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Edgar Soto Memorial - NE
Tennessee, USA, May 25-28, 2007
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Stage 2 - May 26: Williams County Circuit Race, 66/33 miles (M/W)
Stage win secures Murphy GC lead
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Stage 2 was held near Franklin, Tennessee on a challenging circuit that delivered approximately 1,100 feet of climbing per lap, spread out over a dozen or so big rollers. With 90 degree plus temperatures and pressure from a break that included eventual stage winner John Murphy (Health Net/Maxxis) the field was split into several chase groups.
Health Net and Jittery Joe's launched a flurry of attacks early on the first series of big rollers on the second lap and eventually a six man break got up the road and finished the race nearly four minutes ahead of yellow jersey holder Trent Wilson.
Those in the break included John Murphy (Health Net), Dirk Pohlman (Krystal), Neal Shirley (Jittery Joes), Eddy Hilger (Juris/morepartnerincome.com), Frank Pipp (Health Net), and Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly).
By virtue of his win, Murphy took the general classification lead followed by Shirley at 19 seconds and Hilger at 34 seconds. Murphy also found himself in the points competition lead as well.
Photography
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- Trent Wilson (Jittery Joe's) chats with John Murphy (HealthNet) before Stage 2.
- Marshall Martin (Morepartnerincome.com) leads the pro field across the Gosey Hill climb early in the Stage 2 circuit race.
- Cycling legend Kent Bostick still riding in the Pro 1,2 field.
- The peloton rolls in the 66 mile Stage 2 circuit race.
- Chris Harkey (Hincapie/Bianchi) sets the pace as the yellow jersey team Jittery Joe's covers the front to protect Trent Wilson's lead.
Results
Pro men 1 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 2.36.37 2 Dirk Pohlmann (Team Krystal - Scv) 3 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 4 Eddy Hilger (Juris Morepartner) 5 Frank Pipp (Healthnet/Maxxis) 6 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly) 7 Geri Mewett (Hincapie Sports) 0.12 8 Peter Fairbanks (Cumberland University) 0.28 9 Karl Menzies (Healthnet/Maxxis) 2.39 10 Gregory Christian (West Michigan Coast) 11 Jeff Koch (Priority Health) 12 Scott Stewart (Vmg) 3.22 13 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling) 14 Nathan Brown (Juris Morepartner) 15 Todd Henrikson (Healthnet/Maxxis) 16 John Stevens (Barbasol) 3.56 17 Brian Toone (Tria Market / Two Me) 18 Ben Renkema (West Michigan Coast) 19 Sam Silvey (Juris Morepartner) 20 Bradley Spears (Team Krystal - Scv) 21 Matt Winstead (Juris Morepartner) 22 David Hays (Ohio Valley Velo - E) 23 Thomas Turner (Pacesetter Steel Ser) 24 Carson Worts (Capri-Foundation/Csh) 25 Geoffrey Mina (Camp Highland Racing) 26 Oscar M Henao (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 27 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling) 28 Paul Koehn (Motor Werks\Carve) 29 Micheal Lanham (Myogenesis-Landmark) 30 Diego Garabito (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 31 Emilio Asconeguy (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 32 Jason Jeansonne (Southern Cycling Ope) 33 Carlos Saavedra (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 34 James Milne (Tupelo Bicycle Club) 35 Andrew Talansky (Team Herbalife/Bikea) 36 Justin Eppenbrock (Chain Reaction - Col) 37 Kent Bostick (Melting Pot/Knoxvelo) 38 Trent Wilson (Jittery Joe's) 39 Phil Southerland (Team Type 1 Monitore) 40 Steven Carpenter (Juris Morepartner) 41 Andrew Meyer (Dasani/Hincapie) 42 Mat Stephens (Capri Foundation) 43 Malachi Peacock (Pacesetter Steel Ser) 44 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling) 45 Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) 46 Gray Skinner (Nashvillecyclist.Com) 47 Anthony Astrab (Team Gearlink) 