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Sea Otter Classic - 2.3
Monterey, California, USA, April 9 - 12, 2003
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Stage 3 - April 11: Circuit race, Laguna Seca, 40 km/60 km
Bessette and Creed take Laguna Seca Circuit Race
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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What was originally supposed to be a criterium in downtown Santa Cruz today, the third stage of the Sea Otter Classic featured a circuit race on the Laguna Seca Raceway. Traditionally a featured stage, the circuit race was not on the schedule for this year until late yesterday afternoon when officials decided that the race needed to be made harder after stage one's nullification in the men's event. Even though the women completed the opening day's road stage, they too were forced to alter their race schedule, much to the disappointment of the sprinters who were looking for a stage win. Instead of a flat criterium, today's stage included a steep 500 meter climb as part of the 2.3 mile circuit of which the women raced ten laps and the men fifteen.
Women: Bessette lights the fire after a slow start
The women's race started slowly in disgust that they too had to suffer due to the men's situation, however after five laps the race began to unfold.
The Saturn girls went on the attack on the hill forcing Genevieve Jeanson (Rona-Esker) to chase. As the pace picked up the girls were rapidly getting dropped and the field split into two main groups. Over the next two laps Manon Jutras and Lyne Bessette both put in strong attempts to break away, however they couldn't lose Jeanson, who was right on every move. Finally with three laps to go Bessette attacked hard up the hill taking Jeanson with her and forming the decisive break. They worked hard together, Bessette happy to be moving up on Kimberly Bruckner (T-Mobile) on GC and Jeanson happy to be gaining more time on the field. "We shared the work," Jeanson said, "but Lyne did most of it."
Bessette was happy with her win although said she had to work har.d "I attacked twice with a few laps to go and it took me a while to recover, I was lucky to have Ina's wheel to sit on, because it's the safest wheel to be on. So I recovered a half lap, and then when the bunch caught Manon and Genevieve they slowed down, so I just kept my rhythm and Ina said 'you have a gap, just go', so I went and Genevieve was there but she was the only one."
T-Mobile was on the chase for the last three laps, with four riders on the front, but they couldn't make an impression until the last half lap where they brought the break to within thirteen seconds, enough to keep Bruckner in second place overall.
In the final sprint it was Bessette taking the win over Jeanson, and Laura Van Gilder taking the field sprint for third place ahead of Magali LeFloch (Rona) and Sandy Espeseth (Victory Brewing).
Men's race gets aggro
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The men's race started with a lot more aggression. On lap two, Michael Barry (US Postal) and Mike Sayers (Health Net) got a 10 second gap, soon to be caught and countered by Michael Creed (Prime Alliance) and Chris Fisher (Jelly Belly) who made 20 seconds on the field. Behind them a chase group of three bridged the gap and formed a break, initially stretching out to 43 seconds. Joining Creed and Fisher were Dave Zabriskie (US Postal); Steve Larsen (Webcor); and Tom Danielson (Saturn). The pace was high as the Saturn team kept the break from growing again and the peloton was split into two and then three chasing groups. Saturn managed to bring back the break altogether and the bunch persisted with counterattacks, but it was Creed's attack at five laps to go that made the difference. With Danielson covering the move the two quickly opened up a gap of 43 seconds.
With four laps remaining, US Postal attacked out of the chase group but without success. At that point the leading duo increased their lead to 1:04. With Saturn setting tempo behind to ensure that O'Neill kept the jersey, Danielson stopped working. With one lap to go, the gap held at 33 seconds, and Danielson put in one last attack at the base of the climb. Creed managed to stay on his wheel all the way to the top knowing that if he got over the hill he could win the sprint. "I was hurting so much up the hill, it was really hard, I think I only had one eye open and I was looking only at Tom's cassette, but I made it to the top, and from there I knew I could win."
And he was right, as Creed outsprinted Danielson at the line for his first pro career win. "I'm very happy to win today, I am usually a helper, but today it worked out that I could get a result for myself." With the field rapidly closing behind them, it was super sprinter Gord Fraser (Health Net) taking the sprint for third ahead of Chris Horner (Saturn) and Barry.
Tomorrow's stage is a long road race that winds around the Monterey Peninsula and Carmel Valley.
Photography
Images by Bob Wilson/Bob Wilson Photography
- The start was a slow one as the women were not happy about their race being rescheduled
- Amber Neben (T-Mobile) in the thick of it on lap one
- Here comes the cavalry
- Laura Van Gilder (Saturn) at the top of the Laguna Seca 'corkscrew'
- Lyne Bessette leads the peloton at about the mid-way point
- Riders descend from the hill on the Laguna Seca course
- Genevieve Jeanson and Lyne Bessette worked together in a powerful breakaway
- Lyne Bessette leads the break
- Lyne Bessette celebrates as she beats Jeanson to the line
- Genevieve Jeanson waits for the award ceremony
- Genevieve Jeanson gives an interview
- Rugged up against the chill, Lyne Bessette waits for the podium
- The women's podium
- Somewhere in there is a bike race
- Sea Otter only gets a few riders entering
- A bunch of lollies… or a pair of Jelly Belly riders.
