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Tour de Delta - NE
Canada, July 11-13, 2008
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Stage 3 - July 13: White Spot Road Race, 88 km/ 140 km (W/M)
Pinfold, Benjamin claim final stage wins
Evans and Corset secure overall titles
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It was repeat times two for Symmetrics Pro Cycling at the Tour de Delta as Andrew Pinfold won his second straight White Spot Road Race Sunday, and Beijing-bound Zach Bell finished third to take consecutive overall titles. Pinfold took advantage of a nice lead out from Bell to win a bunch sprint to the finish ahead of Australian Cody Stevenson of Jittery Joes Pro Cycling, completing the 140-kilometre race through from North Delta into and around Tsawwassen in three hours, 19 minutes and 54 seconds.
“I only had to work hard the last 100 metres,” said Pinfold, a native of North Vancouver. “The guys rode unbelievable and just delivered me beautifully for the sprint win at the end. They did the hard work and I did the easy stuff at the end and fortunately I was able to win. Between Zach and I, we’re sort of the two fast men on the team and we go back and forth between who is feeling good and I guess it was Zach’s turn to lead me out and often times it’s the opposite, which is great between us.”
Bell, who was also third in the Lehigh Cement Criterium on Saturday night after placing fifth in the inaugural Brenco Prologue on Friday night, won the Tour de Delta overall with the lowest time over all three events.
“All these events this week are a bit of a build up (to Beijing),” said Bell. “I’m trying to keep a little bit of a fatigue on which means I’m still driving it pretty hard, just to top up endurance.”
Despite top teams and riders from all over the world, it was a sweep for the locally based Symmetrics team starting with Canadian Olympian Svein Tuft, of Langley, dominating the inaugural Brenco Prologue. Hometown boy Cam Evans took advantage of another nice lead out from Bell to win the Lehigh Cement Criterium on Saturday, before Bell and Pinfold put the finishing touches on the team title in Sunday’s White Spot Road Race.
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Winning the Tour de Gastown for the first time is a big goal for Symmetrics. “Everybody on the team wants it pretty badly and if there’s a year we’re going to do it, it’s this year,” said Bell. “We’re all on better form than I’ve seen for a while and with the tools we have we have two or three guys that can win it from a break, and two or three who can win it from a sprint.”
For a while it looked like an early break might be the ticket in the road race, just as it was in Saturday’s criterium after a pair of riders stayed out front for the first seven laps of the finishing circuit. But the only reward was a King of the Mountain (a points-based award for the top riders each lap up the grueling hill just past the finish line) title for Trent Wilson of Jittery Joes, who joined local Jamie Sparling of TREK Red Truck Racing in a long break finally reeled in by the peleton with three laps left to go around the 11-kilometre portion of the track through the streets of Tsawwassen.
“That was the plan to put a little pressure on Symmetrics,” said Wilson, who settled for seeing team-mate Cody Stevenson finish second after Jittery Joes Matt Shriver was second between two Symmetrics riders in the criterium. “All in all a good weekend.”
The 85-kilometre women’s road race was a repeat of the criterium result the night before, with American Kelly Benjamin of the top NRC Cheerwine Pro Cycling Team winning a sprint to the finish line ahead of Australian Ruth Corset of Jazz Apple Cycling, and Langley’s Lisa Howard of the Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler squad that also took the Tour de Delta team title.
Benjamin couldn’t close a seven second gap on Corset for the overall title.
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“It was a pretty aggressive race,” said Benjamin, a 33-year-old from Kansas City. “We tried to get away a lot, (team-mate) Sarah (Bamberger) did a ton of work, and we were away a couple of times with the Jazz Apples, but the downhill is so long so before you knew it everyone was catching. Halfway through I thought `well, I’m probably not going to get the time I need on Ruth, so we’ll just try to win the stage’ and it worked out well. My team-mate Sarah was again unbelievable. Honestly, I could never have done it without her.
“There are only two of us and some teams have five or six riders, so if it was just me against them there is no way I could do it. She helps me cover the moves and then we counter-attack each other, try and put the people that are in the overall with me into a little bit of pain and it works well.”
