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Sea Otter Classic - NE
Monterey, California, USA, March 21 - 24, 2002
Photography
Images by Rob Karman/www.roadbikephotos.com
Stage 1 - March 21: Laguna Seca time trial, 27.2km
- Judith Arndt (Saturn) concentrates in the time trial
- Lyne Bessette (Saturn) rode strongly for third
- Lyne Bessette (Saturn) looking focused in the time trial
- Kimberley Bruckner (Saturn) TTed to second place behind the Cannibal
- Kimberley Bruckner (Saturn) gets in deep
- Genevieve Jeanson (RONA) hacked over a minute out of her rivals.
- Genevieve Jeanson (RONA) showed her usual unstoppable form
- Dave Zabriskie (USPS) surprised with a super-fast win
- Dave Zabriskie (USPS) looking fast and focused
- Dave Zabriskie (USPS) takes a curve at speed, shadowed by his team car
- Henk Vogels (Mercury) attempts to go faster than his bike
- Chris Horner (Prime Alliance) lost just 13 seconds, putting him in a strong position to repeat his Redlands win
- Eric Wohlberg (Saturn) took third in a tight men's TT
Stage 2 - March 21: Cannery Row circuit race, 48.5km/76.5km (W/M)
- Judith Arndt (Saturn) rode to a podium place in the crit
- Genevieve Jeanson (RONA) wears the leader jersey in the crit
- Genevieve Jeanson (RONA) leads the chase
- A jubilant Katrina Berger (Cannondale-USA) celebrates as she crosses the line
- Dave Zabriskie wears the leader jersey in the crit
- Dave Zabriskie plays catseye slalom in the crit
- Chris Horner (Prime Alliance) leads the break
- Trent Klasna (Saturn) heads up a chasing train of yellow
- John Lieswyn (7UP-Nutrafig) takes a turn at the head of the break
- Prime Alliance leads the retaliation against the second break
- Gord Fraser (Mercury) salutes in celebration as he takes the win
- John Lieswyn (7UP-Nutrafig) looks reflective
Stage 3 - March 22: Fort Ord road race, 123km/184km (W/M)
- Chris Horner (Prime Alliance) smiles before the race
- The early break built a strong lead before the peloton gave chase
- The break, more-or-less working together to stay away
- US Postal leads the chase
- Dave Zebriskie (US Postal) was instrumental in reeling in the early break
- Chris Horner (Prime Alliance) solos to victory
- Genevieve Jeanson (RONA) attacked early but cracked after Saturn retaliated
- The Saturn-propelled chase group
- The break starts to split up
- Sue Palmer-Komar (TalgoAmerica) took the chances when they came for a fine win
Stage 4 - March 23: Laguna Seca circuit race, 48km/73km (W/M)
- Judith Arndt (Saturn) in the green jersey of points leader
- Lyne Bessette (Saturn) didn't have any bad minutes today.
- The final stages were a Bessette-Jeanson showdown
- Lyne Bessette (Saturn) and Genevieve Jeanson (RONA) battle it out for the win
- Chris Horner (Prime Alliance) in the thick of it on Laguna Seca raceway
- Chris Horner leads the chase
- Kirk O'Bee (Navigators) in splendid isolation
- Kirk O'Bee was out of contention after a mechanical
- Mark McCormack (Saturn) lifts an imaginary weight as he crosses the line
- Mark McCormack celebrates the win
Some additional images by Jonathan Devich/TheFastrack.com
- John Leiswyn (7UP) and Chris Horner (Prime Alliance) power a break in the Cannery Row crit
- Gord Fraser (Mercury) wins the crit.
- Tony Cruz (US Postal) working hard to bring back the Prime Alliance, 7UP, Mercury break.
- Gord Frazier (Mercury) clearly not happy with second place.
- Genevieve Jeanson (Rona) sets the new course record in the TT.
- The early break in Saturday's women's race
- Genevieve Jeanson (Rona) and Lynne Byssette (Saturn) spent most of Saturday's circuit race by themselves.
- The women's field battles one of the steep climbs in the circuit race.
- Karen Bockel (Rona) proved she can can hang with the big guns, shown here getting 4th in Saturday's circuit race.
