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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE
USA, June 14-18, 2006
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Stage 5 - June 18: Stillwater Criterium
Stevic takes final stage, Health Net swaps lead; Armstrong retains women's overall as Ulmer gets a win at last
Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) won the final stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Stillwater, as Health Net elected to lose a battle but win the war. New Zealander Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) got the stage victory she has been looking foa all week here, while Kristin Armstrong (Lipton) retained the leader jersey.
Men: Health Net gives stage to sweep podium at Nature Valley
By James Lockwood
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Sometimes you have to let the race go to win.
At least, that is what Health Net thought in the last stage of Great River Energy's Nature Valley Grand Prix.
With three guys sitting one, two and three on the general classification - and another 26 seconds out in fifth place - the National Racing Calendar event was theirs to lose. And while Greg Henderson eventually lost the jersey finishing 12 seconds off the pace, the jersey stayed in the team and gave Karl Menzies the overall victory.
And Health Net finished 1-2-3 at the end.
"It's not often you can sweep the podium at an NRC event," said Health Net's director sportif Jeff Corbett.
"You can't get too greedy," said Menzies, who was the third Health Net rider to win a race at the event on Saturday. "At the end of the day, we wanted to get the top 3."
While Health Net's eyes trained on the overall standings, Toyota-United's Ivan Stevic had his eye on a little redemption for the team, which had been shut out of the podium all week and only figured once in the final sprint during the five days of racing. Early in Sunday's race, he snuck away from the Health Net-led pack, joined forces with Team Einstein's Jason Donald, and then worked with Jelly Belly's Caleb Manion to take the first victory at Nature Valley for the first-year squad.
"I wasn't dangerous for [Health Net] in the break, so the they let me go," Stevic said.
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The win was important for him and the team, said the Toyota-United rider who was edged off the podium in stage four by 2 inches.
"Day after day, we were just not doing good," he said. "We were pretty tired coming from Philly.
"This was the best way to finish the stage race. We needed this for the morale."
Stevic gave credit to Manion for pushing the pace and maintaining the gap that allowed the two to finish one-two on the stage.
"To be honest, I was suffering a lot," Stevic said. "I think he used a lot of energy in that effort."
Manion, though, threw the accolades back to Stevic. "I guess the best man won at the end."
Not only did Stevic suffer from the effort - the 1.2-mile course featured a 50-meter finishing climb of 18 percent - so did Navigator Insurance's Shawn Milne, who was with the duo half of the race but failed to match the effort of Manion's when it counted. Sitting 54 seconds back on GC, he could have been a threat for the podium, but at that moment, tactics changed for Navigator's, and with about five laps to go, the Navigators best placed GC rider, Bernard Van Ulden, attacked out of the lead group to bridge to Milne and try to shake things up.
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"I was feeling pretty good," Van Ulden said. "I took a couple of hits. I wanted to go down fighting."
Sitting fourth, he was the biggest threat to a Health Net sweep, and they weren't going to let him go. Menzies quickly marked Van Ulden, and any chance of the young Navigator's rider finding a place on the podium quickly dropped.
"The only thing that worried us was if we got complacent and let Van Ulden slip away," said Health Net's Nathan O'Neill, who finished third overall.
Menzies, who had been working all day near the front to protect Henderson, said the attack was nothing for him to match since the team had not been pushing the pace but just marshalling the front.
"I was never tired," he said. "We knew what we had to do. We knew we had to mark Van Ulden."
Others noticed the pace - or lack there of.
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"For me, it was a game of wait-and-see," said Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home's Jonathan Page, who took third on the stage. "People weren't attacking. For me, I like to race my bike, not sit on the back of Health Net."
Navigator's director sportif, Ray Cipollini, gave credit to Health Net for their strength and tactics.
"The made no mistakes all week," he said. "The opportunities we had were limited at best. We did what we could wit the resources we had."
Maybe the only mistake was made by Henderson, who misinterpreted the results at the finish and looked a bit disappointed when he learned that he lost the jersey.
"I just thought we had to finish with the bunch," said Henderson, who collapsed at the top of the final climb up the hill. "The last lap was so hard."
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Still, he found consolation with the fact that the jersey stayed with the team, something they held all week.
"To have the yellow jersey go to a teammate is fine," he said.
Menzies said he was happy to have the jersey, although he saved his jubilant spirit for the podium where he celebrated with Henderson and O'Neill.
"It's so close. This team is so tight. Who's in the jersey doesn't really matter," he said.
Women: Armstrong holds onto leader's jersey, Ulmer takes final stage
By Steve Kay
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For the second year, the winner of the women's prologue in Great River Energy's Nature Valley Grand Prix went into Sunday's fifth stage holding the yellow jersey.
And, for the second year, that rider came away with the jersey.
TEAm Lipton's Kristin Armstrong maintained her lead to finish as the overall 2006 Nature Valley Grand Prix Champion, holding onto the yellow jersey for the duration of the five-day event.
