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Pomona Valley Stage Race - NE
San Dimas, California, USA, March 6-9, 2003
Stage 1 - March 6: Glendora ITT, 8.5 miles
Danielson rocks the road
Jeanson dominates the women's field
By Giana Roberge, Team Saturn
The first NRC race of the 2003 season kicked off in the San Dimas area of California today. The Pomona Valley Stage Race clearly has earned its spot on the NRC schedule with an organized, timely and challenging race. With the weather gracing the large fields with sunshine and pleasant temperatures, bike racing in the US has jumped into high gear on what has been traditionally the Redlands Bicycle Classic weekend.
The first stage of the four day event was a twisty 8.5 mile hill climb with an elevation gain of 2,100 feet. With many revamped men's teams and many new teams, it was anyone's guess at who would finish the day in Yellow.
Early times came in around the 30 minute mark, and at the finish line the chatter was what the likes of Tom Danielson (Saturn), Jonathon Vaughters, (Prime Alliance) Chris Horner (Saturn), Chann McCrae (Schroeder Iron) and Michael Creed (Prime Alliance) would post. Answers came quickly when Danielson crossed the line with an incredible 27:51, followed by Horner a few minutes later with a 28:24. Vaughters came across with a 28:59 answering the question of who would be able to beat Danielson (that'll be 'nobody' then - Ed). Vaughter's teammate Creed finished in fourth with a 30:07. The 2003 Tour of Langkawi winner took 1:08 out of his nearest competitor and proved once again, that when the road turns up hill, he is simply gifted. The Saturn Team had a very good showing with four in the top ten. Prime Alliance also had an excellent effort as well with four in the top ten.
In the women's race, Genevieve Jeanson once again dominated the women's field taking 1:48 out of second place Amber Neben. Third was Sue Palmer with a strong ride, finishing up with a time of 34:59. Saturn's Manon Jutras was fourth with a time of 35:11.
Tomorrow's stage is out near Riverside. It is a flat and windy 2.5 mile circuit with time bonuses in both the men's and women's race midway and at the finish. With Saturn sitting in first and second in the men's race, there is sure to be a hard fought battle from Prime Alliance and the local Schroeder Iron team.
Results
Men 1 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 27.51 2 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn 0.33 3 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 1.08 4 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 2.16 5 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 2.27 6 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 2.29 7 Jacob Erker (Can) Schroeder Iron 2.40 8 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn 2.44 9 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 2.53 10 Hugh Moran (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 3.10 11 Adham Sbeih (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 3.12 12 Chris McDonald (USA) Swami's Athletic Association 3.32 13 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron 3.36 14 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron 3.40 15 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 3.42 16 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 3.43 17 John Kelly (USA) Webcor Cycling 3.43 18 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 3.45 19 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 3.48 20 Cody Peterson (USA) Team Monex/Hot Wheels 3.50 21 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 3.50 22 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 3.51 23 Patrick Mccarty (USA) US U-23 National Team 3.52 24 Tim Carolan (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 3.55 25 Nic Brown (Aus) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 4.05 26 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn 4.10 27 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling 4.12 28 Dane Jankowiak (USA) Schroeder Iron 4.22 29 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Cycling 4.22 30 Cameron Hughes (USA) Schroeder Iron 4.24 31 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 4.28 32 John Hunt (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 4.29 33 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team 4.30 34 Aaron Olsen (USA) Schroeder Iron 4.41 35 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance 4.44 36 Ron Hudson (USA) Team Monex/Hot Wheels 4.45 37 Darby Thomas (USA) US U-23 National Team 4.46 38 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 4.52 39 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn 4.54 40 Rigoberto Meza (Mex) Schroeder Iron 4.59 41 Dan Bowman (USA) Suburban Homes/wsc 4.59 42 Bill Innes (USA) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 5.08 43 Chris Mcgovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 5.09 44 Eugeni Seniushkin (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team 5.13 45 Chann McRae (USA) Schroeder Iron 5.15 46 Mark Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling 5.18 47 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 5.21 48 Cameron Brenneman (USA) KB Home 5.22 49 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) Jelly Belly 5.23 50 Tyler Farrar (USA) Jelly Belly 5.23 51 Michael Anker (USA) KB Home 5.26 52 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling 5.26 53 Michael Voigt (USA) Team Snow Valley 5.28 54 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance 5.32 55 Peter Mazur (USA) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 5.38 56 Walker Ferguson (USA) Subaru/Gary Fisher 5.41 57 Dave Wenger (USA) Team West Virginia 5.54 58 Cody Waite (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 5.55 59 Kevin Klein (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 6.03 60 Scottie Weiss (USA) Team West Virginia 6.10 61 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/subaru 6.10 62 Ben Stafford (USA) Webcor Cycling 6.14 63 Wes Seigler (USA) Team West Virginia 6.15 64 Michael Hernandez (USA) Reno Wheelmen 6.16 65 Jeff Angermann (USA) Webcor Cycling 6.22 66 Oliver Stiler-Cote (USA) Fior Di Frutta/wheelworks 6.23 67 Jonathan Retseck (USA) US U-23 National Team 6.24 68 Rich Davis (USA) Team Rio Grande 6.24 69 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 6.29 70 Josh Horowitz (USA) 6.34 71 Eneas Freyre (USA) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 6.41 72 David Fuentes (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 6.50 73 Victor Ayala (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 6.51 74 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron 6.53 75 Marc Hagenlocher (USA) Webcor Cycling 6.58 76 Ryan Miller (USA) Prime Alliance 7.05 77 Jacob Rubelt (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 7.10 78 Eric Brownell (USA) Honeywell Cycling 7.10 79 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance 7.10 80 Lionel Syne (Bel) Webcor Cycling 7.12 81 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 7.12 82 Mike Jones (USA) Team West Virginia 7.15 83 Nieko Biskner (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 7.21 84 Patrick Caro (USA) Wells Fargo 7.24 85 David Wyandt (USA) Webcor Cycling 7.33 86 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators 7.35 87 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capitol 7.49 88 Andy Crater (USA) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 7.54 89 Jason Fernschuss (USA) GS-Lombardi/Foundry 7.57 90 Joel Kath (USA) Wells Fargo 8.00 91 Brian Lemke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 8.04 92 Andrew Deters (USA) Team Monex/Hot Wheels 8.37 93 Joe Chapman (NZl) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 8.45 94 Eric Reber (USA) Aca/cicli Casati 8.45 95 Ken Toman (USA) Team Monex/Hot Wheels 8.46 96 Keith Miller (USA) Kissena Cycling Team 8.53 97 Ryan Yee (USA) 8.54 98 Todd Littlehales (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 8.57 99 Rob Kamppila (USA) KB Home 9.04 100 Sterling Magnell (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 9.13 101 Benjamin Sharp (USA) Team West Virginia 9.18 102 Andy Clark (USA) Team Rio Grande 9.18 103 Matt Bromen (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 9.19 104 Craig Turner (USA) Cyclery USA/Trek/VW 9.29 105 Dean La Berge (USA) Lombardi Foundry 9.39 106 Michael Tillman (USA) Schroeder Iron 10.21 107 Patrick Fetzer (USA) Team Monex/Hot Wheels 10.21 108 Craig Wohlschlaeger (USA) Big Shark Racing 10.45 109 Matt Hawkins (USA) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 11.37 110 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar 11.44 111 Roberto Gaggioli (USA) 11.53 112 Ryan Barret (USA) Team Monex/Hot