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Green Mountain Stage Race - NE
Vermont, USA, August 29-September 1, 2003
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Stage 3 - September 1: Burlington Criterium, 31/ 19.8 miles
McCormack and Jeanson complete the sweep
By Alan Atwood
Mark McCormack (Saturn) and Genevieve Jeanson (Rona/Esker) made history Monday as they won today's Voler Burlington Criterium, their fourth consecutive stage, to win the 2003 Mad River Valley Green Mountain Stage Race.
The criterium stage does not offer any rest to the riders, as the unique general classification points format requires racers to maintain their aggressiveness throughout this final stage. And this was shown no better by McCormack, who countered a brief early attack with Mark Walters (Navigators) and went clear to stay.
McCormack and Walters rode a very smart race, working well together and maintaining a half a lap lead throughout the 2nd half of the race. Walters started the day in 4th place overall on GC, so his effort was a good one, putting pressure on Cameron Hughes (Lemond Fitness/Cra-Z Soap) and his slim 2 point advantage for the final podium spot. The Lemond boys tried their best, but lots of little attacks from the hard-charging field stifled any attempts to get Hughes up to the break or to bring the break back entirely. At the finish, McCormack attacked Walters out of the last corner and took the stage to win all 4 days, the first time it's happened in the men's race. The field wound up for the massive 15-wide field sprint that Burlington is famous for, with Ciaran Power (Navigators) benefiting from his teammate Justin Spinelli's leadout to take it and 3rd in the stage.
McCormack won the overall general classification, and Mark Walters' efforts on the day vaulted him over Hughes and Tim Johnson (Saturn) into second overall. Johnson was third, Hughes fourth, and Power fifth.
The women's race was not what anyone had expected, as last year Jeanson lapped the field twice on her way to the stage win. But this year she was content on sitting in and letting her teammates set a blistering pace, which knocked out a third of the field in the first 10 laps of the race. After the dust settled, Katheryn Curi went to the front and was the workhorse for the rest of the race, setting the table to Jeanson to snag all but one of the points sprints and eventually setting her up for the final dash to the line. Jeanson won the final sprint, with Curi able to hold her position and take 2nd, and Amy Moore (Team Ontario) taking 3rd on the day.
Jeanson won her second consecutive GMSR, and team Rona took the first four podium spots for the second year in a row as well, placing Katheryn Curi, Shani Block, and Kristen Lasasso in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Sara Bresnick (Dansko/Wheelworks) took 5th overall.
In the amateur races, the overall general classification winners were Josh Dillon (Louis Garneau) in the Category 3 Men, Kevin Molloy (CRCA/Sakonnet) in the Masters 30, John McKone (CCB/Volkswagen) in the Masters 40, David Rath (GMBC/Invensys) in the Masters 50, Joelle Numainville (Espoirs Laval) in the Category 4 Women, Tyler Holtzmann (Team Ontario) in the Juniors, Cameron Colpitts in the Category 4/5 Men u32, and Stuart Abramson (Portland Velo Club) in the Category 4/5 Men 32+.
Results