Unlike Saturday's race, though, when she took victory away from Jazz Apple's Sarah Ulmer, Armstrong only finished fourth. Instead, Ulmer took the well-earned win on the 1.2-mile criterium course that included the famed Chilkoot Hill, a 50-meter climb pitching at 18 percent.
While nearly 100 racers began the day's race, a group of three riders - Armstrong, Ulmer, and Team Biovail's Anne Samplonius - broke out in front after the second lap. They would remain out in front by as much as 20 seconds from the chase group, headed by Webcor-Platinum Builder's Christine Thorburn, until the final lap.
Chilkoot Hill proved to be challenge even for the most experienced of riders.
"I felt like my heart was going to come out of my chest," Armstrong said of the push up the hill.
With huge crowds on the hill yelling at the riders, Armstrong said she found assistance with her drive for the finish.
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"The crowds today were awesome, especially at the finish. It really helped give me that extra push up the hill," Armstrong said of the crowds.
The hill turned out to be the final hurdle in what was a grueling couple of days.
"I'm going to go home and put my feet up for a few days," an exhausted but thrilled Armstrong said after today's final stage.
Biovail's Alex Wrubleski and TEAm Lipton's Kori Seehofer came in second and third, respectively. Overall, Seehofer also finished second followed in third by defending Nature Valley champion Thorburn.
A gracious Armstrong was not only very impressive in her first Nature Valley Grand Prix, she was impressed by the event.
"This whole event was very well run. The volunteers did an amazing job this whole week, including the volunteer director [David LaPorte]," she said.
The other major story of the 5-day Nature Valley Grand Prix was the emergence of the relatively unknown Palo Alto Bicycle Works/TIBCO rider Brooke Miller. Miller captured Thursday's road race in Cannon Falls and had a strong showing today in Stillwater. She was awarded the Freewheel Bike Sprint Jersey for her efforts.
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Miller, who until last week was known only to diehard cycling enthusiasts, will now be a force on women's racing scene. Her coach and legendary cyclist Linda Jackson sees big things in Miller's future.
"Brooke has a shot at making it to the 2008 Olympics. If not 2008, then certainly by 2012," Jackson said when asked about Miller's chances for the next Olympic games.
The Great River Energy Nature Valley Grand Prix is the first event in the Women's Prestige Cycling Series. It continues next month with the Tour De Toona and concludes in September with the Bermuda Grand Prix. Armstrong will wear the yellow jersey when the Women's Prestige Series continues in Altoona.
Until then, Armstrong will take a few well-deserved days off, and then begin her preparation for the US Nationals.
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Photography
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- Tina Pic (Colavita/Cooking Light) at the start.
- The women's peloton going up the big climb.
- Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum) was not able stay in contact with Armstrong.
- Local rider Teresa Moriarty (Flanders) was determined not to let the tough hill get the best of her.
- Catherine Walberg (Kenda Tires) puts in all her effort to crest the climb.
- The breakaway trio of Kristin Armstrong (Webcor-Platinium), Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) and Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail).
- Kristin Wentworth (America's Dairlyland) showing the difficulty of the big climb.
- Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) dropped her breakaway mates to take to final climb.
- Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) celebrates her stage victory at the hill-top finish.
- Stage winner Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple).
- Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail) is the best young rider of the 2006 NVGP.
- The podium - (L-R) Kori Seehafer and Kristin Armstrong of Team Lipton and Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinium) on are top three in the final GC standing
- The leaders of the Women's Prestige Series get a podium surprise.
- Greg Henderson (Health Net / Maxxis) begins the day in yellow.
- The men's field scaling the Chilkoote hill en masse early in the race.
- Team Health Net/Maxxis controling the pack.
- Minnesota rider Jarred Berger (Grandstay) cranks out the hill-repeat.
- Siro Camponogara of the Navigators.
- Team Einstein's Jason Donald and Toyota-United's Ivan Stevic were part of the breakaway group.
- The Health Net train became a familiar sight in this NVGP.
- Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) in the breakaway group.
- Greg Henderson and the Health Net squad finally give chase in the final laps.
- Frank Pipp (TargeTraining) in the sprinters jersey.
- Reid Mumford (Athletes by Design) ended the race as the top Amateur finisher.
- Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) surprised all with a strong last surge to steal the stage victory.
- Stage winner Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) after a hard day on the saddle.
- Alex Boyd takes the Best Young Rider's Jersey with a strong final stage.
- It's all Health Net/Maxxis atop the GC podium with (L-R) Greg Henderson, Karl Menzies, and Nathan O'Neill.
Images by Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
- Erinne Willock (Webcor Platinum ) staying cool at the start.
- Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail Pro Cycling) was sitting only 2 seconds behind in the your rider competition at the start of stage 5.
- The women's field assualts Chilkoote Hill for the first time.
- Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail Pro Cycling) attacked early in the race starting the break and earned herself the SportsPro Most Aggressive award for Stage 5.
