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California, USA, April 1-6, 2003

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Stage 3 - April 4: The Sun - Panorama Point Road Race, 105/73km

Attacking Jeanson takes another, Lieswyn best in canny break

By Chris Baldwin

Genevieve Jeanson goes hard
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Genevieve Jeanson attacked at the first climb of the Panorama Road Circuit Race Friday, testing the depth of her competition on a 20 percent grade that pitched up and over green fields next to a busy Interstate 10. When she looked around and saw what she had wrought, she was pleased with her move but shocked by the hill.

"I had a 25 and I used it," she said. "Yesterday I was thinking, should I take just a 23, or a 25? I was happy with a 25."

Kim Bruckner
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The rest of the race leaders responded, with T-Mobile's Kim Bruckner and Amber Neben, Manon Jutras and Lynne Bessette of Saturn, and Felicie Greer of Velo Bella out and chasing. 20 seconds separated those four from their quarry, and when they caught her on the long downhill and straightaway leading back to the start-finish, the race was on.

"At that point we knew that there was a lot of racing left," said Neben. "We knew how strong Genevieve was, so it was just a matter of keeping our heads up. It was a tough, flat, straight almost downhill section. It's hard enough to get a gap, plus she's a savvy rider, and she was quick to get on people's wheels. At that point we were back to the climb again, and she was ready to put the hammer down again, and she did."

Jeanson rode over and up the next climb solo once again, this time with no intention of looking back. Bessette, Jutras and Neben were the only meaningful chasers left when Bruckner came off on the climb.

Amber Neben
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"At that point it was just the two Saturns and myself," said Neben. "And with Kimberley being up in the GC, it was a question of do I wait and help bring her back up, or do I sit on? They wanted me to sit on, so I just sat on those two."

"Only Lynne and I were working to catch back up to Genevieve," said Jutras. "Amber was sitting on our wheel. At the last lap and a half, Amber started working with us, but it was too late at that point. The gap was increasing."

Ultimately the gap increased to 2:26. Bessette and Jutras finished with Neben in tow, and Kim Bruckner came in 6:15 behind the leader in 5th. As a result, Bruckner dropped a place on the GC, slipping to 5th behind teammate Neben.

Lyne Bessette
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Perhaps the unluckiest rider in the women's race was Kelli Emmett, who flatted, bungled her wheel change, got a replacement wheel with a measly 23-tooth cassette and then took a wrong turn on the course. All within the first 5k of the first lap.

"I was feeling really good this morning," said Emmett. "And I was excited about the day. I got a flat tire and it wasn't a real fast wheel change, partly due to my fault. I went to the left hand side of the road instead of the right. A total rookie move. I chased and chased, but they put a 23 cassette in there, which is pretty tough for that steep climb. I needed a 27. I came down and the guy was saying 'Turn right. Turn right,' and pointing. But he was talking to the car behind me. I went right and rode a while before I realized where I was. I'm here for training, for mountain biking, so it's not that bad."

Jeanson said after the race that when the breakaway caught her on the first lap, she was calculating the odds of a counter-attack while she rode alone and defenseless.

"It would have been ideal to have been with either one of the Saturn riders, because I knew they wanted to put some time on Kimberley. But Kim was there, so I said 'Oh my god, I don't think this is an ideal situation.' And I knew they were going to attack me, and since the gap was not huge, I just kept the pace. In my head I was preparing for counterattacks."

"I chased and decided to put the pressure on at the hill," she added. "When you go hard for a long time and you get to those climbs, that's not the same thing as in training. In training you don't go easy, but you don't go as hard as in a race."

Men: And then there were four...

Lieswyn gets it
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When the men's race rolled out and took an early lap around Redlands proper Friday morning, the group was compact and the riders were fresh. When it ended Friday afternoon, the men were split up in to 6 or 7 groups, and the peloton's last man, Jason McCartney (7up/Maxxis) was only two minutes ahead of the leaders at the start-finish line. He still had one whole lap of the 10-mile circuit Panorama Road Circuit Race to go before he would be able to join in the celebrations of his teammate John Lieswyn's stage victory.

