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La Vuelta de Bisbee
Bisbee, Arizona, USA, April 25-27, 2003
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Stage 3 - April 27: Tombstone road race, 65.4 miles
Miller, Jutras clinch Bisbee in hilly finale
By Stephen W. Medcroft in Bisbee
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The final stage of La Vuelta de Bisbee was decided this morning on the brutal climbs into and up Tombstone Canyon. Drew Miller was able to put enough distance between himself and GC leader Viktor Rapinski to seal top honors for the A men's race. Manon Jutras confirmed her win in the women's race with Katrina Grove and Dotsie Cowden riding hard to keep their own GC positions protected.
When racers gathered at the parking lot behind the Copper Queen Plaza to sign in for the start just before 8 this morning, temperatures were cooler than the last couple of days. But the dry Arizona sun had temperatures over 80 at the finish. There were two elements of the race that caused teams to strategize. The course this morning featured two severe sections of climbing; 14 miles and 1,500 feet into town then the 1,000 feet up Tombstone Canyon Road to finish. There were also two time bonuses up for grabs, the first a sprint through Wyatt Earp's adopted hometown of Tombstone, and the second for final placement in the stage. Each of the contending teams knew it would take strength and tactical positioning to win today.
Men: "The best man won"
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The men's race rolled out through its neutral start with Viktor Rapinski in the leader's jersey. Gord Fraser sat 21 seconds back and Drew Miller, the leader of the race until yesterday's time trial, sat 35 seconds behind.
Saturn Cycling's Assistant General Manager Giana Roberge felt good about her team's current position atop both leader boards. "Viktor's so young, so talented," she said of Saturn's Belarusian star. And although he may not be the prototypical climber she felt he had a good chance to finish the race as strongly as he's run the entire weekend. "Maybe it's because he's from Belarus, but he's naturally tough. I've seen him suffer beyond what normal people can suffer."
Once racing began, a break of non-GC threat riders was allowed to go off the front and swallow up the sprint bonuses. When it got over two minutes ahead, Drew Miller's Landis/Trek/VW took control of the peloton to bring it back before the steepest climbing began.
"We needed to keep things in control," says Miller crediting his teammates for perfect execution of tempo at the front of the main pack. Once the break was caught and the climbing began, riders strung out along the course like leaves paper thrown into the wind. When the leaders first came into sight of the finish, nine miles from the finish as they passed under a traffic tunnel and continued on for a loop to bring them back around for the final climb, Miller had the lead with Mike Sayers close behind. Rapinski sat about 50 yards back and was clearly suffering.
Following the tunnel though was a short, steep downhill. "Viktor's a great descender," Miller said. "So it all came back together. We had to try and break him." Miller's approach when he reached the base of the final climb was "to give it everything I had."
Everything he had ended up being enough. Miller and Fraser's pace up Tombstone Canyon was too much for Rapinski and Miller crossed the line, two hands in the air, far enough ahead to take the overall win.
Gord Fraser came over and shook Miller's hand immediately. "The best man won," he said, adding that he wasn't surprised at the results. "Drew's strong. He placed well in Redlands. And this is what Drew and (Scott) Price have been training for all winter."
Rapinski's strong weekend of racing should leave Saturn Cycling optimistic about the depth of their team. Giana Roberege said before the race that this they had deliberately placed a thin contingent at LVDB. Their most famous riders are duking it out for glory on the streets of Georgia. She has team members resting in preparation for racing later in the season. She'll go on to the next event feeling good about Saturn's success this weekend
Women: Stahl-Schmidt causes ructions
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The women's finale may have played out like a repetition of each event this weekend but didn't go down without drama. Saturn (with Manon Jutras in 1st) and T-Mobile (Dotsie Grove in second and Cowden in third) had positions to protect and since no result is ever assured in cycling, both had plans to execute. "Today complements (Jutras's) strength so I expect her to be able to defend," said Saturn's Roberge.
