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Solano Bicycle Classic - NE
USA, March 27-30, 2003
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Stage 4 - March 30: Daily Republic Circuit Race, 82/60 miles
Teutenberg outsprints break survivors, Horner flees to win men's
By George Khristoforov
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Ina Teutenberg won the final stage of the Solano Bicycle Classic, sprinting ahead of Catherine Marsal of the Canadian Federation Team and Victory Brewing/Amoroso's Sandy Espeseth at the beginning of a long and temperate day. The three riders were all that remained of a breakaway that started with 20 riders on lap two of the designated nine.
"We attacked on the middle of the second lap," said Teutenberg. "I attacked on the second to last hill, and then Cat and Sandy followed me. Sandy tried to jump at the end, but we were able to close the gap again."
The breakaway went unchased by either Saturn or T-Mobile, as neither felt especially threatened by the riders up the road. In fact, the only person back in the field who had any stake in moving up was Velo Bella's Lynne Gaggioli.
"I was disappointed when the break went today," she said. "Because I was going for the win. It doesn't matter if you consistently place. You have to learn how to win. That's what counts. It's winning."
When the final laps arose and a slight threat to T-Mobile's Team GC arose, the Pink Flames sat down and pedaled, bringing down the gap from a scary three minutes to a more comfortable two.
"At the end we were chasing not necessarily to catch the break," said T-Mobile's Kim Bruckner. "But because we wanted to keep team GC. We had to keep the break under two minutes, for Team GC, and for the overall morale of the team."
Marsal, Espeseth and Teutenberg, all strong sprinters, ground out a solid tempo once they left the circuit for the trip to the finish line.
"Everybody took their turns," said Teutenberg. "Because the field was closing and we couldn't just stop pedaling. I ended up being on the front."
The German Saturn rider began her sprint from 300 meters out and easily took it to the line. Espeseth was just ahead of Marsal for second.
The course was 5.6 miles around an undulating and well-paved residential neighborhood in Fairfield. Skies were sunny, warm and positively cerulean over this Air Force town, and before the women arrived a parade of erratically driven cars with enormous American flags went honking through the streets.
Men: Lieswyn tries to throw in a spanner
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In the men's race it was Chris Horner peeling away from a field to take the day and sew up his overall GC position. Greg Henderson of 7Up-Maxxis charged past HealthNet's Gord Fraser for the field sprint.
"It's a long sprint and he took off," said Henderson of Fraser. "I sort of just waited and waited and waited and I just punched past him in the last 50 meters or so."
The race was together until the fifth lap, when a rather unspectacular break began moving away from the field. Marty Nothstein of the Navigators and Jelly-Belly's Brian Forbes were the meanest looking sprinters in the bunch, but the presence of 7Up-Maxxis' John Lieswyn and his proximity to Forbes' teammate Ben Brooks on GC made total dedication to the break a non-starter.
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"I was just sitting on," said Forbes. "(Team Manager) Danny (Van Haute) was telling me not to work too much, so I just pulled through so they wouldn't get upset with me. I was waiting for the end, hoping we might get away. Lieswyn had the most to gain, so we didn't want it to get over two minutes."
Saturn sniffed at the break, which included their Mark McCormack, but politely refused to bark. In fact the men in yellow and red went promptly to the front of the main field and shut things down.
"We weren't chasing," said Chris Horner. "We were all on the front but we weren't trying to bring it back. We had Mark in the group, so we wanted to give him a shot at winning the stage."
In response, Ofoto-Lombardi's Erik Saunders and Saul Raisen put in a hard effort and jumped the 1:56 second gap in just under two laps. When they got to the front, they found Lieswyn and HealthNet's Mike Sayers failing to rally any support for a continued push.
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"It's a little disappointing because we put in a big effort to get there," said Saunders. "And then we kind of had to jump start things. In the end I think guys were just a little too tired. It was a good move and we salvaged the day for the team. We didn't look like chumps missing the break, which is the most important thing."
Lieswyn had his reasons for wanting to stay away. A jump to fourth on GC was possible, as was heroic denial of a Saturn victory.
"Basically I wanted to see anybody but Saturn win today," he said. "They have won pretty much everything so far, so that was my goal."
While denial was not to be, the break was successful in eventually motivating Jelly Belly to come to the front, rejoining the field in one big happy peloton after the riders had exited the circuit and begun the journey home. Saturn set themselves up for the final criterium course rehash, and the rest of the teams put their best sprinters to the front.
