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Tour of the Gila - NE
USA, April 30-May 4, 2003
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Stage 3 - May 2: Inner Loop Road Race, 61 miles
HealthNet puts the pressure on; Jeanson still unbeatable
by Stephen W. Medcroft
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Gord Fraser (HealthNet) fired the afterburners at the finish of the third stage of the Tour of the Gila to win the sprint ahead of an elite group of 30 or so survivors of the day's grueling climbing. Genevieve Jeanson (Rona Esker) proved her dominance once again, as if it were in question, firing her own rockets on a controlled burn that, over the 76 mile stage, put her 5 1/2 minutes ahead of eight of the top racers competing on U.S. soil today.
Today's Inner Loop Road Race was tough and challenging. Starting at Fort Bayard Medical facility, a collection of stand-alone structures located about eight miles from downtown Silver City, the neutral rollout lasted two miles at best before the race hit steep and severe rural highway rollers to the first of two sprint line bonuses. Then the climbing began, taking racers up and over the 7,000 foot continental divide three times before the warm, sunny day ended. The combination small-ring climbs and alpine-style descents kept tensions and tactics thrilling and shattered all the fields racing today.
Women: Jeanson escapes again
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Rona's plan was to attack the group aggressively and early and set Jeanson off on a solo training ride. At the six mile mark, "they [Rona] put two girls in front of Genevieve to lead out and two girls behind her to sweep," said Manon Jutras (Saturn Cycling) of the way the race unfolded. "I was able to stick on her wheel when she took off."
"Manon stayed with me for a little while," Jeanson said. "I worked hard to drop her. And finally did. After that, I just kept going."
"Until mile 12," Jutras added, marking the spot where she fell off Jeanson's wheel. "Today I just didn't have the legs [to stay with her]."
Despite a GC lead of more than four minutes, Rona's team strategy never called for Jeanson to just sit in the pack today and settle for the gaps she built in the past two days. "It's easier to sit in the pack but you need to take an opportunity sometimes to make the race," she said of the opportunity to work. "I like to go hard when it's time to go hard. And there are not many races where I'm able to break away like that. This course is perfect for me [as a test of strength and fitness]."
After working hard at the beginning of the race to establish her lead, Jeanson says she settled into her own pace, watching her heart rate monitor closely to make sure she stayed within her thresholds, and time trailed her way to the finish line uncontested.
At the final feed zone, a mere 15 miles from the end, Jeanson had a 10 1/2 minute lead over the rest of the field. Back down the road, racers were getting itchy for their own test of fitness on the day.
Jutras had since allowed herself to drift back into the main pack. "With 16 miles to go I felt I could give [an attack] a try and see what happens. I wanted to get my workout just like Genevieve so I broke away. A group [of about 8 women] caught me." The break worked to pull back some of the time Jeanson had gained over the previous 50 miles.
Then, as with the pro men's race, the race for second came down to a sprint finish. At the line, Lynn Gaggiolli (VeloBella) nosed Karen Bockel (Rona Esker) for third place today.
When asked about the benefits of a race for second, Jutras was positive about her team's experience at the Tour of the Gila and its role in their preparation for future key international and domestic races. "We're a new team and just learning how to work together," she said. So although they choose not to exercise their right to futility and attack to defeat Jeanson, Jutras says they're getting a lot out of their week. "Jessica [Phillips] is just coming back from an injury so she's working her fitness. I'm working on my climbing and endurance. Amy [Moore] is coming back as well." The teamwork is paying off and Jutras feels that Saturn Cycling's women's team will be strong for the upcoming Tour de l'Aude. "We'll have our team mate Lynn [Bessette] who'll defend the jersey."
After today's stage, Jeanson, Jutras, and Grove sit safely in the podium spots in GC. The only drama left before Jeanson packs another winner's jersey into her suitcase and moves on to the next stop on her tour of domination, is Sunday's Gila Monster Road Race, which will send riders, along the 106-mile course, back up some of today's descents.
Men: Miller takes the heat
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The pro men's race is being fiercely contested and may come down to an epic battle in the Gila Monster. As soon as the field was led onto highway 180, small groups of riders pressed off the front, attempting to establish any advantage over the field. Despite a presence of other riders in the breaks, there were only three teams that had a stake in the success of any move today.
Trek/VW All-Stars' mission was, of course, to protect the leader's jersey. Since the stage was populated with challenging climbs and white-knuckle downhills, it would be on Drew Miller himself to be sure and not let anyone important get off the front.
