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Excel Sports Boulder Stage Race - NE
USA, May 13-15, 2005
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Stage 3 - May 15: Sunshine Canyon Hill Climb, 14.4km
Baldwin & Trombley climb to wins
By Rob Karman
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With 3,300 feet of climbing in 8 miles, stage 3 promised to shake up the GC after the flatland powerfest of stage 2. Add in dirt for the final 3 miles and a healthy dose of high altitude and you can see why this was a real sufferfest.
In both the men's and women's races the winner made their move early and set out to make up lost time on GC. For Chris Baldwin (Navigators), winner of the stage 1 time trial, he needed to regain the 2 minutes he conceded after an untimely flat tire on the previous day's final lap. His impressive display of climbing aptitude netted him the stage win, but season local sensation Andy "The Baj" Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) kept him in sight and took over the GC lead by finishing only 16 seconds behind on the stage.
In the Pro-1-2 Women's race, 2000 MTB Olympian Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com) started the day a little over a minute behind TT specialist Mari Holden (T-Mobile). Knowing it was a lot of time to make up in 8 miles, she went early and Holden was right on her wheel but soon the pace was too much for the former TT World Champ and Trombley rode away to win by 31 seconds over fellow mtn biker Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher). More importantly, Trombley she gained 1:34 on Holden and assumed the overall race lead going into the afternoon criterium.
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- Chris Baldwin (Navigators) powers up the climb for the stage win
- Andy Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) kept Baldwin within sight to take over the race lead
- Mtn Bike legend Ned Overend (Specialized) was still going strong with a 6th place stage finish
- There were some serious cow bell ringers on hand
- Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com) flew up the climb and into the leaders jersey
- Tyler Hamilton was out offering encouragement to all the riders racing past his front door
- Race sponsor Bruce Hodgkins (ExcelSports.com) had a great ride to win the 45 plus division with a time that would have won the 35 plus race!
Results
Men Pro/1/2 1 Chris Baldwin (Navigators) 41.31 2 Andrew Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) 0.16 3 Mitch Moreman (Rocky Mt Chocolate Factory) 0.20 4 Ian Macgregor (TIAA-CREF) 1.15 5 Michael Lange (TIAA-CREF) 1.59 6 Ned Overend (Specialized) 2.04 7 Chris Brennan (Team Reo Grande) 2.15 8 Paul Esposti (Haul'n Ass) 2.23 9 Tom Zirbel 3.03 10 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 3.28 11 Jay Henry 3.29 12 Patrick Brown 13 Jonathan Garcia 3.59 14 Nick Marten 15 Evan Ruzanski 4.07 16 Frank Overton 17 Scott Nydam 4.14 18 Michael Larsen 4.43 19 Peter Horn 4.58 20 Eddy Gragus 5.06 21 Jeffrey Hartmann 5.10 22 Jesse Gordon 5.15 23 Stuart Gillespie 5.22 24 Mike Wilk 