Horner was preparing to lead out teammate Ivan Dominguez in the second to last turn when Jelly Belly's Chris Fisher clipped a pedal and spooked the skittish Cuban sprint star. Gord Fraser was lurking right behind.
"Dominguez hit the brakes and that left Gord Fraser to either have to have Dominguez on his wheel or hope that someone else comes out and he can hop on his wheel and win the sprint that way," said Horner.
The race was over, Horner and Saturn were indeed victorious. Now they all pack up and take one day off to travel south in time for Redlands. For many of these riders, the next two weeks will be one continuous race, stretching from the smoggy valleys of Southern California to the sandy loam of Monterey's seacoast at Sea Otter. After that they drive clear across the country to Georgia for the new and exciting race there. For some who are already fit and ready, these races will be the surest wins of the season. For those who are just coming together, they will be superb training for the remainder of the year. For still others, a lot of sweat and frustration.
"We kind of got creamed in the GC," said John Lieswyn after the end of today's race. "But we're pleased. We're coming along. By the time we get to Georgia we'll either be dead or we'll be flying."
Photography
Images by Jeff Tse/www.jefftse.com/cycling
- Ina Teutenberg (Saturn) outsprints her fellow breakaway survivors
- The women's podium: (L to R) Lyne Bessette (Saturn); Kimberly Bruckner (T- Mobile); and Manon Jutras (Saturn)
- Chris Horner (Saturn) looking relaxed and comfortable in the leader jersey
- The peloton makes its way across the sunny California landscape. Note official 'cerulean' sky.
- John Lieswyn (7UP/Maxxis) was determined to throw a spanner in Saturn's works
- Mike Sayers (Health Net) takes the outside line through a corner
- Tim Johnson leads the Saturn train
- A Sierra Nevada rider takes out the unofficial Solano wheelie-gurning contest
- Chris Horner (Saturn) looks suitably triumphant as he crosses the line
- Chris Horner (Saturn) gives yet another post-win interview. He doesn't seem to mind...
Images by Mark Shimohara/www.BikeZen.com
- Ina Teutenberg (Saturn) wins the women's circuit race.
- Local Orthopedist, Tour De France rider and 5-time Olympic gold medalist Eric Heiden (right) speaks with Jelly Belly DS Danny Van Haute and team.
- Michael Creed tried to give teammate Svein Tuft some loving by sitting on his lap.
- Local race sponsor Jelly Belly has a big influence on the race, including this rider from the Santa Cruz Spokesman.
- Chris Horner and Jonathan Vaughters chat during staging.
- The men's start from the judges' stand.
- Viktor Rapinski and Michael Creed lead the ceremonial parade lap before the start of the circuit race.
- Chris Horner wins the circuit race and overall title.
- Chris Horner gives an interview after the race.
- Solano's charm is the community that embraces the race and racers. National Collegiate Cycling Champion Roman Kilun signs an autograph for some local fans.
Images by Bob Wilson / Wilson's Photography
- The five man break spurred the Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing boys to lead the chase
- Life's difficult for the puncture-plagued
- A helping hand is always welcome
- With the break still away, the pace was on in the peloton
- A rider from the Health Net Cycling Team drives the break
- The distinctive colours of Team Saturn move to the front
- Ivan Dominguez (Saturn Cycling Team) sits in second wheel behind Will Frischkorn (Saturn Cycling Team)
- The grimace on the face of a Jelly Belly rider says it all
- Saturn's strongmen played their cards to perfection once again
- Ivan Dominguez (Saturn Cycling Team) positions himself among his Saturn teammates
- The back of the peloton was strung out single file in the closing stages of the race
- Jonathan Vaughters (Prime Alliance) cruises in the peloton in his mountains jersey
- With the peloton in sight, the riders in the break appear to be doomed
- Riders begin jostling for position after the break is caught
- Every hill hurts after four days of racing
Results
Men 1 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 2.48.23 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 3 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 4 Ivan Dominguez (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 6 Sterling Magnell (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 7 Frank Pipp (USA) ABD Cycling Team 8 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 9 Russell Hamby (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 10 Dan Schmatz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 11 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling Team 12 Adam Myerson-Hodges (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 13 Roman Peter (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 14 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 15 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/Subaru 16 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 17 Chris Pic (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 18 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 19 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain 20 Kurt Rees (USA) ABD Cycling Team 21 Eugene Moriarty (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 22 Jonathan Erdelyi (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 23 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 24 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 25 Michael Jones (USA) Team West Virginia 26 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 27 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 28 Andy Bajadali (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 29 Chuck Coyle (USA) 30 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Swift 31 Jeff Angermann (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 32 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 33 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 34 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 35 Roman Kilun (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 36 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 37 Trent Klasha (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 38 John Hunt (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 39 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 40 Austin King (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 41 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 42 Randy Rocchi (USA) Unattached 43 Saul