The wild card for both was fourth place Lynn Gaggiolli (VeloBella), a rider without teammates, only 29 seconds off Grove and just over a minute off Jutras with intentions of her own. "I feel the best today of any day so far," she said at the start. "It takes me a day or two to get going." Her strategy was to "watch Saturn and T-Mobile work each other and wait until they've worn each other out," then try to sprint for the win.
As with the men's A race, the women's sprint bonus was neutralized by a small break. After Tombstone, the race narrative follows Laura Stahl-Schmidt (Terry Precision). She attacked off the front. "I was about three and a half minutes out in the GC and just decided to go for it," she said. "I expected someone to go with me. Then I looked back and didn't see anyone with me." She decided that she "might as well go for it. I wanted every advantage I could get going into the climb."
Her effort opened a three-minute-plus gap and started to worry GC leaders. Jutras decided she'd better bridge it before Stahl-Schmidt gained too much advantage. "My teammates Amy and Megan managed the gap," she said. Grove, Cowden, and Gaggiolli covered. "I pulled through to the tunnel and then attacked first." The rest of the group would counter and Jutras would attack again. She kept the pressure all the way up Tombstone Canyon.
The pressure broke breakaway rider Stahl-Schmidt. Grove countered every move and stayed with Jutras but could gain no advantage on the climb. When Jutras gave a huge kick to power the final uphill straightaway, Grove knew her final position was safe. All that was left of team tactics was for Cowden to sprint against Gaggiolli to see who would take the best finish time bonus. It was Cowden at the line.
Jutras is encouraged by her result and is ready to move on to the Tour of the Gila and her next major race, Tour de L'aude in France. "I'm in race fitness now - and improving."
The rest of the day
The B (Masters) race went to Stage Prologue winner Doug Loveday when Stage 1 solo breakaway rider and GC leader Eric Sternlicht fell victim to today's aggressive pacing up the final climbs.
Podium presentation of LVDB's ceramic and bronze statues was at 2pm this afternoon. Bisbee's Mayor and other local notables were in attendance.
Racers had positive things to say about their experience this weekend. Most were challenged by the course, excited by the drama of their races, and pleased with the handling of the race. The double booking of the Tour of Georgia seemed doesn't seem like it will kill La Vuelta de Bisbee. In fact, race organizer Albert Hopper is happy with the way the weekend unfolded. He had an exciting finishing stage, a better turnout than the previous year, and an organization of officials, police, helpers, and volunteers who, although exhausted tonight from their efforts, are looking forward to next year.
Photography
Images by Stephen W. Medcroft
- Viktor Rapinski before this morning's final stage
- Manon Jutras receiving another leader's jersey
- Walker Ferguson
- Drew Miller had his work cut out for him on Stage 3
- Lynn Gaggioli still had a chance at the overall
- The T-Mobile Women's National Team meeting on the start line
- Landis/Trek/VW paces to reel in a chase
- At a key spot on the course Drew Miller and Gord Fraser rode off the front
- Viktor Rapinski was suffering but not out of things yet
- Gord Fraser across the finish line
- Drew Miller tries to cool off after winning La Vuelta de Bisbee with a super-human effort in stage 3
- Podium girl Bisbee style. The 1979 Ms. Helped with podium festivities
- Drew Miller's well-deserved two-handed salute
- Manon Jutras wins the stage, and the race
- The women's top three just after the finish
- Laura Stahl-Schmidt escaped on an impressive solo breakaway that reached a maximum gap of three and a half minutes
- Women's Podium
Results
