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Tour of Georgia - 2.3

Georgia, USA, April 22-27, 2003

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Stage 4 - April 26: Dalton - Gainesville, 176km

No Deliverance for Vogels and Navigators

Saturn onslaught propels Horner into race lead; Rodriguez wins again

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Atlanta, Georgia

The chase was on, but not for long
Photo: © Jon Devich
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With the dogwoods blooming among the beautiful hills of the Chatahoochee National Forest, not far from where the cult film Deliverance was shot, Henk Vogels (Navigators) was hoping to hang on to his race leader's jersey today at the Tour of Georgia, but it was the dueling banjos of Team Saturn and Chris Horner who played the tune today.

And Henk just couldn't dance the tune. After three good days clad in the leader's jersey, Henk couldn't match the incredible drive of Saturn on a parcours that didn't particularly suit the powerfully built Vogels. "They [Saturn] were just too strong for us today; they have very good climbers and I wasn't strong enough on the climb to stay with the front group," explained a disappointed Vogels.

Once dropped by the Saturn surge up Woody Gap, Vogels chased hard, but was not with the right chase group and ended up losing 12'27" on the stage, dropping the Aussie to 37th on gc. "It wasn't too bad of a climb, but once there was a gap and we hit the rollers (after the Woody Gap climb) my group just couldn't get across to the main chase group."

The warm glow of glory
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At the Navigators team van, DS Ed Beamon was more philosophical than down after his squad lost the jersey, and explained to Cyclingnews that "[Navigators] was on Saturn's playing field and that made it tough for us today. Still, we had a good race and can be satisfied." Vogels backed up his director's point of view, and said afterwards "My boys were awesome the last few days and I'm really happy with the great results here."

Around the corner at the Saturn team van, the mood was more upbeat, as a delighted Chris Horner exclaimed "This [the leader's jersey] was what we wanted. Today we went hard and this wasn't no gimmee... those were hard climbs today and my Saturn teammates rode great for me today." Horner's teammate and Tour of Langkawi winner Tom Danielson was pleased to be part of Saturn's winning effort today; "It was great to work for Chris today and it was a tough stage. I'm learning a lot here and I wanted to show people I'm not just a climber, that I wouldn't blow on the flats."

Vogels' face says it all
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Tour De Georgia prologue winner Nathan O'Neill echoed his teammate's sentiments when he described the positive vibes flowing at Saturn this season. "Last year I was on an Italian team and it was so old school. At Saturn we have developed a different sense of morale... we're really willing to put it on the line for the next guy." Saturn DS Anje Bek was as happy as his riders; the Polish born Bek is a former assistant director on the Coors Light squad and this time last year, Bek was driving a semi for a living after leaving USA Cycling in 1999. His arrival at Saturn, along with Horner, O'Neill and Danielson has helped bring Saturn to another level this season.

Fred Rodriguez's day turned bittersweet when the Emeryville, CA native looked at the GC after his stage win. After Rodriguez took the 10 second time bonus for the win, Tour De Georgia race leader Horner is now 18 seconds ahead of Rodriguez. But had it not been for the 20" penalty incurred on stage 1's starting circuits, the gap betwen Rodriguez and Horner might be much closer. "My injury in my left leg was bothering me and in the last 10K, it felt like I was only riding with one leg," Fast Freddy told Cyclingnews post-stage. "It's too bad about the penalty Fred got," said the Vini Caldirola-Sidermec director. "But this is still a very good race and we are happy we came."

Hail Horner!
Photo: © Trish Albert
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USPS had an excellent day at the Tour de Georgia, winning the day's team classification. Floyd Landis rode out hard in front, pulling an early break for much of the day. Subsequently, three of his teammates, Michael Barry, Dave Zabriskie and mountain bike champion Roland Green made the key break of the race. Barry looked especially strong in the final and made several bids for freedom on the run-in to Gainesville but was always reeled in. Another team that made all the right moves today was Flanders-Iteamnova. The modest Aussie-Belgian outfit had been quiet up until now, biding their time until today's queen stage. Allan Iacuone made the key break and sprinted in for 3rd on the stage, while his teammate Scott Guyton was 9th, just off the front of the chase group. Both Iacuone and Guyton moved into the top 10 on GC today, certainly giving Flanders-Iteamnova the "little team that could" award at the Tour de Georgia.