Raisen (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 44 Kevin Klein (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 45 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 46 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 47 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team 48 Andrew Touchstone (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 49 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 50 Eric Wright (USA) Team Swift 51 Lance Doherty (USA) 3BRT/Cyfac 52 John Kelly (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 53 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 54 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 55 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 56 Justin Robinson (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 57 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 58 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 59 Fidelus Bartek (USA) Celo Pacific 60 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 61 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 62 Kirk Ditterich (USA) Team Ada 63 Dan Hopley (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 64 Michael Moore (Can) Gears Racing 65 Adrian Elzinga (Can) CDS/WCS 66 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 67 Zak Toogood (GBr) Great Britain 68 Frank Overton (USA) Unattached 69 David Wenger (USA) Team West Virginia 70 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 71 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) Great Britain 72 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 73 Remi McManus (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 74 Chris Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 75 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 76 Dylan Sebel (Can) CDS/WCS 77 Christophe Sauser (Swi) Great Britain 78 Phil Spencer (GBr) Great Britain 79 Todd Weitzenberg (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 80 Keith Szolusha (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 81 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 82 Ben Bourne (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 83 Dean Laberge (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 84 Lionel Syne (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 85 Bryson Perry (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 86 Jason Fernschuss (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 5.21 87 Sandy Perrins (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 8.56 88 Jason Lokksome (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 89 Dairo Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 90 Karta Atehortua (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 91 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 92 Glenn Fant (USA) Team Swift 93 Mark Leffler (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 94 Tad Hamilton (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA 95 Zachary Walker (USA) Olympic Club 96 Jeff Caton (USA) Morgan Stanley - Specialized 97 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 98 David Pierce (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 99 Eric Ransom (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA 100 Clavin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 101 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 102 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 103 Dave Yeung (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 104 Steve McCaw (USA) 105 Marc Collard (USA) Davis Bike Club 106 Nathan Rouse (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 107 Jon Tarkington (USA) DNF Bill Hudak (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry DNF Allan Butler (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT DNF Colin Beardsley (USA) McGuire/Cycle Couriers of S.F. DNF Todd Edmister (USA) 3BRT/Cyfac DNF Brian Chapman (USA) 3BRT DNF Chris Isaac (Can) Gears Racing DNF Dennis Guikema (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman DNF Robbie Yost (USA) Team West Virginia DNF Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators Cycling Team DNF Mike Ebert (USA) ABD Cycling Team DNF Phil Dixon (GBr) Great Britain DNF Wes Seigler (USA) Team West Virginia DNF Michael Ma (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor DNF Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling DNF Dan Adams (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT DNF Jonathan Hamblen (USA) Team West Virginia DNF Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis DNF Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team DNF Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance DNF Jonas Carney (USA) Prime Alliance DNF Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP/Maxxis DNF Kurt Hackler (USA) Fiordifrutta/Ridgefield Bank DNF Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team DNF Robert Saybolt (USA) McGuire/Cycle Couriers of S.F. DNF Todd Coglon (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team DNF Jason McCartney (USA) 7UP/Maxxis DNF Peter Sanowar (Can) Gears Racing DNF Ben Haldeman (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman DNF Matthew Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling DNF Justin Mayfield (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA DNF Ron Hudson (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling DNF Justin Lucke (USA) 3BRT/Cyfac DNF John Osguthorpe (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT General classification after stage 4 1 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 8.39.14 2 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 1.37 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 3.23 4 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 4.17 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 4.21 6 Andy Bajadali (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 4.24 7 Christophe Sauser (Swi) Great Britain 8 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain 4.37 9 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 4.53 10 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 4.54 11 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators Cycling Team 4.58 12 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5.14 13 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 14 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 5.25 15 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 5.28 16 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 5.39 17 Saul Raisen (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 5.42 18 Trent Klasha (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5.56 19 Michael Jones (USA) Team West Virginia 6.06 20 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) Great Britain 6.18 21 Chris Pic (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 6.55 22 John Kelly (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 23 Blake Caldwell (USA) 5280/Subaru 7.03 24 John Hunt (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 7.16 25 Roman Peter (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 7.30 26 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 7.33 27 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 8.15 28 Chris Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 8.50 29 Russell Hamby (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 8.55 30 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 31 Bryson Perry (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 9.07 32 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 9.26 33 Gardie Jackson (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 9.46 34 Ivan Dominguez (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 9.52 35 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 9.58 36 Kevin Klein (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 10.07 37 Randy Rocchi (USA) Unattached 38 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 10.14 39 Austin King (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 10.42 40 David Wenger (USA) Team West Virginia 11.09 41 Brent Dawson (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 11.35 42 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 11.39 43 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Swift 11.42 44 Jeff Angermann (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 45 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 11.54 46 Zak Toogood (GBr) Great Britain 11.57 47 Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 12.11 48 Andrew Touchstone (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 12.18 49 Ben Bourne (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 50 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team 12.27 51 Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 12.30 52 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 12.32 53 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 12.44 54 Lionel Syne (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 12.51 55 Roman Kilun (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 12.55 56 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 12.59 57 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 13.30 58 Chuck Coyle (USA) 13.42 59 Michael Moore (Can) Gears Racing 60 Dan Hopley (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 13.54 61 Frank Pipp (USA) ABD Cycling Team 14.39 62 Justin Robinson (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 15.05 63 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 15.27 64 Adam Myerson-Hodges (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 15.50 65 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 16.02 66 Jonathan Erdelyi (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 16.27 67 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 16.38 68 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 16.42 69 Eugene Moriarty (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 16.52 70 Dylan Sebel (Can) CDS/WCS 17.46 71 Remi McManus (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 17.59 72 Dean Laberge (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 18.14 73 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 18.22 74 Jason Fernschuss (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 18.30 75 Kurt Rees (USA) ABD Cycling Team 19.09 76 Jason Lokksome (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 19.17 77 Zachary Walker (USA) Olympic Club 19.48 78 Marc Collard (USA) Davis Bike Club 19.59 79 Dan Schmatz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 20.53 80 Dairo Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 21.30 81 Todd Weitzenberg (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 22.11 82 Sandy Perrins (USA) Healthy Choice-Guru's CT 22.16 83 Fidelus Bartek (USA) Celo Pacific 22.50 84 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 23.17 85 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 23.41 86 Phil Spencer (GBr) Great Britain 24.45 87 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team 24.55 88 Lance Doherty (USA) 3BRT/Cyfac 25.40 89 Mark Leffler (USA) Rocknasium/CBE 26.06 90 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 26.08 91 Frank Overton (USA) Unattached 26.21 92 Adrian Elzinga (Can) CDS/WCS 26.36 93 David Pierce (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 94 Jeff Caton (USA) Morgan Stanley - Specialized 26.39 95 Eric Wright (USA) Team Swift 27.54 96 Kirk Ditterich (USA) Team Ada 28.02 97 Sterling Magnell (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 28.16 98 Keith Szolusha (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 30.38 99 Karta Atehortua (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 32.48 100 Clavin Allan (USA) Broadmark Capital Cycling Team 33.51 101 Jon Tarkington (USA) 35.59 102 Eric Ransom (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA 38.25 103 Dave Yeung (USA) GS Lombardi-Foundry 40.08 104 Steve McCaw (USA) 43.30 105 Glenn Fant (USA) Team Swift 48.20 106 Nathan Rouse (USA) Sportsbook.com cycling 48.57 107 Tad Hamilton (USA) IOMEGA - ORBEA 51.13 Mountains classification 1 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 29 2 Will Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 29 3 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 14 4 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 12 5 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada / Clif Bar 12 6 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 9 7 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5 8 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 5 9 Patrick Heaney (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 4 10 Michael Creed (USA) Prime Alliance 3 11 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 3 12 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 3 13 Brian Forbes (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 2 14 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) Great Britain 2 15 Christophe Sauser (Swi) Great Britain 2 16 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 2 17 