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Rochester Omnium - 2.2
New York, USA, August 8-10, 2008
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Stage 2 - August 9: Rochester Twilight Criterium, 120 min
Rollin sneaks up on a victory
By Kirsten Robbins in Rochester, New York
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Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) timed his win to perfection when he jumped ahead of his breakaway in pursuit of solo rider Alessandro Bazzana (Successful Living). The French-Canadian snuck passed the Italian in the final 400-metres to take the victory in the fourth annual Rochester criterium.
Successful Living landed two podium places when Charles Dionne won the break sprint for third.
"I knew I could catch Bazzana," said Rollin, who bridged across to the soloist in the final metres to the line. "But I didn't want to catch him right away just in case he sat on me and had time to recover for the sprint. I gauged my effort and tried to surprise him at the end – I had enough left over to sprint passed him."
Rollin moved into the Omnium lead with 60 points, ahead of second placed Ryan Roth (Team Race Pro) who has 35 points. Luis Amaran (Colavita/Sutter Home) moved into third place with 29 points.
"It's a great day for Toyota-United," said Rollin regarding the team's stage victory and overall lead. "All the guys worked really hard to take over this jersey. With three guys well placed on GC, our jobs were to cover moves tonight. As soon as my break got away, our guys protected my lead and made sure we stayed away."
A winning break of eight riders escaped the field in the early laps of the criterium and gained a maximum of thirty seconds. The riders included Dionne and Mark Walters (Team Race Pro) along with Rollin, Bazzana, Tony Cruz and Martin Kohler (BMC), Luis Amaran (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Shawn Milne (Team Type 1).
Bazzana seized an opportunity to win the race when the break lulled with one lap to go. He gained an instant advantage on the group as he flew through the final corners toward what he thought was a win. Rollin sensed the threatening move and went after him.
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"I really wanted to win today," said Bazzana who dedicated his podium to his grandmother, who recently passed away. "I wanted to sprint tonight, but when I saw the group slowed I decided to jump early – I really thought I had it."
Rollin controlled his effort to catch Bazzana on the last lap and surprise him on the last straightaway. "I knew I could get away from the others or win a sprint," said Rollin. "I accelerated and tried to bridge to Bazzana. I paced my self well and started my sprint with 400–metres to go."
Yellow jersey Roth took his turn on the front of the main field for several laps trying to close down the breakaway. He needed the valuable points available on the line to maintain his lead. Teams Toyota-United and BMC waited patiently behind the pace setters, ready to go if the break returned. Teams such as Kelly Benefit-Strategies Medifast and Empire missed the break and tried to make up for it by driving the pace of the peloton.
Notable riders like Matt Johnson (Empire), Keven LaCombe and David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast) spent countless laps in the wind trying to bring back the breakaway.
There efforts did not reduce the time to the front group but they succeeded holding them at twenty-seconds.
How it unfolded
More than 100 riders lined up at sundown for the Rochester Twilight Criterium. The 120-minute race took place under light showers and on slick roads.
Each lap the peloton covered a distance of 1.6-kilometres on undulating terrain through nine corners. Despite the rain, some 40,000 fans lined the circuit to catch a glimpse of the celebrated annual event.
"I really like the rain," said Rollin, who proved his rainy day success after his stage four victory in the Tour of California under atrocious weather conditions. "Most riders get depressed over it, but I think I do better in the rain."
BMC set the stage launching several early attacks that resulted in a breakaway of four riders from BMC, Toyota-United, Team Type 1 and Successful Living. They held a slim lead off the front, but riders vying to bridge across quickly shut down the escapees' advantage.
Dionne and Walters initiated the winning move just ten laps into the criterium. The pair worked together to gain a twenty-second advantage while several unsuccessful groups attempted to join them. The break swelled from two to eight when six strong men joined the leaders mid-race. Riders included the race winner Rollin, Bazzana along with Cruz, Amaran, Milne and Kohler.
The leaders worked well together with the exception of Walters, obliged to sit back given his team-mate and race leader Ryan Roth was back in the main field.
Known for his quickness, Dionne accumulated points in the two intermediate sprints to take the lead in the points competition. He will wear the green jersey in tomorrow's final stage where three more point sprints are available.
"Well, the goal was to win tonight," said the slightly disappointed sprinter. "But having two riders on the podium and the green jersey is still okay. We'll see how tomorrow goes – we'd like to keep the jersey."
Six-year veteran of the US Postal/Discovery Channel Team, Tony Cruz delighted the crowds as he drove the break's pace lap after lap. However, for every effort on the front of the break was an equal effort on the front of the peloton chasing behind.
Photography
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Images by Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
- Stage winner Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) with Alessandro Bazzana (Successful Living) and Charles Dionne (Successful Living) (l&r).
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) tops the GC podium with Ryan Roth (Team R.A.C.E. Pro) and Luis Amaran Romero (Colavita Sutter Home) (l&r).
