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Solano Bicycle Classic - NE
USA, March 27-30, 2003
Stage 1 - March 27: Jelly Belly Road Race, 87/54 miles
Horner starts title defence with a bang
By George Khristoforov
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Chris Horner soloed away from a charging field Thursday to claim victory in the first stage of the 2003 Solano Bicycle Classic.
Horner, a two-time GC winner of the stage race in years past, had been as much as four minutes behind a lagging 14-man breakaway, gratefully tucked in and away from pounding northern winds. Except for the 30 mph gusts, conditions were otherwise clear and comfortable, with temperatures in the low 70s.
Svein Tuft and Matt DeCanio of Prime Alliance had worked to create the breakaway once the men left windy Yolo County, but their presence alongside Saturn's trio of Viktor Rapinski, Mark McCormack and Will Frischkorn worked to neutralize any strong attacks. None of the single riders from other teams in the break save one took bold enough steps, and after 30 miles of rolling terrain and treacherous crosswinds, they were nearly caught at the base of the final hill.
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"When we hit the climb, I had to wait and see what happened in the break, to see if Will had gone up the road solo," said Horner. "All day I had my whole team out there in the wind for me and I was just riding easy, and when you hit the final climb that makes all the difference. When I saw that the Jelly Belly rider looked like he got away, then I was free to go ahead and give it everything I had."
That Jelly-Belly rider was Australian Ben Brooks. The diminutive former Junior World Team Pursuit champion was instrumental in shaking up the middle parts of the race, attacking several times when the lead breakaway did not seem up to the task.
"I was just trying to keep the momentum. I was hoping we might have a minute and a half on the field at the bottom of the last climb. We were getting time checks all along and it kept coming down from four minutes, three, two," said Brooks. "The breakaway was pretty disorganized. There were attacks going, then they'd sit up. With a couple of teams chasing, the time came down pretty quick."
With just 30 seconds on a field of over 170 being led by Ofoto-Lombardi and 7Up-Maxxis, Brooks needed all the momentum he could muster. Prime Alliance's Jonathan Vaughters followed Horner's move and rode hard on the Aussie's heels.
"Chris Horner and I went up the climb together and then Chris went up the climb faster. I guess Brooks got caught in the middle," said Vaughters.
Women hang together till Bruckner slices through
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The women's stage stayed remarkably intact and followed the men's route without the windy drama of the first 35 miles. T-Mobile's Kim Bruckner began to outpedal Lyne Bessett and Manon Jutras of Saturn at the base of the final climb.
"It wasn't a very exciting race until the very end," said Bruckner. 'We thought it was going to break up on the first climb, because it was so long, but it wasn't that bad. The pace wasn't super fast and so it came to the base of this (final) climb together."
Anne Samplonius of TDS and Meredith Miller of Grace had at one point almost 90 seconds on the field, but the combined efforts of Saturn and T-Mobile at the front of the pack were sufficient to bring them in just prior to the climb. Bruckner edged forward and began slicing through her competitors, eventually passing stragglers from the men's group and motoring up the tarmac.
"I just put it down and that was my opportunity to see if I could drop people," she said. "Saturn had two really strong girls, and this race is full of surprises, because there's so many girls here."
Tomorrow brings Stage 2 of the Solano Bicycle Classic, a 7-mile climb up to the top of Garbage Hill. This replaces the flat time trial of last year's race and should favor Horner and Bruckner once again.
Saturn team report
By Giana Roberge, Team Saturn
The Solano Bicycle Classic kicked off today outside of Fairfield, CA with a hilly, blustery road race around Lake Berryessa. The 54 mile women's race and 87 mile men's race both finished with an ascent up Howell Mountain Road into the cute little town of Angwin. As if the hills around Lake Berryessa did not offer enough of a challenge, the race saw a strong head and three-quarter headwind for the majority of the race.
The men's race saw a break form off the front of the echelons created by strong cross winds. A quick evaluation by all teams judged the break to represent everyone well, and the time gap quickly grew until it reached the five minute mark. Saturn had three riders with Will Frischkorn, Mark McCormack and Victor Rapinski. Prime Alliance had two with Svein Tuft and Matt DeCanio, Jelly Belly had Ben Brooks, and Health Net had two riders as well.