On the flipside, Prime Alliance wasn't able to follow Saturn's key move today up Woddy Gap that blew the Tour de Georgia wide open. Look for Dave Clinger to try and move past Scott Guyton into the top 10, who is equal with him on time. With Danny Pate sitting in 12th, 1'40" back and 7-Up's John Lieswyn 3" ahead in 9th, also watch for a struggle between PA & 7-Up to move Pate past Lieswyn.

Sunday's final stage 5 will wrap up the Georgia tour in a 142km circuit race in Atlanta. It's nine laps of a mostly flat course through NE Atlanta and will have three intermediate time sprints on laps 2, 4 and 6 for 3, 2 and 1 seconds as well as the final sprint worth 10, 6 and 4 seconds. The final outcome in the Georgia race is stil up for grabs, but expect Saturn to defend Horner's lead voraciously to ensure final victory.

Photos

Images by Jonathan Devich/thefastrack.com

Images by Tim Maloney/Cyclingnews

  • A tune only Saturn could follow - Tom Danielson, Nathan O'Neill and Chris Horner bask in the post-race afterglow of victory.
  • Pleased as punch - Saturn director Anje Bek and new Tour de Georgia race leader Chris Horner both happy after a job well done.

Images by Trish Albert

Results

1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval         4.49.22
2 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
3 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com
4 Roland Green (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor
5 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor
6 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor        0.05
7 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team
8 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
9 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-IteamNova.com                       1.18
10 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team                1.23
11 Uros Murn (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé
12 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
13 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team
14 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team
15 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
16 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar
17 Vincent Van Rijn (Ned) Dutch National Team
18 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
19 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
20 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
21 Chann McRae (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
22 Jonathan Hamblen (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team
23 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team
24 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis
25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
26 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
27 Jacob Erker (Can) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
28 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank
29 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
30 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor
31 Saul Raisin (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
32 Matteo Cappe' (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé                     1.30
33 Andy Bajadali (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports                      1.43
34 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank
35 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
36 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team           4.54
37 Adham Sbeih (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar                       9.53
38 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor         12.27
39 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team
40 Roman Peter (Swi) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
41 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Cycling Team
42 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team
43 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly
44 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
45 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé
46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
47 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team
48 Jake Rosenbarger (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team             18.52
49 Christopher Pic (USA) 7UP / Maxxis                            21.00
50 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Jelly Belly
51 Marco Gilli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
52 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar
53 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar
54 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
55 Scottie Weiss (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team
56 Dion Murk (Ned) Dutch National Team
57 Conor Hurley (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team
58 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
59 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
60 Jürgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-IteamNova.com
61 Niko Biskner (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar
62 Todd Littlehales (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar
63 Jon Erdelyi (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
64 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
65 Robbie Ventura (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor
66 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team
67 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team
68 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly
69 Chris Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly
70 David Wenger (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team
71 Michael Jones (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team
72 Jeff Angermann (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
73 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
74 Shawn Willard (USA) Colavita Bolla
75 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
76 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team
77 Wouters Mol (Ned) Dutch National Team
78 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
79 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Dutch National Team
80 Markus Wimmer (Aut) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé
81 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly
82 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Bolla
83 Jos Pronk (Ned) Dutch National Team
84 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com
85 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank
86 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
87 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team
88 Russell Hambey (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
89 Douglas Ziewacz (USA) 7UP / Maxxis
90 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé
91 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Bolla
92 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
93 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
94 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
95 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com
96 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé
97 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
98 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com
99 Brice Jones (USA) 7UP / Maxxis
100 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP / Maxxis
101 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Cycling Team
102 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Dutch National Team
103 Miguel Angel Meza Flores (Mex) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
104 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7UP / Maxxis
105 Gregory Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis
106 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling Team
107 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) Jelly Belly
108 Dane Jankowiak (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
109 Pete Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
110 Jason Mccartney (USA) 7UP / Maxxis
111 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor
112 Aaron Olsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team
113 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly
114 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly                               44.25
115 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar
116 Dirk Peetoom (Ned) Dutch National Team
117 Andrew Deters (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team
 
