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Cascade Classic - NE
Bend Oregon, USA, July 12-16, 2006
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Stage 2 - July 13: The Center-McKenzie Pass RR, 80 miles
Zirbel wins the stage; Wherry wears yellow
By Kirsten Robbins in Bend, Oregon
Priority Health's Tom Zirbel took the stage win over Navigator's Sergey Lagutin and Toyota-United's Chris Wherry in a tactical finishing climb.
Wherry's third place in today's stage was enough to hang on to the leader's jersey. "I would have loved to have won the stage today because my team did a great job," said Chris Wherry. "But sometimes protecting the yellow jersey means you have to give up a stage win. I am happy to still be wearing yellow. We showed that we are one of the strongest teams out here."
Stage winner Tom Zirbel attributed his success to his team Priority Health for keeping him in good position during the race and into the final climb. "I played the race very conservative today," said Zirbel. "We wanted to keep good position and so my teammates did an excellent job helping me out with that."
Zirbel out-climbed many of the best-known climbers racing in the U.S. "I was just following wheels the whole way up," said Zirbel. "I knew I had to be patient and that I couldn't hold a gap on such a long climb. When it got close to the finish I wanted to look for opportunities to attack and I found it with 1500 meters to go."
"I'm sure Wherry was watching the Navigators riders which worked in my favour. Sergey and Wherry were coming at me hard toward the finish. I didn't think I had it won at any point until I crossed the line."
During the first twenty miles of the 81-mile stage, an eighteen-man break rode off the front of the peloton. The break included two Health Net riders Gord Fraser and Doug Ollerenshaw, two Toyota-United riders Ivan Stevic and Heath Blackgrove amongst others. The break stayed away until the first KOM at the fifty-three mile mark.
"We new the early break would come back because it was a bad break for Navigators," said Toyota-United directeur sportif Harm Jansen. "It was our plan to put our riders in the breaks today to take some pressure off of our other riders. The break was good for us because Navigators had to work to bring it back."
Wherry commented on the early break as being a big loss for the Navigators team. "Navigators only had one guy in the break who was far back on the G.C. and our two riders were high up on G.C. It took them a while to get organized because I don't think they realized how detrimental it was for them."
"They had a lot of ground to make up but once they got going they were riding pretty hard to bring that back. They caught the break on the way up to the first KOM sprint. At that point our team took over and tried to control things until the final climb."
The final half of the race was a gradually increasing grade. There were several attacks that resulted in breaks but the field remained intact at the base of the final climb to the finish.
"We had a couple guys from the team setting tempo to keep things contained," said Wherry. "Health Net started the attacking and Baldwin and I had to cover some of those moves. With in ten kilometers to go it was just Baldwin and I in a group of fifteen."
"Health Net continued to attack and so did Navigators. Baldwin did a great job pacing things back for me and he drove it to the last kilometer. Tom attacked and stayed away to win. At two hundred meters to go Sergey jumped for the sprint and I just stayed on his wheel to the end."
Tomorrow the men will compete in stage three of the 2006 Cascade Cycling Classic. The Pacific Power Cascade Lakes RR will be a ninety-mile stage finishing on another mountaintop. "I think that tomorrow's stage will be similar in that we will want to protect the leaders jersey," says Wherry. "The time trial is where some of the general classification might change. There are some good time trialists here and so I will want to race well there and not lose time. Also the final circuit race is a really tough course. It will be hard for teams to control the race there. Hopefully that day will come down to a small group in the end."
Women: Lasasso climbs to first NRC win and jersey
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor
TEAm Lipton's Kristen Lasasso scored her first NRC victory today, and made it a big one, winning the opening women's stage of the Cascade Classic. The new addition to the race was a tough climbing finish to theDee Wright Observatory with a rolling and windy seventy miles preceding it. Lasasso won the stage out of a group of four riders that had put more than five minutes on the field. With her in the break was Kirsten Robbins (Victory Brewing), Hiroko Shimada (Velo Bella-Kona) and Amber Rais (Webcor).
