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Sea Otter Classic - 2.2

California, USA, April 14-16, 2005

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Stage 2 - April 16: Fort Ord Road Race, 222km

A day for the workers as Armstrong and Ollenrenshaw triumph

By Kristy Scrymgeour

Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) wins the Sea Otter road race
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Another gruelling day on the roads on and around Laguna Seca made for some exciting racing to wrap up the Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Stage race for 2005. Both T-Mobile and Health Net kept the leader's jersey within the team for the final, with Kristin Armstrong holding onto her lead in the women's event - the jersey swapped hands once again to yet another Health Net rider in the men's event, with Doug Ollerenshaw taking the stage and the overall.

The women's race consisted of seven laps on a 10.2 mile circuit around the dead roads of Fort Ord before heading back into Laguna Seca Raceway for a final lap and a half.
An early break saw five riders head up the road early in the race, gaining a substantial lead. In the break was Mari Holden (T-Mobile), Grace Fleury (Quark), Felicia Greer (Webcor), Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) and Rebecca Larson (Colavita/Cooking Light).

Eventually the field became nervous of the break's advantage, with Quark working hard to bring it back. As the break got a little closer, T-Mobile's Ina Teutenberg went on the attack to bridge the gap; not long after joining them she attacked the break in her customary 'Superwoman' style - it was simple - "They were sitting on me," said Teutenberg, "and Mari was getting dropped, so I decided to go myself."

Kristin Armstrong (T-Mobile) wins the Sea Otter road race
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Teutenberg powered away to gain over a minute on the field, holding the gap for about 40km. Finally back with the bunch, Christine Thorburn (Webcor) saw the urgency to get further up the road and attacked, taking Kristin Armstrong and Tina Pic with her. The three caught the original break which eventually split under the pace on the climbs. The four remaining riders - Pic, Armstrong, Thorburn and Fleury were the only ones left from the original break.

With Teutenberg up the road Armstrong was able to sit comfortably, letting the other three do the work to chase. Thorburn and Pic didn't want to waste themselves, keeping some energy in reserve for a likely final effort, but Fleury put it on the line for her teammate Pic and drove the chase, eventually nearing Teutenberg.

"Thank God Grace was there," said Pic after the race. "She totally sacrificed."

With Teutenberg in sight, Thorburn decided to attack again, preempting another T-Mobile move, but Pic and Armstrong were able to hold her wheel, allowing Armstrong to counter. Her attack was the decisive move, and encouraged by her teammate as she went past, Armstrong was able to hold off the Quark and Webcor chase to the line.

Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
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Pic and Thorburne worked together in the chase, but theirs was a race was for second - Pic taking the sprint for second place. Teutenberg managed to hang on for fourth with Fleury hanging in there for fifth place.

Amstrong was very excited with a race that definitely made up for being beaten out in the same race last year. "It was a really good day for us," she told Cyclingnews after the stage. Ina did a great job and when I went past her on that final attack I heard "go, go" in that German accent and I just wanted to go as hard as I could because my teammates had worked so hard for me."

Despite having a good gap on the chasers, Armstrong was still nervous until the end. She said "Christine and Tina are both so determined and with Christine such a good time trailer, I knew they could chase well."

Teutenberg was exhausted after the race but pleased with the result. "Tactically, it was good for day for us. It was hard out there and my legs didn't feel good, but somehow when I attacked, they seemed to work."

Pic, although disappointed with losing the jersey was happy with the way her team worked. "Ina was awesome out there, but Grace really matched her and was able to chase her down.

"T-Mobile really played it well today," she added. "Any time Ina's out there, it's a tough race."

Mike Jones (Health Net) gets that perfect aero position on a downhill
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The men's race also saw an early break of between 15 and 20 riders. Once again it was Health Net who had a high presence up front, with Doug Ollerenshaw, Mike Sayers and Gord Fraser holding the advantage from the word go. If the break stayed away, Fraser had GC wrapped up.

The break did manage to maintain their advantage, and all was going to plan for Health Net until an attack from yesterday's winner Ivan Stevic (Aerospace Engineering) rocked the boat. "We were hearing the time splits after he started to bridge," explained Ollerenshaw, "and they were four minutes, four minutes, four minutes…and all of a sudden he was right behind us."

With Stevic now the new leader on the road, Health Net had to change their tactics.

"We were getting ready to take Gord to the line, lead him out for the stage win and the overall," added Ollerenshaw, "but with Stevic with us we had to start attacking."

Doug then attacked, taking Tim Larkin (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) with him, and the pair put a sizeable time gap into the rest of the break which split as a result. Stevic ended up in the second chase group guarded by Fraser, as Ollerenshaw proceeded up the road.

