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Tour de Tucson - NE
Tucson, Arizona, USA, November 17, 2007
Photography
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- James Carney awaits the start of El Tour.
- David Meeker is the "tip of the spear" and first across the Santa Cruz river crossing.
- Nothing but "Axels and elbows" as 10000 riders walk across the Santa Cruz river crossing.
- A stream of riders traverse the first river crossing during the 25th El Tour de Tucson.
- If you're not first across the wash, you're gonna eat some dust......
- No wheel support this time for Greg Lemond , as Greg fixes a flat after the Santa Cruz crossing. Greg rode the event with his son (left).
- Riders leave the dirt for the safety of the asphalt after the first of two river crossings.
- Riders exit the Santa Cruz river crossing at dawn.
- Mariachi's serenade the riders in El Tour de Tucson.
- The peloton starts the three mile descent on Freeman road, on the far Eastside of Tucson.
- Riders head north towards Mt. Lemmon.
- James Carney leads Antonio Adalpe up Snyder Hill right after the second river crossing. The two were first out of the critical Sabino crossing.
- The chase group heads up Snyder Hill in pursuit of the break.
- El Tour attracts many eclectic riders for a good cause, charity.
- Riders cycle the perimeter of Tucson, here looking along Snyder road on the far northeast side of town.
- Carlos Hernandez takes the victory in record time....04:10:51 for the 109 mile event.
- A tandem takes the final corner in downtown Tucson on their way to the finish line.
- Eric Romero (19 South Racing) runs the final 200 meters to the finish line after throwing his chain, preserving his coveted Platinum finish time of under 5 hours.
- Carlos Hernandez talks to the media after his victory.
- Michael (J.R.) Grabinger gives an interview after his second place finish. J.R. came up half a wheel short in defending his 2006 El Tour title.
- A group of riders heads south along the west side of Tucson, still 17 miles from the finish line.
- El Tour de Tucson raises thousands of dollars for charity, and the participants enjoy the opportunity to mix their sport with a good cause.
- Greg Lemond speaks to the audience at he El Tour Expo about drug use in the sport today, and the opportunity for a fresh start in the sport.
- Greg Lemond signs autographs during the Expo on the night prior to the ride.
- Laura Vangilder checks her bike at the start line for El Tour de Tucson, Laura finished as the first female rider with a time of 04:16:11.
Results
