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La Vuelta de Bisbee - NE
USA, April 27-29, 2007
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Stage 3 - April 29: Tombstone Road Race , 87.2 miles
Munoz takes final stage, Ramsey successful overall
By Mason Ibas
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The final and deciding stage of the 29th La Vuelta de Bisbee unfolded on the high desert terrain of Southern Arizona. In past years, a familiar script would play out of a group getting off the front, build a sizable gap in the rolling terrain west of Bisbee and as the mountains approached the peloton would reel them in and the climbers would take over. But this year the gap was bigger, and there were able climbers in the breakaway.
At the first intermediate sprint, a group of nine driven by three RideClean riders worked to build a four and a half minute lead. Included in the break were Daniel Ramsey (Successful Living) and Roman Kilun (HealthNet).
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The peloton organized to pull in the break, but at the start of the first climb the break held onto a two and a half minute advantage. Half way up the climb Henan Munoz (Halcones) attacked, took the KOM points and just kept going: not to be caught by the chasers. Munoz just kept on riding and took the stage victory, one and a half minutes ahead of Ramsey, with Kilun a further five seconds behind.
During the four stages, there were four different stage winners, and as many different leaders in on general classification. Daniel Ramsey's steady performance saw him climb from 10th to fifth to overall La Vuelta de Bisbee Champion for 2007. Munoz took second place on the podium with Kilun in third.
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The women's event was the opposite of the men's as Meshy Holt (Expresscopy.com) won three out of the four stages, finishing second in another. In power house form, Meshy won the final stage to keep her massive 7.49 minute lead over second place Maatje Benassi (Excel). The third spot on the podium went to Carol Hutton (Excel), winner of Stage 2.
In the Masters event, Scott Conover (HLHAP) took the stage over Doug Loveday (RideClean) by 10 seconds, followed by Daniel Martin (Safeway/GA Comm) 20 seconds back. Martin's effort gave him the overall La Vuelta Masters title, followed by DJ Fernandez (CZ Racing) and Doug Loveday (Rideclean) in fourth.
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- The peloton heads through Bisbee.
- Riders exit the Mule Pass Tunnel at the top of the climb.
- The group heads north towards Tombstone.
- A break forms at the first intermediate sprint.
- RideClean powers the breakaway.
- The peloton crosses over the San Pedro River.
- The feed zone can be a confusing place.
- The group passes the OK Corral and city hall in Tombstone.
- The break puts over four minutes on the chasers.
- The peloton gets serious and organizes the chase.
- The break heads back towards the Mule Mountains and the final climbs.
- The peloton hits the mountains, still trailing by over two and a half minutes.
- Race leader Michael Grabinger (Sucessful Living) on the descent with the main group.
- Henan Munoz (Halcones) digs deep to ride alone up the final grade.
- Henan Munoz (Halcones) takes Stage 3 victory.
- Phil Zajicek (Navigators) crosses the line.
- La Vuelta de Bisbee Champion 2007: Daniel Ramsey (Successful Living).
