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Monumental Memorial Cycling Weekend - NE
USA, May 27-29, 2006
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Stage 4 - May 29: Criterium, 75 minutes
Former Triathlete Wins First Monumental Memorial Cycling Weekend
By Sean Weide
Lincoln's Jon Randall of Lincoln Plating-Lemond won the final stage of the inaugural Monumental Memorial Cycling Weekend as Micheal Grabinger of Spearfish, S.D., took the overall victory.
Grabinger, riding for Team Fresh Start, finished sixth in Monday's Industrial Row criterium. An accomplished triathlete who is only a Category III racer, Grabinger won two of the race's four stages. His victory in Sunday morning's 20-mile time trial lifted him into the overall lead, which he added to with a victory in the late afternoon 52-mile road race.
"That's the toughest day I've ever had in cycling," Grabinger said. "I am kind of new at this, but I've never been in a race with winds like that. It was pretty brutal."
The strong, steady winds that had plagued competitors in the race's first two days subsided somewhat on Monday, though temperatures still reached into the low 90s.
Daniel Casper of Northfield, Minn., riding for GrandStay/Out N About Gear, finished second overall. Randall was third, 55 seconds behind Grabinger. The pair were part of a five-man breakaway that put more than seven minutes on the field in Sunday's road race.
The overall standings remained unchanged after Monday's criterium, despite aggressive racing by Team Kaos, which had three riders in the top 10 - but none in the top five - after a disasterous day on Sunday.
Kaos team leader Jarred Berger, the favorite to win the time trial, flatted at the turnaround point, then blew another tire in the road race and did not make the crucial break.
Feeling secure with his 36-second lead over second place, Grabinger said he set out with a different kind of motivation for the 75-minute criterium.
"There were a few other people who were with me in the break yesterday who did a lot of work and I wanted to help them out," Grabinger said. "I had hoped to give them a good lead out for a time bonus, but unfortunately it didn't work out."
Instead, it was the blue-and-white jerseys of Lincoln Plating-Lemond which were able to spring Randell for the win.
"I just wanted to be up front to be ready for an overall G.C. place, but then things opened up, so I just went for it," Randell said.
In the women's race, Linda Sone of Silver Cycling/Hollywood Racing teamed up with Team Kaos' Morgan Chaffin to erase an eight-second deficit on Team Giant/Black Hills Domestiques' Betsy Cordes and steal the overall with a victory in the 30-minute criterium.
With less than five laps remaining, Chaffin attacked and Sone followed. The two worked together to quickly build a 10-second lead that they stretched to 25 seconds by the finish. That advantage, plus a 10-second time bonus for the win, helped Sone beat Cordes by 27 seconds in the final standings.
Results