"Two girls attacked ten miles into the race, and my teammate Kristin Armstrong told me to chase it down," said Lasasso. "Everyone was spread across the road and it was tough to get through. She said if I didn't get up there in thirty more seconds she was going to have to go! But I made it through."
When Lasasso began her ride across, Victory Brewing's Kirsten Robbins went with her. "I was supposed to stay towards the front because we knew it was going to be windy today," said Robbins. "I was in a break just prior to that one but it came back. And when Kristin went I happened to be there."
A fifth rider was also in the break but suffered a mechanical. With the four off the front, the time gap went up as the race approached the final climb. "Everyone was working really well together, even at the start of the climb," said Robbins. "Kristen and I both knew the other two wouldn't be able to stick it up the climb. We just set tempo and they fell off at the beginning."
The field was also finally making some headway as the wind began to take its toll on the now two leaders. In her mind, Lasasso was remembering the advice Armstrong had given her, saying that if she was ever working in a break, she had better be able to out climb or out sprint everyone in it. "Kristin always told me that if I was in a break you either have to win or just sit on and not work, so I kept telling myself, 'I have to win, I have to win!'"
Past the half way point of the climb, Robbins was unable to continue pulling through. "A little more than half way I couldn't pull through any more because it was too windy. [Lassaso] was so strong, she just rode away." Robbins was able to hold on to her second place, 2:10 behind Lasasso. Additionally, she will wear the QOM jersey tomorrow as she is tied with the race leader on points.
Lasasso's teammate Kristin Armstrong led the field in for third place, thirteen second behind Robbins. The TEAm Lipton captain is certainly proud of her teammates win, and feels that this puts the team at a tactical advantage. "We are definitely in a great position, and it was really great to see her do well under the pressure. Unless things get really tough I hope to bring her to the last day in yellow. But I know tomorrow will be aggressive -- I think that Webcor and Victory Brewing will have a lot of girls attacking. With the time trial on Saturday someone to watch is Rachel Heal with her abilities. And with Webcor Betina Hold is also good time trialist."
Results
Pro Men 1 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 2.58.39 2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 3 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United 4 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 5 Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 6 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net pb Maxxis 7 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 8 David Rodriguez (USA) BMC Racing Team 9 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 10 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's 11 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 12 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 13 James Mattis (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 14 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United 0.57 15 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 1.20 16 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 17 Micheal Grabinger (USA) Team Fresh Start 18 Jonathan Baker (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling 19 Christopher Jones (USA) Champion System 20 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 21 Kevin Rowe (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 22 Justin Mayfield (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp 23 Jarred Berger (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling 24 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home 25 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United 26 Corey Collier (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 27 Stephen Dey (USA) Davis Bike Club 28 John Eisinger (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 29 Brent Miller (Aus) WTB/FoxShox/SantaCruz 30 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.com/Sierra 31 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 32 Kenneth Johnson (USA) Rockville Harley-Davids 2.23 33 Nicholas Clayville (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 34 Ian Mckissick (USA) Recycled Cycles 2.34 35 Will Sladek (USA) NA 2.40 36 Jesse Moore (USA) Davis Bike Club 37 Jason Donald (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 2.46 38 Mitch Moreman (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 39 Calvin Allan (USA) BODE Cycling 3.08 40 Jeff Hartman (USA) Big Shark Racing 3.12 41 Mike Zagorski (USA) Quick Release 42 Josh Bezecny (USA) Targetraining 43 Lang Reynolds (USA) Recycled Cycles 44 Ben Kneller (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 45 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 46 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's 47 