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The International (Tour de Toona) - NE
Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA, July 29-August 4, 2002
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Stage 3 - July 31: Johnstown to Altoona, 161.6km
Alpert escapes to stage win and likely overall
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A precocious and solitary breakaway and a field not taking it seriously was more than enough to more or less settle definitely The International 2002 edition. Heather Albert (Goldy's) finished today's stage with a 7 minute lead over her closest rivals and took the yellow jersey with a 7'41" advantage over Manon Jutras (Rona), now second overall. Albert also completed her wardrobe with the points leader and best climber jerseys.
Today's stage was 164km long and tough, with several challenging climbs. Heather Albert, who finished fourth at the recent U.S. road championships, broke away halfway up the first climb of the day, less than 5km from the start. The peloton didn't think she would go far and let her go. In no time at all she had a 4 minute lead. Then Rona started to chase and, after about 60km of racing, the lead had melted down to 2'20. Then RONA offered other teams the opportunity to improve their view in the front of the chase, but nobody took the offer. Albert was free to consolidate her lead. When she crossed the line, she had a full seven minutes to freshen up before Sandy Espeseth and Laura Van Gilder made it to the end. A group of a dozen girls, one of them Manon Jutras, finished 43 seconds later.
Results
Stage 3 Johnston To Altoona (101MILES) 1 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 4.49.34 2 Sandy Espeseth (Boise) 07.00.0 3 Laura Van Gilder (Trek Plus) 07.00.0 4 Tina Mayolo (Diet Rite) 07.43.0 5 Erin Mirabella (Total Trainer) 6 Maria Calle (Talgo America) 7 Lynn Gaggioli (Trek Plus) 8 Kori Kelly (Diet Rite) 9 Nicole Demars (Boise) 10 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 11 Susie Wood (Total Trainer) 12 Kristin Lasasso (Total Trainer) 13 Cybil Diguistini (Diet Rite) 14 Jessica Phillips (Saturn Cycling Team) 15 Manon Jutras (Rona Cycling Team) 16 Lisa Magness (Goldy's) 09.04.0 17 Amy Jarvis (Rona Cycling Team) 09.28.0 18 Sophie St. Jacques (Trek Plus) 10.17.0 19 Suzanne Sonye (Saturn Cycling Team) 20 Leah Toffolon (Goldy's) 10.45.0 21 Helen Kelly (Verizon Wireless) 13.17.0 22 Catherine Bearce (Trek Plus) 23 Laura Schmidt (Total Trainer) 24 Ann Miller (Verizon Wireless) 25 Andrea Hannos (Rona Cycling Team) 26 Joan Wilson (Boise) 27 E Lizabeth Morse (LSV/Trek/VW) 28 Ann Samplonius (Trek Plus) 29 Heather Cole (Mercy Cycling) 30 Lara Kroepsch (Trek Plus) 31 Liz Young (Talgo America) 32 Meredith Miller (Talgo America) 33 Rebecca Mcclintock (LSV/Trek/VW) 34 Hiroko Shimada (Verizon Wireless) 35 Susan Hefler (LSV/Trek/VW) 36 Sarah Konrad (DeFeet/Cycles de Oro) 37 Melissa Sanborn (Total Trainer) 19.18.0 38 Anna Milkowski (Goldy's) 24.05.0 39 Liz Begosh (Talgo America) 40 Christine Huff (LSV/Trek/VW) 24.06.0 41 Cheryl Binney (Diet Rite) 42 Gina Grain (Boise) 43 Joanne Kiesanowski (Diet Rite) 44 Mina Pizzini (Diet Rite) 52.33.0 45 Mandy Poitras (Boise) 53.35.0 46 Julia Farell (Verizon Wireless) 47 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (Talgo America) 54.04.0 48 Christine Miller (Mercy Cycling) 57.15.0 49 Megan Morse (LSV/Trek/VW) DNF Candice Blickem (DeFeet/Cycles de Oro) DNF Deborah Elliott (DeFeet/Cycles de Oro) DNF Nicole Freedman (Rona Cycling Team) DNF Lauren Gaffney (Goldy's) DNF Jody Koch (Mercy Cycling) DNF Julie Monagle (Verizon Wireless) DNF Chris Saraceni (DeFeet/Cycles de Oro) DNF Kristy Scrymgeour (Saturn Cycling Team) DNF Ramsey Wall (Goldy's) DNF Erinne Willock (Verizon