5.25 25 Joseph Saperstein 5.28 26 Mike Janelle 5.33 27 Nick Ranno 5.36 28 Dan Porter 5.46 29 Eric Schwartz 30 Mitch Westall 5.53 31 Grayson Pointer 32 Jeff Wardell 6.12 33 Mark Schwab 34 Don Powell 6.26 35 Matson Tew 6.51 36 Peter Loponto 7.07 37 Todd Hageman 7.10 38 Jeff Hartman 39 Jeffrey Dickinson 7.25 40 Chad Hartley 8.00 41 Colby Pearee 8.04 42 Dirk Friel 43 Jon Tarkington 44 David Robinson 45 Joel Charles 8.09 46 Kevin Nicol 8.16 47 Brian Hutchsion 8.20 48 Zachary Davies 8.36 49 Ryan Fleming 8.44 50 Joe Cooper 51 Jonathan Massie 8.49 52 Micaelh Thompson 9.14 53 Eric Pardyjak 9.27 54 Brian Krombein 55 Christian Johnson 9.51 56 Jon Stierwalt 10.17 57 Barkley Robinson 58 Max Clauson 59 Aaron Brown 60 Michael Schilling 10.24 61 Chad Taylor 62 Jeff Smith 63 Brent Dickinson 10.37 64 Joseph Pinkerton 10.47 65 Chuck Coyle 10.57 66 Michael Scherer 67 Lew Perna 68 Bill Masterson 11.32 69 Sheldon Deeny 12.17 70 John Seehafer 12.27 71 Josh Barnett 72 Kelly Ruddick 73 Dan Schmatz 12.32 74 Michael Sutter 13.52 75 Seth Hansley 76 Joseph Rudman 77 Chad Moore 78 Randy Reichardt 14.08 79 Alex Robels 15.12 80 Christian McCarthy 16.04 81 Joby Siciliano 18.06 82 Logan Garey 18.11 83 Jon Baddley 84 Matthew Hall 19.03 85 Michael Hubbard 19.31 86 Michael Schmidt 20.43 87 Daimeon Shawks 25.16 DNF John Verheul DNF Brian Bruggeman DNF Michael Nunez DNF Brian Fuentes DNF Jeff Vibert DNF Ryan Hamity DNF Derek Strong DNF Nicholas Stevens DNF Eric Reber DNF Timmy Duggan DNF Philip Zajeck DNF Paul Whyman DNF Jason Donald Women Pro/1/2/3 1 Ann Trombley (Excel Sports) 51.50 2 Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher) 0.31 3 Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) 1.23 4 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 1.34 5 Maatje Benassi (Excel Sports) 2.22 6 Irene Mercer (Tamarack) 2.37 7 Gretchen Reeves (Rocky Mountain) 3.08 8 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 4.08 9 Marisa Asplund (Ford - Basis Cycling) 4.31 10 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 4.40 11 Kristen Downs 5.14 12 Julie Emmerman 6.37 13 Catherine Powers 6.51 14 Jilayne Lovejoy 6.53 15 Shannon Tupa 7.39 16 Beth Fisk 17 Jacqueline Wood 18 Stephanie Swan 8.05 19 Mary Schuette 8.28 20 Noel Weddle 21 Ellen Hall 9.30 22 Becca Blay 9.39 23 Patricia Palmer 10.31 24 Lauren Heilig 11.03 25 Syrae Weikle 11.24 26 Anne Lannan 11.38 27 Kristi Lewis 11.50 28 Heather Szabo 12.12 29 Jennifer Yaeso 13.03 30 Lindsay Gosslee 13.09 31 Trish Heisdorffer 13.21 32 Danielle Haulman 13.27 33 Cristina Begy 13.30 34 Alexandra Kendall 13.53 35 Shannon Edson 14.09 36 Maegan Daigler 14.27 37 Patsy Shaffer 16.53 38 Nikki Raspa 39 Megan Melamed 18.08 40 Robin Fitzpatrick 19.25 41 Kristine Church 19.52 42 Leah Reeve 31.43 General classifications after stage 3 Men Pro/1/2 1 Andrew Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) 4.06.40 2 Chris Baldwin (Navigators) 0.16 3 Ian Macgregor (TIAA-CREF) 0.53 4 Chris Brennan (Team Reo Grande) 1.52 5 Michael Lange (TIAA-CREF) 2.03 6 Paul Esposti (Haul'n Ass) 2.25 7 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 3.53 8 Frank