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La Vuelta de Bisbee - NE
USA, April 25-27, 2008
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Prologue - April 25: Mule Pass Time Trial, 2.8 mi
Tecos on top in Bisbee
By Matt Hickman
If Friday's Stage 1 Prologue is any indicator of what the weekend has in store, La Vuelta de Bisbee will come down to Team Tecos vs. the rest of the field. Seven of the top 10 times in the trial, that began on Main Street in Old Bisbee and climbed through Tombstone Canyon to the top of the Mule Pass Tunnel, were posted by Tesco cyclists. The Guadalajara-based team brought nine riders clad in the bright red, orange and yellow of Tecos to the 30th installment of the three-day race.
Tecos rider Gregorio Ladino Vega had the fastest time trial, crossing the finish line in 9.36. Carlos Lopez of P&S Specialized, also a Mexican-based team, finished second, 15 seconds behind. Slots three-through six were all Tecos, a team displaying its supreme confidence by crossing the finish line in unison.
Kiel Reijnen of Phoenix-based Team Waste Management finished seventh and Mark
Aasmundstad of RideClean were the lone American riders to sit in the top 10
heading into this morning's 79.3-mile Sulphur Springs Road Race.
The lone returning champion in this year's field is 40-year old Drew Miller,
who was not pleased at all with his time trial of 10:35, good for 11th.
Miller's Landis-Trek team-mate Dave Reid is hoping for a chance to pick the
team up today.
"We've got a couple, three guys who can go pretty good," said Reid. "Obviously, Drew's our top guy, but Ryan (Blicken) and Steve Slabodnick are exceptional climbers. Some of the Mexican teams here are tough, but that's why you race. It's not always the best team that wins."
Landis-Trek has been a steady power in La Vuelta since its return in 2000. But age may be catching up with them. "I've been on the team since the late 90s and my first year, we had an all-star team," Reid said. "That, I think was our pinnacle. But we're all starting to get old. Brian (Lemke) is 45, I'm 43, and Drew is 40."
RideClean, a relatively new Arizona-based team, showed some can-do spirit as Jim Silverman pushed his bike up the final 300 meters of incline after his chain snapped off. On the pro side, RideClean may have the best bet at challenging Tecos with Aasmundstad 57 seconds back and Kyle Colavito and Dan Vasichek in the top 20.
"With all the doping scandals in cycling, we just want to promote a positive image for the sport," RideClean masters rider Bryan Antol said. "We go around to classrooms and talk to kids and tell them when you cheat at anything, you trade a little piece of your soul. Just see what's happened in baseball and the Olympics. We've lost what it means to be a true sportsman."
The masters' prologue was won by Michael Buckley of Nevada in 10.55. His Morgan Stanley team-mate Michael Hutchinson of California was just one second behind him.
In the women's race, Chloe Forsman of Team Luna leads after the prologue with a time of 12.36. Maria Monica and Kelly McDonald of Touchstone Climbing sit second and third.
Photography
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Images by Albert Hopper
- Carlos Lopez (P&S-Specialized) climbs to the finish line and a second place finish, 15 seconds off the lead.
- Luis Colunga (Tecos) climbs his way to the finish line of the 2008 La Vuelta de Bisbee Prologue.
- The short but steep Mule Pass climb tested the legs and was a vision of climbing to come.
- Gregorio Vega (Tecos) powers his way to the finish line of the 2008 La Vuelta de Bisbee Prologue and a first place finish.
- George Ganoung (US Armed Forces) climbs up Mule pass.
- Chloe Forsman (Luna) starts the Mule Pass Time Trial to begin the 30th La Vuelta de Bisbee Forsman took a first place finish with a time of 12:36.0 The Mule pass prologue climbs 840 feet in 2.8 miles.
- Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) rolls off the start line and up Mule Pass during the prologue.
- Riders climbed the main road through Old Bisbee and up the steep Mule Pass.
