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Tour de Nez - NE
Nevada, USA, June 18-21, 2008
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Stage 2 - June 19: Northstar at Tahoe (ITT), 3.5 mi
Featherweights rule Nez's uphill TT
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Truckee, California
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The Northstar Resort near Lake Tahoe in northern California played host to a picturesque and scenic time trial in the second stage of the Tour de Nez. Unfortunately for the racers, the course pointed straight up for the entire distance, making it difficult for them to enjoy the scenic vistas. The course rose 192 metres over the 2.75km, making it an average of 14 percent for the entire distance. And the steepness showed on the riders, with everyone in their small ring and getting out of the saddle often to keep the pace high. BMC's Ian McKissick tore up the hill faster than anyone for a 16 second win ahead of Health Net-Maxxis team-mates Matt Cooke and Corey Collier.
"I guess I liked it because I ended up winning!" McKissick said about his thoughts on the course, even though it was at 6,000 feet of altitude. "I live in Seattle at sea level it tends to hurt a little more. It was interesting to ride non-TT bikes and helmets, so it made it more fair for everyone."
McKissick has had success in uphill time trials before, at the San Dimas race. "I've had some decent luck with them, I got second at San Dimas to Scott Moninger last year. And the year before I won the cat 2 race."
The result, following a short criterium last night, gives McKissick the overall race lead. But due to the short overall distance the time gaps are still small, with 25 other riders within a minute of the lead. And the lead is not totally what McKissick came to this race for, but is now finding it as a goal. "I was originally on the Suisse roster, so I was building hard for that. When I wasn't selected for the team I shut it down and now I am building back up for Cascade. We would love the win, but it's just to make sure the crit tonight is not a GC crit."
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Matt Cooke sounded genuinely surprised when he found out he was second place, but said his light weight probably contributed to his and other top results. "I'm one of the lightest guys in the race," he said. "I weigh a 130 lbs. so it really helps, but it also will help me going forward.
"I think that everyone is still really close to each other," he said "Today was a good result but that isn't how it's going to end up."
Indeed, everyone is looking ahead to the new road race stage here at the Northstar Resort, which will include today's climb but 10 times. "I think it's going to be hard, no matter who you are," said McKissick. "It's going to be a race of attrition and the strongest guy will win. I don't think a team will be able to control it and I think a single guy will be able to ride away."
"There are some good guys here, I consider Justin England a threat," said Cooke. "Then the Bissell guys have the numbers and the strength. It's up to them and it makes chasing a little bit easier. Since we go up this climb in the road race I think it will be a big factor."
Tonight's criterium in downtown Truckee will be another party atmosphere with Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) calling out the sprint win after last nights solo attempt. Paging Babe Ruth?
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- Yep, it's that steep.
- Graham Howard (Bissell), brother of race leader Steven Howard, keeps his pace high.
- Hometown favourite Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) saving himself for the crit tonight.
- Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell) kept himself in the GC running with seventh.
- Ian McKissick (BMC) climbed to a TT win and the leader's jersey.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) keeps the pace steady.
- Matt Cooke (Health Net-Maxxis) finished second, a nice surprise for him today.
- Aaron Olson (Bissell) climbed to a top five result.
- Karl Bordine (Team 5 Star) is the reigning US elite national champion.
- Ben Raby (SRAM) gets out of the saddle to tackle the 14 percent grade.
- Steven Cozza (Garmin-Chipotle) kept the pace steady to a top ten result.
- Roman Kilun (Health Net-Maxxis) with a ways still to go.
- Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast), the team's GC leader, finished fourth and is in good position.
- Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) made up for his bad luck in yesterday's crit with a good TT.
- Race leader Steven Howard (Bissell) was happy to have one day in the lead.
