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Excel Sports Boulder Stage Race - NE
USA, May 13-15, 2005
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Stage 4 - May 15: North Boulder Park Criterium, 40/60mins
Loponto & Powers take final stage
By Rob Karman
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The Frasca Food and Wine North Boulder Park Criterium brought big time racing back to an historic North American venue in front of a large enthusiastic crowd of both cyclists and non-cyclists.
In the Pro-1-2 Women's race it T-Mobile who started the aggression early by setting up for the first time bonus sprint and shattering the field of tired and heavy legs. A major split saw Mari Holden (T-Mobile) up the road with overall race leader Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com) chasing solo to protect her GC lead. With only 33 seconds separating them at the start of this final stage, it looked like T-Mobile might be able to upset the home team's lead, but Trombley dug deep and got back into contact. She then proceeded to mark Holden for the rest of the race and seal up the overall win despite Holden repeated attempts to get away. Meanwhile up the road it was Catherine Powers (TDS-Schwalbe) and Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) gaining a 1 minute advantage around the 0.68 mile loop before sprinting for the stage win in front of an enthusiastic crowd. The win went to Powers with T-Mobile's Lara Kroepsch taking the field sprint for 3rd.
The men's race proved to be just as exciting as many local riders sought glory on the hallowed ground on Boulder bike racing. Most aggressive of the day were Dan Schmatz (SeaSilver) who wanted redemption after flatting out of the break he helped initiate the day before and his team mate Peter Loponto. One of these two seemed to be in every attack until one finally stuck containing Schmatz, Christian McCarthy (Vitamin Cottage), Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF), and Kelly Ruddick (Pro Peloton). The pack seemed content to let them go as the Vitamin cottage team of race leader Andy Bajadali set tempo on the front with a team mate up the road. With less than 10 laps remaining though the speed picked up and with the pack closing in McGreggor launched himself out of the break with 6 to go in a bid for solo glory. It was not to be though as the rst of the break was absorbed with two to go and McGreggor was brought back into the fold on the bell lap. In the end it was Schmatz leading out Loponto for the SeaSilver 1-2 punch with Andy Bajadali rolling in safely with the pack to claim the final overall victory.
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- Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) worked hard for his team
- Ian McGreggor puts his head down with 4 to go as TylerHamilton cheers him on from the announcers stand
- With 3 to go it was Chris Baldwin on the front with race leader Andy Bajadali on his wheel
- As soon as he could tell the win was in the bag, Dan Schmatz started celebrating his friend Peter Loponto's victory
- Loponto and Schmatz go 1-2
- The women's final GC podium. L-R Mari Holden (T-Mobile), Ann Trombley (Excelsports.com), and Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher)
- Andy Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) and Chris Baldwin (Navigators) atop the final men's GC podium
- Jilayne Lovejoy and Maatje Benassi (ExcelSports.com) rode in support of 2 time race winner Ann Trombley
