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Mt. Hood Cycling Classic - NE
USA, June 3-7, 2009
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Stage 1 - June 4: Copper Spur Circuit Race, 85/66 miles
Bissell rules Mt. Hood's Copper Spur race
By Heidi Swift in Hood River, Oregon
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Team Bissell made full-use of its power to put two of its riders in the top spots Thursday's Mt. Hood Cycling Classic stage one in Hood River, Oregon. Paul Mach took the stage win with teammate Morgan Schmitt right behind on the fast uphill finish at the end of the 136.8-kilometre (85 miles) Copper Spur circuit race.
"I've been getting a lot of second places this year so it's good to win one," said Mach.
"We just kept one-two-in' them [alternately attacking the field - ed.] on the final climb. I thought we might have started too early, but Paul pulled it out," Schmitt added.
The men covered four-and-a-half laps of the 29.8-kilometre (18.5mi) circuit. It included almost 2,590 metres (8,500 feet) of climbing in the five ascents up to the Cooper Spur Ski Resort area.
Attacks start early
They wasted little time getting things started with an early barrage of attacks. With four kilometre left of the Cooper Spur climb, Kona's Ryan Trebon went on the offensive and put a 20-second gap on the field.
Adam Thus (Trek Red Truck) and Allen Krughoff (Rio Grande) bridged and the trio worked together to put as much as 2:10 into the peloton. Halfway through the second lap, Logan Garey (Rio Grande) attempted to join the front two.
Dan Martin (Safeway/Bicycles Plus) also began to battle his way up to the break. He caught and then passing the fading Thus and struggling Garey.
Eventually, only Martin and Krughoff were left ahead of a Bissell-led chase. Krughoff gave way and left Martin on his own.
"We had two guys – Omer Kem and Graham Howard – doing all the work for the last lap and a half. They weren't getting much help up there," said Schmitt.
Kem and Howard timed the catch perfectly, reeling Martin in just as they reached the final climb of Cooper Spur Road. Schmitt and Mach attacked relentlessly up the grade until Mach was able to get a gap.
Schmitt returned to Mach in the final 500 metres.
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"Morgan came around me, but I looked back and the others were still coming hard. I wanted to make sure I didn't get caught on the line by a sprinter."
Justin England (CalGiant) won the sprint in the small chasing group for third-place spot and four-second time bonus.
The time bonuses for the one-two Bissell victory -- 10 and six seconds -- moved both riders to the top of the classification. Mach holds an eight second lead over Schmitt. Chris Baldwin is 18 seconds back in third overall.
Melissa McWhirter solos for win and overall lead
Melissa McWhirter (Veloforma) won Mount Hood Cycling Classic's Copper Spur circuit race Thursday thanks to a strong counter attack. The win also gave her the leader's yellow jersey in the second day of racing.
"I just took off. I don't have a great sprint, so I just went for it," said McWhirter.
Robina Farina (VAC) and Gillian Moody (Total Restoration) finished second and third. Edwige Pitel (Sorella Forte), who won stage one finished just seven seconds behind.
The circuit race covered 106 kilometres (66 miles) and and four assents to Cooper Spur's ski resort.
Teri Sheasby (Bend Bike n Sport) made a brave attack that succeeded for a half-lap. Afterwards, the group stayed together for most of the race and set up for a climbers' showdown.
The last four kilometres
"Martina [Patella (VAC)] launched a massive attack at the bottom of the climb that shattered the field," Leah Goldstein (ValueAct) told Cyclingnews.
Alisha Welsh followed Patella and a small group formed behind them. Patella eventually gave in with three kilometres remaining and Edwige Pitel (Sorella Forte) started a counter-move.
McWhirter decided it was her time when the group caught Pitel with only one kilometre left.
It paid off. The stage victory put McWhirter into the leader's jersey heading into tomorrow's Scenic Gorge Time Trial. Farina is in second at two seconds and Goldstein at nine seconds back.
Goldstein has her sights set on a repeat of last year's win. "The time-trial is really the important day for me," she said.
ValueAct teammate Farina feels good about the team's positioning for the rest of the race. "We wanted to keep things in control. That was the goal and I think we did it. We're pretty confident in Leah's time-trialling ability for tomorrow," she told Cyclingnews.