Results
Men's A 1 Hernan Munoz (Halcones) 4.03.59 2 Daniel Ramsey (Succesful Liv) 1.32 3 Roman Kilun (Health Net) 1.37 4 Mark Aasmundstad (RideClean) 1.46 5 Marco Ortega (Halcones) 1.55 6 Luis Fernando Macias (Tecos) 2.31 7 David Salomon (Halcones) 3.23 8 Corey Collier (Team Einstein's) 3.40 9 Phil Zajicek (Navigators Ins) 3.43 10 Michael Grabinger (Succesful Liv) 11 John Hunt (Calif. Giant) 3.53 12 Mark Santurbane (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 13 Carlos Hernandez (Halcones) 4.09 14 David Mccann (Colavita) 4.17 15 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 4.21 16 Matt Johnson (5 Star Fish) 4.30 17 Kevin Klein (Klein RealEst) 18 Antonio Aldape (Halcones) 4.34 19 Jesse Moore (Calif. Giant) 4.37 20 Ben Kneller (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 4.43 21 Evan Lawrence (BPG/MV) 5.16 22 Joey Thompson (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 5.18 23 Alister Ratcliff (Targetraining) 5.23 24 Stephen Slabodnick (Landis-Trek) 5.30 25 Jonathan Eropkin (Central Valley) 26 Karl Bordine (5 Star Fish) 5.35 27 Lee Rosenthal (Targetraining) 5.37 28 Gustavo-Adolfo Mendez (SC Velo) 5.39 29 Ryan Blickem (Landis-Trek) 5.51 30 Cristian Valasquez (Honduras) 31 Jarred Berger (Team Einstein's) 5.57 32 Ryan Hamity (Team Einstein's) 6.10 33 Allen Krughoff (Rio Grande) 6.12 34 Jeff Annillo (2nd Ave Sports) 6.23 35 Brian Kendall (Unattached) 6.33 36 Shane Peltonen (Eclipse Racing) 6.39 37 Andrew Phillips (Echelon) 7.03 38 Osvaldo Olmos (Calif. Giant) 7.26 39 Michael Gallagher (US Armed Forces) 7.29 40 Jacob Rubelt (RideClean) 41 Nicholaus Schreiber (Summit Velo) 7.37 42 Daniel Vasichek (RideClean) 7.39 43 Ian Manning (Team Spin12) 7.58 44 Jared Gilyard (Eclipse Racing) 8.16 45 Ian Holt (US Armed Forces) 8.24 46 David Reid (Landis-Trek) 8.26 47 Ricardo Rosas (Halcones) 8.31 48 Eduardo Vicencio (Rica Burguer) 8.37 49 Mark Weideman (Simply Fit) 8.43 50 Walter Vaughan (Summit Velo) 8.46 51 Omar Cervantes (Tecos) 52 Keith Moore (Team Spin12) 53 Kamden Reedy (RideClean) 8.54 54 Zach Coolman (Team WM) 9.13 55 Jose Isabel Garcia (Tecos) 9.29 56 Sean Coleman (US Armed Forces) 10.05 57 William Jacobus (NHV) 58 Mike Wilk (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 10.10 59 Chris Trembly (SC Velo) 10.59 60 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 13.00 61 Jose Carlos Valdez (Tecos) 13.48 62 Jonathan Parrish (Team WM) 14.02 63 Akira Wong (OrganicAthlete) 14.51 64 Ron Jenson (Team WM) 14.54 65 Tim Carolan (Eclipse Racing) 15.01 66 Luis Alfredo Gutierrez (Tecos) 15.08 67 Kendall Kuhar (Eclipse Racing) 15.54 68 Nate Diebler (5 Star Fish) 19.03 69 John Farris (Summit Velo) 32.50 70 Dan Distefano (Eclipse Racing) 35.18 71 Jeff Parker (Eclipse Racing) 35.31 72 Charlie Bryer (Team Spin12) 39.32 DNF Brian Husen (Honduras) DNF Mike Jones (jelly belly) DNF Bradley Saul (OrganicAthlete) DNF Kyle Colavito (RideClean) DNF Rolando Gonzalez (Rky Mt Choc Fac) DNF Grant Berry (Rky Mt Choc Fac) DNF Daniel