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Tour of Arkansas - NE
USA, May 15-18, 2008
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Stage 4 - May 18: Van Buren’s criterium
Huff wins crit; Chadwick dedicates victory to his family
By Kirsten Robbins in Van Buren, Arkansas
The Tour of Arkansas came to an end this afternoon with the down town Van Buren’s seventy-five minute criterium. Crowds gathered in the old western-style town to watch a show down which ended with Brad Huff (Jelly Belly) taking a slim victory ahead of Karl Menzies (HealthNet-Maxxis) and Mark Walters (Team RACE).
"It’s a great result for me because this is my second race back with the team," continued Huff who was benched during the early season due to multiple cycling related injuries. "Jelly Belly is very supportive and was behind me during my recovery."
"The good thing is the three of us are smart enough riders to know that we couldn’t play cat and mouse too much or we’d get caught," said Huff referring the equal amount of work down by each rider in their break.
Team Type 1 continued to set a leading example by riding a strong paced tempo for the duration of the event, solidifying Glen Chadwick’s overall race victory ahead of Predrag Prokic (Toshiba-Santo) and Michael Lang (Jelly Belly).
"This is my first stage race win in America," said Chadwick who won his last stage race in 2003 during the Tour of Korea and Beijing. "I’m really happy with this win because lately I’ve been riding in the top five a lot. My wife really helped me to focus on cycling after an emotional off-season. I have her and my daughter to thank for this."
Chadwick was forced to sit out much of the early season after being diagnosed with Epstein Barr shortly after a life threatening spinal virus infected his two year old daughter Jade, forcing he and his wife, Isabel to spend five weeks at their daughter’s hospital bedside.
"It’s been a strange season with a pretty bad six months off because my family and I were very sick," continued Chadwick. "To actually pull off a result like this is amazing for myself. It was very tough for us to see our daughter hooked up to an I.V. all the time and her veins were collapsing. It’s hard to explain to a two year old why the doctors were always sticking her with needles."
How it unfolded
An early break of five riders rode ahead of the Team Type 1 train during the first few laps. The break included Huff and team-mate Nick Reistad, Menzies and Walters along with Eric Brownell (CRCA-Empire).
"It was unplanned but very good to have two of us in the break and that helped out a lot in the end," said Huff who benefited from his team-mates constant surges that forced Walters and Menzies to chase. "It’s nice to be in the break with two other strong riders because it makes a big difference - We can’t complain when we pulled off a win and Nick did a lot of work."
When the five riders were close to lapping the field, Reistad opened a gap on his breakaway companions in an attempt to solo his way onto the back of the peloton. However, Team Type 1 lifted their speeds a notch with the dwindled peloton in tow, pulling away from Reistad who was left to regroup with Huff, Menzies and Walters.
In the final laps, both Reistad and Brownell were reabsorbed into the peloton and the three eventual podium riders played a tactical game with one lap to go. "We started the cat and mouse stuff with seven laps to go but we almost got caught so we agreed to work hard for a few more laps before we started sprinting, just to make sure that we stayed away," said Walters who attacked the pair through the chicane with half a lap to go but was caught and passed before the last corner.
"We had to keep an eye on who was trying to get up the road," said Chadwick regarding his team giving leeway to the five riders. "None of them were a threat to my lead. I’m not sure if they wanted to take a lap on us but we kept them in check. I think they started stuffing around a bit because we started to bring them back. We were really focused and setting a good tempo to make sure the GC guys didn’t make a silly decision on trying to attack."
Chadwick took hold of the early race lead after winning the first two stages, a feat that gave Team Type 1 the responsibility of control each mountainous stage and fighting strong winds at the front.
"The guys really wanted to do it and the team had confidence in both me and Moises Aldape and we were able to prove to them that we could do win," said Chadwick. "Some of our riders are new and they’ve never been in the situation of protecting a leader’s jersey before so it was a good experience for them and they were very strong."