The Tecos team took an aggressive approach to the race, trying to move their highest-placed rider, Ubaldo Mesa Estapa (third in GC) up the rankings while at the same time weakening Miller in preparation for what will probably be a significant attack in Sunday's Gila Monster Road Race.
But the front of today's race was controlled once again by Team HealthNet. On the first long rolling sections of highway, Gord Fraser moved into a small breakaway group to claim part of the first sprint bonus. Once the pack descended the Pinos-Altos peak, dropping 1,000 feet on hair-pin turns in less than three road miles, Mike Sayers took charge.
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Along the valley bottoms between climbs, Sayers drove a small break away off the front, at one time stretching the lead to 33 seconds. If there was going to be a day where HealthNet could put Miller in trouble, today was it. "I knew I'd burn some matches," Sayers said, "but I was like, screw it, I'm going."
Sayers' pressure was enough to shatter the pro men's field. When it eventually came back together on the last long climb into the final feed zone, only 35 or so riders remained together at the front.
No matter the pressure though, safely in sight of the front at all times, Drew Miller sat and watched.
With six miles to go, Tecos sent two riders off but into the final turn the front group came together and, as Miller, Sayers and Fraser all predicted yesterday, a group of 20 or more set themselves up for a sprint finish.
As the line approached, Fraser flipped the switch and sailed across, two hands in the air, a good bike-length ahead of the group.
The bottom line
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When racing was over, the leaders in the GC remain Miller and Jeanson. The men's race is still open, only a 34 second gap remains between Miller and Sayers. In the women's GC, Jeanson now has a commanding 9:36 on Jutras. Jutras seems safe for Sunday's award ceremony with Grove at 12:10 behind.
Interestingly, both riders have won the Tour of the Gila twice each before. Miller, won the race as a younger pro in '91 and again in '94. Jeanson has taken the last two years back to back. Should they both win a third, it will be a story of renewal for Miller, a re-acquaintance with top pro success. Jeanson's win would represent the only time a woman has won three consecutive Tours of the Gila in the race's 17 year history.
Tomorrow's downtown criterium race should be a showcase for the sprinters. Expect Team Healthnet to dominate the race and give Gord Fraser a chance to once again fire the cannons at the end. Saturn Cycling will be working on their lead-out skills to place Ina-Yoko Teutenberg in position to test her sprinting form.
Photography
Images by Beth Seliga/www.3catsphoto.com
- Drew Miller (Trek All Stars) dons the leaders jersey.
- Gord Fraser (Healthnet) takes a moment to talk to reporters about today's strategy.
- The All Stars receive their radios.
- And take a moment to discuss the game plan for the stage.
- The race started with a neutral roll out to the main highway.
- The field starts its ride out of town.
- After a 38 racer breakway near the feedzone, a Teco rider took a flyer. He was caught several miles before the finish.
- Gord Fraser (Healthnet) won the sprint finish.
- At the final feed zone, a mere 15 miles from the end, Jeanson had a 10 1/2 minute lead over the rest of the field. .
- "Manon stayed with me for a little while," Jeanson said. "I worked hard to drop her. And finally did. After that, I just kept going."