Bamberger also provided a perfect lead out for Benjamin’s win Saturday in the criterium. But both times Corset, who opened with a win in the Brenco Prologue on Friday night, stayed close enough to retain the overall lead and finish the three-stage Tour de Delta wearing the leader’s jersey.
Not bad for a 31-year-old mother of two who is in just her third season of cycling – and on her first international tour with the developmental Jazz Apple Team led by two-time New Zealand Olympian Susy Pryde.
“It’s very exciting,” said Corset, who also won Queen of the Mountain, not surprising given her shock at winning the Prologue and finishing second in the criterium was because she preferred climbing hills. “We made quite a few attacks and tried to get away on a few occasions and it didn’t work, so it came down to a bunch sprint at the end and I knew because I’m not a sprinter that I had to go from further back. I went right from the corner, so it was a pretty long sprint and I just went as hard as I could right out of my seat and Kelly came around me towards the end. It was a tough sprint.”
Photography
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- Symmetrics Cycling ruled the peloton with an iron fist during the race.
- The race always looked set to be a battle between Symmetrics and Jittery Joe's.
- Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine Pro Cycling) took an easy victory in the women's race.
- Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics Cycling) claims victory over Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling).
Results
Men 1 Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics Cycling) 3.19.54 2 Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 3 Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 4 Evan Elken (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 5 Mathieu Roy (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 6 Svein Tuft (Symmetrics Cycling) 7 Scott Zwizanski (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 8 Kiel Reijnen (Team Waste Management) 9 Sean Mazich (Team Waste Management) 10 Tom Last (Kinesis UK) 11 Devon Vigus (California Giant/Specialized) 12 Maxime Vives (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 13 Tyler Trace (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 14 Jared Barrilleaux (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 15 Ryan Anderson (Symmetrics Cycling) 16 Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 17 Cory Forrest (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 18 Dave Brooks (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 19 Dan Macdonald (Kona-Adobe) 20 Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics Cycling) 21 Matthew Cottrell (Team Aviawest) 22 Josh James (Kinesis UK) 23 Jeff Bolstad (Team H&R Block) 24 Scott Laliberte (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 25 Tim Henry (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 26 Nic Hamilton (Team Aviawest) 27 Guy Biggar (Escape Velocity / DEVO) 28 Stevie Cullinan (Team Waste Management) 29 Mark Macdonald (Team H&R Block) 30 Garrett Peltonen (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 31 Frederic Bussieres (Team Aviawest) 32 Owen Harrison (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 33 Dan Skinner (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 34 Maurice Worsfold (Glotman Simpson Racing) 35 John Meehan (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 36 Ron Jensen (Team Waste Management) 37 Christian Meier (Symmetrics Cycling) 38 Mike Norton (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 39 Matthew Guse (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 40 Tim Sherstobitoff (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 41 Marcel Aarden (Kona-Adobe) 42 Ryan Taylor (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 43 Grant Van Horn (Team Waste Management) 44 Trevor Haaheim (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 45 Dave Vukets (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 46 Rob Britton (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 47 Shaun Adamson (Juventus) 48 Alistair Howard (Kona-Adobe) 49 Jonathan Gormick (Kona-Adobe) 50 Chris Devries (Team H&R Block) 51 Jonathan Page (Escape Velocity) 52 Nathan Macdonald (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 53 Sebastian Salas (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 54 Kevin Noiles (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 0.25 55 Jacob Erker (Symmetrics Cycling) 56 Brad Kerr (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 0.37 57 Mike Sayers (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0.44 58 Kirk O'bee (Health Net Pro Cycling Team) 0.53 59 Francois Parisien (Team RACE Pro) 60 Kyle Ward (Team Waste Management) 1.29 61 Aaron Schooler (Team H&R Block) 1.31 62 Anthony Steenbergen (Team H&R Block) 1.33 63 Paul Beard (Escape Velocity) 64 Jason Fluckiger (repswest) 3.33 65 Chris Squire (La Bicicletta) 4.15 66 Brett Boniface (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 4.43 67 Jesse James Collins (Bicisport Gruppo Sportivo Campione) 68 Russell Stead (La Bicicletta) 69 Owen Sturgess (Escape Velocity) 6.36 70 Evan Flater (Team Aviawest) 71 Trent Wilson (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 6.40 72 Jon Parrish (Team Waste Management) 7.47 73 Jeff Ain (Escape Velocity) 13.05 DNF Attila Hajdu (La Bicicletta) DNF Mathew Bell (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) DNF John Perkins (Glotman Simpson Racing) DNF John Tolkamp (Escape Velocity) DNF Chris Mcneil (Team H&R Block) DNF Joe Wessel (Kelowna Cycle Opus sd23) DNF Jonathan Cheung (Independent) DNF Jamie Sparling (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) DNF Cam Evans (Symmetrics Cycling) DNS Chris Reid (Kona-Adobe) DNS Shawn Goulet (Kona-Adobe) DNS Matt Potma (Kona-Adobe) DNS Chris Worsfold (Glotman Simpson Racing) DNS Shane Savage (Mighty Cycling) DNS Michael Rothengatter (Escape Velocity) DNS Kurtis Vallee (Team Aviawest) DNS David Gillam (Cycle Solutions) DNS Ben Chaddock (Team Whistler) DNS Dana Williams (TNA/Shape Properties) DNS Julian Base (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) DNS Chris Reynolds (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) Women 1 Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine Pro Cycling) 2.24.22 2 Ruth Corset (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) 3 Lisa Howard (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 4 Jenny Trew (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 5 Marie-Claude Gagnon (Glotman Simpson) 6 Sarah Stewart (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 7 Morgan Schneidler (Wines of Washington) 8 Laura Brown (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 9 Taitt Sato (ValueAct Capital) 0.09 10 Heather Kay (ERTC/Revolution Cycle) 11 Gillian Moody (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 12 Kristine Brynjolfson (Team Coastal) 13 Jaymie Mcgowan (Oak Bay Bikes) 14 Sarah Bamberger (Cheerwine Pro Cycling) 15 Gina Kavesh (Wines of Washington) 16 Lauren Ellis (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) 17 Steph Roorda (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 0.18 18 Susannah Pryde (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) 0.24 19 Chelsea Bilsbarrow (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 1.16 20 Shoshauna Laxson (Team Whistler) 26 Karen Watson (Glotman Simpson) 22 Kelsey Miller (Wedgewood Cycling Team) 23 Lisa Dorian (Chicks Cycling Club) 24 Jennifer Schulz (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 1.50 25 Rachel Canning (Escape Velocity / DEVO) 1.53 26 Alyssa Weninger (Sask/BCW) 6.07 27 Margaret Pugh (Chicks Cycling Club) 10.39 DNF Malindills Maclean (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) DNF Moriah Macgregor (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) DNF Heather Lamson (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) DNF Shoshauna Laxson (Team Whistler) DNF Monica Nelson (Total Restoration Cycling Team) DNF Sarah Mcmillan (Chicks Cycling Club) DNF Leslie Vice (Glotman Simpson) DNF Fiona Macleod (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) DNS Hannah Banks (ValueAct Capital) DNS Jennifer Tabbernor (Team Whistler) Final Classification Men 1 Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 4.26.10 2 Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 0.10 3 Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.36 4 Svein Tuft (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.40 5 Scott Zwizanski (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.46 6 Kiel Reijnen (Team Waste Management) 7 Garrett Peltonen (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.50 8 Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.51 9 Rob Britton (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 10 Tim Sherstobitoff (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 11 Dan Skinner (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 0.52 12 Tyler Trace (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 