With Ollerenshaw on a mission, the pace was too high for Larkin, who fell off the back, and the flying Health Netter was soon joined by his teammate Mike Sayers, with another three riders - Roman Kilun (McGuire), Marc Collard (Webcor) and Chris Greene (California Giant).

Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) was thrilled at winning today
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"Sayers really worked hard," said Ollerenshaw of his teammate. "He took some really strong pulls, it was unbelievable. Lucky the other guys in the break were also rolling through. We were really nervous that Stevic might still catch us."

The group entered Laguna Seca safely and Ollerenshaw took another opportunity to attack on the circuit, finally coming to the finish line solo to take the win and the overall. This is big for me," said Ollerenshaw after the race, something his teammate Fraser backed up; "Its great to see Doug win this big race. He's been doing a great job working for the team, especially at Redlands. It's really good to see a worker like Doug get such a good result."

Photography

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Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com

Images by Rob O'Dea/onetrak@comcast.net

Images by Garrett Lau

Results

Men 

1 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis           4.40.50
2 Roman Kilun (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                                 0.50
3 Chris Greene (USA) California Giant/Bicycle Peddler                    
4 Marc Collard (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                    2.37
5 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis                   2.55
6 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Seasilver                                  4.00
7 Ian Tubbs (USA) Broadmark Capital                                  4.31
8 Marco Rios (USA) Kahala / La Grange                                    
9 Ivan Stevic (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe                     
10 Geoff Rapoport (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                                 
11 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                  4.32
12 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto-Sierra Nevada Professional Cycling    5.09
13 Hugh Moran (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe                 5.47
14 Zach Walker (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                                5.55
15 Dan Schmatz (USA) Team Seasilver                                  6.27
16 Anthony Colby (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling                       6.36
17 David Richter (USA) Subway                                        7.57
18 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Subway                                           
19 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto-Sierra Nevada Professional Cycling         9.15
20 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                      9.16
21 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                10.28
22 Marc Anderson (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling                           
23 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Team Seasilver                                    
24 Carlos Vargas (USA) Team Monex                                        
25 Dustin Macburnie (USA) Broadmark Capital                              
26 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                  12.23
27 Kyle Gritters (USA) Team Seasilver                               12.54
28 John Kelly (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                         
29 Luis Pulido Naranjo (USA) Kahala / La Grange                          
30 Scott Wingo (USA) Team Carina Homes                                   
31 Solomon Woras (USA) Broadmark Capital                                 
32 Patrick Briggs (USA) California Giant/Bicycle Peddler                 
33 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark Capital                                
34 Chris Mcdonald (USA) Karl Strauss/Sdbc                                
35 Luke Stockwell (Aus) Texas Roadhouse Cycling                     12.59
36 Michael Telega (USA) Recycled Cycles                                  
37 Pat Caurant (USA) Team Spine                                          
38 Paul Reichardt (USA) Team Spine                                  13.03
39 Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver                                     
40 Chris Jones (USA) Karl Strauss/Sdbc                                   
41 Max Spirin (USA) Mcguire Elite                                   13.10
42 Dan Martin (USA) Recycled Cycles                                      
43 Chris Crawford (USA) Club One / Pmax Racing                      13.20
44 Lance Doherty (USA) Team Spine                                   13.25
45 Nathan Miller (USA) Team Monex                                        
46 Ryan Yee (USA) Team Seasilver                                    13.38
47 Clemente Cavaliere (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe        13.59
48 Sterling Magnell (USA) Team Monex                                14.49
49 Todd Cornelius (USA) Subway                                           
50 Peter Anderson (USA) Team Carina Homes                                
51 Nick Trusty (USA) Team Carina Homes                                   
52 Erik Saunders (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                             16.10
53 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis             19.13
54 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark Capital                                 21.56
55 Derik Archibald (USA) The Valley Athletic Club                        
56 Joshua Snead (USA) Recycled Cycles                                    
57 Emmet Hogan (USA) Mcguire Elite                                       
58 Dor Dviri (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe                      
59 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team             25.42
60 Omer Kem (USA) Subway                                                 
61 Daniel Vinson (USA) Organic Athlete                              46.10
Final General Classification

