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Tour of the Gila - NE
USA, April 30-May 4, 2003
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Stage 2 - May 1: Silver City to Mogollon Pass Road Race, 92 miles
Yet another for dominant Miller and Jeanson
By Stephen W. Medcroft
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Drew Miller and Genevieve Jeanson won the second stage of the Tour of the Gila left Silver City this morning under cycling-perfect conditions. Temperatures were cool but would warm to the mid 70's by race end. There was no discernible wind and the clouds that did roll in were so harmless and so high in the sky as to be innocuous. Underneath that calm sky though, fierce battles raged.
Today's point-to-point race headed east out of town towards the road up to Mogollon. Racers found themselves alternating on the rollers between soft-pedal down-sloping sections of highway and grinds up short, steep rolling climbs. Elevation dropped from 5,900 feet in the city to 4,500 feet in Cliff (at the 30 mile mark). During a brief circuit off the main highway through the small communities of Cliff and Gila racers were met at the roadside by the complete population of Cliff Schools including the marching band.
Two intermediary sprint bonuses were up for grabs as well, promising breakaway groups and hard riding for the teams with GC representation. The course was marching the packs on to the base of the road up to Mogollon. Once the right hand turn was made, the course turned upward immediately. The climb would travel 10 miles and go from 4,700 feet to 6,800 feet. Surely it would prove to be the crux of the race.
Women: Jeanson in control
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Corky Kutz, Genevieve Jeanson's (Rona Esker) training partner, said as the women's group rolled out onto the course that Rona's tactic would be to keep the race together, cover all the breaks, and place Jeanson in position at the bottom of the hill. This would be no secret to the rest of the field. Once on the mountain, Jeanson would try to ride away and put time on her rivals.
Rona executed the plan perfectly. Jeanson kept the women's race completely under control and waited until the final climb to put a stamp on the day and extend her lead in the General Classification to almost four minutes over Manon Jutras (Saturn Cycling). The top three women were strung out along the final climb like 747's on the approach to an international airport -- lined up perfectly but spaced safely apart. One after the other, the rolled around the final corner and pushed up past the thin white line painted in front of race officials.
Jeanson, who has won pretty much everything she's attempted this year and is the dominant force in North American women's road racing, added 2:26 to her lead. Jutras, who has key wins of her own and top placements otherwise, secured her spot by finishing 1:27 ahead of Katrina Grove (T-Mobile). Today's finish re-sorted the GC to bump Leah Goldstien (Victory Brewing) out of the way for Katrina Grove to move into third.
Men: HealthNet Attacks
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The men's race held much more drama. Gord Fraser (Team HealthNet), GC leader in the morning, knew that this would be a race to the climb but wasn't sure he saw the value in having his team protect his possession of the leader's jersey. "Why spend so much energy on something you may lose?" he said, anticipating that the strong Mexican climbers of The Tecos team would make a successful push up to the final summit.
Tecos was equally optimistic. When team riders were asked who the favorites for today were, Ubaldo Mesa Estepa and Domingo Gonzales were singled out. Tecos Merciado is a university team from Guadalahara Mexico. They've had a stage winner in the Tour of the Gila before and, with promising results at early season visits to Redlands and Sea Otter, they feel they have racers who can compete against top US pros.
Mike Sayers of HealthNet seemed to be buzzing at the start, itching to get the day underway. Despite his cool and professional words as he pulled off his leg-warmers at the team truck, it was obvious he had intentions for the day. "The great thing about this race is that it forces you to ride hard. We have an obligation to defend the jersey."
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Then the two-mile neutral start ended and racing began on New Mexico's rural Highway 180. Immediate pushes off the front of the pack allowed a quick 13-man break to get free. Sayers was nestled safely in the break along with two teammates. A couple of Tecos riders had matched the move as well. The break stayed away, although it was controlled to two minutes, for almost seventy miles.
Sitting in the pack was Drew Miller and his Trek/VW All-Stars team. "Our objective today was to try and get the jersey," he said. "We knew we'd have limited opportunity to do it." Miller's team worked at the front to keep the break in sight. "Halfway through, we realized Sayers was up there and chances were, he was sitting in."
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Little did they know, Sayers had actually been riding aggressively the entire race. He dominated the two sprints for bonuses and seemed to be controlling the efforts of the break. Then after a feed zone at 9.5 miles to go, Colby Pearce, a young rider with the Denver-based 5280/Subaru team, attacked the break. Sayers immediately matched. Florencio Ramos Torres (Tecos) followed. The rest of the break sat and waited for the climb.