1 Carlos Hernandez (Hermosillo, Az) 4.10.51 2 Michael Grabinger (Flagstaff, Az) 0.01 3 David Salomon (Hermosillo, Az) 0.07 4 Curtis Gunn (Tucson, Az) 1.23 5 Chad Beyer (Anthem, Az) 1.24 6 Antonio Aldape (Hermosillo, Az) 7 Jame Carney (Tucson, Az) 1.30 8 Chris Demarchi (Chino, Ca) 5.09 9 Gilbert Correa (La Verne, Ca) 10 Rob Alvarez (Tucson, Az) 5.10 11 Akira Kakinuma (Ashikaga-Tochigi, J) 5.11 12 Michael Anderson (Las Vegas, Nv) 13 Cristhian Figueroa (Obregon, Az) 14 Richard Meeker (Corona Del Mar, Ca) 5.12 15 Bryan Antol (Flagstaff, Az) 16 Scott Miller (Yucaipa, Ca) 17 Chris Hansel (Henderson, Nv) 18 Paul Kealey (Tucson, Az) 5.13 19 Jon Black (Tucson, Az) 20 Ian Holt (Fort Collins, Co) 21 Marco Menchaca (Tucson, Az) 5.14 22 Scott Hubbard (Albuquerque, Nm) 23 Glen Hinshaw (Scottsdale, Az) 24 Martin Adamczyk (Escondido, Ca) 25 Andre Mcnulty (Tucson, Az) 26 Jay Guyot (Oro Valley, Az) 27 Christopher Downs (Albuquerque, Nm) 5.15 28 Kyle Akin (Tucson, Az) 29 Nicholaus Schreiber (Tucson, Az) 30 Louie Amelburu (Las Vegas, Nv) 31 Brian Forbes (Mesa, Az) 32 Daniel De Mos (Gilbert, Az) 5.16 33 Jason Short (Palmdale, Ca) 34 Jim Silverman (Flagstaff, Az) 35 E J Lenzi (Wilmette, Il) 36 Bobby Verenna (Denver, Co) 37 Peter Wan (Tucson, Az) 38 Rod Riley (Winter Park, Fl) 39 Mario Rivera (Atlanta, Ga) 40 Greg Mcglinn (Anthem, Az) 41 Carlos Saavedra (Lawrenceville, Ga) 5.17 42 Jason Karew (Tucson, Az) 43 Daniel Vasichek (Chandler, Az) 44 Joel Castro (Hermosillo, Az) 45 Brooke Lane (Pleasanton, Ca) 5.18 46 Juan Carlos Cejudo (Tucson, Az) 47 Juan Rivera (Tucson, Az) 48 Steve Mathias (Albuquerque, Nm) 49 Kenneth Bingham (Las Vegas, Nv) 50 Jonathan Bojorquez (Tucson, Az) 51 Steve Riddle (Albuquerque, Nm) 52 Sergio Dominguez (Tucson, Az) 5.19 53 Faustino Riveron (Rancho Santa Margarit) 54 David Bixby (Phoenix, Az) 55 Dan Mcgehee (Mesa, Az) 56 Laura Vangilder (Kutztown, Pa) 5.20 57 James Warsa (Santa Fe, Nm) 58 Oscar Cota (Hermosillo, N/) 59 Anthony Luna (Las Vegas, Nv) 60 Matt Caruso (Albuquerque, Nm) 5.21 61 Hector Saldana (Pomona, Ca) 62 Wayne Stetina (Mission Viejo, Ca) 5.22 63 Greg Hritzo (Apache Jct, Az) 64 Mark Turchetto (Tucson, Az) 65 Lang Reynolds (Seattle, Wa) 5.23 66 Peter J Brown (Tucson, Az) 67 Daniel Murray (Telluride, Co) 68 Jack Phillips (Oro Valley, Az) 69 Keith Tomei (Tucson, Az) 5.24 70 Andrew C Scott (Tucson, Az) 71 Mark Wald-Hopkins (El Rancho, Nm) 5.25 72 Thomas Doughty (Aurora, Il) 73 Tim Carolan (Tucson, Az) 74 Kurt Kroese (Tucson, Az) 5.26 75 Doug Schwartz (Phoenix, Az) 76 Joseph Siciliano (Denver, Co) 77 Robbie Ventura (Wildwood, Il) 5.27 78 Dwight Nelson (Tucson, Az) 79 Robert Smith (Corona Del Mar, Ca) 80 John Nowak (Scottsdale, Az) 5.28 81 John Tzinberg (Corona Del Mar, Ca) 5.30 82 John Wolzmuth (Irvine, Ca) 83 Andrew Klose (Mesa, Az) 5.31 84 Max Morris (Tucson, Az) 5.34 85 James Weinstein (Colordo Springs, Co) 5.35 86 Thomas Jondall (Tucson, Az) 5.38 87 Denny Vaughan (Tucson, Az) 88 Douglas Reid (Leavenworth, Wa) 6.13 89 Tyler Ford (Tucson, Az) 6.26 90 Mimi Ford (Tucson, Az) 91 Michael Wolf (Lawrenceville, Ga) 6.30 92 Rene Ortega (Tucson, Az) 6.34 93 Richard Biocca (Tucson, Az) 7.02 94 Neal Stoughton (Calgaryalberta, C) 7.43 95 Andrew C Cifrino (Tucson, Az) 96 Luis Zamudio (Chula Vista, Ca) 11.47 97 David Beirne (Tucson, Az) 15.02 98 Julio Cesar Etcheagaray (Nuevo Leon, Monterrey) 18.48 99 Dan Shannon (Tucson, Az) 18.49 100 Kipp Metzger (Tucson, Az)