Men Pro/1/2/3/4/5/juniors 1 Andrew Miller (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 2.39.00 2 Mike Sayers (USA) Team HealthNet 0.19 3 Todd Wells (USA) Hyundai Mongoose 0.32 4 Gord Fraser (Can) Team HealthNet 0.41 5 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 0.46 6 Ron Hudson (USA) SportsBuuk.Com 0.52 7 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 1.13 8 Scott Price (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 1.16 9 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 1.22 10 Patrick Sullivan (USA) GS Ciao/Al's Barber Shop 1.24 11 Russ Langley (USA) Team Snow Valley 1.26 12 Ian Dille (USA) Team Snow Valley 1.40 13 Jason Tullous (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 1.42 14 Tim Carolan (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 1.50 15 Walker Ferguson (USA) Subaru/Gary Fisher 2.08 16 Timmy Duggan (USA) Duane Duggan ReMax/Paketa Bikes 2.09 17 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Celo Pacific 18 Jason Lockesmoe (USA) Team HealthNet 19 Chris Isaac (Can) GearsRacing.com 20 Scott Blanchard (USA) Eclipse Racing 21 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 22 John Osguthorpe (USA) Heathly Choice Guru's 2.15 23 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Snow Valley 2.16 24 Sheldon Deeny (USA) RMCEF 2.21 25 Scott Keller (USA) Speed Bikes 2.25 26 Eric Ransom (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 2.27 27 Sandy Perrins (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's 28 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's 2.34 29 Bryson Perry (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's 3.01 30 Ian Stuart (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3.02 31 Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 3.04 32 Nic Brown (USA) Lemond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 3.19 33 Todd Harriott (USA) Team HealthNet 3.32 34 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 35 Chris McGovern (USA) Team HealthNet 36 Colin Rooney (USA) E-Caps/Hammer Gel 3.52 37 Ian MacGregor (USA) Duane Duggan ReMax/Paketa Bikes 38 Adrian Laidler (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 39 Nathan Mitchell (USA) Giant USA 3.55 40 Ian Prichard (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 4.16 41 Jason Karew (USA) Eclipse Racing 4.30 42 Jeffrey Austin (USA) Arizona State Cycling 43 Matt Bromen (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani-LaGrange 4.40 44 Matt Unger (USA) No Hair.com 4.44 45 Jeffrey Wardell (USA) Xybix Systems Inc. 4.46 46 Jonathan Heidemann (USA) RMCEF 4.53 47 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 4.55 48 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Team HealthNet 49 Dan Maggiacomo (Can) GearsRacing.com 50 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 4.58 51 Chad Beyer (USA) Giant/Domenic 5.00 52 Jeff Hoppert (USA) Eclipse Racing 5.03 53 Tad Hamilton (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 5.08 54 Brian Chimileski (USA) Duane Duggan ReMax/Paketa Bikes 5.12 55 Barkley Robinson (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 5.34 56 Joe Sternberg (USA) Moots Bicycles 6.45 57 John Rogers (USA) ProCon Cycling 7.18 58 Joshua Powers (USA) Bicycle Ranch 7.26 59 Bronson Criddle (USA) Unattached 7.44 60 Leigh Palmer (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 7.58 60 Andy Crater (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 61 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team 8.03 62 Jonathan Parrish (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 8.09 63 Peter Sanowar (Can) GearsRacing.com 64 Keith Miller (USA) Kissena Cycling Team 8.34 65 Evan Hepner (USA) University of Arizona 8.35 66 Brad Scott (USA) Team Revolution Racing 8.52 67 Rusty Beall (USA) Team HealthNet 8.58 68 Michael Moore (Can) GearsRacing.com 10.13 69 Josh Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 10.19 70 Isaiah Adams (USA) Westwood Velo 71 Andrew Olson (USA) Evo 72 Hayes McNeil (USA) CZ Racing 73 Eric Abrams (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 74 Danny Kaukola (USA) Los Malos