Results
1 Ian McKissick (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 8.30.6 (31.312 km/h) 2 Matthew Cooke (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 0.16.0 3 Corey Collier (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 0.16.8 4 Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.18.3 5 Aaron Olson (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.18.6 6 Scott Nydam (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0.19.2 7 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.19.6 8 Justin England (Toyota-United) 0.23.1 9 Steven Cozza (Slipstream Chipotle) 0.23.8 10 Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.26.5 11 Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0.31.4 12 Bradley White (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0.31.5 13 Andy Jacques-Maynes (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 0.32.0 14 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 0.40.7 15 Daniel Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.41.5 16 Adam Switters (Rock Racing) 0.42.0 17 Paul Mach (ZteaM Cycling) 0.42.8 18 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.43.1 19 Adam Livingston (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 0.45.5 20 Roman Kilun (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 0.46.2 21 Jackson Stewart (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0.51.2 22 Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) 0.51.9 23 Justin Spinelli (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.52.5 24 James Mattis (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 0.56.8 25 Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.57.0 26 Ben Raby (SRAM Corp) 0.58.2 27 Brian Buchholz (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.59.4 28 Jesse Moore (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 0.59.6 29 Chris Winn (RMCEF Racing / MOB Cyclery) 1.00.9 30 Ben Knellar (Jittery Joe's) 1.04.3 31 Ian Holt (US Armed Forces) 1.05.4 32 Karl Bordine (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable) 1.06.9 33 Steven Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 1.09.8 34 James Gunn-Wilkinson (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 1.10.3 35 Logan Hunn (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.12.4 36 Justin Kerr (Liquid Fitness) 1.13.1 37 Dirk Friel (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 1.15.8 38 Carson Miller (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.16.0 39 Joseph Pinkerton (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 1.22.4 40 Roman Van Uden (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.22.5 41 Ben Bradshaw (Kahala-LaGrange) 1.23.9 42 Dylan Clark (BPG/Montano Velo) 1.28.1 43 Kris Koke (Liquid Fitness) 1.32.6 44 John Hunt (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 1.33.2 45 Michael Sayers (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 1.34.2 46 Josh Horowitz (Liquid Fitness) 1.34.5 47 Chris Swan (ZteaM Cycling) 1.37.4 48 Andy Bestwick (Allegiant Air/Pain Team) 1.41.9 49 Eric Bennett (Successful Living Pro Cycling Team) 1.44.3 50 Randy Reichardt (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 1.46.2 51 Tim Srenaski (Tokyo Joe's Cycling Team) 1.51.6 52 Nathaniel Deibler (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 1.52.9 53 Andres Gil (Pacific State Bank Cycling Team) 1.54.6 54 Edgar Parra (Kahala-LaGrange) 1.56.3 55 Eddy Kwon (Mob Cyclery Racing/RMCEF) 1.57.3 56 Joshua Bartlett (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.58.7 57 Shaun Morris (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 2.05.9 58 Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 2.08.3 59 Matthew Seagrave (Kahala-LaGrange) 2.10.0 60 Christian Kearney (ZteaM Cycling) 2.22.5 61 Joao Correia (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 2.22.7 62 Chris Demarchi (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 2.27.5 63 Victor Ayala (Kahala-LaGrange) 2.30.9 64 Michael Jacques (Great Basin Imaging Cycling Team) 2.37.1 65 Jonathan Coulter (WEBCOR-ALTO VELO) 2.58.7 66 Timothy Farnham (Team Norcal Bike Sport) 3.00.7 67 Devon Vigus (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 3.16.2 68 Graham Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 3.34.4 69 Paul Che (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 3.47.8 70 Logan Loader (BPG/Montano Velo) 4.35.3 71 Brandon Gritters (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable) 4.57.9 72 Curtis Gunn (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 5.08.9 73 Chuck Coyle (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 5.16.3 U23 rider 1 Adam Switters (Rock Racing) 9.12.6 2 Steven Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.27.8 3 Logan Hunn (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 0.30.4 4 Carson Miller (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 0.34.0 5 Roman Van Uden (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 0.40.5 6 Ben Bradshaw (Kahala-LaGrange) 0.41.9 7 Eric Bennett (Successful Living Pro Cycling Team) 1.02.3 8 Edgar Parra (Kahala-LaGrange) 1.14.3 9 Shaun Morris (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.23.9 10 Logan Loader (BPG/Montano Velo) 3.53.3 Teams 1 Bissell Pro Cycling Team 26.36 2 BMC Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.13 4 Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 0.47 5 California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized 1.23 6 Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies 2.14 7 Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil 2.43 8 Team Rubicon-ORBEA 2.45 9 Liquid Fitness 3.15 10 ZteaM Cycling 3.37 11 Kahala-LaGrange 4.24 12 Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre 5.07 General classification after stage 2 1 Ian McKissick (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 1.24.22 2 Corey Collier (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 0.17 3 Matthew Cooke (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 4 Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.18 5 Aaron Olson (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.19 6 Scott Nydam (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 7 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.20 