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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE/NRC

Minnesota, USA, June 8-12, 2005

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Stage 1 - June 8: Saint Paul Riverfront Time Trial, 5 miles

Time trial champs come through

Baldwin and Thorburn clock fastest times

By Kristy Scrymgeour

Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders)
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Christine Thorburn put in another brilliant time trial performance today, proving her form is good to defend her National Time Trial Championship next week. Posting a time of 9.32, Thorburn bettered the time of her nearest competitor, Kimberly Baldwin by 14 seconds, giving the Webcor team quite a lead going into the first stage of the Nature Valley Stage Race. In the men's event former National Time Trial Champion Chris Baldwin, did one better than his wife taking the win by ten seconds from Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits Endeavour) giving Navigators the job of defending the jersey going into the first stage tomorrow.

On the short 4.5-mile out and back course in downtown St Paul, the cross wind was the major factor for riders today. The vicious thunderstorms overnight having given way to the sun, the roads were dry and it was fairly warm. In the women's race Lynn Gaggioli (Monex) clocked a quick early time, but it wasn't quite fast enough o hold on for the podium. She ended up taking fifth place with Olympic Time Trial rider Thorburn taking the honours. "I didn't feel really good out there," she told Cyclingnews after the race, "but I guess I must be fit. I've been training for the short distances lately, but Nationals is long. Its 38km, which is strange because Worlds is only 22km."

The Webcor team is keen to defend the jersey this week because they want to defend their lead on the Prestige Women's Series. "My team are going to hate me though, that we have the leaders jersey on the first day," she laughed.

2nd Place finisher Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile)
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Baldwin came in second, just in front of her T-Mobile team-mate Kor Seehafer. "First is better," she said, "but after a big day Sunday [where Bruckner was instrumental in helping her team-mate Ina Yoko Teutenberg win the Liberty Classic], I'm happy come back with a decent ride building towards Nationals."

In the men's race it was Australian Karl Menzies riding for Advantage Benefits/Endeavour clocking an amazing time of 8.40 early in the field, which was only beaten very late in the event by Baldwin. Advantage Benefits also took third place with Garrett Peletonen, giving them a few cards to play over the next four days.

Baldwin was pleased with his ride considering he has been sick since Lancaster with a Sinus infection. "I'm happy to get a good result today so that I can relax for the rest of the week and help my team-mates," he told Cyclingnews after the race. "Our team is here with a lot of good sprinters so it's definitely a race that can be won on time bonuses. It definitely won't be me, but we have Kirk O'Bee, Ciaran Power and Oleg Grishkine so it's going to be a battle for the other teams."

This ride will also give Baldwin confidence for the National Time Trial Championships next week, a feat he accomplished back in 2003. "I need to beat this infection," he said. "It usually takes me ten days so I should be right. I'm ecstatic just to be here racing on home soil again with the whole team."

Menzies was also happy with his team's placing today although he did say, "Ten seconds, that's a lot." After also being sick in Philadelphia, Menzies is hoping to have a better race here, being so close to his teams' base in Wisconsin. "This is a good race. We have seven or eight riders here and a lot of sprinters. Basically if you win two sprints, there's your ten seconds."

Apart from being sick in the last couple of races, Menzies has had a great season to date and is happy racing in the US. "It's been good so far," he said. "The team has had a really nice first year. None of us have ever raced any of the big races before so each race is new for us. The sponsors are all pumped, so hopefully the team can go on to bigger and better things. There is a really good chemistry in the team and we have a lot of young guys who are only going to get better with experience."

