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Results and Reports for April 6-7, 2002
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Boulder - Roubaix Road Race
Boulder, CO, April 7,2002
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This year's Boulder Roubaix Road Race saw yet another revised course from the previous year. The course offered a bit more asphalt than past additions, but it would be the dirt sections that would have the most impact on the outcome.
The first serious attack came from Danny Pate of Prime Alliance, about 20 miles into the race. One lap (17 miles) later Mercury's Stoyanov went off in pursuit of Pate with one other rider, Aussie MTB rider Paul Rowney. Pate was eventually caught by the two chasers, and this would end up being the winning move.
Back in the chase group, the 7-UP team was the only one willing and able to take up the chase. 7-UP were unsuccessful in their chase efforts, but with one lap remaining, the lead trio had only a 15 second lead on a blown-apart chase group that included Mercury's Chris Wherry, Candelario of Prime Alliance, local Mountain biker, Jeremy Horgan of Polo Sport, and Todd Wells of Mongoose. The two groups never made contact as neither Wherry nor Candelario were willing to chase back their own teammate, and both riders were more than comfortable with the situation up the road.
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In the front group, all the work was being done by Stoyanov and Rowney, as Pate could only sit on after being out front nearly all day. With about one kilometre to go, there was a nasty transition from dirt to gravel and then to pavement - a narrow downhill corkscrew with a sharp right hand turn at the bottom.
Pate decided to lead through this section and it proved to be the winning choice. Both Rowney and Stoyanov went down at the same time. Stoyanov quickly remounted and nearly caught Pate by the finish, but came up a just a few yards short.
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Images by Rob Karman and Eric Schwartz
- Riders have a laugh at the start before their pristine team clothing is caked in mud
- Stringing out the peloton - riders from various teams were doing their best to create an early selection
- Off-camber right hand turns on dirt are always fun on a road bike
- Previous horse riding experience is always helpful
- Whooah there horsey! - A local rider loses it in the loose stuff
- Some are having a good day in the saddle - and some aren't
- Todd Wells' (Mongoose) attempt to catch the lead group of three was in vain
- Gimme something harder - Danny Pate makes it look all so easy
- Balancing act - Chris Wherry (Mercury) looks like he's done this before
- I don't need no cross bike - U23 World TT Champ Danny Pate stays focused
- The Power of Pate - Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) powers away from the field to claim a well-deserved victory
Results - 84 miles
1 Danny Pate Jr (Prime Alliance) 3.39.35 2 Plamen Stoyanov (Mercury) 0.11 3 Paul Rowney (Yeti) 0.34 4 Alex Candelario (Prime Alliance) 0.59 5 Chris Wherry (Mercury) 6 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder,Co) 1.02 7 Todd Wells 1.51 8 Nathan Dills (Fondriest/RRV) 2.14 9 Chuck Coyle (7up/Nutra Fig) 10 Ariel Lindsley (Dean/Smartwool) 2.16 11 Hatcher Rosebrock (Fondriest/RRV) 7.22 12 Frank Mapel (Boulder,Co) 10.01 13 Jonathan Heidemann (Littleton,Co) 10.01 14 Jeffrey Hartmann (FCRC-Trek/Volkswagon) 10.22 15 Micah Martin (Monsoon/Rio Racing) 11.24 16 Kevin Nicol (Rio Grande/Monso) 14.03 17 Dan Bowman (Durango,Co) 18 Nate Busch (Broomfield,Co) 16.32 19 Todd Berger (Pro Peleton) 16.54 20 Christian McCarthy (Pro Peleton) 17.09 21 Joby Siciliano (Jamba Juice/Denver) 17.10 22 Jeff Hartman (Big Shark) 17.21 23 Mark Southard (FCRC/Trek) 17.38 24 Brian Krombein (Cycle Solutions) 25 Darby Thomas (Wheelworks/Cannondale) 17.41 26 Mike Wilk 21.05 27 Andy Guptill 28 Mark Schwab (Excel Sports) 29 Hugo Pradoneto (FloridaRacing.net) 21.51 30 Billy Masterson (Excel Sports) 22.07 31 Joseph Cooper (Team Pure Altitude) 32 Michael Larsen (Pro Peleton) 23.54 33 Andy Palmer (Intl. Christian Cycling) 26.20 34 Brandon Dwight (Excel Sports) 27.31 35 Brian Hludzinski (Jamba Juice) 36 Matt Pacocha (Red Rocks Velo) 37 Chris McGee 38 Aaron Ekland (Denver Boulder) 39 Barkley Robinson (Schwab Cycles/Torelli) 27.32 40 Eric Nussbaumer 41 Jon Tarkington (Vitamin Cottage) 29.03 42 Ben Huff (Fort Collins,Co) 31.30 43 Kip Biese (Cody Racing) 34.04 44 Ian Prichard (Team Schwab/Torelli) 45 Lewis Perna (Schwab/Torelli) 34.06 46 Jeremie Texier (Red Rocks) 39.55 47 William Robinsen (Pro Peleton Velo) 49.56 Women 1 Katie Compton 2.30.50 2 Karen Bockel (Rona) 0.46 3 Mary Grigson (Subaru/Gary Fisher) 0.53 4 Lisa Matlock 3.34 5 Kori Kelly (Diet Rite) 6.09 6 Kerry Barnholt (Excel Sports) 7.40 7 Sarah Konrad 9.46 8 Elizabeth Anderson 9.48 9 Maatje Benassi (Pro Peleton Velo) 9.54 10 Jilayne Lovejoy 12.24 11 Sarah Hammer (Diet Rite) 13.33 12 Christy Kopasz (Telluriders) 13.42 13 Megan Melamed (AST Cycling) 16.44 14 Vicky Sama (CU) 16.57 15 Missy Thompson (Cannondale USA) 20.29 16 Colleen Fallon (Boulder Women's) 24.50 17 Erin Stromley-Wahl (LRT) 32.47
