Cascade Classic - NE

Bend Oregon, USA, July 12-16, 2006

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Stage 1 - July 12: Ironhorse-A Brooks Resources Development Prineville RR, 92 miles

Wherry's back on top

By Kirsten Robbins in Bend, Oregon

A cumulative effort between Navigators, Toyota-United and Health Net shattered the field during stage one of Cascade Classic. And the game between the three powerful teams began at the base of the one-mile climb up Pilot Butte to the finish.

"Chris rode a very smart last mile climb to the finish," said Toyota-United directeur sportif Harm Jansen. "Baldwin countered one of several attacks at the base of the climb while Chris just maintained his steady pace. Chris is looking very very strong right now and it is great to see him power away like that."

Wherry maintained his steady pace up the climb to take the win by 15 seconds over Sergey Lagutin (Navigators) and 19 seconds over Jeff Louder (Health Net).

The 92-mile trek began with several attacks keeping the pace high and the field in single file until the first hot spot sprint line. "There was a lot of activity in the first part of the race and just after the hot spot prime things settled down - that's when Gordon McCauley attacked and the field let him go," said Navigators directeur sportif Ed Beamon.

Successful Living's New Zealand national champion Gordon McCauley gained a maximum of six minutes on the field coming into the first climb of the day, fifty-five miles into the stage. "There was a climb half way into the race and the one rider had a large gap on the field," said Beamon.

"We wanted to wait for that climb and set a hard tempo to split the field. Before the climb Toyota-United made a few attacks then we got thing organized and rode the rest of the climb at a fast pace. Us, Health Net and Toyota-United had the bulk of our teams in the front group."

The wind played a major factor in the tactics of the last half of the stage. All three teams: Navigators, Health Net and Toyota-United independently organized their teams at the front of the remaining field. "The weather forecast said the wind would pick up in the afternoon," said Jansen. "There was a long head wind section after the climb where the teams were riding tempo at the front."

"Eighteen miles to go there was a left hand turn and the cross winds would be very strong. I told they guys to try to split up the group on this four-mile stretch. It was our objective to make it pretty hard. We have a very strong team and we wanted to take the edge off some of the other riders before the last climb," said Jansen.

Once the peloton made the left hand turn into the cross winds all three teams worked to further dismantle the field. There were only nineteen riders in the front group approaching the climb up Pilot Butte to the finish. "Our plan was to set up Grajalez but when we turned into the climb Toyota-United was setting a pace into the access road," said Beamon.

"Grajalez attacked when the climb at the very bottom, which might have been too early. He had a twenty-meter gap and the group fell to pieces. Wherry and Baldwin went after him and Wherry was able to keep going. It was basically a drag race up that climb and Wherry won."

"The next two days are hard stages with hard climbing. It is a fairly hard mountain top finish," said Beamon. "We have a few guys who are climbing well, Wherry and Baldwin are riding well and Health Net is also in good position. So, we will take a shot at closing the gap to the leaders jersey tomorrow."

"We didn't get a win today but we had guys place really well and who are in contention for the over all," said Health Net Directeur Sportif Jeff Corbet. "Tomorrow is a new stage here at Cascade Classic and so it is hard to make predictions. I think the general classification will be decided on Friday's stage and the time trial. I also think this will be a real team battle because we all have good guys here. For now the ball is in Toyota-United's court."