Miller's team upped the tempo to reach the climb within striking distance. Sayers attacked again and soon lost his two break-mates. Back in the pack, Fraser was attempting to control the pace. Miller's team pulled from the front. "The [Trek/VW] team did a great job of keeping [Sayers] close," Miller said. "When the climb started, I could see him, but he was only a speck." Miller settled into the kind of climbing rhythm that led him to the top of the podium in Bisbee and chased Sayers down, catching him with a mile to the summit.
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Miller says he could see that Sayers was reaching his limit. "You have to have so much respect for HealthNet," he said. "They put us in such a tough position. We had to work incredibly hard today." Miller rode on to finish 33 seconds ahead. When Fraser's time was calculated and Sayers' sprint and finish bonus tallied, Miller had just enough advantage to slip on the Tour of the Gila leader's jersey.
What's next
The 3rd stage of the Tour of the Gila, Fort Bayerd Inner Loop Road Race, covers 76 miles for both men and women. Racers will get no rest for their climbing legs either -- the loop gains significant altitude (six miles at a six percent grade average, three miles at five percent, seven miles at three percent) for something like 3,000 feet of total climbing through the day.
Photography
Images by Beth Seliga/3catsphoto.com
- Neutral Support is awake and working several hours before the race starts, to ensure that wheels are pumped up and in working order.
- Gord Fraser (HealthNet) gets ready to defend the Leader's Jersey.
- Estape (Tepos) waits for the start of the race.
- The race began with a several mile neutral start through the town of Silver City, NM.
- After 6 miles, 10 racers managed to break away, causing the Trek All Stars to chase.
- The field rides through a rolling portion of the course, about halfway through the race.
- The break sprints for the 2nd Sprint of the day.
- Jeffrey Hartmann (Trek All Stars) takes his turn pulling. The Trek All Stars did an amazing job of single-handedly chasing down the break, allowing Drew Miller to take the win.
- Jacob Rubect hands out a little bit of lunch to the team.
- The peloton descends through a particularly scenic portion of the course.
- A small crash required some help from support.
- Travis Brown gives up his back wheel to one of the Trek All Stars.
- Shortly after, he probably wasn't sure that was such a good idea.
- The riders head into the final miles of the course, and also the most brutal; the hellish climb of Mogollon.
- Close to the top, Estapa (Tepos) will take 3rd place in today's road race.
- Drew Miller (Trek All Stars) is very focused as he closes the gap that separates him and Mike Sayers (Health Net)
- Miller finally catches, and passes, Sayers.
- Miller is left to climb alone up the last grueling kilometer of this race.
- Miller wins the race!
- Reporters inquire about Miller's win.
- Gord Fraser (HealthNet) finished the climb in 11th place, 2 minutes after Drew Miller.
- After all the racing is over, Trek All Stars director, Jim "JimmyD" Dunlap washes the bike in preparation for tomorrow's race.
Images by gilawilderness.com
- The men's race rolls out
- The men's peloton still together as the the riders leave town
- Genevieve Jeanson (Rona-Esker) checks her watch as she rolls across the line.
- Genevieve Jeanson had time to spare before cheering Manon Jutras across the line
- Manon Jutras (Saturn) in second place could not match Jeanson's ferocious climbing
- Not dead, just resting.
- Jessica Philips (Saturn) struggles up Mogollon.
- Jessica Philips (Saturn) rolls in for 34th place.
- Drew Miller (Trek/VW All-Stars) celebrates a stage win and moving into the overall lead.
- Gord Fraser (HealthNet) lost the leader jersey today despite team-mate Mike Sayers' best efforts
- David Reid (Landis/Trek/VW) in the men's cat 2 event
- Mogollon extracts a heavy toll
- Did I really just ride up here? You did.
- Hey! I can see your house from here.