Results
1 Gord Fraser (Can) Healthnet 3.07.33 2 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers 3 Todd Wells (USA) Hyundai Mongoose 4 Scott Zwizanaki (USA) Team Snow Valley 5 Michael Sayers (USA) HealthNet 6 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 7 Je Horgan-Kobelski (USA) RLX Ralph Loren 8 Jon Stierwalt (USA) Team Rio Grand 9 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 10 Kevin Nicol (USA) Team Rio Grande 11 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 12 Nic Brown (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 13 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/Subaru 14 John Osguthorpe (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 15 Ryan Blickem (USA) Border Bandits 16 Drew Miller (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 17 Andreas Hestler (Can) Canadian Cycling 18 Cody Peterson (USA) Lost River Cycling 19 Hugh Moran (USA) Construction Zone 20 Timmy Duggan (USA) Duane Duggan Remax 21 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Healthnet 22 Ubaldo Mesa Estepa (Col) Tecos 23 Eric Murphy (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 24 Chris Sheppard (Can) Canadian Cycling 25 Frank Mapel (USA) Specialized 26 Adrian Laider (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 27 Brian Matter (USA) Saturn Development 28 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage 29 John D Hunt (USA) HealthNet 30 Aron Huerta (USA) Mathis Brothers 31 Florencio R Torres (Mex) Tecos 32 Carl Swenson (USA) RLX Ralph Lauren 33 Patrick Sullivan (USA) GS Ciao 34 Michael Ley (USA) Team Rio Grande 35 Antonio Ald Chavez (Mex) Tecos 36 Domingo Go Ramirez (Mex) Tecos 37 Joel Alamill Avila (Mex) Tecos 0.34 38 Colby Pearce (USA) 5280/Subaru 0.37 39 Andy Crater (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 6.46 40 Richard Rodriguez (USA) Colorado Velo 41 Michael Moore (Can) Gearsracing.com 42 Michael Janelle (USA) Tokyo Joes 43 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Celo Pacific 44 Michael Lange (USA) Back Yard Burgers 45 Jeffrey Hartmann (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 46 Javier Pan Herrera (Mex) Tecos 47 Daniel Doornbos (USA) Chicks Harley Davi 48 Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital 49 Ricky Federau (Can) Canadian Cycling 50 Jason Lockesmoe (USA) Healthnet 51 Matt Toulouse (Can) Canadian Cycling 52 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 53 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 54 Todd Hariott (USA) Healthnet 55 Chris McGovern (USA) Healthnet 56 Rusty Beall (USA) Healthnet 57 Travis Brown (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 58 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 59 Brian Schanning (USA) Saturn Development 60 Russ Langley (USA) Team Snow Valley 61 Mitch Moreman (USA) Dean 62 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 63 Todd Baurer (USA) Chicks Harley Davidson 64 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 7.07 65 Ron Hudson (USA) Sportsbook.com 14.02 66 Irving Agui Robles (Mex) Tecos 67 Jose Luis Cas Ceja (Mex) Tecos 15.53 68 Leigh Palmer (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 69 Jacob Rubect (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 16.43 70 Ross Krause (USA) Sportsbook.com 19.45 71 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips 72 Scott Price (USA) -- 73 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 74 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 75 Tim Carolan (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 76 Carlos Vargas (Col) Saturn Development 77 Ian Prichard (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 78 Tristan Schouten (USA) Saturn Development 79 Justin Preschka (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 19.54 80 Ian Stuart (USA) Saturn Development 27.37 81 Kurt Hackler (USA) Fiordi Frutta 82 Abraham Taylor (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 36.31 83 Frank Overton (USA) Pro Peloton 84 Eneas Freyre (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 85 Tim Reinhart (USA) Saturn Development 86 Andy-Applegate McCauley (USA) Cane Creek 87 Eric Reber (USA) ACA / Cicli Casati 40.47 88 Joshua Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 43.13 89 Jeffrey Austin (USA) Saturn Development 90 Brian Hawley (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 91 Kurt Fletcher (USA) Dogfish 50.51 92 Ian Dille (USA) Team Snow Valley 93 Crai Wohlschlaeger (USA) Big Shark 1.01.10 94 Jaime Gandara (USA) Team GRJ General classificaton after stage 3 1 Drew Miller (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 7.35.13 2 Michael Sayers (USA) HealthNet 0.34 3 Ubaldo Mesa Estepa (Col) Tecos 1.19 4 Gord Fraser (Can) Healthnet 1.39 5 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/Subaru 1.48 6 Todd Wells (USA) Hyundai Mongoose 1.49 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 4.08 15 Hugh Moran (USA) Construction Zone 4.37 16 Antonio Ald Chavez (Mex) Tecos 5.04 17 Kevin Nicol (USA) Team Rio Grande 5.05 18 Jon Stierwalt (USA) Team Rio