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Tour of Ohio - NE
Ohio, USA, June 19-, 2007
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Stage 6 - June 24:
Aledia scores bookend victories, Hekman finishes in yellow
The Tour of Ohio ended on Stage 6 as the event began - with a sprint victory by Marco Aledia. The Abercrombie and Fitch rider won the race with the green sprinter's jersey on his shoulders, just 30 laps after ensuring that he would keep the tunic for good.
Aledia's Abercrombie and Fitch team was determined from the outset to keep the race together in order to protect the overall lead of Mark Hekman and, also, cement Aledia's lead in the sprint competition. To the credit of the other riders in the field, this race did not become a diffident march of submission. Plenty of riders made forays off the front o on the final stage, including many attempts to breakaway by Phillipe Abbot and Dave Richter of Italia Pasta, Time Development riders Chris Monteleone, James Duncan and Jared Gruber, and Ken Ballau and Bain Foote of Herring Gas.
In the first half of the race, A&F was gobbling up breakaways with autonomic precision but, as the attacks continued relentlessly, the squad switched gears and began placing its teammates in moves as dead weight. That strategy seemed fruitful as no breakaway attempt gained more than 15 seconds advantage.
The end of the race did cause a few flutters in the A&F camp, though, when John Minturn (GPOA Merideth Group) launched a kamikaze mission with three laps to go. Minturn got a good enough gap to cause Hekman to roust his weary troops to the defense one more time. After much yelling and gesticulation by Hekman, who was isolated at the front of the peleton with two laps to go, A&F mustered the energy to snuff another challenge to its grip on the race one last time and brought Minturn back into the fold.
The bell lap provided the sight of the yellow jersey giving a leadout to the green jersey for the win. Aledia was motivated by the effort of his team leader, who leads the 2007 USA Crits Championship Series standings, saying: "When you have the best criterium rider in America leading you out, you have to rise to the call." Aledia beat a hard charging Steve Scholzen (IS Corp) by half a wheel to take the victory.
Scholzen's sprint to second place proved pivotal in the best collegiate rider competition as the second place time bonus allowed him to snatch the red and black jersey off the back of Tom Soloday (Kelly Benefits).
Results
1 Marco Aledia (A & F) 1.11.52 2 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) 3 Jamie Gandara Jr. (Colavita/ New Mexico) 4 Tom Soladay (Kelly Benefits) 5 Adam Branfman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 6 Josh England (A & F) 7 Brandon Gavic (A & F) 8 Joshua Liberles (Colavita/ New Mexico) 9 Phillipe Abbot (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 10 Sean Metz (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 11 Erik Tomlison (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 12 Jamie Kimberly (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 13 Molly Cameron (Orgnic Athletes) 14 Ryan Knapp (Team Alderfer Bergen) 15 Ben Renkema 16 Noah Singer (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 17 Tim Regan (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 18 Stan Jurga (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 19 Mark Hekman (A & F) 20 Keck Baker (Seigler Sports) 21 Matt Winstead (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 22 Matt Waite (Brazen Dropouts) 23 David Richter (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 24 Zack Hockett (Hotter N Hell) 25 Erik Bennet (Time Development) 26 Ken Bellau (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 27 Derek Laan (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 28 Taylor Brown (PA Lightning) 29 Turner Johnson (GPOA Meredieth Group) 30 Nick Friesen (Kelly Benefits) 31 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 32 David Williams (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 33 Tucher Brown (PA Lightning) 34 Matthew Belcher (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 35 Steve Weller (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 36 Akira Wong (Orgnic Athletes) 37 David Talbott (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 38 Jon Bruno (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 39 Scott Barnes (Champion Cycling) 40 Mike Lanyon (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 41 Andrew Wulkuhle (ADG / C3) 42 Isaac Neff (Team Alderfer Bergen) 43 Stefan Swecker (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 44 John Hanson (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 45 Luke Krisch (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 46 Matt Holecko (Great Dane Velo) 47 Austin Frey (ADG / C3) 48 Sam Silvey (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 49 Bradley Saul (Orgnic Athletes) 50 Jonathan Swain (Kelly Benefits) 51 Joseph Kukolla (Hotter N Hell) 52 Steve Carpenter (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 53 David