- Saturn leads the bunch out
- Saturn riders sticking together
- The breakaway is on
- Ever get the feeling you are being followed?
- Sweeping corners that are usually the domain of race cars
- A brief chance to catch your breath
- The breakaway continues
- … then you add the chilli and black pepper.
- Michael Creed (Prime Alliance) crosses the line
- The race for third place
- Third place winner Gord Fraser (Health Net)
- Second place went to Tom Danielson of Saturn
- And in first place, Michael Creed
- Michael Creed also wears the green jersey
Images by Mark Shimahara/Bikezen.com
- After several laps a break begins to form.
- The inital break included Zabriskie (USPS), Pate (Prime Aliance), Danielson (Saturn), Larsen (AltoVelo), and McManus (Jelly Belly-Carlsbad).
- Saturn tried to control the race and protect their overall GC.
- The technical track and strong winds broke the pack in pieces. Here Lieswyn (7-Up) and Friedrick (Jelly Belly-Carlsbad) lead a chase.
- Despite controlling the field throughout the race, the Saturn train couldn't hold back Creed.
- The initial break of five dwindled to just Michael Creed and Tom Danielson.
- Creed wins stage 3.
- Fraser wins the field sprint for third place.
- Teammate and friend Danny Pate congratulates Creed on his victory.
Results
Women 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.57.45 2 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 3 Gilder Laura Van (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.12 4 Magali Lefloch (Fra) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 5 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 6 Melissa Holt (NZl) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 7 Karen Bockel (Ger) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 8 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Genesis-Scuba 9 Christine Thorburn (USA) Red 5 Racing 10 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 11 Amber Neben (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 12 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 13 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 14 Dede Barry (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 15 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 16 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 17 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 18 Kim Anderson (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 1.57 19 Emma Rickards (Aus) Goldys 2.16 20 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldys 21 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis 22 Gina Hall (USA) Euroduds 23 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Intermountain Cycling 24 Beth Leasure (USA) Veloclips 25 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Velobella 26 Jane Despas (USA) Euroduds 27 Michellie Jones (USA) Total Trainer 28 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling 29 Helene Drumm (USA) Basis 30 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 31 Brooke Ourada (USA) Goldys 32 Nicole Demars (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 33 Charm Breon (USA) Veloclips 34 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 2.24 35 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis-Scuba 2.46 36 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis-Scuba 37 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 38 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 2.55 39 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Red 5 Racing 3.58 40 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 41 April Henderson (USA) Total Trainer 42 Catherine Powers (USA) Total Trainer 43 Cynthia Mommson (USA) Euroduds 4.25 44 Julia Hawley (Ber) Basis 5.28 45 Erin Kassoy (USA) Basis 46 Sophie St Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 47 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Velobella 6.26 48 Kristin Drumm (USA) Euroduds 6.35 49 Christy Kopasz (USA) Intermountain Cycling 7.05 50 Cynthia Carroll (USA) Goldys 51 Cathy Bearce (USA) Total Trainer 52 Kele Hulser (USA) Veloclips 53 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis-Scuba 54 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Cycling 55 Heidi Stamm (USA) Intermountain Cycling 56 Michelle Beltran (USA) Red 5 Racing 57 Emily Kachorek (USA) Red 5 Racing 58 Larssyn Staley (USA) Genesis-Scuba 8.37 59 Mary Kneeland (USA) Intermountain Cycling 60 Julia Bradley (Can) Veloclips 61 Jody Kosinski (USA) Genesis-Scuba 10.33 62 Troy Watson (USA) Goldys 63 Cory Irimes (USA) Velobella 18.01 DNF Lisa Hunt (USA) Euroduds DNF Jenny Eyerman (USA) Red 5 Racing DNF Judy Hay (USA) Velobella DNS Nicole Freedman (USA) Basis DNF Suzanne Macht (Can) Goldys DNF Natalie Scott (USA) Veloclips General classification after stage 3 1 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 3.19.11 2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 1.31 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 1.39 4 Amber Neben (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 2.06 5 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 2.10 6 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 2.42 7 Dede Barry (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 2.49 8 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Genesis-Scuba 2.56 9 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 3.13 10 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 3.28 11 Christine Thorburn (USA) Red 5 Racing 3.37 12 Karen Bockel (Ger) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 4.23 13 Kim Anderson (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 5.13 14 Nicole Demars (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 6.41 15 Magali Lefloch (Fra) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 8.57 16 Charm Breon (USA) Veloclips 13.38 17 Michellie Jones (USA) Total Trainer 14.05 18 Jane Despas (USA) Euroduds 15.00 19 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis-Scuba 15.05 20 Emma Rickards (Aus) Goldys 15.21 21 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis-Scuba 15.57 22 Gina Hall (USA) Euroduds 16.12 23 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Team T-Mobile Mobile USA 16.17 24 Melissa Holt (NZl) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 16.53 25 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 17.13 26 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 17.54 27 Gilder Laura Van (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 18.23 28 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Intermountain Cycling 19.16 29 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Equipe Cycliste Rona-Esker 19.21 30 Brooke Ourada (USA) Goldys 19.35 31 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Velobella 19.40 32 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling 20.59 33 Beth Leasure (USA) Veloclips 21.29 34 Cynthia Mommson (USA) Euroduds 21.34 35 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis 21.41 36 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Red 5 Racing 21.47 37 Helene Drumm (USA) Basis 21.50 38 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 22.17 39 April Henderson (USA) Total Trainer 22.56 40 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldys 23.09 41 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 23.27 42 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 24.12 43 Erin Kassoy (USA) Basis 25.07 44 Catherine Powers (USA) Total Trainer 25.19 45 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Velobella 26.16 46 Sophie St Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 26.28 47 Julia Hawley (Ber) Basis 26.45 48 Cathy Bearce (USA) Total Trainer 26.58 49 Kristin Drumm (USA) Euroduds 26.59 50 Kele Hulser (USA) Veloclips 27.24 51 Christy Kopasz (USA) Intermountain Cycling 27.44 52 Heidi Stamm (USA) Intermountain Cycling 28.13 53 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Cycling 28.54 54 Cynthia Carroll (USA) Goldys 29.12 55 Michelle Beltran (USA) Red 5 Racing 29.17 56 Emily Kachorek (USA) Red 5 Racing 29.32 57 Larssyn Staley (USA) Genesis-Scuba 29.41 58 Mary Kneeland (USA) Intermountain Cycling 30.35 59 Julia Bradley (Can) Veloclips 30.45 60 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis-Scuba 31.49 61 Jody Kosinski (USA) Genesis-Scuba 32.32 62 Troy Watson (USA) Goldys 35.01 63 Cory Irimes (USA) Velobella 53.03 Men 1 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 1.16.46 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net 0.14 4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 5 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 6 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance 7 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance 8 Gregory Henderson (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 9 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service 10 Andy Jacques-Mayne (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 11 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 12 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 13 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling Team 14 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 15 Dave Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 16 Jacob Erker (Can) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 17 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 18 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 19 Douglas Ziewacz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 20 Jeff Angerman (USA) Webcor 21 Ben Jacques-Mayne (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 22 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly 23 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly 24 Johnathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 25 Victor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 26 Brice Jones (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 27 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 28 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 29 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 30 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor 31 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 32 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 33 Saul Raisin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 34 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net 35 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 36 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 37 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 38 Aaron Olsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 39 Mark Mccormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.30 40 Todd Littlehales (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 1.26 41 Peter Lopinto (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 1.53 42 Russell Hamby (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 1.54 43 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 44 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 45 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor 46 Nat Faulkner (Can) Gears Racing 2.00 47 Peter Sanowar (Can) Gears Racing 48 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly 49 Robbie Ventura (USA) US Postal Service 50 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net 51 Johnathan Page (USA) Prime Alliance 52 John Kelly (USA) Webcor 53 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 54 John Hunt (USA) Health Net 55 Nic Brown (Aus) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 4.17 56 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net 4.27 56 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 58 Bjorn Ossenbrink (Ger) Team Diabetic 59 Rigoberto Meza (Mex) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 60 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly 61 Joe Chapman (NZl) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 62 Charles Coyle (USA) Marco Polo 63 Roman Kilun (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 64 Chann Mc Rae (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 65 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor 66 Michael Moore (Can) Gears Racing 67 Eneas Freyre (USA) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 68 Dylan Sebel (Can) CDS/WCS 69 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 70 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo 71 Hugh Moran (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 72 Lionel Syne (Bel) Webcor 73 Chris Isaac (Can) Gears Racing 74 Roman Peter (Swi) Ofoto/Lombardi 75 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Marco Polo 76 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 77 Jon Tarkington (USA) Marco Polo 78 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net 79 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 80 Chris Mcgovern (USA) Health Net 81 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 82 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 83 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 84 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 85 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7UP/Maxxis 86 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 87 Bill Innes (USA) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 88 Remi Mc Manus (USA) Jelly Belly 89 Dan Maggiacomo (Can) Gears Racing 90 Devon Hoff-Weekes (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 6.32 Time limit 9.13 91 Sterling Magnell (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 10.10 92 Dave Wyandt (USA) Webcor 93 Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital 94 Kenny Labbe (USA) US Postal Service 11.01 95 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 96 Keith Szolusha (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 97 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Team Diabetic 98 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 99 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor 13.27 100 Michael Lange (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 101 Todd Coglon (USA) Broadmark Capital 102 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 103 Rob Campbell (USA) Broadmark Capital 104 Jason Davis (USA) Team Diabetic 105 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 15.16 106 Craig Deveer (Can) Gears Racing 17.50 107 Ryan Barrett (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 108 Jaques Andre Benoit (USA) Team Diabetic 1.13.19 DNF Christopher Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Miguel Meza (Mex) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling DNS Alexandr Kozlov (Blr) Health Net DNF Marco Aledia (USA) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap DNF Andy Crater (USA) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap DNS Timothy Wilson (Aus) Marco Polo DNS Matt Usborne (Can) Marco Polo DNF Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Marco Polo DNF Tyler Thompson (USA) Broadmark Capital DQ Adrian Elzinga (Can) CDS/WCS DNF Greg Harris (Can) CDS/WCS DNF Kurt Hackler (USA) CDS/WCS DNF Shawn Depew (USA) Team Diabetic General classififcation after stage 3 1 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 1.43.01 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.52 3 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1.16 4 Dave Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1.19 5 Johnathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 2.29 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 2.33 7 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 2.37 8 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor 2.44 9 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly 2.51 10 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 2.52 11 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling Team 2.59 12 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3.01 13 Douglas Ziewacz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 3.03 14 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 3.06 15 Victor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 3.07 16 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 3.10 17 Gregory Henderson (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 3.14 18 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 3.17 19 Ben Jacques-Mayne (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 20 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net 3.21 21 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service 22 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net 3.23 23 Saul Raisin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 3.24 24 Andy Jacques-Mayne (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 3.33 25 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 3.42 26 Jacob Erker (Can) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 3.46 27 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 3.47 28 Mark Mccormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3.52 29 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 3.53 30 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly 3.55 31 Aaron Olsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 4.11 32 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 4.17 33 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance 4.40 34 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 4.43 35 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 4.51 36 Jeff Angerman (USA) Webcor 5.01 37 John Kelly (USA) Webcor 5.06 38 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 5.12 39 Brice Jones (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 5.17 40 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance 5.18 41 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor 5.30 42 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 5.53 43 John Hunt (USA) Health Net 5.58 44 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net 5.59 45 Robbie Ventura (USA) US Postal Service 6.48 46 Todd Littlehales (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 47 Peter Sanowar (Can) Gears Racing 7.06 48 Russell Hamby (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 7.08 49 Johnathan Page (USA) Prime Alliance 7.12 50 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly 7.31 51 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 7.38 52 Peter Lopinto (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 8.08 53 Dylan Sebel (Can) CDS/WCS 8.09 54 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 8.12 55 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 8.17 56 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 8.23 57 Chann Mc Rae (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 8.25 58 Chris Mcgovern (USA) Health Net 8.30 59 Nat Faulkner (Can) Gears Racing 8.39 60 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor 8.51 61 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 9.06 62 Chris Isaac (Can) Gears Racing 9.11 63 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 9.14 64 Bill Innes (USA) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 9.24 65 Nic Brown (Aus) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 9.27 66 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net 67 Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7UP/Maxxis 9.41 68 Roman Kilun (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 9.50 69 Roman Peter (Swi) Ofoto/Lombardi 9.55 70 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 71 Bjorn Ossenbrink (Ger) Team Diabetic 9.56 72 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net 73 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 10.08 74 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 75 Michael Moore (Can) Gears Racing 10.14 76 Eneas Freyre (USA) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 10.16 77 Jon Tarkington (USA) Marco Polo 10.17 78 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly 10.24 79 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Marco Polo 10.26 80 Remi Mc Manus (USA) Jelly Belly 10.28 81 Charles Coyle (USA) Marco Polo 10.31 82 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo 10.39 83 Joe Chapman (NZl) Lemond Fitness/CRA-Z Soap 10.40 84 Rigoberto Meza (Mex) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling 10.41 85 Lionel Syne (Bel) Webcor 10.55 86 Dan Maggiacomo (Can) Gears Racing 11.14 87 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada - Cannondale 11.16 88 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 11.24 89 Hugh Moran (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 12.39 90 Devon Hoff-Weekes (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 14.58