1 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis            7.11.24
2 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis                    2.59
3 Roman Kilun (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                                  3.41
4 Ivan Stevic (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe                  4.26
5 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                    7.15
6 Marco Rios (USA) Kahala / La Grange                                 7.29
7 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Subway                                         8.32
8 Marc Collard (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                     8.39
9 Zach Walker (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                                  8.48
10 Chris Greene (USA) California Giant/Bicycle Peddler                8.49
11 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                 10.17
12 Anthony Colby (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling                       10.38
13 David Richter (USA) Subway                                        10.50
14 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Team Seasilver                                10.51
15 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada Professional Cycling    11.11
16 Carlos Vargas (USA) Team Monex                                    11.19
17 Hugh Moran (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe                 11.54
18 Ian Tubbs (USA) Broadmark Capital                                 12.17
19 Geoff Rapoport (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                             12.32
20 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                   12.53
21 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Seasilver                                 13.04
22 Dustin Macburnie (USA) Broadmark Capital                          13.25
23 Dan Schmatz (USA) Team Seasilver                                  14.03
24 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                      15.19
25 John Kelly (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team                     15.42
26 Kyle Gritters (USA) Team Seasilver                                15.47
27 Luke Stockwell (Aus) Texas Roadhouse Cycling                      16.13
28 Nathan Miller (USA) Team Monex                                    16.28
29 Marc Anderson (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling                       16.32
30 Tim Larkin (USA) Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada Professional Cycling         17.08
31 Ryan Yee (USA) Team Seasilver                                     17.26
32 Chris Jones (USA) Karl Strauss/Sdbc                               18.22
33 Patrick Briggs (USA) California Giant/Bicycle Peddler             18.56
34 Todd Cornelius (USA) Subway                                       20.51
35 Chris Mcdonald (USA) Karl Strauss/Sdbc                            20.54
36 Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver                                 20.55
37 Scott Wingo (USA) Team Carina Homes                                    
38 Nick Trusty (USA) Team Carina Homes                               21.00
39 Pat Caurant (USA) Team Spine                                           
40 Luis Pulido Naranjo (USA) Kahala / La Grange                      21.03
41 Michael Telega (USA) Recycled Cycles                                   
42 Solomon Woras (USA) Broadmark Capital                             21.04
43 Dan Martin (USA) Recycled Cycles                                  21.15
44 Lance Doherty (USA) Team Spine                                    21.27
45 Chris Crawford (USA) Club One / Pmax Racing                       21.28
46 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark Capital                            21.44
47 Erik Saunders (USA) Mcguire-Langdale                              22.03
48 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis              22.07
49 Max Spirin (USA) Mcguire Elite                                    22.23
50 Paul Reichardt (USA) Team Spine                                   22.24
51 Sterling Magnell (USA) Team Monex                                 22.42
52 Peter Anderson (USA) Team Carina Homes                            22.43
53 Clemente Cavaliere (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe         23.13
54 Derik Archibald (USA) The Valley Athletic Club                    29.53
55 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark Capital                                  30.06
56 Emmet Hogan (USA) Mcguire Elite                                   30.07
57 Dor Dviri (USA) Aerospace Engeenering Pro Equipe                  31.16
58 Joshua Snead (USA) Recycled Cycles                                31.23
59 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team              33.35
60 Omer Kem (USA) Subway                                             33.47
61 Daniel Vinson (USA) Organic Athlete                               52.21
Women

1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling              4.05.58
2 Tina Pic (USA) Quark                                                  1.27
3 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders                              1.29
4 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                    3.12
5 Grace Fleury (USA) Quark                                              4.38
6 Felicia Greer (USA) Webcor Builders                                   7.11
7 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders                                  8.10
8 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                      
9 Kim Anderson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                                 
10 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                           8.37
11 Kori Seehafer (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                        
12 Sima Trapp (USA) Subway                                                  
13 Laura Vangilder (USA) Quark                                              
14 Kimberley Cunningham (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness    
15 Rebecca Larson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                              
16 Jill Mclaughlin (USA) Velo Bella                                         
17 Michelle Beltran (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                            
18 Michelle Hyland (USA) Tds-Schwalbe                                       
19 Christina Peick (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                             
20 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders                                      
21 Suzanne Weldon (USA) Subway                                              
22 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                          
23 Kristen Sanders (USA) Team Monex                                         
24 Kristin Danielson (USA) Ford-Basis                                       
25 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Ford-Basis                                          
26 Helen Kelly (Aus) Quark                                                  
27 Alisha Lion (USA) Ford-Basis                                             
28 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Quark                                           8.57
29 Catherine Powers (USA) Tds-Schwalbe                                      
30 Kele Hulser (USA) Ford-Basis                                         9.13
31 Betina Hold (USA) Webcor Builders                                        
32 Brooke Ourada (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                        
33 Lisa Hunt (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness          10.11
34 Penny Avril (USA) Touchstone Climbing                               10.41
35 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing Cycling Team                   10.59
36 Helene Drumm (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness       12.46
37 Gabriela Gonzales-Ferrat (Mex) Velo Bella                                
38 Rhonda Stickle (USA) Diet Cheerwine                                      
39 Nicole Freedman (USA) Ford-Basis                                    19.08
40 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Team Tamarack                                   
41 Catherine Malone (USA) Webcor Builders                              20.41
42 Sarah Bamberger (USA) Touchstone Climbing                                
43 Christine Vardaros (USA) Velo Bella                                 34.25
44 Kirsten Robbins (USA) Victory Brewing Cycling Team                  34.32
45 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing Cycling Team                     39.34
46 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Subway                                        39.54
47 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness         
48 Starr Falk (USA) Lgbrc / Easton / Specialized                            
49 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Subway                                           
50 Pat Ross (USA) Touchstone Climbing                                  40.55
51 Tara Ross (USA) Diet Cheerwine                                      41.22
52 Laura Yoisten (USA) Diet Cheerwine                                       
53 Crystal Yap (USA) Subway                                            42.34
54 Mo Devlin (USA) Touchstone Climbing                                      
55 Taitt Sato (USA) Lgbrc / Easton / Specialized                       49.55
56 Martina Patella (USA) Lgbrc / Easton / Specialized                  50.58
57 Kristin Caldwell (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness   56.34
Final General Classification