The combined effects of distance, gradient and fatigue seemed to be most responsible for the men's break-up. At the front were Glenn Mitchell (Navigators), who tried to solo away in the last lap, and the men who caught him with 2km to go: David Clinger (Prime Alliance), Trent Klasna (Saturn), Danny Pate (Prime Alliance), and Lieswyn.

"We were working good for a lap," said Mitchell. "And I could sort of feel the other guys were suffering on the climb. Instead of playing around, I thought I'd give it a shot on the climb, hoping one other guy would come with me."

"It was a brutally hard attack," said Lieswyn. "When he went I didn't even try to respond, because I thought of the Olympic trials in '92, when I did the same thing as Mitchell and lost."

Fantastic Four
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The group started working, struggling up the third of four climbs on the course some 20 seconds in Mitchell's wake. When they crested the fourth and final hill, and all that was left was a long, straight, downhill barrel-roll to the finish, their fruit was ripe and ready for picking. Mitchell's move was no more.

"All I could do was go as hard as I could, to try and fend them off," said Mitchell. "I got caught with 2k to go. Live and learn, I guess."

Early breaks in the six-lap circuit were led by a combination of Prime Alliance and Navigators' attacks, with Saturn's Klasna patrolling the front. First Matt Decanio and Michael Creed went, followed by Burke Swindlehurst and Mitchell. When this had gone on long enough, Roland Green (Trek VW-All Stars) put his hat into the ring, bringing Jonathan Vaughters (Prime Alliance) along with him.

Danny Pate
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"I was in the wrong spot when Roland attacked," said Danny Pate, who had been dispatched to assist Vaughters. "Roland kept driving, and I don't know if that was the greatest time for me, because I was kind of on the eight-ball."

Klasna stayed near but not at the front, ensuring that the GC positions of his teammates Nathan O'Neill, Chris Horner and Tom Danielson were never in jeopardy.

"We could have had any three of those guys come up if they wanted to," said Klasna. "But if they would have come up, Roland would have come up."

With two laps to go, KOM points were at stake, and KOM leader Clinger was watching Number Two on the list, Adam Livingston (Schroeder Iron).

"I was killing myself up the wall to keep up with those guys," said Livingston. "Then Clinger sat up, and I jumped. I came on to the inside of that U-turn and started sprinting. Clinger came on the outside and started sprinting. It was a drag race up that last 200m and Clinger just got me."

That KOM sprint proved decisive for the race, in that when Livingston and Clinger created a 50m gap, four chasers in the form of Mitchell, Pate, Klasna and Lieswyn came along.

Jonathan Vaughters
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"It was rough," said Livingston, who sat up after the KOM and could not stay with his own break. "My legs didn't have it today. That was an incredibly difficult circuit."

For the next two and a half laps the five riders were alone. Mitchell attacked on the final ascent of Panorama Point and in doing so burned his matches.

"I was extra-pleased," said Lieswyn. "Because he was probably the guy I feared most in the sprint. He gave it everything, and he basically took himself out of the equation for the sprint as far as I was concerned."

In the final straightaway it was a fast and wide charge; Clinger waited for Mitchell, who sprinted first. Pate was off the back, Klasna could not put himself past his competitors. Clinger and Mitchell switched positions, and the nervous Clinger sensed that in order to beat Mitchell, the man to his immediate right, would mean certain victory. He ignored the 5m of space to his left.

"At the finish I just messed it up," said Clinger. "I didn't time it right, too small of a gear, and I looked right."

Just like Eddy
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Clinger beat Mitchell. But Lieswyn, looking right at the only man he had to watch, threw his bicycle across the line and won. He beat Clinger by less than half a wheel.

"I just waited and waited and waited," said Lieswyn. " I knew that I was undergeared, because I only had a 12-cog, and that was because we needed the super-low gear for that wall. For this kind of course the ultimate would be to have an 11-26, or 11-27. But you can't have your cake and eat it, too. Knowing that I only had a 12-cog, I had to be super patient."