Men Pro/1/2 1 Mark Mccormack (Saturn) 1.06.44 102 pts 2 Mark Walters (Navigators Cycling Team) 88 3 Ciaran Power (Navigators) 0.25 68 4 Kevin Lacombe (Canadian National development) 66 5 Shawn Mccormack (Sago Tea Cafe / Bicycle Alley) 62 6 Cameron Hughes (LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap) 61 7 Tim Johnson (Saturn) 61 8 Bobby Bailey (Hawley-atabike.com) 59 9 Alexandre Nadeau (AD OPT Cycling Team) 58 10 Alex Lavallee (Volkswagen-Trek) 57 11 Robbie King (GS CIAO) 56 12 Jon Page 56 13 Jason Baer (Hawley-ATA Cycles) 56 14 Warren Tilbrook (GearsRacing.Com) 56 15 Conor Hurley (West Virginia) 56 16 Bruno Langlois (volkswagentrek) 56 17 Ben Kubas (Hawley ATA-Cycles) 56 18 Eneas Freyre (LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap) 56 19 Christian Meier (Canadian National development) 56 20 Nathaniel Deibler (SC Velo) 56 21 Justin Spinelli (Navigators Cycling Team) 56 22 Jonathan Bruno (Essex County Velo) 56 23 Rob Hult (ProCycles-Giant) 56 24 Nat Faulkner (Trek/VW/Goodale's) 57 25 Marc Collard (Davis Bike Club) 56 26 Mathieu Roy (Espoirs Laval) 56 27 Chris Harnish (Corner Cycle-Champion Sports) 56 28 Lawrence Perera (Sportsbook.com allstars) 56 29 Johannes Huseby (FiordiFrutta/Wheelworks) 56 30 Matt White (NCC / BikeReg.com) 56 31 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (Hawley ATA-Cycles) 57 32 Jon Hamblen (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 56 33 Martin Lazarski (Gearsracing.com) 56 34 Peter Hult (Giant-ProCycles) 56 35 Raphaël Tremblay (Canadian National development) 56 36 Leigh Palmer (LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap) 56 37 Xavier Melendez (NEXT-CRCA) 56 38 Lee Rosenthal (Soho Capital) 56 39 Mike Dietrich (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 56 40 Will Letendre (Essex County Velo) 56 41 Andrew Knight (Louis Garneau Racing) 56 42 Andy Guptill (Unattached) 56 43 Dan Maggiacomo (GearsRacing.Com) 56 44 Chris Hardee (LSV/Trek/VW) 56 45 Bret Williamson (Hawley/ata Cycles) lapped 46 Philip Wong (Essex County Velo) 47 Benjamin Peters (Essex County Velo (ECV)) 48 Stig Somme (Jet Fuel Coffee) 49 Martin St-Laurent (Team Volkswagen Trek) 50 Patrick Sullivan (GS Ciao) 51 Jean-Francois Laroche (trek volkswagen) 52 Christopher Benoit (Essex County Velo) 53 Chris Peck (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 54 Donny Mills (Fuir Di Fruita/Wheelworks) DNF Greg Montello (Essex County Velo) -25 DNF Chris Hrenko (onion river sports) -25 DNF Marc Bertucco (Athletes By Design) -25 DNF Antoine Stundner (Espoirs de Laval) -25 DNF Eric Sheagley (Essex County Velo) -25 DNF Greg Roth (Unattached) -25 DNF Ben Silberfarb (Essex County Velo (ECV)) -25 DNF Matt Morrell -25 DNF Teddy King (Louis Garneau Racing) -25 DNF Peter Stewart (Red Lantern Cycling) -25 DNF Imanol Ayestaran (Unattached) -25 Women 1/2/3 1 Geneviève Jeanson (Rona-Esker) 47.17 95 pts 2 Katheryn Curi (Rona-Esker) 76 3 Amy Moore (Team Ontario) 74 4 Julie Hutsebaut (Équipe du Québec) 80 5 Kristen Lasasso (Rona-Esker) 66 6 Anna Milkowski (Gearworks-Spin Arts) 65 7 Sara Bresnick (Dansko-Wheelworks) 64 8 Julie Belanger 63 9 Shani Block (Rona-Esker) 62 10 Jennifer Stephenson (Team Ontario) 61 11 Katrina Davis (Richard Sachs Women's Team) 60 12 Émilie Roy (Canadian Cycling) 61 13 Hiroko Shimada (Unattached) lapped 36 14 Heather Peck (IF/Wheelworks) pulled at 7 34 15 Audrey Lemieux (Quebec Team) 34 16 Suz Weldon (Ashmead College / King 5 TV) pulled at 12 30 17 Caryl Gale (EAS/FITNESS-CRCA) pulled at 14 28 18 Brooke Ourada (Rona-Esker) 28 19 Magalie Boulay (Équipe du Québec) pulled at 15 24 20 Leah Toffolon (Richard Sachs/CYBC) 24 21 Ann marie Miller (Verizon Wireless Cervelo) 24 22 Katherine Lambden (CRCA/Gotham) 24 23 Alicia Mayer (Orbea) 24 24 Laura Summers (Hudson Valley Velo Club) 24 25 Brenda Bahnson (IF/Wheelworks) 24 26 Martha Meyer (Vitamin Cottage) 24 27 Johanna Buick (Rona-Esker) 24 28 Danelle Kabush (Team Ontario) 24 29 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Équipe du Québec) 24 30 Lisa Maxwell (IF/Wheelworks) 24 31 Marie-Pier Bédard (Canadian National development) pulled at 16 32 Geneviève Leblanc (Équipe du Québec) 33 Tara Mulder (Team Ontario) DNF Sarah Chubb Sauvayre (CRCA/Sanchez-Metro) pulled at 21 -25 DNF Emily Sandwith (Canadian National development) -25 DNF Sinead Fitzgibbon (hampton velo club) -25 DNF Reem Jishi (CRCA/Conrad's) -25 DNF Elizabeth Renaud (CRCA/Sanchez Metro) -25 DNF Mylène Laliberté (Quebec Team) -25 DNF Geneviève Gagnon (Équipe du Québec) -25 DNF Aimee Vasse (IF/Wheelworks) -25 DNF Kerry Litka (Dansko/Wheelworks) pulled at 23 -25 DNF Becky Koh (CRCA/Radical Media) pulled at 24 -25 DNF Penny Buchar (Hudson Valley Velo Club) -25 DNF Anna Garnett (Team Ontario) -25 DNF Anna Tratnyek (Canadian National development) -25 Final general Classification Men Pro/1/2 1 Mark McCormack (Saturn) 321 pts 2 Mark Walters (Navigators Cycling Team) 251 3 Tim Johnson (Saturn) 244 4 Cameron Hughes (LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap) 226 5 Ciaran Power (Navigators) 216 6 Mike Dietrich (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 193 7 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (Hawley ATA-Cycles) 190 8 Peter Hult (Giant-ProCycles) 180 9 Justin Spinelli (Navigators Cycling Team) 179 10 Jon Hamblen (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 175 11 Alexandre Nadeau (AD OPT Cycling Team) 166 12 Rob Hult (ProCycles-Giant) 162 13 Jonathan Bruno (Essex County Velo) 157 14 Lawrence Perera (Sportsbook.com allstars) 151 15 Christian Meier (Canadian National development) 142 16 Warren Tilbrook (GearsRacing.Com) 136 17 Robbie King (GS CIAO) 135 18 Alex Lavallee (Volkswagen-Trek) 134 19 Bruno Langlois (volkswagentrek) 133 20 Andrew Knight (Louis Garneau Racing) 129 21 Chris Hardee (LSV/Trek/VW) 126 22 Kevin Lacombe (Canadian National development) 119 22 Shawn Mccormack (Sago Tea Cafe / Bicycle Alley) 119 22 Lee Rosenthal (Soho Capital) 119 25 Nathaniel Deibler (SC Velo) 118 25 Martin Lazarski (Gearsracing.com) 118 27 Dan Maggiacomo (GearsRacing.Com) 113 28 Stig Somme (Jet Fuel Coffee) 112 29 Jon Page (Prime Alliance) 111 29 Nat Faulkner (Trek/VW/Goodale's) 111 31 Matt White (NCC / BikeReg.com) 110 32 Philip Wong (Essex County Velo) 109 33 Jason Baer (Hawley-ATA Cycles) 108 33 Conor Hurley (West Virginia) 108 33 Eneas Freyre (LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap) 108 33 Marc Collard (Davis Bike Club) 108 33 Mathieu Roy (Espoirs Laval) 108 33 Chris Harnish (Corner Cycle-Champion Sports) 108 33 Raphaël Tremblay (Canadian National development) 108 33 Leigh Palmer (LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap) 108 33 Will Letendre (Essex County Velo) 108 42 Ben Kubas (Hawley ATA-Cycles) 83 42 Xavier Melendez (NEXT-CRCA) 83 44 Mike Wilk (ACA / Jamba Juice) 74 45 Jean-Francois Laroche (trek volkswagen) 72 46 Chris Peck (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 69 47 Bobby Bailey (Hawley-atabike.com) 60 48 Patrick Sullivan (GS Ciao) 57 49 Johannes Huseby (FiordiFrutta/Wheelworks) 56 49 Andy Guptill (Unattached) 56 49 Imanol Ayestaran (Unattached) 56 52 Bret Williamson (Hawley/ata Cycles) 52 52 Martin St-Laurent (Team Volkswagen Trek) 52 52 Christopher Benoit (Essex County