- Brooke Miller (PABW pb Tibco) gets a splash of water to cool off.
- The main chase group crests the hill.
- Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail Pro Cycling) leads her two break away companions (Ulmer/Jazz Apple Cycling and Armstrong/Team Lipton) past the finish line.
- Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) celebrates the stage win in Stillwater.
- Blue skies and sun greated the means field for the start of the race in Stillwater.
- The men's field is still together as they climb the Chilkoote Hill on the second lap.
- Early on, Health Net controlled the front of the race.
- Jason Donald (Team Einstein's Cycling) won the Stage 5 Most Aggressive Rider for instigating a solo break that was later joined by stage winner Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team)
- Jeff Corbett calls out instructions to the Health Net team.
- Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly), Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) and Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) increase their lead on the Healthnet controlled field.
- Late in the race Freewheel Bike Sprint leader Frank Pipp (Target Training) takes a flyer off the front of the field.
- Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) raises a hand to celebrate the Stillwater Stage win.
- The crowds that cheered the riders up Chilkoote Hill stream down to the awards presentation.
- The stage 5 podium - (L-to-R) Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail), Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple Cycling), and Kori Seehafer (Team Lipton).
- The final General Classification podium - (L-to-R) Kori Seehafer (Team Lipton), Kristin Armstrong (Team Lipton), Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum)
- The jersey leaders for the three part Women's Prestige Cycling Series: Sprint - Brooke Miller (PABW pb Tibco), GC - Kristin Armstrong (Team Lipton), Best Young Rider - Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platium)
- No surprises here as Team Lipton takes the Team General Classification.
- The stage 5 podium - (L-to-R) Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly), Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United), Jonathon Page (Colavita Sutter Home)
- The final General Classification podium - (L-to-R) Greg Henderson, Karl Menzies, Nathan O'Neil all from Healthnet presented by Maxxis.
- Like the women, no surprises with Team GC, it's the guys from Health Net presented by Maxxis.
Images by Frank Rowe
- The women near the end of the first lap, with the historic Stillwater liftbridge in the background.
- Nicky Wangsgard (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) takes a flyer on the second lap.
- Local rider Teresa Moriarty (Flanders/MBRC) leads Brooke Miller (PABW pb TIBCO) through a corner.
- Sprint classification winner Brooke Miller (PABW pb TIBCO) looking strong early in the race.
- A duo of TRIA riders reaches the top of Chilkoot hill.
- A lone Cheerwine rider puts some distance between herself and a chase group.
- Fans at the top of Chilkoot hill help to cool off a Team Biovail rider.
- Overall leader Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) is shadowed by mountains leader Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple).
- Alison Powers (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) crests the brutal Chilkoot hill.
- From lap two until the bell lap, Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple), Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail), and Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) led the field.
- Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) finished third on the day and second overall.
- Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) wins the Stillwater stage and retains the QOM.
- Dave McCook (Jelly Belly) fuels up on some on his sponsor's Sport Beans before the stage.
- Led by the Health Net squad the men's field snakes its way to the base of Chilkoot hill.
- The ageless Steve Tilford (Trek/Shimano) leads the field in an early break.
- The men's field, mid-race.
- The main field is trailed by the TV motorbike and a race official.
- Bernard van Ulden (fourth overall) was well protected by his Navigators teammates.
- Jason Donald (Team Einstein's Cycling) - stage 5's Most Aggressive Rider, is trailed by eventual stage winner Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team) and Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly).
- The powerful Health Net squad with overall leader Greg Henderson, puts on an impressive chase.
- Mountains leader Hilton Clarke (Navigators) makes a late move.
- Heading into today's final stage Greg Henderson (Health Net pb Maxxis) led by just 4 seconds over teammate Karl Menzies.
- Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) wins the stage ahead of Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly).
- After finishing just 12 seconds behind the stage winner, Greg Henderson (Health Net pb Maxxis) took several minutes to recover from his heroic effort.
- It's Fathers' Day! - Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) finished third in today's stage.