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  • Jeanson didn't waste any time as she attacked on the steepest part of the climb on lap 1
  • Jeanson was quickly in her favorite position in a race - alone off the front
  • Manon Jutras made the switch from helping Jeanson last year as her teammate to being one of the chasers desperately trying to hold her wheel on the climbs
  • Lynn Bessette put in a solid performance in the chase to bring back Jeanson
  • Amber Neben was cold enough at the start to decide to wear leg warmers despite all the climbing
  • Kimberly Bruckner seemed to have a tough time recovering with only one day between her victory at the Solano Classic and the start of Redlands
  • Genevieve Jeanson didn't take the time to stop and smell the flowers
  • It might make her competitors feel better to look closely and discover that Genevieve at least broke a sweat during her dominating ride today
  • Jutras, Bessette and Neben spent the day together chasing Jeanson
  • Jeanson was riding so strongly that over the top portion of the climb she was in the big ring
  • Manon Jutras, Lynne Bessette and Amber Neben continue in the their fight for second place
  • A small gap opens on lap one as the field climb among the California wildflowers
  • The field rounds a hairpin toward the top of the climb under beautiful blue skies
  • Matt Decanio (Prime Alliance) adjusts his glasses as he solos off the front on the first lap
  • Danielson, Horner and O'Neill mark Vaughters on the lap 1 climb
  • By the second time up the climb a break had established itself with Matt Decanio of Prime Alliance at the helm
  • Decanio continues to force the pace up the climb on lap 3
  • MTB World Champ Roland Green sets the pace in the chase group with Horner, Vaughters, O'Neill and Danielson right on his wheel
  • John Lieswyn displays one of his famous faces of pain
  • 2001 Redlands winner Trent Klasna (Saturn) surveys his breakaway companions as they go clear on the steepest part of the climb
  • The GC contenders at the head of affairs on the steep part of the climb
  • Jonathan Vaughters (Prime Alliance) puts the hammer down with Chris Horner right on his wheel. Eventual stage winner John Lieswyn is on the far right.
  • Danny Pate dug deep to cross a gap that had opened up
  • 1984 Olympic Champion Steve Hegg gives a helping hand to another Olympic Gold Medalist whose forte is NOT climbing
  • With one and a half to go the winning moves goes clear
  • Danny Pate (Prime Alliance), Trent Klasna (Saturn) and John Lieswyn (7up) dig deep to get away from the field
  • On the last lap Glen Mitchell (Navigators) tries to go solo to the line but is brought back
  • With Mitchell on the attack it was down to Mtn points leader David Clinger (Prime Alliance), John Lieswyn (7up), Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) and Trent Klasna (Saturn)
  • The chase group was headed by the same fantastic five that played out the final drama up to Oak Glen yesterday. Tom Danielson, Chris Horner, Nathan O'Neill, Jon Vaughters and Roland Green
  • Former USPRO Champ Eddy Gragus (Trek-VW All Stars) was in the wining move initially, but could not hold the wheels as the others wound it up for the KOM points sprint.
  • Cyclingnews diarist John Lieswyn (7Up) akes the 5-up sprint for the stage win
  • Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly - Carlsbad clothing) takes the sprint from what is left of the field
  • Stage winner John Lieswyn shares the news to his team mates over the radio
  • Lieswyn is interviewed by guest announcer and former U23 cyclo-cross bronze medalist Tim Johnson
  • David Clinger (Prime Alliance) and Nathan O'Neill (Saturn) kept their respective leaders jerseys while Miguel Meza's (Schroeder Iron) efforts in the days main break earned him the green sprinter's jersey