Results
Pro & Senior men 1 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Tecos) 9.36 2 Carlos Lopez (P&S-Specialized) 0.15 3 Fausto Esparza Muñoz (Tecos) 0.31 4 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Tecos) 0.35 5 Carlos I Oyarzun Guinez (Tecos) 0.39 5 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Tecos) 7 Kiel Reijnen (Team WM) 0.45 8 Luis Guiterrez Colunga (Tecos) 0.55 8 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Tecos) 10 Mark Aasmundstad (RideClean) 0.57 11 Drew Miller (Landis-Trek) 0.59 12 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 1.01 13 Ryan W. Blicken (Landis-Trek) 1.05 14 Joshua Liberles (Colavita NM) 1.09 14 Adam Livingston (Team 5 Star WVO) 16 Mario Armend-A¡Riz (Rica Burguer) 1.12 17 Antonio Aldape (P&S-Specialized) 1.13 18 Lewis Elliot (Team WM) 1.15 19 Ron Jensen (Team WM) 1.17 20 Dan Vasichek (RideClean) 1.19 21 George Ganoung (US Armed Forces) 1.20 22 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 1.25 23 Jon Parrish (Team WM) 1.27 24 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 1.31 24 Luis F Macias (Tecos) 26 Juan P Magallanes (Tecos) 1.33 27 Karl Bordine (Team 5 Star WVO) 1.35 28 Emiliano Jordan (Colavita NM) 1.36 28 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 30 Kyle Ward (Team WM) 1.37 31 Kamden Reedy (RideClean) 1.39 32 Stephen Slabodnick (Landis-Trek) 1.41 33 Paul Ward (Unattached) 1.48 34 Rodolfo Avila (P&S-Specialized) 1.51 34 David Schulhofer (Team WM) 36 Juan Villela (Rica Burguer) 1.52 37 Tim Doud (Team WM) 1.53 38 Vincent Owens (Sierra Pacific) 1.54 38 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 40 Woodruff Tj (MomentumEndur.) 1.59 41 Hugh Selby (Velo Del Norte) 2.00 42 Gilberto Porras (Rica Burguer) 2.03 43 Carlos Hernandez (P&S-Specialized) 2.05 44 Anthony Steenbergen (Team H&R Block) 2.08 45 Mark Weideman (Simply Fit) 2.11 46 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 2.18 46 Randy Corcoran (NMVS) 48 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 2.21 49 David Reid (Landis-Trek) 2.29 50 Martin Adamczyk (WDT Intl Cycl) 2.34 51 Antonio Velasquez (Rica Burguer) 2.40 52 Mark Wald-Hopkins (Bike -n- Sport) 2.45 53 Brian Cornelius (Team WM) 2.50 54 Chad Derosier (Team 5 Star WVO) 2.57 55 Scott Hubbard (KHSnm.com) 3.13 56 Austin King (Team WM) 3.21 57 Henry Swinty (Rica Burguer) 3.26 58 Jesus Zapata (Colavita NM) 3.59 DNF Michael Telega (Calif. Giant) DNF Matt Desmond (Team WM) DNF Eric Salstrand (Team WM) DNF William Jacobus (US Armed Forces) Master men 1 Michael Buckley (Morgan Stanley) 10.55 2 Michael Hutchinson (Morgan Stanley) 0.01 3 Dave Swanson (Summit Velo) 0.07 4 Al Senft (Colavita NM) 0.14 5 Scott Conover (HLHAP) 0.28 6 Matt Jordan (Team Kaladi) 0.35 7 Matthew Novakovich (Team AK Cannon.) 0.38 8 Brian Palen (Colavita NM) 0.40 8 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 10 Jon Salskov (Bicycle Haus) 0.48 11 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 0.50 12 William White (Team WM) 0.53 13 Jonathan Rath (NMVS) 0.56 14 James Stull (Team Kaladi) 0.58 15 Josh Rider (NMVS) 0.59 16 Daniel Naef (Procon/FNBA) 1.04 17 John Sawasky (Colavita AZ) 1.06 18 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 1.08 19 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 1.10 20 Lew Perna (SchwabCyclesRT) 1.12 21 Travis Waldron (Bicycle Haus) 1.14 22 Thane Wright (Pactimo) 1.15 23 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 1.16 24 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 1.18 25 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 1.22 26 Lane Sanders (Focus Cyclery) 1.25 27 Brad Bochart (Procon/FNBA) 1.27 28 John Simonson (GST Racing) 1.30 29 Bryan Antol (RideClean) 1.32 30 