It looked as if the break would stay clear, but the only two teams not well represented, 7-UP and Ofoto, invested in bringing the break back, managed to contain it to a 30 second gap by the bottom of the climb. Not knowing if how his Saturn teammate was performing in the break, Horner patiently waited until he saw where Frischkorn was on the climb, pacing himself until he had a clear view. Along side were his two teammates, Tim Johnson and Eric Wohlberg. Prime Alliance's Jonathon Vaughters was also there, having clearly marked Horner as the man to beat.
Half way up the climb, Horner could see the Brooks had moved ahead of Frischkorn and launched his attack. Vaughters tried to respond, but Horner danced his way to the top, finishing solo for the win, the Gold Leader's Jersey and the time bonus seconds. Brooks finished second ahead of Vaughters, who was well over one minute back on Horner. Wohlberg and Johnson finished in the top ten as well (results unofficial at time of report), with Frischkorn collecting enough points along the way to grab the lead of the climber's competition. The Saturn Team also leads the Team Classification.
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The women's race followed an abbreviated version of the men's race, but still featured the cross and head wind sections and the final gut wrenching climb. The field remained together until Anne Samplonius (TDS) and Meredith Miller escaped the field for about ten miles with their largest time gap at 1:16. A group effort from Saturn, T-Mobile and Victory Brewing brought the two-some back to the fold. From there, the peloton remained compact until the base of the climb when it shattered immediately. Setting the pace were Saturn teammates Lyne Bessette and Manon Jutras, marked by T-Mobile's Kimberly Bruckner. Clearly in great climbing form, Bruckner pushed the pace, shedding the Saturn duo. Once they crested the mountain, the two worked together to close the 45 second gap, but Bruckner was not to be caught, soloing in for the win and the lead of the overall. Bessette finished second with Jutras in third. Sue Palmer Komar finished in fourth. Like their male teammates, the Saturn women lead the Team Classification.
Tomorrow features a new event with a mass start hill climb with a three mile flat run into 4.7 miles of climbing. The 7.7 mile event should suit both Horner and Bruckner with pitches at 22% and an average gradient of 15% for the 4.7 miles of fierce climbing.
Photography
Images by Jeff Tse/www.jefftse.com/cycling
- Chris Horner (Saturn) raises his arms in triumph as he crosses the line after his solo escape
- Kim Bruckner (T-Mobile) celebrates her win
- Chris Horner on the podium
- Horner's bike - one of the first outings for Saturn's new titanium/carbon composite LeMonds
- Chris Horner gives the inevitable post-race interviews
- Will Frischkorn (Saturn) in the leader jersey of the Mountains competition
Images by Bob Wilson
- Chris Horner (Saturn) soloed away from a charging field to claim victory in the first stage
- Chris Horner (Saturn) looks both relaxed and exhausted after a big effort
- Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing) is congratulated by one of his teammates
- Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing) looking steely-eyed
- Chris Horner (Saturn) is a reporter's dream, always willing to talk
- Chris Horner (Saturn) poses for the camera
- Jon Vaughters (Prime Alliance) gives the camera his best cheesy smile
- Chris Horner (Saturn) is somewhat dwarfed by a massive jelly bean
- A very colourful podium
- Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing) seems content with his efforts today
- Chris Horner (Saturn) dons the race leader's yellow jersey
- Hayden Godfrey (7UP/Maxxis) wears the sprinter's green jersey
- Kimberly Bruckner (T- Mobile/US National) speaks candidly about her win
- Now there's a smile of a race winner!