Pitel, a former French time trial champion, sits only 12 seconds back in the classification.
"When I looked at the race, I could see that the time trial was going to be one of the most important stages," said Pitel. "It suits me, because it has long climbs, but then it also suits all of the other girls who are in the top five."
The time trial
Tomorrow's time-trial will shape the classification. It will take the riders over 29.8 kilometres (18.5 miles) and up almost 610 metres (2000 feet) of climbing along the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Highway from The Dalles to Hood River.
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- Ryan Trebon leads the break during stage one.
- That's why we love the Mt Hood Classic... because the scenery is amazing.
- Although that didn't occur to riders as they did it tough up the climbs.
- Kona's Ryan Trebon is still smiling despite the tough terrain.
- Creatures more suited to the conditions make for useful beings.
- Paul Mach is now in yellow after a solid stage one performance.
- Melissa McWhirter gets the lead after two strong days on the bike.
- The two-man break is dwarfed by the massive mountain range.
- The bunch gets a bit twitchy as the finish looms closer.
- Bissell's Paul Mach wins stage one, the Copper Spur circuit race.
- The pro men's podium (l-r): Morgan Schmitt, Paul Mach and Justin England.
- The pro women's podium (l-r): Robin Farina, Melissa McWhirter and Gillian Moody.
Results
Men Pro 1/2 1 Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.48.22 2 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3 Justin England (USA) California Giant -Specialized 4 Rob Britton (USA) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosa 5 Corey Collier (USA) Team Rio Grande 6 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly 0.08 7 Benjamin King (USA) Fly V Australia 8 Aaron Olson (USA) OAKLEY/SIDI 9 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 10 Chris Baldwin (USA) Team Ouch 11 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 12 Erik Slack (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 13 John Hunt (USA) California Giant -Specialized 14 Mike Olheiser (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 0.17 15 Jamie Sparling (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosa 16 Nathaniel English (USA) ZteaM 17 Roman Kilun (USA) Team Ouch 18 Dave Vukets (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosa 19 Nic Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosa 0.22 20 Mark Santurbane (USA) California Giant -Specialized 21 Justin Laue (USA) ZteaM 22 Kevin Rowe (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 23 David Glick (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 24 Trevor Connor (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/ 25 Eric Anderson (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 26 James Mattis (USA) California Giant -Specialized 27 Adam Switters (USA) California Giant -Specialized 28 Vince Owens (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 29 Scott Gray (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/ 0.41 30 Tim Sherstobitoff (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 0.48 31 Evan Pickett (USA) Metromint Cycling 32 Christiaan Devries (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 0.51 33 Dan Bryant (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 34 Joshua Liberles (USA) Ten Speed Drive Racing 35 Andrew Boone (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/ 36 Bradley Gehrig (USA) Cole Sport Racing 37 Gabe Varela (USA) Vertical Earth 38 Chris Swan (USA) Team Oregon 39 John Chodroff (USA) Team Ouch 40 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 41 Rob English (USA) Midtown / Bike Friday 1.11 42 Eric Fischer (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 43 Brendan Sullivan (USA) Iron Data Racing 44 Kai Applequist (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 45 Shannon Morgan (USA) Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer V 46 Albert Gonzales (USA) Mt. View Cycles 47 Kennett Peterson (USA) Team Oregon 48 Brandon Dyer (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/ 1.20 49 Chris Parrish (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 1.28 50 Dan Macdonald (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 51 Tanner Putt (USA) Cole Sport Racing 52 Austin Arguello (USA) Hammer/CMG Racing Team 53 Jonathan Eropkin (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 1.37 54 Kurt Wolfgang (USA) Canyon Bicycles/ Sienna 55 Chris Hong (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 56 Lucas Binder (USA) ZteaM 57 Kenyon Campbell (Can) Westwood Cycles / Cannondale 1.52 58 Brad Bingham (Can) Team Rio Grande 59 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Total Restoration Cycling 60 Ben Rhodes (USA) Second Ascent 2.11 61 Eddy Kwon (USA) ZteaM 62 Aaron Sander (USA) Cyclepath Racing 2.17 63 Michael Wilcox (USA) Logan Race Club 64 Brandon Lynch (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 65 Wm. Colter Young (Can) ERTC 66 Logan Garey (USA) Team Rio Grande 67 Chris Stuart (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 68 Andrew Rosette (USA) Second Ascent 69 Trevor Haaheim (Can) Total Restoration Cycling 70 Hugh Trenchard (Can) Schwalbe Cycling Club 71 Jackson Beuhler (Can) Total Restoration Cycling 72 Kevin Noiles (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing 73 Jake Macarthur (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 2.31 74 Corey Carlson (Can) Team Rio Grande 3.48 75 Cliff Heaberlin (USA) Guinness Cycling 3.54 76 Dan Martin (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 4.04 77 Sean Passage (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 78 Seth Patla (USA) River City Bicycles 4.28 79 Graham Howard (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4.38 80 Owen Harrison (Can) Total Restoration Cycling 6.45 81 Bruce Rahmig (USA) RMRC 8.32 82 Julian Martinez (USA) California Giant -Specialized 83 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 84 Derek Dixon (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 8.58 85 Ryan Iddings (USA) Lenovo 9.13 86 Jonathan Tower (USA) Performance Driven 9.43 87 Trevor Johnson (USA) 11.13 88 Christopher Wingfield (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 11.49 89 Luca Ortolani (USA) ZteaM 90 Tad Hamilton (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 11.52 91 Tyler Riedesel (USA) Canyon Bicycles Draper 15.09 92 Allen Krughoff (Can) Team Rio Grande 93 Tyler Brandt (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 15.20 94 Andrew Goessling (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 15.44 95 Adam Thuss (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosa 20.10 96 Shaun Adamson (Can) Juventus 20.52 97 Michael Lanham (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 22.05 98 Emiliano Jordan (USA) Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles 23.29 99 James Wingert (USA) ZteaM 24.15 100 Darrell O'Quinn (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 101 Erik Edgar (USA) Pacific Power Blue Sky 102 Sean Mcbride (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 26.15 103 Mark Gyulafia (USA) Guinness Cycling 30.17 104 Travis Sherman (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 38.37 105 Will Mcginnis (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 43.09 106 Matthew Scott (USA) ico 43.24 107 Ryan Olson (Can) Campione-Ratcliff 1.10.51 DNF Shawn Rosenthal (USA) ZteaM DNF Alan Adams (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling DNF Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona DNF Corey Meyer (USA) Montana State DNF Jason Stoner (USA) Team Athens General classification after stage 1 1 Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.54.26 2 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.08 3 Chris Baldwin (USA) Team Ouch 0.18 4 Rob Britton (USA) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosaic Homes 5 Mike Olheiser (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 0.25 6 Corey Collier (USA) Team Rio Grande 0.26 7 Justin England (USA) California Giant -Specialized 0.28 8 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9 Roman Kilun (USA) Team Ouch 0.31 10 Nathaniel English (USA) ZteaM 0.36 11 Aaron Olson (USA) OAKLEY/SIDI 0.44 12 Nic Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosaic Homes 0.45 13 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly 14 David Glick (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 0.46 15 Benjamin King (USA) Fly V Australia 0.47 16 Erik Slack (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 0.50 17 Mark Santurbane (USA) California Giant -Specialized 18 Jamie Sparling (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosaic