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Tour of Ohio - NE
Ohio, USA, June 19-, 2007
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Stage 2 - June 20: Circuit race, 50 miles
England grabs stage and GC
The second stage of the Tour of Ohio saw another triumph by Abercrombie and Fitch, this time in the form of a sprint finale by New Zealander Josh England. England uncorked a vicious sprint in an uphill finish to cross the line in Gambier in front of the Italia Pasta duo of Phillipe Abbot and Dave Richter.
How it unfolded
The day commenced over a challenging eight-mile circuit, which featured a short steep uphill finish in addition to a series of rollers, which offered no flat riding for recovery. The pace of the race, the constantly undulating course, and a rainstorm at the beginning of the race resulted in a culling of the field to half its original size at the end of the day.
Despite many attempts by several teams to break the race open, the stage appeared destined to end in a sprint until the final lap when Mercy/Specialized Racing's Dewey Dickey finally got free with a half lap to go. Dickey appeared to be on his way to a solo victory when A&F managed to summon the horsepower to close down the gap at the base of the final climb. Marco Aledia and Mark Hekman set a brutal tempo at the base and launched England to his flight to the finish.
By virtue of his victory, England now wears the yellow jersey of the overall leader with his teammate Aledia now second and Abbot carrying third. Hekman retains the green sprinter's jersey.
Results
1 Josh England (A & F) 2.01.01 2 Phillipe Abbot (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 3 David Richter (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 4 Joseph Kukolla (Hotter N Hell) 5 Tom Soladay (Kelly Benefits) 6 Molly Cameron (Orgnic Athletes) 7 Matt Winstead (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 8 James Duncan (Time Development) 9 Ryan Knapp (Team Alderfer Bergen) 10 John Minturn (GPOA Meredith Group) 11 Isaac Neff (Team Alderfer Bergen) 12 Andy Baker (Time Development) 13 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 14 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) 15 Andrew Wulkuhle (ADG / C3) 16 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team) 17 Dan Campbell (Anthem) 18 Erik Tomlison (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 19 Jonathan Swain (Kelly Benefits) 20 Brian Sheedy (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 21 David Talbott (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 22 Steve Weller (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 23 Mark Hekman (A & F) 24 Peter Sanowar (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 25 Stan Jurga (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 26 Stephen Cummings (GPOA Meredith Group) 27 Jonathan Chodroff [3C] (GPOA Meredith Group) 28 Jon Bruno (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 29 Noah Singer (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 30 Dewey Dickey (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 31 Shwan Adams (October Lake Effect) 32 Keck Baker (Seigler Sports) 33 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 34 Erik Bennet (Time Development) 35 Jarred Gilker (Hotter N Hell) 36 Steve Carpenter (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 37 Noah Metzler (Wheel and Sprocket) 38 Andy Applegate (A & F) 39 Jackie Simes (PA Lightning) 40 John Olney (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 41 Pat Raines (Time Development) 42 Brandon Gavic (A & F) 43 Jamie Kimberly (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 44 Paul Deninger (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 45 David Williams (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 46 Nate Brown (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 47 Matt Waite [3C] (Brazen Dropouts) 48 Stephen Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 49 Scott Barnes (Champion Cycling) 50 Luke Krisch (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 51 Marshal Hartley [3] (NH Velo) 52 Turner Johnson (GPOA Meredith Group) 53 Marco Aledia (A & F) 54 Bennett van der Genugte (A & F) 55 Tim Swain (A & F) 1.03 56 Brad Schaeffer (Anthem) 57 Matthew Belcher (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 58 Dave Morris (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.21 59 Mitch Comardo (Hotter N Hell) 1.29 60 Nick Friesen (Kelly Benefits) 1.35 61 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 62 Austin Frey (ADG / C3) 1.39 63 Adam