Racing Club 11.41 75 Kale Keltz (USA) CZ Racing 12.25 76 Eric Brownell (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 13.49 77 Justin Peschka (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 17.40 78 Brian Lemke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 79 Dave Reid (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 80 Jacob Rubelt (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 81 Chris Abbruzzese (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 21.45 82 Dan Distefano (USA) Eclipse Racing 26.02 83 Daren Schmidt (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 26.39 84 Adam Hoppe (USA) Ochsner 31.27 85 Jacob Hunter (USA) Team Revolution Racing 39.38 86 Gary Casella (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 55.38 General classification after stage 3 1 Andrew Miller (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 6.09.36 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 0.26 3 Gord Fraser (Can) Team HealthNet 0.42 4 Todd Wells (USA) Hyundai Mongoose 0.53 5 Mike Sayers (USA) Team HealthNet 0.54 6 Scott Price (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 2.09 7 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 2.44 8 Patrick Sullivan (USA) GS Ciao/Al's Barber Shop 3.18 9 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's 3.29 10 Tim Carolan (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 3.31 11 Russ Langley (USA) Team Snow Valley 3.36 12 Sandy Perrins (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's 3.41 13 Jason Tullous (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 3.59 14 Scott Blanchard (USA) Eclipse Racing 4.05 15 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 4.10 16 Ron Hudson (USA) SportsBuuk.Com 4.14 17 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Snow Valley 4.17 18 Timmy Duggan (USA) Duane Duggan ReMax/Paketa Bikes 4.37 19 Walker Ferguson (USA) Subaru/Gary Fisher 4.39 20 Eric Ransom (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 4.56 21 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 4.57 22 Jason Lockesmoe (USA) Team HealthNet 4.58 23 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Celo Pacific 5.05 24 Chris Isaac (Can) GearsRacing.com 5.13 25 Nic Brown (USA) Lemond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 5.21 26 Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 5.22 27 Sheldon Deeny (USA) RMCEF 5.23 28 Ian Stuart (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5.29 29 Scott Keller (USA) Speed Bikes 5.34 30 Ian Dille (USA) Team Snow Valley 5.41 31 John Osguthorpe (USA) Heathly Choice Guru's 5.45 32 Bryson Perry (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's 5.48 33 Adrian Laidler (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 6.25 34 Chris McGovern (USA) Team HealthNet 6.40 35 Nathan Mitchell (USA) Giant USA 7.08 36 Jeffrey Austin (USA) Arizona State Cycling 7.19 37 Todd Harriott (USA) Team HealthNet 7.33 38 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Team HealthNet 7.39 39 Jonathan Heidemann (USA) RMCEF 7.43 40 Matt Bromen (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani-LaGrange 7.52 41 Ian MacGregor (USA) Duane Duggan ReMax/Paketa Bikes 42 Ian Prichard (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 8.08 43 Jeff Hoppert (USA) Eclipse Racing 8.31 44 Jason Karew (USA) Eclipse Racing 8.35 45 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 8.43 46 Jeffrey Wardell (USA) Xybix Systems Inc. 8.58 47 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team 9.00 48 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 9.09 49 Brian Chimileski (USA) Duane Duggan ReMax/Paketa Bikes 9.17 50 Chad Beyer (USA) Giant/Domenic 9.19 51 Colin Rooney (USA) E-Caps/Hammer Gel 9.22 52 Barkley Robinson (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 9.42 53 Dan Maggiacomo (Can) GearsRacing.com 10.23 54 Matt Unger (USA) No Hair.com 10.30 55 Rusty Beall (USA) Team HealthNet 10.47 56 Peter Sanowar (Can) GearsRacing.com 11.08 