Results

1 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United                          3.32.20
2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                    0.15
3 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                       0.19
4 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United                            0.21
5 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                    0.26
6 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net pb Maxxis
7 T. Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance             0.33
8 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                    0.40
9 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                0.44
10 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United
11 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United                               0.51
12 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's
13 David Oloughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                  1.37
14 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United                             1.45
15 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                      1.49
16 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance                    2.03
17 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                           2.12
18 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health
19 James Mattis (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler               2.18
20 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                 2.22
21 Juan Jose Haedo (USA) Toyota-United
22 Micheal Grabinger (USA) Team Fresh Start
23 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis                    2.32
24 David Rodriguez (USA) BMC Racing Team                       2.36
25 Jesse Moore (USA) Davis Bike Club
26 Kenneth Johnson (USA) Rockville Harley-Davids
27 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval
28 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home
29 Jonathan Baker (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling                2.52
30 Calvin Allan (USA) BODE Cycling
31 Owen Laine (USA) BMC Racing Team                            2.55
32 Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               3.00
33 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                   3.18
34 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's
35 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis
36 Stefano Barberi (USA) Toyota-United                         3.27
37 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Successfulliving                        3.31
38 Corey Collier (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory             3.38
39 Mitch Moreman (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory             3.45
40 Jason Donald (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling                  3.50
41 Christopher Jones (USA) Champion System
42 Ian Mckissick (USA) Recycled Cycles                         3.57
43 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                         4.04
44 Josh Bezecny (USA) Targetraining
45 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                4.10
46 Justin Mayfield (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp               4.18
47 Jeff Hartman (USA) Big Shark Racing                         4.21
48 Kevin Rowe (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler
49 Michael Carter (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling                4.26
50 Brent Miller (Aus) WTB/FoxShox/SantaCruz
51 Stephen Dey (USA) Davis Bike Club
52 Clayton Barrows (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               4.41
53 John Eisinger (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory
54 Patrick Caro (USA) Team Helens
55 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) FRS
56 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
57 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
58 Jason Klikna (USA) BMC Racing Team                          4.56
59 Michael Telega (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler             4.59
60 Jarred Berger (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling                 5.03
61 Bryson Perry (USA) Successfulliving                         5.07
62 Chris Lieto (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler                5.38
63 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                  5.49
64 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's                             6.08
65 Ryan Yee (USA) Sucessfullliving                             6.30
66 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos                  6.38
67 Collin Becker (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory             6.43
68 Brian Buchholz (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo                       6.53
69 Bernard Vanulden (USA) Navigators Insurance
70 Will Sladek (USA) NA                                        7.12
71 Dan Sweet (USA) Davis Bike Club
72 Kyle Barbary (USA) BMC Racing Team                          7.21
73 Nicholas Clayville (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm
74 Mike Zagorski (USA) Quick Release
75 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team
76 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Park City Cycling Acade                 7.30
77 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.com/Sierra
78 Jesse Gordon (USA) Park City Cycling Acade
79 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United                          7.46
80 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health
81 Ben Rhodes (USA) Second Ascent
82 Rolando Gonzalez (CRc) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory          7.59
83 Jonny Sundt (USA) Priority Health
84 Tyler Dibble (USA) Davis Bike Club
85 Shane Peltonen (USA) Eclipse Racing
86 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo                       8.09
87 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
88 Andrew Mcdermid (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm
89 Derik Archibald (USA) Hyde Park Cycle                       8.29
90 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's                            8.36
91 Morgan Schmidt (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm               10.22
92 Ben Kneller (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory              10.58
93 Soloman Woras (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                11.25
94 Steven Ricchiazzi (USA) Team Tailwinds                     12.04
95 Chris Swan (USA) Penninsula Velo                           12.13
96 Patrick Ramirez (USA) Park City Cycling Acade              12.24
97 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                     12.32
98 Michael Schmidt (USA) Park City Cycling Acade              12.40
99 Chuck Coya (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling                   12.46