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Results

Women

1 Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team)       9.32.15
2 Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile)                                     0.14.42
3 Kori Seehafer (T-Mobile)                                        0.15.54
4 Kele Hulser (Ford-Basis)                                        0.20.41
5 Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team)            0.22.12
6 Grace Fleury (Quark Cycling Team)                               0.22.61
7 Lynn Gaggioli (Monex)                                           0.24.16
8 Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team)           0.29.05
9 Katie Mactier (T-Mobile)                                        0.29.77
10 Felicia Greer (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team)           0.30.71
11 Laura Van Gilder (Quark Cycling Team)                          0.33.32
12 Helen Kelly (Quark Cycling Team)                               0.33.43
13 Chrissy Ruiter (Ford-Basis)                                    0.33.89
14 Annette Beutler (Quark Cycling Team)                           0.40.67
15 Magen Long (The Bicycle Store)                                 0.40.72
16 Tina Pic (Quark Cycling Team)                                  0.42.02
17 Brooke Ourada (T-Mobile)                                       0.45.54
18 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile)                                 0.45.80
19 Anna Milkowski (Team Lipton)                                   0.46.04
20 Nicole Freedman (Ford-Basis)                                   0.49.76
21 Sarah Uhl (Quark Cycling Team)                                 0.51.63
22 Audrey Lemieux (Quark Cycling Team)                            0.53.08
23 Rebecca Much (T-Mobile)                                        0.53.15
24 Katherine Carroll (Ford-Basis)                                 0.53.28
25 Amber Rais (Palo Alto Bicycles Women)                          0.53.83
26 Erin Mirabella (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling)                0.54.63
27 Alisha Lion (Ford-Basis)                                       0.54.69
28 Kristin Danielson (Ford-Basis)                                 0.55.42
29 Shelia Orem (Team Kenda Tire)                                  0.55.85
30 Kristen LaSasso (Team Lipton)                                  0.55.96
31 Lisa Vetterlein (Team Kenda Tire)                              0.56.52
32 Allison Beall (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)                    0.57.02
33 Zoe Owers (Team Lipton)                                        0.57.98
34 Sherri Stedje (The Bicycle Store)                              0.59.02
35 Cat Malone (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team)              0.59.76
36 Karen Dodge (Heartstrings/Ogden One)                           1.01.68
37 Debbie Dust (Team Kenda Tire)                                  1.02.03
38 Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile)                                       1.02.37
39 Candice Blickem (Quark Cycling Team)                           1.02.41
40 Michelle Beltran (Colavita/Cooking Light)                      1.02.83
41 Teresa Moriarty (Flanders/MBRC)                                1.03.01
42 Jennifer Stephenson (Team Biovail)                             1.03.91
43 Darcie Murphy (Heartstrings/Ogden One)                         1.05.21
44 Sima Trapp (Subway)                                            1.05.46
45 Kelly Benjamin (The Bicycle Store)                             1.05.97
46 Amy Moore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)                       1.06.60
47 Tamyra Barnard (Team Terry)                                    1.06.63
48 Liza Rachetto (Team Lipton)                                    1.06.92
49 Teresa Holmgren (Saturn of Toledo)                             1.07.00
50 Mindi Martin (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)                     1.07.59
51 Melissa Sanborn (Subway)                                       1.09.34
52 Stefanie Graeter (Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team)        1.09.84
53 Christina Peick (Colavita/Cooking Light)                       1.10.16
54 Elisa Gagnon (Team Lipton)                                     1.10.61
55 Michelle Hyland (TDS-Schwalbe)                                 1.10.68
56 Rhonda Stickle (Diet Cheerwine)                                1.11.14
57 Moriah MacGregor (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)                 1.12.61