57 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 11.27 58 Tad Hamilton (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 11.36 59 Leigh Palmer (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 11.45 60 Bronson Criddle (USA) Unattached 11.49 61 Brad Scott (USA) Team Revolution Racing 12.08 62 Andy Crater (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z Soap 12.42 63 Jonathan Parrish (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 12.45 64 John Rogers (USA) ProCon Cycling 12.50 65 Michael Moore (Can) GearsRacing.com 13.20 66 Eric Abrams (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 13.23 67 Joe Sternberg (USA) Moots Bicycles 13.32 68 Evan Hepner (USA) University of Arizona 13.57 69 Joshua Powers (USA) Bicycle Ranch 15.03 70 Keith Miller (USA) Kissena Cycling Team 15.04 71 Hayes McNeil (USA) CZ Racing 15.15 72 Danny Kaukola (USA) Los Malos Racing Club 15.49 73 Kale Keltz (USA) CZ Racing 16.39 74 Josh Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 16.56 75 Andrew Olson (USA) Evo 17.00 76 Eric Brownell (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 17.12 77 Isaiah Adams (USA) Westwood Velo 17.29 78 Justin Peschka (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 20.54 79 Brian Lemke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 24.11 80 Dave Reid (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 26.12 81 Jacob Rubelt (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 27.11 82 Chris Abbruzzese (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 29.59 83 Daren Schmidt (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 34.03 84 Dan Distefano (USA) Eclipse Racing 34.42 85 Adam Hoppe (USA) Ochsner 41.51 86 Gary Casella (USA) Team Iomega-Orbea 1.08.23 87 Jacob Hunter (USA) Team Revolution Racing 1.46.33 Women 1 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 3.01.59 2 Lynn Gaggiolli (USA) VeloBella 0.02 3 Dotise Cowden (USA) T-Mobile 4 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 0.07 5 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Mt Velo/Supergo 0.37 6 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 0.46 7 Joan Wilson (USA) TDS 0.55 8 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 9 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Team Snow Valley 10 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 1.13 11 Laura Stahl-Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 1.29 12 Deneen Brown (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 1.36 13 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 1.46 14 Rebecca Cooke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 2.47 15 Kristy Scheffenacker (USA) Team Snow Valley 3.12 16 Maria Molina (Gua) Guatemala 17 Maureen Brooks (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 3.29 18 Mary Kneeland (USA) ICO 3.41 19 Amy Vinik (USA) Mt Velo/Supergo 3.4420 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lites 3.47 21 Rebecca Stengel (USA) Mt Velo/Supergo 3.50 22 Maria Castaneda (Gua) Guatemala 4.09 23 Chole Black (USA) Terry Precision 4.30 24 Diana Hunt (USA) Unattached 25 Maggie Luciano-Williams (USA) Team One Racing 4.53 26 Beth Leasure (USA) Team VeloClips 5.00 27 Liza Rachetto (USA) ICO 5.19 28 Juliane Mortello (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 5.52 29 Nicole Habay (USA) Speed Bikes 6.23 30 Sheba Farrin (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 6.54 31 Sarah Hammer (USA) T-Mobile 7.14 32 Michelle Bote (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 7.25 33 Wendy Kuhn (USA) Team One Racing 10.55 34 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 11.35 35 Lara Kroepsut (USA) T-Mobile 36 Amy Zirneklis (USA) Unattached 14.02 General classification after stage 3 1 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 5.34.24 2 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 1.13 3 Dotise Cowden (USA) T-Mobile 1.24 4 Lynn Gaggiolli (USA) VeloBella 1.25 5 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3.54 