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Excel Sports Boulder Stage Race - NE
USA, May 13-15, 2005
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Stage 2 - May 14: Boulder-Roubaix Road Race, 68km/122.4km
Anderson & Espostio take stage 2
By Rob Karman
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Day 2 of the Excel Sports Boulder stage race would prove to be decisive for many competitors as the course offered no where to hide. 8.5 miles of mostly dirt roads on a classic course that was once part of the National Racing Calendar in the late 90's.
In the Women's Pro-1-2 race it would appear to have been a simple race of attrition by looking at the results, but there was plenty of drama as race leader and former world time trial champ Mari Holden (T-Mobile) slid both wheels and almost went down in the final turn. A spectacular save meant she kept her skin and her race lead as she could have easily lost a chunk of time with it being over 3km to the finish. For 2nd place GC rider and 2000 MTB Olympian Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com) the drama happened much earlier when she flatted on lap two and lost contact with the group while trying to make it to the next pit. Luck was on her side as team mate Maatje Benassi gave her the wheel off her own bike and with it gave away the 3rd spot in GC that she held going into the day. A furious chase by Trombley for a lap and half saw her regain the lead group with a lot of energy left out on the road. In the end it was Kim Anderson (Colavita Olive Oil - Cooking Light) who out sprinted Holden for the stage win. Her 2nd place gave Holden a small time bonus to extend her lead.
The Pro-1-2 men's race ended in a bit of confusion. On the second of the 9 laps, powerhouse sprinters Chuck Coyle (Vittamin Cottage) and Dan Schmatz (SeaSilver) went on the attack and built a small advantage. They were joined shortly by Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF) and then marathon MTB racer Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's). Schmatz flatted and went back to the pack leaving a lead group of three. This trio would gain almost two minutes on the field at one point before being brought back to within 40 seconds with 2 laps to go. At this point the field engaged in some negative racing and while the rest sorted out who should chase, Paul Esposti (HART Racing) and Chris Brennen (Monsoon) set off to try and bridge up to the leaders.
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With just over one lap to go the lead trio caught a group of lapped riders through the feed zone and the confusion began. These lapped riders contained a few of Esposti's team mates and when Esposti caught and passed the leaders on the final straight away they thought he was a lapped rider and ignored him only to watch in disbelief as he raised his arms in the air only meters in front of them at the finish.
Despite missing out on the possibility of a stage win, Janelle moved into the leaders jersey while stage 1 winner Chris Baldwin (Navigators) flatted on the last descent and lost more than two minutes.
Photography
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Images by Rob Karman/www.excelsportsboulder.com
- Mari Holden (T-Mobile) in the white Leaders Jersey
- Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's) , Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) and Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF) off the front
- Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) leads the field on lap one before setting off for a long day in the break.
- Home team rider Billy Masterson (ExcelSports.com) flatted in the first corner before chasing for 7 and a half laps to rejoin the pack
- Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) and Dan Schmatz (SeaSilver) take off on their own
- Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF) makes his move to bridge the gap
- Charlie Hayes (ExcelSports.com) tries a solo attack in the Master's 35plus race
