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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
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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).
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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
- It's up the Barloy climb in the women's road race
- Women's group at top of Barloy
- Men on Barloy
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
- Kim Cunningham (Morgan Stanley), Dotsie Cowden (Colavita), Cindy Mommsen (Morgan Stanley) in women's pack near the top of Barloy
- Roman Kilun (McGuire) second in the road race
- Entertainment by Glenn Fant as he wheelies up Barloy
- Glenn Fant (Monex) wheelies up Barloy
- Mike Jones (Health Net) gets that perfect aero position on a downhill
- The lead group of women riders working hard
- Mari Holden (T-Mobile)
- The McGuire-Langdale team performed well today
- Kristin Armstrong (T-Mobile) wins the Sea Otter road race
- Roman Kilun (McGuire), Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net), Chris Greene (California Giant)
- Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) wins the Sea Otter road race
- Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) was thrilled at winning today
- Roman Kilun (McGuire) congratulates Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net)
- Yes, there were lots of other events during the day
Images by Rob O'Dea/onetrak@comcast.net
- Kristen Armstrong solos to an impressive and deciding victory in the pro road race
- Not all the positions were decided by a margin like Armstrong's
- After 4:50 in the saddle even Gord wanted to wrap it up
- Tim Larkin of Kodak-Sierra created the break that made the race, but couldn't hold on for the win
- Doug Ollerenshaw - 2005 Sea Otter RR & GC Champion
Images by Garrett Lau
- Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) Mari Holden (T-Mobile), and Grace Fleury (Quark) are visible in the break
- Health Net riders Doug Ollerenshaw and Mike Sayers lead the men's pack up Barloy Canyon.
- Mari Holden (T-Mobile) smiles as the men's pack passes the women's break.
- Felicia Greer (Webcor) , Rebecca Larsen (Colavita), Lynn Gaggioli (Monex), and Mari Holden (T-Mobile) let the men's pack pass.
- Jill McLaughlin (Velo Bella) leads the main pack.
- Doug Ollerenshaw and Mike Sayers still lead.
- The break is in sight of the chase group with two laps remaining.
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) leads the chase group.
- Carmen D'Alusio calls out the time gap to the break.
- Erinne Willock (Webcor) Kristin Armstrong (T-Mobile), Dotsie Cowden (Colavita), and Christine Thorburn (Webcor) chase.
- Kristin Armstrong (T-Mobile) wins.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) wins.
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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