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Tour of Georgia - 2.3Georgia, USA, April 20-25, 2004Main Page Results Previous stage Next stage Stage 2 : April 21 - Thomaston - Columbus, 189.9 kmSuper Mario Discovers America; Cipollini Wins Stage Two In ColumbusBy Tim Maloney "I'm sorry I waited so long to discover America!" said a delighted Mario Cipollini after his powerful surge to victory on 10th Street in the western Georgia city of Columbus, named so appropriately after his countryman Christopher Columbus "discovered" the New World over half a millennium before. Cyclingnews asked Cipollini about his win as his Domina Vacanze team-mates embraced him in a post-stage celebration and the 37 year old was happy to have notched his 188th career victory and second of the 2004 season. "It's really great satisfaction for me to win here", said a smiling Cipollini, who is clearly delighted with the warm reception he is finding in America. "It's great to be part of this event; not just in a sporting sense, but it's great to see the welcome along the roads from the people and all the schoolkids lined up." Mario's Domina Vacanze team-mates were all smiles too; his faithful right-hand man Mario Scirea told Cyclingnews post-stage that "we didn't come all this way to America not to win", while Alessio Galletti explained how Domina won the battle of the lead-out trains with Healthnet and Colnago-Landbouwkrediet. "On the last lap, I pulled until 3km to go, and then Scirea and Lombardi took over. We knew we had to wait until the final circuit and our train worked perfectly today. It's a good sign with the Giro d'Italia coming up." Cipo's new American team-mate David Clinger also had a key role today as sweeper, protecting Cipollini's wheel. "It was hard today; I was getting chopped by everyone who was fighting for position behind him," explained the Woodland Hills, CA native who now lives in Andorra. Although Cipo took the win over Ivan Dominguez (Colavita-Bolla) by a wheel, the outcome might have been closer if the talented Cuban hadn't made the rookie mistake of throwing his bike early. Dominguez tried to jump Cipo with the same move that Alessandro Petacchi has used to bedevil his fellow Tuscan. Cipo was somewhat surprised by the finishing speed of the Cuban sprinter, saying that "(Domina Vacanze) had to take the lead early so we could control the sprint and as I was waiting the right moment to come off Lombardi's wheel, (Dominguez) jumped sooner. We asked Ivan how he dared to jump the vaunted Cipo train and the likeable Cuban smiled, saying "I was behind Gord (Fraser) on the last lap, like ten wheels back and we came through the last corner almost in the same place. He went for a wheel but I decided to keep going because I like a long sprint. I started going, going, going and I was checking the riders on my left. They were like a bike and a half behind me and as we got close to the finish, I got confused with the finish line. I threw my bike at the wrong line and when I went again, it was too late." But the rapid Dominguez was still happy with his performance and certainly will be a man to watch in the remaining sprint finishes in Georgia. 26 year old Ofoto man Scott Zwizanski is a new face on the podium in the Dodge Tour de Georgia, as the former swimmer out of Spring City, Pennsylvania took the first King of the Mountains jersey in this years Tour. Part of the days four man break, Zwisanski told Cyclingnews that "I got in the break and just decided to go for it. In the first sprint, I jumped the other guys and in the second, it was real close with Walters." One year ago when the inaugural Dodge Tour of Georgia finished in Columbus, it was a diminutive Italian sprinter, Moreno Di Biase who took the stage win in Columbus. This time around, the bigger and better Georgia Tour had the biggest and best Italian sprinter of all time take the winners bouquet: Mario Cipollini. How It HappenedStarting in the central Georgia hamlet of Thomaston, Stage Two was run in cooler temperatures than muggy Stage One as the Dodge Tour de Georgia parcours traversed west across the Georgia piedmont to Columbus. After a preliminary attack and solo move by Ofoto's Erik Saunders, Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance) made a move that got a gap after 25km and was quickly joined by Zwisanski (Ofoto) and Will Frischkorn (Colavita-Bolla). Tour de France stage winner Jacob Piil bridged across to the trio and as the quartet left Woodland, the gap had risen to 1'30" as the chase behind relented. Up and down through the piny woods of Georgia, the quartet powered away through Shiloh and up towards the first KOM near Warm Springs, home of FDR's Little White House and Zwisanski took the points. As the peloton passed Dowdells Knob and entered Meriwether County, Maillot Jaune Fraser's Healthnet squad and Cipo's Domina boys kept the gap at 2'05". Frischkorn was Dodge Tour de Georgia leader on the road and the talented 22 year old from Charlottesville, Virginia told Cyclingnews that "we thought that the move would come back eventually but we worked together well the whole way," explained Frischkorn. Frischkorn took the days sprint points in Pine Mountain after 106km with the gap at 3' back to the peloton. 14km later at the 2nd KOM at FDR State Park with 120km raced. 40km remained before the finishing circuits began in downtown Columbus and the chasers behind upped the pace and 15km later, the gap had dropped to 1'45". At the base of one of the steepest climbs on the stage with 35km to race, Frischkorn flatted and had to chase hard up a 3km climb to rejoin the peloton. "It was unfortunate", Frischkorn laughed philosophically post-stage. "I planned it that way just for fun." Healthnet and Domina continued to pound away behind the break and eventually, the quartet was reeled in just inside the Columbus city limits with 21km to go. As the three 3.4km finishing circuits began, Healthnet and Domina stopped collaborating and began the battle of the lead-out trains. The American squad battled valiantly for Maillot Jaune Fraser, but with a tired Jason McCartney dropping off and an untimely flat for Chris Wherry, Healthnet were just out muscled and outclassed by Cipo's Domina boys, arguably one of the best in the business at delivering their man to the line. Post-stage, Cyclingnews caught up with USPS-Berry Floor director Johan Bruyneel. Johan explained that "today was a good day; when we saw there were four guys up the road and Healthnet controlling things, it was positive for us. On the finishing circuits, it's always a little stressful in the last 15km. You want to watch the crashes and the gaps if you are looking at the overall gc." When we asked Bruyneel about Lance's plans for tomorrow's TT, he told he expected the five-time Tour winner to go all-out for the win. "For us, the Tour of Georgia starts tomorrow. There are a lot of good guys; Julich had an excellent Pays Basque and Voight too. And Horner has won everything (in America) this year. But we have Lance, Ekimov and George (Hincapie). But I think the race will be won in the mountains." Thursday April 22Stage Three: Carrolton-Rome / 126km Stage Four: Rome Individual Time Trial / 30km PhotographyImages by Mark Zalewski/Cyclingnews.com
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Results1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.40.44 2 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 3 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 4 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 5 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 6 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 7 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 10 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 11 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 12 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 13 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 14 Nieko Biskner (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 15 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 16 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 17 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 18 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 20 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 21 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 22 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Insurance 23 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 24 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 26 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 27 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Builders 28 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 29 Christopher Pic (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 30 Peter Lopinto (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 31 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 32 Imanol Ayestaran Odriozola (Spa) Webcor Builders 33 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 34 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 35 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 36 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 37 John Murphy (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 38 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 39 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National 40 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Sierra Nevada Cycling 41 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 42 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 43 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 44 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 45 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 46 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor Builders 47 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 48 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 49 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 50 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Webcor Builders 51 Sterling Magnell (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 52 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Team CSC 53 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 54 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 55 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 56 Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 