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La Vuelta de Bisbee - NE
USA, April 24-26, 2009
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Stage 1 - April 25: Sulphur Springs Road Race, 82.6mi
Lill takes stage, overall lead at Bisbee
By Alan Fischer
Darren Lill (Team Type 1) outsprinted Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) sprinted to win stage one, a 82.6 mile road race in Sulphur Springs. Lill claimed a 15-second bonus to take the La Vuelta de Bisbee overall lead moving into Saturday afternoon's time trial.
Colombian Gregorio Vega used his Tecos Trek team to control the race, but despite drilling the pace at the front of the field for hours Tecos Trek lost the overall lead. Vega now sits in third place, nine seconds behind Lill.
Lill edged out Zajicek with the help of team-mate Shawn Milne, who placed third. The trio finished three seconds ahead of the next pack, which contained Vega.
Bisbee's spring wind returned with force, forcing echelons that went from gutter to gutter. Race officials allowed the pack to use the entire road when the riders were on lesser-traveled rural roads.
Lill said the fast changing wind direction frustrated his team's efforts to forge gaps by forcing the field into the gutter. Lill knew Zaijeck was on his wheel climbing around the Lavender Pit copper mine on the approach to Bisbee, but strong teamwork delivered him to the sprint in great position.
"That was a really dicey sprint," Zajieck said. "I waited too long to go."
Winds of 30 mph are predicted for the Warren Time Trial, a 7.2-mile rolling course riders face Saturday afternoon. Lill is predicting a close general classification battle, with several good time triallists within a minute of the lead.
"I think it is going to be close," Lill said.
Photography
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Images by Alan Fischer
- Darren Lill (Team Type 1) beats Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) to win the Sulphur Springs road race and take over the overall lead at La Vuelta de Bisbee.
- Darren Lill (Team Type 1) prepares a recovery drink after the hot, windy stage.
- The Tecos Trek squad spent hours on the front protecting the lead of prologue winner Gregorio Vega.
- Yellow line? What yellow line? Strong winds saw race officials allow the pack to use the whole road in some areas.
Results
Event A 1 Darren Lill (Team Type 1) 3.23.18 2 Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 3 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 4 Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro-Cycling) 0.03 5 Adam Livingston (Kahala-LaGrang) 6 Gregorio L Vega (Tecos Trek) 7 Moises Chavez (Team Type 1) 8 Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter) 9 Eric Salstrand (Bicycle Haus) 0.06 10 Andrew Talansky (Amore&Vita-McD) 11 Florencio R Torres (Tecos Trek) 12 Scott Stewart (Team WM) 13 Corey Collier (Team Rio Grand) 0.08 14 Logan Garey (Team Rio Grand) 15 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling) 16 Carter Jones (Team WM) 17 Bernardo C Tepoz (Tecos Trek) 18 Logan Hunn (LandRover-ORBE) 19 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 20 Mike Northey (LandRover-ORBE) 21 Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 22 Carson Miller (LandRover-ORBE) 0.10 23 Michael Mathis (Empire Hotel Gp) 24 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 25 Andrew Guptill (Colavita Sutter) 26 Dan Vaillancourt (Colavita Sutter) 27 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 28 Christopher Hong (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 29 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 30 Chris Turner (Above Cat. Rcg) 0.16 31 Ian Tuttle (Above Cat. Rcg) 32 Jared Gilyard (RideClean) 33 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 