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Cascade Cycling Classic - NE
Oregon, USA, July 9-13, 2008
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Stage 6 - July 13: Awbrey Butte Circuit Race,
Escuela successful on final stage, Leipheimer claims yellow
By Kirsten Robbins in Bend, Oregon
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Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) claimed the final stage victory in a field sprint ahead of Sean Milne (Team Type 1) and Ted King (Bissell). The Argentinean sprinter placed third in the previous stage four criterium, but was successful in his quest to go two better on today's final stage.
"My team Successful Living work really hard in the last five kilometres," said Escuela. "There was a second small group of riders off the front in the last few kilometres, after the KOM hill, but my team-mates helped to bring it all back together so that I could sprint."
United States of America champion Levi Leipheimer (Astana) claimed the 2008 Cascade Cycling Classic overall victory. Leipheimer, who isn't racing the Tour de France after his team was left off the roster for this year's event, claimed victory by 2'30" over Jeff Louder (BMC), who was a further three seconds ahead of his team-mate Darren Lill.
"I didn't have to worry about anything because Chris Horner is a master at this," said Leipheimer, who attributed his over all victory to his solitary team-mate.
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"It's a team sport and we were at the mercy of everyone once we moved into the lead," continued Leipheimer. "Chris and I have been doing this a long time and we know how to form alliances - it paid off."
Leipheimer, a podium finisher at last year's Tour, was delighted to win the yellow jersey in Bend. "To win this race is definitely something to be proud of," he said. "When I first started out as a professional this race was the thing to do and I'm proud to be on the list of people who have won it, like Lance Armstrong.
"In fact, I believe the year after Lance won Cascade, he won the Tour de France so maybe the same thing will happen to me," added Leipheimer.
BMC's runner-up riders Louder and Lill expressed their appreciation for the amount of work their team-mates put forward. The team worked at the front of the peloton to hold a significant break-away at a two-minute margin.
"I think this was a stage where the team really grew a lot," said Louder. "They did 98 percent of the effort today, full responsibility because we had a lot to ride for today."
How it unfolded
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The professional men's field started the 138-kilometre, five-lap circuit race with a series of attacks that resulted in several unsuccessful breakaways. Astana's Horner spent his energy patrolling the front of the field until the right mix of non-threatening riders formed a separation.
The 12 rider breakaway included Tim Johnson and Kyle Gritters (Health Net-Maxxis), Justin England (Toyota-United), Omer Kem (Bissell), Chris Jones (Team Type 1), Rolf Eisinger (Legacy), Ian McKissick (BMC), Allen Krughoff (Rio Grande), Will Routley (Symmetrics), Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Jonathan McCarty (Garmin-Chipotle).
BMC organized its full team at the front of the field, protecting its general classification riders by setting a tempo that held the breakaway at a safe two minute advantage.
Jones picked up points during the KOM sprints to move into second place in the climber's competition, one point behind his team-mate Moises Aldape.
"I am really happy to get this jersey here," said Aldape, who took the classification lead his stage win on Stage 5.
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Michael Grabinger (Successful Living) spent nearly two laps dangling in front of the peloton at a one minute advantage while trying to make it across to the front group. The BMC team reeled him back into the field at the end of the third lap.
The 12 riders worked well together and maintained a solid separation for more than 100 kilometres, nearly four circuits before being reabsorbed into the peloton with 14-kilometres to go.
"Levi attacked over the last KOM and Botero and Louder went with him," said Lill. "But, it was a tough end to the race with a lot of attacking and we had to finish off all the hard work that our team did for us."
A combination of effort from Successful Living, Team Type 1, Toyota-United, HealthNet-Maxis and Bissell brought the strong riders back to the group. Ted King attacked over the last riser with two kilometres to go and eight riders followed.
Several small groups formed and then reconnected with one kilometre to the line. "I tired to get a jump on the guys coming out of the corner because King is fast and Escuela is very fast," said Milne. "I had a gap but Escuela was in my draft and came around me."
Rais wins break sprint, Armstrong seals overall win
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Amber Rais (Tibco) claimed her second consecutive victory in the Awbrey Butte circuit race after a two up sprint against the overall race winner Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo-LifeForce). Gina Grain (Webcor) won the field sprint for third place, capturing her third podium of the week.
