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La Vuelta de Bisbee - NE
USA, April 24-26, 2009
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Prologue - April 24: Mule Pass TT, 2.8mi
Vega wins prologue again
By Alan Fischer
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Gregorio Vega started this year's La Vuelta de Bisbee the same way he did last year – with a win in the 2.8-mile prologue time trial that climbed 709 vertical feet to the top of Bisbee Divide.
Vega, a Columbian with the Tecos Trek squad, used his prologue win to take La Vuelta's overall crown last year. His winning margin, five seconds over Carter Jones (Team Waste Management) was less than the 15-second cushion he posted last year.
Darren Lill (Team Type 1), Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) and Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling) rounded out the top five in the Pro 1-2 event. All are within 16 seconds of the leader.
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Unlike some years and much to the relief of the riders, southern Arizona spring winds did not play a major factor in the race.
With five Tecos Trek riders finishing in the top 17 in the prologue, Vega's team seems well equipped to help him hang onto the overall win again this year. Phil Zajick, just 10 seconds off the lead, said his plan is to focus on the time trial in an effort to wrestle away the lead.
Saturday will see a double stage with the Sulphur Springs Road Race, an 83-mile trek that could shake up the standings, in the morning and the Warren Time trial, a rolling 7.2-mile ride against the clock, in the afternoon.
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- Ronald Jensen (RideClean) ponders his afternoon's effort.
- Riders face a daunting task in climbing to the top of the Bisbee Divide.
- Riders find that going down is much easier than going up.
- Bill McDorman (Team One Racing) is glad to see the one kilometer to go sign.
- Kyle Colavito (RideClean) reflects on his effort.
- Florencio Torres (Tecos Trek) has 100 meters to go to the top.
- Juan Aranda (Tecos Trek) has almost finished his work for the day.
- Jonathan Garcia (Team Einsteins) reaches the finish line.
Results
Group A 1 Gregorio L Vega (Tecos Trek) 9.35 2 Carter Jones (Team WM) 0.05 3 Darren Lill (Team Type 1) 0.09 4 Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0.10 5 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling) 0.16 6 Bernardo C Tepoz (Tecos Trek) 0.18 7 Corey Collier (Team Rio Grand) 0.23 8 Andrew Talansky (Amore&Vita-McD) 0.27 9 Dan Vaillancourt (Colavita Sutter) 0.28 10 Scott Stewart (Team WM) 0.29 11 Ignacio S Diaz (Tecos Trek) 0.30 12 Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 0.33 13 Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter) 0.34 13 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 15 Florencio R Torres (Tecos Trek) 0.41 16 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 0.44 17 Juan P M Aranda (Tecos Trek) 0.45 18 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 0.51 19 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 0.53 20 David Talbott (Team WM) 0.54 21 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 0.55 22 Logan Hunn (LandRover-ORBE) 1.01 22 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 24 Carson Miller (LandRover-ORBE) 1.03 24 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 26 Michael Mathis (Empire Hotel Gp) 1.04 27 Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro-Cycling) 1.06 28 Evan Hyde (NashvilleCyc) 1.07 28 Moises Chavez (Team Type 1) 30 Antonio A Chavez (Tecos Trek) 1.08 31 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 1.09 32 David Glick (RideClean) 1.13 33 Rodrigo Caldean (Malta Gallo-Bic) 1.16 34 Eric Salstrand (Bicycle Haus) 1.19 34 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 34 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grand) 37 Adam Livingston (Kahala-LaGrang) 