13 Cory Forrest (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 0.55 14 Sean Mazich (Team Waste Management) 15 Ryan Anderson (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.56 16 Stevie Cullinan (Team Waste Management) 0.57 17 Trevor Haaheim (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 18 Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 0.58 19 Jared Barrilleaux (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 20 Guy Biggar (Escape Velocity / DEVO) 21 Alistair Howard (Kona-Adobe) 0.59 22 Christian Meier (Symmetrics Cycling) 23 Ron Jensen (Team Waste Management) 24 Evan Elken (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 1.00 25 Jonathan Gormick (Kona-Adobe) 26 Devon Vigus (California Giant/Specialized) 27 Mark Macdonald (Team H&R Block) 28 Nathan Macdonald (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 1.01 29 Mike Norton (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 30 Jonathan Page (Escape Velocity) 31 Shaun Adamson (Juventus) 1.03 32 Mathieu Roy (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 33 Owen Harrison (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 1.04 34 Ryan Taylor (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 1.05 35 Jeff Bolstad (Team H&R Block) 36 Dave Vukets (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 1.06 37 Dave Brooks (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 38 Scott Laliberte (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 1.07 39 Tom Last (Kinesis UK) 40 Josh James (Kinesis UK) 1.09 41 Grant Van Horn (Team Waste Management) 42 Maxime Vives (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 1.10 43 Chris Devries (Team H&R Block) 1.13 44 Marcel Aarden (Kona-Adobe) 45 Matthew Guse (Calyon Pro Cycling Team) 1.14 46 John Meehan (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 47 Maurice Worsfold (Glotman Simpson Racing) 1.15 48 Matthew Cottrell (Team Aviawest) 1.17 49 Kirk O'bee (Health Net Pro Cycling Team) 1.23 50 Francois Parisien (Team RACE Pro) 1.26 51 Jacob Erker (Symmetrics Cycling) 1.30 52 Kevin Noiles (TREK Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic) 1.31 53 Paul Beard (Escape Velocity) 1.33 54 Brad Kerr (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 1.46 55 Mike Sayers (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 1.54 56 Nic Hamilton (Team Aviawest) 2.19 57 Aaron Schooler (Team H&R Block) 2.28 58 Kyle Ward (Team Waste Management) 2.33 59 Anthony Steenbergen (Team H&R Block) 2.47 60 Tim Henry (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 4.33 61 Jason Fluckiger (repswest) 4.51 62 Chris Squire (La Bicicletta) 5.29 63 Sebastian Salas (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 5.42 64 Jesse James Collins (Bicisport Gruppo Sportivo Campione) 5.51 65 Brett Boniface (Campione-Ratcliff Racing Team) 6.04 66 Trent Wilson (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 7.41 67 Evan Flater (Team Aviawest) 7.50 68 Jon Parrish (Team Waste Management) 8.47 69 Jeff Ain (Escape Velocity) 14.08 Women 1 Ruth Corset (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) 3.10.02 2 Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine Pro Cycling) 0.03 3 Lisa Howard (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 0.11 4 Laura Brown (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 0.22 5 Sarah Stewart (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 0.23 6 Jenny Trew (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 0.27 7 Lauren Ellis (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) 0.36 8 Heather Kay (ERTC/Revolution Cycle) 0.39 9 Kristine Brynjolfson (Team Coastal) 0.42 10 Morgan Schneidler (Wines of Washington) 0.43 11 Marie-Claude Gagnon (Glotman Simpson) 12 Steph Roorda (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 0.44 13 Gillian Moody (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 0.48 14 Jaymie Mcgowan (Oak Bay Bikes) 0.49 15 Susannah Pryde (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) 0.56 16 Taitt Sato (ValueAct Capital) 17 Sarah Bamberger (Cheerwine Pro Cycling) 1.12 18 Lisa Dorian (Chicks Cycling Club) 1.48 19 Kelsey Miller (Wedgewood Cycling Team) 2.02 20 Karen Watson (Glotman Simpson) 2.10 21 Jennifer Schulz (Total Restoration Cycling Team) 2.31 22 Rachel Canning (Escape Velocity / DEVO) 2.44 23 Gina Kavesh (Wines of Washington) 3.02 24 Chelsea Bilsbarrow (Giant Bicycles/Team Whistler Canada) 4.27 25 Shoshauna Laxson (Team Whistler) 4.57 26 Alyssa Weninger (Sask/BCW) 6.46 27 Margaret Pugh (Chicks Cycling Club) 14.48
