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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE/NRC
Minnesota, USA, June 8-12, 2005
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Stage 4 - June 11: Red Wing Road Race, 101/94 miles
Fraser takes the stage and lightning steals thunder from women's race
By James Lockwood and Rick Fuentes
Maybe a day helps puts things in perspective. Or maybe it was just the stage win talking.
A day after losing the leader's jersey in a wreck in the last three laps of the Minneapolis Downtown Classic, Health Net/Maxxis' John Lieswyn was far less critical of race leader Shawn Milne of Navigators Insurance after the fourth stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix. In fact, he was downright complimentary.
"I've got to hand it to Shawn," he said, describing how Milne organised a chase in the last four laps of the circuit at the Red Wing Road Race to catch Brian Jensen of HRRC/Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized and Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home's Jonathan Page to limit any time loss to the riders who were 1:41 and 1:49 down on the overall standings.
"He and his team defended pretty well," he continued. "They had heart and rode well."
Milne and Lieswyn finished 1 minute, 31 seconds down to stage winner Gord Fraser, Lieswyn's teammate, but more importantly they lost no time to Page or Jensen, the highest placed riders who made the final selection in a race that saw more than half the field fall in attrition.
And for Fraser and Lieswyn, the stage win - the second of the stage and sixth going back three weeks - healed some wounds left from the wreck of Friday night's crit.
"This goes a little way to making us feel better," Fraser said after beating Advantage Benefit/Endeavor Cycling Team's Karl Menzies and Jelly Belly's Danny Pate to the line.
What made Fraser happy, though, left Menzies and Pate complaining about the
Canadian national champion's tactics.
"Gord sat on for 50km," Menzies said. "Then he attacks in the last kilometre.
It's a little disappointing."
"It's kind of lame," Pate said after pulling the two other riders around the 4-mile circuit much of the last two laps. "It's how it goes."
Pate, Menzies, and Fraser led the field into the finishing circuit of six laps after 78 miles on the road. However, to say the field followed was a bit of a misnomer, as high winds that stayed after thunderstorms that had rolled through before the start whittled the field down to a select group of only about 35 riders from the 112 who started. The rest of the field was stopped at the entrance to the circuit and given prorated times.
It was a day that Navigator's director Ray Cipollini said was pretty straight-forward.
"It all comes down to the strongest guys," he said.
This Saturday, those guys also came from the strongest teams - Health Net, Jelly Belly, Navigator, Colavita Olive Oil and Advantage Benefit's. Only 21 miles into the race, those teams took to the front and formed an echelon that blew the race apart, chasing down a break of three who had built a 2-minute advantage in less than five miles. The chase of 14 included all four Health Net riders (Fraser, Lieswyn, Tyler Farrar, and Greg Henderson), five Jelly Bellys (Pate, Dave McCook, Mariano Fredrick, Brice Jones, Dave McCook, and Matty Rice), two Advantage Benefits (Menzies and Brent Bookwalter), two Navigators (Milne and Chris Baldwin), and Page of Colavita.
In the back, chases started to form, but few riders were able to hang on the strong head- and crosswinds. By the 40-mile mark, less than 40 riders remained in front of the race caravan.
"That was one of the hardest races I have done in a long time," Lieswyn said afterwards, noting that he was not surprise by the carnage left behind.
"Absolutely vicious race," Milne said.
But with the big teams represented, and the top two in the GC in the pack, there was little reason to work hard other than to stay ahead of other riders. By the end of the feed zone, the lead group started to splinter as Fraser went on some attacks but Lieswyn, marked by Milne, would drop back.
"I told Gord with 30 miles to go, 'It's all you,'" said Lieswyn, who complained of muscle soreness in his groin from Friday's wreck. "I couldn't put any pressure on my left groin muscle. I was almost crying.
"That didn't make him too happy, because he wasn't feeling too great, either."
"I was just trying to set something up for John," Fraser said of his day's efforts.
While the lead group shuffled with some chasers, the final winning break did not come until 26 miles from the finish and was initiated by Menzies.
"I was just trying to keep up the pace for my teammates," he said. "It wasn't planned or anything."
When Fraser and Pate joined, he said he knew they had a break that could hold. While Page and Jensen chased for the rest of the race, they never pulled closer than 25 seconds, and when Milne realized the gap that was opening between him and Lieswyn and Page and Jensen, the latter two's time by themselves was over.
Milne gave credit to his team for getting him through the tough stage.