48 Matthew Welch (Team Clif Bar Midwes) 49 Travis Werts (Team Krystal - Scv) 50 David Williams (Priority Health) 51 Timothy Regan (Herring Gas Cycling) 52 Philip Martindale (Team Krystal - Scv) 53 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling) 54 Travis Hagner (Locos Grill & Pub) 55 Dave Morris (Tristar Cycling Team) 56 James G Wenzel (Velo Voodoo) 57 Jeff Hopkins (Jittery Joes) 58 John Doyle (Priority Health Cycl) 4.05 59 Steven Howard (Priority Health - Bi) 60 Sam Riden (Pro Bike) 4.41 61 Mark Olson (Priority Health - Bi) 62 David Hutton (Saturn Of Dayton) 5.39 63 Cleve Blackwell (Team Myogenesis Nutr) 64 Tim Hall (Nashvillecyclist.Com) 5.59 65 David Sachs (Vision Quest Coachin) 6.04 66 Jafer Beizer (Team Myogenesis Nutr) 7.07 67 Andrew Daley (Team Clif Bar Midwes) 68 Christopher Harkey (Hincapie/Bianchi/Das) 69 Evan Hyde (Nashvillecyclist.Com) 70 Robert Mcconville (Capri Foundation/ Cs) 8.17 71 D Tyler Grahovec (Pacesetter Steel Ser) 9.00 72 Anthony Patrick (Barbasol) 9.13 73 Stuart Lamp (Memphis Motorwerks) 13.39 74 Nathan Bartels (Team Type 1 Monitore) 75 Thomas Doughty (Amd/Discovery Channe) 15.32 76 Tim Barrett (Team Myogenesis) 77 Joe Eldridge (Team Type 1) 78 Darren Fuller (Hincapie / Dasani) 18.22 79 Mark Smelser (Gp Velotek) 28.31 80 Tom Burke (West Michigan Coast) 34.10 81 Jason Peters (Team Krystal - Scv) 36.20 82 Adam Little (Hincapie/Bianchi/Das) 37.19 83 Daniel Underwood (Team Krystal - Scv) 38.18 DNF Robert Schrank (Team Type 1 Monitore) DNF John Hart (Team Krystal - Scv) DNF Kenneth Bellau (Herring Gas Cycling) DNF Matthew Hansley (Locos Grill & Pub) DNF Seth Hansley (Locos Grill & Pub) DNF Lucas Livermon (Capri Foundation) DNF Marshall Martin (Juris Morepartner) DNF Christopher Mina (Camp Highland Racing) DNF Beau Rathburn (Memphis Motor Werks) DNF Chris Scott (Locos Grill & Pub) DNF Luke Servedio (Team Krystal - Scv) DNF David Hauber (Barbasol) DNF Michael Talley (Memphis Motor Works) Pro women 1 Debbie Milne (Probike/First Choice) 1.29.52 2 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 3 Tracy Huber (Texas Roadhouse/Ky F) 4 Kirsten Davis (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 4.52 5 Elizabeth Fox (Bookoo/Birmingham Bi) 6 Kristin Jo Markham 7 Gina Tolbert (Velo Vixens) 8 Kirsten Sass (Gran Fondo) 9 Catherine Peacock (Vantaggio/Specialize) 10 Robin Blankenbaker (Asheville Bicycle Ra) 11 Chamblee Abernethy (Team Kenda Tire) 12 Mary Beth Chawan (Team Gran Fondo/Bian) 10.35 13 Stephanie Bleecher (Gran Fondo Bianchi) 14 Vida Greer (Gran Fondo Bianchi) 15 Amanda Green (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 16 Donna Kerby (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 12.33 17 Francine Haas (Alberto's Sport) 13.15 18 Kristin Arntzen (Alberto's Sport) 13.37 19 Charlene Bailey (Cumberland Cycles) 13.58 20 Shalini Zabaneh (Sagitun) 14.36 21 Brooke Henderson (Boo Koo/Bbc/Tristar) 16.45 22 Jennifer Schuble 23 Jordan Arnot (Cumberland Transit) 24 Christi An Hansley (Team Kenda Tire) 25 Kelly Bownes (Bookoo/Tristar) 26 Meridith Grimsley (Tristar - Bbc) 20.41 27 Sandra Kern (Velo Bella - Kona) 23.36 28 Shannon Rogers (Kcoi Boulevard) 29 Molly Graves (Velo Bella - Kona) 30 Jackie Soladay (Land Rover/Briar R) 32.56 31 Nicole Douglas (Tri-Cities Road Club) 32 Jane Howard (Melting Pot/Knox Vel) 36.02 33 Amy Fear-Bishop (Gp Velotek) 50.09 DNF Robin Farina (Target Training) DNF Lynn Joslin (Hincapie-Bianchi-Das) Points Pro men 1 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 95 pts 2 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 90 3 Frank Pipp (Healthnet/Maxxis) 31 4 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly) 30 5 Chris Scott (Locos Grill & Pub) 25 6 Peter Fairbanks (Cumberland University) 18 7 Eddy Hilger (Juris Morepartner) 18 8 Dirk Pohlmann (Team Krystal - Scv) 15 9 Geri Mewett (Hincapie Sports) 4 10 Karl Menzies (Healthnet/Maxxis) 2 11 Gregory Christian (West Michigan Coast) 1 Pro