Wireless) Women's GC After Stage 3 1 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 7.56.44 2 Manon Jutras (Rona Cycling Team) 0.07.41 3 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 0.07.42 4 Jessica Phillips (Saturn Cycling Team) 0.07.49 5 Kori Kelly (Diet Rite) 0.08.00 6 Sandy Espeseth (Boise) 0.08.03 7 Cybil Diguistini (Diet Rite) 0.08.09 8 Tina Mayolo (Diet Rite) 0.08.10 9 Nicole Demars (Boise) 0.08.21 10 Erin Mirabella (Total Trainer) 0.08.25 11 Maria Calle (Talgo America) 0.08.26 12 Lynn Gaggioli (Trek Plus) 0.08.32 13 Laura Van Gilder (Trek Plus) 0.08.33 14 Kristin Lasasso (Total Trainer) 0.09.06 15 Susie Wood (Total Trainer) 0.09.17 16 Lisa Magness (Goldy's) 0.09.55 17 Amy Jarvis (Rona Cycling Team) 0.10.03 18 Leah Toffolon (Goldy's) 0.12.16 19 Suzanne Sonye (Saturn Cycling Team) 0.12.26 20 Sophie St. Jacques (Trek Plus) 0.12.56 21 Sarah Konrad (DeFeet/Cycles de Oro) 0.13.42 22 Ann Samplonius (Trek Plus) 0.13.50 23 Catherine Bearce (Trek Plus) 0.13.55 24 Heather Cole (Mercy Cycling) 0.13.57 25 Andrea Hannos (Rona Cycling Team) 0.14.09 26 Helen Kelly (Verizon Wireless) 0.14.26 27 Joan Wilson (Boise) 0.14.27 28 Meredith Miller (Talgo America) 0.14.38 29 Ann Miller (Verizon Wireless) 0.14.38 30 Rebecca Mcclintock (LSV/Trek/VW) 0.14.39 31 Laura Schmidt (Total Trainer) 0.14.46 32 Hiroko Shimada (Verizon Wireless) 0.14.55 33 Lara Kroepsch (Trek Plus) 0.15.04 34 Susan Hefler (LSV/Trek/VW) 0.15.10 35 E Lizabeth Morse (LSV/Trek/VW) 0.15.18 36 Melissa Sanborn (Total Trainer) 0.20.20 37 Cheryl Binney (Diet Rite) 0.25.02 38 Gina Grain (Boise) 0.25.02 39 Anna Milkowski (Goldy's) 0.25.03 40 Joanne Kiesanowski (Diet Rite) 0.25.17 41 Liz Begosh (Talgo America) 0.25.25 42 Christine Huff (LSV/Trek/VW) 0.32.50 43 Liz Young (Talgo America) 0.39.56 44 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (Talgo America) 0.54.59 45 Julia Farell (Verizon Wireless) 0.55.40 46 Christine Miller (Mercy Cycling) 0.58.46 47 Megan Morse (LSV/Trek/VW) 0.59.50 48 Mina Pizzini (Diet Rite) 0.59.55 49 Mandy Poitras (Boise) 1.17.56 Women's QOM For Stage 3 1 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 14 2 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 8 3 Lynn Gaggioli (Trek Plus) 8 4 Manon Jutras (Rona Cycling Team) 8 Women's Sprint For Stage 3 1 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 20 2 Laura Van Gilder (Trek Plus) 12 3 Tina Mayolo (Diet Rite) 10 4 Sandy Espeseth (Boise) 9 5 Erin Mirabella (Total Trainer) 6 6 Lynn Gaggioli (Trek Plus) 5 7 Maria Calle (Talgo America) 5 8 Gina Grain (Boise) 4 9 Kori Kelly (Diet Rite) 3 10 Nicole Demars (Boise) 2 11 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 1 Men 1 Matt Decanio (Prime Alliance) 4.14.29 2 Plamen Stoyanov (Think Racing ) 00.37 3 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) 4 Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) 5 John Lieswyn (7UP/Nutrafig) 02.22 6 Jon Hamblen (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 7 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Colombia National Team) 8 Scottie Weiss (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 9 Cameron Hughes (Kissena Cycling Team) 10 Nat Faulkner (Kissena Cycling Team) 02.42 11 Arles Casto Laverto (Colombia National Team) 12 Greg Sienienwicz (Ofoto-Lombardis) 13 Sven Tuft (Prime Alliance) 14 Peter Baker (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 03.12 15 Hugh Moran (Cycle Science/Trek) 03.33 16 James Mattis (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 17 Victor Herrera Ramos (Colombia National Team) 18 Michael Jones (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 19 Marc Hagenlocher (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 20 Colby Farrell (Ofoto-Lombardis) 21 Scott Zwizanski (Team Snow