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 1.33 31 Donald Williams (Bicycle Haus) 1.37 32 Frank Barnes (Summit Velo) 1.40 32 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 34 Silvio Menezes (NMVS) 1.43 35 Justin Martin (Colavita AZ) 1.44 36 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 1.45 37 Jim Silverman (RideClean) 1.50 38 Lindsay Crawford (G S Strada) 1.51 39 Chris Poole (Team WM) 1.52 40 Jon Black (GST Racing) 1.55 41 Peter Chagaris (Eclipse Racing) 1.56 41 Andre Mcnulty (HLHAP) 43 Edward A. Cartwright (Team Patimo) 2.00 44 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 2.01 44 Scott Wall (Procon/FNBA) 46 Rod Michael (SportsSystMtnTC) 2.03 46 Tony Routley (Team Whistler) 48 Nels Guloien (Natural Earth) 2.07 49 Joshua Powers (Colavita AZ) 2.10 50 Todd Mion (RideClean) 2.13 50 Kiral Thompson (Summit Velo) 52 Greg Mcglinn (Colavita AZ) 2.16 52 Richard Hutton (Summit Velo) 54 Adrian Schumacher (Presteza) 2.18 55 Thomas Kachelmeyer (Team Giant-MI) 2.19 56 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 2.20 57 Patrick Smallwood (Summit Velo) 2.21 58 Sean Patrick (Colavita AZ) 2.27 59 Richard Biocca (Desert Whl Club) 2.29 59 Tod Smith (Team WM) 61 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 2.30 61 Elliot Skultin (PAA) 61 Eddie Urcadez (Presteza) 61 Kurt Garbe (Unattached) 65 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 2.32 66 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 2.33 67 Alex Koss (Summit Velo) 2.34 68 David Gay (SanTan Racing) 2.37 69 Andy Duvall (Summit Velo) 2.38 69 Greg Howard (Summit Velo) 71 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 2.41 72 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star WVO) 2.42 73 George Varhola (Summit Velo) 2.52 74 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 3.08 75 Eric Nelson (Team RPM) 3.09 76 Doug Stewart (Presteza) 3.17 77 Craig Peters (Colavita AZ) 3.23 78 David Green (SanTan Racing) 3.29 79 Jim Peot (Unattached) 3.42 80 Eric Taylor (Kinley'sCycling) 3.47 81 Rick Cimaglia (RideClean) 3.52 82 William Fleming (Team Kaladi) 3.56 83 Joe Struttmann (SanTan Racing) 4.16 84 Glenn Harris (Thunder Mtn Cyc) 5.50 85 Martin Liddell (SanTan Racing) 7.04 86 Alan Fischer (AZ Cycling) 8.54 87 Norman J. Beasley (Thunder Mtn Cyc) 9.07 DNF Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) DNF Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) DNF Lewis Freed (Bicycle Haus) DNF Kris Pagano (Bicycle Haus) DNF Steve Stuart (Bicycle Haus) DNF Travis Huxman (Eclipse Racing) DNF Chris Fusselman (HLHAP) DNF Robert Dillion (Ind.Fabrication) DNF Mckinley Thompson (Morgan Stanley) DNF Ryan Huth (Pactimo) DNF Patrick Rhodes (Procon/FNBA) DNF Chris Ramsey (Smitty's) Senior & master women 1 Chloe Forsman (LUNA) 12.36 2 Maria Monica (Touchstone Clmg) 0.02 3 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Clmg) 0.21 4 Heather Sborz (Bicycle Haus) 0.57 5 Olivia Dillon (Touchstone Clmg) 1.18 6 Colleen Whealdon-Haught (Summit Velo) 1.20 7 Sarah S. Swanson (Summit Velo) 1.21 8 Marisa Russell (Procon/FNBA) 1.29 9 Chrissy Saraceni (Verducci) 1.35 10 Kristen Hetzel (Summit Velo) 1.39 11 Sabrina Savage (Landis-Trek) 1.46 12 Mary Downing (Team Kenda Tire) 1.57 13 Chloe Black (Landis-Trek) 2.06 14 Katherine Farago (Tribe Racing) 2.17 15 Spring Clegg (Broadway Bikes) 2.18 16 Gina Taylor (Kinley'sCycling) 2.19 17 Tamara Bernstein (HLHAP) 2.26 18 Carolyn Carbone (Summit Velo) 2.37 19 Tiffanie Novakovich (Team AK Cannon.) 