- Former TT World Champ Mari Holden (T-Mobile) goes on the attack when she saw race leader Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com) in difficulty
- Catherine Powers (TDS Schwalbe) and Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) escaped the peloton and stayed away to the end
- Mari Holden (T-Mobile) and her shadow, Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com)
- Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com) won the race for the second year in a row
- All three Excel women rode well together to represent the race sponsor
- Catherine Powers (TDS-Schwalbe) leads Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile)
- National powerhouse T-Mobile and the local ExcelSports.com teams went head to head this weekend
- Andy Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) looks happy and relaxed in the leaders jersey at the start
- Andy Bajadali and Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) play to the crowd as the announcers talk them up at the start
- There was a good crowd out to watch the races
- Peter Loponto tries a solo break early on and easily breaks the speed limit along the back side of the course
- One of the course features is an s-turn chicane
- Tyler Hamilton was on hand in his new hometown and agreed to a short interview during the pro men's race
- Tyler Hamilton addresses the crowd
- The Vitamin Cottage train controlled the race for overall winner Andy Bajadali
Results
Men Pro/1/2 1 Peter Loponto (Seasilver) 1.02.11 2 Dan Schmatz (Seasilver) 3 Chad Hartley (TIAA - CREF) 4 Eddy Gragus 5 Colby Pearce (TIAA-CREF) 6 Paul Esposti (Haul'n Ass) 7 Christian McCarthy 8 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 9 Andrew Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) 10 Chris Baldwin (Navigators) 11 Jonathan Garcia 12 Sheldon Deeny 13 Seth Hansley 14 Mike Janelle 15 Michael Larsen 16 Jon Tarkington 17 Jon Stierwalt 18 Don Powell 19 Chuck Coyle 20 Stuart Gillespie 21 Kevin Nicol 22 Ian Macgregor 23 Mitch Westall 24 Kelly Ruddick 25 Chad Moore 26 Grayson Pointer 27 Dirk Friel 28 Jeffrey Dickinson 29 Michael Lange 30 Mike Wilk 31 Frank Overton 32 Bill Masterson 33 Chris Brennan 34 Dan Porter 35 Mitch Moreman 36 Patrick Brown 37 Jeff Smith 38 Joseph Pinkerton 39 Tom Zirbel 40 Todd Hageman 41 Mark Schwab 42 Micaelh Thompson 43 Ryan Fleming 44 Jeff Wardell 45 Jeff Hartman 46 Michael Schilling 47 Zachary Davies 48 John Seehafer 49 Joe Cooper 50 Jesse Gordon 51 David Robinson 52 Scott Nydam 53 Peter Horn 54 Barkley Robinson 55 Josh Barnett 56 Nick Ranno 57 Joby Siciliano 0.23 58 Jay Henry 0.29 59 Chad Taylor 0.34 60 Jonathan Massie 0.56 61 Eric Pardyjak 2.00 62 Brent Dickinson 63 Jon Baddley 64 Michael Schmidt 2.04 65 Joseph Saperstein 2.23 66 Randy Reichardt 3.39 67 Eric Schwartz 68 Christian Johnson 5.39 69 Daimeon Shawks 70 Lew Perna 71 Brian Hutchsion 72 Michael Sutter 73 Joseph Rudman 6.54 74 Matthew Hall 7.46 Wom 1/2/3 1 Catherine Powers (TDS-Schwalbe) 42.36 2 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 3 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 1.00 4 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 5 Ann Trombley (Excel Sports) 6 Beth Fisk (Visenka) 7 Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) 8 Jennifer Yaeso 9 Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher) 10 Jacqueline Wood 11 Jilayne Lovejoy 12 Kim Anderson 13 Irene Mercer 14 Shannon Tupa 15 Anne Lannan 16 Gretchen Reeves 17 Maegan Daigler 