Naef (Summit Velo) DNF Matthew Cianciulli (Team Einstein's) DNF Eddy Kwon (Team Einstein's) DNF Anthony Steenbergen (Team H&R Block) DNF Eric Obergfell (US Armed Forces) DNF George Ganoung (US Armed Forces) Women 1 Meshy Holt (expresscopy.com) 3.12.36 2 Amy Dombroski (Excel Sports) 3 Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) 0.06 4 Maria Monica (Touchstone Clmg) 0.08 5 Carol Hutton (Excel Sports) 0.20 6 Heather Sborz (Unattached) 0.26 7 Melissa Mcwhirter (Unattached) 8 Katherine Bertine (SportBeans/NTTC) 0.59 9 Melanie Meyers (Kenda/TitusMTB) 1.54 10 Luisa Bryce (Tribe Racing) 2.19 11 Catherine Dickson (Tribe Racing) 2.44 12 Sherri Bajer (Bicycle Haus) 2.53 13 Jennifer Weaver (Tribe Racing) 3.14 14 Carla Flores (Excel Sports) 3.55 15 Kristen Marshall (HLHAP) 4.00 16 Heidi Clayton (HLHAP) 4.04 17 Holly Mulvaney (Tribe Racing) 4.42 18 Maggie Williams (Bicycle Haus) 5.58 19 Cynthia Pool (Strada) 6.41 20 Mary Downing (Team Kenda Tire) 8.06 21 Holly Borowski (US Armed Forces) 15.11 22 Tamara Bernstein (HLHAP) 26.41 23 Cindy Sanchez (Summit Velo) 26.58 24 Katherine Farago (Tribe Racing) 27.10 25 Karen Zazzera (Team Kenda Tire) 27.18 26 Sue Adkins (Team Kenda Tire) 28.34 27 Sisley Tiernan (Swiss American) 28.51 28 Stacy Riseborough (SanTan Racing) 29.12 29 Meredith Peterson (Summit Velo) 29.19 30 Kristine Wilcox (Team Vitesse) 30.45 31 Christina Carbone (Summit Velo) 31.06 32 Janet Itsell (RideClean) 35.06 33 Shawn Shackelton (Unattached) 36.31 Men's B 1 Scott Conover (HLHAP) 2.33.53 2 Douglas Loveday (RideClean) 0.14 3 Daniel Martin (Safeway/GA Comm) 0.20 4 Eric Brownell (ECFA/Honeywell) 0.27 5 Dj Fernandez (CZ Racing) 6 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 0.31 7 Kevin Riseborough (SanTan Racing) 0.35 8 Chris Wire (Safeway/GA Comm) 0.54 9 John Sawasky (Red Rock Racing) 0.58 10 Cody Hall (Bicycle Haus) 1.05 11 Ophir Sefiha (Bicycle Haus) 1.10 12 Brenon Daly (Team Spine) 1.17 13 David Beirne (RideClean) 1.27 14 Peter Brown (Team Rhino) 1.31 15 Peter Traylor (RideClean) 16 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 1.43 17 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 18 Ryan Barthel (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 19 Seth Wilkie (NMVS) 1.49 20 John Simonson (GST Racing) 1.51 21 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 2.00 22 Robert Pasco (Safeway/GA Comm) 2.15 23 Patrick Tafoya (Safeway/GA Comm) 2.21 24 Raymond Dunn (GST Racing) 2.34 25 David Gay (SanTan Racing) 2.46 26 Jason Mustonen (HLHAP) 2.49 27 Jon Gallagher (Cole Sport) 2.56 28 Jesus Lamb Lamb (GST Racing) 3.04 29 Chuck Royalty (SanTan Racing) 3.10 30 John Dehnert (RideClean) 3.18 31 Chris Fusselman (HLHAP) 32 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 3.24 33 Paul Calandrella (Desert Whl Club) 3.35 34 Thomas Kachelmeyer (Team Giant-MI) 3.44 35 Chris Poole (Team WM) 3.55 36 Andrew Nevitt (Safeway/GA Comm) 4.04 37 Don Williams (Bicycle Haus) 4.06 38 Bryan Antol (RideClean) 39 Jose Velazco (ECFA/Honeywell) 4.11 40 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 4.14 41 Scott Wall (Procon/FNBA) 4.17 42 Scott Lefler (Procon/FNBA) 43 Jon Black (GST Racing) 44 Robert Johnson (CZ Racing) 4.27 45 Trever Bushnell (CZ Racing) 4.31 46 Pericles Wyatt (Presteza) 4.36 47 Josh Rider (NMVS) 48 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 4.50 49 Mark Fosenburg (ECFA/Honeywell) 4.59 50 Art Macfarland (Procon/FNBA) 51 Sujeet Karna (Procon/FNBA) 5.43 52 Brad Senska (Summit Velo) 5.55 53 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 6.05 54 Adrian Schumacher (Presteza) 6.25 55 Richard Biocca (Unattached) 6.35 56 Matthias Feurer (Fair Wheel Rcng) 57 Shawn Brick (Bicycle Haus) 8.11 58 Greg Kilroy (CZ Racing) 59 Jean-Jacques Cabou (CZ Racing) 60 Rick Cimaglia (RideClean) 8.21 61 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 8.29 62 Andy Byrnes (CZ Racing) 8.35 63 Lindsay Crawford (G S Strada) 8.45 64 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 8.55 65 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 9.13 66 Robert Dolman (HLHAP) 67 Todd Mion (RideClean) 10.10 68 Jason Lohman (Procon/FNBA) 11.17 69 Ken Jones (CZ Racing) 27.15 70 Jack Debartolo (CZ Racing) 38.18 71 Joe Struttmann (SanTan Racing) 39.05 72 Justin Beope (5 Star Fish) 40.06 73 Jorge Caviedes (ECFA/Honeywell) 42.22 74 Tom Overdeck (Procon/FNBA) 45.32 75 Larry Blessing (ECFA/Honeywell) 46.10 76 Norman Beasley (Thunder Mtn Cyc) 56.07 DNF Kale Keltz Keltz (Bicycle Haus) DNF Thomas Faeh (Deft Racing) DNF Efraim Rojas (ECFA/Honeywell) DNF Jamie Ryan-White (KHSnm.com) DNF Jason Lindgren (Procon/FNBA) DNF Patrick Rhodes (Procon/FNBA) DNF Rick Hammond (Procon/FNBA) DNF David Green (SanTan Racing) DNF Michael Costello (Twin Rivers) Final Classification Men's A 1 Daniel Ramsey (Succesful Liv) 7.33.31 2 Hernan Munoz (Halcones) 0.13 3 Roman Kilun (Health Net) 0.23 4 Michael Grabinger (Succesful Liv) 1.06 5 Phil Zajicek (Navigators Ins) 1.16 6 David Salomon (Halcones) 1.23 7 Mark Aasmundstad (RideClean) 1.40 8 David Mccann (Colavita) 2.31 9 Luis Fernando Macias (Tecos) 2.40 10 Corey Collier (Team Einstein's) 3.15 11 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 3.35 12 Mark Santurbane (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 3.55 13 Jesse Moore (Calif. Giant) 3.57 14 Antonio Aldape (Halcones) 4.24 15 Karl Bordine (5 Star Fish) 4.34 16 Ben Kneller (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 4.42 17 Matt Johnson (5 Star Fish) 5.11 18 Marco Ortega (Halcones) 5.36 19 John Hunt (Calif. Giant) 6.01 20 Kevin Klein (Klein RealEst) 6.05 21 Ryan Blickem (Landis-Trek) 7.03 22 Carlos Hernandez (Halcones) 7.04 23 Jarred Berger (Team Einstein's) 7.30 24 Ryan Hamity (Team Einstein's) 7.40 25 Joey Thompson (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 7.44 26 Alister Ratcliff (Targetraining) 7.51 27 Evan Lawrence (BPG/MV) 8.26 28 Jose Isabel Garcia (Tecos) 8.51 29 Osvaldo Olmos (Calif. Giant) 9.23 30 Gustavo-Adolfo Mendez (SC Velo) 11.38 31 Lee Rosenthal (Targetraining) 32 Omar Cervantes (Tecos) 11.49 33 Zach Coolman (Team WM) 11.52 34 Michael Gallagher (US Armed Forces) 11.53 35 Ricardo Rosas (Halcones) 12.17 36 Mike Wilk (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 12.56 37 Cristian Valasquez (Honduras) 12.57 38 Stephen Slabodnick (Landis-Trek) 13.11 39 Ian Holt (US Armed Forces) 13.14 40 Nicholaus Schreiber (Summit Velo) 13.17 41 Eduardo Vicencio (Rica Burguer) 15.02 42 Jacob Rubelt (RideClean) 15.10 43 Andrew Phillips (Echelon) 15.12 44 Mark Weideman (Simply Fit) 15.15 45 Shane Peltonen (Eclipse Racing) 15.16 46 Brian Kendall (Unattached) 15.27 47 Allen Krughoff (Rio Grande) 16.23 48 Jonathan Parrish (Team WM) 16.38 49 Sean Coleman (US Armed Forces) 17.19 50 William Jacobus (NHV) 17.37 51 Daniel Vasichek (RideClean) 18.31 52 Jose Carlos Valdez (Tecos) 18.36 53 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 19.00 54 Jared Gilyard (Eclipse Racing) 20.20 55 Tim Carolan (Eclipse Racing) 20.28 56 Jonathan Eropkin (Central Valley) 21.39 57 Walter Vaughan (Summit Velo) 21.42 58 Ron Jenson (Team WM) 22.25 59 Jeff Annillo (2nd Ave Sports) 26.18 60 Nate Diebler (5 Star Fish) 26.21 61 David Reid (Landis-Trek) 26.40 62 Kamden Reedy (RideClean) 26.49 63 Akira Wong (OrganicAthlete) 27.00 64 Luis Alfredo Gutierrez (Tecos) 29.39 65 Kendall Kuhar (Eclipse Racing) 29.47 66 Keith Moore (Team Spin12) 32.38 67 Ian Manning (Team Spin12) 38.37 68 Chris Trembly (SC Velo) 40.13 69 John Farris (Summit Velo) 59.00 70 Jeff Parker (Eclipse Racing) 1.04.00 71 Dan Distefano (Eclipse Racing) 1.06.45 72 Charlie Bryer (Team Spin12) 1.28.38 Women 1 Meshy Holt (expresscopy.com) 6.02.05 2 Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) 7.49 3 Carol Hutton (Excel Sports) 8.00 4 Maria Monica (Touchstone Clmg) 8.07 5 Heather Sborz (Unattached) 8.30 6 Melissa Mcwhirter (Unattached) 9.19 7 Amy Dombroski (Excel Sports) 9.58 8 Katherine Bertine (SportBeans/NTTC) 10.22 9 Melanie Meyers (Kenda/TitusMTB) 11.54 10 Carla Flores (Excel Sports) 13.45 11 Luisa Bryce (Tribe Racing) 14.00 12 Sherri Bajer (Bicycle Haus) 14.29 13 Jennifer Weaver (Tribe Racing) 15.56 14 Kristen Marshall (HLHAP) 16.22 15 Catherine Dickson (Tribe Racing) 16.30 16 Holly Mulvaney (Tribe Racing) 16.52 17 Heidi Clayton (HLHAP) 17.31 18 Mary Downing (Team Kenda Tire) 20.02 19 Cynthia Pool (Strada) 24.00 20 Maggie Williams (Bicycle Haus) 27.23 21 Holly Borowski (US Armed Forces) 28.36 22 Katherine Farago (Tribe Racing) 45.21 23 Karen Zazzera (Team Kenda Tire) 55.43 24 Tamara Bernstein (HLHAP) 55.45 25 Cindy Sanchez (Summit Velo) 56.59 26 Sue Adkins (Team Kenda Tire) 59.39 27 Sisley Tiernan (Swiss American) 1.00.11 28 Meredith Peterson (Summit Velo) 1.00.23 29 Stacy Riseborough (SanTan Racing) 1.00.47 30 Christina Carbone (Summit Velo) 1.02.56 31 Kristine Wilcox (Team Vitesse) 1.06.41 32 Shawn Shackelton (Unattached) 1.09.36 33 Janet Itsell (RideClean) 1.23.12 Men's B 1 Daniel Martin (Safeway/GA Comm) 4.53.54 