Results
1 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 1.00.23 2 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) 0.02 3 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 0.03 4 Karl Menzies (Health Net pb Maxxis) 0.04 5 Frank Pipp (Targetraining) 0.05 6 Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 7 Brian Dziewa (Mercy Cycling) 8 Paul Esposti (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 0.06 9 Nathan O'Neill (Health Net pb Maxxis) 0.07 10 Frank Dierking (ABD) 11 Scott Zuizanski (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 12 Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance) 0.08 13 Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) 0.11 14 Matt Rice (Jelly Belly) 0.12 15 Greg Henderson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 16 Steve Tilford (Trek/Shimano) 0.14 17 Jonathan Garcia (Team Einstein's Cycling) 0.27 18 Tim Johnson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 0.33 19 Josh Thornton (Toyota-United) 20 Scottie Weiss (Hincapie Sports/Bianchi/ Dasani) 0.34 21 T. Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Insurance) 0.40 22 Reid Mumford (ABD) 1.00 23 Jacob Rosenbarger (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 1.07 24 Gordon Fraser (Health Net pb Maxxis) 1.11 25 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) 26 Mike Olheiser (MMW/Carve) 1.49 27 Ian Stanford (Nature Valley Racing Team) 1.52 28 Alexander Boyd (VMG Racing) 1.54 29 Jason Donald (Team Einstein's Cycling) 2.03 30 Aric Hareland (Hollywood Cycles/Silver Cycling) 3.46 31 Johnny Hayes (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 3.51 32 Stefan Rothe (Mercy Cycling) 3.57 33 Michael Grabinger (Grandstay/Out N About Gear) 4.02 34 Hayden Brooks (Subaru) 35 Jed Schneider (Subaru) 36 Andy Minier (Nature Valley Racing Team) 37 Peter Fairbanks (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 38 Stefano Barberi (Toyota-United) 4.21 39 Chad Nikolz (Broadmark / Hagens-Berman) 4.32 40 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 4.36 41 Jonathan Parrish (Landis/Trek/VW) 42 Adam Froemming (Flanders/MBRC) 43 Martin Gilbert (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 44 Bryce Mead (ABD) 45 Owen Gue (Broadmark / Hagens-Berman) 4.39 46 Eric Marcotte (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 5.02 47 Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly) 48 David Robinson (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 49 David Guttenplan (Subaru) 50 Jarred (Grandstay/Out N About Gear) 5.29 51 Jason Snider (Hollywood Cycles/Silver Cycling) 52 Josh Bezecny (Targetraining) 53 Erik Dahl (Flanders/MBRC) 5.53 54 Brandon Gavic (Wheel & Sprocket) 6.43 55 Andrew Guptill (Targetraining) 56 Owen Laine (BMC Racing Team) 57 Philip Wikoff (Team Hotel San Jose) 58 David Sachs (Vision Quest) 6.55 59 Duane Dickey (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 60 Rudy Robaina (VMG Racing) 61 Cole House (Endeavour) 62 David Zimmerman (Flanders/MBRC) 7.19 63 Brian Bibens (Subaru) 7.33 64 Jon Randall (ALL9Yards.COM) 65 Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 66 Chris Ruhl (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 67 Chris Kuhl (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 68 Spencer Beamer (VMG Racing) 69 Bill Stolte (HRRC/CollegePoint/Specialized/BikeSource) 10.04 70 Matt Williams (Grandstay/Out N About Gear) 10.27 71 Jack Seehafer (Team Einstein's Cycling) 72 Chris Harkey (Hincapie Sports/Bianchi/ Dasani) 73 Pete Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 74 Sterling Magnell (Toyota-United) 10.50 DNF Michael Dietrich (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) DNF Kirk O'Bee (Health Net pb Maxxis) DNF Andrew Bajadali (Jelly Belly) DNF Brian Jensen (Jelly Belly) DNF Brice Jones (Jelly Belly) DNF Dave Mccook (Jelly Belly) DNF Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance) DNF Oleg Grichkine (Navigators Insurance) DNF Thomas Soladay (LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies) DNF Ken Hanson (BMC Racing Team) DNF Jason Klikna (BMC Racing Team) DNF Osvaldo Olmos (BMC Racing Team) DNF Scott Nydam (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) DNF Barkley Robinson (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) DNF Shane Weaver (Hincapie Sports/Bianchi/ Dasani) DNF Terry Beenken (Bianchi/Grand Performance) DNF Thomas Luke (HRRC/CollegePoint/Specialized/BikeSource) DNF Ryan Nenninger (Mercy-Specialized) DNF Dan Swanson (Nature Valley Racing Team) Mountains KOM 1 1 Steve Tilford (Trek/Shimano) 5 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) 3 3 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 2 4 Nathan O'Neill (Health Net pb Maxxis) 1 KOM 2 1 Jason Donald (Team Einstein's Cycling) 5 pts 2 Mike Olheiser (MMW/Carve) 3 3 Steve Tilford (Trek/Shimano) 2 4 Stefano Barberi (Toyota-United) 1 KOM 3 1 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) 5 pts 2 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) 