Grand 5.19 19 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Healthnet 5.22 20 Timmy Duggan (USA) Duane Duggan Remax 21 Patrick Sullivan (USA) GS Ciao 5.26 22 Scott Zwizanaki (USA) Team Snow Valley 5.48 23 Carl Swenson (USA) RLX Ralph Lauren 5.53 24 Florencio R Torres (Mex) Tecos 5.57 25 Domingo Go Ramirez (Mex) Tecos 7.02 26 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital 7.07 27 John Osguthorpe (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 28 Frank Mapel (USA) Specialized 7.34 29 Aron Huerta (USA) Mathis Brothers 8.02 30 Eric Murphy (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 8.06 31 Colby Pearce (USA) 5280/Subaru 8.28 32 Jon Tarkington (USA) Vitamin Cottage 8.53 33 Brian Matter (USA) Saturn Development 9.03 34 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital 9.20 35 Chris Sheppard (Can) Canadian Cycling 9.47 36 Adrian Laider (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 10.19 37 Cody Peterson (USA) Lost River Cycling 11.03 38 Russ Langley (USA) Team Snow Valley 11.21 39 Calvin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital 11.42 40 Todd Hariott (USA) Healthnet 12.36 41 Andy Crater (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 12.40 42 Chris McGovern (USA) Healthnet 12.54 43 Matt Toulouse (Can) Canadian Cycling 13.12 44 Michael Janelle (USA) Tokyo Joes 14.03 45 Ricky Federau (Can) Canadian Cycling 14.06 46 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 14.27 47 Daniel Doornbos (USA) Chicks Harley Davi 14.54 48 Javier Pan Herrera (Mex) Tecos 14.58 49 Rusty Beall (USA) Healthnet 15.05 50 Bartek Fidelus (USA) Celo Pacific 15.07 51 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's 16.20 52 Jason Lockesmoe (USA) Healthnet 17.23 53 Joel Alamill Avila (Mex) Tecos 17.26 54 Michael Moore (Can) Gearsracing.com 18.14 55 Brian Schanning (USA) Saturn Development 18.31 56 Todd Baurer (USA) Chicks Harley Davidson 19.08 57 Mitch Moreman (USA) Dean 19.14 58 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital 19.17 59 Michael Lange (USA) Back Yard Burgers 19.51 60 Jeffrey Hartmann (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 20.28 61 Travis Brown (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 20.33 62 Irving Agui Robles (Mex) Tecos 20.58 63 Richard Rodriguez (USA) Colorado Velo 21.37 64 Jose Luis Cas Ceja (Mex) Tecos 22.08 65 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 22.45 66 Bill Innes (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 23.28 67 Leigh Palmer (Aus) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 24.26 68 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips 28.37 69 Tristan Schouten (USA) Saturn Development 29.32 70 Carlos Vargas (Col) Saturn Development 29.57 71 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 30.05 72 Ian Prichard (USA) Schwab Cycles/Torelli 31.30 73 Scott Price (USA) -- 31.38 74 Tim Carolan (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 34.25 75 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 35.38 76 Ross Krause (USA) Sportsbook.com 36.47 77 Jacob Rubect (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 38.20 78 Justin Preschka (USA) Trek/VW All-Stars 39.12 79 Kurt Hackler (USA) Fiordi Frutta 39.15 80 Ron Hudson (USA) Sportsbook.com 39.27 81 Ian Stuart (USA) Saturn Development 39.59 82 Andy-Applegate McCauley (USA) Cane Creek 46.11 83 Frank Overton (USA) Pro Peloton 47.56 84 Eneas Freyre (USA) LeMond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z 51.37 85 Tim Reinhart (USA) Saturn Development 54.33 86 Abraham Taylor (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 55.16 87 Jeffrey Austin (USA) Saturn Development 55.29 88 Eric Reber (USA) ACA / Cicli Casati 59.19 89 Joshua Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 1.10.44 90 Brian Hawley (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 1.30.25 Women 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona Esker 3.45.35 2 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 5.22 3 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona Esker 4 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 5 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 6 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Victory Brewing-Am 7 Susan Haywood (USA) T - Mobile 7.08 8 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Team Snow Valley 9 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona Esker 10 Chrissy Redden (Can) Canadian Cycling 11 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona Esker 12 Marg Fedyna (Can) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 13 Rhonda Quick (USA) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 14 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Mtn. Velo/Supergo 15 Gretchen Reeves (USA) Rocky Mountain 16 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldys 17 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 18 Sarah Koinrad (USA) Basis 19 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona Esker 20 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 21 Mary