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Tour of Ohio - NE
Ohio, USA, June 19-, 2007
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Stage 5 - June 23: ,
Gandara takes stage sprint, Hekman retains yellow
Jaime Gandara (Colavita/New Mexico) scored an opportunistic sprint victory in Stage 5 of the Tour of Ohio. A solid finish in the main bunch means Mark Hekman (Abercrombie and Fitch) retains the yellow leader's jersey.
Stage 5 rolled out of the town of Yellow Springs, which today mourns the closing of hometown Antioch College, and commenced over an 11 mile loop which featured a short, steep climb for each of the four laps. Although the climb was difficult, it proved too short to cause a break amongst the 127 riders who appeared on the start line. The rest of the course was pancake flat, which allowed many riders caught behind splits on the climb to get back on terms and allowed nothing more than speculative forays off the front.
The pace of the race was fast, averaging 26 miles per hour for the whole stage. Abercrombie and Fitch sat on the front, protecting the lead of its team leader Hekman, and conspired to bring everything back to set up a sprint finish - tailor made for its yellow clad criterium ace.
But a long straight line to the finish proved to be puzzling for the A&F warriors as it lost control of the pack. As the melee commenced, many riders misjudged the efforts of some riders and faltered well before the line. Gandara, however, managed to ride the right wave and turbo boosted past the rest of the field, leaving open air between his bike and that of second place rider Molly Cameron (Organic Athletes).
Gandara surely will savor his victory having ridden well throughout the tour, despite suffering from cramps and bad luck throughout. His sprint victory was well taken and richly deserved. Cameron's second place time bonus proved adequate consolation as it launched him to fourth place overall.
The tour concludes tomorrow in a fast, flat criterium in Springfield that must have Hekman and his Abercrombie lieutenants licking their chops in anticipation.
Photography
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Images by Jaqueline Moxley
- Mark Hekman (A&F) has his game face at the start of Stage 5
- Feed zone A rider toughs it out
- Attacking the top of the climb
- Mike Stoops (Siegler Sports) suffering at the top of the climb
- King of the Hill Sprinting up for points
- A group climbing in Stage 5 of the Bike Source Tour of Ohio
Results
1 Jamie Gandara Jr. (Colavita/ New Mexico) 1.34.51 2 Molly Cameron (Orgnic Athletes) 3 Michael Chauner (PA Lightning) 4 Josh England (A & F) 5 Mark Hekman (A & F) 6 Adam Branfman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 7 Erik Tomlison (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 8 Ben Renkema 9 Jason Maom (Mercy Cycling) 10 Andrew Wulkuhle (ADG / C3) 11 Jamie Kimberly (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 12 Matt Winstead (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 13 Andy Baker (Time Development) 14 Taylor Brown (PA Lightning) 15 Joseph Kukolla (Hotter N Hell) 16 Austin Frey (ADG / C3) 17 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) 18 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 19 Ryan Knapp (Team Alderfer Bergen) 20 Erik Bennet (Time Development) 21 Shwan Adams (October Lake Effect) 22 Phillipe Abbot (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 23 Sam Silvey (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 24 Noah Singer (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 25 David Richter (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 26 Stephen Cummings (GPOA Meredieth Group) 27 Akira Wong (Orgnic Athletes) 28 Steve Weller (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 29 Jonathan Swain (Kelly Benefits) 30 Keck Baker (Seigler Sports) 31 Chistopher Monteleone (Time Development) 32 Andy Applegate (A & F) 33 Tony Hall (Seigler Sports) 34 Tom Soladay (Kelly Benefits) 35 Derek Laan (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 36 Jarred Gilker (Hotter N Hell) 37 Hugh Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 38 Brandon Gavic (A & F) 39 Mike Lanyon (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 40 Joshua Liberles (Colavita/ New Mexico) 41 Matt Holecko (Great Dane Velo) 42 Bennett Van Der Genugte (A & F) 43 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team) 44 David Berryman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 45 Mitch Comardo (Hotter N Hell) 46 Marco Aledia (A & F) 47 Zack Hockett (Hotter N Hell) 48 Emiliano Gorden (Colavita/ New Mexico) 49 Jon Bruno (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 50 John Hanson (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 51 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 52 Stephen Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 