Branfman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 1.57 64 John Hanson (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 65 Derek Laan (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 66 Michael Chauner (PA Lightning) 67 Chris Reed [3] (Mercy Specialized Cycling ) 68 Brian Fouche (ACV/ Team Hagertown Washington) 69 Kieran Sikdar (Bike Soce) 70 Thomas Herman (0) 2.39 71 Ryan Gamm (A & F) 72 Nick Pakulla (Kelly Benefits) 73 Emiliano Gorden (Colavita/ New Mexico) 5.12 74 Taylor Brown (PA Lightning) 6.55 75 Zack Hockett [3] (Hotter N Hell) 8.52 76 Nathan Smith (Garage Racing) 9.32 77 Joe Holmes (Seigler Sports) 78 Joshua Liberles (Colavita/ New Mexico) 79 Tucher Brown (PA Lightning) 80 Ryan Heydenrych (Mercy Cycling) 81 Matt Holecko (Great Dane Velo) 82 Tim Regan (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 83 Seth Meyer [c3] (Get a Grip Cycles) 84 Bradley Saul (Orgnic Athletes) 85 Ryan Rish (A & F) 10.14 86 Matthew Weeks (October Lake Effect) 87 Ken Bellau (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 20.51 88 David Berryman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 24.14 89 David Rendon (Colavita/ New Mexico) 24.55 90 Jason Carr [3C] (IS Corp Cycling Team) 54.55 91 Jamie Gandara Jr. (Colavita/ New Mexico) 92 David Schreffler (COBC) 93 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 94 Ben Renkema (0) 95 Alex Bishop (0) 96 Sam Silvey (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 97 Stefan Swecker [3] (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 98 Chase Hoefer [3C] (Chase Hoefer) 99 Duncam Seko (Orgnic Athletes) 100 Christopher Monteleone (Time Development) 101 John Caldwell [3] (Hotter N Hell) 102 Franqois Duhamel (Team Blueberry) 103 Brian Alferman (Manchester Racing Club) 104 Hugh Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 105 Mike Stoop (Seigler Sports) 106 James Raddin [3] (0) 107 Jimmy MacDonald (A & F) 108 Ben Lyon (Orgnic Athletes) 109 Jeff Cartledge (October Lake Effect) 110 Daniel Mendoza (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 111 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 112 Thomas Erlacker (Mercy Cycling) 113 Marc Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 114 John Freisen [3] (Colavita/ New Mexico) 115 Casey McCauley (IS Corp Cycling Team) 116 Frank Moak (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 117 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 118 Sean Metz (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 119 Mike Lanyon (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 120 Akira Wong (Orgnic Athletes) 121 Eddy Hilger (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 122 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 123 Tony Hall (Seigler Sports) 124 Franqois Malo (Team Blueberry) 125 Erik Van den Akker (Team Athens) 126 Justin Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 127 Jason Maom (Mercy Cycling) 128 Scott Walnofer (Mercy Cycling) 129 Jeff Braumberger (Texas Roadhouse) General classification after stage 2 1 Josh England (A & F) 3.18.11 2 Marco Aledia (A & F) 3 Phillipe Abbot (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 0.10 4 Mark Hekman (A & F) 5 David Richter (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 0.15 6 Tom Soladay (Kelly Benefits) 7 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) 0.20 8 Joseph Kukolla (Hotter N Hell) 9 Matt Winstead (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 10 Molly Cameron (Orgnic Athletes) 11 Jamie Kimberly (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 12 James Duncan (Time Development) 13 Ryan Knapp (Team Alderfer Bergen) 14 Noah Singer (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 15 John Minturn (GPOA Meredith Group) 16 Isaac Neff (Team Alderfer Bergen) 17 Andy Baker (Time Development) 18 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 19 Andrew Wulkuhle (ADG / C3) 20 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team) 21 Dan Campbell (Anthem) 22 Steve Weller (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 23 Jonathan Swain (Kelly Benefits) 24 Brian Sheedy (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 25 Peter Sanowar (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 26 Stan Jurga (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 27 Stephen Cummings (GPOA Meredith Group) 28 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 29 Brandon Gavic (A & F) 30 Jon Bruno (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 31 Keck Baker (Seigler Sports) 32 Steve Carpenter (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 