Valley) 22 David Wyandt (Sierra Nevada) 23 Maint Berkenbosch (Westsylvania) 24 Jose Serpa Perez (Colombia National Team) 25 Troy White (Sierra Nevada) 26 Paul Ellis (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 27 Todd Herriott (Think Racing ) 28 Ryan Dewald (Team Lite Bites) 05.40 29 Jason McCartney (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 30 Jeremy Sartain (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 31 Carlos Vargas (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 32 Jonathan Page (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 33 Alex Gonzalez Pena (Colombia National Team) 09.52 34 Ted Huang (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 09.56 35 Russell Langley (Team Snow Valley) 36 Eneas Freyre (Kissena Cycling Team) 37 Charles Dionne (7UP/Nutrafig) 38 Doug Ziewacz (7UP/Nutrafig) 10.01 39 Hugo Pradeneto (Cycle Science/Trek) 10.27 40 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Kissena Cycling Team) 41 Timothy Larkin (Ofoto-Lombardis) 12.23 42 Josh Beck (Team Lite Bites) 13.33 43 Michael Lange (Westsylvania) 13.48 44 Keith Szolusha (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 45 Russell Stevenson (Prime Alliance) 14.49 46 Jason Baer (CCB/VW) 47 Ryan O'Connor (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 48 Michael Mueller (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 49 Clark Fisher (Westsylvania) 50 Jonathan Wirsing (Team Snow Valley) 51 John Delong (Team Lite Bites) 52 Ryan Mckinney (Team Snow Valley) 53 Steve Speaks (Team Lite Bites) 54 Chris Montague-Breakwell (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 55 Adam Bergman (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 56 Ross Krause (CCB/VW) 57 Mike Taylor (Ofoto-Lombardis) 58 Erik Saunders (Ofoto-Lombardis) 59 Bill Innes (Kissena Cycling Team) 60 Andrew Randell (Kissena Cycling Team) 15.15 61 Jay Duffy (Team Lite Bites) 18.43 62 Chris Baumann (Sierra Nevada) 63 Matthew Svatek (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 22.57 64 Wes Seigler (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 65 Shawn Mccormack (CCB/VW) 66 Don Mills (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 67 John Peters (Prime Alliance) 68 David Fuentes (Sierra Nevada) 69 Justin Morgan (Sierra Nevada) 70 Jason Schneider (Think Racing ) 24.29 71 Oscar Pineda (7UP/Nutrafig) 72 Chuck Coyle (7UP/Nutrafig) 28.05 73 Kurt Hackler (CCB/VW) 35.46 74 Poul Holm (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 47.33 DNF Conor Hurley (7UP/Nutrafig) DNF Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi-Grand Performance) DNF Lawrence Perera (CCB/VW) DNF Dan Larson (Cycle Science/Trek) DNF David O'loughlin (Ofoto-Lombardis) DNF Andy Malcom (Think Racing ) DNF Russell Tolle (Think Racing ) DNF Kevin Westover (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) DNF Pat Collier (Westsylvania) DNF Erik Bender (Westsylvania) Men's GC after Stage 3 1 Matt Decanio (Prime Alliance) 6.55.03 2 Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) 00.58 3 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) 01.10 4 Plamen Stoyanov (Think Racing ) 01.14 5 John Lieswyn (7UP/Nutrafig) 02.46 6 Scottie Weiss (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 02.58 7 Sven Tuft (Prime Alliance) 03.00 8 Cameron Hughes (Kissena Cycling Team) 03.18 9 Jon Hamblen (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 03.18 10 Nat Faulkner (Kissena Cycling Team) 03.26 11 Greg Sienienwicz (Ofoto-Lombardis) 03.28 12 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Colombia National Team) 03.30 13 Arles Casto Laverto (Colombia National Team) 03.35 14 Jose Serpa Perez (Colombia National Team) 04.10 15 Michael Jones (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 