Results

Men
 
1 John Lieswyn (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                              2.37.20
2 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance
3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling
4 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
5 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance
6 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing                0.51
7 Jacob Erker (Can) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling
8 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling
9 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance
10 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
11 Roland Green (Can) Trek-VW All Stars
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
13 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team
14 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance
15 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
16 Brice Jones (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                                 1.28
17 Peter Mazur (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap
18 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing
19 Andreas Hestler (Can) Canada
20 Miguel Meza (Mex) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling
21 Chris Sheppard (Can) Canada
22 Michael Jones (USA) Team West Virginia
23 Phil Dixon (GBr) Great Britain
24 Chris Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing
25 Adrian Laidler (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap
26 Hovey Carter (USA) Morati-Honeywell
27 Christophe Sauser (Swi) Great Britain
28 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
29 Christian Walker (USA) Morati-Honeywell
30 Matt Toulouse (Can) Canada
31 James Van Toever (USA) Morati-Honeywell
32 Zak Toogood (GBr) Great Britain
33 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain
34 John Hunt (USA) Health Net Cycling Team
35 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net Cycling Team
36 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) Great Britain
37 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance                           1.58
38 Steve Tilford (USA) Green Mountain Sports
39 Alex Koslov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team
40 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Cycling Team
41 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7Up/Maxxis
42 Jonathan Hamblen (USA) Team West Virginia
43 Hugh Moran (USA) Morati-Honeywell
44 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
45 Jon Sundt (USA) Green Mountain Sports                        3.40
46 Eddy Gragus (USA) Trek-VW All Stars
47 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7Up/Maxxis
48 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team
49 Nick Waite (USA) Green Mountain Sports                       5.40
50 Peter Knudson (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling
51 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling
52 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                       7.02
53 Carl Decker (USA) Green Mountain Sports                      8.28
54 Frank Mapel (USA) Green Mountain Sports
55 Matt Usborne (USA) Morati-Honeywell                         10.53
56 Ricky Federau (Can) Canada
57 Nathan Russell (Aus) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange
58 Josh Horowitz (USA) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange
59 Roddi Lega (Can) Canada
60 Larry Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com
61 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Cyclery USA Trek VW
62 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
63 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance
64 David Wenger (USA) Team West Virginia
65 Chann McRae (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling
66 Christian Cuesta (USA) Morati-Honeywell
67 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
68 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7Up/Maxxis
69 Dane Jankowiak (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling
70 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
71 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Trek-VW All Stars
72 Chris Pic (USA) 7Up/Maxxis
73 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance
74 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN
75 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators Cycling
76 Chris McDonald (USA) Squadra
77 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling
78 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7Up/Maxxis
79 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap
80 Julian Hine (Can) Canada
81 Eneas Freyre (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap
82 Bill Stolte (USA) Green Mountain Sports
83 Leigh Palmer (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap
84 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
85 Phillip Sublette (USA) Squadra
86 Drew Miller (USA) Trek-VW All Stars
87 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing
88 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing
89 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
90 Victor Ayala (USA) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange               16.56
91 Geoffrey Rapoport (USA) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange
92 Nathaniel Faulkner (USA) Trek-VW All Stars
93 Patrick Caro (USA) Squadra
94 William Steinbrecher (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing
95 Blake Caldwell (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN
96 Charles Coyle (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                    17.24
97 Jeff Hartmann (USA) Trek-VW All Stars
98 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators Cycling                    18.40
99 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators Cycling
100 Patrick Fetzer (USA) Monax
101 Benjamin Sharp (USA) Team West Virginia
102 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing
103 Nicholas Trusty (USA) Squadra
104 Tim Carolan (USA) Trek-VW All Stars
105 Chris Zukowski (USA) Cyclery USA Trek VW
106 Andrew Padilla (USA) Cyclery USA Trek VW
107 Chuck Hill (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                      23.56
108 Todd Littlehales (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
109 Michael Herdman (USA) Monax
110 Ken Toman (USA) Monax                                      29.11
111 Tony Zarsadias (USA) Morati-Honeywell
112 Drew Deters (USA) Monax
113 David Fuentes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
114 Ryan Pinkham (USA) Sportsbook.com
115 Cody Waite (USA) Squadra
116 Jason McCartney (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                           34.19
117 Matthew Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com                        39.05
118 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com
DNS Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance
DNS Phil Spencer (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Robbie Yost (USA) Team West Virginia
DNF Conor Hurley (USA) Team West Virginia
DNF Jacob Fetty (USA) Team West Virginia
DNF Wes Seigler (USA) Team West Virginia
DNF Joe Chapman (NZl) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap
DNF Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team
DNF Christopher McGovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team
DNF Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Squadra
DNF Frank Overton (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN
DNF Roberto Gaggioli (USA) Monax
 