Overton (GS Ciao) 4.26 9 Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's) 5.06 10 Patrick Brown 5.17 11 Mitch Moreman 5.49 12 Mike Wilk 6.32 13 Scott Nydam 6.39 14 Nick Ranno 7.27 15 Jeff Wardell 7.51 16 Mitch Westall 7.58 17 Jeffrey Hartmann 8.14 18 Peter Loponto 8.49 19 Chuck Coyle 10.49 20 Joe Cooper 11.01 21 Jonathan Massie 11.23 22 Michael Larsen 12.03 23 Sheldon Deeny 12.48 24 Jeffrey Dickinson 12.49 25 Jon Tarkington 13.28 26 Jesse Gordon 14.08 27 Max Clauson 15.01 28 Jeff Smith 17.30 29 Don Powell 19.16 30 Joseph Pinkerton 20.34 31 Dan Porter 21.13 32 Colby Pearee 22.11 33 Kevin Nicol 23.18 34 Nick Marten 23.29 35 Eric Schwartz 23.57 36 Stuart Gillespie 24.18 37 Eddy Gragus 24.25 38 Peter Horn 24.58 39 Grayson Pointer 25.09 40 Joseph Saperstein 25.14 41 Mark Schwab 25.40 42 Zachary Davies 25.51 43 Dirk Friel 27.17 44 John Seehafer 27.25 45 Joel Charles 27.59 46 Todd Hageman 28.02 47 Tom Zirbel 28.38 48 Ned Overend 28.40 49 Eric Pardyjak 29.30 50 Jon Stierwalt 29.48 51 Michael Schilling 30.26 52 Christian Johnson 30.30 53 Barkley Robinson 30.38 54 Brent Dickinson 32.15 55 Matson Tew 32.26 56 Bill Masterson 32.28 57 David Robinson 58 Chad Hartley 32.47 59 Jeff Hartman 32.55 60 Seth Hansley 34.29 61 Ryan Fleming 34.33 62 Jonathan Garcia 34.47 63 Evan Ruzanski 35.07 64 Brian Krombein 35.20 65 Joby Siciliano 38.50 66 Logan Garey 39.37 67 Kelly Ruddick 39.41 68 Chad Taylor 42.30 69 Michael Scherer 42.45 70 Lew Perna 43.14 71 Josh Barnett 44.28 72 Chad Moore 45.02 73 Micaelh Thompson 47.09 74 Michael Schmidt 47.19 75 Alex Robels 47.20 76 Aaron Brown 47.30 77 Christian McCarthy 51.23 78 Matthew Hall 53.42 79 Jay Henry 54.03 80 Jon Baddley 55.35 81 Joseph Rudman 57.47 82 Brian Hutchsion 59.14 83 Michael Hubbard 1.00.03 84 Daimeon Shawks 1.01.17 85 Randy Reichardt 1.03.58 86 Dan Schmatz 1.04.13 87 Michael Sutter 1.05.31 Wom 1/2/3 1 Ann Trombley (Excel Sports) 3.11.33 2 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 0.33 3 Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher) 1.02 4 Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) 2.13 5 Irene Mercer (Tamarack) 3.29 6 Gretchen Reeves (Rocky Mountain) 3.57 7 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 4.31 8 Marisa Asplund (Ford - Basis Cycling) 5.33 9 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 6.07 10 Kristen Downs (Tokyo Joe's) 7.25 11 Julie Emmerman 8.34 12 Catherine Powers 9.39 13 Shannon Tupa 9.54 14 Stephanie Swan 10.07 15 Jacqueline Wood 10.18 16 Mary Schuette 10.52 17 Maatje Benassi 12.01 18 Becca Blay 13.35 19 Anne Lannan 14.27 20 Jennifer Yaeso 15.09 21 Noel Weddle 16.52 22 Lauren Heilig 18.14 23 Kristi Lewis 19.26 24 Ellen Hall 20.13 25 Jilayne Lovejoy 20.14 26 Maegan Daigler 20.29 27 Syrae Weikle 20.45 28 Beth Fisk 22.48 29 Heather Szabo 24.20 30 Patricia Palmer 24.38 31 Trish Heisdorffer 25.52 32 Lindsay Gosslee 30.53 33 Patsy Shaffer 32.05 34 Cristina Begy 33.43 35 Danielle Haulman 34.30 36 Shannon Edson 35.44 37 Robin Fitzpatrick 35.59 38 Kristine Church 39.27 39 Megan Melamed 40.01 40 Nikki Raspa 1.04.50 41 Alexandra Kendall 1.07.59 42 Leah Reeve 1.22.31