1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                  5.51.24
2 Tina Pic (USA) Quark                                                      1.27
3 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders                                  1.42
4 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                        3.39
5 Grace Fleury (USA) Quark                                                  5.20
6 Felicia Greer (USA) Webcor Builders                                       7.51
7 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                      8.42
8 Kim Anderson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                                 8.46
9 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders                                          
10 Laura Vangilder (USA) Quark                                              9.07
11 Kori Seehafer (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                        9.09
12 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                              
13 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Ford-Basis                                          9.11
14 Helen Kelly (Aus) Quark                                                  9.12
15 Sima Trapp (USA) Subway                                                  9.13
16 Michelle Beltran (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                            9.18
17 Suzanne Weldon (USA) Subway                                              9.19
18 Kristin Danielson (USA) Ford-Basis                                       9.22
19 Rebecca Larson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                              9.23
20 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                               9.24
21 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders                                      9.26
22 Kristen Sanders (USA) Team Monex                                         9.27
23 Kimberley Cunningham (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness    9.28
24 Christina Peick (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                             9.34
25 Catherine Powers (USA) Tds-Schwalbe                                      9.39
26 Michelle Hyland (USA) Tds-Schwalbe                                       9.41
27 Brooke Ourada (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling                        9.54
28 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Quark                                              10.01
29 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing Cycling Team                       11.26
30 Jill Mclaughlin (USA) Velo Bella                                        12.19
31 Betina Hold (USA) Webcor Builders                                       13.06
32 Helene Drumm (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness           13.32
33 Penny Avril (USA) Touchstone Climbing                                   14.16
34 Alisha Lion (USA) Ford-Basis                                            14.31
35 Gabriela Gonzales-Ferrat (Mex) Velo Bella                               18.47
36 Rhonda Stickle (USA) Diet Cheerwine                                     18.52
37 Kele Hulser (USA) Ford-Basis                                            21.47
38 Catherine Malone (USA) Webcor Builders                                  21.50
39 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Team Tamarack                                  23.00
40 Lisa Hunt (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness              23.06
41 Sarah Bamberger (USA) Touchstone Climbing                               24.16
42 Nicole Freedman (USA) Ford-Basis                                        31.47
43 Kirsten Robbins (USA) Victory Brewing Cycling Team                      35.56
44 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing Cycling Team                         43.20
45 Starr Falk (USA) Lgbrc / Easton / Specialized                           43.42
46 Mo Devlin (USA) Touchstone Climbing                                     46.36
47 Pat Ross (USA) Touchstone Climbing                                      47.04
48 Christine Vardaros (USA) Velo Bella                                     47.17
49 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Subway                                            52.33
50 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Subway                                          52.35
51 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness        52.39
52 Laura Yoisten (USA) Diet Cheerwine                                      54.10
53 Tara Ross (USA) Diet Cheerwine                                          54.24
54 Crystal Yap (USA) Subway                                                55.15
55 Kristin Caldwell (USA) Morgan Stanley / Specialized/24 Hr Fitness       57.52
56 Taitt Sato (USA) Lgbrc / Easton / Specialized                         1.02.49
57 Martina Patella (USA) Lgbrc / Easton / Specialized                    1.03.50
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