Men 1, 2, 3 1 Jon Randell (Lincoln Plating Lemond) 1.15.00 2 Daniel Nemetchek (Team Manitoba/ Woodcock Cycle) 3 Andrew Minier (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 4 Joseph McWilliams (Team Kaos Cycling) 5 Bowen Neuhofer (Team Manitoba/ Woodcock Cycle) 6 Micheal Grabinger (Team Fresh Start) 7 Kevin Burke (Slimenundgrossen/Trek Of KC) 8 Marc Walter (Lincoln Plating/Lemond) 9 Jarred Berger (Team Kaos Cycling) 10 Kent Throlson (Great Plains Cycling) 11 Mike Schroden (GrandStay/ Out N About Gear) 12 Tim Farnham (Team Kaos Cycling) 13 Daniel Casper (GrandStay/ Out N About Gear) 14 Troy Krause (Slimenundgrossen/Trek Of KC) 15 Matt Williams (GrandStay/ Out N About Gear) 16 Jeremy Reimer (Lincoln Plating/Lemond) 17 Dan Swanson (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 18 Michael Munson (Lincoln Plating/Lemond) 19 Chris Spence (Team Kaos Cycling) 0.10 20 Corey Whalen (Team Fresh Start) 0.20 21 Ian Robertson (Team Kaos Cycling) 1.59 Women 1 Linda Sone (Silver Cycling Hollywood Racing) 30.00 2 Morgan Chaffin (Team Kaos) 3 Lindsay Argue (JR) (Alter Ego) 0.25 4 Dawn McPherson (Defined Fitness Training, LLC) 5 Angela Axmann (Team Fresh Start) 6 Barbara Harick (VeloBellaKona) 7 Betsy Cordes (Team Giant/Black Hills Domestiques) 8 Emily Farnham (Team Kaos) 2.08 Men 35+ 1 Todd Nesvold (MCTTonkaCycle) 45.00 2 Jeff Luedtke (Husker Road Club) 3 James Berry (FreshStart) 4 Craig Schmidt (Lincoln Plating-Lemond) 5 Mark Mettler (Minnesota Cycling Team) Men 5 1 Jason Doverspike (Team Manitoba/Woodcock Cycle) 45.00 2 Devin Bethune (Elkhorn Valley Race Team) 3 Ian Gray (UNL Cycling) 4 Jay Foss (Team Fresh Start) 5 Bradley Sullivan (unattached) 6 Zach Rogers (Blue River Bicycle Club) 7 Kurt Muehlebach (GP Velotek) 8 Nathanael Elmer (Ciao Baby Cycling) 10 James Buckley (unattached) 11 Tj Carmichael (Slimenundgrossen/Trek Of KC) 12 Tom Nider (Ciao Baby Cycling) 13 Marshall Verbrugge (Team Manitoba/Woodcock Cycle) 14 Joseph Savoie (Team Kaos) 1.32 15 Duane Blair (Elkhorn Valley Race Team) 16 Daniel Peters (Team Manitoba/Woodcock Cycle) 17 Don Raskey (GDI) 18 Charles Daniel (Ciao Baby Cycling) 19 Chet Henry (UNL Cycling) 20 Al Provorse (UNL Cycling) 5.00 21 Scott Kiddoo (Ciao Baby Cycling) 22 John Hanson (Great Plains Cycling) 8.30 Men 5 1 Cody Cleveland (Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club) 30.00 2 Michael Kosco (unatttached) 3 Scott Blair (Elkhorn Valley Cycling) 0.02 4 Rich Anderson (The Bike Way Racing) 0.20 5 Gary Nebeker (TeamFIRE) 6 Aaron Gammel (TeamFire) 2.01 Men 45+ 1 Thomas Price (Trek KC/Local Cycling.com) 30.00 2 Eric Piche (Bianchi/GrandPerformance) 1.06 3 J. Ron Nelson (Ciao Baby Racing) 4 John Vondracek (Ciao Baby Racing) 5 Bruce Harick (Bianchi/GrandPerformance) 6 Tedd Jacobson (Peace Coffee Racing) 7 Robert Mairs (Bianchi/GrandPerformance) 1.13 8 Marian Pyszczek (Team Manitoba/ Woodcock Cycle) 1.19 9 Bill Gottberg (Unattached) Men 55+ 1 Ken Benusis (Black Hills Domestiques) 32.06 2 Jeff G Hart (Unattached) 3.29 3 John Dean (Cycling Club of Nebraska) 4.14 Final General classification Men 1, 2, 3 1 Micheal Grabinger (Team Fresh Start) 8.16.22 2 Daniel Casper (GrandStay/ Out N About Gear) 0.36 3 Jon Randell (Lincoln Plating Lemond) 0.55 4 Daniel Nemetchek (Team Manitoba/ Woodcock Cycle) 2.57 5 Andrew Minier (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 3.02 6 Jarred Berger (Team Kaos Cycling) 10.33 7 Chris Spence (Team Kaos Cycling) 11.05 8 Tim Farnham (Team Kaos Cycling) 12.47 9 Marc Walter (Lincoln Plating/Lemond) 13.01 10 Michael Munson (Lincoln Plating/Lemond) 13.05 11 Jeremy Reimer (Lincoln Plating/Lemond) 13.43 12 Joseph McWilliams (Team Kaos Cycling) 14.26 13 Bowen Neuhofer (Team Manitoba/ Woodcock Cycle) 14.59 14 Matt Williams (GrandStay/ Out N About Gear) 17.28 15 Kevin Burke (Slimenundgrossen/Trek Of KC) 17.45 16 Troy Krause (Slimenundgrossen/Trek Of KC) 20.08 17 Dan Swanson (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) 20.17 18 Corey Whalen (Team Fresh Start) 42.16 19 Kent Throlson (Great Plains Cycling) 46.15 20 Ian Robertson (Team Kaos Cycling) 46.25 21 Mike Schroden (GrandStay/ Out N About Gear) 46.36 Women 1 Linda Sone (Silver Cycling Hollywood Racing) 7.31.57 2 Betsy Cordes (Team Giant/Black Hills Domestiques) 0.27 3 Morgan Chaffin (Team Kaos) 18.01 4 Barbara Harick (VeloBellaKona) 25.47 5 Lindsay Argue (JR) (Alter Ego) 38.02 6 Angela Axmann (Team Fresh Start) 51.42 7 Dawn McPherson (Defined Fitness Training, LLC) 51.51 8 Emily Farnham (Team Kaos) 1.10.35 Men 35+ 1 James Berry (FreshStart) 7.30.22 2 Jeff Luedtke (Husker Road Club) 5.14 3 Craig Schmidt (Lincoln Plating-Lemond) 10.05 4 Todd Nesvold (MCTTonkaCycle) 10.29 5 Mark Mettler (Minnesota Cycling Team) 11.40 Men 4 1 Nathanael Elmer (Ciao Baby Cycling) 7.16.07 2 Devin Bethune (Elkhorn Valley Race Team) 1.30 3 Zach Rogers (Blue River Bicycle Club) 3.35 4 Ian Gray (UNL Cycling) 3.47 5 Jason Doverspike (Team Manitoba/Woodcock Cycle) 9.33 6 Jay Foss (Team Fresh Start) 12.46 7 Marshall Verbrugge (Team Manitoba/Woodcock Cycle) 14.01 8 Kurt Muehlebach (GP Velotek) 14.47 9 Bradley Sullivan (unattached) 16.43 10 Don Raskey (GDI) 17.44 11 Tj Carmichael (Slimenundgrossen/Trek Of KC) 18.42 12 Daniel Peters (Team Manitoba/Woodcock Cycle) 22.20 13 Duane Blair (Elkhorn Valley Race Team) 23.28 14 Chet Henry (UNL Cycling) 29.11 15 Al Provorse (UNL Cycling) 34.31 16 Paul Mueller (ICCC) 34.47 17 Charles Daniel (Ciao Baby Cycling) 37.15 18 James Buckley (unattached) 39.20 19 Tom Nider (Ciao Baby Cycling) 40.31 20 Scott Kiddoo (Ciao Baby Cycling) 45.52 21 Joseph Savoie (Team Kaos) 54.33 22 John Hanson (Great Plains Cycling) 59.28 Men 5 1 Michael Kosco (unatttached) 7.35.53 2 Scott Blair (Elkhorn Valley Cycling) 0.11 3 Rich Anderson (The Bike Way Racing) 4.03 4 Cody Cleveland (Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club) 18.20 5 Gary Nebeker (TeamFIRE) 19.03 6 Aaron Gammel (TeamFire) 45.06 Men 45+ 1 Thomas Price (Trek KC/Local Cycling.com) 7.14.34 2 Tedd Jacobson (Peace Coffee Racing) 14.24 3 Bill Gottberg (Unattached) 18.43 4 Robert Mairs (Bianchi/GrandPerformance) 18.58 5 Eric Piche (Bianchi/GrandPerformance) 19.53 6 John Vondracek (Ciao Baby Racing) 20.40 7 J. Ron Nelson (Ciao Baby Racing) 22.27 8 Marian Pyszczek (Team Manitoba/ Woodcock Cycle) 25.34 9 Bruce Harick (Bianchi/GrandPerformance) 40.06 Men 55+ 1 Ken Benusis (Black Hills Domestiques) 7.50.37 2 Jeff G Hart (Unattached) 24.39 3 John Dean (Cycling Club of Nebraska) 52.46