53 Luke Krisch (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 54 Tim Swain (A & F) 55 Seth Myer (Get a Grip Cycles) 56 Scott Barnes (Champion Cycling) 57 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 58 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 59 Brian Alferman (Manchester Racing Club) 60 Dan Campbell (Anthem) 61 Scott Walnofer (Mercy Cycling) 62 Matt Waite (Brazen Dropouts) 63 Chris Reed (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 64 Paul Deninger (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 65 David Williams (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 66 David Talbott (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 67 Peter Sanowar (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 68 James Duncan (Time Development) 69 Pat Raines (Time Development) 70 David Rendon (Colavita/ New Mexico) 71 Matthew Belcher (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 72 Jonthan Chodroff (GPOA Meredieth Group) 73 Kieran Sikdar (Bike Soce) 74 Steve Carpenter (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 75 Frank Moak (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 76 Thomas Herman 77 Dewey Dickey (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 78 Joe Holmes (Seigler Sports) 79 Brian Fouche (ACV/ Team Hagertown Washington) 80 John Minturn (GPOA Meredieth Group) 81 Dave Morris (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 82 Casey Mccauley (IS Corp Cycling Team) 83 Brian Sheedy (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 84 Jimmy Macdonald (A & F) 85 Turner Johnson (GPOA Meredieth Group) 86 Nick Pakulla (Kelly Benefits) 87 Eddy Hilger (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 0.56 88 Ryan Gamm (A & F) 1.20 89 Ben Lyon (Orgnic Athletes) 1.36 90 Sean Metz (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 1.59 91 Tim Regan (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 3.09 92 Ken Bellau (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 93 Erik Van Den Akker (Team Athens) 94 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 95 Marshal Hartley (NH Velo) 96 Jason Carr (IS Corp Cycling Team) 4.14 97 John Freisen (Colavita/ New Mexico) 4.34 98 Jeff Cartledge (October Lake Effect) 6.37 99 Matthew Weeks (October Lake Effect) 10.03 100 John Olney (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 101 David Schreffler (COBC) 13.07 102 Marc Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 103 Franqois Duhamel (Team Blueberry) 104 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 105 Daniel Mendoza (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 15.38 106 Ryan Heydenrych (Mercy Cycling) 107 Isaac Neff (Team Alderfer Bergen) 45.38 108 Noah Metzler (Wheel and Sporket) 109 Ryan Rish (A & F) 110 Bradley Saul (Orgnic Athletes) 111 Tucher Brown (PA Lightning) 112 Jackie Simes (PA Lightning) 113 John Caldwell (Hotter N Hell) 114 Duncam Seko (Orgnic Athletes) 115 Chase Hoefer (Chase Hoefer) 116 Nate Brown (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 117 Stefan Swecker (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 118 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 119 Stan Jurga (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 120 Franqois Malo (Team Blueberry) 121 Nick Friesen (Kelly Benefits) 122 Brad Schaeffer (Anthem) 123 Nathan Smith (Garage Racing) 124 Alex Bishop General Classification after Stage 5 1 Mark Hekman (A & F) 8.57.45 2 Dewey Dickey (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 0.20 3 Josh England (A & F) 1.10 4 Phillipe Abbot (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 1.20 5 Molly Cameron (Orgnic Athletes) 6 David Richter (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 7 Tom Soladay (Kelly Benefits) 1.25 8 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.30 9 Joseph Kukolla (Hotter N Hell) 10 James Duncan (Time Development) 11 Jered Gruber (Time Development) 12 Ryan Knapp (Team Alderfer Bergen) 13 Noah Singer (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 14 Andrew Wulkuhle (ADG / C3) 15 Andy Baker (Time Development) 16 Keck Baker (Seigler Sports) 17 Bain Foote (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 18 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team) 19 Dan Campbell (Anthem) 20 Steve Weller (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 21 Jonathan Swain (Kelly Benefits) 22 Brandon Gavic (A & F) 23 Erik Bennet (Time Development) 24 Stephen Cummings (GPOA Meredieth Group) 25 Paul Deninger (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 26 Brian Sheedy (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 2.22 27 Shwan Adams (October Lake Effect) 28 John Minturn (GPOA Meredieth Group) 2.56 29 Mitch Comardo (Hotter N Hell) 2.59 30 Bennett Van Der Genugte (A & F) 3.17 31 Derek Laan (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 