Results
Men 1 Drew Miller (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 3.50.58 2 Michael Sayers (USA) HealthNet 0.33 3 Ubaldo Mesa Estepa (Col) Tecos 0.47 4 Je Horgan-Kobelski (USA) RLX Ralph Loren 1.08 5 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/Subaru 1.20 6 Todd Wells (USA) Hyundai Mongoose 1.27 7 Andreas Hestler (Can) Canadian Cycling 1.52 8 Hugh Moran (USA) Construction Zone 1.57 9 Nic Brown (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 2.03 10 Carl Swenson (USA) RLX Ralph Lauren 2.11 11 Gord Fraser (Can) Healthnet 2.16 12 Timmy Duggan (USA) Duane Duggan Remax 2.24 13 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers 2.26 14 Scott Price (Can) Trek/VW All-stars 2.26 15 Michael Ley (USA) Team Rio Grande 2.33 16 John D Hunt (USA) HealthNet 2.33 17 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 2.33 18 Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital 2.42 19 Antonio Ald Chavez (Mex) Tecos 2.42 20 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 2.50 21 Ryan Blickem (USA) Border Bandits 2.52 22 Jon Stierwalt (USA) Team Rio Grand 2.52 23 Ricky Federau (Can) Canadian Cycling 2.55 24 Matt Toulouse (Can) Canadian Cycling 3.02 25 Florencio R Torres (Mex) Tecos 3.12 26 Todd Hariott (USA) Healthnet 3.12 27 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Healthnet 3.24 28 Kevin Nicol (USA) Team Rio Grande 3.25 29 Patrick Sullivan (USA) GS Ciao 3.34 30 Russ Langley (USA) Team Snow Valley 3.34 31 Javier Pan Herrera (Mex) Tecos 3.39 32 John Osguthorpe (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 3.44 33 Andy Crater (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 3.48 34 Jose Luis Cas Ceja (Mex) Tecos 3.55 35 Irving Agui Robles (Mex) Tecos 3.55 36 Brian Matter (USA) Saturn Development 3.55 37 Eric Murphy (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 4.02 38 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Celo Pacific 4.04 39 Leigh Palmer (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 4.04 40 Scott Zwizanaki (USA) Team Snow Valley 4.04 41 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 4.16 42 Ian Dille (USA) Team Snow Valley 4.25 43 Tristan Schouten (USA) Saturn Development 4.25 44 Bryson Perry (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 4.36 45 Michael Janelle (USA) Tokyo Joes 4.45 46 Rusty Beall (USA) Healthnet 4.55 47 Chris Sheppard (Can) Canadian Cycling 4.55 48 Chris McGovern (USA) Healthnet 4.55 49 Frank Mapel (USA) Specialized 5.04 50 Joel Alamill Avila (Mex) Tecos 5.06 51 Carlos Vargas (Col) Saturn Development 5.25 52 Aron Huerta (USA) Mathis Brothers 5.50 53 Mitch Moreman (USA) Dean 5.50 54 Brian Schanning (USA) Saturn Development 5.55 55 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips 5.59 56 Colby Pearce (USA) 5280/Subaru 6.05 57 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 6.05 58 Daniel Doornbos (USA) Chicks Harley Davidson 6.05 59 Todd Baurer (USA) Chicks Harley Davidson 6.23 60 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage 6.36 61 Domingo Go Ramirez (Mex) Tecos 6.38 62 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 6.50 63 Andy-Applegate McCauley (USA) Cane Creek 6.50 64 Michael Moore (Can) Gearsracing.com 7.09 65 Ian Stuart (USA) Saturn Development 7.18 66 Eneas Freyre (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 7.26 67 Ian Prichard (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 7.35 68 Adrian Laider (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 7.37 69 Kurt Hackler (USA) Fiordi Frutta 7.44 70 Eric Ransom (USA) Iomega-Or Ben 7.47 71 Jason Lockesmoe (USA) Healthnet 7.50 72 Richard Rodriguez (USA) Colorado Velo 8.04 73 Walker Ferguson (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 8.08 74 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 8.08 75 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 8.16 76 Jeffrey Austin (USA) Saturn Development 8.18 77 Frank Overton (USA) Pro Peloton 8.40 78 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 9.04 79 Cody Peterson (USA) Lost River Cycling 9.15 80 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 9.21 81 Michael Lange (USA) Back Yard Burgers 9.44 82 Sandy Perrius (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 9.57 83 Kurt Fletcher (USA) Dogfish 10.17 84 Ian MacGregor (USA) Duane Duggan Remax 10.30 85 Eric Reber (USA) ACA / Cicli Casati 11.29 86 Travis Brown (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 11.35 87 Ross Krause (USA) Sportsbook.com 11.35 88 Tim Reinhart (USA) Saturn Development 11.45 89 Tim Carolan (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 11.49 90 Abraham Taylor (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 12.34 91 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 12.41 92 Jeffrey Hartmann (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 13.12 93 Crai Wohlschlaeger (USA) Big Shark 14.51 94 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 15.33 95 Ainslie MacEachran (USA) AST Sports Science 16.27 96 Jaime Gandara (USA) Team GRJ 17.17 97 Justin Preschka (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 17.23 98 Joshua Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 18.23 99 Jacob Rubect (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 18.27 100 Zach Vestal (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 18.27 101 Ron Hudson (USA) Sportsbook.com 20.20 102 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 36.08 103 Brian Hawley (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif 41.44 General classification after stage 2 1 Drew Miller (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 4.27.40 2 Michael Sayers (USA) HealthNet 0.39 3 Ubaldo Mesa Estepa (Col) Tecos 1.19 4 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/Subaru 1.48 5 Gord Fraser (Can) Healthnet 1.51 6 Todd Wells (USA) Hyundai Mongoose 1.53 7 Andreas Hestler (Can) Canadian Cycling 2.39 8 Michael Ley (USA) Team Rio Grande 2.51 9 Je Horgan-Kobelski (USA) RLX Ralph Loren 3.01 10 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 3.21 11 Nic Brown (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 3.25 12 Ryan Blickem (USA) Border Bandits 3.55 13 John D Hunt (USA) HealthNet 3.56 14 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers 4.16 15 Russ Langley (USA) Team Snow Valley 4.35 16 Hugh Moran (USA) Construction Zone 4.37 17 Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital 4.56 18 Antonio Ald Chavez (Mex) Tecos 5.04 19 Kevin Nicol (USA) Team Rio Grande 5.05 20 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Healthnet 5.17 21 Jon Stierwalt (USA) Team Rio Grand 5.19 22 Timmy Duggan (USA) Duane Duggan Remax 5.22 23 Patrick Sullivan (USA) GS Ciao 5.26 24 Scott Zwizanaki (USA) Team Snow Valley 5.48 25 Todd Hariott (USA) Healthnet 5.50 26 Carl Swenson (USA) RLX Ralph Lauren 5.53 27 Florencio R Torres (Mex) Tecos 5.57 28 Andy Crater (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 5.59 29 Chris McGovern (USA) Healthnet 6.08 30 Jose Luis Cas Ceja (Mex) Tecos 6.15 31 Matt Toulouse (Can) Canadian Cycling 6.26 32 Irving Agui Robles (Mex) Tecos 6.56 33 Domingo Go Ramirez (Mex) Tecos 7.02 34 John Osguthorpe (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 7.07 35 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 7.07 36 Michael Janelle (USA) Tokyo Joes 7.17 37 Ricky Federau (Can) Canadian Cycling 7.20 38 Frank Mapel (USA) Specialized 7.34 39 Bryson Perry (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 7.41 40 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 7.41 41 Colby Pearce (USA) 5280/Subaru 7.51 42 Aron Huerta (USA) Mathis Brothers 8.02 43 Eric Murphy (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 8.06 44 Daniel Doornbos (USA) Chicks Harley Davidson 8.08 45 Javier Pan Herrera (Mex) Tecos 8.12 46 Rusty Beall (USA) Healthnet 8.19 47 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Celo Pacific 8.21 48 Leigh Palmer (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 8.33 49 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips 8.52 50 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage 8.53 51 Brian Matter (USA) Saturn Development 9.03 52 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 9.20 53 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 9.34 54 Andy-Appl McCauley (USA) Cane Creek 9.40 55 Chris Sheppard (Can) Canadian Cycling 9.47 56 Tristan Schouten (USA) Saturn Development 9.47 57 Carlos Vargas (Col) Saturn Development 10.12 58 Adrian Laider (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 10.19 59 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 10.20 60 Jason Lockesmoe (USA) Healthnet 10.37 61 Walker Ferguson (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 10.51 62 Cody Peterson (USA) Lost River Cycling 11.03 63 Sandy Perrius (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 11.04 64 Frank Overton (USA) Pro Peloton 11.25 65 Michael Moore (Can) Gearsracing.com 11.28 66 Kurt Hackler (USA) Fiordi Frutta 11.38 67 Ian Prichard (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 11.45 68 Brian Schanning (USA) Saturn Development 11.45 69 Scott Price (Can) Trek/VW All-stars 11.53 70 Eric Ransom (USA) Iomega-Or Ben 11.58 71 Jeffrey Austin (USA) Saturn Development 12.16 72 Ian Dille (USA) Team Snow Valley 12.20 73 Ian Stuart (USA) Saturn Development 12.22 74 Todd Baurer (USA) Chicks Harley Davidson 12.22 75 Mitch Moreman (USA) Dean 12.28 76 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 12.31 77 Michael Lange (USA) Back Yard Burgers 13.05 78 Jeffrey Hartmann (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 13.42 79 Travis Brown (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 13.47 80 Tim Carolan (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 14.40 81 Richard Rodriguez (USA) Colorado Velo 14.51 82 Eneas Freyre (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 15.06 83 Ian MacGregor (USA) Duane Duggan Remax 15.32 84 Kurt Fletcher (USA) Dogfish 15.32 85 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 15.53 86 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 15.59 87 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 16.21 88 Joel Alamill Avila (Mex) Tecos 16.52 89 Ross Krause (USA) Sportsbook.com 17.02 90 Tim Reinhart (USA) Saturn Development 18.02 91 Eric Reber (USA) ACA / Cicli Casati 18.32 92 Abraham Taylor (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 18.45 93 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 18.54 94 Justin Preschka (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 19.18 95 Ainslie MacEachran (USA) AST Sports Science 20.24 96 Jaime Gandara (USA) Team GRJ 21.35 97 Jacob Rubect (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 21.37 98 Crai Wohlschlaeger (USA) Big Shark 22.19 99 Zach Vestal (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 22.40 100 Ron Hudson (USA) Sportsbook.com 25.25 101 Joshua Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 27.31 102 Brian Hawley (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif 47.12 103 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 47.54 Women 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona Esker 3.27.24 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 2.26 3 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 3.53 4 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 4.04 5 Dara Marks (USA) Mountain Velo 4.07 6 Rhonda Quick (USA) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 4.33 7 Susan Haywood (USA) T - Mobile 4.44 8 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Mtn. Velo/Supergo 4.53 9 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Victory Brewing-Am 5.10 10 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 5.18 11 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona Esker 5.43 12 Johanna Buick (NZl) Hornby Cycling Club 5.51 13 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Canadian Cycling 6.08 14 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldys 6.21 15 Mary Grigson (Aus) Subaru-Gary Fisher 6.27 16 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 6.27 17 Marg Fedyna (Can) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 6.28 18 Gretchen Reeves (USA) Rocky Mountain 6.33 19 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Ford / Outfitters 6.43 20 Christy Kopasz (USA) ICO 7.03 21 Kelli Emmett (USA) Hillenbrand Racing 7.10 22 Chrissy Redden (Can) Canadian Cycling 7.13 23 Hiroko Shimada (USA) -- 7.19 24 Lisa Matlock (USA) Ford Outfitters 7.45 25 Kri Scheffenacker (USA) Team Snow Valley 7.54 26 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Team Snow Valley 7.54 27 Ginger Buller (USA) Velo Bella 7.58 28 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Fort Lewis 8.32 29 Nina Baum (USA) Lenz Sport 8.44 30 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona Esker 9.00 31 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 9.04 32 Melissa Thomas (USA) Ritchey K2 9.24 33 Willow Koerber (USA) RLX Polo Sport 9.24 34 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 9.30 35 Lisa Magness (USA) ICO 9.47 36 Mary Kneeland (USA) ICO 9.53 37 Maria Molina (Gua) Pollo Rey 9.55 38 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona Esker 10.32 39 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes 10.52 40 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 10.58 41 Allison Lustby (USA) -- 11.27 42 Samanth Nicholson (Can) Ciclismo 11.38 43 Marie Rosado (PRc) Pollo Rey 11.42 44 Liza Rachetto (USA) ICO 11.46 45 Heather Armstrong (USA) Colorado Velo/Denv 12.11 46 Fabioal Acaron (PRc) Pollo Rey 13.03 47 Melissa Sanborn (USA) ICO 13.16 48 Maatje Benassi (Ned) ICO 13.19 49 Maria Castaneda (Gua) Pollo Rey 13.27 50 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 13.29 51 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona Esker 13.38 52 Carrie Tuck (Can) Rona Esker 13.38 53 Jody Koch (USA) Ford Outfitters 13.43 54 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 