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September 12, Stage 2: Road Race: Souderton 162.5km

Starchyk takes overall win with another victory

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Cycling News
Published:
September 13, 2009, 11:57,
Updated:
September 16, 2009, 20:40

Stenberg, Mamos fill podium places

Sprint leader Volodymyr Starchyk (Amore & Vita) wins the 2009 Univest Road Race.

Sprint leader Volodymyr Starchyk (Amore & Vita) wins the 2009 Univest Road Race.

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The winds and rain might have eased up a bit for the Univest Grand Prix road race on Saturday but the Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie squad was having none of that. The Italian team with the local sponsors went to the front mid-race to chase down a break and the move paid off with a stage, race and team victory in the UCI 2.2 Pro/Am North American classic.

Ukrainian national champion Volodomyr Starchyk led out a final lap to take the Univest Leader’s jersey from team-mate Philipp Mamos. Patrik Stenberg, the 18-year-old wonder from Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harrison, took second in the stage and third overall for the two-day event that began Friday with a team time trial in Allentown.

Amore & Vita’s Yuri Metlushenko, who won the Univest Grand Prix Doylestown Criterium in 2008, took the Leidy’s Premium Pork Products Sprinter’s jersey. Bernardo Colex Tepos of Tecos-Trek – who attacked with a solo break for more than half of the 11 finishing circuit laps in Souderton – was awarded The Intelligencer’s Most Aggressive Rider and the VisitPa.com Best Climber jerseys for his efforts.

Stenberg beat Felt-Holowesko-Garmin U23’s Caleb Fairly for the Landis Supermarkets Best U23 Rider jersey.

The field, tested by near gale-force winds and a tricky, technical team time trial course on Friday, telegraphed its tension early when a major crash took down numerous riders within the first mile of the race. Three riders were treated at area hospitals for injuries. An escape by a small group of riders midway through the 60-mile, hilly road course threatened to break up the field but Amore & Vita team director Roberto Gaggioli sent his squad to the front to chase it down.

“When the breakaway reached 1 minute 40 seconds, that’s when we decided to put all of our guys on the front. Slow and steady, we brought them back,” Gaggioli said.

When the racers returned to Souderton for 40 miles – 11 laps – on the finishing circuits through town, Colex-Tepos was out in front on a solo break but he couldn’t keep the strongest riders off his wheel for long. By the time the race was down to five laps, there was a group of seven about 10 to 15 seconds off the front of a chasing field of more than 40 riders – unusual in recent years for the Univest race, where the difficult road course has often split the field and left the final laps to only about a half-dozen riders.

Mamos, who held the yellow Univest Leader’s jersey after Friday’s time trial, and Starchyk were in the front group but Starchyk said the team worked to put him in position for the final sprint.

“I was feeling strong today,” he said. “The team did an exceptional job to set me up.”

Starchyk was also impressed with his first visit to the Univest Grand Prix. “I never expected to find a race this good when I came to the United States,” he said.

Stenmark, like Starchyk was using the Univest race as a warm-up for the world championships. He said the leading pack in the final laps got split a bit by the feed zones but he avoided getting stuck and was able to compete in the sprint finish.

Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie 4:03:18  
2 Patrik Stenberg (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harrison    
3 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie    
4 David Boily (Can) Team Quebec    
5 Jonathan Mccarty (USA) Ouch P/B Maxxis    
6 Matthew Busche (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies    
7 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie 0:00:29  
8 Benjamin King (USA) Trek Livestrong    
9 Arnaud Papillon (Can) Team Quebec    
10 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie    
11 Alister Ratcliff (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale    
12 Josh Dillon (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale    
13 Sebastian Balck (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harrison    
14 Bjorn Selander (USA) Trek Livestrong    
15 Alex Hagman (USA) Ciclismo Racing    
16 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos De La Universidad    
17 Bernando Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos De La Universidad 0:00:33  
18 Daniel Zmolik (Cze) Crca/Empire Cycling 0:01:15  
19 Eric Schildge (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale 0:01:16  
20 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefits Strategies    
21 Kalle Sandell (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harrison    
22 Jerome Townsend (USA) If/Lionettes    
23 Chris Winn (Aus) Team Rio Grande    
24 Andr Tremblay (Can) Team Quebec    
25 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) Hagens-Berman    
26 Danny Summerhill (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23    
27 Mark Hekman (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Ep-No    
28 Thom Coupe (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale    
29 Michael Margarite (USA) Crca/Empire Cycling    
30 William Goodfellow (Can) Mazur Coaching/Bikyle    
31 Zachary Bell (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies    
32 Guy E East (USA) Trek Livestrong    
33 Tomas Lofgren (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harrison    
34 Nick Friesen (Can) Cycling Center/Jbca    
35 Ryohei Komori (Jpn) Trek Livestrong    
36 John Fredy Parra Celada (Col) Tecos De La Universidad    
37 Rolf Eisinger (USA) Ciclismo Racing    
38 Robbie King (USA) If/Lionettes    
39 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23    
40 Clayton Barrows (USA) Crca/Empire Cycling    
41 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie    
42 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos De La Universidad    
43 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Rio Grande    
44 Peter Salon (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23    
45 Peter Horn (USA) Cycling Center/Jbca    
46 Bobby Lea (USA) Ouch P/B Maxxis    
47 Jake Hollenbach (USA) Crca/Empire Cycling    
48 Dan Timmerman (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale    
49 Charles Dionne (Can) Team Quebec    
50 Caleb Fairly (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23 0:01:23  
DNF Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Livestrong    
Final classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie 4:19:39  
2 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie    
3 Patrik Stenberg (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harriso 0:00:13  
4 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie 0:00:29  
5 Sebastian Balck (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harriso 0:00:42  
6 David Boily (Can) Team Quebec 0:00:45  
7 Bjorn Selander (USA) Trek Livestrong 0:00:46  
8 Jonathan Mccarty (USA) Ouch P/B Maxxis 0:00:50  
9 Matthew Busche (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies 0:00:52  
10 Alister Ratcliff (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale 0:01:04  
11 Josh Dillon (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale    
12 Arnaud Papillon (Can) Team Quebec 0:01:14  
13 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie 0:01:16  
14 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos De La Universidad 0:01:17  
15 Alex Hagman (USA) Ciclismo Racing 0:01:18  
16 Bernando Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos De La Universidad 0:01:21  
17 Danny Summerhill (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23 0:01:28  
18 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23    
19 Guy E East (USA) Trek Livestrong 0:01:33  
20 Caleb Fairly (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23 0:01:35  
21 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Livestrong 0:01:40  
22 Peter Salon (USA) Felt-Holowesko Garmin U23 0:01:53  
23 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) Hagens-Berman 0:01:56  
24 Andr Tremblay (Can) Team Quebec 0:02:01  
25 Charles Dionne (Can) Team Quebec    
26 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos De La Universidad 0:02:04  
27 William Goodfellow (Can) Mazur Coaching/Bikyle    
28 Bobby Lea (USA) Ouch P/B Maxxis 0:02:06  
29 Zachary Bell (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies 0:02:08  
30 Chris Winn (Aus) Team Rio Grande 0:02:12  
31 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Rio Grande    
32 Daniel Zmolik (Cze) Crca/Empire Cycling    
33 Michael Margarite (USA) Crca/Empire Cycling 0:02:13  
34 Clayton Barrows (USA) Crca/Empire Cycling    
35 Jake Hollenbach (USA) Crca/Empire Cycling    
36 Kalle Sandell (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harriso 0:02:14  
37 Peter Horn (USA) Cycling Center/Jbca 0:02:15  
38 Mark Hekman (USA) Team Mountain Khakis Ep-No 0:02:18  
39 Jerome Townsend (USA) If/Lionettes 0:02:59  
40 Robbie King (USA) If/Lionettes    
41 Benjamin King (USA) Trek Livestrong 0:03:04  
42 Eric Schildge (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale 0:03:12  
43 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita presented by Lifetime Fitness | Velo Vie 0:03:14  
44 Nick Friesen (Can) Cycling Center/Jbca 0:03:20  
45 Rolf Eisinger (USA) Ciclismo Racing 0:03:28  
46 Dan Timmerman (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale 0:03:37  
47 Ryohei Komori (Jpn) Trek Livestrong 0:03:52  
48 Tomas Lofgren (Swe) Team Cykelcity/Klehr Harriso 0:03:59  
49 Thom Coupe (USA) Bikereg.Com/Cannondale 0:04:04  
50 John Fredy Parra Celada (Col) Tecos De La Universidad 0:05:01  
51 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefits Strategies 0:11:31