3.27 32 Brian Fouche (ACV/ Team Hagertown Washington) 33 Adam Branfman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 34 Matt Winstead (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 35 Andy Applegate (A & F) 3.40 36 Thomas Herman 4.09 37 Tim Swain (A & F) 4.56 38 Steve Carpenter (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 5.22 39 Turner Johnson (GPOA Meredieth Group) 5.35 40 Frank Moak (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 6.16 41 Jamie Gandara Jr. (Colavita/ New Mexico) 6.22 42 Matt Waite (Brazen Dropouts) 6.33 43 Scott Barnes (Champion Cycling) 44 Jon Bruno (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 45 Nick Pakulla (Kelly Benefits) 6.42 46 David Williams (Priority Health prsented by Bissell) 7.07 47 Michael Chauner (PA Lightning) 8.47 48 Matthew Belcher (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 9.30 49 Stephen Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 9.32 50 Dave Morris (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 9.48 51 Jonthan Chodroff (GPOA Meredieth Group) 11.00 52 Tony Hall (Seigler Sports) 11.02 53 Joshua Liberles (Colavita/ New Mexico) 54 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 11.17 55 Erik Van Den Akker (Team Athens) 11.39 56 Realdo Jessurun (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 11.54 57 Jarred Gilker (Hotter N Hell) 14.00 58 Tim Regan (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 14.11 59 Luke Krisch (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 60 Ryan Gamm (A & F) 14.56 61 Erik Tomlison (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 15.20 62 Taylor Brown (PA Lightning) 15.25 63 Seth Myer (Get a Grip Cycles) 15.34 64 Jamie Kimberly (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 16.00 65 Jason Maom (Mercy Cycling) 16.05 66 Zack Hockett (Hotter N Hell) 67 Joe Holmes (Seigler Sports) 68 Kieran Sikdar (Bike Soce) 16.29 69 Scott Walnofer (Mercy Cycling) 17.42 70 Austin Frey (ADG / C3) 18.18 71 John Hanson (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 27.03 72 John Olney (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 27.13 73 David Rendon (Colavita/ New Mexico) 38.49 74 David Berryman (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 40.33 75 Matthew Weeks (October Lake Effect) 44.42 76 Nick Friesen (Kelly Benefits) 48.43 77 Ken Bellau (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 50.08 78 Stan Jurga (Fast/IF powered by Lionette's) 52.55 79 Noah Metzler (Wheel and Sporket) 54.30 80 Isaac Neff (Team Alderfer Bergen) 55.40 81 Chistopher Monteleone (Time Development) 55.42 82 Ben Renkema 56.25 83 Emiliano Gorden (Colavita/ New Mexico) 57.54 84 Casey Mccauley (IS Corp Cycling Team) 58.22 85 Chris Reed (Mercey Specialized Cycling) 1.00.31 86 Akira Wong (Orgnic Athletes) 1.01.58 87 Tucher Brown (PA Lightning) 1.02.27 88 Bradley Saul (Orgnic Athletes) 1.04.44 89 Sam Silvey (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.05.10 90 David Schreffler (COBC) 1.05.29 91 Jimmy Macdonald (A & F) 1.06.47 92 Mike Lanyon (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 1.09.56 93 Marco Aledia (A & F) 1.12.14 94 Peter Sanowar (Italia Pasta/ Transport Belmire) 1.12.34 95 Pat Raines (Time Development) 96 David Talbott (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.14.04 97 Eddy Hilger (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.18.42 98 Matt Holecko (Great Dane Velo) 1.22.06 99 Hugh Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 1.24.26 100 John Freisen (Colavita/ New Mexico) 1.24.34 101 Sean Metz (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 1.25.04 102 Marc Lapointe (Team Blueberry) 1.26.01 103 Chris Alexander (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 1.30.06 104 Marshal Hartley (NH Velo) 1.33.57 105 Nathan Smith (Garage Racing) 1.37.17 106 Ryan Heydenrych (Mercy Cycling) 1.45.28 107 Franqois Duhamel (Team Blueberry) 1.48.13 108 Mike Stoop (Seigler Sports) 1.50.17 109 Daniel Mendoza (Team Turin/ Barker + Nester) 1.52.15 110 Stefan Swecker (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 1.57.10 111 Jackie Simes (PA Lightning) 1.58.12 112 Duncam Seko (Orgnic Athletes) 2.03.10 113 Jason Carr (IS Corp Cycling Team) 2.05.43 114 Brian Alferman (Manchester Racing Club) 2.11.21 115 Ben Lyon (Orgnic Athletes) 2.14.24 116 Jeff Cartledge (October Lake Effect) 2.16.25 117 Ryan Rish (A & F) 2.29.40 118 Nate Brown (Juris MorePartnerIncome.com) 2.38.49 119 Brad Schaeffer (Anthem) 2.39.52 120 Scott Kuppersmith (Herring Gas Cycling Team) 2.50.36 121 Chase Hoefer (Chase Hoefer) 3.02.34 122 John Caldwell (Hotter N Hell) 3.09.14 123 Franqois Malo (Team Blueberry) 3.33.44 124 Alex Bishop 125 Pete Whitlock (Seigler Sports) 126 Justin Koelbl (Haymarket Bicycles) 127 James Raddin 128 Thomas Erlacker (Mercy Cycling) 129 Jeff Braumberger (Teaxa Roadhouse)