- Manon Jutras (Saturn Cycling Team) finished third on the stage behind her teammate Lyne Bessette
- Lyne Bessette (Saturn Cycling Team) appears to be on the comeback trail this year
- Kimberly Bruckner (T- Mobile/US National) has stepped onto the highest step of the podium many times before
- The women's podium - at the end of the day, they're all good friends
- Kimberly Bruckner (T- Mobile/US National) in the race leader's yellow jersey
- Sprint leader Melissa Sanborn (Intermountain Cycling Org) and mountains leader Kimberly Bruckner (T- Mobile/US National) enjoying themselves on the podium
Results
Men 1 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3.47.11 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 1.17 3 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 4 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling Team 1.46 5 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 6 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 7 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain 8 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 9 Christophe Sauser (Swi) Great Britain 10 Andy Bajadali (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 11 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 2.08 12 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 2.23 13 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 14 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 15 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 16 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 17 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 18 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/Subaru 19 Saul Raisen (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 20 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 2.33 21 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 22 Michael Jones (USA) Team West Virginia 23 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 24 John Hunt (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 25 Trent Klasha (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 26 Roman Peter (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 2.47 27 Chris Pic (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 28 John Kelly (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 29 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 3.20 30 Bryson Perry (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 31 Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 32 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team 33 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 34 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 35 Ivan Dominguez (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 36 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 3.49 37 Chris Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 38 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 39 Roman Kilun (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 40 Jason Lokksome (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 41 Austin King (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 42 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 43 David Wenger (USA) Team West Virginia 44 Russell Hamby (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 45 Ben Haldeman (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 46 Adham Sbieh (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 47 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 48 Peter Sanowar (Can) Gears Racing 4.20 49 Zachary Walker (USA) Olympic Club 50 Kevin Klein (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 51 Dylan Sebel (Can) CDS/WCS 52 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 53 Randy Rocchi (USA) Unattached 54 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) Great Britain 55 Benjamin Sharp (USA) Team West Virginia 4.31 56 Marc Collard (USA) Davis Bike Club 57 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 58 Jason Fernschuss (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 4.49 59 Brian Chapman (USA) 3BRT 60 Jeff Angermann (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 5.10 61 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 62 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 63 Andrew Touchstone (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 64 Lionel Syne (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 65 Ben Bourne (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 66 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 67 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 68 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 69 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 70 Chuck Coyle (USA) 5.39 71 Robbie Yost (USA) Team West Virginia 72 Michael Moore (Can) Gears Racing 73 Sandy Perrins (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 74 Matthew Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 75 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 76 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 77 Colin Beardsley (USA) McGuire/Cycle Couriers of S.F. 78 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 5.51 79 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Swift 6.02 80 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 6.09 81 Remi McManus (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 6.18 82 Dairo Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 6.28 83 Adam Myerson-Hodges (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 84 Wes Seigler (USA) Team West Virginia 85 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 6.49 86 Mark Leffler (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 87 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 88 Phil Dixon (GBr) Great Britain 89 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 7.24 90 Justin Robinson (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 91 Jeff Caton (USA) Morgan Stanley - Specialized 7.55 92 Richard DelValle (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 93 Chris Isaac (Can) Gears Racing 94 Brian Hawley (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 8.07 95 Dan