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Joe Martin Stage Race - NE
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, May 11-13, 2007
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Stage 4 - May 13: Criterium, 85/55 minutes + 3 laps (M/W)
Sutherland and Carroll victorious at Joe Martin
By Mark Zalewski
Health Net dominates stage and overall
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In yesterday's double stage of a road race and time trial, the Health Net-Maxxis team merely passed the lead around themselves with Karl Menzies taking out the field sprint followed by Rory Sutherland winning the uphill time trial. In today's final criterium, the two Aussies were at it again - again with Menzies winning in a field sprint and Sutherland finishing third to claim the overall title.
"We took the front on lap one and stayed on the front the whole time," said director sportif Jeff Corbet. "The strategy was pretty straight up. We defended at this race last year. Tim and Kyle were involved in that work last year and felt confident we could do it again."
Many teams tried to crack the Health Net train throughout the race, including Toyota-United with two riders near the top of the overall. "I tried to break their composure, but they kept it together," said Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) who finished second in the time trial and ended up third overall. "I just have to give respect to those guys. It's a course where it's much easier on the front, and it gets harder each guy you go back - and they controlled the front."
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Baldwin said he was disappointed at not winning the time trial on Saturday, but finds that the level of racing in the US is reflected by the results. "I expected to have an even better day than that, but it was still good," he explained. "I feel like I am on top of my game, but there are some great guys in the U.S. this year - like Rory Sutherland and Ben Jacques-Maynes. It's going to be a competitive year."
Health Net-Maxxis put all hands on deck today to get the overall sewn up, and it showed in the closing laps. "We let some moves have a little rope and anything we didn't like we brought it back," said Corbet. "Everybody took some cracks at us, especially the Colombians. They attacked us a lot and didn't hesitate - they really gave us a run. We used up all our matches - at the bell lap we only had Sean Milne able to pull for Rory and Karl. But it worked out to be just enough."
Carroll bookends wins for overall title
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Kat Carroll (Aaron's Pro) built upon her strong win in the opening stage of Joe Martin by winning the closing criterium and taking the overall win. "This was the first stage race I raced two years ago, so it's good to come back and get the win," she told Cyclingnews. "I seem to be on a bit of a roll right now!"
On a roll indeed. Carroll won the Athens Twilight criterium two weeks ago and took third overall in the USA Crits Southeast Series.
In today's race the Aaron's team had a proactive strategy in mind to take the win. "It's a challenging crit - probably the hardest one we do all year," said Carroll. "But it helped us out, with the heat it wore everybody down. We wanted to be more aggressive than defensive - we had the green light to race."
"Chrissy Ruiter was off the front for several laps but got caught with one to go," she added. "It was fine for us because she was far enough down on GC. As we approached the last corner, my teammate sarah came through the last corner and delivered me with a perfect lead out. It was about the happiest I've been to see her in a long time!"
For now, Carroll will skip Tri-Peaks this weekend to get some well deserved rest and relaxation. "I did the whole crit series so I get to go home and rest the soul," Carroll confirmed.
Photography
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- A Webcor rider sprints hard out of turn three on a very fast criterium course.
- All three of the dominant Women’s Pro teams marshal the peloton up the hill to the finish line.
- Laura Yoisten (Webcor) navigates the fast downhill section.
- A Webcor rider takes a turn at the front.
- Katie Weber (Xplane/Team Revolution) put in a great performance hanging tough all afternoon.
- It was a sea of red kits at the front, as Aaron’s Pro cycling and Cheerwine did battle.
- In the end it was Katharine Carroll (Aaron’s Pro Cycling) taking the victory in the uphill sprint.
- A Rock Racing and Toyota/United rider team up to attempt an early break.
- Healthnet riders in tight formation set a blistering pace.
- That's one healthy train!
- A friendly tap on the back from a teammate safely maintains the formation through the downhill section approaching a sharp right hand turn.
- A pair of Priority Health riders work together on the fast downhill back stretch.
- Healthnet pulling the field was a common sight during the criterium.
- Healthnet dominated at the front of the peloton all day.
- Steve Tilford (HRRC/Trek Stores) endures the heat and late afternoon sun on his way to the finish.
- Dan Schmatz (BMC Pro Cycling) turned in a great performance helping his teammate Chad Hartley to a fifth place finish.
- Ivan Dominguez relaxes.