Wheels 12.06 113 Frank Sarate (USA) Southern California Velo 13.31 114 Jonas Carney (USA) Prime Alliance 13.45 115 Marco Aledia (USA) Lemond Fitness/Blender Magazine 14.35 Women 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona/Esker 32.46 2 Amber Neben (USA) Team T-Mobile USA 1.48 3 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 2.13 4 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn 2.25 5 Karen Bockell (Ger) Rona/Esker 3.16 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 3.19 7 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) 3.24 8 Alison Dunlap (USA) Team T-Mobile USA 3.38 9 Felicia Greer (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 4.00 10 Katrina Grove (USA) Team T-Mobile USA 4.30 11 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Team T-Mobile USA 5.03 12 Julia Whiteside (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 5.16 13 Kristin Johnson (USA) Team T-Mobile USA 5.19 14 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 5.21 15 Jane Despas (USA) Team Bioc 5.25 16 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn 5.49 17 Rhonda Quick (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 5.51 18 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Rona/Esker 5.52 19 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn 5.55 20 Katheryn Curi (USA) LGBRC 5.55 21 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Saturn 5.58 22 Joan Wilson (USA) Tds Womens Cycling Team 6.08 23 Susan Cooper (USA) Team Zombies 6.11 24 Riley Mcalpine (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 6.13 25 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 6.24 26 Helen Kelly (USA) TDS Womens Cycling Team 6.41 27 Maren Partridge (USA) Biogen 6.55 28 Maatje Benassi (USA) Intermountain Cycling Organization 6.56 29 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 6.58 30 Laura Resor (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 7.10 31 Jennifer Todd (USA) 7.10 32 Laura Weislo (USA) Squadra Coppi 7.13 33 Gabriela Gonzalez De Ferrar (Mex) Mexico 7.39 34 Rebecca Cooke (USA) Landis/Trek/VW 7.40 35 Megan Elliott (USA) Saturn 7.42 36 Heather Cole (USA) Fairfield Toyota 7.42 37 Carla Hukee (USA) Team Zombies 7.43 38 Nicole Freedman (USA) Team Basis 7.46 39 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 7.57 40 Kate Maher (USA) Team Basis 7.58 41 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 7.59 42 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lites 8.00 43 Christine White (USA) 8.10 44 Shawn Heidgen (USA) Tds Womens Cycling Team 8.13 45 Katherine Sherwin (USA) Team Zombies 8.21 46 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 8.26 47 Sandra Kolb (USA) LGBRC 8.30 48 Carla Koehler (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 8.32 49 Larssyn Staley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 8.42 50 Michelle Beltran (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 8.44 51 Lara Kroepsch (USA) Team T-Mobile USA 8.46 52 Iona Wynter (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 8.48 53 Kristy Scheffenacker (USA) Abrt/team Snow Valley 8.51 54 Dolly Ginter (USA) Cycles Veloce 8.55 55 Sarah Hammer (USA) Team T-Mobile USA 9.07 56 Beth Leasure (USA) Team Veloclips 9.10 57 Jennifer Franklin (USA) Velosport 9.15 58 Holly Harris (USA) Palo Alto Bicycles Women's Team 9.39 59 Dara Rogers (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 10.05 60 Emily Kachorek (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 10.19 61 Megan Mcquaid (USA) Women First/Red 5 Racing 10.42 62 Eryn Hanna (USA) LGBRC 11.02 63 Emily Gloeckner (USA) Tds Womens Cycling Team 11.08 64 Nicole Brandt (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 11.42 65 Desira Utzig (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 11.46 66 Jennifer Scott (USA) Team Bike Doctor/cannondale 11.47 67 Katie Safford (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 11.50 68 Jacque Scott (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 12.15 69 Rachel Couch (USA) Valdora Mtn Lodge 12.35 70 Laura Perdew (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lites 13.43 71 Kimberly Kemp (USA) Team Zombies 14.00 72 Patricia Bell (USA) Team Tailwinds 14.01 73 Laurel Green (USA) Team Spine 14.42 74 Kristy Gomes (USA) Team Snow Valley 14.48 75 Laura Downey (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani/LaGrange 19.19