Teams
 
1 Prime Alliance                                             7.52.51
2 Saturn Cycling Team                                           0.51
3 7Up/Maxxis                                                    2.35
4 Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing                                 2.56
5 Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar                                        3.26
6 Canada                                                        3.33
7 Great Britain
8 Morati-Honeywell
9 Health Net Cycling Team                                       4.03
10 Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling                                   7.08
11 Green Mountain Sports                                       10.27
12 Navigators Cycling                                          10.53
13 LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap                                   12.58
14 Team West Virginia                                          13.28
15 Trek-VW All Stars                                           14.33
16 MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange                                  37.51
17 Squadra
18 Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                                        44.22
19 Cyclery USA Trek VW                                         47.22
20 Monax                                                     1.10.56
21 Sportsbook.com                                            1.18.18
 
General classificaton after stage 2
 
1 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team                   9.20.50
2 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                        0.02
3 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                       1.03
4 Roland Green (Can) Trek-VW All Stars                          1.08
5 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance                       1.09
6 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance                               2.08
7 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling                        2.17
8 John Lieswyn (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                                 2.40
9 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance                             3.20
10 Jacob Erker (Can) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling                 3.26
11 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing               3.32
12 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) Great Britain                        4.17
13 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net Cycling Team              4.23
14 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar              4.27
15 Christophe Sauser (Swi) Great Britain                        4.42
16 Michael Jones (USA) Team West Virginia                       5.04
17 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling                  5.19
18 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain                             5.24
19 Christian Walker (USA) Morati-Honeywell                      5.32
20 Matt Toulouse (Can) Canada                                   5.48
21 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar             5.53
22 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance                           6.06
23 Hugh Moran (USA) Morati-Honeywell                            6.12
24 Chris Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing             6.15
25 James Van Toever (USA) Morati-Honeywell                      6.17
26 John Hunt (USA) Health Net Cycling Team                      6.25
27 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar                      6.36
28 Andreas Hestler (Can) Canada                                 6.39
29 Miguel Meza (Mex) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling                 6.42
30 Alex Koslov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team                    6.53
31 Chris Sheppard (Can) Canada                                  7.06
32 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                       7.07
33 Phil Dixon (GBr) Great Britain
34 Jonathan Hamblen (USA) Team West Virginia                    7.15
35 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                                7.24
36 Steve Tilford (USA) Green Mountain Sports                    7.26
37 Brice Jones (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                                 7.54
38 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team                  8.23
39 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Cycling Team                 8.32
40 Adrian Laidler (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap               8.36
41 Peter Mazur (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap                 10.21
42 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance                          10.42
43 Hovey Carter (USA) Morati-Honeywell                         12.42
44 Drew Miller (USA) Trek-VW All Stars                         13.26
45 Jon Sundt (USA) Green Mountain Sports                       14.38
46 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing         14.53
47 Carl Decker (USA) Green Mountain Sports                     15.04
48 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling            15.46
49 Zak Toogood (GBr) Great Britain                             15.53
50 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing        16.20
