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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE
USA, June 9-13, 2004
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Stage 1 - June 9: Mesabi Trail Time Trial, 5.4 miles
Bessette and Jacques-Maynes take the early lead
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Lyne Bessette (Quark Cycling) and Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) took out their respective events to take the early lead in the Nature Valley Grand Prix. The men and women both ride the same number of stages, however the women raced their time trial a day early, with the men racing the time trial on the morning of stage two.
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The short course was set on the Mesabi Trail, which has recently been built purely for bike riding. The trail stretches from Grand Rapids and Ely and is currently 66 miles (105.km) long. When it is eventually finished it will cover 132 miles (211km). The course was on a part of the trail that is undulating and technical with some sharp turns and lots of bends.
Sierra Nevada took one-two today in the men's time trial that kicks of their five-stage race. Jacques-Maynes took the honours over his teammate Eric Wohlberg, giving Sierra Nevada the upper hand going into Stage Two later in the day.
This is the second victory this year for the two-time Collegiate National Champion, who is a renowned all rounder in the cycling world, having success both on the road and in Cyclocross. Taking third place in the time trial was Australian Henk Vogels who now sits 15" behind Jacques-Maynes and eight seconds behind Wohlberg and will be certainly challenging the Sierra Nevada Team over the next few days.
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Having come second to her then-teammate Manon Jutras on the same course last year, Quark's Lyne Bessette took out the 5.4-mile (8.6km) time trial that kicked off the women's Nature Valley Grand Prix. With Jutras absent from the race this year, Bessette was last starter for the time trial and came home to narrowly edge out Rona's Katrina Grove for the win.
With the help of a tailwind, Bessette's time of 11'23" was 50 seconds faster than her time on the same course last year, setting a new course record for the women in this young event. Grove, who has had an exceptional year to date, came in only three seconds down and now sits in second place in GC in front of T-Mobile rider, Lynn Gaggioli, going into tomorrow's Iron Range Road Race.
Bessette was naturally happy with her ride and keen to defend the lead for the rest of the week. "I'm happy to take the lead," she said, "I prefer to defend the jersey."
Photography
Images by Jason Elhardt/www.jasonelhardt.com
- Team Basis director/leader Nicole Freedman
- France’s Jeanie Longo (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle) rode to a 5th place finish.
- Team Rona placed all of their riders in the top 26 of 107 starters.
- Newly crowned pursuit World Champion Sarah Ulmer races to a top 25 finish.
- Lyne Bessette (Team Quark) surprised herself with a win today.
- Henk Vogels (Navigators) was 15 seconds down but that would change in the road race.
- Jason McCartney (Health Net) was the fastest of the early riders. He finished 5th, 19 seconds down.
- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Sierra Nevada) was the fast man today.
- Eric Wohlberg (Sierra Nevada) was only 7 second off the pace of his teammate.
Brief results
Men 1 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada 10.09 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Sierra Nevada 0.07 3 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators 0.15 4 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 0.18 5 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.19 6 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Sierra Nevada 0.20 7 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto 0.21 8 David Wenger (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 0.22 9 Peter Fairbanks (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 0.23 10 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 0.24 11 Jason Bausch (USA) Ofoto 0.25 12 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.26 13 Wayne Puckett (USA) Team Spine 0.27 14 Bryan Smith (USA) Endeavour Cycling 15 Brian Sheddy (USA) Team Sea Silver 0.28 16 Mike Taylor (USA) McGuire ProCycling 0.29 17 Jake Rosenbarger (USA) Jittery Joe's 18 