- Race start. A Toyota rider concentrates.
- Escape.
- A Toyota-United Pro Cycling rider drives the move.
- Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United Pro Cycling) rides along.
- Toyota-United Pro Cycling rider
- A Toyota rider in the final day of racing
Results
Pro men 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 1.30.55 2 Ivan Stevic (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 4 Alexander Gonzalez (Col) CAICO 5 Chad Hartley (USA) BMC Pro Cycling Team 6 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly 7 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 8 Yosvany Falcon (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 9 Ivan Dominguez (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 10 Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E.com 11 Brian Jensen (USA) HRRC/Trek Stores 12 Mark Hekman (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch Pro Development 13 Trent Wilson (USA) Jittery Joe's 14 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Pro Cycling Team 15 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health 16 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Team R.A.C.E.com 17 Emile Abraham (Spa) Priority Health 18 Alejandro Cortes (Col) CAICO 19 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 20 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 21 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health 22 Stefano Barberi (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 23 Todd Henriksen (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 24 Josh Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team 25 Javier Zapata (Col) CAICO 26 Daniel Harm (USA) Team Rubicon 27 Corey Collier (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 28 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) EVA-DEVINCI 0.19 29 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 0.22 30 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 0.26 31 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 0.30 32 Jaime Gandara (USA) Colavita / Cooking Light / New Mexico 0.47 33 Stephen Tilford (USA) HRRC/Trek Stores 0.48 34 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 35 Jorge Martinez (Col) CAICO 36 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 1.01 37 Wendy Cruz (Dom) CAICO 38 Matt White (USA) Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team 39 Mariano Friedick (USA) Rock Racing 1.08 40 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 41 Andrew Fischer (USA) Hagens Berman, LLP 1.18 42 Matt Seagrave (USA) 43 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Pro Cycling Team 1.33 44 Rudolph Napolitano (USA) Rock Racing 45 Randy Reichardt (USA) HART 1.44 46 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 1.50 47 James Mattis (USA) Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 2.06 48 Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team 2.12 49 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Team Rubicon 5.22 50 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly 5.27 51 Omer Ken (USA) Priority Health 5.42 52 Lang Reynolds (USA) AxleyUSA.com/Seigler Sports 6.12 53 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 54 Jarred Berger (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 55 Derek Goerke (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 56 Ian Stanford (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch Pro Development 57 Keith Norris (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 6.27 58 Matt Brandt (USA) Team Rubicon 59 Janne Hamalainen (USA) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen 60 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Team Rubicon 6.42 61 Nick Friesen (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling 62 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) EVA-DEVINCI 6.57 63 Owen Gue (USA) Hagens Berman, LLP 64 Whitey Debroux (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 65 Adam Thuss (Can) TeamRACE.com 7.12 66 Eudaldo Asencio (PuR) CAICO 8.12 67 Bain Foote (USA) Herring Gas Cycling Team 68 David Quist (USA) Team Clif Bar Cycling 69 Richard Speer (USA) Team Rubicon 9.12 70 Justin Maciekowicz (USA) Big Shark 10.12 Pro women 1 Katharine Carroll (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 1.01.55 2 Sarah Caravella (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 3 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Vitesse Cycling 4 Amber Rais (USA) Webcor Builders 0.01 5 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 6 Joanie Caron (Can) AE Sport Development 0.02 7 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) UCI WPTCheerwine 0.03 8 Leigh Hobson (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 9 Kristin Sanders (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 0.04 10 Kelly Benjamin (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 0.06 11 Brooke Ourada (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 0.07 12 Betina Hold (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 13 Maatje Benassi (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 14 Emilie Roy (Can) Specialized Minikini 0.08 15 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Team Ultralink 16 Rachel