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Santa Clarita Grand Prix- NE
Santa Clarita, California, USA, February 24, 2007
2006 Results Results Past winners
Miller tops pro field
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Bicycle John's Serious Cycling along with the City of Santa Clarita and Santa Clarita Velo held a women's professional race in Santa Clarita before the pro men arrived for the finish of the sixth stage of the Tour of California. On a perfectly glorious southern California morning, approximately 100 women raced in a total of three races: a pro 1/2 race, a cat 3 race, and a cat 4 race.
Some of the top pro team racers included Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO, who took first ahead of Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine) and Becky Quinn and Jennifer Wilson (both of Southbay Wheelmen). Laura Charameda (Advil Chapstick) took fifth while and Stacy Marple (Team TIBCO) finished sixth.
Felicia Gomez (Aaron's Pro Cycling Team) won the Queen of the Mountain. Other big names in attendance and finishing included Pam Schuster (Helens/Orbea) and Michelle Beltan and Kara Vidaca, both of Bicycle John's Serious Cycling.
The women competed for a purse of $5,000 with a new Cannondale frame going to the QOM.
The race is one step toward the goal of getting a pro women's race introduced as part of the Tour of California in 2008. Promoters hope the excitement from this year's event will spill over into next year.
Photography
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Images by Nathan Dauglash/www.mitchophoto.com
- Kim Anderson of T-Mobile mixes things up in the pack.
- The Pro Women 1/2 field approaches the Queen Of the Mountains line.
- Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO powers her way to the win.
- Santa Clarita GP Pro Women 1/2 winner, Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO
- Santa Clarita GP Pro Women 1/2 podium. 1st Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO, 2nd Kelly Benjamin of Cheerwine, & 3rd Becky Quinn of Southbay Wheelmen
Results
Women Pro 1-2 1 Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO) 2 Kelly Benjamin (UCI WPT: Cheerwine) 3 Rebecca Quinn (South Bay Wheelmen) 4 Jennifer Wilson (South Bay Wheelmen) 5 Laura Charameda (Team Advil/ChapStick) 6 Stacy Marple (Team TIBCO) 7 Pamela Schuster (Helens Racing) 8 Anna Webb (SC Cycling Club) 9 Katharine Carroll (Aaron's/L5 Flyers) 10 Brenda Lyons (UCI WPT: TEAm Lipton) 11 Susan Hedstrom (South Bay Wheelmen) 12 Megan Elliott (TARGETRAINING) 13 Michelle Beltran (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) 14 Kara Vidaca (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) 15 Sarah caravella (aaron's pro cycling team) 16 Caroline Dahllof (Helens/Orbea) 17 Liza Rachetto (Century Road Club Association) 18 Catherine Powers (Aaron's/L5 Flyers) 19 Kristen LaSasso (UCI WPT: TEAm Lipton) 20 Jamie Hughins (Helens/Orbea) 21 Laura Hines (Southern California Velo) 22 Morgan Kapp (South Bay Wheelmen) 23 Felicia Gomez (Aaron's/L5 Flyers) 24 Carol Lynn Neal (CA Pools Racing) 25 Alison Littlefield (Sambucca Cycling) 26 Lea Adams (Helens/Orbea) 27 Cheryl Roth (Helens/Orbea) 28 Lara Kroepsch (UCI WPT: TEAm Lipton) 29 Kimberly Anderson (T-Mobile) 30 Sarah Bamberger (UCI WPT: Cheerwine) 31 Courtney Hammond (DeWalt Racing) 32 Jennifer Reither (South Bay Wheelmen) 33 Katharine Lundby (Karl Strauss/SDBC) 34 Sandra Kolb (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) 35 Martina Sturm (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) 36 Kim Paine (Karl Strauss/SDBC) 37 Melinda Johnson (Karl Strauss/SDBC) 38 Anna Drakulich (Kahala LaGrange) 39 Amy Hutner (Kahala LaGrange) DNF Carine Bester (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) DNF Priscilla Calderon (Southern California Velo) DNF Elizabeth (Betsy) Galenti (America's Dairyland) DNF Desira Utzig-Miller (Team Redlands) DNF Chrissy Ruiter (Cheerwine) DNF India Sanjuan (Unattached) DNF Brooke Saxon-Smith (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) DNF Rachel Herring (South Bay Wheelmen) DNF Bonnie Bourque (Karl Strauss/SDBC) DNF Carine Bester (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) Womens 3 1 Coryn Rivera (South Bay Wheelman) 2 Simone Morissette (Unattached) 3 Hilary Crowley (Paramount Racing) 4 Sandra Villarruel (Martin's Pro Bicycles Team) 5 Krista Panaro (CA Pools Racing) 6 Rae Miller (CA Pools Racing) 7 Heather Rose (Paramount Racing) 8 Anna Reinstein (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) 9 Anna Gerber (Big Ring Racing) 10 Michelle LaPierre (Kalyra/Bella Nova Women's Cycling Team) 11 Kendall Ryan (Major Motion Cycling Club) 12 Susan Thompson (South Bay Wheelmen) 13 Ryanne Spady (Southern California Velo) 14 Jill Pyrko (Kahala LaGrange) 15 Lisa Tokuoka (Team Simple Green) 16 Stacy Griffis (Southern California Velo) 17 Susie Avchen (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling) 18 Elaine Park (helen's trek vw) DNF Georgene Vairo (Femmes Fatales) Womens 4 1 Alicia Boland (Team CES Racing) 2 Elizabeth Castillejo (Femmes Fatales) 3 Monika King (South Bay Wheelmen) 4 Susie Willett (Echelon Santa Barbara) 5 Tricia Fynewever (Coates Cyclery/Arce Bros) 6 Kimberly Turner (Echelon Santa Barbara) 7 Ginger Hsieh (South Bay Wheelmen) 8 Julie Guthrie (South Bay Wheelmen) 9 Cynthia Yu (platinum) 10 Sue McDonald (Femmes Fatales) 11 Julia Cross (South Bay Wheelmen) 12 Kelley Smith (Femmes Fatales) 13 Fran Finney (Femmes Fatales) 14 Susan Farber (Echelon of Santa Barbara) 15 Ana Odette Castaneda (Kahala LaGrange) 16 Megan Cordes (Bishops Peak/Arts Cyclery) 17 Carole Nix (Kahala LaGrange) 18 Patricia Gutierrez (Martin's Pro Bicycles Team) 19 Cynthia Lou (Helens/Orbea) 20 Alexis Ryan (Major Motion Cycling Club) 21 Cara Gamberdella (Echelon of Santa Barbara) 22 Kelley Laxamana (Paramount Racing) 23 Ailed Rimaldi (Auto Tec) DNF Ginger Andersen (Echelon Santa Barbara) DNF Angela Dybdahl (Block) DNF Elissa Jose (NA) DNF Bobbi King (Femmes Fatales) DNF Debbie Betts (Helens Racing) DNF Lisa Brinton (unattached) DNF Sue Skarin (Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling)