Teams
 
1 US Postal Service                                           14.28.11
2 Saturn                                                          0.05
3 Vini Caldiroal Sidermec                                         2.41
4 OFOTO Lombardi Sports                                           4.04
5 Rabobank                                                        4.24
6 Prime Alliance                                                  7.35
7 Schroeder Iron                                                 15.08
8 Formaggi Pinzolo                                               15.15
9 Flanders Iteamnova                                             22.13
10 Navigators                                                    26.12
11 Sierra Nevada Clif Bar                                        32.11
12 Jittery Joe's Coffee                                          41.10
13 Webcor                                                        43.18
14 West Virginia Pro Cycling
15 Dutch National
16 7 Up Maxxis
17 Jelly Belly Carlsbad Clothing                                 54.22
18 Colavita Bolla                                              1.02.55
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                      19.57.57
2 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team                        0.12
3 Roland Green (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor           0.18
4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
5 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor          0.21
6 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor        0.24
7 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                         0.25
8 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com                       0.27
9 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis                                 1.37
10 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-IteamNova.com
11 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team                1.38
12 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team                   1.40
13 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                         1.41
14 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team                      1.44
15 Jacob Erker (Can) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team                  1.46
16 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
17 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports                         1.47
18 Chann McRae (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team                  1.49
19 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar
20 Saul Raisin (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports                        1.51
21 Uros Murn (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé                         1.53
22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
23 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team                  1.56
24 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                  1.58
25 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
26 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor Cycling Team                         2.00
27 Vincent Van Rijn (Ned) Dutch National Team                     2.08
28 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval          2.09
29 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor          2.12
30 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                 2.15
31 Andy Bajadali (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports                      2.18
32 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                               2.58
33 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval      3.02
34 Jonathan Hamblen (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team              3.24
35 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team           9.03
36 Matteo Cappe' (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé                    10.38
37 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Cycling Team                     12.27
38 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team                12.49
39 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team             12.54
40 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor
41 Roman Peter (Swi) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports                       12.57
42 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team             12.58
43 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly                             12.59
44 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team                  13.06
45 David De La Fuente (Spa) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval     14.21
46 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé                16.34
47 Adham Sbeih (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar                      20.05
48 Miguel Angel Meza Flores (Mex) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team    21.19
49 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                       21.25
50 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team             21.28
51 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team               21.29
52 Dane Jankowiak (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team              21.34
53 Douglas Ziewacz (USA) 7UP / Maxxis
54 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Jelly Belly                             21.35
55 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                      21.35
56 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
57 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP / Maxxis                              21.36
58 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
59 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team                21.37
60 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team                 21.38
61 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) Jelly Belly                             21.40
62 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval
63 Scottie Weiss (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team                21.41
64 Christopher Pic (USA) 7UP / Maxxis                            21.43
65 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé                    21.46
66 Brice Jones (USA) 7UP / Maxxis                                21.47
67 Pete Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team                21.50
68 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor
69 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team
70 Russell Hambey (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports                    21.57
71 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly                            22.11
72 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling Team                   22.18
73 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                      22.22
74 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7UP / Maxxis                               22.45
75 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Bolla                          22.46
76 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar                   23.03
77 Todd Littlehales (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar                 23.11
78 Conor Hurley (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team                 23.13
79 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Dutch National Team                     23.24
80 Jake Rosenbarger (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team             23.42
81 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly                                 23.46
82 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling Team                      23.49
83 Dion Murk (Ned) Dutch National Team
84 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Cycling Team                    24.04
85 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling Team                        24.13
86 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly                                24.16
87 Jeff Angermann (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
88 Chris Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly                                24.21
89 Shawn Willard (USA) Colavita Bolla                            24.27
90 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank                                    24.32
91 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com                 24.34
92 Robbie Ventura (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor       24.51
93 Jon Erdelyi (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports                       25.05
94 Jos Pronk (Ned) Dutch National Team                           25.13
95 Jürgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-IteamNova.com                   25.31
96 Marco Gilli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval            25.33
97 Gregory Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis                          25.42
98 David Wenger (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team                 25.46
99 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Bolla                               25.48
100 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com                    25.55
101 Wouters Mol (Ned) Dutch National Team                        26.03
102 Aaron Olsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Cycling Team                26.07
103 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                        26.20
104 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com                  26.28
105 Markus Wimmer (Aut) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé                   26.51
106 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé                 27.08
107 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Dutch National Team                   27.19
108 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank                                27.48
109 Niko Biskner (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar                    29.41
110 Jason Mccartney (USA) 7UP / Maxxis                           34.37
111 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar                      43.12
112 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team                     46.08
113 Dirk Peetoom (Ned) Dutch National Team                       50.03
114 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly                               52.20
115 Michael Jones (USA) West Virginia Cycling Team               57.04
116 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada-Clif Bar                 1.05.36
117 Andrew Deters (USA) Jittery Joe's Cycling Team             1.15.47

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