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San Dimas Stage Race - NE
USA, March 28-30, 2008
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Stage 1 - March 28: Glendora Time Trial, 3.8 miles
An expected victory in Glendora
By Kirsten Robbins in Glendora, California
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The ninth annual San Dimas Stage Race kicked off this morning with a twisty 3.8-mile hilltop time trial no Glendora Mountain, gaining an elevation of 1375 feet. Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) did not disappoint his fans when he stormed to the top in a time of 13:05, nearly eight seconds ahead of Peter Stetina (VMG/Felt/RGM) and 16 seconds quicker than Ben Day (Toyota-United).
"I was very nervous before the start, but I was motivated to do well today," said the Spaniard, who traveled from Madrid to Los Angeles on Tuesday. "I haven't been able to race in so long that I had a lot of butterflies. Last week I was feeling pretty good but with all the traveling, I didn't know if I would have my racing legs today."
The 140 men rolled one-by-one to their starting time slots under sunshine and moderate winds that made for perfect weather conditions to start the three-day event. Teams Rock Racing, Toyota-United, Symmetrics, Colavita/Sutter Home, Team Type 1, Bissell, Health Net and Jittery Joes brought their top-notch squads to San Dimas to test their legs over the well-known road up to Mt. Glendora.
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Sevilla's blistering time trial was relatively slower than expected of him, due to a mechanical half way up the climb when his chain jammed into his rear cassette causing the wheel to lock up. Sevilla's finishing time was significantly increased because he had to dismount his machine to correct the problem.
While Sevilla may have started the event as the obvious race favourite, second placed on the day Stetina put forth a commanding effort to maintain only an eight second difference to the winning time.
The race winner's team-mate Tyler Hamilton was pleased to be returning to competition on American soil, noting his excitement in looking forward to events that started his cycling career as a young rider.
"I don't feel so hot but I'm excited to be racing here and get into shape," said Hamilton, who finished 23rd. "For me it is great to get some races in my legs and for some of these races I'll be doing this year, its like going back in time - like a full circle.
"We have a great team here and Sevilla is riding really well right now," he added. "We can expect to have some good sprint finishes, especially in the criterium on Sunday."
The many well-rounded teams registered in San Dimas may have the opportunity to reshuffle the general classification during Stage 2's 84 four mile road race. Furthermore, there will be a certain opportunity for sprinters and breakaway riders to shine in pursuit of a stage victory. KOM point and sprint will be available on alternating laps.
Abbott takes first season win
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Current US National Road Champion Mara Abbott (High Road) took top honors up the Glendora Mountain's 3.8-mile time trial in a time of 15:27. Abbott was 45 second ahead of her team-mate Kimberly Anderson and one minute and four seconds ahead of Leah Goldstein (Value Act Capital).
"The course was really fun today," said Abbott, who didn't have the opportunity to pre ride the climb. "I really wasn't sure what to expect. But it was an absolutely gorgeous hill.
"It was a nice road and good switchbacks and got to see a nice view coming back down," she added. "There was no weak points about the course at all I really enjoyed it today."
According the young national champion she felt comfortable and strong in her early season fitness and performance. "Of course it wasn't comfortable while I was riding," admitted Abbott, who does not consider this event a warm up to her season.
"I'm taking each race at a time so Redlands is Redlands and San Dimas is San Dimas and I'm focusing on each race one at a time," she explained. "I might go to race in Europe this spring, I have more flexibility with out school because I'm taking the rest of my credits remote, online and one class in the fall."
The Glendora Mountain time trial has set the general classification stage going into Stage 2's 58 mile road race, held on a seven mile circuit. Points in the KOM and sprint competition will be had on alternating laps throughout the event.
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- Mara Abbott (Team High Road) looked smooth and confident as she made her way up the mountain.
- Mara Abbott (Team High Road) flew up the mountain besting her nearest competitor by over 45 seconds.
- Kimberly Anderson (Team High Road) rode stoically up the mountain keeping a high cadence.
- Metering her effort, Kimberly Anderson (Team High Road) picks up the pace half way up.
- Leah Goldstein (ValueAct Capitol Cycling Team) was focused one one thing...getting up the mountain quickly.
- Leah Goldstein (ValueAct Capitol Cycling Team) kept a close eye on her instrumentation on the way to the top.