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators 0.30 19 Nick Reistad (USA) Endeavour Cycling 0.31 20 Rusty Beall (USA) Ridge Mortgage Services 0.32 21 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 22 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 0.33 23 John Kelly (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 24 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto 25 Eric Saunders (USA) Ofoto 26 Justin England (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 0.35 27 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada 28 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Endeavour Cycling 0.36 29 Davide Frattini (USA) Monex 30 Frank Pipp (USA) Endeavour Cycling 0.40 31 Aric Hareland (USA) Team Salsa/SuperTeamracing 0.41 32 Craig Wilcox (USA) Ridge Mortgage Services 33 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Ofoto 34 Evan Elken (USA) Ridge Mortgage Services 35 Roman Kilun (USA) McGuire ProCycling 0.42 36 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 37 John Hughes (USA) Visionquest 0.43 38 Ben Stafford (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 0.44 39 Steven Cate (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 40 Tim Mulrooney (USA) MBRC/Flanders 0.45 41 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators 42 Michael House (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 0.46 43 Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe's 44 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 45 Daniel Schmatz (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.48 46 Domenic Gatto (USA) Brunswick Cycling Club 47 Pete Hanna (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 0.50 48 Chris Pic (USA) Jittery Joe's 49 Jonny Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's 50 Stathy Touloumis (USA) Visionquest 0.52 51 John Hygelund (USA) Sierra Nevada 0.53 52 Todd Cornelius (USA) Subway - Express 0.54 53 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Team Sea Silver 54 Brian Koeneman (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 0.55 55 Dan Swanson (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 56 Peter Knudson (USA) Team Sea Silver 57 John Semmelhack (USA) ABD Cycling Team 0.56 58 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Sea Silver 59 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada 60 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 61 Ian Stanford (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 62 Murray Carter (Can) Team Manitoba/Alter Ego 63 Emile Abraham (Tri) Monex 64 Ben Raby (USA) ABD Cycling Team 0.57 65 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe's 66 Conor Hurley (USA) Trek Doriti/Gellati 67 Michael Lange (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 0.58 68 Reid Mumford (USA) XXX Racing/AthletiCo 69 Cameron Hughes (USA) Subway - Express 70 Brandon Gavic (USA) Team Salsa/SuperTeamracing 0.59 71 Dario Flaquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 72 Christian Davenport (USA) Lincoln Plating/Specialized 73 Matthew Gates (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 1.00 74 Paul Deninger (USA) Mercy-Specialized 1.02 75 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators 76 Chris Doig (USA) MBRC/Flanders 1.03 77 Bryce Mead (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 78 Terry Beenken (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 79 Matt Sadauckas (USA) Team Sea Silver 80 Christian Foster (USA) Subway - Express 81 Josh Carter (USA) Long John Silver's Cycling Team 1.04 82 Brian Dziewa (USA) Long John Silver's Cycling Team 83 Dale Sedgwick (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 1.05 84 David Sachs (USA) Visionquest 85 Andy Minier (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 1.06 86 David Pierce (USA) ClubOne/PMax 87 evan Lawrence (USA) Hammer Gel 88 Benjamin Haldman (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 89 Robbie Yost (USA) Subway - Express 90 Chris Flood (USA) MBRC/Flanders 1.07 91 Imanol Ayestaran (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 92 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 93 Jason Waddell (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 94 Aaron Smathers (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 1.08 95 Kevin Vanes (USA) Bacardi Racing 96 Peter Horn (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 1.09 97 Michael York (USA) ABD Cycling Team 98 Jacob Erker (Can) Team Sea Silver 99 Robbie Ventura (USA) US Postal Service 100 Peter Maxwell (USA) Birchwood/GIS 1.10 101 Randy Warren (USA) XXX Racing/AthletiCo 1.11 102 Matthew Moore (USA) Team Bloomington/Bacardi Rum 103 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 104 Josh Crow (USA) HRRC/Mclaren 1.13 105 Chris Bolling (USA) Visionquest 1.15 106 Zach Fiocca (USA) XXX Racing/AthletiCo 107 Jacob Stechman (USA) Subway - Express 1.16 108 Jason Snider (USA) MBRC/Flanders 109 Dave Dow (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 110 John Olney (USA) Mercy-Specialized 111 Carlos Vargas (USA) Endeavour Cycling 1.17 112 Jason Woods (USA) Team Bloomington/Bacardi Rum 113 Daniel Arden (USA) Birchwood/GIS 1.18 114 Ben Lund (USA) Endeavour Cycling 1.19 115 Remi McManus (USA) Subway - Express 116 Joshua Tack (USA) Cyclingfarm.com 117 Omar Kem (USA) Subway - Express 1.21 118 Ryan Nenniger (USA) ABD Cycling Team 119 Kevin Selker (USA) Ridge Mortgage Services 1.24 120 Tone Coughlin (USA) Duluth Racing/ Cannondale 121 Banning Ostrow (USA) Team Salsa/SuperTeamracing 1.27 122 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada 123 Franklin Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 1.28 124 David Richter (USA) Subway - Express 1.30 125 Martin Adamczyk (USA) Long John Silver's Cycling Team 1.31 126 Gregor Mraz (USA) ClubOne/PMax 1.32 127 Lee Venteicher (USA) Cyclingfarm.com 1.33 128 David Mercer (USA) MBRC/Flanders 129 Shane Peltonen (USA) Eclipse Racing 1.34 130 John Puffer (USA) ABD Cycling Team 1.35 131 Bryan Joas (USA) Spring Street Sports 132 Jim Baldesare (USA) ABD Cycling Team 1.36 133 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sharper Image - Mathis Bros 134 David Zimmerman (USA) MBRC/Flanders 135 Grant Dunstan (USA) flag velo 1.37 136 Andy Powell (USA) MBRC/Flanders 1.39 137 Ernie Lechuga (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 138 Drew Deters (USA) Team Sea Silver 139 Ryan Calilung (USA) Visionquest 1.40 140 Adam Froemming (USA) MBRC/Flanders 141 Tony Kisch (USA) Mercy-Specialized 142 Rob Rigg (USA) Ridge Mortgage Services 143 Jesse Bartholomew (USA) PowerTap Racing 1.41 144 Fred Feirn (USA) Team Salsa/SuperTeamracing 1.50 145 Alex Robles (USA) Trek-VW 1.51 146 Michale Ebert (USA) ABD Cycling Team 147 Matt Henry (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 1.52 148 Colin Beardsley (USA) McGuire ProCycling 1.55 149 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Porcupine/Contender Bicycles 2.00 150 Josh Goodwin (USA) Monex 2.03 151 Shawn Brick (USA) Birchwood/GIS 152 Dave McCook (USA) McGuire ProCycling 2.10 153 Robert Quinn (USA) XXX Racing/AthletiCo 2.11 154 Maciej Pike-Biegunski (USA) XXX Racing/AthletiCo 2.15 155 Jason Tamminen (USA) Team Salsa/SuperTeamracing 2.24 156 Jake Dufresne (USA) Team Salsa/SuperTeamracing 2.37 157 Mike Johnson (USA) Spring Street Sports 2.42 158 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada 159 Kevin Hankens (USA) ICCC DNF Devon Vigus (USA) McGuire ProCycling DNF Andy Bajosdali (USA) Liberty Cycles DNF Erik Saunders (USA) Liberty Cycles DNF Scott Zwiskanski (USA) Liberty Cycles DNF Bill Stolte (USA) HRRC/Mclaren Women 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Quark Cycling Team 11.23 2 Katrina Grove (USA) Rona 0.03 3 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) T-Mobile 0.05 4 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing 0.21 5 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 0.26 6 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.27 7 Felicia Greer (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 0.29 8 Magen Long (USA) Sportsbook.com 0.30 9 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Verizon Wireless Wheelworks 0.32 10 Jessica Hulser (USA) Team Basis 11 Kathryn Curi (USA) Rona 0.33 12 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.35 13 Annette Beutler (USA) Leitzsport Cycling 14 Andrea Hannos (USA) Rona 0.36 15 Erinne Willock (USA) Rona 16 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing 0.38 17 Sarah Uhl (USA) Quark Cycling Team 0.39 18 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Team Basis 19 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS-Schwalbe 0.40 20 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines 0.41 21 Anna Milkowski (USA) Rona 0.42 22 Johanna Buick (NZl) Victory Brewing 0.43 23 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 24 Rebecca Much (USA) XXX Racing/AthletiCo 25 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS-Schwalbe 0.44 26 