34 Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 35 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 0.21 36 Ronald Jensen (RideClean) 0.23 37 David Glick (RideClean) 0.34 38 Jonathan Parrish (Kenda Pro Cyc) 0.33 39 Spencer Smitheman (NOW-MS Society) 40 Lewis Fellas (Unattached) 0.43 41 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 0.51 42 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 43 Rodrigo Caldean (Malta Gallo-Bic) 44 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 45 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 46 Josh Bartlett (LandRover-ORBE) 47 Anthon Steenbergen (Team Calgary) 1.02 48 David Talbott (Team WM) 1.08 49 Juan Carlos Cejudo (Unattached) 50 Evan Hyde (NashvilleCyc) 51 Martin Adamczyk (SoCalCycling) 52 John F P Celada (Tecos Trek) 53 Ian Moir (Rock Racing) 54 Roman Van Uden (LandRover-ORBE) 1.25 55 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grand) 56 Luis Zamudio (Kahala-LaGrang) 57 Juan P M Aranda (Tecos Trek) 58 Ignacio S Diaz (Tecos Trek) 1.36 59 Joseph Ainsworth (NOW-MS Society) 1.48 60 Peter Rennie (NOW-MS Society) 61 Stephen Ferris (ERTC/Red Bike) 62 Evan Hepner (Mi Doule) 63 Scott Wenzel (Team Rio Grand) 64 Dave Reid (Landis-Trek) 2.11 65 Chad Derosier (Pista Palace) 66 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 67 Justin Martin (Colavita AZ) 68 Antonio A Chavez (Tecos Trek) 2.23 69 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 2.55 70 Greg Mcglinn (Colavita AZ) 3.11 71 Chris Wylie (Colavita AZ) 4.26 DNF Brian Cornelius (Landis-Trek) DNF Denny Vaughan (Landis-Trek) Event B 1 John Simonson (GST Racing) 2.35.04 2 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 3 Damian Calvert (SportsSystMtnTC) 1.01 4 Tim Carolan (Unattached) 1.04 5 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 6 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 7 Richard Cimadoro (Rock Racing) 1.09 8 Keith Chugg (PAA/REMAX) 9 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 10 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 11 Joe Susco (Bicycle Haus) 1.11 12 Richard Biocca (Eclipse Racing) 13 Francis Bruderer (Team Hino/Phut) 14 Jim Silverman (GST Racing) 15 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 16 Tod Smith (Bicycle Haus) 17 Kurt Garbe (Aggress) 18 Lawrence Mares (GST Racing) 19 Wade Morrison (Team Body Sync) 20 Chris Gould (GST Racing) 21 Darryn Biggerstaff (Unattached) 22 John Sawasky (Schampa) 23 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 1.18 24 Keith Brodhagen (Procon/CORcg) 25 Aaron Walker (Team Vitesse) 26 Chalmers Geoff (Team Vitesse) 27 Robert Willcox (UC Cyclery/JWFl) 1.20 28 Chris Poole (Honeywell Cyc) 29 Isaul Montenegro (P&S-Specialized) 30 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 31 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 32 Jose Velazco (Honeywell Cyc) 33 Ed Gilligan (GST Racing) 34 Albert Tx Coto Esquivel (Citi Econ Blue) 35 Luis Chacon (P&S-Specialized) 36 Joel Castro (P&S-Specialized) 37 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 38 Brian Woodard (Team Body Sync) 1.23 39 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 40 Bryan Antol (GST Racing) 41 Ben Lieberson (Rapha Cont) 42 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 43 Andre Mcnulty (Trisports.com) 44 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 45 Brent Barber (Aggress) 46 Ernesto Yberri (P&S-Specialized) 1.26 47 Joe Delgado (Team Rhino) 48 Jon Black (GST Racing) 49 Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) 50 Steve Mcnamee (Le Scomparse) 51 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 52 Adrian Schumacher (GST Racing) 1.27 53 David Julien (Procon/CORcg) 54 Joe Ebenroth (Bicycle Haus) 55 