"I wanted to be patient on the first lap so that I could stay with the leaders on the KOM," said Rais, who bridged across to Armstrong on the second lap. "We nailed it for two laps and she definitely pushed more than I did. Sitting on Armstrong is like sitting on a motorbike."
Armstrong claimed the 2008 Cascade Cycling Classic overall victory over Christine Thorburn (Webcor) and Julie Beveridge (Aaron's), her second victory since the Nature Valley Grand Prix last month.
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"I knew there was a Tibco rider behind me and she is a motor so why not," said Armstrong, who admitted she waited for Rais to bridge across before pushing full gas. "My initial thought was to split the field a little bit so that the other teams wouldn't have so many players, when you're out here by yourself, that's all you can do is eliminate as many people as possible."
Armstrong's victory also marks the end of a training block in preparation for the Olympic Games next month in Beijing, China. "I think this is a really great last preparation race for Beijing, great with a lot of climbing and at altitude," said Armstrong.
"Nature Valley was great for my leg speed and to get the idea of racing back in my head. But, this race brought the threshold up a notch with all the climbing," added Armstrong. "This was a great block of training for me and I'm looking forward to going home and take a little bit of a break and do my final tune up - I think I've done everything I can."
With the top two places already spoken for, Gina Grain (Webcor) capitalized on the fast descent into the finish, winning the bunch sprint for third place.
"I felt great this week," said Grain, on her way to Beijing for the Olympic points race. "I never thought coming into a race like this, with so much climbing, that I'd have been on the podium three times - I guess coming into a race, you never know what will happen."
How it unfolded
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The 28 kilometre circuit race wore down the professional women's field, climbing over two significant ascents per lap, totaling 115-kilometres.
"It was a really hard race today and I felt horrible even at the start," said Beveridge, who depended on her Aaron's team-mates to keep her protected.
Armstrong set a fast tempo up the first KOM ascent, a tactic to try to thin out the field. However the race leader continued to put pressure on the field until she found herself alone at the top.
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"I saw that Kristin had a gap toward the top so I jumped to go after her and no one came with me," said Rais. "I was between the field and her for a while but once I found her wheel we worked together to extend our lead."
Aaron's charged behind the break away riders, initially trying to close the time gap. However with Armstrong over two minutes ahead on the general classification and Rais 14 minutes back, neither presented a threat to the second or third place on general classification.
Thorburn protected her second place in the overall classification by sitting close to Beveridge. Beveridge tried to attack several times over the steep KOM along Archie Briggs road.
"Every time I gained a few seconds over Christine Thorburn, her team brought it back," said Beveridge. "So I think in the end we needed to hold out third place."
Team Webcor won the overall team general classification based on their strength and consistency in over the six stages. "Our number one goals today were to protect our second place on the general classification and to win the overall team general classification," said Webcor director Laura Charmeda.
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- The women’s race gets underway with the Cascade mountains looming behind.
- Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo-Life Force) patrols the front of the group.
- The women’s field hits the base of the day’s main climb.
- Felicia Gomez (Aaron’s) rides near the front up the climb looking for more KOM points.
- Katheryn Curi-Mattis (Webcor) riding strong despite an accident prior to the start of the race.
- Amber Rais (Tibco) riding comfortably in the group before attacking for the win.
- Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo-Life Force) splits the field on the difficult false flat before the KOM.
- Another scenic view of the women’s field in the Cascade mountains.
- A Metro-Volkswagen rider attacks on the climb.
- Kristin Armstrong’s (Cervelo-Life Force) Olympic preparations are looking right on track.
- Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo-Life Force) leads breakaway companion Amber Rais (Tibco) up the day's main climb.
- Amber Rais (Tibco) hiding the strain of the effort on the steep climb.
- Metro-Volkswagen and Aaron’s leading the chase.
- Amber Rais (Tibco) leads Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo-Life Force) over the rollers in the final kilometers.
- Amber Rais (Tibco) modestly celebrates her big victory.
- Gina Grain (Webcor) rounds out the day’s podium by winning the field sprint.
- Kyle Gritters (HealthNet-Maxxis) keeps an eye on Will Routley (Symmetrics) as the day’s main breakaway forms.
- Race leader Levi Leipheimer (Astana) was testing his new Trek Olympic rig this week in Oregon.
- Team BMC worked hard to keep the breakaway within striking distance.