Hopley (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 96 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 97 Frank Pipp (USA) ABD Cycling Team 98 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 99 Jonathan Erdelyi (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 100 Bill Hudak (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 8.52 101 Dean Laberge (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 102 Zak Toogood (GBr) Great Britain 8.59 103 Kurt Rees (USA) ABD Cycling Team 9.13 104 Dennis Guikema (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 9.42 105 Dan Schmatz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 10.20 106 David Pierce (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 107 Eugene Moriarty (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 108 Todd Coglon (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 12.09 109 Jacob Fetty (USA) Team West Virginia 110 Karta Atehortua (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 12.41 111 Todd Weitzenberg (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 14.08 112 Sterling Magnell (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 15.14 113 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 114 Jason McCartney (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 15.43 115 Ron Hudson (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 16.42 116 Jon Tarkington (USA) 17.07 117 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 118 Todd Edmister (USA) 3BRT/Cyfac 119 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance 17.16 120 Jonas Carney (USA) Prime Alliance 121 Clavin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 17.35 122 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 123 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 124 John Osguthorpe (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 125 Fidelus Bartek (USA) Celo Pacific 126 Andrew Crater (USA) Lemond Fitness/Captain CRA-Z 127 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 128 Phil Spencer (GBr) Great Britain 18.01 129 Conor Hurley (USA) Team West Virginia 18.40 130 Jonathan Hamblen (USA) Team West Virginia 131 Justin Mayfield (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA 132 Robert Saybolt (USA) McGuire/Cycle Couriers of S.F. 133 Kirk Ditterich (USA) Team Ada 134 Mike Ebert (USA) ABD Cycling Team 135 Chris Rozdilsky (USA) REMAX/CRCA 136 Frank Overton (USA) Unattached 137 Eric Ransom (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA 19.06 138 Eric Wright (USA) Team Swift 19.34 139 Lance Doherty (USA) 3BRT/Cyfac 140 Maurice Harper (USA) McGuire/Cycle Couriers of S.F. 141 Ross Kraus (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 142 Dan Maggiacomo (Can) Gears Racing 143 Adrian Elzinga (Can) CDS/WCS 144 Allan Butler (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 19.56 145 Lincoln Brown (USA) Northeastern Hardware 20.11 146 Justin Lucke (USA) 3BRT/Cyfac 147 Keith Szolusha (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 20.17 148 Dave Yeung (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 20.34 149 Jim Mansor (USA) 20.44 150 Aaron LeBauer (USA) McGuire/Cycle Couriers of S.F. 151 Josh Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 20.58 152 Steve McCaw (USA) 22.36 153 Dan Adams (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 23.14 154 Joe Karbowski (USA) Davis Bike Club 23.30 155 Nathan Rouse (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 26.53 156 Rob Campbell (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 27.25 157 Chris Montague - Breakwell (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 158 Kurt Hackler (USA) Fiordifrutta/Ridgefield Bank 159 Glenn Fant (USA) Team Swift 29.28 160 Tad Hamilton (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA 30.10 161 Chris Kinzler (USA) SOMA Cycling/CU 162 Michael Ma (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 31.03 163 Eric Drummer (USA) Turin 31.51 164 Mark Gustafson (USA) Echelon 32.37 Mountains 1 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 12 2 Andy Jaques Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 7 2 Ben Jaques Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 7 2 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 7 5 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 5 6 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 3 6 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothin 3 8 Christophe Sauser (Swi) Great Britain 2 8 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 2 10 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team 1 10 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain 1 10 Steve McGrath (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 1 Sprints 1 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 14 2 Frank Pipp (USA) ABD Cycling Team 5 2 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5 4 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 3 4 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 3 6 Dairo Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 2 6 Roman Peter (Swi) Ofoto-Lombardis 2 8 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 1 8 Jonas Carney (USA) Prime Alliance 1 Teams 1 Saturn Cycling Team 11.25.42 2 Prime Alliance 1.17 3 OFOTO-Lombardi Sports 2.47 4 Webcor Cycling Team 2.57 5 Great Britain 3.43 6 Sierra Nevada Cycling Team 4.11 7 Health Net Cycling Team 4.17 8 7UP / Maxxis 4.31 9 Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing 4.46 10 Team West Virginia 6.44 11 Broadmark Capital - Elite Bicyc 7.42 12 Healthy Choice-Guru's 9.21 13 Santa Cruz Spokesman 10.53 14 GS Lombardi-Foundry 11.00 15 Sportsbook.Com Cycling 11.47 16 Rocknasium 24.55 17 Team wift 50.55 18 Alto Velo/Webcor 1.04.39 19 McGuire/Cycle Couriers of S.F. 1.08.14 Women 1 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T- Mobile/US National 2.42.12 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.46 3 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 4 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 1.37 5 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadial Federation 6 Kate Maher (USA) Team Basis 2.19 7 Felicia Greer (USA) Velo Bella 8 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso 9 Christine Thorburn (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racin 10 Katheryn Curi (USA) LGBRC 2.26 11 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso 12 Cybil DiGuistini (Can) Diet Rite 13 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite 14 Tina Mayold-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 3.01 15 Lisa Magness (USA) Intermountain Cycling O 16 Christine White (USA) Fairfield Toyota 3.14 17 Joan Wilson (USA) TDS 18 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Canadial Federation 19 Nicole DeMars (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso 3.27 20 Yukie Nakamura (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 21 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's 22 Katrina Grove (USA) T- Mobile/US National 3.37 23 Helen Kelly (USA) TDS 24 Jane Despas (USA) Team BIOC 25 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 26 Meredith Miller (USA) Team SATS 27 Kristin Johnson (USA) T- Mobile/US National 28 Helene Drumm (USA) Team Spine 3.55 29 Julia Whiteside (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 4.06 30 Katy St Laurent (Can) Canadial Federation 4.37 31 Nicole Brandt (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 4.40 32 Cynthia Carroll (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 33 Jenny Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racin 34 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling O 5.00 35 Sandra Kolob (USA) LGBRC 36 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycling Team 37 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 38 Ginger Buller (USA) Velo Bella 39 Robin Priddin (USA) Wave Sliders 40 Susanna Gaunt (USA) Intermountain Cycling O 5.29 41 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T- Mobile/US National 5.32 42 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 43 Beth Leasure (USA) Velo Clips 5.52 44 Heather Mastrianni (Can) Fairfield Toyota 45 Katie Safford (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 6.31 46 Carla Hukee (USA) Team Zombies 47 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS 6.36 48 Megan McQuaid (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 49 Anne Lannan (USA) Valdoro Mt. Lodge (FRCA 7.02 50 Becky Broeder (USA) Intermountain Cycling O 7.07 51 Emily Kachorek (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 7.57 52 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 53 Laura VanGilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 54 Emily Gloeckner (USA) TDS 8.31 55 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 9.13 56 Nicole Freedman (USA) Team Basis 57 Sarah Hammer (USA) T- Mobile/US National 58 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso 10.11 59 Stella Carey (USA) Kelly Bike Company 10.30 60 Heidi Witherell (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racin 11.01 61 Maatie Benassi (USA) Intermountain Cycling O 11.45 62 Kristin Drumm (USA) Team Spine 63 Diana Hassel (USA) Steve Larsen's Wheelwor 14.20 64 Graciela Martinez (Arg) Victory Brewing/Amoroso 14.23 65 Betina Hold (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 14.31 66 Erin Kassoy (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racin 67 Joanne Stevens (USA) Surella Forte/Titan 68 Pat Ross (USA) Berkeley Bicycle Club 69 Trudy Bjornsen (USA) Fairfield Toyota 14.53 70 Hillary Diehl (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 71 Holly Harris (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racin 15.10 72 Andrea Kirsch (USA) Steve Larsen's Wheelwor 73 Julia Bradley (Can) Fairfield Toyota 15.41 74 Armida Huerta (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racin 75 Larssyn Staley (USA) Hot Tubes Development C 16.35 76 Eryn Hanna (USA) LGBRC 16.53 77 Megan Melamed (USA) Fairfield Toyota 17.03 78 Carla Koehler (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 17.34 79 Taitt Sato (USA) LGBRC 18.01 80 Veronica Martinez (Arg) Victory Brewing/Amoroso 18.10 81 Kelly Bartholomew (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 82 Karlee Brandner (USA) Ti Cycles/PS 83 Effie Wardenburg (USA) Ti Cycles/PS 84 Heidi Stamm (USA) Intermountain Cycling O 19.46 85 Moriah MacGregor (USA) Dizzy Cycles 21.41 86 Brenda Black (USA) Unattached 23.26 87 Troy Watson (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 88 Dorothy Wong (USA) Kelly Bike Company 25.38 89 Julia Farell (Can) Verizon Wireless - Cerv 90 Sarah Fowlkes (USA) Verizon Wireless - Cerv 27.48 91 Rachel Couch (USA) Valdona Mountain Lodge 29.26 92 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Fairfield Toyota 31.36 93 Sarah Poehlmann (USA) Fairfield Toyota 33.48 94 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T- Mobile/US National 36.10 95 Emily Westbrook (USA) Ti Cycles/PS 36.20 96 Rebecca Loney (USA) TDS 39.09 97 Leah Reeve (USA) Unattached 39.26 98 Jacque Scott (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 99 Crystal Yap (USA) Healthy Choice - Guru's 100 Desira Utzig (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 101 Anne Samplonius (USA) TDS Mountains 1 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T- Mobile/US National 9 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 8 3 Kate Maher (USA) Team Basis 7 4 Christine Thorburn (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racing 5 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 4 6 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadial Federation 2 7 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 1 Sprints 1 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 7 2 Nicole Freedman (USA) Team Basis 5 3 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 3 4 Jenny Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red 5 Racing 2 5 Helen Kelly (USA) TDS 1 Teams 1 T - Mobile / US National 8.13.50 2 Diet Rite 0.39 3 Victory Brewing / Amoroso'S 0.58 4 Victory Brewing / Amoroso'S 2.14 5 Saturn Cycling Team 2.15 6 TDS 6.13 7 Intermountain Cycling Org. 6.16 8 Minute Made / Dasani 8.03 9 Vaniqa / Pabw / Red 5 Racing 10.46 10 Fairfield Toyota 16.45 11 Fairfield Toyota 17.05 12 Santa Cruz Spokesman 22.12