2.39 20 Meredith Peterson (Summit Velo) 2.50 21 Heidi Clayton (Bicycle Haus) 2.55 22 Maggie Williams (Bicycle Haus) 3.02 23 Shannon Jones (Summit Velo) 3.31 24 Deenie Robertson (Pipsport) 4.01 DNF Giana Roberge (Proman Racing) General Classification after Prologue Pro & Senior men 1 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Tecos) 9.36 2 Carlos Lopez (P&S-Specialized) 0.15 3 Fausto Esparza Muñoz (Tecos) 0.31 4 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Tecos) 0.35 5 Carlos I Oyarzun Guinez (Tecos) 0.39 5 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Tecos) 7 Kiel Reijnen (Team WM) 0.45 8 Luis Guiterrez Colunga (Tecos) 0.55 8 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Tecos) 10 Mark Aasmundstad (RideClean) 0.57 11 Drew Miller (Landis-Trek) 0.59 12 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 1.01 13 Ryan W. Blicken (Landis-Trek) 1.05 14 Joshua Liberles (Colavita NM) 1.09 14 Adam Livingston (Team 5 Star WVO) 16 Mario Armend-A¡Riz (Rica Burguer) 1.12 17 Antonio Aldape (P&S-Specialized) 1.13 18 Lewis Elliot (Team WM) 1.15 19 Ron Jensen (Team WM) 1.17 20 Dan Vasichek (RideClean) 1.19 21 George Ganoung (US Armed Forces) 1.20 22 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 1.25 23 Jon Parrish (Team WM) 1.27 24 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 1.31 24 Luis F Macias (Tecos) 26 Juan P Magallanes (Tecos) 1.33 27 Karl Bordine (Team 5 Star WVO) 1.35 28 Emiliano Jordan (Colavita NM) 1.36 28 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 30 Kyle Ward (Team WM) 1.37 31 Kamden Reedy (RideClean) 1.39 32 Stephen Slabodnick (Landis-Trek) 1.41 33 Paul Ward (Unattached) 1.48 34 Rodolfo Avila (P&S-Specialized) 1.51 34 David Schulhofer (Team WM) 36 Juan Villela (Rica Burguer) 1.52 37 Tim Doud (Team WM) 1.53 38 Vincent Owens (Sierra Pacific) 1.54 38 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 40 Woodruff Tj (MomentumEndur.) 1.59 41 Hugh Selby (Velo Del Norte) 2.00 42 Gilberto Porras (Rica Burguer) 2.03 43 Carlos Hernandez (P&S-Specialized) 2.05 44 Anthony Steenbergen (Team H&R Block) 2.08 45 Mark Weideman (Simply Fit) 2.11 46 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 2.18 46 Randy Corcoran (NMVS) 48 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 2.21 49 David Reid (Landis-Trek) 2.29 50 Martin Adamczyk (WDT Intl Cycl) 2.34 51 Antonio Velasquez (Rica Burguer) 2.40 52 Mark Wald-Hopkins (Bike -n- Sport) 2.45 53 Brian Cornelius (Team WM) 2.50 54 Chad Derosier (Team 5 Star WVO) 2.57 55 Scott Hubbard (KHSnm.com) 3.13 56 Austin King (Team WM) 3.21 57 Henry Swinty (Rica Burguer) 3.26 58 Jesus Zapata (Colavita NM) 3.59 DNF Michael Telega (Calif. Giant) DNF Matt Desmond (Team WM) DNF Eric Salstrand (Team WM) DNF William Jacobus (US Armed Forces) Master men 1 Michael Buckley (Morgan Stanley) 10.55 2 Michael Hutchinson (Morgan Stanley) 0.01 3 Dave Swanson (Summit Velo) 0.07 4 Al Senft (Colavita NM) 0.14 5 Scott Conover (HLHAP) 0.28 6 Matt Jordan (Team Kaladi) 0.35 7 Matthew Novakovich (Team AK Cannon.) 0.38 8 Brian Palen (Colavita NM) 0.40 8 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 10 Jon Salskov (Bicycle Haus) 0.48 11 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 0.50 12 William White (Team WM) 0.53 13 Jonathan Rath (NMVS) 0.56 14 James Stull (Team Kaladi) 0.58 15 Josh Rider (NMVS) 0.59 16 Daniel Naef (Procon/FNBA) 1.04 17 John Sawasky (Colavita AZ) 1.06 18 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 1.08 19 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 1.10 20 Lew Perna (SchwabCyclesRT) 1.12 21 Travis Waldron (Bicycle Haus) 1.14 22 Thane Wright (Pactimo) 1.15 23 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 1.16 24 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 1.18 25 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 1.22 26 Lane Sanders (Focus Cyclery) 1.25 27 Brad Bochart (Procon/FNBA) 1.27 28 John Simonson (GST Racing) 1.30 29 Bryan Antol (RideClean) 1.32 