1.20 37 John F P Celada (Tecos Trek) 39 Logan Garey (Team Rio Grand) 1.26 40 Mike Northey (LandRover-ORBE) 1.27 41 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 1.33 42 Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 1.36 43 Luis Zamudio (Kahala-LaGrang) 1.39 43 Peter Rennie (NOW-MS Society) 45 Andrew Guptill (Colavita Sutter) 1.40 45 Jared Gilyard (RideClean) 47 Ronald Jensen (RideClean) 1.41 48 Christopher Hong (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 1.42 49 Ian Tuttle (Above Cat. Rcg) 1.47 50 Roman Van Uden (LandRover-ORBE) 1.48 51 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 1.49 52 Jonathan Parrish (Kenda Pro Cyc) 1.52 53 Spencer Smitheman (NOW-MS Society) 1.55 54 Scott Wenzel (Team Rio Grand) 1.59 55 Josh Bartlett (LandRover-ORBE) 2.00 56 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 2.10 57 Anthon Steenbergen (Team Calgary) 2.11 58 Denny Vaughan (Landis-Trek) 2.18 59 Juan Carlos Cejudo (Unattached) 2.20 60 Brian Cornelius (Landis-Trek) 2.24 60 Ian Moir (Rock Racing) 62 Lewis Fellas (Unattached) 2.28 63 Joseph Ainsworth (NOW-MS Society) 2.29 64 Dave Reid (Landis-Trek) 2.32 65 Chris Turner (Above Cat. Rcg) 2.33 66 Evan Hepner (Mi Doule) 2.47 67 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 3.01 68 Martin Adamczyk (SoCalCycling) 3.07 69 Chad Derosier (Pista Palace) 3.08 70 Greg Mcglinn (Colavita AZ) 3.46 71 Chris Wylie (Colavita AZ) 3.49 72 Justin Martin (Colavita AZ) 3.55 73 Stephen Ferris (ERTC/Red Bike) 4.01 DNF Roy Pickavance (CenturyTel) DNF Grabinger Jr (Fly V Australia) DNF Rene Corella (Norson) DNF Jonathan Scholnick (RideClean) DNF Paul Thomas (RideClean) DNF Luis F Macias (Trek) Group B 1 Damian Calvert (SportsSystMtnTC) 10.22 2 Tim Carolan (Unattached) 0.32 3 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 0.55 4 Richard Cimadoro (Rock Racing) 1.15 4 Andre Mcnulty (Trisports.com) 6 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 1.17 6 Jim Silverman (GST Racing) 8 John Sawasky (Schampa) 1.23 9 Thomas Faeh (Schampa) 1.25 10 Brian Woodard (Team Body Sync) 1.26 11 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 1.28 12 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 1.30 13 Joe Susco (Bicycle Haus) 1.32 14 Keith Chugg (PAA/REMAX) 1.33 14 Aaron Walker (Team Vitesse) 16 Steve Mcnamee (Le Scomparse) 1.34 17 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 1.35 18 Lawrence Mares (GST Racing) 1.36 19 Luis Chacon (P&S-Specialized) 1.40 19 Ben Lieberson (Rapha Cont) 21 Joe Ebenroth (Bicycle Haus) 1.44 22 John Simonson (GST Racing) 1.46 22 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 24 Darryn Biggerstaff (Unattached) 1.48 25 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 1.51 26 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 1.54 27 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 1.56 27 Joel Castro (P&S-Specialized) 29 Richard Biocca (Eclipse Racing) 1.57 29 Bryan Antol (GST Racing) 31 Chris Gould (GST Racing) 1.58 31 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 33 Brent Barber (Aggress) 1.59 33 Joe Delgado (Team Rhino) 35 Keith Brodhagen (Procon/CORcg) 2.02 36 Isaul Montenegro (P&S-Specialized) 2.03 36 Wade Morrison (Team Body Sync) 38 Albert Tx Coto Esquivel (Citi Econ Blue) 2.05 39 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 2.09 40 Jonathan Cavner (Procon/CORcg) 2.12 40 Francis Bruderer (Team Hino/Phut) 40 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 43 Chris Poole (Honeywell Cyc) 2.15 44 Robert Willcox (UC Cyclery/JWFl) 2.16 45 Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) 2.18 46 Chalmers Geoff (Team Vitesse) 2.35 47 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 2.38 48 Jon Black (GST Racing) 2.40 49 Tod Smith (Bicycle Haus) 2.41 50 Jorge Caviedes (Honeywell Cyc) 2.44 51 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 2.46 52 Kurt Garbe (Aggress) 2.49 52 Adrian Schumacher (GST Racing) 54 Phil Lovaglio (Swiss American) 