"I was getting nervous," the rookie rider said. "I am new at this tactic stuff."
With one more day left, though, on a crit course that includes one of the toughest climbs on the National Racing Calendar circuit, Milne said Sunday maybe more about stamina than tactics.
"More or less it is going to be to pace myself," he said of Sunday's strategy.
In the women's race, Gina Grain is absolutely, swear-on-a-stack-of-bibles-on-her-mother's-grave certain. She got hit by lightning.
"Ok, you can never be sure," the Victory Brewing rider said laughing, "but this, big, huge thing of lightning came down and my fingers on my right hand were on the shifters - the metal part - and then I felt this buzzing all the way up to my elbow."
Whether it struck her or not, it was enough to put a scare into race officials, who stopped the race 60 miles in for about 20 minutes. Riders were told to take shelter, and most went to a nearby farmer's barn.
"It was a first-time experience for me," Grain said. "I never could have imagined having a coffee break in a barn during a race. It was the safest thing to do, a good call on the officials."
Once the storms passed and racing resumed, it was Quark Cycling Team's Tina Pic who provided the sparks as she had done most of the day, taking the win in 4 hours, 42 minutes ahead of T-Mobile's Kori Seehafer and Annette Beutler, also of Quark. With bonus time on the win and two of the sprint primes she took on the day, Pic moved into second overall, 26 seconds behind leader Christine Thorburn who finished in the pack in fifth place.
Racing started as soon as mile 21. Pic and Monex's Lynn Gaggioli went 1-2 in the first couple of sprints, then Grain took a flyer off the front. Webcor set tempo and covered all the attacks.
"It was a pretty aggressive race," Thorburn said. "My team did a good job. Erinne (Willock) was a superstar."
"Grace (Fleury) from Quark was off," Willock said. "She was motoring. We had to catch her, and then Christine was off with her."
"Webcor was chasing everybody from one side of the road because of the wind," Pic said, "so you ended up being in the gutter all the time."
The group hit a gravel road and that stretched out the entire peloton. Teams tried to take the front ahead of skittish riders, but the rain delay reunited the group. After the delay, Quark's Fleury and Webcor's Cat Malone got 53 seconds on the group, but they were reeled in as the group entered the Red Wing finishing circuit.
"We were trying to save ourselves for the finishing circuit," Seehafer said. "We were in the threat of losing podium places because Quark had time bonuses. I instigated a break on lap two, bringing four riders with me. Then me and Erinne Willock were working."
"Laura (Van Gilder) and I were so close in the standings," Pic said. "We wanted to get one of us the win. It was nice to get on when T-Mobile took the front."
Seehafer drove the breakaway group for three laps trying to pop the sprinters. She ended up towing Pic, Beutler, Gaggioli, and Thorburn, and that's how they finished. Pic won the stage and 25 seconds in time bonuses. Seehafer scored second place and 11 seconds.
Along with leading Pic, Thorburn is ahead of Seehafer by 34 seconds back, with Baldwin 44 seconds behind. Beutler still holds the best climber's jersey. Pic has a 16-point lead in the Freewheel Bike points competition, and Willock has regained the best young rider's jersey.
"It was a hard, tough race," Victory's Grain said. "It's a lot different with the hills this year. It's good hard training. And this year because of the course changes, it's not so much of a race just for the sprinters."
Racers will have to recuperate quickly. The last stage in the hilly, tourist town of Stillwater, Minn., is the last chance to gain any time on Thorburn, but riders will have to fight the fatigue of climbing Stillwater's Chilakoot Hill. The grade is 20 percent, and the winding course makes it easy for the group to lose sight of a breakaway.