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 1.29 56 Thomas Faeh (Schampa) 57 Jonathan Cavner (Procon/CORcg) 1.45 58 Phil Lovaglio (Swiss American) 1.55 59 Jim Averill (Unattached) 2.26 60 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 2.31 61 Andy Duvall (Landis-Trek) 62 Roy Quade (BiciSport) 2.32 63 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 2.37 64 Matthew Duke (Team DNA) 16.35 65 Alex Brakmo (Norson-VH) 66 Paul Theisen (Phx Cons Cycl) 16.47 67 Raymond Papineau (Swiss American) 20.39 68 Eric Taylor (Kaladi Cyc) 20.57 69 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 70 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star Fis) 71 Jorge Caviedes (Honeywell Cyc) 72 Brian Friend (Team Body Sync) 22.02 73 Craig Hamilton (Swiss American) 26.05 74 Todd Tankersley (Swiss American) 28.51 75 Bryan Staub (Swiss American) 29.20 76 David Linden (Flying Rhino) 30.19 77 Elliot Skultin (Team Body Sync) 32.27 78 Richard Ellwanger (Aggress) 50.13 DNF Doug Britton (Unattached) General classification after stage 1 Event A 1 Darren Lill (Team Type 1) 3.32.47 2 Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0.06 3 Gregorio L Vega (Tecos Trek) 0.09 4 Carter Jones (Team WM) 0.19 5 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling) 0.30 6 Bernardo C Tepoz (Tecos Trek) 0.32 7 Corey Collier (Team Rio Grande) 0.37 8 Andrew Talansky (Amore&Vita-McD) 0.39 9 Scott Stewart (Team WM) 0.41 10 Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter) 0.43 11 Dan Vaillancourt (Colavita Sutter) 0.44 12 Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 0.47 13 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 0.48 14 Florencio R Torres (Tecos Trek) 0.53 15 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 1.00 16 Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro-Cycling) 1.15 17 Logan Hunn (LandRover-ORBEA) 18 Moises Chavez (Team Type 1) 1.16 19 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 1.17 20 Carson Miller (LandRover-ORBEA) 1.19 21 Michael Mathis (Empire Hotel Gp) 1.20 22 Adam Livingston (Kahala-LaGrange) 1.29 23 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 1.30 24 Eric Salstrand (Bicycle Haus) 1.31 25 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 1.34 26 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 1.35 27 Logan Garey (Team Rio Grande) 1.40 28 Mike Northey (LandRover-ORBEA) 1.41 29 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 1.48 30 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 1.50 31 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 1.52 32 David Glick (RideClean) 1.53 33 Andrew Guptill (Colavita Sutter) 1.56 34 Christopher Hong (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 1.58 35 Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 36 Jared Gilyard (RideClean) 2.02 37 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 2.06 38 David Talbott (Team WM) 2.08 39 Ian Tuttle (Above Cat. Rcg) 2.09 40 Ronald Jensen (RideClean) 2.10 41 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 2.11 42 Rodrigo Caldean (Malta Gallo-Bic) 2.13 43 Juan P M Aranda (Tecos Trek) 2.16 44 Evan Hyde (NashvilleCyc) 2.21 45 Jonathan Parrish (Kenda Pro Cyc) 2.31 46 Ignacio S Diaz (Tecos Trek) 2.32 47 Spencer Smitheman (NOW-MS Society) 2.34 48 John F P Celada (Tecos Trek) 49 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande) 2.50 50 Chris Turner (Above Cat. Rcg) 2.55 51 Josh Bartlett (LandRover-ORBEA) 2.57 52 Luis Zamudio (Kahala-LaGrange) 3.10 53 Lewis Fellas (Unattached) 3.17 54 Anthony Steenbergen (Team Calgary) 3.19 55 Roman Van Uden (LandRover-ORBEA) 56 Peter Rennie (NOW-MS Society) 3.33 57 Juan Carlos Cejudo (Unattached) 3.34 58 Antonio A Chavez (Tecos Trek) 3.37 59 Ian Moir (Rock Racing) 3.38 60 Scott Wenzel (Team Rio Grande) 3.53 61 Martin