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 48 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos 49 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Successfulliving 50 Chris Swan (USA) Penninsula Velo 51 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3.30 52 Chris Lieto (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 3.54 53 Owen Laine (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.03 54 Brian Buchholz (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 55 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 56 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 4.14 57 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Successfulliving 58 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval 59 Collin Becker (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 4.24 60 Shane Peltonen (USA) Eclipse Racing 4.29 61 Daniel Neyers (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 4.49 62 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 5.35 63 Michael Schmidt (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 64 Dan Sweet (USA) Davis Bike Club 65 Michael Carter (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 66 T. Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 67 Michael Telega (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 68 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 69 Kyle Barbary (USA) BMC Racing Team 70 Andrew Mcdermid (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 71 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 5.47 72 Rolando Gonzalez (CRc) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 5.52 73 Ben Rhodes (USA) Second Ascent 6.05 74 Steven Ricchiazzi (USA) Team Tailwinds 75 Sam Starr (USA) NA 76 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) FRS 6.26 77 Patrick Caro (USA) Team Helens 7.45 78 Bryson Perry (USA) Successfulliving 79 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 80 Alex Rock (USA) Contender Bicycles 81 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 82 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 83 Kyle Colavito (USA) Eclipse Racing 84 Bernard Vanulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 85 Morgan Schmidt (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 86 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's 87 Jason Klikna (USA) BMC Racing Team 88 Phil Cortes (Can) Garneau Optik 89 Patrick Briggs (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 90 John Knotts (USA) Easton-Specialized 91 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United 92 Jarod Gilyard (USA) Eclipse Racing 8.05 93 Kris Lunning (USA) fitzgeralds bicycles 8.11 94 Patrick Ramirez (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 8.40 95 Chuck Coya (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling 96 Tyler Dibble (USA) Davis Bike Club 97 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 12.17 98 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's 99 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's 100 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 101 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 102 Juan Jose Haedo (USA) Toyota-United 103 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 104 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United 105 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's 106 David Oloughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 107 Glen Mitchell (NZl) priority health 108 Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's 109 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 110 Jack Seehafer (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 111 Clayton Barrows (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 112 Jonny Sundt (USA) Priority Health 113 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC Racing Team 114 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health 115 Richard Speer (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos 116 Ian Ayers (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home 13.13 117 Ryan Yee (USA) Sucessfullliving 118 Jesse Gordon (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 119 Tad Hamilton (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp 17.30 120 Matt Weyen (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp 17.57 121 Erik Long (USA) Eclipse Racing 19.28 122 Derik Archibald (USA) Hyde Park Cycle 23.42 123 Robert Campbell (USA) Hyde Park Cycle 24.21 124 Derek Timmermann (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 25.28 125 Seth Wilkie (USA) New Mexico Velo Sport 25.52 126 Nathan Kuehl (USA) NA 41.26 127 Dj Fernandes (USA) Construction Zone Racing 54.35 General classification after stage 2 1 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United 6.30.59 2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 0.15 3 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 0.19 4 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 0.26 5 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net pb Maxxis 6 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 0.40 7 