2 Scott Conover (HLHAP) 1.18 3 Dj Fernandez (CZ Racing) 1.19 4 Douglas Loveday (RideClean) 1.22 5 Eric Brownell (ECFA/Honeywell) 1.55 6 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 2.37 7 Kevin Riseborough (SanTan Racing) 2.55 8 Cody Hall (Bicycle Haus) 3.35 9 Peter Traylor (RideClean) 3.52 10 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 4.01 11 Peter Brown (Team Rhino) 4.05 12 Chris Wire (Safeway/GA Comm) 4.21 13 David Beirne (RideClean) 4.26 14 John Sawasky (Red Rock Racing) 4.28 15 Brenon Daly (Team Spine) 4.30 16 Seth Wilkie (NMVS) 4.52 17 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 5.04 18 John Simonson (GST Racing) 5.28 19 Ryan Barthel (Rky Mt Choc Fac) 5.34 20 Jason Mustonen (HLHAP) 5.36 21 Jon Gallagher (Cole Sport) 5.43 22 Chris Fusselman (HLHAP) 5.49 23 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 5.54 24 Raymond Dunn (GST Racing) 6.24 25 David Gay (SanTan Racing) 7.45 26 John Dehnert (RideClean) 8.20 27 Patrick Tafoya (Safeway/GA Comm) 8.41 28 Jesus Lamb Lamb (GST Racing) 9.56 29 Josh Rider (NMVS) 9.58 30 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 10.00 31 Ophir Sefiha (Bicycle Haus) 32 Chris Poole (Team WM) 10.03 33 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 10.12 34 Mark Fosenburg (ECFA/Honeywell) 10.17 35 Robert Pasco (Safeway/GA Comm) 10.40 36 Chuck Royalty (SanTan Racing) 11.13 37 Paul Calandrella (Desert Whl Club) 12.35 38 Bryan Antol (RideClean) 13.09 39 Don Williams (Bicycle Haus) 13.18 40 Andrew Nevitt (Safeway/GA Comm) 13.23 41 Scott Wall (Procon/FNBA) 13.24 42 Robert Johnson (CZ Racing) 13.43 43 Thomas Kachelmeyer (Team Giant-MI) 13.50 44 Jose Velazco (ECFA/Honeywell) 14.23 45 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 14.28 46 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 14.52 47 Brad Senska (Summit Velo) 15.04 48 Pericles Wyatt (Presteza) 15.20 49 Jon Black (GST Racing) 16.27 50 Trever Bushnell (CZ Racing) 17.11 51 Greg Kilroy (CZ Racing) 17.50 52 Todd Mion (RideClean) 18.04 53 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 18.23 54 Lindsay Crawford (G S Strada) 18.37 55 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 18.50 56 Adrian Schumacher (Presteza) 19.37 57 Rick Cimaglia (RideClean) 19.55 58 Jean-Jacques Cabou (CZ Racing) 20.42 59 Robert Dolman (HLHAP) 20.51 60 Richard Biocca (Unattached) 21.07 61 Art Macfarland (Procon/FNBA) 21.08 62 Scott Lefler (Procon/FNBA) 21.24 63 Shawn Brick (Bicycle Haus) 21.35 64 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 22.36 65 Matthias Feurer (Fair Wheel Rcng) 23.00 66 Sujeet Karna (Procon/FNBA) 23.08 67 Jason Lohman (Procon/FNBA) 27.33 68 Andy Byrnes (CZ Racing) 29.47 69 Ken Jones (CZ Racing) 53.13 70 Justin Beope (5 Star Fish) 54.48 71 Joe Struttmann (SanTan Racing) 56.36 72 Jack Debartolo (CZ Racing) 59.37 73 Jorge Caviedes (ECFA/Honeywell) 1.05.02 74 Larry Blessing (ECFA/Honeywell) 1.08.05 75 Tom Overdeck (Procon/FNBA) 1.09.15 76 Norman Beasley (Thunder Mtn Cyc) 1.46.56
