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La Vuelta de Bisbee - NE
USA, April 24-26, 2009
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Stage 3 - April 26: Tombstone Road Race, 84.4mi
Lill bounces back to claim Bisbee
By Alan Fischer
Darren Lill (Team Type 1) used a 30-mile break in the Tombstone Canyon Road Race to overcome a 31-second deficit to overnight leader Phil Zajieck (Fly V Australia) and win the La Vuelta de Bisbee. Nearing Tombstone Lill bridged up to a six-man break that stayed away to the finish.
Lill claimed second place, behind stage winner Bernardo Tepoz (Tecos Trek), but it was enough to claim a 30 second general classification win over Zajicek.
Attacks by two Team Tecos riders through the feed zone broke up the race. Lill soon bridge up the group, which by then included three Tecos Trek riders and Lill's Team Type 1 team-mate Moises Aldape.
Confusion in the feed zone created the opportunity Lill was looking for all day. "It was a bit chaotic, and I was looking for a chance to get a gap on Phil," Lill said. "It was really lined out and he had to close a sizable gap."
The break splintered as the riders faced Mule Pass, the final climb of the day that topped out at 5,930 feet. Lill and Tepoz dropped their break companions, and Lill pulled the rest of the way into the Bisbee finish, trying to take time out of Zajicek for the overall.
"I was praying for good legs on the final climb," Lill said.
The main pack, 1:30 in arrears halfway up the climb, splintered under pressure. Defending champion Gregorio Vega (Tecos Trek) attacked the main field on the hardest part of the climb with Zajicek in pursuit.
"I was hurting going up that climb," said Zajicek.
Lill and Zajieck said the 31st edition of La Vuelta would help hone their form for Tour of the Gila, which starts this Wednesday in Silver City.
Photography
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Images by Alan Fischer
- Bernardo Topez (Tecos Trek) wins stage three as Darren Lill (Team Type 1) wraps up the overall classification.
- Isolated race leader Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) chases the break up the final climb.
- The winning break nears the top of Mule Pass.
- The pack enters Mule Pass Tunnel before the descent out of town.
Results
Event A 1 Bernardo C Tepoz (Tecos Trek) 3.18.15 2 Darren Lill (Team Type 1) 0.04 3 Gregorio L Vega (Tecos Trek) 0.29 4 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling) 5 Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0.55 6 Moises Chavez (Team Type 1) 1.06 7 Juan P M Aranda (Tecos Trek) 8 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 1.59 9 Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro-Cycling) 2.02 10 Adam Livingston (Kahala-LaGrange) 11 Michael Mathis (Empire Hotel Gp) 12 Roman Van Uden (LandRover-ORBEA) 13 Corey Collier (Team Rio Grande) 14 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 15 Carter Jones (Team WM) 16 Andrew Talansky (Amore&Vita-McD) 17 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 18 Ignacio S Diaz (Tecos Trek) 19 Eric Salstrand (Bicycle Haus) 20 Logan Hunn (LandRover-ORBEA) 21 Florencio R Torres (Tecos Trek) 22 John F P Celada (Tecos Trek) 23 David Glick (RideClean) 24 Carson Miller (LandRover-ORBEA) 25 Christopher Hong (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 26 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 27 Ian Tuttle (Above Cat. Rcg) 