51 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators Cycling                          16.42
52 Chris Pic (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                                  17.11
53 Chann McRae (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling                17.38
54 Nathan Russell (Aus) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange
55 Larry Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com                           17.49
56 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Cyclery USA Trek VW                    17.50
57 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling               18.19
58 Christian Cuesta (USA) Morati-Honeywell
59 Roddi Lega (Can) Canada                                     18.29
60 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                      18.41
61 Nick Waite (USA) Green Mountain Sports                      18.44
62 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7Up/Maxxis                             19.09
63 Frank Mapel (USA) Green Mountain Sports                     19.10
64 Bill Stolte (USA) Green Mountain Sports                     19.22
65 David Wenger (USA) Team West Virginia                       19.23
66 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                     19.37
67 Eddy Gragus (USA) Trek-VW All Stars                         19.39
68 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7Up/Maxxis                               19.41
69 Peter Knudson (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling              20.16
70 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                              20.28
71 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar                   21.07
72 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar                  21.21
73 Chris McDonald (USA) Squadra                                21.25
74 Dane Jankowiak (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling             21.32
75 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                   21.52
76 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap                  21.53
77 Josh Horowitz (USA) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange              21.59
78 Blake Caldwell (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                   22.24
79 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Trek-VW All Stars                        23.16
80 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                   23.37
81 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing            23.52
82 Leigh Palmer (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap                24.13
83 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                    24.18
84 Julian Hine (Can) Canada                                    24.39
85 Ricky Federau (Can) Canada                                  25.01
86 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance                            26.07
87 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance                        27.42
88 Eneas Freyre (USA) LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap                27.49
89 Phillip Sublette (USA) Squadra                              29.42
90 William Steinbrecher (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing    30.37
91 Benjamin Sharp (USA) Team West Virginia                     30.39
92 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing            30.50
93 Charles Coyle (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                    30.59
94 Jeff Hartmann (USA) Trek-VW All Stars                       31.14
95 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators Cycling                    31.55
96 Tim Carolan (USA) Trek-VW All Stars                         32.08
97 Nicholas Trusty (USA) Squadra                               32.41
98 Matt Usborne (USA) Morati-Honeywell                         33.26
99 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators Cycling                    34.11
100 Patrick Caro (USA) Squadra                                 34.53
101 Andrew Padilla (USA) Cyclery USA Trek VW                   36.09
102 Patrick Fetzer (USA) Monax                                 37.20
103 Geoffrey Rapoport (USA) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange         38.56
104 Nathaniel Faulkner (USA) Trek-VW All Stars                 39.47
105 Cody Waite (USA) Squadra                                   42.41
106 Victor Ayala (USA) MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange              42.59
107 Jason McCartney (USA) 7Up/Maxxis                           45.12
108 Chuck Hill (USA) Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                      46.00
109 Ken Toman (USA) Monax                                      46.21
110 Michael Herdman (USA) Monax                                47.28
111 Todd Littlehales (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar              47.49
112 Chris Zukowski (USA) Cyclery USA Trek VW                   50.30
113 Matthew Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com                        52.26
114 Tony Zarsadias (USA) Morati-Honeywell                      54.19
115 Ryan Pinkham (USA) Sportsbook.com                          57.04
116 Drew Deters (USA) Monax                                    57.17
117 David Fuentes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar               1.00.55
118 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com                 1.02.19
 
