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The International (Tour de Toona) - NE
Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA, July 29-August 4, 2002
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Stage 6 - August 3: Altoona Blair County Road Race, 152km
Unstoppable Abert takes another
Team Rona report
Heather Albert (Team Goldy's) won today's stage of the International, arguably the race's hardest with three major climbs, one on unpaved roads, over its 152km.Albert and four other cyclists competed the stage with a 6'45'' lead over a group of 13 chasers, among which Rona's Manon Jutras and Amy Jarvis. Such a lead caused important changes in GC. Maria Calle is now second behind Albert, while Rona's Amy Jarvis and Manon Jutras are now 10th and 11th in GC.
Rona's Andrea Hannos and Amy Jarvis attacked from the gun and attacked again. For about 30km, they animated the race, until their team-mate Manon Jutras managed to create a gap when she attacked on a steep pitch. Meredith Miller of TalgoAmerica.com stayed on her wheel, but after about 5km Jutras dropped her and went on by herself.
Behind, the pack was chasing hard. But Jutras was flying and she increased the gap to 2'15''. At the bottom of the Blue Knob Hill, after more than 70 km of racing, she still had almost 2 minutes on the chasers. "That's when I started to weaken, said Jutras. I had made sure I ate and drank, but it was so hot, I was starting to dehydrate."
In the Blue Knob Hill a group of six girls took two minutes from Jutras. They caught her 1 km from the top. In the last steep pitch of the climb, 200 meters from the top, Jutras counter-attacked. "That was one attack too many," admitted Jutras after the stage. "In the state I was in, it killed me. I started to shiver, I was seriously dehydrated." So after 85 km of racing and a 55-km break away, Manon Jutras now had to fight to minimize her losses.
Caught by Van Gilder (Trek Plus) they both caught Cybil DiGuistini (Diet Rite), dropped by the lead group who were by then down to five. Then a group of ten racers absorbed them and the 13 stayed together. And together they crossed the finish line, 6'45'' behind the leading five. That group had settled their accounts in a sprint, in which Heather Albert had the best on Jessica Phillips of Saturn.
Results
Women 1 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 22.19 2 Jessica Phillips (Saturn Cycling Team) 3 Maria Calle (Talgo America) 4 Sandy Espeseth (Boise) 5 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 0.06 6 Tina Mayolo (Diet Rite) 6.45 7 Erin Mirabella (Total Trainer) 8 Amy Jarvis (Rona Cycling Team) 9 Kori Kelly (Diet Rite) 10 Nicole Demars (Boise) 11 Sarah Konrad (DeFeet/Cycles de Oro) 12 Leah Toffolon (Goldy's) 13 Susie Wood (Total Trainer) 14 Kristin Lasasso (Total Trainer) 15 Lynn Gaggioli (Trek Plus) 16 Cybil Diguistini (Diet Rite) 17 Manon Jutras (Rona Cycling Team) 18 Laura Van Gilder (Trek Plus) 19 Megan Morse (LSV/Trek/VW) 19.51 20 Liz Begosh (Talgo America) 21 Anna Milkowski (Goldy's) 22 Helen Kelly (Verizon Wireless) 23 Laura Schmidt (Total Trainer) 24 Sophie St. Jacques (Trek Plus) 25 Suzanne Sonye (Saturn Cycling Team) 26 Hiroko Shimada (Verizon Wireless) 27 Susan Hefler (LSV/Trek/VW) 24.14 28 Melissa Sanborn (Total Trainer) 29.34 29 Heather Cole (Mercy Cycling) 30 Catherine Bearce (Trek Plus) 30.51 31 Lara Kroepsch (Trek Plus) 32 Andrea Hannos (Rona Cycling Team) 38.05 33 Meredith Miller (Talgo America) 34 Liz Young (Talgo America) 35 Joanne Kiesanowski (Diet Rite) 36 Joan Wilson (Boise) 37 Gina Grain (Boise) 38 Ann Samplonius (Trek Plus) 39 Lisa Magness (Goldy's) 40.52 40 Rebecca McClintock (LSV/Trek/VW) 41.30 41 Cheryl Binney (Diet Rite) 47.28 42 Mina Pizzini (Diet Rite) 52.38 DNS Christine Huff (LSV/Trek/VW) DNF Mandy Poitras (Boise) DNF Elizabeth Morse (LSV/Trek/VW) DNF Ann Miller (Verizon Wireless) General classification after stage 6 1 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 18.42.35 2 Maria Calle (Talgo America) 8.41 3 Jessica Phillips (Saturn Cycling Team) 14.49 4 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 15.03 5 Sandy Espeseth (Boise) 15.05 6 Laura Van Gilder (Trek Plus) 15.18 7 Kori Kelly (Diet Rite) 15.22 8 Nicole Demars (Boise) 15.43 9 Erin Mirabella (Total Trainer) 15.55 10 Amy Jarvis (Rona Cycling Team) 17.26 11 Manon Jutras (Rona Cycling Team) 21.36 12 Tina Mayolo (Diet Rite) 21.47 13 Cybil Diguistini (Diet Rite) 22.09 14 Lynn Gaggioli (Trek Plus) 22.32 15 Susie Wood (Total Trainer) 23.17 16 Kristin Lasasso (Total Trainer) 23.32 17 Sarah Konrad (DeFeet/Cycles de Oro) 27.37 18 Helen Kelly (Verizon Wireless) 37.33 19 Suzanne Sonye (Saturn Cycling Team) 39.28 20 Sophie St. Jacques (Trek Plus) 40.08 21 Leah Toffolon (Goldy's) 40.53 22 Laura Schmidt (Total Trainer) 42.12 23 Hiroko Shimada (Verizon Wireless) 42.21 24 Susan Hefler (LSV/Trek/VW) 47.04 25 Heather Cole (Mercy Cycling) 50.38 26 Catherine Bearce (Trek Plus) 52.21 27 Liz Begosh (Talgo America) 52.51 28 Anna Milkowski (Goldy's) 52.53 29 Lara Kroepsch (Trek Plus) 52.57 30 Melissa Sanborn (Total Trainer) 58.02 31 Lisa Magness (Goldy's) 58.14 32 Andrea Hannos (Rona Cycling Team) 59.49 33 Meredith Miller (Talgo America) 59.53 34 Joan Wilson (Boise) 1.00.07 35 Ann Samplonius (Trek Plus) 1.02.13 36 Rebecca McClintock (LSV/Trek/VW) 1.03.44 37 Gina Grain (Boise) 1.10.04 38 Joanne Kiesanowski (Diet Rite) 1.12.54 39 Cheryl Binney (Diet Rite) 1.22.02 40 Liz Young (Talgo America) 1.25.36 41 Megan Morse (LSV/Trek/VW) 1.27.16 42 Mina Pizzini (Diet Rite) 2.23.09 Women's QOM For Stage 6 1 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 19 2 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 16 3 Maria Calle (Talgo America) 12 4 Jessica Phillips (Saturn Cycling Team) 10 Women's Sprint For Stage 6 1 Heather Albert (Goldy's) 10 2 Manon Jutras (Rona Cycling Team) 10 3 Jessica Phillips (Saturn Cycling Team) 9 4 Tina Mayolo (Diet Rite) 8 5 Maria Calle (Talgo America) 8 6 Sandy Espeseth (Boise) 7 7 Leah Goldstein (Boise) 6 8 Meredith Miller (Talgo America) 6 9 Erin Mirabella (Total Trainer) 4 10 Laura Van Gilder (Trek Plus) 3 11 Amy Jarvis (Rona Cycling Team) 3 12 Kori Kelly (Diet Rite) 2 13 Nicole Demars (Boise) 1 Men 1 Jason McCartney (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 4.02.37 2 Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) 0.16 3 Plamen Stoyanov (Think Racing) 4 John Lieswyn (7UP/Nutrafig) 5 Sven Tuft (Prime Alliance) 6 Timothy Larkin (Ofoto - Lombardi Sport) 7 Greg Sienienwicz (Ofoto - Lombardi Sport) 8 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) 9 Jose Serpa Perez (Colombia National Team) 10 Adam Bergman (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 11 Jon Hamblen (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 12 Matt Decanio (Prime Alliance) 13 Scott Zwizanski (Team Snow Valley) 1.19 14 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Colombia National Team) 15 Ted Huang (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 16 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Kissena Cycling Team) 17 Jonathan Page (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 18 Michael Jones (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 