3 3 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 2 4 Tim Johnson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 1 KOM 4 1 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 5 pts 2 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) 3 3 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 2 4 Karl Menzies (Health Net pb Maxxis) 1 Sprints 1 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 5 pts 2 Brandon Gavic (Wheel & Sprocket) 3 3 Nathan O'Neill (Health Net pb Maxxis) 2 4 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 1 Teams 1 Health Net presented by Maxxis 3.01.32 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.36 3 Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Team 4.25 4 Toyota-United Pro Cycling team 4.31 5 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.53 6 ABD Cycling Team 5.20 7 TargeTraining 11.54 8 Team Einstein's Cycling 12.34 9 Subaru Cycling Team 12.43 10 Bianchi/Grand Performance 13.17 11 VMG Racing 15.59 12 Flanders/MBRC 17.25 13 CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 18.34 14 Grandstay/Out N About Gear 19.35 Final General classification 1 Karl Menzies (Health Net pb Maxxis) 6.36.37 2 Greg Henderson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 0.04 3 Nathan O'Neill (Health Net pb Maxxis) 0.11 4 Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance) 0.19 5 Frank Pipp (Targetraining) 0.40 6 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 1.18 7 Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) 1.20 8 Gordon Fraser (Health Net pb Maxxis) 1.29 9 Matt Rice (Jelly Belly) 1.42 10 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) 1.57 11 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) 2.36 12 Tim Johnson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 4.13 13 Reid Mumford (ABD) 5.23 14 Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 5.57 15 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 6.04 16 Josh Thornton (Toyota-United) 7.01 17 Scottie Weiss (Hincapie Sports/Bianchi/ Dasani) 8.29 18 Steve Tilford (Trek/Shimano) 8.31 19 Paul Esposti (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 8.45 20 Martin Gilbert (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 8.53 21 Mike Olheiser (MMW/Carve) 9.47 22 Scott Zuizanski (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 10.04 23 Alexander Boyd (VMG Racing) 10.05 24 Jason Donald (Team Einstein's Cycling) 11.09 25 Stefano Barberi (Toyota-United) 12.04 26 Michael Grabinger (Grandstay/Out N About Gear) 12.07 27 Jed Schneider (Subaru) 12.31 28 Hayden Brooks (Subaru) 12.50 29 Johnny Hayes (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 13.09 30 Stefan Rothe (Mercy Cycling) 13.24 31 Aric Hareland (Hollywood Cycles/Silver Cycling) 14.16 32 Adam Froemming (Flanders/MBRC) 15.54 33 Brandon Gavic (Wheel & Sprocket) 18.00 34 David Zimmerman (Flanders/MBRC) 19.21 35 Erik Dahl (Flanders/MBRC) 20.21 36 Jonathan Parrish (Landis/Trek/VW) 22.23 37 Pete Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 22.56 38 Frank Dierking (ABD) 23.03 39 Sterling Magnell (Toyota-United) 24.15 40 Rudy Robaina (VMG Racing) 25.54 41 Chad Nikolz (Broadmark / Hagens-Berman) 31.14 42 Brian Bibens (Subaru) 31.58 43 Brian Dziewa (Mercy Cycling) 31.59 44 Jonathan Garcia (Team Einstein's Cycling) 32.16 45 T. Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Insurance) 32.19 46 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 32.37 47 Ian Stanford (Nature Valley Racing Team) 33.25 48 David Guttenplan (Subaru) 33.27 49 Duane Dickey (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 34.41 50 Andrew Guptill (Targetraining) 34.43 51 Peter Fairbanks (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 35.50 52 Bryce Mead (ABD) 36.01 53 Andy Minier (Nature Valley Racing Team) 36.09 54 Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly) 36.35 55 Spencer Beamer (VMG Racing) 36.49 56 Eric Marcotte (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 36.51 57 Jacob Rosenbarger (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 37.48 58 Bill Stolte (HRRC/CollegePoint/Specialized/BikeSource) 38.03 59 David Sachs (Vision Quest) 38.35 60 Jon Randall (ALL9Yards.COM) 39.42 61 Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 42.16 62 Owen Gue (Broadmark / Hagens-Berman) 44.14 63 Josh Bezecny (Targetraining) 44.46 64 Chris Ruhl (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 45.58 65 Cole House (Endeavour) 46.50 66 David Robinson (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 48.00 67 Jarred (Grandstay/Out N About Gear) 48.35 68 Jason Snider (Hollywood Cycles/Silver Cycling) 49.27 69 Philip Wikoff (Team Hotel San Jose) 49.48 70 Owen Laine (BMC Racing Team) 49.49 71 Chris Kuhl (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 50.38 72 Chris Harkey (Hincapie Sports/Bianchi/ Dasani) 53.03 73 Jack Seehafer (Team Einstein's Cycling) 53.51 74 Matt Williams (Grandstay/Out N About Gear) 53.56 Mountains classification 1 Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) 23 pts 2 Steve Tilford (Trek/Shimano) 10 3 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 9 4 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) 8 5 Greg Henderson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 8 6 Karl Menzies (Health Net pb Maxxis) 7 7 Frank Pipp (Targetraining) 7 8 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) 7 9 Jason Donald (Team Einstein's Cycling) 5 10 Nathan O'Neill (Health Net pb Maxxis) 4 11 Tim Johnson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 4 12 Mike Olheiser (MMW/Carve) 3 13 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 2 14 Reid Mumford (ABD) 2 15 Cole House (Endeavour) 2 16 Brian Dziewa (Mercy Cycling) 1 17 Stefano Barberi (Toyota-United) 1 Best young rider classification 1 Alexander Boyd (VMG Racing) 6.46.42 2 Stefano Barberi (Toyota-United) 1.59 3 Hayden Brooks (Subaru) 2.45 4 Brandon Gavic (Wheel & Sprocket) 7.55 5 David Zimmerman (Flanders/MBRC) 9.16 6 Jonathan Parrish (Landis/Trek/VW) 12.18 7 David Guttenplan (Subaru) 23.22 8 Spencer Beamer (VMG Racing) 26.44 9 Owen Gue (Broadmark / Hagens-Berman) 34.09 10 Chris Ruhl (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 35.53 11 Cole House (Endeavour) 36.45 12 Owen Laine (BMC Racing Team) 39.44 13 Chris Kuhl (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 40.33 Sprint classification 1 Frank Pipp (Targetraining) 29 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Health Net pb Maxxis) 27 3 Greg Henderson (Health Net pb Maxxis) 23 4 Martin Gilbert (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) 11 5 Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) 5 6 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter) 5 7 Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) 5 8 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance) 5 9 Nathan O'Neill (Health Net pb Maxxis) 4 10 Reid Mumford (ABD) 4 11 Gordon Fraser (Health Net pb Maxxis) 3 12 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) 3 13 Brandon Gavic (Wheel & Sprocket) 3 14 Josh Thornton (Toyota-United) 2 15 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) 1 16 Stefan Rothe (Mercy Cycling) 1 Team classification 1 Health Net presented by Maxxis 19.50.46 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.21 3 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21.18 4 Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Team 23.27 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling team 23.54 6 Subaru Cycling Team 42.44 7 Flanders/MBRC 54.11 8 ABD Cycling Team 1.03.32 9 Bianchi/Grand Performance 1.09.48 10 VMG Racing 1.11.33 11 TargeTraining 1.18.57 12 Team Einstein's Cycling 1.36.21 13 CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 1.47.53 14 Grandstay/Out N About Gear 1.53.11 Women 1 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 48.56 2 Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail) 0.04 3 Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) 4 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 0.10 5 Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail) 6 Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum) 7 Laura Vangilder (TEAm Lipton) 8 Sue Palmer-Komar (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 0.18 9 Mara Abbott (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 0.20 10 Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platinum) 0.22 11 Tina Pic (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 0.40 12 Alison Powers (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 13 Kristin Sanders (Cheerwine) 0.46 14 Rosara Joseph (Jazz Apple) 1.12 15 Betina Hold (Webcor-Platinum) 2.14 16 Lara Kroepsch (TEAm Lipton) 2.16 17 Kristin Wentworth (America's Dairyland) 2.20 18 Katharine Carroll (Victory Brewing Team) 2.23 19 Marisa Asplund (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 2.34 20 Sarah Bambeger (Cheerwine) 2.43 21 Teresa Moriarty (Flanders/MBRC) 2.46 22 Karol-Ann Canuel (Equipe du Quebec) 2.53 23 Katie Mactier (Argon 18/Champion Systems) 24 Emilie Roy (Equipe du Quebec) 25 Kate Sherwin (Victory Brewing Team) 26 Victoria Vallstrom (PABW Powered by TIbco) 27 Melodie Metzger (McGuire) 28 Michelle Hyland (Jazz Apple) 2.59 29 Amanda Shaw (Team Biovail) 30 Kathleen Billington (Conneticut Coast Cycling) 31 Taitt Sato (McGuire) 32 Katheryn Curi (Webcor-Platinum) 3.04 33 Felicia Gomez (Webcor-Platinum) 34 Meredith Miller (TEAm Lipton) 3.09 35 Iona Wynter (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 3.21 36 Caitlyn Mccullough (Advil-ChapStick) 4.54 37 Liza Rachetto (TEAm Lipton) 38 Katherine Lambden (TEAm Lipton) 5.26 39 Megan Monroe (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 5.40 40 Ann Hansgate (Flanders/MBRC) 41 Sharon Allpress (TRIA) 42 Nicky Wangsgard (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 43 Brooke Miller (PABW Powered by Tibco) 44 Rebecca Larsen (Aaron's) 45 Alison Testroete (Team Biovail) 5.51 46 Leigh