18 Lauren Heilig 19 Marisa Asplund 20 Julie Emmerman 21 Kristen Downs 22 Ellen Hall 23 Mary Schuette 24 Patricia Palmer 25 Stephanie Swan 26 Nikki Raspa 27 Kristine Church 28 Robin Fitzpatrick 3.00 29 Syrae Weikle 4.00 30 Shannon Edson 5.00 31 Heather Szabo 32 Lindsay Gosslee 33 Becca Blay 34 Noel Weddle 35 Patsy Shaffer 36 Kristi Lewis 37 Cristina Begy 6.00 38 Danielle Haulman 7.00 39 Trish Heisdorffer Final general classifications Men Pro/1/2 1 Andrew Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) 5.08.51 2 Chris Baldwin (Navigators) 0.16 3 Ian Macgregor (TIAA-CREF) 0.52 4 Chris Brennan (Team Reo Grande) 1.52 5 Michael Lange (TIAA-CREF) 2.03 6 Paul Esposti (Haul'n Ass) 2.25 7 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 3.53 8 Frank Overton (GS Ciao) 4.26 9 Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's) 5.06 10 Patrick Brown 5.17 11 Mitch Moreman 5.49 12 Mike Wilk 6.32 13 Scott Nydam 6.39 14 Nick Ranno 7.27 15 Jeff Wardell 7.51 16 Mitch Westall 7.58 17 Peter Loponto 8.31 18 Chuck Coyle 10.49 19 Joe Cooper 11.01 20 Michael Larsen 12.03 21 Jonathan Massie 12.19 22 Sheldon Deeny 12.45 23 Jeffrey Dickinson 12.49 24 Jon Tarkington 13.28 25 Jesse Gordon 14.08 26 Jeff Smith 17.30 27 Don Powell 19.11 28 Joseph Pinkerton 20.34 29 Dan Porter 21.13 30 Colby Pearee 22.11 31 Kevin Nicol 23.18 32 Stuart Gillespie 24.18 33 Eddy Gragus 24.25 34 Peter Horn 24.58 35 Grayson Pointer 25.09 36 Mark Schwab 25.40 37 Zachary Davies 25.51 38 Dirk Friel 27.17 39 John Seehafer 27.25 40 Eric Schwartz 27.36 41 Joseph Saperstein 27.37 42 Todd Hageman 28.02 43 Tom Zirbel 28.38 44 Jon Stierwalt 29.47 45 Michael Schilling 30.26 46 Barkley Robinson 30.38 47 Eric Pardyjak 31.30 48 Bill Masterson 32.28 49 David Robinson 50 Chad Hartley 32.37 51 Jeff Hartman 32.55 52 Brent Dickinson 34.15 53 Seth Hansley 34.29 54 Ryan Fleming 34.33 55 Jonathan Garcia 34.47 56 Christian Johnson 36.09 57 Joby Siciliano 39.13 58 Kelly Ruddick 39.40 59 Chad Taylor 43.04 60 Josh Barnett 44.28 61 Chad Moore 45.02 62 Micaelh Thompson 47.09 63 Lew Perna 48.53 64 Michael Schmidt 49.23 65 Christian McCarthy 51.20 66 Jay Henry 54.32 67 Jon Baddley 57.35 68 Matthew Hall 1.01.28 69 Dan Schmatz 1.03.58 70 Joseph Rudman 1.04.41 71 Brian Hutchsion 1.04.53 72 Daimeon Shawks 1.06.56 73 Randy Reichardt 1.07.37 Women 1/2/3 1 Ann Trombley (Excel Sports) 3.55.09 2 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 0.28 3 Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher) 1.01 4 Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) 2.13 5 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 3.15 6 Irene Mercer (Tamarack) 3.29 7 Gretchen Reeves (Rocky Mountain) 3.57 8 Marisa Asplund (Ford - Basis Cycling) 5.33 9 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 6.01 10 Kristen Downs (Tokyo Joe's) 7.25 11 Catherine Powers 8.11 12 Julie Emmerman 8.34 13 Shannon Tupa 9.54 14 Stephanie Swan 10.07 15 Jacqueline Wood 10.18 16 Mary Schuette 10.52 17 Maatje Benassi 12.01 18 Anne Lannan 14.27 19 Jennifer Yaeso 15.09 20 Becca Blay 17.35 21 Lauren Heilig 18.14 22 Ellen Hall 20.13 23 Jilayne Lovejoy 20.14 24 Maegan Daigler 20.29 25 Noel Weddle 20.52 26 Beth Fisk 22.47 27 Kristi Lewis 23.26 28 Syrae Weikle 23.45 29 Patricia Palmer 24.38 30 Heather Szabo 28.20 31 Trish Heisdorffer 31.52 32 Lindsay Gosslee 34.53 33 Patsy Shaffer 36.05 34 Robin Fitzpatrick 37.59 35 Cristina Begy 38.43 36 Kristine Church 39.27 37 Shannon Edson 39.44 38 Danielle Haulman 40.30 39 Nikki Raspa 1.04.50