Velo) 52 55 Michael Scherer (VS Quimer) 49 56 Greg Roth (Unattached) 44 56 Ian Beilby (Louis Garneau Racing) 44 58 Alec Donahue (NCC / BikeReg.com) 43 59 Bill Innes (LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap) 35 59 Jean-luc Pilote (Club Espoirs de Laval) 35 61 Jesse Anthony (Hot Tubes Cycling Team) 32 62 Greg Montello (Essex County Velo) 27 62 Chris Hrenko (onion river sports) 27 62 Antoine Stundner (Espoirs de Laval) 27 62 Ben Silberfarb (Essex County Velo (ECV)) 27 62 Teddy King (Louis Garneau Racing) 27 62 Peter Stewart (Red Lantern Cycling) 27 62 Chad Butts (Maxxis-SpokePost.com Cycling) 27 62 Pascal Choquette (trek-volkwagen) 27 62 Yann Deville (Club Gervaix Rioux/Medico-Sportif) 27 62 Jay Gump (Unattached) 27 62 Seth Hosmer (NHCC/Team NH) 27 62 Michael Lesmerises (Knox Velo) 27 62 Kevin Noiles (Unattached) 27 62 Matt Patterson (Gearsracing.com) 27 62 Daniel Staffo (Preferred care) 27 62 Jon Tarkington (Vitamin Cottage) 27 78 Curt Davis (Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks) 12 79 Kurt Hackler (FiordiFrutta / Ridgefield Bank) 2 80 Benjamin Peters (Essex County Velo (ECV)) 80 Donny Mills (Fuir Di Fruita/Wheelworks) 82 Brandon Crichton (Canadian National development) -19 83 Marc Bertucco (Athletes By Design) -25 83 Eric Sheagley (Essex County Velo) -25 83 Matthew Svatek (Sportsbook.com Professional Cyclin) -25 83 Timothy Unkert (Capital Velo Club) -25 83 David Young (NCC / BikeReg.com) -25 88 Matt Morrell (Hawley ATA-Cycles) -50 88 Mike Jones (West Virginia Pro Biking Team) -50 Women 1/2/3 1 Geneviève Jeanson (Rona-Esker) 326 2 Katheryn Curi (Rona-Esker) 235 3 Shani Block (Rona-Esker) 229 4 Kristen Lasasso (Rona-Esker) 222 5 Sara Bresnick (Dansko-Wheelworks) 205 6 Anna Milkowski (Gearworks-Spin Arts) 192 7 Johanna Buick (Rona-Esker) 183 8 Amy Moore (Team Ontario) 180 9 Émilie Roy (Canadian Cycling) 167 10 Katrina Davis (Richard Sachs Women's Team) 166 11 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Équipe du Québec) 145 12 Suz Weldon (Ashmead College / King 5 TV) 144 13 Julie Hutsebaut (Équipe du Québec) 143 14 Brenda Bahnson (IF/Wheelworks) 131 15 Jennifer Stephenson (Team Ontario) 129 15 Heather Peck (IF/Wheelworks) 129 17 Hiroko Shimada (Unattached) 127 17 Brooke Ourada (Rona-Esker) 127 19 Julie Belanger 120 20 Katherine Lambden (CRCA/Gotham) 117 21 Martha Meyer (Vitamin Cottage) 109 22 Aimee Vasse (IF/Wheelworks) 104 23 Ann marie Miller (Verizon Wireless Cervelo) 88 23 Kerry Litka (Dansko/Wheelworks) 88 25 Magalie Boulay (Équipe du Québec) 81 26 Danelle Kabush (Team Ontario) 80 27 Audrey Lemieux (Quebec Team) 72 28 Sinead Fitzgibbon (hampton velo club) 51 29 Sarah Chubb Sauvayre (CRCA/Sanchez-Metro) 39 30 Becky Koh (CRCA/Radical Media) 37 31 Frances Harrison (CRCA/Sanchez Metro) 36 32 Anna Garnett (Team Ontario) 35 33 Caryl Gale (EAS/FITNESS-CRCA) 28 34 Leah Toffolon (Richard Sachs/CYBC) 24 34 Alicia Mayer (Orbea) 24 34 Laura Summers (Hudson Valley Velo Club) 24 34 Tara Mulder (Team Ontario) 24 34 Lisa Maxwell (IF/Wheelworks) 24 39 Marie-Pier Bédard (Canadian National development) 39 Geneviève Leblanc (Équipe du Québec) 41 Emily Sandwith (Canadian National development) -25 41 Reem Jishi (CRCA/Conrad's) -25 41 Elizabeth Renaud (CRCA/Sanchez Metro) -25 41 Mylène Laliberté (Quebec Team) -25 41 Geneviève Gagnon (Équipe du Québec) -25 41 Penny Buchar (Hudson Valley Velo Club) -25 41 Anna Tratnyek (Canadian National development) -25 41 Mackenzie Dickey (Team Bicycle Alley) -25 41 Mary Kneeland (ICO) -25 41 Rosanne Lent (Unattached) -25