- Oscar Sevilla Rivera (Rock Racing) out of the saddle and powering his way to the top.
- Oscar Sevilla Rivera (Rock Racing) turned in a great performance, finishing with a narrow eight second margin of victory.
- Peter Stetina (VMG/Felt/RGM) showed that he could ride with the best of the climbers today taking the second step on the podium.
- Ben Day (Toyota-United) ignored the late afternoon heat and concentrated at the task at hand.
- Ben Day (Toyota-United) focused on the road ahead makes his way to the top of the mountain for third place on the day.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Kimberly Anderson (High Road) took second place.
- Mara Abbott (High Road) won the opening time trial.
- Leah Goldstein (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) giving it all she's got!
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) back at the races.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) using every inch of the road.
- Henk Vogels (Toyota-United) wants to get it over with.
- Peter Stetina (VMG/Felt/RGM) was the first one off in the Pro race and took second.
- Rory Sutherland (Health Net/Maxxis) pushed hard.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) gave his all on the climb.
- Virginia Perkins (PROMAN Racing)
- Patricia Ross (Touchstone Climbing Race Team)
- Scott Zwizanski (Bissell Pro Cycling Team)
- Karl Menzies (Health Net/Maxxis)
- Leah Goldstein (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team)
Results
Elite men 1 Osca Sevilla Rivera (Rock Racing) 13.06 (28.009 km/h) 2 Peter Stetina (VMG/Felt/RGM) 0.08 3 Ben Day (Toyota-United) 0.16 4 Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 0.19 5 Justin England (Toyota-United) 0.19 6 Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) 0.20 7 Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 0.20 8 Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.26 9 Michael Creed (Rock Racing) 0.26 10 Anthony Colby (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 0.29 11 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.33 12 Trent Wilson (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 0.34 13 Luis Amaran (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 0.34 14 Benjamin Sonntag (Kahala/ LaGrange) 0.35 15 Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.35 16 Heath Blackgrove (Toyota-United) 0.36 17 Cameron Evans (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.37 18 Jonathan Chodroff (Empire Cycling Team) 0.37 19 Michael Grabinger (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 0.39 20 Francois Parisien (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.39 21 Christopher Jones (Team Type 1) 0.40 22 Stefano Barberi (THF Racing) 0.40 23 Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) 0.41 24 Mike Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 0.44 25 Justin Spinelli (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) 0.45 26 Rory Sutherland (Health Net/Maxxis) 0.45 27 Christian Meier (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.47 28 Brad White (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 0.49 29 Jacob Erker (Symmetrics Cycling) 0.50 30 Dan Ramsey (Time Pro Cycling) 0.51 31 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 0.52 32 Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.53 33 Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 0.54 34 Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 0.55 35 Chris Wherry (Toyota-United) 0.55 36 Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 0.56 37 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 1.00 38 Kiel Reijnen (Team Waste Management) 1.00 39 Jared Barrilleaux (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 1.01 40 Will Routley (Symmetrics Cycling) 1.03 41 Ben Brooks (Team Type 1) 1.03 42 Javier Zapata (CAICO Cycling Team) 1.05 43 Nicholas Waite (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) 1.06 44 Mark Santurbane (California Giant Berry Farms) 1.07 45 Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 1.07 46 Jorge Martinez (CAICO Cycling Team) 1.07 47 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 1.08 48 Davide Frattini (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 1.08 49 Alejandro Barrajo (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 1.09 50 Jeremiah Wiscovich (Rock Racing) 1.10 51 Scott Zwizanski (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 1.11 52 Allessandro Bazzana (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 1.12 53 Graham Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 1.13 54 Walker Savidge (VMG/Felt/RGM) 1.14 55 Karl Menzies (Health Net/Maxxis) 1.15 56 Edward C. King (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 1.16 57 Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics Cycling) 1.16 58 Kirk Carlson (VMG/Felt/RGM) 1.16 59 Frank Pipp (Health Net/Maxxis) 1.18 60 Evan Elken (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 1.19 61 David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) 1.21 62 Adam Livingston (Team Five Star WVO) 1.23 63 Vincent Owens (Sierra Pacific Racing) 1.24 64 Andrew Guptill (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 1.28 65 Nic Sanderson (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 1.31 66 Anibal Barrajo (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 1.33 67 Peter Dawson (Rock Racing) 1.33 68 Joseph Wiley () 1.34 69 Markus Weinberg (Kahala La Grange) 1.34 70 Brandon Gritters (Team 5 Star WVO) 1.34 71 Jonny Sundt (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) 1.34 72 Adrian Gerrits (Kahala Lagrange) 1.36 73 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 1.37 74 Lucas Sebasti Haedo (Colavita Sutter Homes presente) 1.39 75 Matt Seagrave (Kahala La Grange) 1.40 76 Andrew Randell (Symmetrics Cycling) 1.40 77 David Clinger (Team Rock) 1.44 78 Tony Cruz (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 1.44 79 Matty Rice (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 1.45 80 Alexi Martinez (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 1.45 81 Ben King (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) 1.50 82 Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 1.51 83 Kyle Gritters (Health Net/Maxxis) 1.52 84 Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing) 1.52 85 Alexander Gonzalez (CAICO Cycling Team) 1.53 86 Alejandro Cortes (CAICO Cycling Team) 1.54 87 Jonathan Parrish (Team Waste Management) 1.54 88 Austin Carroll (Team Rock) 1.54 89 Tom Soladay (Time Pro Cycling) 1.55 90 Adam Switters (Rock Racing) 1.56 91 Jared Gruber (Time Pro Cycling) 1.59 92 Ronald Jensen (Team Waste Management) 2.00 93 David Andrew Quist (Team Clif Bar Cycling) 2.01 94 Kevin Klein (Team Rock) 2.03 95 Josh Horowitz (Liquid Fitness) 2.05 96 Rudolph Napolitano (Team Rock) 2.06 97 Erik Barlevav (Time Pro Cycling) 2.07 98 Michael Cody (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 2.09 99 Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) 2.11 100 Michael Telega (California Giant Berry Farms) 2.12 101 Rigoberto Meza (Coates/Freedom2doit/Felt) 2.14 102 Jonathan Cantwell (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 2.14 103 Michael Mathis (Empire Cycling Team/CRCA) 2.17 104 Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 2.19 105 Emile Abraham (Team Type 1) 2.19 106 Caleb Manion (Toyota-United) 2.20 107 Philip Mooney (Davis Bike Club) 2.23 108 Timothy Doud (Team Waste Management) 2.29 109 A Sanchez Beriguete (CAICO Cycling Team) 2.30 110 Wendy Cruz (CAICO Cycling Team) 2.33 111 Sheldon Deeny (Empire Cycling Team) 2.33 112 Jorge Alvarado (Kahala La Grange) 2.38 113 Curtis Gunn (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 2.39 114 Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) 2.40 115 Henk Vogels (Toyota-United) 2.41 116 Lacombe Keven (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) 2.43 117 David Guttenplan (Time Pro Cycling) 2.47 118 Cody Oreilly (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 2.49 119 Gustavo-Adol Mendez (Kahala La Grange) 2.50 120 Eric Bennett (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 2.53 121 Edgar Parra (Kahala La Grange) 2.55 122 Adam Myerson (Time Pro Cycling) 3.02 123 Gregory Anderson (Davis Bike Club) 3.08 124 Andy Bestwick (Allegiant Air Team Pain MD) 3.17 125 Christia Valenzuela (Successfull