100 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
101 Kris Lunning (USA) fitzgeralds bicycles
102 Phil Cortes (Can) Garneau Optik
103 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS          13.07
104 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS           13.16
105 Patrick Briggs (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler
106 Kyle Colavito (USA) Eclipse Racing
107 Richard Speer (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos
108 Alex Rock (USA) Contender Bicycles
109 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's                            13.26
110 John Knotts (USA) Easton-Specialized
111 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's
112 Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's
113 Trevor Mays (USA) First Rate Mortgage                     13.32
114 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC Racing Team                          13.49
115 Lang Reynolds (USA) Recycled Cycles                       13.54
116 Jason Karew (USA) Eclipse Racing                          14.08
117 Jarod Gilyard (USA) Eclipse Racing                        14.09
118 Ian Ayers (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home            14.23
119 Tad Hamilton (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp                14.27
120 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Successfulliving                    14.35
121 Sam Starr (USA) NA                                        14.36
122 Daniel Neyers (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm               15.01
123 Erik Long (USA) Eclipse Racing                            15.04
124 Matt Weyen (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp                  15.26
125 Glen Mitchell (NZl) priority health
126 Seth Wilkie (USA) New Mexico Velo Sport                   15.28
127 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                15.32
128 Sam Johnson (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                 17.07
129 Dj Fernandes (USA) Construction Zone Racing               20.22
130 Derek Timmermann (USA) Park City Cycling Acade            21.00
131 Salvador Borrego-Crum (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler    21.35
132 George Annillo (USA) Team Bicycles Inc.                   22.13
133 Brian Kendall (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               25.07
134 Logan Hunn (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos                     29.06
135 Robert Campbell (USA) Hyde Park Cycle                     34.10
136 Joe Cooper (USA) Twin Peaks Cycling Team                  34.25
137 Travis Hagner (USA) Pacesetter Steel Servic               36.55
138 Nathan Kuehl (USA) NA                                     37.02
139 Jack Seehafer (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               39.04
140 Joshua Youngblood (USA) CalGiant Cycling                  52.41
141 Jonathan Eropkin (USA) Central Valley Cycling             52.45
142 Robert Lofgran (USA)                                      53.59
143 Steven Zoumaras (USA) Suncoast Velo                       55.39
DNF Stephen Maluk (USA) Etna Brewing/DeSalvo
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United                          3.32.20
2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                    0.15
3 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                       0.19
4 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United                            0.21
5 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                    0.26
6 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net pb Maxxis
7 T. Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance             0.33
8 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                    0.40
9 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                0.44
10 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United
11 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United                               0.51
12 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's
13 David Oloughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                  1.37
14 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United                             1.45
15 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                      1.49
16 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance                    2.03
17 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                           2.12
18 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health
19 James Mattis (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler               2.18
20 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                 2.22
21 Juan Jose Haedo (USA) Toyota-United
22 Micheal Grabinger (USA) Team Fresh Start
23 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis                    2.32
24 David Rodriguez (USA) BMC Racing Team                       2.36
25 Jesse Moore (USA) Davis Bike Club
26 Kenneth Johnson (USA) Rockville Harley-Davids
27 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval
28 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home
29 Jonathan Baker (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling                2.52
30 Calvin Allan (USA) BODE Cycling
31 Owen Laine (USA) BMC Racing Team                            2.55
32 Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               3.00
33 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                   3.18
34 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's
35 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis
36 Stefano Barberi (USA) Toyota-United                         3.27
37 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Successfulliving                        3.31
38 Corey Collier (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory             3.38
39 Mitch Moreman (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory             3.45
40 Jason Donald (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling                  3.50
41 Christopher Jones (USA) Champion System
42 Ian Mckissick (USA) Recycled Cycles                         3.57
43 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                         4.04
44 Josh Bezecny (USA) Targetraining
45 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                4.10
46 Justin Mayfield (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp               4.18
47 Jeff Hartman (USA) Big Shark Racing                         4.21
48 Kevin Rowe (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler
49 Michael Carter (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling                4.26
50 Brent Miller (Aus) WTB/FoxShox/SantaCruz
51 Stephen Dey (USA) Davis Bike Club
52 Clayton Barrows (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               4.41
53 John Eisinger (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory
54 Patrick Caro (USA) Team Helens