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 1 18 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 1 19 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain 1 20 Alex Kozlov (Blr) Health Net Cycling Team 1 21 Steve McGrath (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 1 Sprint classification 1 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 7UP/Maxxis 24 2 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 15 3 Steve Larsen (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 14 4 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 12 5 Trent Klasha (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 7 6 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP/Maxxis 5 7 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 5 8 Kurt Rees (USA) ABD Cycling Team 5 9 Frank Pipp (USA) ABD Cycling Team 5 10 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Prime Alliance 4 11 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 4 12 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 3 13 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 3 14 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 3 15 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 3 16 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 2 17 Remi McManus (USA) Jelly Belly / Carlsbad Clothing 2 18 Russell Stevenson (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 2 19 Dairo Falquier (USA) Webcor Cycling Team 2 20 Roman Peter (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 2 21 Russell Hamby (USA) Ofoto-Lombardis 1 22 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1 23 Kevin Klein (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 1 24 Jonas Carney (USA) Prime Alliance 1 Teams classification 1 Saturn Cycling Team 26.07.08 2 Prime Alliance 1.08 3 Great Britain 5.53 4 OFOTO-Lombardi Sports 6.13 5 Webcor Cycling Team 7.25 6 7UP / Maxxis 7.58 7 Navigators Cycling Team 8.07 8 Sierra Nevada Cycling Team 9.52 9 Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing 12.27 10 Health Net Cycling Team 13.02 11 GS Lombardi-Foundry 26.31 12 Santa Cruz Spokesman 28.06 13 Healthy Choice-Guru's 30.08 14 Rocknasium 52.45 15 Team wift 18.30 Women 1 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 2.11.05 2 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 3 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Canadial Federation Team 4 Tina Mayold-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 1.18 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 6 Kate Maher (USA) Team Basis 7 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 8 Heather Mastrianni (Can) Fairfield Toyota 9 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T- Mobile/US National 10 Katy St Laurent (Can) Canadial Federation Team 11 Laura VanGilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 12 Helen Kelly (USA) TDS 13 Meredith Miller (USA) Team SATS 14 Joan Wilson (USA) TDS 15 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T- Mobile/US National 16 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS 17 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycling Team 18 Katrina Grove (USA) T- Mobile/US National 19 Cynthia Carroll (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 20 Kristin Drumm (USA) Team Spine 21 Nicole DeMars (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 22 Maatie Benassi (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 23 Yukie Nakamura (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 24 Christine Thorburn (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 25 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 26 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 27 Lisa Magness (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 28 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite 29 Katheryn Curi (USA) LGBRC 30 Sandra Kolob (USA) LGBRC 31 Nicole Brandt (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 32 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 33 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 34 Julia Whiteside (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 35 Beth Leasure (USA) Velo Clips 36 Cybil DiGuistini (Can) Diet Rite 37 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadial Federation Team 38 Megan McQuaid (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 39 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 40 Christine White (USA) Fairfield Toyota 41 Helene Drumm (USA) Team Spine 42 Felicia Greer (USA) Velo Bella 43 Katie Safford (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 44 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 45 Erin Carter (Can) Canadial Federation Team 0.52 46 Jenny Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 47 Anne Samplonius (USA) TDS 48 Stella Carey (USA) Kelly Bike Company 4.15 49 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 50 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 51 Desira Utzig (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 4.28 52 Becky Broeder (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 53 Carla Koehler (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 54 Heidi Witherell (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 5.40 55 Taitt Sato (USA) LGBRC 56 Erin Kassoy (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 57 Emily Gloeckner (USA) TDS 58 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T- Mobile/US National 59 Veronica Martinez (Arg) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 7.00 60 Kristin Johnson (USA) T- Mobile/US National 61 Betina Hold (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 13.17 62 Ginger Buller (USA) Velo Bella 63 Hillary Diehl (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 64 Eryn Hanna (USA) LGBRC 65 Trudy Bjornsen (USA) Fairfield Toyota 66 Jacque Scott (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 67 Heidi Stamm (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 68 Anne Lannan (USA) Valdoro Mt. Lodge (FRCA) 69 Sarah Poehlmann (USA) Fairfield Toyota 70 Sarah Hammer (USA) T- Mobile/US National 71 Robin Priddin (USA) Wave Sliders 72 Megan Melamed (USA) Fairfield Toyota 73 Susanna Gaunt (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 74 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's 75 Troy Watson (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor General classification after stage 4 1 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T- Mobile/US National 6.33.39 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 2.40 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 