6 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Mt Velo/Supergo 4.01 7 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Team Snow Valley 5.00 8 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 5.30 9 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 6.07 10 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 6.10 11 Deneen Brown (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 6.24 12 Joan Wilson (USA) TDS 6.44 13 Rebecca Cooke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 7.34 14 Laura Stahl-Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 8.09 15 Kristy Scheffenacker (USA) Team Snow Valley 8.16 16 Maria Molina (Gua) Guatemala 8.27 17 Maureen Brooks (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 10.31 18 Beth Leasure (USA) Team VeloClips 10.45 19 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lites 11.18 20 Mary Kneeland (USA) ICO 11.34 21 Amy Vinik (USA) Mt Velo/Supergo 11.38 22 Maria Castaneda (Gua) Guatemala 11.55 23 Chole Black (USA) Terry Precision 12.12 24 Rebecca Stengel (USA) Mt Velo/Supergo 13.15 25 Juliane Mortello (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 14.09 26 Maggie Luciano-Williams (USA) Team One Racing 15.00 27 Liza Rachetto (USA) ICO 15.53 28 Nicole Habay (USA) Speed Bikes 16.29 29 Sheba Farrin (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 17.11 30 Diana Hunt (USA) Unattached 17.16 31 Lara Kroepsut (USA) T-Mobile 19.08 32 Sarah Hammer (USA) T-Mobile 19.38 33 Michelle Bote (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 20.00 34 Wendy Kuhn (USA) Team One Racing 23.56 35 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 24.30 36 Amy Zirneklis (USA) Unattached 40.32 Master men 1 Denny Vaughan (USA) Team Revolution Racing 2.37.09 2 Doug Loveday (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 3 Brian McGuire (USA) The Olympic Club 0.58 4 Link King (USA) Team RPM 1.11 5 Joel Cleare (USA) Giant/Domenic 6 Doug Powell (USA) AZphalt Cycling 1.14 7 Kevin Riseborough (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 1.17 8 DJ Fernandez (USA) CZ Racing 1.18 9 Christian Reidys (USA) Ochsner 1.41 10 Paul Carter (USA) Sharp's Bicycle Racing Team 1.42 11 Tom Reid (USA) Everest Challenge/Eastside Velo 1.51 12 Mark Schaefer (USA) Ogden One 1.59 13 Paul Wolfe (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 14 Eric Sternlicht (USA) Simply Fit/Action Sports 15 Michael Middleton (USA) Team Rhino 2.06 16 Craig Long (USA) ProCon Cycling 2.08 17 Steve Stuart (USA) CZ Racing 2.22 18 Corky Kurtz (USA) Unattached 2.25 19 Byron Mulligan (USA) NCCC 2.44 20 Christopher Rutz (USA) Bicycle Ranch 2.51 21 John Dehnnert (USA) Team Revolution Racing 2.54 22 Raymond Dunn (USA) GS Tucson Racing 3.07 23 Scott Biaggi (USA) GS Tucson Racing 24 Scott Bartel (USA) Unattached 3.28 25 Troy Love (USA) CZ Racing 3.32 26 Don Williams (USA) CZ Racing 4.25 27 Lindsay Crawford (USA) GS Strada 4.28 28 Paul Cooke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 4.30 29 Daniel Whitehill (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 4.39 30 Donald Lewis (USA) Team Rhino 4.44 31 Vaughn Van Note (USA) Sharp's Bicycle Racing Team 5.00 32 Peter Erdoes (USA) Los Malos Racing Club 5.10 33 Mike Wracher (USA) Simply Fit/Action Sports 5.12 34 Ken Jones (USA) CZ Racing 5.13 35 Steve Morton (USA) Hillenbrand Racing 5.17 36 Chris Thompson (USA) GS Tucson Racing 5.45 37 Brock Boring (USA) CZ Racing 5.54 38 Erick Flores (USA) Team VeloSport 6.09 39 Thomas Johnson (USA) Unattached 6.11 40 Rick Cimaglia (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 7.51 41 Richard Allen (USA) Team RPM 11.15 42 Gavin Kennard (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 13.06 43 Mark Fosenburg (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 13.12 44 Rene Lucas (USA) ProCon Cycling 15.07 45 Jeff Traynor (USA) Pinnacle Peak/Mitchum Racing 17.11 46 Joel Austin (USA) Simply Fit/Action Sports 20.38 47 Mike Pierce (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 