson (Can) Diet Cheerwine 5.34 24 Sara Bresnick-Zocchi (USA) Ford 5.55 25 Rebecca Larson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 6.03 26 Kristen LaSasso (USA) CRCA/Team Lipton 6.11 27 Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mex) Mexican national 6.37 28 Grace Fleury (USA) Quark 6.44 29 Suzanne Weldon (USA) Subway 6.51 30 Gabriela Gonzalez-Ferrat (Mex) Velo Bella 7.32 31 Felicia Greer (Can) Webcor Builders 7.59 32 Sima Trapp (USA) Subway 8.15 33 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 8.41 34 Karen Dodge (USA) Exte Ondo 9.13 35 Magen Long (USA) The Bicycle Store 9.20 36 Pamela Hinton (USA) Velo Girls 37 Darcie Murphy (USA) Velo Girls 38 Stefanie Graeter (USA) Webcor Builders 10.01 39 Anna Milkowski (USA) CRCA/Team Lipton 10.07 40 Beverly Harper (GBr) Touchstone Climbing 10.21 41 Kele J. Hulser (USA) Ford - Basis 42 Katerina Hanusova (Cze) Vitamin Cottage 10.24 43 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Subway 10.40 44 Catherine Power (USA) TDS 10.47 45 Jennifer Chapman (USA) Velo Bella 10.56 46 Maureen Devlin (USA) Touchstone Climbing 11.17 47 Summer Calder (USA) Exte Ondo 11.20 48 Michelle Beltran (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 11.44 49 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Quark 12.14 50 Brenda Lyons (USA) Velo Bella 51 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Ford 52 Melodie Metzger (USA) Velo Bella 53 Laura Yoisten (Can) Diet Cheerwine 54 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Quark 55 Helen Kelly (Aus) Quark 56 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing 57 Megan Esmonde (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 12.25 58 Marisa Asplund (USA) Ford - Basis 12.44 59 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Subway 60 Betsy Galenti (USA) Paramount Racing 13.12 61 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing 62 Shawn Heidlen (USA) TDS 63 Renee Eastman (USA) Vitamin Cottage 13.41 64 Crystal Yap (USA) Subway 13.51 65 Juliane Mortello (USA) Monex 13.54 66 Jill McLaughlin (USA) Exte Ondo 14.13 67 Julia Whiteside (USA) Paramount Racing 14.29 68 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing 14.45 69 Zoe Owers (USA) CRCA/Team Lipton 15.14 70 Carla Figueroa (USA) Paramount Racing 71 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (USA) T-Mobile 16.37 72 Maribel Diaza Esquivel (Mex) Mexican national 73 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing 74 Nicole Demars (USA) Victory Brewing 75 Sherri Stedje (USA) The Bicycle Store 76 Nicole L. Freedman (USA) Ford - Basis 17.40 77 Alisha Lion (USA) Ford - Basis 78 Sarah Bamberger (USA) Touchstone Climbing 79 Tara Ross (Can) Diet Cheerwine 18.46 80 Lauren Trull (USA) Diet Cheerwine 21.05 81 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Velo Bella 21.56 82 Liza Rachetto (USA) Subway 22.19 83 Melinda Johnson (USA) Paramount Racing 23.53 84 Catherine Walberg (USA) Velo Girls 24.52 85 Allyson Brandt (USA) Monex 25.11 86 Sharon Allpress (USA) Vitamin Cottage 26.58 87 Kelly Benjemin (USA) The Bicycle Store 28.00 88 Shannon Koch (USA) The Bicycle Store 32.07 89 Elizabeth Fisk (USA) Vitamin Cottage 32.31 90 Lana Atchley (USA) Paramount Racing 33.20 91 Rhonda Stickle (Can) Diet Cheerwine 33.38 92 Megan Elliott (USA) Ford 34.55 93 Catherine Malone (USA) Webcor Builders 35.07
General Classification after Stage 1
1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders 4.25.15 2 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 0.06 3 Annette Beutler (Swi) Quark 0.09 4 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders 0.45 5 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 0.56 6 Tina Pic (USA) Quark 1.40 7 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 2.23 8 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Ford - Basis 2.25 9 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) The Bicycle Store 2.29 10 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 2.37 11 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 