Photography
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- The women's field rolls through the countryside prior to encountering rain, lightning, and high winds
- Rebecca Much (T-Mobile) leads Christine Thorburn (Webcor) and the rest of break through the last few corners
- The lead group: Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefit/Endeavour), Danny Pate (Jelly Belly) and Gord Fraser (Health Net) pass through the start finish with 3 laps to go
- Shawn Milne (Navigators) leads the chase group through the start finish in pursuit of the 3-rider breakaway
- Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour) passes by Deb Mathiesen and her groom, one of several weddings happening around the finish circuit today
- Gord Fraser (Health Net) gets out of the saddle and sprints to the line, leaving Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefit/Endeavour) and Danny Pate (Jelly Belly) behind
- Gord Fraser (Health Net) celebrates his stage win as Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefit/Endeavour) looks back to find how close Danny Pate (Jelly Belly) is
Results
Men 1 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 4.04.15 2 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 3 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 4 Brian Jensen (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 1.31 5 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 6 John Lieswyn (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 7 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 8 Aaron Olson (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 1.37 9 Tyler Farrar (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 2.51 10 Emile Abraham (Monex) 11 Brent Bookwalter (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 12 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 2.55 13 Cameron Hughes (Subway Pro Cycling Team) 14 Ryan Nenninger (ABD Cycling Team) 15 Kevin Miller (Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico/MSN.ca) 16 Andrew Crater (Team Wheel & Sprocket) 3.01 17 Solomon Woras (Broadmark Capital) 18 Jake Rytlewski (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 19 Steve Tilford (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 20 Dustin Macburnie (Broadmark Capital) 21 Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 22 Carlos Vargas (Monex) 23 Garrett Peltonen (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 24 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 3.54 25 Bernard Van Ulden (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 4.46 26 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 6.10 27 Mariano Fredrick (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 7.11 28 Doug Swanson (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 11.07 29 Tim Mulrooney (Flanders/MBRC) 15.13 30 Bryce Mead (ABD Cycling Team) 31 Chris Baldwin (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 16.16 32 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 33 Ian Stanford (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 34 Sterling Magnell (Monex) 16.42 35 Ciaran Power (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 36 Matt Dubberley (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 25.28 37 Erik Saunders (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 26.18 38 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team) 39 Aric Hareland (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 40 Dave Mccook (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 35.04 41 Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 42 Kirk O'bee (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 43 Marc Collard (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 36.23 44 Dario Falquier (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 45 Benjamin Stafford (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 46 John Olney (Mercy-Specialized) 47 Pat Dunnaway (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 48 Peter Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 49 Sebatian Alexandre (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 50 Brian Eppen (Mercy-Specialized) 51 Roman Kilun (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 52 Mark Pozniak (Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico/MSN.ca) 53 Adam Froemming (Flanders/MBRC) 54 Michael Olheiser (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM) 55 Brian Bibens (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 56 James Schneider (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 57 Jeff Hall (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 58 Bobby Lea (Team Northwestern Mortgage) 59 Gregor Mraz (Club One/PMax Racing) 41.30 60 David Pierce (Club One/PMax Racing) 61 Paul Deninger (Mercy-Specialized) 62 Adrian Hegyvary (Recycled Cycles) 63 Peter Knoop (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM) 64 Chris Doig (Flanders/MBRC) 65 Ted Huang (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 66 Owen Gue (Broadmark Capital) 67 Adam Curry (Broadmark Capital) 68 David Guttenplan (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 69 Andrew Minier (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 70 Stolte Bill (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 71 Daniel Harm (Recycled Cycles) 72 Devon Vigus (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 73 David Sachs (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 74 Gramham Howard (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 75 Jordan Roessingh (IS Corp Cycling Team) 76 Kevin Vanes (Subway Pro Cycling Team) 77 Matt Quann (Recycled Cycles) 78 Glenn Fant (Monex) 79 Matt Kelly (Club One/PMax Racing) 80 Pleasure Jackson (Broadmark Capital) 81 Lucas