Schreffler (COBC) 54 David Berryman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 55 Kieran Sikdar (Bike Soce) 56 Brian Alferman (Manchester Racing Club) 57 John Olney (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 58 Frank Moak (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 59 Paul Deninger (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 60 Peter Sanowar (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 61 Stephen Cummings (GPOA Meredieth Group) 62 Shwan Adams (October Lake Effect) 63 Erik Van Den Akker (Team Athens) 64 Tony Hall (Seigler Sports) 65 David Rendon (Colavita/ New Mexico) 66 Nick Pakulla (Kelly Benefits) 67 Andy Applegate (A & F) 68 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team) 69 Mike Stoop (Seigler Sports) 70 Joe Holmes (Seigler Sports) 71 Pat Raines (Time Development) 72 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 73 Stephen Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 74 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 75 Scott Walnofer (Mercy Cycling) 76 Jackie Simes (PA Lightning) 77 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 78 Ben Lyon (Orgnic Athletes) 79 Emiliano Gorden (Colavita/ New Mexico) 80 Mitch Comardo (Hotter N Hell) 81 Dave Morris (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 82 Thomas Herman 83 Brian Fouche (ACV/ Team Hagertown Washington) 84 James Duncan (Time Development) 85 Chistopher Monteleone (Time Development) 86 Chris Reed (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 87 Dan Campbell (Anthem) 88 Dewey Dickey (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 89 Seth Myer (Get a Grip Cycles) 90 Jarred Gilker (Hotter N Hell) 91 Marc Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 92 Hugh Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 93 Noah Metzler (Wheel and Sporket) 94 Jason Maom (Mercy Cycling) 95 Eddy Hilger (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 96 Nate Brown (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 97 Michael Chauner (PA Lightning) 98 John Minturn (GPOA Meredieth Group) 99 Jonthan Chodroff (GPOA Meredieth Group) 100 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 101 Andy Baker (Time Development) 102 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 103 Duncam Seko (Orgnic Athletes) 104 Chase Hoefer (Chase Hoefer) 105 Franqois Duhamel (Team Blueberry) 106 Franqois Malo (Team Blueberry) 1.28 107 Bennett Van Der Genugte (A & F) 108 Ryan Gamm (A & F) 109 Tim Swain (A & F) 110 Jimmy Macdonald (A & F) 111 John Caldwell (Hotter N Hell) 112 Jeff Cartledge (October Lake Effect) 113 Daniel Mendoza (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 114 Marshal Hartley (NH Velo) 115 Jason Carr (IS Corp Cycling Team) 116 Casey Mccauley (IS Corp Cycling Team) 117 Matthew Weeks (October Lake Effect) 118 Ryan Rish (A & F) 119 Thomas Erlacker (Mercy Cycling) 120 Ryan Heydenrych (Mercy Cycling) Final General Classification 1 Mark Hekman (A & F) 10.09.37 2 Dewey Dickey (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 0.20 3 Josh England (A & F) 1.10 4 Phillipe Abbot (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 1.20 5 Molly Cameron (Orgnic Athletes) 6 David Richter (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 7 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) 8 Tom Soladay (Kelly Benefits) 1.25 9 Joseph Kukolla (Hotter N Hell) 1.30 10 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 11 Ryan Knapp (Team Alderfer Bergen) 12 Noah Singer (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 13 Andrew Wulkuhle (ADG / C3) 14 Andy Baker (Time Development) 15 Keck Baker (Seigler Sports) 16 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 17 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team) 18 Dan Campbell (Anthem) 19 Steve Weller (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 20 Jonathan Swain (Kelly Benefits) 21 Brandon Gavic (A & F) 22 Erik Bennet (Time Development) 23 Stephen Cummings (GPOA Meredieth Group) 24 Paul Deninger (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 25 James Duncan (Time Development) 26 Shwan Adams (October Lake Effect) 2.22 27 John Minturn (GPOA Meredieth Group) 2.56 28 Mitch Comardo (Hotter N Hell) 2.59 29 Nick Friesen (Kelly Benefits) 3.05 30 Derek Laan (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 3.27 31 Brian Fouche (ACV/ Team Hagertown Washington) 32 Adam Branfman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 33 Matt Winstead (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 34 Andy Applegate (A & F) 3.40 35 Thomas Herman 4.09 36 Steve Carpenter (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 5.22 37 Turner Johnson (GPOA Meredieth Group) 5.35 38 Frank Moak (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 6.16 39 Jamie Gandara Jr. (Colavita/ New Mexico) 6.17 40 Tim Swain (A & F) 6.24 41 Matt Waite (Brazen Dropouts) 6.33 42 Scott Barnes (Champion Cycling) 43 Jon Bruno (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 44 Nick Pakulla (Kelly Benefits) 6.42 45 David Williams (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 7.07 46 