55 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) FRS
56 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
57 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
58 Jason Klikna (USA) BMC Racing Team                          4.56
59 Michael Telega (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler             4.59
60 Jarred Berger (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling                 5.03
61 Bryson Perry (USA) Successfulliving                         5.07
62 Chris Lieto (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler                5.38
63 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                  5.49
64 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's                             6.08
65 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos                  6.38
66 Collin Becker (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory             6.43
67 Ryan Yee (USA) Sucessfullliving                             6.50
68 Brian Buchholz (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo                       6.53
69 Bernard Vanulden (USA) Navigators Insurance
70 Will Sladek (USA) NA                                        7.12
71 Dan Sweet (USA) Davis Bike Club
72 Kyle Barbary (USA) BMC Racing Team                          7.21
73 Nicholas Clayville (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm
74 Mike Zagorski (USA) Quick Release
75 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team
76 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Park City Cycling Acade                 7.30
77 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.com/Sierra
78 Jesse Gordon (USA) Park City Cycling Acade
79 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United                          7.46
80 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health
81 Ben Rhodes (USA) Second Ascent
82 Rolando Gonzalez (CRc) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory          7.59
83 Jonny Sundt (USA) Priority Health
84 Tyler Dibble (USA) Davis Bike Club
85 Shane Peltonen (USA) Eclipse Racing
86 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo                       8.09
87 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
88 Andrew Mcdermid (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm
89 Derik Archibald (USA) Hyde Park Cycle                       8.29
90 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's                            8.36
91 Morgan Schmidt (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm               10.22
92 Ben Kneller (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory              10.58
93 Soloman Woras (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                11.25
94 Steven Ricchiazzi (USA) Team Tailwinds                     12.04
95 Chris Swan (USA) Penninsula Velo                           12.13
96 Patrick Ramirez (USA) Park City Cycling Acade              12.24
97 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                     12.32
98 Michael Schmidt (USA) Park City Cycling Acade              12.40
99 Chuck Coya (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling                   12.46
100 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
101 Kris Lunning (USA) fitzgeralds bicycles
102 Phil Cortes (Can) Garneau Optik
103 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS          13.07
104 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS           13.16
105 Patrick Briggs (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler
106 Kyle Colavito (USA) Eclipse Racing
107 Richard Speer (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos
108 Alex Rock (USA) Contender Bicycles
109 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's                            13.26
110 John Knotts (USA) Easton-Specialized
111 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's
112 Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's
113 Trevor Mays (USA) First Rate Mortgage                     13.32
114 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC Racing Team                          13.49
115 Lang Reynolds (USA) Recycled Cycles                       13.54
116 Jason Karew (USA) Eclipse Racing                          14.08
117 Jarod Gilyard (USA) Eclipse Racing                        14.09
118 Ian Ayers (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home            14.23
119 Tad Hamilton (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp                14.27
120 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Successfulliving                    14.35
121 Sam Starr (USA) NA                                        14.36
122 Daniel Neyers (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm               15.01
123 Erik Long (USA) Eclipse Racing                            15.04
124 Matt Weyen (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp                  15.26
125 Glen Mitchell (NZl) priority health
126 Seth Wilkie (USA) New Mexico Velo Sport                   15.28
127 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                15.32
128 Sam Johnson (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm                 17.07
129 Dj Fernandes (USA) Construction Zone Racing               20.22
130 Derek Timmermann (USA) Park City Cycling Acade            21.00
131 Salvador Borrego-Crum (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler    21.35
132 George Annillo (USA) Team Bicycles Inc.                   22.13
133 Brian Kendall (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               25.07
134 Logan Hunn (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos                     29.06
135 Robert Campbell (USA) Hyde Park Cycle                     34.10
136 Joe Cooper (USA) Twin Peaks Cycling Team                  34.25
137 Travis Hagner (USA) Pacesetter Steel Servic               36.55
138 Nathan Kuehl (USA) NA                                     37.02
139 Jack Seehafer (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling               39.04
140 Joshua Youngblood (USA) CalGiant Cycling                  52.41
141 Jonathan Eropkin (USA) Central Valley Cycling             52.45
142 Robert Lofgran (USA)                                      53.59
143 Steven Zoumaras (USA) Suncoast Velo                       55.39
 
Pro Men Team classification
 
1 Toyota-United Pro Cycling team                           10.38.05
2 Health Net presented by Maxxis                               0.06
3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Te                              0.23
4 BMC Racing Team                                              6.38
5 Jittery Joe's                                                9.12
6 Team Einstein's Cycling                                     10.11
7 Cal Giant /Village Peddler                                  10.33
8 South Australia.com-AIS                                     14.06
9 Broadmark / Hagens-Berman                                   18.35
10 Eclipse Racing                                             34.18