58 Kate Sherwin (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)                    1.15.73
59 Kathleen Billington (Diet Cheerwine)                           1.16.81
60 Stephanie Bourbeau (Team Biovail)                              1.18.31
61 Laura Downey (Americas Dairyland)                              1.19.85
62 Patricia Schwager (TDS-Schwalbe)                               1.20.70
63 Nichole Wangsgard (Subway)                                     1.21.56
64 May Britt Hartwell (Diet Cheerwine)                            1.22.56
65 Meredith Miller (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)                 1.24.41
66 Mindy Ziffren-Hall (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)               1.25.87
67 Emily Westbrook (Subway)                                       1.26.08
68 Shawn Heidgen (TDS-Schwalbe)                                   1.26.65
69 Jennifer Reither (Colavita/Cooking Light)                      1.26.85
70 Gina Grain (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)                             
71 Megan Hottman (High Gear)                                             
72 Julie Belanger (Diet Cheerwine)                                1.27.90
73 Megan Elliott (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                      1.31.49
74 Hiroko Shimada (Velo Bella)                                    1.31.55
75 Starr FALK (LGBRC/Easton/Specialized)                          1.31.72
76 Pam Hinton (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)                       1.34.77
77 Syrae Weikle (Sports Garage/Titus)                             1.34.83
78 Megan Esmonde (Colavita/Cooking Light)                         1.35.36
79 Paula Plant (Birchwood/GIS)                                    1.35.50
80 Jennifer Purcell (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)                 1.35.80
81 Tara Ross (Diet Cheerwine)                                     1.36.15
82 Tia Bartos (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)                       1.36.20
83 Rochelle Gilmore (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)                1.36.26
84 Kim Anderson (Colavita/Cooking Light)                          1.38.96
85 Anna Garnett (Team Biovail)                                    1.40.62
86 Laurel Green (Velo Girls Pro Cycling Team)                     1.42.47
87 Erica Lanser                                                   1.44.39
88 Katherine Lambden (Team Lipton)                                1.45.02
89 Kirsten Robbins (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)                 1.47.43
90 Mary Downing (Team Kenda Tire)                                 1.49.21
91 Rebecca Anderson (Americas Dairyland)                          1.49.33
92 Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda Tire)                            1.49.79
93 Rachel Eichers (Americas Dairyland)                            1.50.09
94 Ellen Hall (Team Terry)                                        1.52.70
95 Trudy van der Straaten (Team Kenda Tire)                       1.52.85
96 Laurel Sundberg (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                    1.53.49
97 Barbara Harick (Velo Bella)                                    1.59.09
98 Alicia Seltz (Team Terry)                                      1.59.90
99 Patricia Palmer (Americas Dairyland)                           2.02.74
100 Julie Tatar (Americas Dairyland)                              2.05.22
101 Margot Herman (Velo Bella)                                    2.08.40
102 Sami Fournier (Velo Bella)                                    2.12.20
103 Kristen Arden (Birchwood/GIS)                                 2.12.72
104 Alexandra Kendall (Sports Garage/Titus)                       2.13.99
105 Kerry Soraci (TDS-Schwalbe)                                   2.18.86
106 Melissa Cover (Team Terry)                                    2.19.78
107 Kate Gracheck (Team Terry)                                    2.31.36
108 Allison Carter (Team Kenda Tire)                              2.34.91
109 Jane Ziegler (Velo Bella)                                     2.49.76
110 Catherine Powers (TDS-Schwalbe)                               6.07.85
DNF Rebecca Larson (Colavita/Cooking Light)                              
DNF Karen Kraus (Team Terry)                                             
DNF Susan Uphill (Team Terry)                                            
DNF Molly Muste (Tri-City Cyclists)                                      
 