2.51 55 Jim Averill (Unattached) 2.53 56 Jose Velazco (Honeywell Cyc) 2.54 57 Roy Quade (BiciSport) 2.58 58 Andy Duvall (Landis-Trek) 3.03 59 Alex Brakmo (Norson-VH) 3.06 60 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 3.07 61 Todd Tankersley (Swiss American) 3.09 62 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 3.10 63 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 3.11 64 Paul Theisen (Phx Cons Cycl) 3.12 65 Elliot Skultin (Team Body Sync) 3.15 66 Ernesto Yberri (P&S-Specialized) 3.17 67 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star Fis) 3.21 68 Ed Gilligan (GST Racing) 3.23 69 David Linden (Flying Rhino) 3.26 70 David Julien (Procon/CORcg) 3.35 70 Craig Hamilton (Swiss American) 72 Matthew Duke (Team DNA) 3.39 73 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 3.50 74 Brian Friend (Team Body Sync) 4.08 75 Raymond Papineau (Swiss American) 4.12 76 Richard Ellwanger (Aggress) 4.16 77 Eric Taylor (Kaladi Cyc) 5.12 78 Doug Britton (Unattached) 5.26 79 Bryan Staub (Swiss American) 5.42 DNF Link King (Bicycle Haus) DNF Thad Kirkendoll (Colavita AZ) DNF Bryan Lynch (Colavita AZ) DNF Michael Carroll (Durango Whl Clb) DNF Doug Stewart (Presteza) DNF Sean Obrien (Procon/CORcg) DNF Tim Porthouse (Team Vitesse) DNF Thomas Mi Kachelmeyer (Wolverine Sport) General classification after prologue Event A 1 Gregorio L Vega (Tecos Trek) 9.35 2 Carter Jones (Team WM) 0.05 3 Darren Lill (Team Type 1) 0.09 4 Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0.10 5 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling) 0.16 6 Bernardo C Tepoz (Tecos Trek) 0.18 7 Corey Collier (Team Rio Grande) 0.23 8 Andrew Talansky (Amore&Vita-McD) 0.27 9 Dan Vaillancourt (Colavita Sutter) 0.28 10 Scott Stewart (Team WM) 0.29 11 Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 0.33 12 Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter) 0.34 13 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 14 Florencio R Torres (Tecos Trek) 0.41 15 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 0.44 16 Juan P M Aranda (Tecos Trek) 0.45 17 Ignacio S Diaz (Tecos Trek) 0.50 18 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 0.51 19 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 0.53 20 David Talbott (Team WM) 0.54 21 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 0.55 22 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 1.01 23 Logan Hunn (LandRover-ORBEA) 24 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 1.03 25 Carson Miller (LandRover-ORBEA) 26 Michael Mathis (Empire Hotel Gp) 1.04 27 Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro-Cycling) 1.06 28 Evan Hyde (NashvilleCyc) 1.07 29 Moises Chavez (Team Type 1) 30 Antonio A Chavez (Tecos Trek) 1.08 31 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 1.09 32 David Glick (RideClean) 1.13 33 Rodrigo Caldean (Malta Gallo-Bic) 1.16 34 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 1.19 35 Eric Salstrand (Bicycle Haus) 36 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande) 37 Adam Livingston (Kahala-LaGrange) 1.20 38 John F P Celada (Tecos Trek) 39 Logan Garey (Team Rio Grande) 1.26 40 Mike Northey (LandRover-ORBEA) 1.27 41 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 1.33 42 Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 1.36 43 Peter Rennie (NOW-MS Society) 1.39 44 Luis Zamudio (Kahala-LaGrange) 45 Jared Gilyard (RideClean) 1.40 46 Andrew Guptill (Colavita Sutter) 47 Ronald Jensen (RideClean) 1.41 48 Christopher Hong (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 1.42 49 Ian Tuttle (Above Cat. Rcg) 1.47 50 Roman Van Uden (LandRover-ORBEA) 1.48 51 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 1.49 52 Jonathan Parrish (Kenda Pro Cyc) 1.52 53 Spencer Smitheman (NOW-MS Society) 1.55 54 Scott Wenzel (Team Rio Grande) 1.59 55 Josh Bartlett (LandRover-ORBEA) 2.00 56 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 2.10 57 Anthony