14.12 55 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 14.12 56 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 14.32 57 Sarah Koinrad (USA) Basis 14.50 58 Shannon Gibson (USA) Team El Paso 15.10 59 Deneen Brown (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 15.28 60 Michele Bote (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 15.44 61 Chloe Black (Can) Terry Precision 16.07 62 Rachel Massey (USA) Ford Outfitters 17.05 63 Jana Repulski (USA) Goldy's 17.12 64 Sarah Hammer (USA) T-Mobile 17.24 65 Jocelyn Trochex (PRc) Pollo Rey 17.40 66 Sheba Farrin (USA) Lateral Stress Velo 18.51 67 Carla Flores (USA) Lakewood Racing 19.13 68 Becky Broeder (USA) ICO 26.08 69 Petrina Tulissi (Can) Ciclismo Racing 27.21 70 Lauren Dorsch (USA) Goldy's 27.37 71 Crystal Yap (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 32.59 General classification after stage 2 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona Esker 4.07.12 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 3.57 3 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 6.31 4 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Victory Brewing-Am 6.53 5 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 7.38 6 Rhonda Quick (USA) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 8.49 7 Susan Haywood (USA) T - Mobile 10.15 8 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Mtn. Velo/Supergo 10.27 9 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Canadian Cycling 10.31 10 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona Esker 10.38 11 Kelli Emmett (USA) Hillenbrand Racing 10.42 12 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 10.54 13 Gretchen Reeves (USA) Rocky Mountain 11.01 14 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldys 11.10 15 Dara Marks (USA) Mountain Velo 11.47 16 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 11.49 17 Kri Scheffenacker (USA) Team Snow Valley 12.14 18 Johanna Buick (NZl) Hornby Cycling Club 12.19 19 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Fort Lewis 12.39 20 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Ford / Outfitters 12.42 21 Mary Grigson (Aus) Subaru-Gary Fisher 12.45 22 Melissa Thomas (USA) Ritchey K2 12.53 23 Chrissy Redden (Can) Canadian Cycling 13.15 24 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 13.32 25 Christy Kopasz (USA) ICO 13.33 26 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Team Snow Valley 13.57 27 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona Esker 14.58 28 Marg Fedyna (Can) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 15.29 29 Lisa Matlock (USA) Ford Outfitters 16.16 30 Ginger Buller (USA) Velo Bella 16.27 31 Lisa Magness (USA) ICO 16.33 32 Willow Koerber (USA) RLX Polo Sport 16.57 33 Hiroko Shimada (USA) -- 17.05 34 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 17.25 35 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona Esker 17.27 36 Marie Rosado (PRc) Pollo Rey 17.49 37 Mary Kneeland (USA) ICO 17.49 38 Maria Molina (Gua) Pollo Rey 18.10 39 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 18.23 40 Maatje Benassi (Ned) ICO 18.24 41 Nina Baum (USA) Lenz Sport 18.28 42 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes 18.32 43 Samanth Nicholson (Can) Ciclismo 18.48 44 Liza Rachetto (USA) ICO 18.50 45 Allison Lustby (USA) -- 19.57 46 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 20.10 47 Carrie Tuck (Can) Rona Esker 20.11 48 Melissa Sanborn (USA) ICO 20.14 49 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 20.21 50 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona Esker 20.53 51 Heather Armstrong (USA) Colorado Velo/Denv 21.28 52 Sarah Koinrad (USA) Basis 21.31 53 Jody Koch (USA) Ford Outfitters 21.55 54 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 22.13 55 Fabioal Acaron (PRc) Pollo Rey 22.25 56 Deneen Brown (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 22.37 57 Shannon Gibson (USA) Team El Paso 23.06 58 Maria Castaneda (Gua) Pollo Rey 23.26 59 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 23.51 60 Chloe Black (Can) Terry Precision 25.36 61 Rachel Massey (USA) Ford Outfitters 26.35 62 Jana Repulski (USA) Goldy's 26.36 63 Carla Flores (USA) Lakewood Racing 26.46 64 Sarah Hammer (USA) T-Mobile 27.41 65 Michele Bote (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 27.54 66 Jocelyn Trochex (PRc) Pollo Rey 30.04 67 Sheba Farrin (USA) Lateral Stress Velo 30.59 68 Becky Broeder (USA) ICO 33.15 69 Petrina Tulissi (Can) Ciclismo Racing 41.16 70 Lauren Dorsch (USA) Goldy's 43.46 71 Crystal Yap (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 44.19