women 1 Debbie Milne (Probike/First Choice) 75 pts 2 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 40 3 Tracy Huber (Texas Roadhouse/Ky F) 20 4 Robin Farina (Target Training) 15 5 Kirsten Davis (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 8 6 Elizabeth Fox (Bookoo/Birmingham Bi) 6 7 Kristin Jo Markham 5 8 Gina Tolbert (Velo Vixens) 4 9 Kirsten Sass (Gran Fondo) 3 10 Catherine Peacock (Vantaggio/Specialize) 2 11 Robin Blankenbaker (Asheville Bicycle Ra) 1 Sprint 1 - Lap 1 Pro men 1 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 25 pts 2 Peter Fairbanks (Cumberland University) 15 3 Eddy Hilger (Juris Morepartner) 10 Pro women 1 Debbie Milne (Probike/First Choice) 25 pts 2 Robin Farina (Target Training) 15 3 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 10 Sprint 2 - Lap 2 Pro men 1 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 25 pts 2 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly) 15 3 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 10 Pro women 1 Debbie Milne (Probike/First Choice) 25 pts 2 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 15 3 Tracy Huber (Texas Roadhouse/Ky F) 10 Sprint 3 - Lap 3 Pro men 1 Chris Scott (Locos Grill & Pub) 25 pts 2 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 15 3 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 10 Sprint 4 - Lap 4 Pro men 1 Frank Pipp (Healthnet/Maxxis) 25 pts 2 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 15 3 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 10 Sprint 5 - Lap 5 Pro men 1 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 25 pts 2 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 15 3 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly) 10 Final sprint Pro men 1 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 25 pts 2 Dirk Pohlmann (Team Krystal - Scv) 15 3 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 10 4 Eddy Hilger (Juris Morepartner) 8 5 Frank Pipp (Healthnet/Maxxis) 6 6 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly) 5 7 Geri Mewett (Hincapie Sports) 4 8 Peter Fairbanks (Cumberland University) 3 9 Karl Menzies (Healthnet/Maxxis) 2 10 Gregory Christian (West Michigan Coast) 1 Pro women 1 Debbie Milne (Probike/First Choice) 25 pts 2 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 15 3 Tracy Huber (Texas Roadhouse/Ky F) 10 4 Kirsten Davis (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 8 5 Elizabeth Fox (Bookoo/Birmingham Bi) 6 6 Kristin Jo Markham 5 7 Gina Tolbert (Velo Vixens) 4 8 Kirsten Sass (Gran Fondo) 3 9 Catherine Peacock (Vantaggio/Specialize) 2 10 Robin Blankenbaker (Asheville Bicycle Ra) 1 General Classification after Stage 2 Pro men 1 John Murphy (Healthnet/Maxxis) 2.50.50 2 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) 0.19 3 Eddy Hilger (Juris Morepartner) 0.34 4 Dirk Pohlmann (Team Krystal - Scv) 0.39 5 Frank Pipp (Healthnet/Maxxis) 0.56 6 Geri Mewett (Hincapie Sports) 1.19 7 Peter Fairbanks (Cumberland University) 1.43 8 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly) 2.24 9 Karl Menzies (Healthnet/Maxxis) 3.11 10 Gregory Christian (West Michigan Coast) 3.32 11 Jeff Koch (Priority Health) 3.45 12 Trent Wilson (Jittery Joe's) 4.02 13 Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) 4.07 14 Todd Henrikson (Healthnet/Maxxis) 4.09 15 Nathan Brown (Juris Morepartner) 4.25 16 Matt Winstead (Juris Morepartner) 4.43 17 Andrew Talansky (Team Herbalife/Bikea) 4.58 18 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling) 5.06 19 Kent Bostick (Melting Pot/Knoxvelo) 5.12 20 Bradley Spears (Team Krystal - Scv) 5.16 21 Thomas Turner (Pacesetter Steel Ser) 5.22 22 David Williams (Priority Health) 5.26 23 Justin Eppenbrock (Chain Reaction - Col) 5.30 24 Scott Stewart (Vmg) 5.31 25 Steven Howard (Priority Health - Bi) 26 Geoffrey Mina (Camp Highland Racing) 5.36 27 Sam Silvey (Juris Morepartner) 5.37 28 Steven Carpenter (Juris Morepartner) 29 Oscar