Living Pro Cycling) 3.19 126 Rahsaan Bahati (Rock Racing) 3.26 127 Chad Hartley (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling) 3.27 128 Sean Mazich (Team Waste Management) 3.56 129 Michael Ebert (ABD/GEARGRINDER Cycling Team) 3.59 130 Nathaniel Deibler (Team 5 Star WVO) 4.03 131 Victor Ayala (Kahala La Grange) 4.23 132 Brian Alfermann (THF Racing) 4.24 133 Ruben Meza (Coates/Freedom2doit/Felt) 4.53 134 H. Phil Southerland (Team Type 1) 5.32 DNS Mark Hinnen (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) DNS Alexander Sharon (ABD/GEARGRINDER Cycling Team) DNS Euris Vidal (CAICO Cycling Team) Elite women 1 Mara Abbott (High Road - Women) 15.28 (23.723 km/h) 2 Kimberly Anderson (High Road - Women) 0.46 3 Leah Goldstein (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 1.05 4 Ruth Clemence (Cycles Veloce) 1.15 5 Maria Monica (Touchstone) 1.29 6 Kelly Mcdonald (Touchstone Climbing Racing Tea) 1.39 7 Kirsten Robbins (Advil / Chapstick) 1.40 8 Shannon Koch (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Team) 1.51 9 Kathleen Billington (Team Rock) 1.56 10 Sharon Allpress (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 1.59 11 Beatriz Rodriguez (Southern California Velo) 2.01 12 Jennifer Reither (SouthBay Wheelmen) 2.06 13 Anne Guzman (Team Kenda Tire) 2.11 14 Kristina Seley (PROMAN Racing) 2.12 15 Lana Atchley (Team Rock) 2.27 16 Morgan Kapp (SouthBay Wheelmen) 2.27 17 Coryn Rivera (Kahala-LaGrange) 2.33 18 Courtney Hammond (Team Rock) 2.34 19 Virginia Perkins (PROMAN Racing) 2.36 20 Olivia Dillon (Touchstone Climbing) 2.37 21 Alexis Rhodes (High Road - Women) 2.38 22 Heather Sborz (Vanderkitten) 2.41 23 Marni Hambleton (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 2.42 24 Tracy Kubas (Bicycle Johns) 2.42 25 Ashley Anderson (Metro Volkswagen) 2.43 26 Erika Graves (Helens/Trek) 2.43 27 Coleen Knutson (Team Pro Cyclery) 2.44 28 Kristin Keim (Team Kenda Tire) 2.51 29 Jennifer Wilson (SouthBay Wheelmen) 2.52 30 Rachel Tzinberg (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 2.55 31 Jennifer Joynt (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bik) 2.55 32 Abby Cooper (PROMAN Racing) 2.56 33 Jamie Hughins (Helens/Trek) 2.57 34 Holly Borowski (Touchstone Climbing Cycling/US) 2.58 35 Anna Drakulich (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 3.04 36 Sarah Lightfoot (Metromint Cycling) 3.07 37 Courtenay Brown (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 3.09 38 Taitt Sato (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 3.11 39 Cara Gillis (OrganicAthlete's Team Vegan) 3.17 40 Molly Van Houweling (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bik) 3.18 41 Gab Gonzalez-Ferrat (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 3.28 42 Kate Ligler (PROMAN Racing) 3.30 43 Patricia Ross (Touchstone Climbing Race Team) 3.34 44 Priscilla Calderon (Team Rock) 3.36 45 Amanda Eaken (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bik) 3.36 46 Janeen Thorpe (TOUCHSTONE CYCLING) 3.38 47 Ashley Dymond (Team Rock) 3.42 48 Karen Meske (Aqua al 2/SDBC) 3.43 49 Kirsten Kotval (PCIM) 3.49 50 Christen King (SouthBay Wheelmen) 3.53 51 Dianna Del Fante (Banning's Bikes- Ducati) 3.55 52 Lisa Young (Acqua al 2/SDBC) 3.57 53 Elizabeth Galenti (Helens/Trek) 4.00 54 Yukie Nakamura (Team Kenda Tire) 4.04 55 Amy Mcguire (Team Kenda Tire) 4.05 56 Anke Wichmann (High Road - Women) 4.07 57 Emilia Fahlin (High Road - Women) 4.16 58 Bonnie Bourque (Aqua al 2/SDBC) 4.20 59 Simone Morissette (Kahala LaGrange) 4.24 60 Kendall Ryan (Major Motion Junior Developmen) 4.32 61 Lara Kroepsch (ValueAct Capital Cycling Team) 4.33 62 Michele Bliss (Rocky Mounts-Izze Racing) 4.38 63 Sandra Kolb (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 4.39 64 Anna Gerber (LeaderBike/Big City Velo) 4.44 65 Alicia Boland (Banning's Bikes- Ducati) 5.13 66 Megan Elliott (unattached) 5.14 67 Jenny Willhite (Metro Volkswagen Cycling Team) 5.36 68 Elis Bradshaw (Metromint Cycling on Marin Bik) 5.40 69 Laura Hines (Southern California Velo) 5.54 70 Charlayne Barger (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 6.46 71 Rachel Herring (Team Rock) 10.31 DNS Ginger Hsieh (Team Rock)