- Former pro rider and Saturn team director Jim Copeland (ExcelSports.com) in the white Leaders Jersey for the 35plus men
- Pro Women's GC leader Mari Holden (T-Mobile) is followed by eventual stage winner Kim Anderson (Colavita Olive Oil - Cooking Light)
- Ann Trombley (ExcelSports.com) chases solo after a flat tire to retain her 2nd place overall
- Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's) , Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) and Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF)
- Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF) made an important move up on GC by getting into the break
- Chris Baldwin (Navigators) was without team mates for this Leaders Jersey defense after Phil Zajicek crashed out
- Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's) , Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) and Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF) animated the race
- Race leader Mari Holden (T-Mobile) almost goes down in the last turn
- Alex Coelho (Monsoon) sits in second wheel over the last climb before taking the stage victory in the Cat 3 men's race
- With 1 lap to go the Pro-1-2 men's lead trio rides through lapped traffic
- GC Leader Chris Baldwin (Navigators) is at the front of the chase with one lap to go
- Paul Esposti (HART Racing) wins the stage ahead of the confused trio of Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's), Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) and Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF)
Results
Women 1/2/3 1 Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) 2.00.20 2 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 3 Catherine Powers (TDS-Schwalbe) 4 Ann Trombley (Excel Sports) 5 Irene Mercer (Tamarack) 6 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 7 Marisa Asplund (Ford - Basis Cycling) 8 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 9 Kristen Downs (Tokyo Joe's) 10 Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher) 11 Gretchen Reeves 12 Shannon Tupa 0.16 13 Jennifer Yaeso 14 Mary Schuette 15 Julie Emmerman 16 Jacqueline Wood 0.29 17 Stephanie Swan 0.38 18 Anne Lannan 1.04 19 Becca Blay 1.52 20 Maegan Daigler 4.12 21 Kristi Lewis 22 Noel Weddle 4.56 23 Lauren Heilig 24 Syrae Weikle 6.16 25 Ellen Hall 8.00 26 Heather Szabo 9.10 27 Maatje Benassi 9.25 28 Lindsay Gosslee 9.48 29 Trish Heisdorffer 10.24 30 Jilayne Lovejoy 11.19 31 Patricia Palmer 11.26 32 Patsy Shaffer 12.20 33 Robin Fitzpatrick 12.24 34 Beth Fisk 13.03 35 Cristina Begy 14.37 36 Kristine Church 15.20 37 Danielle Haulman 18.21 38 Shannon Edson 39 Megan Melamed 18.24 40 Alexandra Kendall 26.27 41 Leah Reeve 44.52 DNF Nikki Raspa Men Pro/1/2 1 Paul Esposti (Haul'n Ass) 3.07.27 2 Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) 0.03 3 Ian Macgregor (TIAA-CREF) 4 Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's) 5 Chris Brennan (Team Reo Grande) 0.17 6 Sheldon Deeny (TIAA-CREF) 0.59 7 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 8 Michael Lange (TIAA-CREF) 9 Andrew Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) 10 Joe Cooper (Louisville Velo Cl) 1.04 11 Mitch Westall 1.09 12 Jeff Wardell 13 Scott Nydam 1.41 14 Jonathan Massie 15 Peter Loponto 16 Nick Ranno 17 Frank Overton 18 Chris Baldwin 2.21 19 Patrick Brown 2.33 20 Jeffrey Hartmann 4.20 21 Jeffrey Dickinson 4.27 22 Max Clauson 5.05 23 Mitch Moreman 5.49 24 Jon Tarkington 6.01 25 Jeff Smith 6.34 26 Michael Larsen 8.23 27 Joseph Pinkerton 8.58 28 Jesse Gordon 29 Don Powell 12.45 30 John Seehafer 14.18 31 Dan Porter 15.26 32 Kevin Nicol 33 Colby Pearee 34 Zachary Davies 16.18 35 Eric Schwartz 17.46 36 Dirk Friel 19.23 37 Jon Stierwalt 38 Todd Hageman 39 Nick Marten 40 Eric Pardyjak 41 Mark Schwab 42 Michael Schilling 43 Christian Johnson 44 Brent Dickinson 45 Barkley Robinson 46 Joel Charles 47 Peter Horn 48 Logan Garey 49 Joseph Saperstein 50 Grayson Pointer 51 Joby Siciliano 52 Seth Hansley 53 Eddy Gragus 19.37 54 Bill Masterson 20.11 55 Jeff Hartman 24.56 56 Ryan Fleming 