2.54 4 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 4.26 5 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 5.07 6 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadial Federation Team 5.29 7 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 5.33 8 Felicia Greer (USA) Velo Bella 5.54 9 Kate Maher (USA) Team Basis 7.01 10 Joan Wilson (USA) TDS 7.22 11 Cybil DiGuistini (Can) Diet Rite 7.35 12 Katheryn Curi (USA) LGBRC 7.37 13 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite 7.50 14 Christine Thorburn (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 7.59 15 Tina Mayold-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 8.01 16 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T- Mobile/US National 8.48 17 Nicole DeMars (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 9.00 18 Meredith Miller (USA) Team SATS 9.52 19 Lisa Magness (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 10.10 20 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW 10.14 21 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Canadial Federation Team 10.17 22 Christine White (USA) Fairfield Toyota 10.25 23 Helen Kelly (USA) TDS 10.31 24 Katrina Grove (USA) T- Mobile/US National 10.45 25 Katy St Laurent (Can) Canadial Federation Team 11.20 26 Helene Drumm (USA) Team Spine 11.49 27 Yukie Nakamura (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 11.54 28 Jenny Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 12.16 29 Julia Whiteside (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 12.54 30 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club 13.00 31 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycling Team 13.08 32 Nicole Brandt (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 13.29 33 Cynthia Carroll (USA) Excel Sports Boulder 13.41 34 Heather Mastrianni (Can) Fairfield Toyota 13.49 35 Beth Leasure (USA) Velo Clips 15.07 36 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 15.45 37 Amy Moore (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 16.02 38 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS 16.04 39 Laura VanGilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 16.18 40 Erin Carter (Can) Canadial Federation Team 16.19 41 Sandra Kolob (USA) LGBRC 18.11 42 Katie Safford (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 18.15 43 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 19.03 44 Anne Samplonius (USA) TDS 19.24 45 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club 19.27 46 Kristin Johnson (USA) T- Mobile/US National 20.45 47 Maatie Benassi (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 20.58 48 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T- Mobile/US National 21.47 49 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 22.05 50 Kristin Drumm (USA) Team Spine 22.23 51 Becky Broeder (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 22.33 52 Megan McQuaid (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 23.17 53 Emily Gloeckner (USA) TDS 24.18 54 Heidi Witherell (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 25.47 55 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's 29.25 56 Robin Priddin (USA) Wave Sliders 31.09 57 Stella Carey (USA) Kelly Bike Company 31.21 58 Ginger Buller (USA) Velo Bella 32.00 59 Erin Kassoy (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 32.30 60 Carla Koehler (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 32.47 61 Susanna Gaunt (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 33.04 62 Sarah Hammer (USA) T- Mobile/US National 35.38 63 Anne Lannan (USA) Valdoro Mt. Lodge (FRCA) 36.01 64 Taitt Sato (USA) LGBRC 40.04 65 Veronica Martinez (Arg) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 40.38 66 Betina Hold (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 42.14 67 Eryn Hanna (USA) LGBRC 42.34 68 Trudy Bjornsen (USA) Fairfield Toyota 44.13 69 Hillary Diehl (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 45.50 70 Heidi Stamm (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 50.15 71 Megan Melamed (USA) Fairfield Toyota 50.23 72 Troy Watson (USA) Alto Velo / Webcor 55.04 73 Desira Utzig (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 58.07 74 Jacque Scott (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 1.04.16 75 Sarah Poehlmann (USA) Fairfield Toyota 1.05.56 Mountains classification 1 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T- Mobile/US National 18 2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 16 3 Kate Maher (USA) Team Basis 14 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 12 5 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 10 6 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 8 7 Jenny Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 8 8 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Canadial Federation Team 7 9 Christine Thorburn (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 5 10 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 3 11 Anne Samplonius (USA) TDS 2 12 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadial Federation Team 2 13 Erin Carter (Can) Canadial Federation Team 1 14 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T- Mobile/US National 1 15 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 1 Sprints classification 1 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Cycling Org 21 2 Leah Goldstein (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 7 3 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 7 4 Meredith Miller (USA) Team SATS 6 5 Helen Kelly (USA) TDS 6 6 Tina Mayold-Pic (USA) Diet Rite 5 7 Megan McQuaid (USA) Santa Cruz Spokesman 5 8 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) Velo Bella 5 9 Nicole Brandt (USA) Minute Maid/Dasani 3 10 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 3 11 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Canadial Federation Team 2 12 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 2 13 Jenny Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/PABW/Red_5_Racing 2 14 Laura VanGilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1 15 Erin Carter (Can) Canadial Federation Team 1 16 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T- Mobile/US National 1 Teams classification 1 T - Mobile 20.00.11 2 Victory Brewing / Amoroso's 0.36 3 Saturn Cycling Team 1.34 4 Diet Rite 4.22 5 Canadian Federation Team 7.57 6 TDS 14.43 7 Intermountain Cycling Org. 22.15 8 Vaniqa / PABW / Red 5 Racing 24.54 9 Minute Maid / Dasani 25.24 10 LGBRC 39.30 11 Fairfield Toyota 49.18