- Peter Stetina (Garmin-Chipoltle) added another best young rider jersey to his collection this week.
- Michael Grabinger (Succesful Living) tries in vain to bridge across to the breakaway.
- Kyle Gritters (HealthNet-Maxxis) and Omer Kem (Bissel) take their turns at the front of the breakaway.
- Will Routley (Symmetrics) infiltrated the day’s breakaway in an attempt to improve on his high general classification placing.
- The breakaway working smoothly over one of the course’s many rollers.
- BMC’s Scott Nydam put in his fair share of work at the front to protect his team-mates' general classification podium positions.
- Most of the racers had an easy ride for the middle portion of the stage.
- Rory Sutherland (HealthNet-Maxxis) worked on his tan lines today while waiting for the finale.
- Steven Cozza (Garmin-Chipoltle) was a major contributor this week to Garmin’s triumph in the team classification.
- The men’s field passes over the scenic Deschutes river before tackling the KOM.
- BMC ups the pace as the race nears completion.
- Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis) pulls off after taking a hard pull on the climb.
- The field strings out as the breakaway gets closer.
- Riders fight for position before the steepest part of the climb.
- The difficult final stage reduced the size of the men’s field.
- The men save their fireworks for later on the penultimate ascent.
- Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home) was aggressive in today’s final stage.
- Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Pat McCarty (Garmin-Chipoltle) up the tempo on the final lap.
- Ricardo Escula (Successful Living) handily takes the victory ahead of Shawn Milne (Team Type 1).
- Chris Horner (Astana) shows the strain of the day’s mammoth efforts.
- Women’s podium (L-R): Christine Thorburn (Webcor) Kristn Armstrong (Cervelo-Life Force), and Julie Beveridge (Aaron’s).
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) flanked by BMC team-mates Jeff Louder and Darren Lill on the men’s podium.
- Garmin-Chipotle celebrates its victory in the team classification.
- Webcor rode strongly all week to capture the women’s team classification.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) was triumphant in his return to Cascade.
Results
Elite men 1 Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) 3.06.32 2 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 3 Edward King (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 4 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 5 Levi Leipheimer (Astana) 6 Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 0.05 7 Davide Frattini (Colavital Sutterhome) 8 Peter Stetina (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 9 Sheldon Deeny (Empire Cycling Team) 10 Bradley White (Successful Living) 11 Thomas I Peterson (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 12 Cesar Grajales (Rock Racing) 13 Brent Bookwalter (BMC) 14 Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) 15 Corey Collier (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 16 Jeff Louder (BMC) 17 Darren Lill (BMC) 18 Aaron Olson (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 19 Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) 20 Kyle Gritters (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 21 Jonathan P McCarty (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 22 Blake A Caldwell (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 23 Chad Beyer 24 Chris Wherry (Toyota-United) 25 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 26 Tom Danielson (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 0.29 27 Christopher Horner (Astana) 28 Rory Sutherland (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 0.33 29 Rolf Eisinger (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 0.45 30 Christopher D Barton 31 Scott Stewart 32 Taylor Shelden (Team Rio Grande Cycling) 33 Ian Gray (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 34 Steven Cozza (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 35 Phil Zajicek (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 36 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 37 Tyler Wren (Colavital Sutterhome) 38 John Hunt (California Giant / Specialized) 39 Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/ FCS Cycling) 0.53 40 Brian Jensen (Successful Living) 41 Jeff Hartman (Michelob Ultra-Big Shark Racin) 42 Paul Esposti (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 43 Stefano Barberi (THF Racing) 44 Billy Demong (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 45 Jarred Berger (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 46 Nick Clayville (Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Te) 47 Andy Jacques-Maynes (California Giant / Specialized) 0.57 48 Tim Johnson (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 49 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 50 Caleb Fairly (VMG/Felt) 51 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 52 Will Routley 53 