Euser (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 82 Matty Rice (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 42.44 83 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 84 Bret Glembocki (IS Corp Cycling Team) 51.52 85 Adam Biwan (IS Corp Cycling Team) 86 Scott Ralston (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 87 Steve Rowntree (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) DNF Greg Henderson (Health Net presented by Maxxis) DNF Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) DNF Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) DNF Jason Allen (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) DNF Nathan Miller (Monex) DNF Michael Cody (Fiordifrutta) DNF josh gewirtz (Fiordifrutta) DNF jon hamblen (Fiordifrutta) DNF Chris Rozdilsky (Fiordifrutta) DNF dan timmerman (Fiordifrutta) DNF Matt White (Fiordifrutta) DNF Phil Wong (Fiordifrutta) DNF Banning Ostrow (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) DNF Jim Baldesare (ABD Cycling Team) DNF Frank Dierking (ABD Cycling Team) DNF John Puffer (ABD Cycling Team) DNF Terry Beenken (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate) DNF Chad Vandelune (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate) DNF Lee Venteicher (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate) DNF Jeremy Sartain (Bianchi/Grand Performance) DNF Brian Koeneman (Birchwood/GIS) DNF Chia Kung (Birchwood/GIS) DNF Chris Crawford (Club One/PMax Racing) DNF David Zimmerman (Flanders/MBRC) DNF Aaron Pool (Midwest Wheelmaster) Mountains Climb 1 1 Matt Dubberley (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 5 pts 2 Roman Kilun (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 3 3 Carlos Vargas (Monex) 2 4 Pleasure Jackson (Broadmark Capital) 1 Climb 2 1 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 5 pts 2 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 3 3 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 2 4 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 1 Climb 3 1 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 5 pts 2 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 3 3 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 2 4 Emile Abraham (Monex) 1 Climb 4 1 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 5 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 3 3 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 2 4 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 1 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Emile Abraham (Monex) 5 pts 2 Matt Dubberley (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 3 3 Roman Kilun (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 2 4 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 1 Sprint 2 1 Greg Henderson (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 5 pts 2 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 3 3 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 2 4 John Lieswyn (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 1 Sprint 3 1 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 5 pts 2 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 3 3 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 2 4 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 1 Teams 1 Health Net presented by Maxxis 12.17.07 2 Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team 1.24 3 Jelly Belly-Pool Gel 6.43 4 Monex 18.12 5 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 30.07 6 Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter 35.09 7 ABD Cycling Team 40.04 8 HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized 41.40 9 Broadmark Capital 43.10 10 Bianchi/Grand Performance 51.18 11 Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 1.04.31 12 Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.13.10 13 Mcguire/Laugdale Pro Cycling 1.23.47 14 Flanders/MBRC 1.28.44 15 Mercy-Specialized 1.49.54 16 AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba 17 Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing 1.50.11 18 Club One/PMax Racing 2.00.08 19 Recycled Cycles 20 IS Corp Cycling Team 2.20.52 General classification after stage 4 1 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 8.36.44 2 John Lieswyn (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 0.27 3 Aaron Olson (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 1.22 4 Brian Jensen (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 1.45 5 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 1.47 6 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 1.50 7 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 2.01 8 Jake Rytlewski (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 3.16 9 Tyler Farrar (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 3.42 10 Kevin Miller (Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico/MSN.ca) 3.56 11 Brent Bookwalter (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 4.15 12 Bernard Van Ulden (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 4.24 13 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 4.32 14 Steve Tilford (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 4.34 15 Andrew Crater (Team Wheel & Sprocket) 4.41 16 Emile Abraham (Monex) 5.11 17 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 5.43 18 Cameron Hughes (Subway Pro Cycling Team) 6.03 19 Ryan Nenninger (ABD Cycling Team) 6.12 20 Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 6.18 21 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 6.39 22 Solomon Woras (Broadmark Capital) 6.49 23 Carlos Vargas (Monex) 6.58 24 Garrett Peltonen (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 6.59 25 Dustin Macburnie (Broadmark Capital) 7.03 26 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 