28 Rodrigo Caldean (Malta Gallo-Bic) 29 Dan Vaillancourt (Colavita Sutter) 2.09 30 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 31 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 32 Evan Hyde (NashvilleCyc) 3.12 33 Andrew Guptill (Colavita Sutter) 3.20 34 Jared Gilyard (RideClean) 35 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 36 Spencer Smitheman (NOW-MS Society) 37 Chris Turner (Above Cat. Rcg) 3.37 38 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 39 David Talbott (Team WM) 40 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 4.16 41 Scott Stewart (Team WM) 42 Anthony Steenbergen (Team Calgary) 4.58 43 Antonio A Chavez (Tecos Trek) 5.51 44 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande) 6.20 45 Scott Wenzel (Team Rio Grande) 46 Peter Rennie (NOW-MS Society) 47 Mike Northey (LandRover-ORBEA) 6.53 48 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 49 Juan Carlos Cejudo (Unattached) 50 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 12.49 51 Ronald Jensen (RideClean) 52 Evan Hepner (Mi Doule) 53 Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 54 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 55 Martin Adamczyk (SoCalCycling) 56 Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 57 Luis Zamudio (Kahala-LaGrange) 58 Ian Moir (Rock Racing) 13.59 59 Joseph Ainsworth (NOW-MS Society) 15.52 60 Dave Reid (Landis-Trek) 15.57 61 Lewis Fellas (Unattached) 18.24 62 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) DNF Justin Martin (Colavita AZ) DNF Greg Mcglinn (Colavita AZ) DNF Chris Wylie (Colavita AZ) DNF Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter) DNF Stephen Ferris (ERTC/Red Bike) DNF Jonathan Parrish (Kenda Pro Cyc) DNF Josh Bartlett (LandRover-ORBEA) DNF Chad Derosier (Pista Palace) DNF Logan Garey (Team Rio Grande) Event B 1 Damian Calvert (SportsSystMtnTC) 2.41.56 2 Tim Carolan (Unattached) 3 Richard Cimadoro (Rock Racing) 4 Joe Susco (Bicycle Haus) 0.08 5 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 0.26 6 Jim Silverman (GST Racing) 0.30 7 Keith Chugg (PAA/REMAX) 8 Aaron Walker (Team Vitesse) 9 Andre Mcnulty (Trisports.com) 10 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 11 Ben Lieberson (Rapha Cont) 0.32 12 Lawrence Mares (GST Racing) 13 Joe Delgado (Team Rhino) 0.43 14 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 1.06 15 Richard Biocca (Eclipse Racing) 16 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 17 Alberto Coto Esquivel (Citi Econ Blue) 18 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 19 Darryn Biggerstaff (Unattached) 1.10 20 Steve Mcnamee (Le Scomparse) 21 Francis Bruderer (Team Hino/Phut) 22 Brian Woodard (Team Body Sync) 1.16 23 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 1.19 24 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 1.47 25 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 2.12 26 Isaul Montenegro (P&S-Specialized) 27 Keith Brodhagen (Procon/CORcg) 2.16 28 Chalmers Geoff (Team Vitesse) 2.21 29 Tod Smith (Bicycle Haus) 30 Brent Barber (Aggress) 2.25 31 Chris Gould (GST Racing) 32 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 33 Luis Chacon (P&S-Specialized) 2.30 34 Ed Gilligan (GST Racing) 35 Jose Velazco (Honeywell Cyc) 2.46 36 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 37 Joel Castro (P&S-Specialized) 38 Wade Morrison (Team Body Sync) 39 John Simonson (GST Racing) 2.49 40 Matthew