19 Jonathan Wirsing (Team Snow Valley) 20 Alex Gonzalez Pena (Colombia National Team) 21 Ryan Dewald (Team Lite Bites) 22 Charles Dionne (7UP/Nutrafig) 23 John Peters (Prime Alliance) 24 Peter Baker (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 25 James Mattis (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 26 Marc Hagenlocher (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 27 Scottie Weiss (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 28 Michael Mueller (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 29 Hugh Moran (Cycle Science/Trek) 30 Troy White (Sierra Nevada) 31 Michael Lange (Westsylvania) 32 Cameron Hughes (Kissena Cycling Team) 33 Carlos Vargas (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 34 Maint Berkenbosch (Westsylvania) 35 Victor Herrera Ramos (Colombia National Team) 36 Erik Saunders (Ofoto - Lombardi Sport) 37 Hugo Pradeneto (Cycle Science/Trek) 38 Jeremy Sartain (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 39 Andrew Randell (Kissena Cycling Team) 40 Todd Herriott (Think Racing) 41 Arles Casto Laverto (Colombia National Team) 42 Russell Stevenson (Prime Alliance) 43 Doug Ziewacz (7UP/Nutrafig) 1.29 44 Steve Speaks (Team Lite Bites) 7.13 45 Ryan O'Connor (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 46 John Delong (Team Lite Bites) 13.30 47 Clark Fisher (Westsylvania) 48 Jay Duffy (Team Lite Bites) 49 Justin Morgan (Sierra Nevada) 50 Ryan McKinney (Team Snow Valley) 51 Kurt Hackler (CCB/VW) 52 Don Mills (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 53 Nat Faulkner (Kissena Cycling Team) 54 Ross Krause (CCB/VW) 55 Eneas Freyre (Kissena Cycling Team) 56 Poul Holm (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 57 Josh Beck (Team Lite Bites) 14.05 58 Bill Innes (Kissena Cycling Team) 16.04 59 David Wyandt (Sierra Nevada) 20.43 60 Oscar Pineda (7UP/Nutrafig) 21.26 61 Matthew Svatek (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 62 Chris Montague-Breakwell (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 63 Shawn McCormack (CCB/VW) 64 Jason Baer (CCB/VW) 65 Jason Schneider (Think Racing) 26.32 66 Paul Ellis (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 27.23 67 Chuck Coyle (7UP/Nutrafig) 28.16 68 Chris Baumann (Sierra Nevada) 33.33 69 Keith Szolusha (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 35.47 70 David Fuentes (Sierra Nevada) DNF FARRELL Ofoto - Lombardis Colby DNF LANGLEY Team Snow Valley Russell General classification after stage 6 1 Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) 16.05.36 2 Matt Decanio (Prime Alliance) 1.38 3 Plamen Stoyanov (Think Racing) 2.32 4 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) 2.48 5 John Lieswyn (7UP/Nutrafig) 4.24 6 Sven Tuft (Prime Alliance) 4.38 7 Jon Hamblen (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 4.56 8 Arles Casto Laverto (Colombia National Team) 5.03 9 Scottie Weiss (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 5.39 10 Jason McCartney (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 5.44 11 Greg Sienienwicz (Ofoto - Lombardi Sport) 12 Jose Serpa Perez (Colombia National Team) 5.48 13 Cameron Hughes (Kissena Cycling Team) 5.59 14 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Colombia National Team) 6.11 15 Michael Jones (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 6.51 16 Marc Hagenlocher (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 6.53 17 Scott Zwizanski (Team Snow Valley) 6.56 18 Maint Berkenbosch (Westsylvania) 7.03 19 Peter Baker (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 