57 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 58 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 59 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 60 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saeco-Saunier Duval 61 Tim Johnson (USA) Saeco-Saunier Duval 62 Trent Klasna (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 63 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 64 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 65 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Sierra Nevada Cycling 66 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 67 Daniel Bowman (USA) USA National 68 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 69 Dominique Perras (Can) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 70 Jason Bausch (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 71 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 72 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 73 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 74 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA National 75 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 76 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 77 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 78 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 79 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 80 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 81 Colby Pearce (USA) USA National 82 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 83 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 84 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 85 Timothy Duggan (USA) USA National 86 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 87 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) USA National 88 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 89 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders 90 Marc Hagenlocher (USA) Webcor Builders 91 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Jelly Belly/Aramark 92 James Schneider (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 93 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 94 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 95 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 96 Thad Dulin (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 97 Blake Caldwell (USA) USA National 98 Justin England (USA) Webcor Builders 99 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 100 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 101 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 102 Ben Stafford (USA) Webcor Builders 103 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 104 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 105 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 106 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 107 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 108 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 109 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance 110 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.44 111 Ian Macgregor (USA) USA National 2.21 112 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 4.55 113 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 5.24 Teams 1 Jelly Belly-Aramark 23.59.09 2 Ofoto Cycling Team 3 Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented By Maxxis 4 Team CSC 5 Colavita Olive Oil Pro Cycling Team Presented By Bolla Wines 6 Domina Vacanze 7 Team Barloworld - Androni Giocattoli 8 US Postal Service Presented By Berry Floor 9 Sierra Nevada Cycling 10 The Jittery Joe's Cycling Team 11 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 Webcor Cycling Team 13 Saeco-Saunier Duval-Prodir/Mixed Team 14 USA National 15 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 0.29 General classification after stage 2 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 7.59.28 2 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 0.03 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.05 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.11 5 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 0.15 6 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 7 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 8 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 9 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 10 Nieko Biskner (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 11 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 13 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 14 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Builders 15 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 17 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 18 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 19 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 21 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 22 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 23 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 24 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 25 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor Builders 26 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 27 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 28 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 29 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 30 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 31 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 32 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 33 Christopher Pic (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 34 Imanol Ayestaran Odriozola (Spa) Webcor Builders 35 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Team CSC 36 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 37 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Sierra Nevada Cycling 38 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 39 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 40 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 41 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 42 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43 Dominique Perras (Can) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 44 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 45 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 46 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 47 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 48 Tim Johnson (USA) Saeco-Saunier Duval 49 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 50 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saeco-Saunier Duval 51 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 52 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 53 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 54 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 55 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 56 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders 57 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 58 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 59 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 60 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 61 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Jelly Belly/Aramark 62 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA National 63 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 64 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 65 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 66 Colby Pearce (USA) USA National 67 Timothy Duggan (USA) USA National 68 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 69 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 70 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 71 Thad Dulin (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 72 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 73 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 0.44 74 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 75 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 76 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 77 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 78 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 79 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 80 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 81 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 82 Justin England (USA) Webcor Builders 0.57 83 Trent Klasna (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 1.01 84 Daniel Bowman (USA) USA National 85 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 86 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) USA National 87 James Schneider (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 88 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 1.11 89 Marc Hagenlocher (USA) Webcor Builders 1.18 90 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 1.20 91 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Webcor Builders 92 Blake Caldwell (USA) USA National 93 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 94 Ben Stafford (USA) Webcor Builders 95 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 96 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National 1.30 97 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1.40 98 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Sierra Nevada Cycling 99 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance 100 Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 1.49 101 Peter Lopinto (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 2.15 102 John Murphy (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 103 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 2.23 104 Jason Bausch (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 105 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 106 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 107 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 108 Sterling Magnell (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 2.40 109 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 3.04 110 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 5.01 111 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 5.39 112 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 6.30 113 Ian Macgregor (USA) USA National 9.31 Back to top |
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