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's 0.51 8 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United 1.18 9 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 2.03 10 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 2.04 11 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United 2.11 12 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 2.12 13 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 14 James Mattis (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 2.18 15 David Rodriguez (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.36 16 Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 3.00 17 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 3.42 18 Micheal Grabinger (USA) Team Fresh Start 19 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home 3.56 20 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 21 Jonathan Baker (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling 4.12 22 Corey Collier (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 4.58 23 Kenneth Johnson (USA) Rockville Harley-Davids 4.59 24 Christopher Jones (USA) Champion System 5.10 25 Jesse Moore (USA) Davis Bike Club 5.16 26 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.24 27 Justin Mayfield (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp 5.38 28 Kevin Rowe (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 5.41 29 Stephen Dey (USA) Davis Bike Club 5.46 30 Brent Miller (Aus) WTB/FoxShox/SantaCruz 31 Calvin Allan (USA) BODE Cycling 6.00 32 John Eisinger (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 6.01 33 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 34 T. Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 6.08 35 Jarred Berger (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling 6.23 36 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's 6.30 37 Ian Mckissick (USA) Recycled Cycles 6.31 38 Mitch Moreman (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 39 Jason Donald (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 6.36 40 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval 6.50 41 Owen Laine (USA) BMC Racing Team 6.58 42 Josh Bezecny (USA) Targetraining 7.16 43 Jeff Hartman (USA) Big Shark Racing 7.33 44 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Successfulliving 7.45 45 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 8.11 46 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 8.24 47 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.com/Sierra 8.50 48 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 8.53 49 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 9.05 50 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United 9.30 51 Chris Lieto (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 9.32 52 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 9.34 53 Nicholas Clayville (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 9.44 54 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos 9.50 55 Will Sladek (USA) NA 9.52 56 Michael Carter (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 10.01 57 Mike Zagorski (USA) Quick Release 10.33 58 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 59 Michael Telega (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 10.34 60 Brian Buchholz (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 10.56 61 Collin Becker (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 11.07 62 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) FRS 63 Dario Falquier (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo 12.12 64 Patrick Caro (USA) Team Helens 12.26 65 Shane Peltonen (USA) Eclipse Racing 12.28 66 Jason Klikna (USA) BMC Racing Team 12.41 67 Dan Sweet (USA) Davis Bike Club 12.47 68 Bryson Perry (USA) Successfulliving 12.52 69 Kyle Barbary (USA) BMC Racing Team 12.56 70 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 13.05 71 Andrew Mcdermid (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 13.44 72 Rolando Gonzalez (CRc) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 13.51 73 Ben Rhodes (USA) Second Ascent 74 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's 13.53 75 David Oloughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 13.54 76 Ben Kneller (USA) Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory 14.10 77 Bernard Vanulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 14.38 78 Juan Jose Haedo (USA) Toyota-United 14.39 79 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 14.49 80 Chris Swan (USA) Penninsula Velo 15.25 81 Tyler Dibble (USA) Davis Bike Club 16.39 82 Clayton Barrows (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 16.58 83 Lang Reynolds (USA) Recycled Cycles 17.06 84 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Successfulliving 17.47 85 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 18.06 86 Morgan Schmidt (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 18.07 87 Steven Ricchiazzi (USA) Team Tailwinds 18.09 88 Michael Schmidt (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 18.15 89 Daniel Neyers (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 