Results
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota United 1.59.10 (45.31km/h) 2 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 3 Charles Dionne (Can) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 4 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing 5 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 6 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 7 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 0.04 8 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing 0.19 9 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing 0.27 10 Ricardo Escuela (Arg) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 11 Davide Frattini (USA) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 12 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 13 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota United 14 Mark Hekman (USA) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 15 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 16 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing 17 Sheldon Deeny (USA) Empire 18 Michael Grabinger (USA) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 19 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 20 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 21 Robbie King (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 22 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United 23 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 24 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC Racing 25 Dan Timmerman (USA) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 26 Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 27 Mathieu Roy (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 0.34 28 Matthew Johnson (USA) Empire 29 Derrick St-John (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 30 Yosvany Falcon (Cub) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 0.42 31 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 2.04 32 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 2.39 33 Eric Brownell (USA) Empire 34 Mike Margarite (USA) Empire 35 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 2.42 36 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing 37 Michael Norton (USA) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 38 Jonathan Prosser (Can) Ciclo Werks 39 Frank Travieso (Cub) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 2.46 40 Charles Coyle (USA) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 41 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 2.59 42 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) DLP Racing 43 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 3.08 44 Charlie Vives (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 3.19 45 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 3.37 46 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 47 William Elliston (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 48 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 49 Lucas Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 50 Jonathan Erdelye (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 51 Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3.51 52 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 53 Jake Castor (USA) Preferred Care Cycling 4.15 54 Kevin Hazzard (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 55 Richard Geng (Ger) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 56 Owen Nielsen (USA) DLP Racing 57 Sal Scotto (USA) Sommerville Sports 58 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United 59 Erik Box (Can) Ciclo Werks 60 Chris Saunders (Can) Handlebars Cycle Company 61 Guido Palma (Arg) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 62 Nathan Chown (Can) Handlebars Cycle Company 63 Justin Hines (Can) Handlebars Cycle Company 64 Rob Wing (USA) Sommerville Sports 65 Brian Buchholz (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 66 David Byer (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 67 Mike Mathis (USA) Empire 68 Jason Skalski (USA) Handlebars Cycle Company 69 Joseph Coddington (USA) DLP Racing 70 Joe Eldridge (USA) Team Type 1 71 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United 72 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 73 Brandon Throop (Can) Mazur Coaching 74 Torsten Wambold (Ger) DLP Racing 75 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 76 Matthew Bell (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 77 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota United 78 Alexander Brimer (USA) Empire 79 Alex Bhogal (Ger) 80 Gan Zak (Can) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 81 Charles Bryer (Can) Ciclo Werks 6.16 DNF Jeff Zygo (USA) Preferred Care Cycling DNF Clay Murfert (Aus) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast DNF Michael Luther (USA) Handlebars Cycle Company DNF Matt Dickenson (USA) Preferred Care Cycling DNF David Sommerville (USA) Sommerville Sports DNF Nathan Schnarr (Can) Ciclo Werks DNF Tom Bencivengo (USA) Sommerville Sports DNF Derrek Ivey (Can) Mazur Coaching DNF Gan Zak (Can) Mazur Coaching DNF Ryan Nye (USA) Preferred Care Cycling DNF Tom Dolan (USA) Sommerville Sports General classification after stage 2 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota United 2.06.33 2 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 0.02 3 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 0.15 4 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota United 0.28 5 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing 0.14 6 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 1.24 7 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 0.33 8 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 0.14 9 Charles Dionne (Can) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 0.23 10 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 0.21 11 Mark Hekman (USA) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 0.41 12 Charles Coyle (USA) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 2.54 13 Brian Buchholz (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 4.25 14 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing 0.59 15 Matthew Johnson (USA) Empire 0.45 16 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing 0.51 17 Ricardo Escuela (Arg) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 0.50 18 Frank Travieso (Cub) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 2.57 19 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 0.52 20 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 2.18 21 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 1.12 22 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota United 4.29 23 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 2.58 24 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing 1.01 25 Dan Timmerman (USA) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 0.47 26 Sheldon Deeny (USA) Empire 1.15 27 Michael Grabinger (USA) Successful Living Pro Cycling Team 0.54 28 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 3.21 29 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 1.03 30 Charles Bryer (Can) Ciclo Werks 6.38 31 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 0.51 32 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United 0.55 33 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC Racing 1.13 34 Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 1.15 35 Robbie King (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 1.17 36 Yosvany Falcon (Cub) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 1.21 37 Derrick St-John (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.24 38 Mathieu Roy (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 1.38 39 Michael Norton (USA) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 3.15 40 Eric Brownell (USA) Empire 41 Mike Margarite (USA) Empire 3.20 42 Jonathan Prosser (Can) Ciclo Werks 3.22 43 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3.23 44 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing 3.34 45 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) DLP Racing 3.44 46 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 3.47 47 Charlie Vives (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 3.51 48 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 4.04 49 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Toshiba – Santo Pro Cycling 4.06 50 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 4.08 51 Lucas Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 4.16 52 Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 53 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 4.42 54 Mike Mathis (USA) Empire 4.45 55 William Elliston (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 4.49 56 Matthew Bell (Can) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 57 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United 4.52 58 Richard Geng (Ger) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 4.53 59 Alexander Brimer (USA) Empire 60 Nathan Chown (Can) Handlebars Cycle Company 5.01 61 Joe Eldridge (USA) Team Type 1 62 Erik Box (Can) Ciclo Werks 63 Jonathan Erdelye (USA) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 5.03 64 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 5.05 65 Brandon Throop (Can) Mazur Coaching 5.09 66 Sal Scotto (USA) Sommerville Sports 5.10 67 Chris Saunders (Can) Handlebars Cycle Company 5.12 68 Justin Hines (Can) Handlebars Cycle Company 5.17 69 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 5.18 70 Guido Palma (Arg) Team Rite Aid Pro Cycling 71 Kevin Hazzard (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 72 Jake Castor (USA) Preferred Care Cycling 73 Jason Skalski (USA) Handlebars Cycle Company 5.19 74 Joseph Coddington (USA) DLP Racing 5.25 75 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United 5.26 76 Torsten Wambold (Ger) DLP Racing 5.36 77 Rob Wing (USA) Sommerville Sports 5.38 78 David Byer (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 5.45 79 Owen Nielsen (USA) DLP Racing 5.57