Kyle W Colavito (RIDECLEAN) 54 Erik Slack (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 1.08 55 Adrian Hegyvary (Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Te) 56 Bryson L Perry (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 57 James Mattis (California Giant / Specialized) 58 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 1.20 59 Dan Porter (Team Rio Grande Cycling) 1.27 60 Trevor Connor (Chris Cookies/Swan Cycles) 61 Josh Bartlett (Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.33 62 Calvin Allan (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 1.43 63 Jesse Moore (California Giant / Specialized) 2.30 64 Jonathan Eropkin (VOS Racing) 65 Roman Kilun (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 66 Matt Cooke (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 67 Justin Rose (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 68 Ben Day (Toyota-United) 69 Logan Hunn (Rubicon-ORBEA) 70 Steve Bovay (BMC) 71 Michael Grabinger (Successful Living) 72 Jonathan Chodroff (Empire Cycling Team) 73 Sam Johnson (Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Te) 3.47 74 Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 4.23 75 Luis A Zamudio (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 4.59 76 Carson Miller (Rubicon-ORBEA) 5.46 77 Caleb Manion (Toyota-United) 5.54 78 Jonny Clarke (Toyota-United) 79 Ian Mckissick (BMC) 80 Mark Schwab (excelsports.com) 6.28 81 Scott Nydam (BMC) 7.14 82 Rudolph Naplolitano (Rock Racing) 83 Craig Luekens (Targetraining U25/Elite) 84 Justin England (Toyota-United) 85 Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 86 Peter Dawson (Rock Racing) 87 Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 88 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande Cycling) 7.58 89 Chris Swan (ZteaM Cycling) 13.56 90 Osvaldo Olmos (California Giant / Specialized) 17.45 91 Gardie Jackson (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 39.08 DNF Frank Pipp (Health Net presented by Maxxis) DNF Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) DNF Nathan Miller (BMC) DNF Alessandro Bazzana (Successful Living) DNF Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) DNF Jason L Donald (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) DNF Steve Reaney (California Giant / Specialized) DNF Mike Telega (California Giant / Specialized) DNF Brad Cole (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) DNF Rich Davis (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) DNF Dan Workman (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) DNF Kevin Rowe (Bobs-Bicycles.com) DNF Chris Stuart (Bobs-Bicycles.com) DNF Roman Van Uden (Rubicon-ORBEA) DNS Kiefer U Hahn (Hammer Nutrition) DNF Scott Tietzel (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling) DNF Benjamin L Bradshaw (Kahala La Grange) DNF Evan Hyde (NashvilleCyclist.com) DNF Jake Rubelt (RIDECLEAN) DNF Hugh A Trenchard (Schwalbe) DNS Christopher M Teufel (Rubicon-ORBEA) DNF Patrick D Caro (Liquid Fitness) DNS Steve Larsen Elite women 1 Amber Rais (Team TIBCO) 2.56.03 2 Kristin Armstrong Savola (Cervelo-Lifeforce) 3 Gina Grain (Webcor Builders) 2.56 4 Coryn J Rivera (Kahala La Grange) 5 Flavia Oliveira (Touchstone Climbing) 6 Kristin Sanders (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 7 Felicia Gomez (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 8 Alison Testroete (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 9 Janel Holcomb (Webcor Builders) 10 Ruth Clemence (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 11 Julie Beveridge (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 12 Hilary Billington (Veloforma/Zym) 13 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders) 14 Davina C Summers (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 15 Lindsay M Myers (Dewar's Racing Team) 16 Teri Sheasby (Bend Bike N Sport) 3.03 17 Ally Stacher (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 18 Anna Drakulich (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 19 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 20 Alice Pennington (Veloforma/Zym) 21 Marisa Asplund-Owens (Cheerwine Cycling) 22 Katheryn Mattis (Webcor Builders) 23 Rebecka Hartkop (Veloforma/Zym) 3.07 24 Ashley Anderson (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Tea) 3.14 25 Megan M Hottman (DFT-QA3 Financial) 3.32 26 Jane Robertson (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 27 Tricia Bailey (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 28 Martina Patella (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 29 Morgan Kapp (SouthBay Wheelmen) 30 Meredith Miller (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 31 Megan Rathwell (Touchstone Climbing) 32 Jennifer Reither (SouthBay Wheelmen) 33 Allison Beall (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 34 Robin Secrist (Veloforma/Zym) 3.42 35 Maria Monica (Touchstone Climbing) 3.44 36 Linsey Bradshaw (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 4.08 37 Sabrina Savage (Veloforma/Zym) 4.23 38 Olivia Dillon (Touchstone Climbing) 4.25 39 Heather A Clark (Bend Bike N Sport) 40 Lara Kroepsch (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 41 Elizabeth Nettles (Team Group Health) 5.12 42 Helen Kelly (Team TIBCO) 5.39 43 Suz Weldon (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 12.40 44 Beatrice Rodriguez (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 15.28 45 Lana Atchley (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 16.47 46 Molly S Van Houweling (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 16.53 47 Michelle Beltran (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 48 Emily Thurston (Team Organic Athlete) 17.31 49 Sarah Barber (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 19.24 50 Alison Starnes (Team TIBCO) 23.38 51 Jen Weinbrecht (Bend Bike N Sport) 52 Yukie Nakamura (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 53 Izette Swan (Team Group Health) 23.50 54 Anna Davenport 55 Erin Ford (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 24.00 56 Sami R Fournier (Organic Athlete Cycling Team) 29.24 57 Anny Henry (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 35.40 58 Kelli Jones (SouthBay Wheelmen) 35.42 59 Janeen Thorpe (Touchstone Climbing) 36.57 60 Shannon L Koch (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Tea) 38.17 61 Kendall Ryan (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 42.13 DNF Rushlee Buchanan (Team TIBCO) DNF Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO) DNF Sharon Allpress (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) DNF Marni Hambleton (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) DNF Emily Zell (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) DNF Amy Dombroski (Webcor Builders) DNF Miranda Moon (Veloforma/Zym) DNF Ashley Dymond (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) DNF Jadine Riley (Team Group Health) DNF Dana Robertson-Halter (Team Group Health) DNF Tricia Sandstrom (Team Group Health) DNF Carrie S Eller (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) DNF Katharine Lundby (Bend Bike N Sport) DNS Melanie Meyers (Specialized D4W /Bicycle Haus) Final Classification Elite men 1 Levi Leipheimer (Astana) 14.14.35 2 Jeff Louder (BMC) 2.35 3 Darren Lill (BMC) 2.38 4 Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) 2.51 5 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 3.00 6 Blake A Caldwell (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 3.10 7 Brent Bookwalter (BMC) 3.16 8 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 3.57 9 Peter Stetina (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 4.05 10 Thomas I Peterson (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 4.11 11 Chris Wherry (Toyota-United) 4.28 12 Jonathan P McCarty (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 4.38 13 Cesar Grajales (Rock Racing) 5.05 14 Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 5.24 15 Steven Cozza (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 5.34 16 Chad Beyer 5.39 17 Aaron Olson (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 5.48 18 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 5.49 19 Will Routley 5.55 20 Phil Zajicek (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 6.06 21 Corey Collier (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 6.07 22 Brian Jensen (Successful Living) 6.22 23 Tim Johnson (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 7.27 24 Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) 8.25 25 Taylor Shelden (Team Rio Grande Cycling) 8.43 26 Tyler Wren (Colavital Sutterhome) 8.51 27 James Mattis (California Giant / Specialized) 9.06 28 Michael Grabinger (Successful Living) 9.39 29 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 9.42 30 Rolf Eisinger (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 9.57 31 John Hunt (California Giant / Specialized) 32 Tom Danielson (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 10.04 33 Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/ FCS Cycling) 10.14 34 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 10.26 35 Bradley White (Successful Living) 10.40 36 Roman Kilun (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 11.21 37 Jeff Hartman (Michelob Ultra-Big Shark Racin) 11.26 38 Steve Bovay (BMC) 11.35 39 Christopher D Barton 11.51 40 Stefano Barberi (THF Racing) 11.54 41 Nick Clayville (Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Te) 12.32 42 Edward King (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 12.59 43 Jarred Berger (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 13.06 44 Ian Gray (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 13.09 45 Logan Hunn (Rubicon-ORBEA) 13.12 46 Jonathan Chodroff (Empire Cycling Team) 13.47 47 Ben Day (Toyota-United) 13.59 48 Andy Jacques-Maynes (California Giant / Specialized) 14.00 49 Adrian Hegyvary (Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Te) 14.06 50 Trevor Connor (Chris Cookies/Swan Cycles) 14.08 51 Billy Demong (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 14.13 52 Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) 14.16 53 Jesse Moore (California Giant / Specialized) 14.35 54 Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 15.02 55 Scott Nydam (BMC) 15.40 56 Erik Slack (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 16.09 57 Kyle Gritters (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 16.45 58 Rory Sutherland (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 16.57 59 Paul Esposti (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 60 Ian Mckissick (BMC) 17.06 61 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 17.10 62 Josh Bartlett (Rubicon-ORBEA) 63 Davide Frattini (Colavital Sutterhome) 17.58 64 Caleb Fairly (VMG/Felt) 18.51 65 Matt Cooke (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 19.06 66 Dan Porter (Team Rio Grande Cycling) 19.53 67 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 20.04 68 Jonny Clarke (Toyota-United) 21.03 69 Kyle W Colavito (RIDECLEAN) 21.32 70 Bryson L Perry (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 22.07 71 Calvin Allan (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 23.27 72 Carson Miller (Rubicon-ORBEA) 23.30 73 Sheldon Deeny (Empire Cycling Team) 24.37 74 Justin Rose (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 24.50 75 Christopher Horner (Astana) 27.05 76 Sam Johnson (Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Te) 28.07 77 Mark Schwab (excelsports.com) 28.14 78 Justin England (Toyota-United) 29.19 79 Luis A Zamudio (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 29.46 80 Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 30.00 81 Caleb Manion (Toyota-United) 30.08 82 Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 31.33 83 Rudolph Naplolitano (Rock Racing) 32.26 84 Peter Dawson (Rock Racing) 35.59 85 Osvaldo Olmos (California Giant / Specialized) 36.02 86 Scott Stewart 36.40 87 Jonathan Eropkin (VOS Racing) 37.09 88 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande Cycling) 42.58 89 Craig Luekens (Targetraining U25/Elite) 43.28 90 Chris Swan (ZteaM Cycling) 44.56 91 Gardie Jackson (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 1.00.14 Elite women 1 Kristin Armstrong Savola (Cervelo-Lifeforce) 15.05.31 2 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders) 5.57 3 Julie Beveridge (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 6.26 4 Katheryn Mattis (Webcor Builders) 8.59 5 Felicia Gomez (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 11.05 6 Kristin Sanders (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 11.56 7 Janel Holcomb (Webcor Builders) 12.04 8 Amber Rais (Team TIBCO) 14.54 9 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing) 15.33 10 Meredith Miller (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 15.56 11 Gina Grain (Webcor Builders) 16.09 12 Ruth Clemence (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 16.24 13 Alison Testroete (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 16.33 14 Martina Patella (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 17.13 15 Marisa Asplund-Owens (Cheerwine Cycling) 17.21 16 Flavia Oliveira (Touchstone Climbing) 18.50 17 Hilary Billington (Veloforma/Zym) 19.49 18 Davina C Summers (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 20.09 19 Tricia Bailey (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 20.19 20 Jane Robertson (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 20.29 21 Alice Pennington (Veloforma/Zym) 20.45 22 Morgan Kapp (SouthBay Wheelmen) 21.53 23 Megan M Hottman (DFT-QA3 Financial) 22.35 24 Lindsay M Myers (Dewar's Racing Team) 22.36 25 Robin Secrist (Veloforma/Zym) 22.41 26 Ally Stacher (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 23.28 27 Maria Monica (Touchstone Climbing) 23.39 28 Anna Drakulich (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 26.37 29 Teri Sheasby (Bend Bike N Sport) 26.48 30 Olivia Dillon (Touchstone Climbing) 26.52 31 Allison Beall (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 27.51 32 Rebecka Hartkop (Veloforma/Zym) 28.07 33 Sabrina Savage (Veloforma/Zym) 29.15 34 Coryn J Rivera (Kahala La Grange) 29.20 35 Heather A Clark (Bend Bike N Sport) 30.13 36 Megan Rathwell (Touchstone Climbing) 30.47 37 Linsey Bradshaw (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 31.47 38 Suz Weldon (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 32.37 39 Ashley Anderson (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Tea) 34.23 40 Elizabeth Nettles (Team Group Health) 35.37 41 Helen Kelly (Team TIBCO) 36.39 42 Sarah Barber (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 38.17 43 Beatrice Rodriguez (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 38.41 44 Molly S Van Houweling (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 40.31 45 Jennifer Reither (SouthBay Wheelmen) 42.49 46 Michelle Beltran (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 45.32 47 Emily Thurston (Team Organic Athlete) 50.18 48 Alison Starnes (Team TIBCO) 50.37 49 Jen Weinbrecht (Bend Bike N Sport) 51.26 50 Lara Kroepsch (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 53.37 51 Izette Swan (Team Group Health) 56.09 52 Yukie Nakamura (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 58.15 53 Anna Davenport 59.43 54 Erin Ford (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 1.01.12 55 Lana Atchley (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 1.08.11 56 Janeen Thorpe (Touchstone Climbing) 1.12.54 57 Shannon L Koch (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Tea) 1.13.14 58 Kelli Jones (SouthBay Wheelmen) 1.17.25 59 Kendall Ryan (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 1.19.37 60 Sami R Fournier (Organic Athlete Cycling Team) 1.23.39 61 Anny Henry (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 1.26.54 Points classification Elite men 1 Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 14 pts 2 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 13 3 Rolf Eisinger (Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo) 11 4 Chad Beyer 11 5 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 7 6 Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) 7 7 Corey Collier (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 6 8 Thomas I Peterson (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 5 9 Tim Johnson (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 4 10 Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/ FCS Cycling) 4 11 Bradley White (Successful Living) 4 12 Brian Jensen (Successful Living) 3 13 Steven Cozza (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 3 14 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 3 15 Steve Bovay (BMC) 3 16 Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) 2 17 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 2 18 Will Routley 2 19 Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 2 20 Rory Sutherland (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 2 21 Jeff Louder (BMC) 1 22 Jonathan P McCarty (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 1 23 Phil Zajicek (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 1 24 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 1 Elite women 1 Kristin Armstrong Savola (Cervelo-Lifeforce) 28 pts 2 Julie Beveridge (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 12 3 Kristin Sanders (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 10 4 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders) 9 5 Amber Rais (Team TIBCO) 9 6 Felicia Gomez (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 6 7 Gina Grain (Webcor Builders) 5 8 Sarah Barber (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 4 9 Katheryn Mattis (Webcor Builders) 3 10 Jane Robertson (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bike) 2 11 Alison Testroete (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 1 12 Alice Pennington (Veloforma/Zym) 1 Best young rider classification Elite men 1 Peter Stetina (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 14.18.40 2 Thomas I Peterson (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 0.06 3 Steven Cozza (Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O) 1.29 4 Chad Beyer 1.34 5 Taylor Shelden (Team Rio Grande Cycling) 4.38 6 Christopher D Barton 7.46 7 Logan Hunn (Rubicon-ORBEA) 9.07 8 Jonathan Chodroff (Empire Cycling Team) 9.42 9 Erik Slack (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 12.04 10 Caleb Fairly (VMG/Felt) 14.46 11 Carson Miller (Rubicon-ORBEA) 19.25 12 Luis A Zamudio (American R.A.D.D / AGEL) 25.41 13 Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 27.28 14 Scott Stewart 32.35 Elite women 1 Julie Beveridge (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 15.11.57 2 Lindsay M Myers (Dewar's Racing Team) 16.10 3 Ally Stacher (Bobs-Bicycles.com) 17.02 4 Coryn J Rivera (Kahala La Grange) 22.54 5 Ashley Anderson (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Tea) 27.57 6 Beatrice Rodriguez (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 32.15 7 Alison Starnes (Team TIBCO) 44.11 8 Shannon L Koch (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Tea) 1.06.48 9 Kendall Ryan (Team SHO-AIR/CVAC) 1.13.11 Teams Elite men 1 Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 42.50.57 2 BMC 1.19 3 Team Type 1 2.39 4 Bissell Pro Cycling Team 4.52 5 Health Net presented by Maxxis 9.44 6 Toyota-United 10.54 7 Successful Living 12.26 8 California Giant / Specialized 18.54 9 Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo 25.03 10 Bobs-Bicycles.com 29.10 11 Rock Racing 31.24 12 Rubicon-ORBEA 40.22 13 Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 47.30 14 Team Rio Grande Cycling 48.18 15 American R.A.D.D / AGEL 52.58 Elite women 1 Webcor Builders 45.39.46 2 Aaron's Pro Cycling 3.58 3 Touchstone Climbing 31.39 4 Veloforma/Zym 32.30 5 Bicycle John's Serious Cycling 53.57 6 Metromint Cycling on Marin Bikes 55.30 7 Team SHO-AIR/CVAC 55.45 8 Team TIBCO 59.52 9 Bend Bike N Sport 1.13.53 10 SouthBay Wheelmen 1.53.08