Grigson (Aus) Subaru-Gary Fisher 22 Christy Kopasz (USA) ICO 23 Kelli Emmett (USA) Hillenbrand Racing 24 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Canadian Cycling 25 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 26 Dara Marks (USA) Mountain Velo 27 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 28 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Ford / Outfitters 17.31 29 Kri Scheffenacker (USA) Team Snow Valley 18.42 30 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Fort Lewis 31 Johanna Buick (NZl) Hornby Cycling Club 32 Carrie Tuck (Can) Rona Esker 20.57 33 Willow Koerber (USA) RLX Polo Sport 21.01 34 Ginger Buller (USA) Velo Bella 21.13 35 Lisa Matlock (USA) Ford Outfitters 36 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 37 Maatje Benassi (Ned) ICO 38 Nina Baum (USA) Lenz Sport 39 Lisa Magness (USA) ICO 40 Chloe Black (Can) Terry Precision 41 Melissa Thomas (USA) Ritchey K2 42 Melissa Sanborn (USA) ICO 43 Liza Rachetto (USA) ICO 44 Mary Kneeland (USA) ICO 45 Samanth Nicholson (Can) Ciclismo 46 Rachel Massey (USA) Ford Outfitters 47 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 48 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 49 Marie Rosado (PRc) Pollo Rey 50 Maria Molina (Gua) Pollo Rey 51 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 21.29 52 Heather Armstrong (USA) Colorado Velo/Denv 32.01 53 Shannon Gibson (USA) Team El Paso 54 Maria Castaneda (Gua) Pollo Rey 32.14 55 Hiroko Shimada (USA) -- 37.03 56 Sarah Hammer (USA) T-Mobile 39.26 57 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes 58 Carla Flores (USA) Lakewood Racing 42.22 59 Michele Bote (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 60 Jocelyn Trochex (PRc) Pollo Rey 43.23 61 Petrina Tulissi (Can) Ciclismo Racing 1.19.52 62 Crystal Yap (USA) Healthy Choice/Guru's General classification after stage 3 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona Esker 7.52.30 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 9.36 3 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile 12.10 4 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Victory Brewing-Am 12.42 5 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 13.08 6 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona Esker 16.12 7 Rhonda Quick (USA) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 16.14 8 Susan Haywood (USA) T - Mobile 17.40 9 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Mtn. Velo/Supergo 17.52 10 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Canadian Cycling 17.56 11 Kelli Emmett (USA) Hillenbrand Racing 18.07 12 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 18.19 13 Gretchen Reeves (USA) Rocky Mountain 18.26 14 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldys 18.35 15 Dara Marks (USA) Mountain Velo 19.12 16 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile 19.14 17 Mary Grigson (Aus) Subaru-Gary Fisher 20.10 18 Chrissy Redden (Can) Canadian Cycling 20.50 19 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 20.57 20 Christy Kopasz (USA) ICO 20.58 21 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Team Snow Valley 21.22 22 Marg Fedyna (Can) Vaniqa/Red S. Racing 22.04 23 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona Esker 22.23 24 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona Esker 24.52 25 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona Esker 28.18 26 Sarah Koinrad (USA) Basis 28.51 27 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Ford / Outfitters 30.30 28 Kri Scheffenacker (USA) Team Snow Valley 31.13 29 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 31.16 30 Johanna Buick (NZl) Hornby Cycling Club 31.18 31 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Fort Lewis 31.38 32 Melissa Thomas (USA) Ritchey K2 34.23 33 Lisa Matlock (USA) Ford Outfitters 37.46 34 Ginger Buller (USA) Velo Bella 37.57 35 Lisa Magness (USA) ICO 38.03 36 Willow Koerber (USA) RLX Polo Sport 38.25 37 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 39.11 38 Marie Rosado (PRc) Pollo Rey 39.19 39 Mary Kneeland (USA) ICO 40 Maria Molina (Gua) Pollo Rey 39.40 41 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 39.53 42 Nina Baum (USA) Lenz Sport 39.58 43 Maatje Benassi (Ned) ICO 40.04 44 Samanth Nicholson (Can) Ciclismo 40.18 45 Liza Rachetto (USA) ICO 40.20 46 Carrie Tuck (Can) Rona Esker 41.15 47 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 41.40 48 Melissa Sanborn (USA) ICO 41.44 49 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision 41.51 50 Chloe Black (Can) Terry Precision 47.06 51 Rachel Massey (USA) Ford Outfitters 48.05 52 Heather Armstrong (USA) Colorado Velo/Denv 53.46 53 Hiroko Shimada (USA) -- 54.25 54 Shannon Gibson (USA) Team El Paso 55.24 55 Maria Castaneda (Gua) Pollo Rey 55.57 56 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes 58.15 57 Sarah Hammer (USA) T-Mobile 1.07.24 58 Carla Flores (USA) Lakewood Racing 1.09.25 59 Michele Bote (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.10.33 60 Jocelyn Trochex (PRc) Pollo Rey 1.13.44