33 Dewey Dickey (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 34 Shwan Adams (October Lake Effect) 35 Erik Bennet (Time Development) 36 Jackie Simes (PA Lightning) 37 Noah Metzler (Wheel and Sprocket) 38 John Olney (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 39 Andy Applegate (A & F) 40 Pat Raines (Time Development) 41 Bennett van der Genugte (A & F) 42 Paul Deninger (Mercy Specialized Cycling) 43 David Williams (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 44 Nate Brown (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 45 Matt Waite [3C] (Brazen Dropouts) 46 Scott Barnes (Champion Cycling) 47 Luke Krisch (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 48 Turner Johnson (GPOA Meredith Group) 49 Tim Swain (A & F) 1.23 50 Matthew Belcher (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 51 Brad Schaeffer (Anthem) 52 Dave Morris (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.41 53 Mitch Comardo (Hotter N Hell) 1.49 54 David Talbott (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.50 55 Jarred Gilker (Hotter N Hell) 56 Stephen Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 57 Nick Friesen (Kelly Benefits) 1.55 58 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 59 Austin Frey (ADG / C3) 1.59 60 Michael Chauner (PA Lightning) 2.17 61 Derek Laan (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 62 Tucher Brown (PA Lightning) 9.52 63 Adam Branfman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 2.17 64 John Hanson (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 65 Brian Fouche (ACV/ Team Hagertown Washington) 66 Ryan Gamm (A & F) 2.59 67 Kieran Sikdar (Bike Soce) 2.17 68 Thomas Herman (0) 2.59 69 Nick Pakulla (Kelly Benefits) 70 Emiliano Gorden (Colavita/ New Mexico) 6.02 71 Jamie Gandara Jr. (Colavita/ New Mexico) 55.15 72 Chris Reed [3] (Mercy Specialized Cycling ) 9.47 73 Erik Tomlison (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 9.50 74 Jonathan Chodroff [3C] (GPOA Meredith Group) 75 Joshua Liberles (Colavita/ New Mexico) 9.52 76 Zack Hockett [3] (Hotter N Hell) 9.12 77 Tim Regan (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 9.52 78 Seth Meyer [c3] (Get a Grip Cycles) 79 Bradley Saul (Orgnic Athletes) 80 Matt Holecko (Great Dane Velo) 81 Nathan Smith (Garage Racing) 82 Joe Holmes (Seigler Sports) 83 Ryan Heydenrych (Mercy Cycling) 84 Ryan Rish (A & F) 10.34 85 Matthew Weeks (October Lake Effect) 86 Marshal Hartley [3] (NH Velo) 10.50 87 Ken Bellau (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 21.11 88 David Rendon (Colavita/ New Mexico) 25.15 89 David Berryman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 32.04 90 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 55.15 91 David Schreffler (COBC) 92 Jeff Braumberger (Texas Roadhouse) 93 Taylor Brown (PA Lightning) 7.15 94 Franqois Malo (Team Blueberry) 55.15 95 Akira Wong (Orgnic Athletes) 96 Jason Maom (Mercy Cycling) 97 Eddy Hilger (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 98 Sam Silvey (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 99 Tony Hall (Seigler Sports) 100 Alex Bishop (0) 101 Ben Renkema (0) 102 Frank Moak (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 103 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 104 Erik Van den Akker (Team Athens) 105 Scott Walnofer (Mercy Cycling) 106 Sean Metz (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 107 Ben Lyon (Orgnic Athletes) 108 Justin Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 109 Brian Alferman (Manchester Racing Club) 110 James Raddin [3] (0) 111 Thomas Erlacker (Mercy Cycling) 112 Jimmy MacDonald (A & F) 113 Mike Lanyon (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 114 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 115 Hugh Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 116 Marc Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 117 Christopher Monteleone (Time Development) 118 Casey McCauley (IS Corp Cycling Team) 119 Mike Stoop (Seigler Sports) 120 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 57.45 121 Stefan Swecker [3] (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 122 John Freisen [3] (Colavita/ New Mexico) 58.45 123 Chase Hoefer [3C] (Chase Hoefer) 1.00.45 124 John Caldwell [3] (Hotter N Hell) 125 Jeff Cartledge (October Lake Effect) 1.02.45 126 Jason Carr [3C] (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.05.45 127 Duncam Seko (Orgnic Athletes) 128 Franqois Duhamel (Team Blueberry) 129 Daniel Mendoza (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester)