2.48 12 Christine Peick (Den) Monex 3.13 13 Amy Moore (Can) Victory Brewing 3.18 14 Mari Holder (USA) T-Mobile 3.37 15 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Monex 3.40 16 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Colavita/Cooking Light 3.50 17 Kelli Emmett (USA) Ford 3.51 18 Penny Avril (GBr) Touchstone Climbing 4.01 19 Dara Marks-Marino (USA) Ford 5.02 20 Kori Seehafer (USA) T-Mobile 5.21 21 Kristin J. Danielson (USA) Ford - Basis 5.40 22 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) The Bicycle Store 6.07 23 Leigh Hobson (Can) Diet Cheerwine 6.33 24 Grace Fleury (USA) Quark 7.19 25 Sara Bresnick-Zocchi (USA) Ford 7.22 26 Rebecca Larson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 7.25 27 Kristen LaSasso (USA) CRCA/Team Lipton 7.34 28 Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mex) Mexican national 7.37 29 Suzanne Weldon (USA) Subway 7.50 30 Felicia Greer (Can) Webcor Builders 8.28 31 Gabriela Gonzalez-Ferrat (Mex) Velo Bella 8.36 32 Sima Trapp (USA) Subway 9.16 33 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 10.06 34 Darcie Murphy (USA) Velo Girls 10.19 35 Karen Dodge (USA) Exte Ondo 10.32 36 Magen Long (USA) The Bicycle Store 10.39 37 Pamela Hinton (USA) Velo Girls 10.48 38 Stefanie Graeter (USA) Webcor Builders 10.53 39 Kele J. Hulser (USA) Ford - Basis 11.09 40 Katerina Hanusova (Cze) Vitamin Cottage 11.16 41 Beverly Harper (GBr) Touchstone Climbing 11.24 42 Anna Milkowski (USA) CRCA/Team Lipton 11.37 43 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Subway 11.53 44 Jennifer Chapman (USA) Velo Bella 12.14 45 Catherine Power (USA) TDS 12.18 46 Maureen Devlin (USA) Touchstone Climbing 12.23 47 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Quark 12.58 48 Summer Calder (USA) Exte Ondo 13.11 49 Helen Kelly (Aus) Quark 13.16 50 Michelle Beltran (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 13.18 51 Megan Esmonde (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light 13.20 52 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Quark 13.37 53 Laura Yoisten (Can) Diet Cheerwine 13.38 54 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing 13.42 55 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Ford 13.50 56 Melodie Metzger (USA) Velo Bella 13.53 57 Brenda Lyons (USA) Velo Bella 14.01 58 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Subway 14.06 59 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing 14.26 60 Marisa Asplund (USA) Ford - Basis 14.43 61 Betsy Galenti (USA) Paramount Racing 14.53 62 Jill McLaughlin (USA) Exte Ondo 15.03 63 Shawn Heidlen (USA) TDS 15.10 64 Renee Eastman (USA) Vitamin Cottage 15.20 65 Juliane Mortello (USA) Monex 15.30 66 Julia Whiteside (USA) Paramount Racing 15.33 67 Crystal Yap (USA) Subway 15.49 68 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing 15.58 69 Zoe Owers (USA) CRCA/Team Lipton 16.39 70 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (USA) T-Mobile 17.02 71 Carla Figueroa (USA) Paramount Racing 17.06 72 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing 17.18 73 Nicole Demars (USA) Victory Brewing 17.35 74 Alisha Lion (USA) Ford - Basis 18.42 75 Sherri Stedje (USA) The Bicycle Store 18.54 76 Maribel Diaza Esquivel (Mex) Mexican national 77 Sarah Bamberger (USA) Touchstone Climbing 19.22 78 Nicole L. Freedman (USA) Ford - Basis 79 Tara Ross (Can) Diet Cheerwine 20.36 80 Lauren Trull (USA) Diet Cheerwine 23.06 81 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Velo Bella 23.27 82 Liza Rachetto (USA) Subway 23.42 83 Melinda Johnson (USA) Paramount Racing 25.42 84 Allyson Brandt (USA) Monex 26.41 85 Catherine Walberg (USA) Velo Girls 27.02 86 Sharon Allpress (USA) Vitamin Cottage 28.57 87 Kelly Benjemin (USA) The Bicycle Store 30.00 88 Shannon Koch (USA) The Bicycle Store 33.44 89 Elizabeth Fisk (USA) Vitamin Cottage 34.28 90 Rhonda Stickle (Can) Diet Cheerwine 35.12 91 Lana Atchley (USA) Paramount Racing 35.18 92 Catherine Malone (USA) Webcor Builders 36.03 93 Megan Elliott (USA) Ford 36.43