Helen Kelly (USA) Rona 0.46 27 Teresa Moriarty (USA) Flanders' MBRC 0.48 28 Kate Sherwin (USA) Team Kendra Tire 29 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) TDS-Schwalbe 0.49 30 Shannon Hutchison (USA) Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines 31 Kerry Soraci (USA) Lake Mary Cycles/ORC 0.50 32 Iona Wynter (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.51 33 Lisa Norris (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 0.52 34 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing 35 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Wells Fargo/Ragatz 0.53 36 Ashley Kimmet (USA) Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines 37 Cat Malone (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 0.56 38 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Red 5 Racing 39 Barbara Heeb (USA) Leitzsport Cycling 40 Sarah Faulkner (USA) Sportsbook.com 0.57 41 Nicole Demars (Can) Victory Brewing 0.58 42 Kristy Scheffenacker (USA) Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines 1.00 43 Alisha Little (USA) ABD Cycling Team 1.01 44 Megan Esmonde (USA) Lake Mary Cycles/ORC 1.03 45 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) Red 5 Racing 1.04 46 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Velo Bella 1.09 47 Megan Elliott (USA) Quark Cycling Team 48 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Team Basis 49 Rebecca Broeder (USA) Wells Fargo/Ragatz 1.10 50 Jenn Wangerin (USA) Quark Cycling Team 1.11 51 Debbie Dust (USA) Team Kendra Tire 1.12 52 Kimberly Strom (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 53 Erin Carter (Can) TDS-Schwalbe 1.13 54 Brooke O'Connor (USA) Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines 1.16 55 Stefanie Graeter (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.18 56 Rachel Couch (USA) America's Dairyland 57 Katherine Lambden (USA) CRCA/Aquafina 1.19 58 Emily Gloeckner (USA) TDS-Schwalbe 59 Christine Varadaros (USA) Velo Bella 60 Alison McNulty (USA) ABD Cycling Team 1.20 61 Emma Rickards (Aus) Victory Brewing 62 Nadine Bruhn (USA) Red 5 Racing 63 April Anderson (USA) Red 5 Racing 1.21 64 Alexis Brown (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 1.23 65 Andrea Dvorak (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.24 66 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Team Basis 67 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycling Team 68 Anne Grabowski (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 69 Michelle Kiesanowski (NZl) Lake Mary Cycles/ORC 1.26 70 Yukie Nakamura (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.27 71 Shana Sturla (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 1.28 72 Brenna Wolford (USA) Velo Bella 1.30 73 Leah Toffolon (USA) Verizon Wireless Wheelworks 74 Kelly Benjamin (USA) ABD Cycling Team 1.31 75 Sinead Fitzgibbon (USA) CRCA/Aquafina 1.33 76 Rebecca Anderson (USA) Americas Dairyland 77 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Verizon Wireless Wheelworks 1.35 78 Rebecca McClintock (USA) Colavita Olive Oil presented by Bolla Wines 1.36 79 Megan Monroe (USA) TDS-Schwalbe 1.37 80 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS-Schwalbe 1.39 81 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.40 82 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Quark Cycling Team 83 Mary Georgetti (USA) Lake Mary Cycles/ORC 1.43 84 Trudy Van Der Straaten (Aus) Team Kendra Tire 1.46 85 Jessica Peil (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.47 86 Kerry Cohen (Aus) ABD Cycling Team 87 Liza Rachetto (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 1.48 88 Tracy Cundiff (USA) Sportsbook.com 89 Laurel Sundberg (USA) America's Dairyland 1.50 90 Sara Brokaw (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 91 Krystyna Kras (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance 92 Tara Parsons (USA) CRCA/Aquafina 1.51 93 Holly Borowksi (USA) Lake Mary Cycles/ORC 94 Kristen Lee Over (USA) Team Kendra Tire 1.55 95 Elisa Gagnon (Can) CRCA/Aquafina 2.02 96 Rachel Eichers (USA) America's Dairyland 2.08 97 Lee Penn (USA) Nature Valley/Penn Cycle 2.19 98 Cynthia Pike-Biegunski (USA) XXX Racing/AthletiCo 2.32 99 Jamie Surges (USA) Americas Dairyland 100 Anna Dierking (USA) Americas Dairyland 2.36 101 Karen Kraus (USA) Team Kendra Tire 2.38 102 Nicole Freedman (Isr) Team Basis 3.02 103 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Wells Fargo/Ragatz 3.09 104 Meshy Holt (USA) TDS-Schwalbe