21.02 48 Juan Quintero (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 49 Phillip Austin (USA) Pinnacle Peak/Mitchum Racing 50 John LaSorsa (USA) Los Malos Racing Club 22.15 51 Jeff Katz (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 23.09 52 Brian Smith (USA) Pinnacle Peak/Mitchum Racing 53 Darik Russell (USA) ProCon Cycling 23.39 54 Craig Liming (USA) M&M Road Club 23.57 55 David Anderson (USA) Team RPM 25.01 56 Efraim Rojas (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 29.37 57 Rick Watson (USA) North Chattanooga Cycle Club 32.48 58 Bzur Haun (USA) Unattached 37.33 59 Al Caccavale (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 39.59 60 Leroy Bloom (USA) Cochise County Cyclists 41.26 61 Steve Diamond (USA) EddieB.Cycling.com 44.07 62 Glenn Harris (USA) Cochise County Cyclists 54.16 General classification after stage 3 1 Doug Loveday (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 4.58.58 2 Eric Sternlicht (USA) Simply Fit/Action Sports 0.58 3 Denny Vaughan (USA) Team Revolution Racing 1.42 4 Brian McGuire (USA) The Olympic Club 1.45 5 Doug Powell (USA) AZphalt Cycling 3.18 6 Christian Reidys (USA) Ochsner 3.20 7 Paul Wolfe (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 3.26 8 DJ Fernandez (USA) CZ Racing 3.48 9 Paul Carter (USA) Sharp's Bicycle Racing Team 3.58 10 Mark Schaefer (USA) Ogden One 4.33 11 Joel Cleare (USA) Giant/Domenic 5.01 12 Craig Long (USA) ProCon Cycling 5.07 13 Scott Biaggi (USA) GS Tucson Racing 5.11 14 Kevin Riseborough (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 5.16 15 Byron Mulligan (USA) NCCC 5.47 16 Link King (USA) Team RPM 6.00 17 Troy Love (USA) CZ Racing 6.03 18 Michael Middleton (USA) Team Rhino 6.14 19 John Dehnnert (USA) Team Revolution Racing 6.15 20 Tom Reid (USA) Everest Challenge/Eastside Velo 6.22 21 Corky Kurtz (USA) Unattached 6.38 22 Raymond Dunn (USA) GS Tucson Racing 6.44 23 Steve Stuart (USA) CZ Racing 7.08 24 Don Williams (USA) CZ Racing 7.56 25 Scott Bartel (USA) Unattached 8.17 26 Donald Lewis (USA) Team Rhino 8.55 27 Lindsay Crawford (USA) GS Strada 28 Paul Cooke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 9.07 29 Ken Jones (USA) CZ Racing 9.44 30 Daniel Whitehill (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 9.54 31 Peter Erdoes (USA) Los Malos Racing Club 10.12 32 Rick Cimaglia (USA) Grand Canyon Racing 10.17 33 Vaughn Van Note (USA) Sharp's Bicycle Racing Team 10.27 34 Steve Morton (USA) Hillenbrand Racing 10.33 35 Mike Wracher (USA) Simply Fit/Action Sports 11.29 36 Chris Thompson (USA) GS Tucson Racing 11.34 37 Erick Flores (USA) Team VeloSport 12.14 38 Christopher Rutz (USA) Bicycle Ranch 15.10 39 Richard Allen (USA) Team RPM 15.12 40 Brock Boring (USA) CZ Racing 17.18 41 Gavin Kennard (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 17.38 42 Mark Fosenburg (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 17.42 43 Thomas Johnson (USA) Unattached 18.58 44 Rene Lucas (USA) ProCon Cycling 20.16 45 Jeff Traynor (USA) Pinnacle Peak/Mitchum Racing 22.14 46 Phillip Austin (USA) Pinnacle Peak/Mitchum Racing 26.44 47 Mike Pierce (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 27.11 48 Darik Russell (USA) ProCon Cycling 29.19 49 John LaSorsa (USA) Los Malos Racing Club 29.31 50 Brian Smith (USA) Pinnacle Peak/Mitchum Racing 30.36 51 Juan Quintero (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 31.35 52 Craig Liming (USA) M&M Road Club 31.41 53 Joel Austin (USA) Simply Fit/Action Sports 32.13 54 Jeff Katz (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 32.22 55 David Anderson (USA) Team RPM 33.45 56 Efraim Rojas (USA) Honeywell Cycling Team 40.11 57 Rick Watson (USA) North Chattanooga Cycle Club 42.26 58 Bzur Haun (USA) Unattached 47.24 59 Steve Diamond (USA) EddieB.Cycling.com 53.34 60 Al Caccavale (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 54.03 61 Leroy Bloom (USA) Cochise County Cyclists 1.10.07 62 Glenn Harris (USA) Cochise County Cyclists 1.26.16