19.50 90 Ryan Yee (USA) Sucessfullliving 20.03 91 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United 92 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health 93 Jonny Sundt (USA) Priority Health 20.16 94 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berm 20.17 95 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 20.26 96 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 20.31 97 Phil Cortes (Can) Garneau Optik 98 Sam Starr (USA) NA 20.41 99 Jesse Gordon (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 20.43 100 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's 20.53 101 Kris Lunning (USA) fitzgeralds bicycles 20.57 102 Alex Rock (USA) Contender Bicycles 21.01 103 Kyle Colavito (USA) Eclipse Racing 104 Patrick Briggs (USA) Cal Giant /Village Peddler 105 Patrick Ramirez (USA) Park City Cycling Acade 21.04 106 John Knotts (USA) Easton-Specialized 21.11 107 Chuck Coya (USA) Vitamin Cottage Cycling 21.26 108 Jarod Gilyard (USA) Eclipse Racing 22.14 109 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 25.24 110 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 25.33 111 Richard Speer (NZl) Team Rubicon/Gleukos 112 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's 25.43 113 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's 114 Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's 115 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC Racing Team 26.06 116 Ian Ayers (USA) Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home 27.36 117 Glen Mitchell (NZl) priority health 27.43 118 Tad Hamilton (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp 31.57 119 Matt Weyen (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp 33.23 120 Jack Seehafer (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 51.21 Team classification 1 Health Net presented by Maxxis 19.34.08 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Te 0.17 3 Toyota-United Pro Cycling team 2.11 4 BMC Racing Team 7.52 5 Cal Giant /Village Peddler 15.41 6 Team Einstein's Cycling 18.26 7 Jittery Joe's 20.03 8 Broadmark / Hagens-Berman 29.55 9 South Australia.com-AIS 31.07 10 Eclipse Racing 54.31 Mountains classification 1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 17 pts 2 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United 10 3 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 7 4 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 7 5 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United 7 6 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Successfulliving 7 7 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 5 8 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United 4 9 Justin Mayfield (USA) Team Hyde Park Cycle Sp 3 10 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 2 11 Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 1 12 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 1 13 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 1 Elite Women 1 Kristen Lasasso (USA) TEAm Lipton 3.53.51 2 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing Team 2.10 3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Team Lipton 2.23 4 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita/ Cooking Light 5 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum Women's 6 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing Team 7 Betina Hold (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 8 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing Team 9 Mara Abbott (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage 10 Brooke Ourada (USA) Colorado Premier Traini 11 Nicole Evans (USA) FFKR Architects / Sport 12 Jane Ziegler (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 13 Beverley Harper (USA) Touchstone Climbing 2.38 14 Marisa Asplund (USA) CPT-Colnago 2.43 15 Maria Monica (USA) McGuire Cycling Team 2.50 16 Laura Van Gilder (USA) TEAm Lipton 3.56 17 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Velo Bella-Kona 4.00 18 Amber Rais (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 4.16 19 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 4.52 20 India Sanjuan (USA) Touchstone Climbing 5.10 21 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18/Champion System 5.23 22 Gabriela Gonzalez - Ferrat (Mex) Colavita/ Cooking Light 6.17 23 Patricia Bailey (USA) TRIA 6.25 24 Suz Weldon (USA) TRIA 6.31 25 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 26 Amy Campbell (USA) UNATTACHED 6.40 27 Hope Strode (USA) Poplollies 7.27 28 Kori Kunz (USA) Poplollies 29 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Velo Bella-Kona 7.32 30 Teri Sheasby (USA) Bend Bike N Sport 31 Liza Rachetto (USA) TEAm Lipton 32 Ingrid Rolles (USA) Quick Release 33 Molly Van Houweling (USA) Metromint Cycling 34 Carolyn Eller (USA) Team Tamarack 35 Cat Malone (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 36 Kristina Seley (USA) PROMAN /Paradigm 37 Kristi Mcilmoil (USA) Utah Valley Racing 38 Yukie Nakamura (USA) Easton/Specialized 7.52 39 Lisa Dunnwald (USA) Team Group Health 7.57 40 Allison Beall (USA) TRIA 10.49 41 Martina