57 Brian Krombein 58 Matson Tew 25.05 59 Chad Hartley 25.07 60 David Robinson 25.11 61 Michael Schmidt 25.21 62 Tom Zirbel 26.09 63 Ned Overend 26.55 64 Kelly Ruddick 65 Jonathan Garcia 30.47 66 Chad Taylor 67 Josh Barnett 68 Chad Moore 69 Alex Robels 70 Michael Scherer 71 Lew Perna 31.03 72 Matthew Hall 31.11 73 Evan Ruzanski 74 Nicholas Stevens 33.04 75 Daimeon Shawks 33.26 76 Christian Mccarthy 35.18 77 Jon Baddley 35.51 78 Aaron Brown 36.30 79 Michael Hubbard 37.44 80 Micaelh Thompson 81 Joseph Rudman 42.08 82 Randy Reichardt 48.44 83 Brian Hutchsion 50.39 DNF John Verheul DNF Michael Sutter DNF Mike Wilk DNF Brian Bruggeman DNF Michael Nunez DNF Brian Fuentes DNF Jeff Vibert DNF Jay Henry DNF Ryan Hamity DNF Derek Strong DNF Eric Reber DNF Stuart Gillespie DNF Philip Zajeck DNF Dan Schmatz DNF Paul Whyman DNF Jason Donald DSQ Timmy Duggan General classification after stage 2 Women 1/2/3 1 Mari Holden (T-Mobile) 2.18.42 2 Ann Trombley (Excel Sports) 1.06 3 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile) 1.24 4 Kerry Barnholt (Subaru-Gary Fisher) 1.35 5 Gretchen Reeves (Rocky Mountain) 1.50 6 Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) 1.52 7 Irene Mercer (Tamarack) 1.53 8 Marisa Asplund (Ford - Basis Cycling) 2.03 9 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) 2.28 10 Julie Emmerman 2.58 11 Stephanie Swan 3.03 12 Jennifer Yaeso 3.07 13 Kristen Downs 3.12 14 Shannon Tupa 3.16 15 Mary Schuette 3.25 16 Jacqueline Wood 3.40 17 Catherine Powers 3.49 18 Anne Lannan 3.50 19 Becca Blay 4.57 20 Maegan Daigler 7.03 21 Lauren Heilig 8.12 22 Kristi Lewis 8.37 23 Noel Weddle 9.25 24 Syrae Weikle 10.22 25 Maatje Benassi 10.40 26 Ellen Hall 11.44 27 Heather Szabo 13.09 28 Trish Heisdorffer 13.32 29 Jilayne Lovejoy 14.22 30 Patricia Palmer 15.08 31 Beth Fisk 16.10 32 Patsy Shaffer 16.13 33 Robin Fitzpatrick 17.35 34 Lindsay Gosslee 18.45 35 Kristine Church 20.36 36 Cristina Begy 21.14 37 Danielle Haulman 22.04 38 Shannon Edson 22.36 39 Megan Melamed 22.54 Men Pro/1/2 1 Mike Janelle (Tokyo Joe's) 3.24.42 2 Chris Brennan (Team Reo Grande) 0.04 3 Ian Macgregor (TIAA-CREF) 0.05 4 Andrew Bajadali (Vitamin Cottage) 0.14 5 Chuck Coyle (Vitamin Cottage) 0.19 6 Paul Esposti (Haul'n Ass) 0.29 7 Michael Lange (TIAA-CREF) 0.31 8 Frank Overton (GS Ciao) 0.46 9 Chris Baldwin (Navigators) 0.48 10 Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 0.52 11 Sheldon Deeny 0.58 12 Jeff Wardell 2.06 13 Peter Loponto 2.09 14 Patrick Brown 2.15 15 Nick Ranno 2.18 16 Mitch Westall 2.32 17 Joe Cooper 2.44 18 Scott Nydam 2.52 19 Jonathan Massie 3.01 20 Jeffrey Hartmann 3.31 21 Max Clauson 5.11 22 Jeffrey Dickinson 5.51 23 Jon Tarkington 24 Mitch Moreman 5.57 25 Jeff Smith 7.33 26 Michael Larsen 7.47 27 Jesse Gordon 9.20 28 Joseph Pinkerton 10.14 29 Don Powell 13.17 30 Colby Pearee 14.34 31 John Seehafer 15.25 32 Kevin Nicol 15.29 33 Dan Porter 15.54 34 Zachary Davies 17.42 35 Eric Schwartz 18.38 36 Dirk Friel 19.40 37 Grayson Pointer 19.43 38 Eddy Gragus 19.46 39 Mark Schwab 19.55 40 Nick Marten 19.57 41 Jon Stierwalt 19.58 42 Joseph Saperstein 20.13 43 Joel Charles 20.17 44 Peter Horn 20.27 45 Michael Schilling 20.29 46 Eric Pardyjak 20.30 47 Barkley Robinson 20.48 48 Seth Hansley 21.04 49 Christian Johnson 21.06 50 Joby Siciliano 21.11 51 Todd Hageman 21.19 52 Bill Masterson 21.23 53 Logan Garey 21.53 54 Brent Dickinson 22.05 55 David Robinson 24.51 56 Chad Hartley 25.14 57 Tom Zirbel 26.02 58 Matson Tew 59 Jeff Hartman 26.12 60 Ryan Fleming 26.16 61 Brian Krombein 26.20 62 Michael Schmidt 27.03 63 Ned Overend 64 Kelly Ruddick 27.41 65 Jonathan Garcia 31.15 66 Evan Ruzanski 31.27 67 Chad Moore 31.37 68 Michael Scherer 32.15 69 Josh Barnett 32.28 70 Chad Taylor 32.33 71 Alex Robels 32.35 72 Lew Perna 32.44 73 Nicholas Stevens 34.36 74 Matthew Hall 35.06 75 Christian Mccarthy 35.46 76 Daimeon Shawks 36.28 77 Aaron Brown 37.40 78 Jon Baddley 37.51 79 Micaelh Thompson 38.22 80 Michael Hubbard 40.59 81 Joseph Rudman 44.22 82 Randy Reichardt 50.17 83 Brian Hutchsion 51.21