Homes 0.52 19 Dave Vukets (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosaic Homes 0.53 20 Adam Switters (USA) California Giant -Specialized 0.56 21 Eric Anderson (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 0.57 22 Vince Owens (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 23 Kevin Rowe (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 1.01 24 James Mattis (USA) California Giant -Specialized 1.04 25 Justin Laue (USA) ZteaM 1.05 26 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 1.08 27 Trevor Connor (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/GENR8 1.10 28 John Hunt (USA) California Giant -Specialized 29 John Chodroff (USA) Team Ouch 1.12 30 Tim Sherstobitoff (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 1.25 31 Dan Bryant (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 1.28 32 Joshua Liberles (USA) Ten Speed Drive Racing 1.29 33 Evan Pickett (USA) Metromint Cycling 34 Andrew Boone (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/GENR8 35 Bradley Gehrig (USA) Cole Sport Racing 1.38 36 Kai Applequist (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 1.44 37 Scott Gray (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/GENR8 38 Rob English (USA) Midtown / Bike Friday 1.45 39 Chris Swan (USA) Team Oregon 1.51 40 Albert Gonzales (USA) Mt. View Cycles 1.54 41 Christiaan Devries (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2.05 42 Brandon Dyer (USA) Therapeutic Associates Cycling/GENR8 43 Dan Macdonald (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2.13 44 Brendan Sullivan (USA) Iron Data Racing 2.15 45 Kurt Wolfgang (USA) Canyon Bicycles/ Sienna Development 2.16 46 Eric Fischer (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 2.20 47 Tanner Putt (USA) Cole Sport Racing 2.21 48 Austin Arguello (USA) Hammer/CMG Racing Team 2.26 49 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2.32 50 Chris Parrish (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 2.34 51 Jonathan Eropkin (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 2.38 52 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 2.39 53 Lucas Binder (USA) ZteaM 2.42 54 Brad Bingham (Can) Team Rio Grande 2.46 55 Chris Hong (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 2.48 56 Kenyon Campbell (Can) Westwood Cycles / Cannondale 2.49 57 Shannon Morgan (USA) Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer Volvo 2.59 58 Kennett Peterson (USA) Team Oregon 59 Gabe Varela (USA) Vertical Earth 3.01 60 Eddy Kwon (USA) ZteaM 3.02 61 Chris Stuart (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 3.04 62 Brandon Lynch (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 3.08 63 Wm. Colter Young (Can) ERTC 64 Aaron Sander (USA) Cyclepath Racing 3.10 65 Logan Garey (USA) Team Rio Grande 66 Kevin Noiles (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosaic Homes 3.11 67 Jackson Beuhler (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 3.14 68 Jake Macarthur (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 3.16 69 Trevor Haaheim (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 3.24 70 Ben Rhodes (USA) Second Ascent 3.28 71 Michael Wilcox (USA) Logan Race Club 3.39 72 Hugh Trenchard (Can) Schwalbe Cycling Club 3.41 73 Corey Carlson (Can) Team Rio Grande 4.35 74 Dan Martin (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 4.49 75 Sean Passage (USA) Safeway/Bicycles Plus 5.01 76 Graham Howard (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.04 77 Cliff Heaberlin (USA) Guinness Cycling 5.11 78 Seth Patla (USA) River City Bicycles 5.34 79 Owen Harrison (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 7.21 80 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.15 81 Bruce Rahmig (USA) RMRC 9.36 82 Derek Dixon (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 9.49 83 Julian Martinez (USA) California Giant -Specialized 10.00 84 Ryan Iddings (USA) Lenovo 10.28 85 Jonathan Tower (USA) Performance Driven 11.31 86 Trevor Johnson (USA) 12.10 87 Christopher Wingfield (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 12.53 88 Luca Ortolani (USA) ZteaM 12.55 89 Tad Hamilton (USA) Bobs-Bicycles.com 13.14 90 Allen Krughoff (Can) Team Rio Grande 15.43 91 Tyler Riedesel (USA) Canyon Bicycles Draper 15.56 92 Tyler Brandt (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 16.24 93 Andrew Goessling (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 