M Henao (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 5.43 30 Jason Jeansonne (Southern Cycling Ope) 31 Andrew Meyer (Dasani/Hincapie) 32 Emilio Asconeguy (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 5.48 33 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling) 34 Micheal Lanham (Myogenesis-Landmark) 5.50 35 Jeff Hopkins (Jittery Joes) 5.51 36 David Hays (Ohio Valley Velo - E) 5.52 37 Paul Koehn (Motor Werks\Carve) 5.55 38 Mat Stephens (Capri Foundation) 5.56 39 Travis Werts (Team Krystal - Scv) 40 Gray Skinner (Nashvillecyclist.Com) 5.57 41 Brian Toone (Tria Market / Two Me) 5.58 42 Philip Martindale (Team Krystal - Scv) 5.59 43 Anthony Astrab (Team Gearlink) 6.01 44 Malachi Peacock (Pacesetter Steel Ser) 6.04 45 John Doyle (Priority Health Cycl) 6.07 46 Timothy Regan (Herring Gas Cycling) 47 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling) 6.10 48 Travis Hagner (Locos Grill & Pub) 6.25 49 Mark Olson (Priority Health - Bi) 6.27 50 Matthew Welch (Team Clif Bar Midwes) 51 James G Wenzel (Velo Voodoo) 6.30 52 John Stevens (Barbasol) 6.32 53 Diego Garabito (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 6.34 54 Carlos Saavedra (Clinica Union/Ucl-Ge) 6.41 55 Carson Worts (Capri-Foundation/Csh) 6.45 56 James Milne (Tupelo Bicycle Club) 6.50 57 Cleve Blackwell (Team Myogenesis Nutr) 6.51 58 Sam Riden (Pro Bike) 6.57 59 Ben Renkema (West Michigan Coast) 6.59 60 Dave Morris (Tristar Cycling Team) 7.05 61 David Sachs (Vision Quest Coachin) 7.07 62 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling) 7.11 63 Phil Southerland (Team Type 1 Monitore) 7.28 64 Christopher Harkey (Hincapie/Bianchi/Das) 7.52 65 David Hutton (Saturn Of Dayton) 7.58 66 Jafer Beizer (Team Myogenesis Nutr) 8.58 67 Evan Hyde (Nashvillecyclist.Com) 9.04 68 Tim Hall (Nashvillecyclist.Com) 9.06 69 Andrew Daley (Team Clif Bar Midwes) 10.02 70 Robert Mcconville (Capri Foundation/ Cs) 10.26 71 D Tyler Grahovec (Pacesetter Steel Ser) 10.33 72 Anthony Patrick (Barbasol) 11.35 73 Nathan Bartels (Team Type 1 Monitore) 16.07 74 Stuart Lamp (Memphis Motorwerks) 16.27 75 Tim Barrett (Team Myogenesis) 16.55 76 Thomas Doughty (Amd/Discovery Channe) 17.14 77 Joe Eldridge (Team Type 1) 17.39 78 Darren Fuller (Hincapie / Dasani) 21.17 79 Mark Smelser (Gp Velotek) 30.31 80 Tom Burke (West Michigan Coast) 35.50 81 Jason Peters (Team Krystal - Scv) 39.32 82 Adam Little (Hincapie/Bianchi/Das) 40.27 83 Daniel Underwood (Team Krystal - Scv) 42.13 Pro women 1 Debbie Milne (Probike/First Choice) 1.46.39 2 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 0.34 3 Tracy Huber (Texas Roadhouse/Ky F) 0.52 4 Kirsten Sass (Gran Fondo) 5.34 5 Gina Tolbert (Velo Vixens) 6.23 6 Kirsten Davis (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 6.24 7 Kristin Jo Markham 6.44 8 Elizabeth Fox (Bookoo/Birmingham Bi) 6.50 9 Chamblee Abernethy (Team Kenda Tire) 7.00 10 Catherine Peacock (Vantaggio/Specialize) 7.09 11 Robin Blankenbaker (Asheville Bicycle Ra) 7.40 12 Stephanie Bleecher (Gran Fondo Bianchi) 12.54 13 Vida Greer (Gran Fondo Bianchi) 14 Mary Beth Chawan (Team Gran Fondo/Bian) 13.03 15 Amanda Green (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 13.30 16 Donna Kerby (Sorella Cycling/Alle) 14.05 17 Francine Haas (Alberto's Sport) 15.32 18 Kristin Arntzen (Alberto's Sport) 16.54 19 Shalini Zabaneh (Sagitun) 17.03 20 Charlene Bailey (Cumberland Cycles) 18.12 21 Jennifer Schuble 19.26 22 Christi An Hansley (Team Kenda Tire) 19.46 23 Kelly Bownes (Bookoo/Tristar) 19.52 24 Brooke Henderson (Boo Koo/Bbc/Tristar) 21.37 25 Jordan Arnot (Cumberland Transit) 22.14 26 Meridith Grimsley (Tristar - Bbc) 24.45 27 Molly Graves (Velo Bella - Kona) 27.09 28 Sandra Kern (Velo Bella - Kona) 27.47 29 Shannon Rogers (Kcoi Boulevard) 28.17 30 Jackie Soladay (Land Rover/Briar R) 36.16 31 Nicole Douglas (Tri-Cities Road Club) 38.15 32 Jane Howard (Melting Pot/Knox Vel) 42.33 33 Amy Fear-Bishop (Gp Velotek) 57.13