Steenbergen (Team Calgary) 2.11 58 Denny Vaughan (Landis-Trek) 2.18 59 Juan Carlos Cejudo (Unattached) 2.20 60 Ian Moir (Rock Racing) 2.24 61 Brian Cornelius (Landis-Trek) 62 Lewis Fellas (Unattached) 2.28 63 Joseph Ainsworth (NOW-MS Society) 2.29 64 Dave Reid (Landis-Trek) 2.32 65 Chris Turner (Above Cat. Rcg) 2.33 66 Evan Hepner (Mi Doule) 2.47 67 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 3.01 68 Martin Adamczyk (SoCalCycling) 3.07 69 Chad Derosier (Pista Palace) 3.08 70 Greg Mcglinn (Colavita AZ) 3.46 71 Chris Wylie (Colavita AZ) 3.49 72 Justin Martin (Colavita AZ) 3.55 73 Stephen Ferris (ERTC/Red Bike) 4.01 Event B 1 Damian Calvert (SportsSystMtnTC) 10.22 2 Tim Carolan (Unattached) 0.32 3 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 0.55 4 Richard Cimadoro (Rock Racing) 1.15 5 Andre Mcnulty (Trisports.com) 6 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 1.17 7 Jim Silverman (GST Racing) 8 John Sawasky (Schampa) 1.23 9 Thomas Faeh (Schampa) 1.25 10 Brian Woodard (Team Body Sync) 1.26 11 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 1.28 12 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 1.30 13 Joe Susco (Bicycle Haus) 1.32 14 Keith Chugg (PAA/REMAX) 1.33 15 Aaron Walker (Team Vitesse) 16 Steve Mcnamee (Le Scomparse) 1.34 17 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 1.35 18 Lawrence Mares (GST Racing) 1.36 19 Ben Lieberson (Rapha Cont) 1.40 20 Luis Chacon (P&S-Specialized) 21 Joe Ebenroth (Bicycle Haus) 1.44 22 John Simonson (GST Racing) 1.46 23 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 24 Darryn Biggerstaff (Unattached) 1.48 25 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 1.51 26 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 1.54 27 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 1.56 28 Joel Castro (P&S-Specialized) 29 Richard Biocca (Eclipse Racing) 1.57 30 Bryan Antol (GST Racing) 31 Chris Gould (GST Racing) 1.58 32 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 33 Brent Barber (Aggress) 1.59 34 Joe Delgado (Team Rhino) 35 Keith Brodhagen (Procon/CORcg) 2.02 36 Wade Morrison (Team Body Sync) 2.03 37 Isaul Montenegro (P&S-Specialized) 38 Alberto Coto Esquivel (Citi Econ Blue) 2.05 39 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 2.09 40 Jonathan Cavner (Procon/CORcg) 2.12 41 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 42 Francis Bruderer (Team Hino/Phut) 43 Chris Poole (Honeywell Cyc) 2.15 44 Robert Willcox (UC Cyclery/JWFl) 2.16 45 Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) 2.18 46 Chalmers Geoff (Team Vitesse) 2.35 47 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 2.38 48 Jon Black (GST Racing) 2.40 49 Tod Smith (Bicycle Haus) 2.41 50 Jorge Caviedes (Honeywell Cyc) 2.44 51 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 2.46 52 Kurt Garbe (Aggress) 2.49 53 Adrian Schumacher (GST Racing) 54 Phil Lovaglio (Swiss American) 2.51 55 Jim Averill (Unattached) 2.53 56 Jose Velazco (Honeywell Cyc) 2.54 57 Roy Quade (BiciSport) 2.58 58 Andy Duvall (Landis-Trek) 3.03 59 Alex Brakmo (Norson-VH) 3.06 60 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 3.07 61 Todd Tankersley (Swiss American) 3.09 62 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 3.10 63 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 3.11 64 Paul Theisen (Phx Cons Cycl) 3.12 65 Elliot Skultin (Team Body Sync) 3.15 66 Ernesto Yberri (P&S-Specialized) 3.17 67 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star Fis) 3.21 68 Ed Gilligan (GST Racing) 3.23 69 David Linden (Flying Rhino) 3.26 70 David Julien (Procon/CORcg) 3.35 71 Craig Hamilton (Swiss American) 72 Matthew Duke (Team DNA) 3.39 73 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 3.50 74 Brian Friend (Team Body Sync) 4.08 75 Raymond Papineau (Swiss American) 4.12 76 Richard Ellwanger (Aggress) 4.16 77 Eric Taylor (Kaladi Cyc) 5.12 78 Doug Britton (Unattached) 5.26 79 Bryan Staub (Swiss American) 5.42