Results
1 Brad Huff (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 1.15.08 2 Karl Menzies (HealthNet/Maxxis) 3 Mark Walters (Team RACE Pro) 0.03 4 Frank Pipp (HealthNet/Maxxis) 0.13 5 Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 0.15 6 Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 7 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 8 Glen Chadwick (Team Type-1) 9 Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 10 Robbie King (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 11 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 12 Sheldon Deeny (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 13 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 14 Stefano Barberi (THF Racing) 15 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 16 Clayton Barrows (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 17 Predrag Prokic (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 18 Jake Rytlewski (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 0.21 19 Bernard Vanulden (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 20 Bruno Langlois (Team Volkswagen) 21 Matthew Winstead (Team Inferno Pro Cycling) 22 NICK Reistad (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 23 Yosvany Falcon (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 24 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 25 Dan R. Timmerman (Team RACE Pro) 26 Dustin Macburnie (Team RACE Pro) 27 John Fredy Parra (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 28 Terrence Keenan (THF Racing) 29 John Minutrn (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 30 Daniel Vaillancourt (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 31 John Loehner (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 32 Nick Friesen (GS Mengoni) 33 Eric Boily (Team Volkswagen) 34 Andrew Talansky (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 35 Emiliano Jordan (Colavita NM p/b JNF Enterprise) 0.28 36 Scott Tietzel (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 37 Mark Pozniak (Team RACE Pro) 38 Adam Thuss (Team RACE Pro) 0.33 39 Stefan Rothe (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 0.42 40 Frank Travieso (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 41 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 0.57 42 Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 1.03 43 Mat Stephens (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 1.38 44 Buck (Kevin) Miller (Team RACE Pro) 2.11 45 George Opria (Evolution Cycling) 2.31 46 Eugene Boronow (GS Mengoni) 47 Karl Kupecz (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) 1.55 48 Loren Dodson (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) 2.42 49 Noah Singer (Kahala/LaGrange) 50 David Rendon (Colavita NM p/b JNF Enterprise) 3.08 51 Jonathan Jacob (Mob Squad/ Ubuildit) 52 Jared Gilyard (Colavita NM p/b JNF Enterprise) 3.17 53 Peter Carey (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 3.26 54 Andrew Hunt (Team RACE Pro) 55 William Gault (CTCA/Tulsa Wheelmen) 56 Christian Deshaies (Team Volkswagen) 3.36 57 Scott Barnes (Mercy Development) 3.57 58 corey Ray (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 59 William Snodgrass (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 60 Adam Mills (HRRC/Trek Stores) 61 Kolt Bates (Mercy Development) 4.08 62 Janne Hamalainen (CTCA/Tulsa Wheelmen) 4.16 63 justin Jackson (Mercy Development) 4.24 64 Nathaniel Thompson (Rocky Mountain Bikes/STOK) 65 John Mcallister (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) 5.03 66 Paul Koehn (Marx & Bensdorf Realtors/TriSt) 5.25 67 Bill Marshall (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 8.43 68 Lance Hughey (Accelerade Cycling Team) 11.22 69 Timothy Hargrave (Team Type 1) 999 François Chabot (Team Volkswagen) 999 david Schulhofer (Team Waste Management) 999 Stephen Brandt (Velossimo Racing benefitting S) 996 Mark Batty (Team RACE Pro) 996 Keir Plaice (Team RACE Pro) 996 Eric Robertson (Team RACE Pro) 996 Jean Michel Lachance (Team Volkswagen) 996 Arnaud Papillon (Team Volkswagen) 996 Alexandre Cloutier (Team Volkswagen) 996 Ty Stanfield (Myogenesis.com) 996 John Durango (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 996 David Sojo Diego (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 996 Alex Welch (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 996 Adam Ray (Industry Nine) 996 Eric Brownell (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 996 Matthew Johnson (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 996 Michael Mathis (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 996 Ryan Knapp (Alderfer Bergen) 996 Mike Sherer (Alderfer Bergen) 996 jay Blankenship (CTCA/Tulsa Wheelmen) 996 Courtney Guck (Rocky Mountain Bikes/STOK) 996 Adam Gaubert (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) 996 mario Arroyave (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) Final General classification 1 Glen Chadwick (Team Type-1) 13.56.48 2 Predrag Prokic (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 0.25 3 Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 0.39 4 Frank Pipp (HealthNet/Maxxis) 0.50 5 Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 0.58 6 Stefano Barberi (THF Racing) 1.13 7 Jake Rytlewski (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 1.36 8 Dustin Macburnie (Team RACE Pro) 1.44 9 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 2.05 10 Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 2.10 11 Dan R. Timmerman (Team RACE Pro) 2.21 12 Andrew Talansky (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 2.32 13 Mark Walters (Team RACE Pro) 2.39 14 John Minutrn (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 2.45 15 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 2.54 16 Karl Menzies (HealthNet/Maxxis) 3.05 17 NICK Reistad (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 3.17 18 John Fredy Parra (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 3.30 19 Eric Boily (Team Volkswagen) 4.22 20 Daniel Vaillancourt (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 4.47 21 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 6.01 22 Stefan Rothe (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 6.32 23 Scott Tietzel (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 6.34 24 Clayton Barrows (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 7.04 25 Robbie King (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 8.44 26 Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 9.20 27 Nick Friesen (GS Mengoni) 12.29 28 Terrence Keenan (THF Racing) 13.20 30 Matthew Winstead (Team Inferno Pro Cycling) 14.11 31 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 14.29 32 Bernard Vanulden (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 17.32 33 Sheldon Deeny (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 20.30 35 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 21.04 38 Mark Pozniak (Team RACE Pro) 22.57 39 Yosvany Falcon (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 23.34 40 Bruno Langlois (Team Volkswagen) 24.06 42 John Loehner (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM) 27.32 43 Frank Travieso (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 27.50 44 Adam Thuss (Team RACE Pro) 28.37 45 Mat Stephens (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 28.38 46 Brad Huff (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 28.42 47 Emiliano Jordan (Colavita NM p/b JNF Enterprise) 31.38 48 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 35.37
