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Tour of Virginia - NE
USA, April 24-29, 2007
2006 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - April 24: Natural Bridge Individual Time Trial, 8km
- Stage 2 - April 24: Lynchburg Criterium, 40.2km
- Stage 3 - April 25: Bedford to Covington Road Race, 177km
- Stage 4 - April 26: Douthat State Park to Waynesboro Road Race, 165.8km
- Stage 5 - April 27: Waynesboro to Staunton Road Race, 159.3km
- Stage 6 - April 28: Harrisonburg Criterium, 56.3km
- Stage 7 - April 29: Charlottesville / Albemarle County Road Race, 160.9km
Preview
By Sue George
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The Tour of Virginia comes with a new name and a record-setting field size for 2007. Formerly known as the Tour of Shenandoah, this year's fifth edition has expanded beyond the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to other locales, including Lynchburg, Charlottesville, and Covington. However, Valley towns like Harrisonburg, Waynesboro, Staunton, and Natural Bridge continue to host some of the racing action. For 2007, 29 teams and 180 racers will contest Virginia's largest race, which has earned a new spot on the National Racing Calendar (NRC).
"Not only is this the largest, but also it's the strongest field in the race's history," said promoter Matt Butterman going into the race. "This year we are on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC), and there's a depth in the talent list that we haven't seen before."
The Natural Bridge individual time trial kicks of racing on Tuesday, April 24, but racers get two stages for the first day. The second stage is a criterium in Lynchburg, Virginia, on the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The remaining days, racers will tackle one stage per day, and a new stage, a 160.9km road race, wraps up action in Charlottesville and surrounding Albemarle County on Sunday, April 29.
Saturday, amateur racers will get to test their legs, too; a slate of crits for various categories precedes the pro race in downtown Harrisonburg.
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Returning this year is the 2003-4 champion and favorite, Scottie Weiss, riding for AEG-Toshiba-Jet Network. He's looking for a third win. Last year's General Classification winner, Brent Bookwalter, now riding for the National Development Squad, will not be on the start line after suffering a severely broken left leg in a crash in mid April while racing in Europe.
Traditionally, the race has featured a mix of seasoned pros and up and coming development riders. So amongst the established names, look for breakout performances from younger racers testing their legs in a six-day stage race.
Although a hilly race, the Tour of Virginia traditionally promises much for the sprinters. Sprinting sensation JJ Haedo will be off racing in Europe with the CSC team, but his brother Lucas is now racing in the US and will be coming to the Tour of Virginia with the brand new Rock Racing squad, managed by former road pro racer Frankie Andreu. So far Lucas Heado has a slew of top five results in the USA to his credit.
Unique to this race will be a team composed entirely of diabetic racers. Phil Southerland will be heading Team Type 1 Monitored by Freestyle. Members of the team are all seasoned pros, and their presence jives well with the race's mission of the race is to raise awareness and funds for diabetes research.
Look for action from the following UCI Continental teams: Kodak Galleries/Sierra Nevada, Rite Aid, AEG-Toshiba, Priority Health/Bissell, Rock Racing, Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast, and Calyon/Litespeed (a development squad for the French Credit Agricole team), VMG (American U-23 development squad).