Patella (USA) McGuire Cycling Team 42 Anna Gerber (USA) DeWalt 43 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing Team 11.04 44 Natasha Perry (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 11.10 45 Jadine Riley (USA) Team Group Health 11.15 46 Elizabeth Nettles (USA) Ti Cycles/Avanti 12.05 47 Jennifer Joynt (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 12.18 48 Laurol Gitlen (USA 49 Holly Borowski (USA) McGuire/US Armed Forces 12.29 50 Sami Fournier (USA) Sunnyside Sports 12.40 51 Jennifer Chapman (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 52 Ryan Hostetter (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 13.19 53 Michele Conrad (USA) Avanti/Ti Cycles 13.28 54 Miranda Duff (USA) CPT-Colnago 55 Jenn Reither (USA) TRIA 14.13 56 Rebecca Jensen (USA) Whitman College 15.17 57 Kara Dreflak (USA) Quick Release 15.25 58 Rebecca Bader (USA) OSU Cycling 59 Kele Murdin (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 15.44 60 Megan Elliot (USA) Argon 18/Champion System 17.06 61 Jeanie Bihlmaier (USA) Columbia River Velo/Riv 17.23 62 Alexis Alexander (USA) PABW 19.22 General classification after women's stage 1 1 Kristen Lasasso (USA) TEAm Lipton 3.53.51 2 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing Team 2.10 3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Team Lipton 2.23 4 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita/ Cooking Light 5 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum Women's 6 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing Team 7 Betina Hold (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 8 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing Team 9 Mara Abbott (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage 10 Brooke Ourada (USA) Colorado Premier Traini 11 Nicole Evans (USA) FFKR Architects / Sport 12 Jane Ziegler (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 13 Beverley Harper (USA) Touchstone Climbing 2.38 14 Marisa Asplund (USA) CPT-Colnago 2.43 15 Maria Monica (USA) McGuire Cycling Team 2.50 16 Laura Van Gilder (USA) TEAm Lipton 3.56 17 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Velo Bella-Kona 4.00 18 Amber Rais (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 4.16 19 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 4.52 20 India Sanjuan (USA) Touchstone Climbing 5.10 21 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18/Champion System 5.23 22 Gabriela Gonzalez - Ferrat (Mex) Colavita/ Cooking Light 6.17 23 Patricia Bailey (USA) TRIA 6.25 24 Suz Weldon (USA) TRIA 6.31 25 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 26 Amy Campbell (USA) UNATTACHED 6.40 27 Hope Strode (USA) Poplollies 7.27 28 Kori Kunz (USA) Poplollies 29 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Velo Bella-Kona 7.32 30 Teri Sheasby (USA) Bend Bike N Sport 31 Liza Rachetto (USA) TEAm Lipton 32 Ingrid Rolles (USA) Quick Release 33 Molly Van Houweling (USA) Metromint Cycling 34 Carolyn Eller (USA) Team Tamarack 35 Cat Malone (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 36 Kristina Seley (USA) PROMAN /Paradigm 37 Kristi Mcilmoil (USA) Utah Valley Racing 38 Yukie Nakamura (USA) Easton/Specialized 7.52 39 Lisa Dunnwald (USA) Team Group Health 7.57 40 Allison Beall (USA) TRIA 10.49 41 Martina Patella (USA) McGuire Cycling Team 42 Anna Gerber (USA) DeWalt 43 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing Team 11.04 44 Natasha Perry (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 11.10 45 Jadine Riley (USA) Team Group Health 11.15 46 Elizabeth Nettles (USA) Ti Cycles/Avanti 12.05 47 Jennifer Joynt (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 12.18 48 Laurol Gitlen (USA 49 Holly Borowski (USA) McGuire/US Armed Forces 12.29 50 Sami Fournier (USA) Sunnyside Sports 12.40 51 Jennifer Chapman (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 52 Ryan Hostetter (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 13.19 53 Michele Conrad (USA) Avanti/Ti Cycles 13.28 54 Miranda Duff (USA) CPT-Colnago 55 Jenn Reither (USA) TRIA 14.13 56 Rebecca Jensen (USA) Whitman College 15.17 57 Kara Dreflak (USA) Quick Release 15.25 58 Rebecca Bader (USA) OSU Cycling 59 Kele Murdin (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 15.44 60 Megan Elliot (USA) Argon 18/Champion System 17.06 61 Jeanie Bihlmaier (USA) Columbia River Velo/Riv 17.23 62 Alexis Alexander (USA) PABW 19.22 Team classification 1 Team Lipton 11.47.52 2 Victory Brewing Team 0.37 3 Webcor-Platinum Women's Cycling 2.43 4 Velo Bella-Kona 7.36 5 TRIA 17.26 6 McGuire Cycling Team 19.49 Mountains classification 1 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing Team 10 pts 2 Kristen Lasasso (USA) TEAm Lipton 10 3 Amber Rais (USA) Webcor-Platinum Women's 7 4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Team Lipton 3 5 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Velo Bella-Kona 2 6 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita/ Cooking Light 2 7 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing Team 1 8 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum Women's 1