Adamczyk (SoCalCycling) 4.21 62 Joseph Ainsworth (NOW-MS Society) 4.23 63 Evan Hepner (Mi Doule) 4.41 64 Dave Reid (Landis-Trek) 4.49 65 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 5.11 66 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 5.18 67 Chad Derosier (Pista Palace) 5.25 68 Stephen Ferris (ERTC/Red Bike) 5.55 69 Justin Martin (Colavita AZ) 6.12 70 Greg Mcglinn (Colavita AZ) 7.03 71 Chris Wylie (Colavita AZ) 8.21 Event B 1 Damian Calvert (SportsSystMtnTC) 2.46.22 2 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 0.29 3 John Simonson (GST Racing) 0.35 4 Tim Carolan (Unattached) 0.40 5 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 1.03 6 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 1.25 7 Richard Cimadoro (Rock Racing) 1.28 8 Jim Silverman (GST Racing) 1.32 9 John Sawasky (Schampa) 1.38 10 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 1.41 11 Andre Mcnulty (Trisports.com) 1.42 12 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 1.43 13 Keith Chugg (PAA/REMAX) 1.46 14 Joe Susco (Bicycle Haus) 1.47 15 Lawrence Mares (GST Racing) 1.51 16 Brian Woodard (Team Body Sync) 1.53 17 Aaron Walker (Team Vitesse) 1.55 18 Thomas Faeh (Schampa) 1.58 19 Darryn Biggerstaff (Unattached) 2.03 20 Steve Mcnamee (Le Scomparse) 2.04 21 Luis Chacon (P&S-Specialized) 22 Ben Lieberson (Rapha Cont) 2.07 23 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 2.09 24 Richard Biocca (Eclipse Racing) 2.12 25 Chris Gould (GST Racing) 2.13 26 Joe Ebenroth (Bicycle Haus) 2.15 27 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 28 Wade Morrison (Team Body Sync) 2.18 29 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 2.20 30 Joel Castro (P&S-Specialized) 31 Keith Brodhagen (Procon/CORcg) 2.24 32 Bryan Antol (GST Racing) 33 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 2.25 34 Brent Barber (Aggress) 2.26 35 Isaul Montenegro (P&S-Specialized) 2.27 36 Francis Bruderer (Team Hino/Phut) 37 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 2.28 38 Joe Delgado (Team Rhino) 2.29 39 Alberto Coto Esquivel (Citi Econ Blue) 40 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 2.36 41 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 42 Chris Poole (Honeywell Cyc) 2.39 43 Robert Willcox (UC Cyclery/JWFl) 2.40 44 Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) 2.48 45 Tod Smith (Bicycle Haus) 2.56 46 Chalmers Geoff (Team Vitesse) 2.57 47 Jonathan Cavner (Procon/CORcg) 3.01 48 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 3.05 49 Jon Black (GST Racing) 3.10 50 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 3.16 51 Jose Velazco (Honeywell Cyc) 3.18 52 Adrian Schumacher (GST Racing) 3.20 53 Kurt Garbe (Aggress) 3.24 54 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 3.44 55 Ernesto Yberri (P&S-Specialized) 3.47 56 Ed Gilligan (GST Racing) 57 Phil Lovaglio (Swiss American) 3.50 58 David Julien (Procon/CORcg) 4.06 59 Jim Averill (Unattached) 4.23 60 Roy Quade (BiciSport) 4.34 61 Andy Duvall (Landis-Trek) 4.38 62 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 4.42 63 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 4.51 64 Alex Brakmo (Norson-VH) 18.45 65 Paul Theisen (Phx Cons Cycl) 19.03 66 Matthew Duke (Team DNA) 19.18 67 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star Fis) 23.22 68 Jorge Caviedes (Honeywell Cyc) 23.49 69 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 23.51 70 Raymond Papineau (Swiss American) 23.55 71 Eric Taylor (Kaladi Cyc) 25.13 72 Brian Friend (Team Body Sync) 25.14 73 Craig Hamilton (Swiss American) 28.44 74 Todd Tankersley (Swiss American) 31.04 75 David Linden (Flying Rhino) 32.49 76 Bryan Staub (Swiss American) 34.06 77 Elliot Skultin (Team Body Sync) 34.46 78 Richard Ellwanger (Aggress) 53.33