Start list
Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada KBS/Medifast
1 Mark Walters 11 Dan Bowman
2 Michael Dietrich 12 Dominique Perras
3 Jesse Anthony 13 Ryan Roth
4 Ben Raby 14 Justin Spinelli
5 Skyler Bishop 15 Jonny Sundt
6 Dan Timmerman 16 Nick Waite
AEG-Toshiba-Jet Network Priority Health / Bissell
21 Alex Hagman 31 Joao Correia
23 Predrag Prokic 32 Lang Reynolds
24 Scott Weiss 33 Eddy Hilger
25 Winston David 34 Morgan Schmitt
26 Todd Henriksen 35 Steve Howard
36 Steve Howard
Rite Aid Pro Cycling VMG Racing
41 Ian Ayers 51 Kevin Soller
42 Borrajo Alejandro 52 Spencer Beamer
43 Rytlewski Jake 53 Scott Stewart
44 Norton Mike 54 Daniel Holloway
45 Kincaid Stephan 55 Christopher Jones
46 Dewald Ryan 56 Christopher Stockberger
Colavita-Sutter Home Abd Cycling Team
61 Daniel Vaillancourt 66 Mike Ebert
62 Andrew Guptil 67 Ryan Baumann
63 Peter Hufanagel 68 Alex Sharon
69 Brett Stewart
Time Factory Development Squad Alliance Environmental
71 Shawn Forsythe 81 John Delong
72 Jared Gruber 82 Joe Whitman
73 Chris Monteleon 83 Chris Ernst
74 Shawn Forsythe 84 Boyd Johnson
75 David Duncan 85 Mike Miller
76 Tiago DePaula 86 Jame Carney
Skinny Js Team Race
91 Jeremiah Bishop 101 Andrew Hunt
92 J.P. Partland 102 Dustin Macbernie
93 Jay Hewitt 103 Buck Miller
94 Jeff Buckles 104 Mark Pozniak
95 Charlie Gorman 105 Eric Robertson
106 Adam Thuss
Battley Harley-Davidson/Hudson Trail Caico
111 Sean Barrie 121 Eudaldo Asencio
112 Brian Butts 122 Alejandro Cortes
113 Ian Birlem 123 Agustin Font
114 Evan Fader 124 Alexander Gonzalez
115 Russ Langley 125 Jorge Martinez
116 Ken Johnson 126 Javier Zapata
Calyon / Litespeed Pro Cycling Team Capri Foundation/CSH
131 Erik Lyman 141 Mat Stephens
132 Matthew Guse 142 Carson Worts
133 Ryan Belliveau 143 Ed Burress
134 Greg Reain 144 Travis Livermon
135 Philllip Cortes 145 Robert Mcconville
146 Lucas Livermon
CCB/Volkswagen CRCA/Empire Cycling Team
151 Jake Hollenbach 161 Michael Sherry
152 Will Dugan 162 Lisban Quintero
153 Dan Cassidy 163 John Loehner
154 Yagor Buben 164 Daniel Zmolik
155 Aliaksahav Bieliakowski 165 Karl Rahn
156 Amos Brumble
CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 Eva-Devinci
171 Robbie Giannini 181 Eric Boily
172 Andy Cornelison 182 Charles Thibault
173 Chris Kuhl 183 Mathieu Roy
174 Gavi Epstein 184 Raphael Tremblay
175 Guy East 185 Joel Dion-Poitras
176 Phil Gaimon
Firodifrutta Cycling Team GS Mengoni
191 Joshua Dillon 201 Eugene Boronow
192 Matt White 202 Alberto Blanco
193 Hayden Brooks 203 Martin Lechowicz
194 Chirs Rozdilsky 204 Jared Bunde
195 Corey Burns 205 Franklin Burgos
196 Toby Marzot 206 Kiel Casari
Kahala-La Grange Kelly Benefit Strategies/Lsv Amateur Cycling
211 Harrison Tripp 221 Glenn Murray
212 Jorge Alvarado 222 Jonathan Swain
213 Adrian Gerrits 223 Nick Friesen
214 Marcos Rios 224 Ralph Muoio
215 Jonathan Cantwell 225 Tom Soladay
216 Carlos Mayoral 226 Curtis Winsor
Kenda/Raleigh Racing Memphis Motorwerks/Carve
231 Jason Baer 241 Bain Foote
232 Benjamin Peters 243 Stuart Lamp
233 Andrew Boone 244 Peter Knoop
234 Jason Beerman 245 Paul Koehn
235 Andrew Adams 246 Mike Olheiser
236 Sean Orourke
Morepartnerincome.Com Development Team Rock Racing
251 Sam Silvey 261 Jeremiah Wiscovitch
252 Nate Brown 262 Adam Switters
253 Aj Meyer 263 Mariano Friedick
254 Ben King 264 Kayle Leogrande
255 Owen Nielsen 265 Rudolph Napolitano
256 Matt Winstead 266 Sergio Hernandez
Siegler / Axley Cycling Team Team Type 1 Monitored By Freestyle
271 Mike Stoop 281 Phil Southerland
272 Keck Baker 282 Alex Bowden
273 Mason Haymes 283 Robert Schrank
274 Tony Hall 284 Andrew Mead
275 Pete Whitlock 285 Nathan Bartels
276 Phillip Robb 286 Fabio Calabria
UVA
291 Mark Hardman
292 Stephen Delisle
293 Reid Beloni
294 Christopher Wilson
295 Brian Buchholz
296 Michael Esbach
Past winners
2006 Brent Bookwalter (Priority Health) 2005 Roman Kilun (Health Net) 2004 Scottie Weiss (Subway/GoMart) 2003 Scottie Weiss (Subway/GoMart)