04.10 16 Marc Hagenlocher (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 04.12 17 Scott Zwizanski (Team Snow Valley) 04.15 18 Maint Berkenbosch (Westsylvania) 04.22 19 Peter Baker (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 04.27 20 Victor Herrera Ramos (Colombia National Team) 04.35 21 Troy White (Sierra Nevada) 04.35 22 Hugh Moran (Cycle Science/Trek) 04.38 23 David Wyandt (Sierra Nevada) 04.38 24 James Mattis (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 04.44 25 Colby Farrell (Ofoto-Lombardis) 04.50 26 Paul Ellis (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 05.12 27 Jason McCartney (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 06.10 28 Carlos Vargas (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 06.29 29 Ryan Dewald (Team Lite Bites) 06.48 30 Jeremy Sartain (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 07.00 31 Jonathan Page (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 07.17 32 Doug Ziewacz (7UP/Nutrafig) 10.28 33 Charles Dionne (7UP/Nutrafig) 10.44 34 Alex Gonzalez Pena (Colombia National Team) 10.51 35 Russell Langley (Team Snow Valley) 11.00 36 Ted Huang (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 11.19 37 Hugo Pradeneto (Cycle Science/Trek) 11.31 38 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Kissena Cycling Team) 11.36 39 Timothy Larkin (Ofoto-Lombardis) 13.08 40 Josh Beck (Team Lite Bites) 15.04 41 Michael Lange (Westsylvania) 15.06 42 Jonathan Wirsing (Team Snow Valley) 15.27 43 Russell Stevenson (Prime Alliance) 15.28 44 Adam Bergman (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 15.38 45 Mike Taylor (Ofoto-Lombardis) 15.52 46 Andrew Randell (Kissena Cycling Team) 15.53 47 Steve Speaks (Team Lite Bites) 15.55 48 Erik Saunders (Ofoto-Lombardis) 15.57 49 John Delong (Team Lite Bites) 16.02 50 Bill Innes (Kissena Cycling Team) 16.04 51 Ryan Mckinney (Team Snow Valley) 16.22 52 Michael Mueller (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 16.25 53 Jason Baer (CCB/VW) 16.28 54 Ryan O'Connor (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 16.32 55 Clark Fisher (Westsylvania) 16.34 56 Keith Szolusha (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 16.42 57 Chris Montague-Breakwell (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 16.51 58 Jay Duffy (Team Lite Bites) 20.29 59 Chris Baumann (Sierra Nevada) 21.17 60 Wes Seigler (Go Mart-W. Virginia) 23.47 61 John Peters (Prime Alliance) 23.50 62 David Fuentes (Sierra Nevada) 24.04 63 Justin Morgan (Sierra Nevada) 24.30 64 Matthew Svatek (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 24.39 65 Shawn Mccormack (CCB/VW) 24.49 66 Don Mills (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 24.51 67 Oscar Pineda (7UP/Nutrafig) 25.48 68 Jason Schneider (Think Racing ) 26.19 69 Todd Herriott (Think Racing ) 26.22 70 Chuck Coyle (7UP/Nutrafig) 29.03 71 Eneas Freyre (Kissena Cycling Team) 30.45 72 Kurt Hackler (CCB/VW) 36.54 73 Ross Krause (CCB/VW) 46.50 74 Poul Holm (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 49.35 Men's KOM for Stage 3 1 Victor Herrera Ramos (Colombia National Team) 10 2 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Colombia National Team) 9 3 Cameron Hughes (Kissena Cycling Team) 9 4 Adam Bergman (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 7 5 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) 3 Men's sprint for Stage 3 1 Jonathan Wirsing (Team Snow Valley) 12 2 Jon Hamblen (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 10 3 Colby Farrell (Ofoto-Lombardis) 8 4 Jason McCartney (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 3 5 Erik Saunders (Ofoto-Lombardis) 3 6 Sven Tuft (Prime Alliance) 3 7 Chuck Coyle (7UP/Nutrafig) 2 8 David Wyandt (Sierra Nevada) 1