18.44 94 Adam Thuss (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing pb Mosaic Homes 21.34 95 Shaun Adamson (Can) Juventus 21.56 96 Michael Lanham (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 23.01 97 James Wingert (USA) ZteaM 25.10 98 Erik Edgar (USA) Pacific Power Blue Sky 25.24 99 Darrell O'Quinn (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 25.34 100 Sean Mcbride (USA) HDR p/b Lombardi Sports 27.21 101 Andrew Rosette (USA) Second Ascent 28.58 102 Mark Gyulafia (USA) Guinness Cycling 31.44 103 Travis Sherman (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 39.39 104 Will Mcginnis (USA) warp9bikes.com/tristar 44.13 105 Matthew Scott (USA) ico 45.11 106 Emiliano Jordan (USA) Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles 50.10 107 Ryan Olson (Can) Campione-Ratcliff 1.12.22 Women Pro 1/2/3 1 Melissa Mcwhirter (USA) Veloforma 3.59.43 2 Robin Farina (USA) ValueAct Capital Cycling Team 0.02 3 Gillian Moody (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 4 Leah Goldstein (Can) ValueAct Capital Cycling Team 5 Alisha Welsh (USA) PCIM 6 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Sorella Forte 0.09 7 Alice Pennington (USA) Veloforma 0.23 8 Marilyn Mcdonald (Can) Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus 0.34 9 Sue Butler (USA) MonavieCannondale.com 10 Heather Pryor (USA) Touchstone Climbing 11 Teri Sheasby (USA) Bend Bike N Sport 12 Patricia Bailey (USA) Wines of Washington 13 Shari White (USA) Castelli 14 Sarah Barber (USA) Kristin Armstrong Cycling Academy 1.21 15 Gabriela Ferrat (Mex) Mountain View Cycles 1.29 16 Amy Herlinveaux (Can) Trek Red Truck 1.36 17 Jessica Hannah (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 18 Kari Studley (USA) VeloBella 19 Jennifer Slawta (USA) Landshark 20 Erin Ford (USA) Veloforma 21 Alison Testroete (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2.21 22 Heather Albert (USA) Riverstone Women's Racing Team 2.23 23 Kimberly Fong (USA) SugarCRM 3.16 24 Cara Bussell (USA) ValueAct Capital Cycling Team 4.30 25 Martina Patella (USA) Sorella Forte 26 Libby Evans (USA) Therapeutic Associates 7.42 27 Pamela Archer (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 7.49 28 Julie Robertson Zivin (USA) Therapeutic Associates 10.55 29 Karey Miles (USA) Chinock Cycling 15.27 30 Robyn Poulson (USA) Bend Bike N Sport 20.20 31 Cary Steinman (USA) Total Restoration Cycling Team 32 Gillian Carleton (Can) Gregg's Elite 20.57 33 Carolyn Eller (USA) Gentle Lovers 25.24 34 Sirkit Valentin (USA) Riverstone Women's Racing Team 28.29 DNF Allison Beall (USA) General classification after stage 1 1 Melissa Mcwhirter (USA) Veloforma 4.07.00 2 Robin Farina (USA) ValueAct Capital Cycling Team 0.02 3 Leah Goldstein (Can) ValueAct Capital Cycling Team 0.09 4 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Sorella Forte 0.12 5 Alisha Welsh (USA) PCIM 0.27 6 Gillian Moody (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 0.32 7 Alice Pennington (USA) Veloforma 0.36 8 Patricia Bailey (USA) Wines of Washington 0.52 9 Heather Pryor (USA) Touchstone Climbing 10 Sue Butler (USA) MonavieCannondale.com 0.53 11 Marilyn Mcdonald (Can) Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus 0.58 12 Teri Sheasby (USA) Bend Bike N Sport 1.04 13 Shari White (USA) Castelli 1.30 14 Sarah Barber (USA) Kristin Armstrong Cycling Academy 1.47 15 Kari Studley (USA) VeloBella 2.05 16 Jessica Hannah (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2.10 17 Amy Herlinveaux (Can) Trek Red Truck 2.12 18 Gabriela Ferrat (Mex) Mountain View Cycles 2.17 19 Erin Ford (USA) Veloforma 2.22 20 Jennifer Slawta (USA) Landshark 2.41 21 Heather Albert (USA) Riverstone Women's Racing Team 2.44 22 Alison Testroete (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2.52 23 Kimberly Fong (USA) SugarCRM 4.49 24 Martina Patella (USA) ValueAct Capital Cycling Team 5.02 25 Cara Bussell (USA) 5.30 26 Pamela Archer (USA) Therapeutic Associates 8.47 27 Libby Evans (USA) Sorella Forte 9.19 28 Julie Robertson Zivin (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 11.49 29 Karey Miles (USA) Therapeutic Associates 16.17 30 Robyn Poulson (USA) Chinock Cycling 20.54 31 Gillian Carleton (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 21.07 32 Cary Steinman (USA) Bend Bike N Sport 21.53 33 Carolyn Eller (USA) Gregg's Elite 26.19 34 Sirkit Valentin (USA) Gentle Lovers 29.54