12.31 27 Doug Swanson (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 14.18 28 Mariano Fredrick (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 14.59 29 Ian Stanford (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 19.25 30 Chris Baldwin (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 20.03 31 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 21.24 32 Tim Mulrooney (Flanders/MBRC) 21.25 33 Ciaran Power (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 22.23 34 Bryce Mead (ABD Cycling Team) 22.31 35 Sterling Magnell (Monex) 26.47 36 Erik Saunders (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 28.09 37 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team) 29.12 38 Aric Hareland (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 29.54 39 Matt Dubberley (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 35.59 40 Bobby Lea (Team Northwestern Mortgage) 36.09 41 James Schneider (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 36.56 42 Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 39.31 43 Adam Froemming (Flanders/MBRC) 40.31 44 Pat Dunnaway (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 40.46 45 Michael Olheiser (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM) 41.17 46 Jeff Hall (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 42.02 47 Roman Kilun (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 42.31 48 Mark Pozniak (Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico/MSN.ca) 43.14 49 David Guttenplan (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 43.34 50 Devon Vigus (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 44.51 51 David Pierce (Club One/PMax Racing) 45.03 52 Dave Mccook (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 45.46 53 Dario Falquier (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 46.13 54 Kirk O'bee (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 46.18 55 Adrian Hegyvary (Recycled Cycles) 46.19 56 Lucas Euser (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 46.53 57 Marc Collard (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 47.00 58 Gregor Mraz (Club One/PMax Racing) 47.19 59 Glenn Fant (Monex) 48.05 60 Owen Gue (Broadmark Capital) 48.47 61 Sebatian Alexandre (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 49.52 62 Peter Knoop (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM) 49.55 63 Kevin Vanes (Subway Pro Cycling Team) 50.03 64 John Olney (Mercy-Specialized) 50.18 65 Gramham Howard (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 51.02 66 Matty Rice (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 52.14 67 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 53.51 68 Benjamin Stafford (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 54.46 69 Pleasure Jackson (Broadmark Capital) 55.02 70 Brian Bibens (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 55.03 71 Jordan Roessingh (IS Corp Cycling Team) 55.25 72 David Sachs (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 55.54 73 Adam Curry (Broadmark Capital) 56.10 74 Paul Deninger (Mercy-Specialized) 56.30 75 Chris Doig (Flanders/MBRC) 59.02 76 Brian Eppen (Mercy-Specialized) 59.07 77 Peter Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 59.22 78 Ted Huang (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 1.00.41 79 Matt Kelly (Club One/PMax Racing) 1.00.42 80 Matt Quann (Recycled Cycles) 1.01.38 81 Daniel Harm (Recycled Cycles) 1.03.43 82 Andrew Minier (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 1.06.43 83 Stolte Bill (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 1.08.17 84 Adam Biwan (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.09.46 85 Bret Glembocki (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.10.25 86 Steve Rowntree (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 1.22.41 87 Scott Ralston (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 1.37.05 Mountains classification 1 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 13 pts 2 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 12 3 John Lieswyn (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 8 4 Matt Dubberley (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 5 5 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 5 6 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 5 7 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 4 8 Steve Tilford (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 3 9 Roman Kilun (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 3 10 Carlos Vargas (Monex) 2 11 Jake Rytlewski (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 1 12 Emile Abraham (Monex) 1 13 Pleasure Jackson (Broadmark Capital) 1 14 Adam Biwan (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1 Sprints classification 1 Emile Abraham (Monex) 22 pts 2 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 22 3 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 18 4 Tyler Farrar (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 15 5 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 13 6 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 13 7 John Lieswyn (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 13 8 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 9 9 Aaron Olson (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 8 10 Bobby Lea (Team Northwestern Mortgage) 7 11 Dave Mccook (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 7 12 Matty Rice (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 5 13 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 5 14 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team) 5 15 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 5 16 Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 