Duke (Team DNA) 41 Ernesto Yberri (P&S-Specialized) 42 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 43 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 2.53 44 Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) 45 Thomas Faeh (Schampa) 46 Robert Willcox (UC Cyclery/JWFl) 2.58 47 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 4.09 48 Phil Lovaglio (Swiss American) 49 Jon Black (GST Racing) 50 Chris Poole (Honeywell Cyc) 51 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 52 Joe Ebenroth (Bicycle Haus) 53 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 4.18 54 John Sawasky (Schampa) 55 Jonathan Cavner (Procon/CORcg) 4.22 56 Andy Duvall (Landis-Trek) 57 Alex Brakmo (Norson-VH) 58 Roy Quade (BiciSport) 5.48 59 David Julien (Procon/CORcg) 60 Brian Friend (Team Body Sync) 6.44 61 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 7.53 62 Adrian Schumacher (GST Racing) 9.31 63 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star Fis) 10.44 64 Jim Averill (Unattached) 11.56 65 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 12.29 66 Elliot Skultin (Team Body Sync) 12.48 67 Kurt Garbe (Aggress) 15.51 68 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 17.20 69 Jorge Caviedes (Honeywell Cyc) 19.13 70 Todd Tankersley (Swiss American) 28.10 71 Paul Theisen (Phx Cons Cycl) 35.37 72 Bryan Staub (Swiss American) 36.45 DNF Richard Ellwanger (Aggress) DNF Bryan Antol (GST Racing) DNF Eric Taylor (Kaladi Cyc) DNF Craig Hamilton (Swiss American) DNF Raymond Papineau (Swiss American) Final Classification Event A 1 Darren Lill (Team Type 1) 7.05.26 2 Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0.30 3 Bernardo C Tepoz (Tecos Trek) 0.39 4 Gregorio L Vega (Tecos Trek) 0.58 5 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling) 1.38 6 Carter Jones (Team WM) 2.23 7 Corey Collier (Team Rio Grande) 2.47 8 Moises Chavez (Team Type 1) 2.54 9 Andrew Talansky (Amore&Vita-McD) 3.08 10 Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) 3.26 11 Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) 3.33 12 Michael Mathis (Empire Hotel Gp) 3.43 13 Logan Hunn (LandRover-ORBEA) 3.57 14 Eric Salstrand (Bicycle Haus) 3.59 15 Florencio R Torres (Tecos Trek) 4.03 16 David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) 4.08 17 Kyle Colavito (RideClean) 4.12 18 Carson Miller (LandRover-ORBEA) 4.14 19 Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro-Cycling) 4.15 20 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) 4.30 21 Juan P M Aranda (Tecos Trek) 4.31 22 David Glick (RideClean) 4.32 23 Rodrigo Caldean (Malta Gallo-Bic) 4.38 24 Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 4.44 25 Adam Livingston (Kahala-LaGrange) 5.07 26 Brian Forbes (RideClean) 5.16 27 Ian Tuttle (Above Cat. Rcg) 5.24 28 Dan Vaillancourt (Colavita Sutter) 5.40 29 Ignacio S Diaz (Tecos Trek) 5.46 30 Stevie Cullinan (Team WM) 6.01 31 Scott Stewart (Team WM) 6.10 32 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) 6.24 33 John F P Celada (Tecos Trek) 6.27 34 Evan Hyde (NashvilleCyc) 6.37 35 Spencer Smitheman (NOW-MS Society) 6.43 36 Roman Van Uden (LandRover-ORBEA) 7.01 37 Chris Turner (Above Cat. Rcg) 38 Christopher Hong (Bobs-Bicyc.com) 7.09 39 David Talbott (Team WM) 7.20 40 Andrew Guptill (Colavita Sutter) 7.44 41 Jared Gilyard (RideClean) 8.37 42 Mike Northey (LandRover-ORBEA) 9.35 43 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) 