Teams classification
 
1 Saturn Cycling Team                                       28.03.04
2 Prime Alliance                                                5.12
3 Great Britain                                                13.49
4 Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing                                16.13
5 Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar
6 Morati-Honeywell                                             16.16
7 Health Net Cycling Team                                      16.42
8 7Up/Maxxis                                                   17.03
9 Canada                                                       18.59
10 Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling                                  21.24
11 Navigators Cycling                                          23.48
12 Trek-VW All Stars                                           28.59
13 Green Mountain Sports                                       30.48
14 Team West Virginia                                          30.58
15 LeMond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap                                   39.33
16 Vitamin Cottage/DEAN                                      1.13.31
17 Squadra                                                   1.13.37
18 MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange                                1.17.59
19 Cyclery USA Trek VW                                       1.38.59
20 Sportsbook.com                                            2.01.44
21 Monax                                                     2.06.07
 
Women
 
1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona-Esker                   2.00.30
2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling                      2.26
3 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling
4 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile USA
5 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile USA                    6.15
6 Felicia Greer (USA) Velo Bella                          7.53
7 Magalie Lefloch (Fra) Rona-Esker                       13.21
8 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite
9 Meredith Miller (USA)
10 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Rona-Esker
11 Chrissy Redden (Can) Canada
12 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Contender Bicycles
13 Susan Haywood (USA)
14 Trish Sinclair (Can) Canada
15 Julia Whiteside (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange
16 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Intermountain Cycling
17 Joan Wilson (USA) TDS
18 Katheryn Curi (USA) LGBRC
19 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile USA
20 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing
21 Dede Barry (USA) T-Mobile USA
22 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile USA
23 Ashley Kimmet (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing
24 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling
25 Rhonda Quick (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing
26 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile USA
27 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Ford Outfitters
28 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Canada
29 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
30 Katherin Maher (USA)
31 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Diet Rite
32 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite
33 Katerina Hanusova (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team
34 Jennifer Wilson (USA)
35 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella
36 Barbara Blatter (Swi) Contender Bicycles
37 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
38 Nicole Demars (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
39 Alison Dunlap (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team
40 Alison Sydor (Can) Canada
41 Catherin Walberg (USA)                                13.55
42 Julie Emmerman (USA) Ford Outfitters
43 Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team
44 Gina Hall (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team
45 Lisa Magness (USA) Intermountain Cycling
46 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling
47 Erin Carter (Can) Canada
48 Laura Vangilder (USA) Saturn Cycling
49 Nicole Freedman (USA)
50 Amanda Lawrence (USA)
51 Carla Koehler (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange
52 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling
53 Hiroko Shimada (USA)
54 Andrea Hannos (USA) Rona-Esker
55 Nicole Brandt (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange
56 Martha Meyer (USA)
57 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS
58 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Velo Bella
59 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS
60 Sarah Konrad (USA)
61 Susy Pryde (NZl) Velo Bella
62 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS
63 Laura Weislo (USA) Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale        17.42
64 Heather Mastrianni (Can) FairfieldToyota.com          17.45
65 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling                   19.22
66 Rook Campbell (USA)                                   23.15
67 Betsy Bloom (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing                 23.30
68 Katie Safford (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange
69 Desira Utzig (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange
70 Natalie Scott (USA) Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale
71 Catherin Bearce (USA)
72 Julia Bradley (Can) FairfieldToyota.com
73 Jacqueline Scott (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange
74 Taitt Sato (USA) LGBRC
75 Gabriela Gonzalez De Ferrat (Mex) Velo Bella
76 Christine White (USA) FairfieldToyota.com
77 Lauren Frances (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
78 Eryn Hanna (USA) LGBRC
79 Sophie St-Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
80 Karen Dodge (USA) Contender Bicycles
81 Kele Hulser (USA) Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale
82 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
83 Rachel Massey (USA) Ford Outfitters
84 Lisa Matlock (USA) Ford Outfitters
85 Renee Eastman (USA)
86 Kelli Emmett (USA) Ford Outfitters                    26.45
87 Mary Kneeland (USA) Intermountain Cycling             41.50
88 Elizabeth Morse (USA) FairfieldToyota.com             46.30
89 Kirsten Kotval (USA) Contender Bicycles
90 Becky Broeder (USA) Intermountain Cycling             50.30
91 Rachel Cieslewicz (USA) Contender Bicycles          1.01.30
DNS Katy St. Laurent (Can) Canada
DNF Maren Partridge (USA)
DNF Catherine Powers (USA)
DNF Cindy McFarland (USA)
 