Heal (GBr) Webcor Builders 17 Carmen Mcnellis (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 0.09 18 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 19 Shontell Gauthier (USA) Team Ultralink 0.10 20 Hiroko Shimada (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 0.11 21 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Specialized Minikini 0.13 22 Felicia Gomez (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 0.15 23 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 0.16 24 Catherine Powers (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 25 Andrea Dvorak (USA) Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 0.34 26 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Ultralink 0.47 27 Beth Frye (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 1.05 28 Kathleen Billington (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 2.43 29 Robin Farina (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 2.45 30 Catherine Walberg (USA) mesa cycles 3.05 31 Kristin Wentworth (USA) Team Kenda Tire 32 Moriah Macgregor (Can) AE Sport Development 33 Sarah Uhl (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 3.07 34 Michelle Kiesanowski (NZl) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 35 Rachel O'Connell (Aus) UCI WPTCheerwine 3.08 36 Katharina Weber (USA) XPlane/Team Revolution 37 Anna Milkowski (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 3.09 38 Mandy Lozanno (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 3.12 39 Carla Flores (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 5.37 40 Betsy Galenti (USA) America's Dairyland 6.06 41 Shannon Koch (USA) Compliance Depot Cycling Team 6.11 42 Samantha Schneider (USA) Mesa Cycles 43 Geneviã¨Ve Gagnon (Can) Team Ultralink 44 Jenn Reither (USA) Vitesse Cycling 45 Tamyra Barnard (USA) Team Kenda Tire 6.52 46 Heidi Goldberg (USA) Team Kenda Tire 47 Andrea Meyers (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 7.44 48 Carol Hutton (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 49 Michelle Jensen (USA) Mercy Cycling Team 50 Amy Mcguire (USA) Wachovia-IBC 51 Pamela Hinton (USA) Mercy Cycling Team 52 Samantha Van Gerbig (USA) Wachovia-IBC 53 Kristin Keim (USA) Team Cycleworks p.b. Lowe's Mortgage 54 Carrie Cash (USA) XPlane/Team Revolution 55 Cari Higgins (USA) America's Dairyland 8.50 56 Nikane Chantal Xuen Mallea (USA) Mercy Cycling Team 10.19 57 Lee Farabaugh (USA) Team Cycleworks p.b. Lowe's Mortgage 12.23 58 Marie-Pier Bã‰Dard (Can) Specialized Minikini 59 Janet Olney (USA) C3/ADG/Joe's bike shop Final classification Pro men 1 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 9.33.12 2 Ivan Stevic (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 0.04 3 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 0.13 4 Javier Zapata (Col) CAICO 0.17 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 0.22 6 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health 0.23 7 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Pro Cycling Team 0.24 8 Corey Collier (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 0.26 9 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 0.27 10 Alexander Gonzalez (Col) CAICO 11 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health 12 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly 0.28 13 Stefano Barberi (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 0.36 14 Brian Jensen (USA) HRRC/Trek Stores 0.43 15 Todd Henriksen (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 0.46 16 Daniel Harm (USA) Team Rubicon 0.48 17 Trent Wilson (USA) Jittery Joe's 0.49 18 Mark Hekman (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch Pro Development 0.55 19 Josh Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team 1.00 20 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Team R.A.C.E.com 1.02 21 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 1.07 22 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 1.10 23 Alejandro Cortes (Col) CAICO 1.12 24 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 1.15 25 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) EVA-DEVINCI 1.17 26 Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E.com 1.23 27 Jorge Martinez (Col) CAICO 1.26 28 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 1.27 29 Yosvany Falcon (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 1.28 30 Emile Abraham (Spa) Priority Health 1.34 31 Matt White (USA) Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team 1.38 32 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 1.45 33 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 1.48 34 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net prsented by Maxxis 1.50 35 Stephen Tilford (USA) HRRC/Trek Stores 2.05 36 Mariano Friedick (USA) Rock Racing 2.06 37 Andrew Fischer (USA) Hagens Berman, LLP 2.16 38 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 2.31 39 Jaime Gandara (USA) Colavita / Cooking Light / New Mexico 2.32 40 Wendy Cruz (Dom) CAICO 2.36 41 Chad Hartley (USA) BMC Pro Cycling Team 2.56 42 James Mattis (USA) Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 43 Rudolph Napolitano (USA) Rock Racing 3.05 44 Ivan Dominguez (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling 3.28 45 Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fiordifrutta Elite Cycling Team 3.43 46 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly 6.19 47 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Team Rubicon 7.11 48 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 7.12 49 Omer Ken (USA) Priority Health 7.17 50 Jarred Berger (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 7.20 51 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Team Rubicon 7.33 52 Derek Goerke (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 7.37 53 Matt Brandt (USA) Team Rubicon 7.43 54 Lang Reynolds (USA) AxleyUSA.com/Seigler Sports 7.51 55 Janne Hamalainen (USA) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen 8.00 56 Nick Friesen (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling 8.13 57 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) EVA-DEVINCI 8.31 58 Owen Gue (USA) Hagens Berman, LLP 8.34 59 Whitey Debroux (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 8.51 60 Keith Norris (USA) AEG-TOSHIBA-JetNetwork 9.13 61 Bain Foote (USA) Herring Gas Cycling Team 9.41 62 David Quist (USA) Team Clif Bar Cycling 9.55 63 Matt Seagrave (USA) 10.26 64 Randy Reichardt (USA) HART 11.09 65 Richard Speer (USA) Team Rubicon 11.21 66 Ian Stanford (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch Pro Development 30.21 67 Eudaldo Asencio (PuR) CAICO 34.42 68 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Pro Cycling Team 38.11 69 Justin Maciekowicz (USA) Big Shark 41.49 70 Adam Thuss (Can) TeamRACE.com 49.58 Pro women 1 Katharine Carroll (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 7.08.18 2 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 0.22 3 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 0.31 4 Brooke Ourada (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 0.32 5 Leigh Hobson (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 0.34 6 Amber Rais (USA) Webcor Builders 0.36 7 Rachel Heal (GBr) Webcor Builders 0.41 8 Felicia Gomez (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 0.47 9 Betina Hold (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 0.57 10 Emilie Roy (Can) Specialized Minikini 1.04 11 Kristin Sanders (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 1.18 12 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 1.21 13 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) UCI WPTCheerwine 1.24 14 Maatje Benassi (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 1.29 15 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Vitesse Cycling 1.32 16 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Team Ultralink 1.39 17 Carmen Mcnellis (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 1.40 18 Joanie Caron (Can) AE Sport Development 1.42 19 Hiroko Shimada (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 1.59 20 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Specialized Minikini 2.19 21 Sarah Caravella (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 2.31 22 Catherine Powers (USA) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 2.48 23 Shontell Gauthier (USA) Team Ultralink 2.51 24 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Ultralink 2.55 25 Andrea Dvorak (USA) Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 3.15 26 Beth Frye (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 3.34 27 Kathleen Billington (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 4.07 28 Anna Milkowski (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 4.50 29 Moriah Macgregor (Can) AE Sport Development 4.53 30 Kristin Wentworth (USA) Team Kenda Tire 4.58 31 Kelly Benjamin (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 5.06 32 Michelle Kiesanowski (NZl) Aaron's Pro Cycling Team 5.20 33 Catherine Walberg (USA) mesa cycles 5.27 34 Rachel O'Connell (Aus) UCI WPTCheerwine 6.12 35 Katharina Weber (USA) XPlane/Team Revolution 6.13 36 Sarah Uhl (USA) UCI WPTCheerwine 7.28 37 Shannon Koch (USA) Compliance Depot Cycling Team 8.08 38 Carla Flores (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 8.26 39 Betsy Galenti (USA) America's Dairyland 8.36 40 Geneviã¨Ve Gagnon (Can) Team Ultralink 9.08 41 Heidi Goldberg (USA) Team Kenda Tire 9.23 42 Samantha Schneider (USA) Mesa Cycles 9.48 43 Carol Hutton (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 10.01 44 Michelle Jensen (USA) Mercy Cycling Team 10.55 45 Pamela Hinton (USA) Mercy Cycling Team 11.22 46 Nikane Chantal Xuen Mallea (USA) Mercy Cycling Team 12.31 47 Mandy Lozanno (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 13.51 48 Lee Farabaugh (USA) Team Cycleworks p.b. Lowe's Mortgage 14.53 49 Robin Farina (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 16.26 50 Kristin Keim (USA) Team Cycleworks p.b. Lowe's Mortgage 18.54 51 Samantha Van Gerbig (USA) Wachovia-IBC 19.31 52 Andrea Meyers (USA) Targetraining Women's Team 19.46 53 Amy Mcguire (USA) Wachovia-IBC 19.54 54 Carrie Cash (USA) XPlane/Team Revolution 20.04 55 Cari Higgins (USA) America's Dairyland 20.55 56 Tamyra Barnard (USA) Team Kenda Tire 22.16 57 Marie-Pier Bã‰Dard (Can) Specialized Minikini 28.15 58 Jenn Reither (USA) Vitesse Cycling 31.20 59 Janet Olney (USA) C3/ADG/Joe's bike shop 38.28