Stan Jurga (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 7.17 47 Michael Chauner (PA Lightning) 8.47 48 Matthew Belcher (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 9.30 49 Stephen Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 9.32 50 Dave Morris (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 9.48 51 Jonthan Chodroff (GPOA Meredieth Group) 11.00 52 Tony Hall (Seigler Sports) 11.02 53 Joshua Liberles (Colavita/ New Mexico) 54 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 11.17 55 Erik Van Den Akker (Team Athens) 11.39 56 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 11.54 57 Jarred Gilker (Hotter N Hell) 14.00 58 Tim Regan (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 14.11 59 Luke Krisch (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 60 Erik Tomlison (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 15.20 61 Taylor Brown (PA Lightning) 15.25 62 Seth Myer (Get a Grip Cycles) 15.34 63 Jamie Kimberly (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 16.00 64 Jason Maom (Mercy Cycling) 16.05 65 Zack Hockett (Hotter N Hell) 66 Joe Holmes (Seigler Sports) 67 Ryan Gamm (A & F) 16.24 68 Kieran Sikdar (Bike Soce) 16.29 69 Scott Walnofer (Mercy Cycling) 17.42 70 Austin Frey (ADG / C3) 18.18 71 Bennett Van Der Genugte (A & F) 21.25 72 John Hanson (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 27.03 73 John Olney (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 27.13 74 Franqois Duhamel (Team Blueberry) 36.21 75 David Rendon (Colavita/ New Mexico) 38.49 76 David Berryman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 40.33 77 Matthew Weeks (October Lake Effect) 47.50 78 Ken Bellau (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 50.08 79 Noah Metzler (Wheel and Sporket) 54.30 80 Isaac Neff (Team Alderfer Bergen) 55.40 81 Chistopher Monteleone (Time Development) 55.42 82 Ben Renkema 56.25 83 Emiliano Gorden (Colavita/ New Mexico) 57.54 84 Chris Reed (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 1.00.31 85 Casey Mccauley (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.01.30 86 Akira Wong (Orgnic Athletes) 1.01.58 87 Tucher Brown (PA Lightning) 1.02.27 88 Bradley Saul (Orgnic Athletes) 1.04.44 89 Sam Silvey (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.05.10 90 David Schreffler (COBC) 1.05.29 91 Jimmy Macdonald (A & F) 1.08.15 92 Mike Lanyon (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 1.09.56 93 Marco Aledia (A & F) 1.11.54 94 Peter Sanowar (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 1.12.34 95 Pat Raines (Time Development) 96 David Talbott (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.14.04 97 Eddy Hilger (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.18.42 98 Matt Holecko (Great Dane Velo) 1.22.06 99 Hugh Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 1.24.26 100 John Freisen (Colavita/ New Mexico) 1.24.34 101 Sean Metz (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 1.25.04 102 Marc Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 1.26.01 103 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 1.30.06 104 Marshal Hartley (NH Velo) 1.38.05 105 Mike Stoop (Seigler Sports) 1.50.17 106 Stefan Swecker (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.57.10 107 Daniel Mendoza (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 1.57.23 108 Jackie Simes (PA Lightning) 1.58.12 109 Duncam Seko (Orgnic Athletes) 2.03.10 110 Ryan Heydenrych (Mercy Cycling) 2.03.36 111 Jason Carr (IS Corp Cycling Team) 2.09.51 112 Brian Alferman (Manchester Racing Club) 2.11.21 113 Ben Lyon (Orgnic Athletes) 2.14.24 114 Jeff Cartledge (October Lake Effect) 2.24.33 115 Ryan Rish (A & F) 2.31.48 116 Nate Brown (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 2.38.49 117 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 2.50.36 118 John Caldwell (Hotter N Hell) 3.15.22 119 Franqois Malo (Team Blueberry) 3.51.52 Sprint classification 1 Marco Aledia (A & F) 22 pts 2 Mark Hekman (A & F) 21 3 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) 13 4 Akira Wong (Orgnic Athletes) 5 5 Noah Singer (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 4 6 Tucher Brown (PA Lightning) 3 6 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 3 8 Erik Bennet (Time Development) 1 8 David Talbott (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1 8 Brandon Gavic (A & F) 1 8 Jason Maom (Mercy Cycling) 1 8 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 1 8 Josh England (A & F) 1 Mountains classification 1 Tim Swain (A & F) 16 pts 2 Nick Friesen (Kelly Benefits) 13 3 Josh England (A & F) 10 4 Mark Hekman (A & F) 9 5 Eddy Hilger (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 4 6 Seth Myer (Get a Grip Cycles) 4 7 Mike Stoop (Seigler Sports) 4 8 Dewey Dickey (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 4 9 Dan Campbell (Anthem) 3 10 Jamie Gandara Jr. (Colavita/ New Mexico) 3 11 Brian Sheedy (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 1 12 Andy Baker (Time Development) 1 Best Cat 3 rider 1 Dan Campbell (Anthem) Best Collegiate rider 1 Steve Scholzen (IS Corp)