30 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 1.33 31 Donald Williams (Bicycle Haus) 1.37 32 Frank Barnes (Summit Velo) 1.40 32 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 34 Silvio Menezes (NMVS) 1.43 35 Justin Martin (Colavita AZ) 1.44 36 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 1.45 37 Jim Silverman (RideClean) 1.50 38 Lindsay Crawford (G S Strada) 1.51 39 Chris Poole (Team WM) 1.52 40 Jon Black (GST Racing) 1.55 41 Peter Chagaris (Eclipse Racing) 1.56 41 Andre Mcnulty (HLHAP) 43 Edward A. Cartwright (Team Patimo) 2.00 44 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 2.01 44 Scott Wall (Procon/FNBA) 46 Rod Michael (SportsSystMtnTC) 2.03 46 Tony Routley (Team Whistler) 48 Nels Guloien (Natural Earth) 2.07 49 Joshua Powers (Colavita AZ) 2.10 50 Todd Mion (RideClean) 2.13 50 Kiral Thompson (Summit Velo) 52 Greg Mcglinn (Colavita AZ) 2.16 52 Richard Hutton (Summit Velo) 54 Adrian Schumacher (Presteza) 2.18 55 Thomas Kachelmeyer (Team Giant-MI) 2.19 56 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 2.20 57 Patrick Smallwood (Summit Velo) 2.21 58 Sean Patrick (Colavita AZ) 2.27 59 Richard Biocca (Desert Whl Club) 2.29 59 Tod Smith (Team WM) 61 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 2.30 61 Elliot Skultin (PAA) 61 Eddie Urcadez (Presteza) 61 Kurt Garbe (Unattached) 65 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 2.32 66 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 2.33 67 Alex Koss (Summit Velo) 2.34 68 David Gay (SanTan Racing) 2.37 69 Andy Duvall (Summit Velo) 2.38 69 Greg Howard (Summit Velo) 71 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 2.41 72 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star WVO) 2.42 73 George Varhola (Summit Velo) 2.52 74 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 3.08 75 Eric Nelson (Team RPM) 3.09 76 Doug Stewart (Presteza) 3.17 77 Craig Peters (Colavita AZ) 3.23 78 David Green (SanTan Racing) 3.29 79 Jim Peot (Unattached) 3.42 80 Eric Taylor (Kinley'sCycling) 3.47 81 Rick Cimaglia (RideClean) 3.52 82 William Fleming (Team Kaladi) 3.56 83 Joe Struttmann (SanTan Racing) 4.16 84 Glenn Harris (Thunder Mtn Cyc) 5.50 85 Martin Liddell (SanTan Racing) 7.04 86 Alan Fischer (AZ Cycling) 8.54 87 Norman J. Beasley (Thunder Mtn Cyc) 9.07 DNF Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) DNF Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) DNF Lewis Freed (Bicycle Haus) DNF Kris Pagano (Bicycle Haus) DNF Steve Stuart (Bicycle Haus) DNF Travis Huxman (Eclipse Racing) DNF Chris Fusselman (HLHAP) DNF Robert Dillion (Ind.Fabrication) DNF Mckinley Thompson (Morgan Stanley) DNF Ryan Huth (Pactimo) DNF Patrick Rhodes (Procon/FNBA) DNF Chris Ramsey (Smitty's) Senior & master women 1 Chloe Forsman (LUNA) 12.36 2 Maria Monica (Touchstone Clmg) 0.02 3 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Clmg) 0.21 4 Heather Sborz (Bicycle Haus) 0.57 5 Olivia Dillon (Touchstone Clmg) 1.18 6 Colleen Whealdon-Haught (Summit Velo) 1.20 7 Sarah S. Swanson (Summit Velo) 1.21 8 Marisa Russell (Procon/FNBA) 1.29 9 Chrissy Saraceni (Verducci) 1.35 10 Kristen Hetzel (Summit Velo) 1.39 11 Sabrina Savage (Landis-Trek) 1.46 12 Mary Downing (Team Kenda Tire) 1.57 13 Chloe Black (Landis-Trek) 2.06 14 Katherine Farago (Tribe Racing) 2.17 15 Spring Clegg (Broadway Bikes) 2.18 16 Gina Taylor (Kinley'sCycling) 2.19 17 Tamara Bernstein (HLHAP) 2.26 18 Carolyn Carbone (Summit Velo) 2.37 19 Tiffanie Novakovich (Team AK Cannon.) 2.39 20 Meredith Peterson (Summit Velo) 2.50 21 Heidi Clayton (Bicycle Haus) 2.55 22 Maggie Williams (Bicycle Haus) 3.02 23 Shannon Jones (Summit Velo) 3.31 24 Deenie Robertson (Pipsport) 4.01 DNF Giana Roberge (Proman Racing)