4 17 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 4 18 Brian Jensen (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 4 19 Brent Bookwalter (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 3 20 Matt Dubberley (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 3 21 Erik Saunders (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 3 22 David Guttenplan (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 2 23 Roman Kilun (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling) 2 24 Chris Baldwin (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 2 25 Mariano Fredrick (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 1 26 Kirk O'bee (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) 1 27 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 1 28 Andrew Crater (Team Wheel & Sprocket) 1 U23 classification 1 Tyler Farrar (Health Net presented by Maxxis) 8.40.26 2 Brent Bookwalter (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 0.33 3 Ryan Nenninger (ABD Cycling Team) 2.30 4 Solomon Woras (Broadmark Capital) 3.07 5 Dustin Macburnie (Broadmark Capital) 3.21 6 Sterling Magnell (Monex) 23.05 7 Bobby Lea (Team Northwestern Mortgage) 32.27 8 Mark Pozniak (Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico/MSN.ca) 39.32 9 David Guttenplan (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 39.52 10 Adrian Hegyvary (Recycled Cycles) 42.37 11 Lucas Euser (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) 43.11 12 Owen Gue (Broadmark Capital) 45.05 13 Gramham Howard (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team) 47.20 14 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) 50.09 15 Brian Bibens (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 51.21 16 Adam Curry (Broadmark Capital) 52.28 17 Daniel Harm (Recycled Cycles) 1.00.01 18 Adam Biwan (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.06.04 Amateur classification 1 Brian Jensen (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 8.38.29 2 Steve Tilford (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 2.49 3 Andrew Crater (Team Wheel & Sprocket) 2.56 4 Ryan Nenninger (ABD Cycling Team) 4.27 5 Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 4.33 6 Solomon Woras (Broadmark Capital) 5.04 7 Dustin Macburnie (Broadmark Capital) 5.18 8 Doug Swanson (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 12.33 9 Ian Stanford (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 17.40 10 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 19.39 11 Tim Mulrooney (Flanders/MBRC) 19.40 12 Bryce Mead (ABD Cycling Team) 20.46 13 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team) 27.27 14 Aric Hareland (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 28.09 15 Bobby Lea (Team Northwestern Mortgage) 34.24 16 James Schneider (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 35.11 17 Adam Froemming (Flanders/MBRC) 38.46 18 Michael Olheiser (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM) 39.32 19 Jeff Hall (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 40.17 20 David Guttenplan (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 41.49 21 David Pierce (Club One/PMax Racing) 43.18 22 Adrian Hegyvary (Recycled Cycles) 44.34 23 Gregor Mraz (Club One/PMax Racing) 45.34 24 Owen Gue (Broadmark Capital) 47.02 25 Peter Knoop (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM) 48.10 26 John Olney (Mercy-Specialized) 48.33 27 Pleasure Jackson (Broadmark Capital) 53.17 28 Brian Bibens (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba) 53.18 29 Jordan Roessingh (IS Corp Cycling Team) 53.40 30 Adam Curry (Broadmark Capital) 54.25 31 Paul Deninger (Mercy-Specialized) 54.45 32 Chris Doig (Flanders/MBRC) 57.17 33 Brian Eppen (Mercy-Specialized) 57.22 34 Peter Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 57.37 35 Matt Kelly (Club One/PMax Racing) 58.57 36 Matt Quann (Recycled Cycles) 59.53 37 Daniel Harm (Recycled Cycles) 1.01.58 38 Andrew Minier (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 1.04.58 39 Stolte Bill (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized) 1.06.32 40 Adam Biwan (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.08.01 41 Bret Glembocki (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1.08.40 42 Steve Rowntree (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing) 1.20.56 43 Scott Ralston (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 1.35.20 Teams classification 1 Health Net presented by Maxxis 25.57.23 2 Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team 1.24 3 Jelly Belly-Pool Gel 5.13 4 Monex 24.46 5 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33.49 6 Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter 45.59 7 ABD Cycling Team 50.07 8 Broadmark Capital 55.28 9 Bianchi/Grand Performance 1.06.59 10 HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized 1.07.25 11 Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.19.07 12 Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 1.22.00 13 Mcguire/Laugdale Pro Cycling 1.29.59 14 Flanders/MBRC 1.43.42 15 Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing 2.06.13 16 AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba 2.08.09 17 Club One/PMax Racing 2.12.36 18 Recycled Cycles 2.36.33 19 Mercy-Specialized 2.38.44 20 IS Corp Cycling Team 3.07.53 Women 1 Tina Pic (Quark Cycling Team) 4.42.40 2 Kori Seehafer (T-Mobile) 3 Annette Beutler (Quark Cycling Team) 4 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) 5 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 6 Patricia Schwager (TDS-Schwalbe) 7 Kim Anderson (Colavita/Cooking Light) 8 Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile) 9 Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 10 Teresa Moriarty (Flanders/MBRC) 0.59 11 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team) 1.15 12 Kathleen Billington (Diet Cheerwine) 13 Amy Moore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 14 Kelly Benjamin (The Bicycle Store) 15 Audrey Lemieux (Quark Cycling Team) 16 Kristen LaSasso (Team Lipton) 17 Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda Tire) 18 Catherine Powers (TDS-Schwalbe) 19 Amber Rais (Palo Alto Bicycles Women) 20 Megan Elliott (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 21 Helen Kelly (Quark Cycling Team) 22 Shelia Orem (Team Kenda Tire) 23 Alisha Lion (Ford-Basis) 24 Kate Sherwin (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 25 Lisa Vetterlein (Team Kenda Tire) 26 Chrissy Ruiter (Ford-Basis) 27 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 28 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) 29 Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 30 Nicole Freedman (Ford-Basis) 2.08 31 Katie Mactier (T-Mobile) 2.18 32 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 33 Sarah Uhl (Quark Cycling Team) 34 Kele Hulser (Ford-Basis) 2.45 35 Katherine Carroll (Ford-Basis) 3.14 36 Stephanie Bourbeau (Team Biovail) 4.44 37 Teresa Holmgren (Saturn of Toledo) 38 Gina Grain (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 39 Liza Rachetto (Team Lipton) 40 Felicia Greer (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 41 Jennifer Stephenson (Team Biovail) 42 Hiroko Shimada (Velo Bella) 43 Stefanie Graeter (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 44 Magen Long (The Bicycle Store) 45 Pam Hinton (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 46 Zoe Owers (Team Lipton) 47 Jane Ziegler (Velo Bella) 48 Rebecca Much (T-Mobile) 49 Erin Mirabella (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 50 Christina Peick (Colavita/Cooking Light) 51 Nichole Wangsgard (Subway) 52 Karen Dodge (Heartstrings/Ogden One) 53 Moriah MacGregor (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 5.52 54 Cat Malone (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 6.01 55 Megan Hottman (High Gear) 6.13 56 Starr FALK (LGBRC/Easton/Specialized) 57 Allison Beall (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 58 Rochelle Gilmore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 59 Anna Milkowski (Team Lipton) 7.17 60 Shawn Heidgen (TDS-Schwalbe) 61 Katherine Lambden (Team Lipton) 62 Jennifer Purcell (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 7.49 63 Mindi Martin (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 8.18 64 Melissa Sanborn (Subway) 8.22 65 Sherri Stedje (The Bicycle Store) 8.33 66 Meredith Miller (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 8.43 67 Tamyra Barnard (Team Terry) 8.59 68 Michelle Beltran (Colavita/Cooking Light) 9.55 69 May Britt Hartwell (Diet Cheerwine) 70 Tara Ross (Diet Cheerwine) 11.07 71 Grace Fleury (Quark Cycling Team) 11.48 72 Candice Blickem (Quark Cycling Team) 73 Paula Plant (Birchwood/GIS) 11.57 74 Allison Carter (Team Kenda Tire) 75 Elisa Gagnon (Team Lipton) 16.15 76 Laura Downey (Americas Dairyland) 16.39 77 Megan Esmonde (Colavita/Cooking Light) 16.45 78 Jennifer Reither (Colavita/Cooking Light) 19.44 79 Kirsten Robbins (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 48.00 80 Julie Belanger (Diet Cheerwine) 81 Mary Downing (Team Kenda Tire) 82 Trudy van der Straaten (Team Kenda Tire) 83 Tia Bartos (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 84 Laurel Green (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 85 Mindy Ziffren-Hall (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 86 Patricia Palmer (Americas Dairyland) 87 Ellen Hall (Team Terry) DNF Rhonda Stickle (Diet Cheerwine) DNF Julie Tatar (Americas Dairyland) DNF Rachel Eichers (Americas Dairyland) DNF Melissa Cover (Team Terry) DNF Alexandra Kendall (Sports Garage/Titus) DNF Syrae Weikle (Sports Garage/Titus) Sprints Intermediate 1 1 Tina Pic (Quark Cycling Team) 5 pts 2 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) 3 3 Kori Seehafer (T-Mobile) 2 4 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 1 Intermediate 2 1 Tina Pic (Quark Cycling Team) 5 pts 2 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) 3 3 Rochelle Gilmore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 2 4 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team) 1 Intermediate 3 1 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 5 pts 2 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) 3 3 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team) 2 4 Annette Beutler (Quark Cycling Team) 1 Mountains QOM 1 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 5 pts 2 Annette Beutler (Quark Cycling Team) 3 3 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 2 4 Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 1 QOM 3 1 Shawn Heidgen (TDS-Schwalbe) 5 pts 2 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) 3 3 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team) 2 4 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 1 QOM 4 1 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 5 pts 2 Shawn Heidgen (TDS-Schwalbe) 3 3 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 2 4 Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 1 General Classification after stage 4 1 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 9.17.32 2 Tina Pic (Quark Cycling Team) 0.26 3 Kori Seehafer (T-Mobile) 0.34 4 Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile) 0.44 5 Annette Beutler (Quark Cycling Team) 1.04 6 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) 1.13 7 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team) 1.51 8 Chrissy Ruiter (Ford-Basis) 2.19 9 Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 2.35 10 