7.08 20 Victor Herrera Ramos (Colombia National Team) 7.16 21 Troy White (Sierra Nevada) 22 Hugh Moran (Cycle Science/Trek) 7.19 23 James Mattis (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 7.25 24 Carlos Vargas (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 9.10 25 Ryan Dewald (Team Lite Bites) 9.29 26 Jeremy Sartain (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 9.41 27 Jonathan Page (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 9.58 28 Hugo Pradeneto (Cycle Science/Trek) 12.40 29 Charles Dionne (7UP/Nutrafig) 13.10 30 Doug Ziewacz (7UP/Nutrafig) 13.19 31 Ted Huang (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 14.00 32 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Kissena Cycling Team) 14.17 33 Timothy Larkin (Ofoto - Lombardi Sport) 15.24 34 Alex Gonzalez Pena (Colombia National Team) 15.41 35 Andrew Randell (Kissena Cycling Team) 16.18 36 Michael Mueller (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 16.50 37 Adam Bergman (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 17.16 38 Nat Faulkner (Kissena Cycling Team) 18.28 39 Jonathan Wirsing (Team Snow Valley) 18.53 40 Erik Saunders (Ofoto - Lombardi Sport) 19.43 41 Russell Stevenson (Prime Alliance) 20.18 42 Ryan O'Connor (Go Mart - W. Virginia) 23.23 43 Steve Speaks (Team Lite Bites) 24.30 44 John Peters (Prime Alliance) 26.26 45 David Wyandt (Sierra Nevada) 26.43 46 John Delong (Team Lite Bites) 29.10 47 Todd Herriott (Think Racing) 29.26 48 Josh Beck (Team Lite Bites) 30.31 49 Michael Lange (Westsylvania) 31.31 50 Ryan McKinney (Team Snow Valley) 31.45 51 Clark Fisher (Westsylvania) 32.11 52 Bill Innes (Kissena Cycling Team) 33.30 53 Paul Ellis (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 34.46 54 Jay Duffy (Team Lite Bites) 36.10 55 Justin Morgan (Sierra Nevada) 39.22 56 Chris Montague-Breakwell (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 39.39 57 Jason Baer (CCB/VW) 40.01 58 Don Mills (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 41.52 59 Eneas Freyre (Kissena Cycling Team) 45.06 60 Oscar Pineda (7UP/Nutrafig) 48.19 61 Shawn McCormack (CCB/VW) 48.22 62 Matthew Svatek (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 49.36 63 Kurt Hackler (CCB/VW) 51.46 64 Keith Szolusha (ESSM/GPOA-Webcor) 54.44 65 Jason Schneider (Think Racing) 54.54 66 Chris Baumann (Sierra Nevada) 58.04 67 Chuck Coyle (7UP/Nutrafig) 1.00.27 68 Ross Krause (CCB/VW) 1.02.51 69 David Fuentes (Sierra Nevada) 1.13.44 70 Poul Holm (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 1.26.20 Men's KOM for Stage 6 1 Adam Bergman (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 16 2 Jason McCartney (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 14 3 John Lieswyn (7UP/Nutrafig) 12 4 Jose Serpa Perez (Colombia National Team) 9 5 Matt Decanio (Prime Alliance) 3 6 Plamen Stoyanov (Think Racing ) 3 Men's sprint for Stage 6 1 Jason McCartney (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 10 2 Matthew Svatek (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 10 3 Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) 9 4 Plamen Stoyanov (Think Racing ) 8 5 John Lieswyn (7UP/Nutrafig) 7 6 Charles Dionne (7UP/Nutrafig) 6 7 Sven Tuft (Prime Alliance) 6 8 Timothy Larkin (Ofoto-Lombardis) 5 9 Andrew Randell (Kissena Cycling Team) 4 10 Greg Sienienwicz (Ofoto-Lombardis) 4 11 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) 3 12 Jose Serpa Perez (Colombia National Team) 2 13 Adam Bergman (Bianchi-Grand Performance) 1 14 Oscar Pineda (7UP/Nutrafig) 1 15 Erik Saunders (Ofoto-Lombardis) 1