8 Justin England (Toyota-United) 0.23 9 Steven Cozza (Slipstream Chipotle) 0.24 10 Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0.26 11 Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.27 12 Andy Jacques-Maynes (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 0.32 13 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 0.41 14 Daniel Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.42 15 Adam Switters (Rock Racing) 16 Paul Mach (ZteaM Cycling) 0.43 17 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 18 Adam Livingston (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 0.46 19 Roman Kilun (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 20 Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) 0.48 21 Jackson Stewart (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0.52 22 Justin Spinelli (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.53 23 Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.57 24 Ben Raby (SRAM Corp) 0.58 25 Brian Buchholz (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 1.00 26 Jesse Moore (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 27 Steven Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 28 Chris Winn (RMCEF Racing / MOB Cyclery) 1.01 29 Ian Holt (US Armed Forces) 1.05 30 Karl Bordine (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable) 1.07 31 Logan Hunn (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.12 32 Justin Kerr (Liquid Fitness) 1.13 33 Dirk Friel (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 1.16 34 Carson Miller (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 35 Joseph Pinkerton (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 1.23 36 Roman Van Uden (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 37 Bradley White (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 38 Ben Bradshaw (Kahala-LaGrange) 1.24 39 Dylan Clark (BPG/Montano Velo) 1.28 40 Kris Koke (Liquid Fitness) 1.33 41 Michael Sayers (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 1.34 42 Randy Reichardt (Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies) 1.46 43 Nathaniel Deibler (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 1.53 44 Andres Gil (Pacific State Bank Cycling Team) 1.55 45 Shaun Morris (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 2.06 46 Christian Kearney (ZteaM Cycling) 2.23 47 Eric Bennett (Successful Living Pro Cycling Team) 2.25 48 Chris Demarchi (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 2.28 49 Victor Ayala (Kahala-LaGrange) 2.31 50 Edgar Parra (Kahala-LaGrange) 2.36 51 Devon Vigus (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 3.16 52 Josh Horowitz (Liquid Fitness) 3.41 53 Joshua Bartlett (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 4.05 54 James Mattis (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 4.15 55 Ben Knellar (Jittery Joe's) 4.22 56 John Hunt (California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized) 4.51 57 Brandon Gritters (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable) 4.59 58 Tim Srenaski (Tokyo Joe's Cycling Team) 5.18 59 Paul Che (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 5.36 60 Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 61 Joao Correia (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 5.52 62 Andy Bestwick (Allegiant Air/Pain Team) 6.06 63 Matthew Seagrave (Kahala-LaGrange) 6.19 64 Michael Jacques (Great Basin Imaging Cycling Team) 6.46 65 Graham Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 6.52 66 Timothy Farnham (Team Norcal Bike Sport) 7.03 67 James Gunn-Wilkinson (Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 7.13 68 Logan Loader (BPG/Montano Velo) 8.03 69 Chuck Coyle (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 8.20 70 Chris Swan (ZteaM Cycling) 8.40 71 Curtis Gunn (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 8.47 72 Eddy Kwon (Mob Cyclery Racing/RMCEF) 9.22 73 Jonathan Coulter (WEBCOR-ALTO VELO) 10.02 Sprints classification 1 Steven Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 17 pts 2 Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 12 3 Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 10 4 Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) 10 5 Ian Mckissick (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 8 6 Michael Sayers (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 6 7 Brian Buchholz (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 6 8 Matthew Cooke (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 5 9 Roman Kilun (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 5 10 Steven Cozza (Slipstream Chipotle) 4 11 Jackson Stewart (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 4 12 Aaron Olson (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 3 13 Corey Collier (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 3 14 Victor Ayala (Kahala-LaGrange) 2 15 Timothy Farnham (Team Norcal Bike Sport) 1 Mountains classification 1 Ian Mckissick (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 3 pts 2 Matthew Cooke (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 2 3 Corey Collier (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 1 Under 23 classification 1 Adam Switters (Rock Racing) 1.25.04 2 Steven Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.18 3 Logan Hunn (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 0.30 4 Carson Miller (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 0.34 5 Roman Van Uden (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 0.41 6 Ben Bradshaw (Kahala-LaGrange) 0.42 7 Shaun Morris (Team Rubicon-ORBEA) 1.24 8 Eric Bennett (Successful Living Pro Cycling Team) 1.43 9 Edgar Parra (Kahala-LaGrange) 1.54 10 Logan Loader (BPG/Montano Velo) 7.21 Teams classification 1 Bissell Pro Cycling Team 4.14.12 2 BMC Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.13 4 Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 0.47 5 California Giant Berry Farms/ Specialized 1.23 6 Vitamin Cottage P/B XP Companies 2.14 7 Team 5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil 2.43 8 Team Rubicon-ORBEA 2.45 9 Kahala-LaGrange 5.04 10 Liquid Fitness 5.21 11 Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre 9.02 12 ZteaM Cycling 10.40