Helen Kelly (Quark Cycling Team) 11 Kim Anderson (Colavita/Cooking Light) 2.45 12 Audrey Lemieux (Quark Cycling Team) 2.46 13 Alisha Lion (Ford-Basis) 2.47 14 Amy Moore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 3.00 15 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 3.15 16 Kristen LaSasso (Team Lipton) 3.17 17 Teresa Moriarty (Flanders/MBRC) 18 Nicole Freedman (Ford-Basis) 19 Kathleen Billington (Diet Cheerwine) 3.18 20 Amber Rais (Palo Alto Bicycles Women) 3.23 21 Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 3.46 22 Kelly Benjamin (The Bicycle Store) 4.31 23 Catherine Powers (TDS-Schwalbe) 4.46 24 Patricia Schwager (TDS-Schwalbe) 4.54 25 Shelia Orem (Team Kenda Tire) 5.04 26 Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda Tire) 5.49 27 Kele Hulser (Ford-Basis) 6.04 28 Katherine Carroll (Ford-Basis) 6.05 29 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 30 Sarah Uhl (Quark Cycling Team) 6.08 31 Erin Mirabella (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 6.25 32 Liza Rachetto (Team Lipton) 6.30 33 Magen Long (The Bicycle Store) 6.39 34 Kate Sherwin (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 6.41 35 Megan Elliott (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 6.42 36 Katie Mactier (T-Mobile) 6.58 37 Rebecca Much (T-Mobile) 7.00 38 Zoe Owers (Team Lipton) 7.05 39 Felicia Greer (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 8.13 40 Karen Dodge (Heartstrings/Ogden One) 8.25 41 Stephanie Bourbeau (Team Biovail) 8.36 42 Teresa Holmgren (Saturn of Toledo) 8.50 43 Christina Peick (Colavita/Cooking Light) 9.07 44 Gina Grain (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 10.04 45 Moriah MacGregor (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 10.07 46 Starr FALK (LGBRC/Easton/Specialized) 10.16 47 Meredith Miller (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 10.37 48 Stefanie Graeter (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 10.51 49 Rochelle Gilmore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 11.32 50 Michelle Beltran (Colavita/Cooking Light) 11.44 51 Hiroko Shimada (Velo Bella) 12.03 52 Katherine Lambden (Team Lipton) 12.05 53 Sherri Stedje (The Bicycle Store) 12.17 54 Anna Milkowski (Team Lipton) 12.31 55 Shawn Heidgen (TDS-Schwalbe) 12.42 56 Grace Fleury (Quark Cycling Team) 12.48 57 Allison Beall (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 13.09 58 Mindi Martin (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 13.28 59 Lisa Vetterlein (Team Kenda Tire) 13.30 60 Tara Ross (Diet Cheerwine) 15.02 61 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) 15.11 62 Nichole Wangsgard (Subway) 15.19 63 Jane Ziegler (Velo Bella) 15.31 64 Melissa Sanborn (Subway) 15.38 65 Cat Malone (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 15.54 66 Candice Blickem (Quark Cycling Team) 16.53 67 Tamyra Barnard (Team Terry) 17.16 68 Megan Hottman (High Gear) 17.36 69 Elisa Gagnon (Team Lipton) 20.28 70 Jennifer Purcell (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 22.34 71 Megan Esmonde (Colavita/Cooking Light) 23.10 72 Paula Plant (Birchwood/GIS) 25.02 73 Laura Downey (Americas Dairyland) 26.15 74 May Britt Hartwell (Diet Cheerwine) 27.11 75 Jennifer Reither (Colavita/Cooking Light) 27.25 76 Jennifer Stephenson (Team Biovail) 29.10 77 Pam Hinton (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 30.41 78 Allison Carter (Team Kenda Tire) 39.20 79 Julie Belanger (Diet Cheerwine) 52.23 80 Kirsten Robbins (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 55.06 81 Mary Downing (Team Kenda Tire) 57.18 82 Tia Bartos (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 57.59 83 Mindy Ziffren-Hall (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 59.22 84 Laurel Green (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team) 1.14.00 85 Ellen Hall (Team Terry) 1.17.39 86 Trudy van der Straaten (Team Kenda Tire) 1.17.40 87 Patricia Palmer (Americas Dairyland) 1.19.12 Sprint General Classification 1 Tina Pic (Quark Cycling Team) 46 pts 2 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team) 30 3 Rochelle Gilmore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 19 4 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) 17 5 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 17 6 Kori Seehafer (T-Mobile) 17 7 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) 15 8 Gina Grain (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 11 9 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 9 10 Annette Beutler (Quark Cycling Team) 9 11 Nicole Freedman (Ford-Basis) 7 12 Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 5 13 Magen Long (The Bicycle Store) 3 14 Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 2 15 Audrey Lemieux (Quark Cycling Team) 2 16 Patricia Schwager (TDS-Schwalbe) 2 17 Megan Elliott (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 1 18 Liza Rachetto (Team Lipton) 1 19 Amber Rais (Palo Alto Bicycles Women) 1 20 Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile) 1 21 Kim Anderson (Colavita/Cooking Light) 1 Mountains General Classification 1 Annette Beutler (Quark Cycling Team) 16 pts 2 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 12 3 Rochelle Gilmore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team) 10 4 Shawn Heidgen (TDS-Schwalbe) 8 5 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 5 6 Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile) 4 7 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) 3 8 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team) 3 9 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) 2 10 Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 1 11 Chrissy Ruiter (Ford-Basis) 1 12 Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team) 1