Hobson (Victory Brewing Team) 47 Sima Trapp (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 48 Tara Ross (Victory Brewing Team) 49 Heather Labance (Advil-ChapStick) 50 Michelle Beltran (Cheerwine) 51 Candice Blickem (Aaron's) 6.06 52 Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda Tire) 6.07 53 Syrae Weikle (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 54 Julie Adams (PABW Powered by Tibco) 6.12 55 Charm Breon (Cheerwine) 56 Kendra Keeley (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 6.17 57 Elizabeth Frye (Cheerwine) 6.59 58 Amy Mackey (PABW Powered by Tibco) 59 Jennifer Trew (Team Kenda Tire) 60 Tamyra Barnard (Team Kenda Tire) 61 Rochelle Gilmore (Advil-ChapStick) 62 Molly Vetter-Smith (Mesa Cycles Racing Team) 63 Joelle Numainville (Team Biovail) 64 Catherine Powers (Aaron's) 65 Flavia Oliveira (PABW Powered by Tibco) 7.42 66 Julia Bradley (Team R.A.C.E.) 9.47 67 Marie-Pier Bédard (Equipe du Quebec) DNF Sara Tillotson (Colavita/ Cooking Light) DNF Gina Grain (Colavita/ Cooking Light) DNF Kirsten Robbins (Victory Brewing Team) DNF Sarah Caravella (TEAm Lipton) DNF Mackenzie Dickey (Aaron's) DNF Shannon Hutchison-Krupa (Aaron's) DNF Stephanie Bourbeau (Team Biovail) DNF Martina Patella (McGuire) DNF Abby Cooper (Team Kenda Tire) DNF Jennifer Joynt (Velo Bella-Kona) DNF Kele Murdin (Velo Bella-Kona) DNF Jane Ziegler (Velo Bella-Kona) DNF Pamela Hinton (TRIA) DNF Moriah Macgregor (TRIA) DNF Jenn Reither (TRIA) DNF Carmen Small (TRIA) DNF Brooke Ourada (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) DNF Lisa Sweeney (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) DNF Natalie Klemko (America's Dairyland) DNF Emma Nelson (Advil-ChapStick) DNF Joanie Caron (Equipe du Quebec) DNF Andrea Myers (Team Blue Cycles/Uvex) DNF Brei Gudsell (Jazz Apple) DNF Paula Plant (Birchwood/GIS) DNF Shana Sturla (Flanders/MBRC) DNF Beth Allen (Team Joy Rides/Austin Flyers) Mountains QOM 1 1 Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail) 5 pts 2 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 3 3 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 2 4 Nicky Wangsgard (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 1 QOM 2 1 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 5 pts 2 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 3 3 Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail) 2 4 Mara Abbott (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 1 QOM 3 1 Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail) 5 pts 2 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 3 3 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 2 4 Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum) 1 QOM 4 1 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 5 pts 2 Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail) 3 3 Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) 2 4 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 1 Sprint 1 Brooke Miller (PABW Powered by Tibco) 5 pts 2 Martina Patella (McGuire) 3 3 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 2 4 Laura Vangilder (TEAm Lipton) 1 Teams 1 TEAm Lipton 2.27.12 2 Webcor-Platinum Women's Cycling Team 2.22 3 Team Biovail Pro Cycling 2.49 4 Jazz Apple Cycling Team 3.47 5 Colavita/ Cooking Light Cycling Team 3.55 6 Rio Grande/Sports Garage 6.43 7 Cheerwine 8.56 8 Victory Brewing Team 10.43 9 Colorado Premier Training - Colnago 13.30 10 PABW Powered by TIBCO 14.21 11 Equipe du Quebec 15.09 12 Advil-ChapStick Cycling Team 17.20 13 Aaron's Pro Women's Cycling 18.21 14 Team Kenda Tire 19.41 Final General classification 1 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 8.03.50 2 Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) 1.04 3 Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum) 1.08 4 Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail) 1.22 5 Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platinum) 1.38 6 Sue Palmer-Komar (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 1.40 7 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 2.04 8 Mara Abbott (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 2.18 9 Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail) 2.38 10 Laura Vangilder (TEAm Lipton) 3.40 11 Felicia Gomez (Webcor-Platinum) 6.24 12 Teresa Moriarty (Flanders/MBRC) 6.33 13 Kristin Sanders (Cheerwine) 6.53 14 Michelle Hyland (Jazz Apple) 7.27 15 Tina Pic (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 8.47 16 Katharine Carroll (Victory Brewing Team) 9.07 17 Katie Mactier (Argon 18/Champion Systems) 9.40 18 Katheryn Curi (Webcor-Platinum) 10.02 19 Betina Hold (Webcor-Platinum) 20 Emilie Roy (Equipe du Quebec) 10.29 21 Marisa Asplund (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 10.32 22 Melodie Metzger (McGuire) 10.44 23 Amanda Shaw (Team Biovail) 10.54 24 Kathleen Billington (Conneticut Coast Cycling) 25 Brooke Miller (PABW Powered by Tibco) 11.45 26 Alison Powers (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 