10.29 44 Scott Wenzel (Team Rio Grande) 11.08 45 Anthony Steenbergen (Team Calgary) 11.17 46 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande) 11.36 47 Antonio A Chavez (Tecos Trek) 11.41 48 Peter Rennie (NOW-MS Society) 13.30 49 Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 14.30 50 Juan Carlos Cejudo (Unattached) 14.35 51 Nick Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 15.29 52 Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 15.58 53 Ronald Jensen (RideClean) 54 Luis Zamudio (Kahala-LaGrange) 17.39 55 Ian Moir (Rock Racing) 19.41 56 Martin Adamczyk (SoCalCycling) 20.35 57 Sean Mazich (Team WM) 20.38 58 Joseph Ainsworth (NOW-MS Society) 22.17 59 Evan Hepner (Mi Doule) 23.55 60 Lewis Fellas (Unattached) 24.06 61 Dave Reid (Landis-Trek) 25.30 62 Brian Lemke (Landis-Trek) 27.15 Event B 1 Damian Calvert (SportsSystMtnTC) 5.43.28 2 Tim Carolan (Unattached) 1.24 3 Kevin Kirkwood (Bicycle Haus) 2.21 4 Joe Susco (Bicycle Haus) 2.22 5 Jim Silverman (GST Racing) 2.44 6 Kyle Butkiewicz (Bicycle Haus) 2.48 7 Keith Chugg (PAA/REMAX) 3.13 8 Scott Schraff (Bicycle Haus) 3.17 9 Scott Baker (GST Racing) 3.24 10 Andre Mcnulty (Trisports.com) 3.39 11 Scott Biaggi (GST Racing) 4.11 12 Lawrence Mares (GST Racing) 4.22 13 Darryn Biggerstaff (Unattached) 4.23 14 Richard Cimadoro (Rock Racing) 15 Bryan Schlegel (Aggress) 4.37 16 John Simonson (GST Racing) 4.46 17 Ben Lieberson (Rapha Cont) 4.55 18 Steve Mcnamee (Le Scomparse) 5.03 19 Aaron Walker (Team Vitesse) 5.07 20 Richard Biocca (Eclipse Racing) 21 Keith Brodhagen (Procon/CORcg) 5.29 22 Shawn Daly (Southwest Hand) 5.34 23 Francis Bruderer (Team Hino/Phut) 5.56 24 Brent Barber (Aggress) 5.58 25 Brian Woodard (Team Body Sync) 26 Jesus Lamb (GST Racing) 6.09 27 Luis Chacon (P&S-Specialized) 6.10 28 Alberto Coto Esquivel (Citi Econ Blue) 6.16 29 Joe Delgado (Team Rhino) 6.27 30 Wade Morrison (Team Body Sync) 6.41 31 Chris Gould (GST Racing) 6.44 32 Kurt Kroese (GST Racing) 33 Tod Smith (Bicycle Haus) 6.53 34 Robert Willcox (UC Cyclery/JWFl) 6.58 35 Joe Ebenroth (Bicycle Haus) 7.20 36 Chalmers Geoff (Team Vitesse) 7.21 37 Paul Kealey (Summit Velo) 7.27 38 Dermot Kealey (Summit Velo) 7.34 39 Matthias Feurer (Team Rhino) 7.48 40 John Sawasky (Schampa) 8.11 41 Chris Poole (Honeywell Cyc) 8.13 42 Joel Castro (P&S-Specialized) 8.25 43 Ernesto Yberri (P&S-Specialized) 8.36 44 Ed Gilligan (GST Racing) 8.38 45 Peter Brown (GST Racing) 8.42 46 Thomas Faeh (Schampa) 8.50 47 Jose Velazco (Honeywell Cyc) 9.05 48 Jay Guyot (GST Racing) 9.19 49 Isaul Montenegro (P&S-Specialized) 9.23 50 Donald Guess (SanTan Racing) 9.57 51 Phil Lovaglio (Swiss American) 10.12 52 Jon Black (GST Racing) 10.49 53 Jonathan Cavner (Procon/CORcg) 10.53 54 Andy Duvall (Landis-Trek) 10.58 55 David Julien (Procon/CORcg) 12.26 56 Roy Quade (BiciSport) 13.28 57 Robert Dolman (Bicycle Haus) 14.06 58 Adrian Schumacher (GST Racing) 16.14 59 Bill Mcdorman (Team One Rcg) 16.25 60 Jim Averill (Unattached) 19.51 61 Kurt Garbe (Aggress) 20.57 62 Scott Arnold (Bicycle Haus) 21.46 63 Matthew Duke (Team DNA) 23.59 64 Alex Brakmo (Norson-VH) 25.06 65 Justin Beope (Team 5 Star Fis) 36.36 66 Brian Friend (Team Body Sync) 36.49 67 Kevin Kraus (Desert Whl Club) 45.16 68 Jorge Caviedes (Honeywell Cyc) 48.44 69 Elliot Skultin (Team Body Sync) 49.53 70 Paul Theisen (Phx Cons Cycl) 58.02 71 Todd Tankersley (Swiss American) 1.04.50 72 Bryan Staub (Swiss American) 1.16.10