Men
 
1 Chris Baldwin (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team)               8.40.19
2 Karl Menzies (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)        0.10.34
3 Garrett Peltonen (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)    0.14.13
4 Danny Pate (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                               0.15.34
5 Bernard Van Ulden (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                0.16.81
6 Bobby Lea (Team Northwestern Mortgage)                          0.18.83
7 Greg Henderson (Health Net presented by Maxxis)                 0.19.03
8 John Lieswyn (Health Net presented by Maxxis)                   0.23.44
9 Brent Bookwalter (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)    0.23.57
10 Tyler Farrar (Health Net presented by Maxxis)                  0.24.89
11 Richard England (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)    0.25.02
12 Gord Fraser (Health Net presented by Maxxis)                   0.25.07
13 Mariano Fredrick (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                        0.28.33
14 Reid Mumford (ABD Cycling Team)                                0.28.59
15 Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team)                0.29.00
16 Kirk O'bee (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team)                 0.33.80
17 Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                      0.35.33
18 Michael Cody (Fiordifrutta)                                    0.35.68
19 Bryce Mead (ABD Cycling Team)                                  0.36.92
20 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                           0.38.28
21 Gramham Howard (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)     0.38.55
22 Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                              0.38.92
23 Daniel Casper (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                       0.40.30
24 James Schneider (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba)                        0.40.96
25 Phil Wong (Fiordifrutta)                                       0.41.97
26 Marc Collard (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                    0.42.12
27 Paul Deninger (Mercy-Specialized)                                     
28 Frank Pipp (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)         0.42.69
29 Peter Knoop (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM)                          0.43.14
30 Aaron Olson (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter)                      0.43.64
31 Daniel Harm (Recycled Cycles)                                  0.44.21
32 Ciaran Power (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team)               0.44.24
33 Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team)           0.44.46
34 Matty Rice (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                              0.44.56
35 Mike Dietrich (Fiordifrutta)                                   0.45.10
36 Jacob Stechmann (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba)                        0.45.49
37 Brice Jones (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                             0.46.88
38 Ian Stanford (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                        0.47.69
39 Ben Raby (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                           0.47.74
40 Ted Huang (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                       0.47.75
41 Tim Mulrooney (Flanders/MBRC)                                  0.47.96
42 dan timmerman (Fiordifrutta)                                   0.48.71
43 Terry Beenken (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate)      0.50.09
44 Sterling Magnell (Monex)                                       0.52.02
45 David Sachs (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)        0.52.19
46 Cameron Hughes (Subway Pro Cycling Team)                       0.52.61
47 Aaron Pool (Midwest Wheelmaster)                               0.52.81
48 jon hamblen (Fiordifrutta)                                     0.53.31
49 Dustin Macburnie (Broadmark Capital)                           0.53.44
50 Doug Swanson (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                        0.54.60
51 Ryan Nenninger (ABD Cycling Team)                              0.55.17
52 Steve Tilford (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized)       0.57.66
53 Andrew Crater (Team Wheel & Sprocket)                          0.57.81
54 David Guttenplan (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba)                       0.58.02
55 Andrew Daane (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba)                           0.58.04
56 Jake Rytlewski (Advantage Benefits/Endeavour Cycling Team)     0.58.27
57 Brian Bibens (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba)                           0.59.16
58 Brian Jensen (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized)        0.59.53
59 Matt Dubberley (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling)                  1.00.56
60 Michael Olheiser (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM)                     1.01.21
61 Erik Saunders (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling)                   1.01.63
62 Jason Allen (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling)                     1.02.61
63 David Pierce (Club One/PMax Racing)                            1.02.66
64 Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                            1.02.76
65 Stolte Bill (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized)         1.04.07
66 Jordan Roessingh (IS Corp Cycling Team)                        1.04.60
67 Chris Rozdilsky (Fiordifrutta)                                 1.04.61
68 Dave Mccook (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel)                             1.06.05
69 Gregor Mraz (Club One/PMax Racing)                             1.06.18
70 Devon Vigus (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling)                     1.06.51
71 Aric Hareland (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)                   1.06.65
72 Roman Kilun (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling)                     1.06.92
73 Mark Pozniak (Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico/MSN.ca)                1.07.49
74 Carlos Vargas (Monex)                                          1.07.56