11.47 27 Lara Kroepsch (TEAm Lipton) 12.10 28 Charm Breon (Cheerwine) 12.52 29 Leigh Hobson (Victory Brewing Team) 13.02 30 Taitt Sato (McGuire) 13.05 31 Catherine Powers (Aaron's) 13.11 32 Karol-Ann Canuel (Equipe du Quebec) 13.19 33 Iona Wynter (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 13.45 34 Rosara Joseph (Jazz Apple) 15.18 35 Kristin Wentworth (America's Dairyland) 15.31 36 Victoria Vallstrom (PABW Powered by TIbco) 15.57 37 Rebecca Larsen (Aaron's) 16.11 38 Liza Rachetto (TEAm Lipton) 16.35 39 Heather Labance (Advil-ChapStick) 16.42 40 Megan Monroe (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 16.51 41 Sharon Allpress (TRIA) 17.13 42 Michelle Beltran (Cheerwine) 17.56 43 Kendra Keeley (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 18.13 44 Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda Tire) 18.42 45 Joelle Numainville (Team Biovail) 19.09 46 Flavia Oliveira (PABW Powered by Tibco) 20.12 47 Nicky Wangsgard (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 20.20 48 Ann Hansgate (Flanders/MBRC) 21.44 49 Meredith Miller (TEAm Lipton) 22.08 50 Kate Sherwin (Victory Brewing Team) 22.33 51 Tara Ross (Victory Brewing Team) 22.37 52 Rochelle Gilmore (Advil-ChapStick) 24.42 53 Candice Blickem (Aaron's) 25.56 54 Jennifer Trew (Team Kenda Tire) 26.05 55 Sima Trapp (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 26.14 56 Molly Vetter-Smith (Mesa Cycles Racing Team) 26.16 57 Tamyra Barnard (Team Kenda Tire) 28.05 58 Alison Testroete (Team Biovail) 28.43 59 Katherine Lambden (TEAm Lipton) 30.51 60 Syrae Weikle (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 32.28 61 Elizabeth Frye (Cheerwine) 32.46 62 Caitlyn Mccullough (Advil-ChapStick) 33.57 63 Marie-Pier Bédard (Equipe du Quebec) 35.25 64 Sarah Bambeger (Cheerwine) 37.21 65 Julie Adams (PABW Powered by Tibco) 40.45 66 Amy Mackey (PABW Powered by Tibco) 41.20 67 Julia Bradley (Team R.A.C.E.) 46.09 Best young rider classification 1 Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail) 8.05.12 2 Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platinum) 0.16 3 Mara Abbott (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 0.56 4 Michelle Hyland (Jazz Apple) 6.05 5 Katharine Carroll (Victory Brewing Team) 7.45 6 Emilie Roy (Equipe du Quebec) 9.07 7 Kathleen Billington (Conneticut Coast Cycling) 9.32 8 Karol-Ann Canuel (Equipe du Quebec) 11.57 9 Rosara Joseph (Jazz Apple) 13.56 10 Rebecca Larsen (Aaron's) 14.49 11 Joelle Numainville (Team Biovail) 17.47 12 Flavia Oliveira (PABW Powered by Tibco) 18.50 13 Ann Hansgate (Flanders/MBRC) 20.22 14 Rochelle Gilmore (Advil-ChapStick) 23.20 15 Jennifer Trew (Team Kenda Tire) 24.43 16 Alison Testroete (Team Biovail) 27.21 17 Caitlyn Mccullough (Advil-ChapStick) 32.35 18 Marie-Pier Bédard (Equipe du Quebec) 34.03 19 Amy Mackey (PABW Powered by Tibco) 39.58 Mountains classification 1 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 41 pts 2 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 17 3 Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail) 14 4 Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail) 12 5 Felicia Gomez (Webcor-Platinum) 10 6 Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum) 6 7 Laura Vangilder (TEAm Lipton) 3 8 Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) 2 9 Mara Abbott (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 2 10 Sue Palmer-Komar (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 1 11 Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platinum) 1 12 Nicky Wangsgard (Colorado Premier Training - Colnago) 1 Sprint classification 1 Brooke Miller (PABW Powered by Tibco) 33 pts 2 Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) 27 3 Sarah Ulmer (Jazz Apple) 15 4 Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) 14 5 Alex Wrubleski (Team Biovail) 14 6 Laura Vangilder (TEAm Lipton) 12 7 Katharine Carroll (Victory Brewing Team) 9 8 Teresa Moriarty (Flanders/MBRC) 8 9 Tina Pic (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 5 10 Anne Samplonius (Team Biovail) 5 11 Sue Palmer-Komar (Colavita/ Cooking Light) 5 12 Rochelle Gilmore (Advil-ChapStick) 5 13 Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platinum) 4 14 Rebecca Larsen (Aaron's) 3 15 Mara Abbott (Rio Grande/Sports Garage) 3 16 Catherine Powers (Aaron's) 3 17 Amanda Shaw (Team Biovail) 3 18 Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum) 2 19 Michelle Hyland (Jazz Apple) 2 20 Betina Hold (Webcor-Platinum) 1 Team classification 1 TEAm Lipton 24.17.12 2 Webcor-Platinum Women's Cycling Team 2.38 3 Team Biovail Pro Cycling 9.26 4 Jazz Apple Cycling Team 15.14 5 Colavita/ Cooking Light Cycling Team 17.24 6 Rio Grande/Sports Garage 25.50 7 Cheerwine 27.44 8 Victory Brewing Team 31.37 9 Colorado Premier Training - Colnago 33.50 10 PABW Powered by TIBCO 39.25 11 Aaron's Pro Women's Cycling 41.10 12 Equipe du Quebec 52.51 13 Advil-ChapStick Cycling Team 1.03.25 14 Team Kenda Tire 1.06.36