Teams
 
1 Saturn Cycling                                       6.19.43
2 T-Mobile USA                                            3.49
3 Rona-Esker                                              8.29
4 Velo Bella                                             16.56
5 Canada                                                 21.50
6 Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing
7 Diet Rite
8 Victory Brewing/Amoroso'
9 Luna Women's MTB Team                                  22.24
10 Intermountain Cycling                                 22.58
11 MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange
12 TDS
13 Contender Bicycles                                    31.59
14 Ford Outfitters                                       32.33
15 LGBRC                                                 42.08
16 Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale                           46.29
17 FairfieldToyota.com                                   46.32
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona-Esker                   7.32.23
2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling                       6.01
3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling                      6.04
4 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile USA                          7.32
5 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile USA                    9.36
6 Felicia Greer (USA) Velo Bella                         15.22
7 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella                         20.18
8 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's         20.36
9 Alison Dunlap (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team
10 Katherin Maher (USA)                                  20.37
11 Nicole Demars (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's         21.06
12 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Diet Rite                      21.07
13 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite                            21.21
14 Barbara Blatter (Swi) Contender Bicycles              21.45
15 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite                       21.55
16 Rhonda Quick (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing                22.19
17 Katheryn Curi (USA) LGBRC                             22.20
18 Chrissy Redden (Can) Canada                           22.38
19 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's        23.06
20 Julia Whiteside (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange     23.30
21 Susy Pryde (NZl) Velo Bella                           24.14
22 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling                        24.33
23 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Ford Outfitters                 24.40
24 Susan Haywood (USA)                                   24.42
25 Meredith Miller (USA)                                 24.46
26 Trish Sinclair (Can) Canada                           25.01
27 Jennifer Wilson (USA)                                 25.04
28 Katerina Hanusova (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team         25.42
29 Julie Emmerman (USA) Ford Outfitters                  25.43
30 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Contender Bicycles             26.02
31 Lisa Magness (USA) Intermountain Cycling              26.06
32 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Canada                             26.18
33 Ashley Kimmet (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing               26.21
34 Dede Barry (USA) T-Mobile USA                         26.42
35 Catherin Walberg (USA)                                26.56
36 Hiroko Shimada (USA)                                  27.09
37 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing            27.27
38 Gina Hall (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team                 28.21
39 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile USA                       28.38
40 Alison Sydor (Can) Canada                             29.14
41 Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team      30.16
42 Heather Mastrianni (Can) FairfieldToyota.com          31.10
43 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Velo Bella                       31.39
44 Joan Wilson (USA) TDS                                 32.23
45 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile USA                  34.43
46 Carla Koehler (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange       34.55
47 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile USA                        35.01
48 Magalie Lefloch (Fra) Rona-Esker                      35.13
49 Kelli Emmett (USA) Ford Outfitters                    35.15
50 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS                             35.46
51 Erin Carter (Can) Canada                              35.52
52 Laura Vangilder (USA) Saturn Cycling                  35.54
53 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Rona-Esker                     36.02
54 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS                                 36.04
55 Andrea Hannos (USA) Rona-Esker                        36.25
56 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling           37.12
57 Laura Weislo (USA) Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale        37.31
58 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling                    38.02
59 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS                               40.14
60 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling                   42.34
61 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Intermountain Cycling            43.26
62 Amanda Lawrence (USA)                                 46.37
63 Sarah Konrad (USA)                                    48.50
64 Martha Meyer (USA)                                    50.59
65 Renee Eastman (USA)                                   51.02
66 Nicole Brandt (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange       51.09
67 Rook Campbell (USA)                                   52.40
68 Julia Bradley (Can) FairfieldToyota.com               52.50
69 Lauren Frances (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's        54.22
70 Nicole Freedman (USA)                                 54.53
71 Christine White (USA) FairfieldToyota.com             54.56
72 Catherin Bearce (USA)                                 55.06
73 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's            55.50
74 Gabriela Gonzalez De Ferrat (Mex) Velo Bella          56.50
75 Karen Dodge (USA) Contender Bicycles                  57.42
76 Kele Hulser (USA) Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale       1.02.10
77 Katie Safford (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange     1.03.46
78 Sophie St-Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's   1.03.53
79 Rachel Massey (USA) Ford Outfitters                 1.04.03
80 Desira Utzig (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange      1.07.24
81 Natalie Scott (USA) Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale     1.08.25
82 Lisa Matlock (USA) Ford Outfitters                  1.08.51
83 Mary Kneeland (USA) Intermountain Cycling           1.15.07
84 Becky Broeder (USA) Intermountain Cycling           1.21.06
85 Jacqueline Scott (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange  1.26.35
86 Taitt Sato (USA) LGBRC                              1.26.48
87 Kirsten Kotval (USA) Contender Bicycles             1.31.46
88 Betsy Bloom (USA) Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing               1.35.52
89 Eryn Hanna (USA) LGBRC                              1.41.19
90 Elizabeth Morse (USA) FairfieldToyota.com           2.21.39
91 Rachel Cieslewicz (USA) Contender Bicycles          2.57.11
 
Teams classification
 
1 Saturn Cycling                                      23.13.34
2 T-Mobile USA                                            7.40
3 Velo Bella                                             23.29
4 Diet Rite                                              28.02
5 Victory Brewing/Amoroso'                               28.23
6 Canada                                                 32.04
7 Rona-Esker                                             34.41
8 Luna Women's MTB Team                                  38.14
9 Vaniqa/Red 5 Racing                                    39.42
10 Ford Outfitters                                       45.58
11 Intermountain Cycling                               1.03.18
12 TDS                                                 1.07.54
13 Contender Bicycles                                  1.09.05
14 MinuteMaid/Dasani/LaGrange                          1.12.24
15 FairfieldToyota.com                                 1.42.31
16 Team Bike Doctor/Cannondale                         2.11.17
17 LGBRC                                               2.54.02