75 Jared Faciszewski (IS Corp Cycling Team)                       1.08.18
76 Nathan Miller (Monex)                                          1.08.47
77 Adrian Hegyvary (Recycled Cycles)                              1.08.65
78 Dan Swanson (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                         1.08.88
79 Brian Koeneman (Birchwood/GIS)                                 1.08.89
80 Kevin Miller (Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico/MSN.ca)                1.10.14
81 John Olney (Mercy-Specialized)                                 1.10.88
82 Kevin Vanes (Subway Pro Cycling Team)                          1.10.95
83 Chris Crawford (Club One/PMax Racing)                          1.12.74
84 Matthew Gates (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                       1.13.66
85 Peter Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                        1.13.71
86 Erik Dahl (Flanders/MBRC)                                      1.14.47
87 Jay Henderson (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)                   1.14.64
88 Jimmy Feely (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)                     1.14.97
89 Lucas Euser (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                            
90 Jeremy Sartain (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                     1.15.08
91 Brian Eppen (Mercy-Specialized)                                1.15.38
92 josh gewirtz (Fiordifrutta)                                    1.15.59
93 Chris Doig (Flanders/MBRC)                                     1.16.79
94 Lane Anderson (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate)      1.17.92
95 Murray Carter (Team Manitoba/Alter Ego)                        1.18.01
96 Matt White (Fiordifrutta)                                      1.18.12
97 Banning Ostrow (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)                  1.19.11
98 Jim Holmes (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate)         1.21.04
99 michael phillips (Birchwood/GIS)                               1.22.11
100 Luke Winger (Loon State Cyclists)                             1.22.25
101 Matt Brandt (IS Corp Cycling Team)                            1.22.56
102 Jonathon Page (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter)                   1.22.86
103 Adam Biwan (IS Corp Cycling Team)                             1.24.16
104 David Dow (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                         1.25.42
105 Solomon Woras (Broadmark Capital)                             1.25.97
106 Benjamin Stafford (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)              1.26.08
107 Benjamin Richter (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)               1.28.99
108 Andrew Minier (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                      1.30.22
109 Mike Ebert (ABD Cycling Team)                                 1.31.29
110 Pat Dunnaway (Mcguire/Langdale Pro Cycling)                   1.31.63
111 Chad Vandelune (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate)    1.32.65
112 Emile Abraham (Monex)                                         1.34.95
113 John Puffer (ABD Cycling Team)                                1.35.51
114 Clark Butcher (Memphis Motorwerks/ACCM)                       1.36.05
115 Owen Gue (Broadmark Capital)                                  1.36.39
116 Adam Froemming (Flanders/MBRC)                                1.37.46
117 Bret Glembocki (IS Corp Cycling Team)                         1.37.88
118 Glenn Fant (Monex)                                            1.38.49
119 Colin Threinen (AG Edwards/Alan-Bomba)                        1.38.57
120 Sebatian Alexandre (Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter)              1.39.21
121 Brandon Gavic (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                     1.40.29
122 Josh Goodwin (Monex)                                          1.40.38
123 Lee Venteicher (All9Yards.com/Ralph Henderson Real Estate)    1.40.42
124 Jason Snider (Flanders/MBRC)                                  1.40.69
125 Jim Baldesare (ABD Cycling Team)                              1.40.76
126 Peter Fairbanks (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                   1.41.84
127 Ben Carter (PaceSetter)                                       1.43.31
128 David Zimmerman (Flanders/MBRC)                               1.43.64
129 Matt Quann (Recycled Cycles)                                  1.44.47
130 Jeff Hall (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)                      1.46.12
131 Brent Stewart (ABD Cycling Team)                              1.46.59
132 Adam Curry (Broadmark Capital)                                1.47.34
133 Matthew Frost (Recycled Cycles)                               1.50.73
134 Scott Ralston (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                      1.50.94
135 Pleasure Jackson (Broadmark Capital)                          1.51.02
136 Dario Falquier (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                 1.52.43
137 Scott Houle (White Pine Dental/LSCC)                          1.54.25
138 Andrew Kruse (Nature Valley/Penn Cycle)                       1.55.27
139 Michael Toco (Bianchi/Grand Performance)                      1.56.17
140 Josh Schwantes (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)                 1.58.44
141 Marc Walter (Capital City Racing Team)                        2.02.10
142 jared roy (Birchwood/GIS)                                     2.04.12
143 Steve Rowntree (Salsa Cycles/SuperTeamRacing)                 2.05.40
144 James Lingwood (Recycled Cycles)                              2.07.28
145 Peter Femal (Subway Pro Cycling Team)                         2.07.78
146 Matt Kelly (Club One/PMax Racing)                             2.16.01
147 Chia Kung (Birchwood/GIS)                                     2.22.12
148 Shawn Brick (Birchwood/GIS)                                   2.26.00
149 Frank Dierking (ABD Cycling Team)                             8.22.81
DNF David Clinger (Webcor Builders Cycling Team)                         
DNF Josh Crow (HRRC / Saddlewood Bikesource Specialized)                 
DNF Thomas Peterson (Recycled Cycles)                                    
DNF Matt Henry (NA)                                                      
DNF Keith Mccollum (NA)                                                  
DNF Jon Hansen (Richmond Ciclismo)                                       

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