North Star Grand Prix 2016: Stage 2: St. Paul Downtown Criterium Men Results

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Justin Williams (Cylance-Cannondale Pro Cycling) was the first one out of the corner and took it all the way to the line for the stage 2 win ahead of Brad Huff (Rally Cycling) (Image credit: Matthew Moses/Moses Images)

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Brad Huff (Rally Cycling) feeling punchy on the podium in second. Bryan Gomez (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek) finished third and won Most Aggressive Rider during stage 2 at the North Star Grand Prix (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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A lone Jelly Belly rider struggles to keep contact on the backside of the course during stage 2 at the Tour de Beauce (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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A Lupus rider wonders what happened after a mechanical knocked him out of the race. (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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The Cylance team did a great job revving up their leadout over the closing laps of stage 2 at the North Star Grand Prix, eventually leading to a win for Justin Williams. (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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A Jelly Belly and a Canyon Shimano rider duel through a corner during stage 2 at the North Star Grand Prix (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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Tom Zirbel (Rally Cycling) used his insane high-end output to shatter the race once and for all in the closing laps of North Star Grand Prix stage 2 (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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Mike Friedman (North Memorial) and this Elbowz rider appear to by riding away from a fast moving and deadly monster. (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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Danny Pate (Rally Cycling) and Mike Friedman (North Memorial) are close friends and frequent training partners in their home state, Colorado. (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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Givin' it up to the lively crowd in St. Paul during stage 2 at the North Star Grand Prix. Criteriums are one of America's best bike race offerings (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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Danny Pate (Rally Cycling) goes from Tour de France domestique to hammer on the front at a midwestern criterium with ease. (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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The peloton rolls through beautiful Lowertown, St. Paul. Rally Cycling spent much of the second half of the race on the front, protecting the yellow jersey lead at the North Star Grand Prix (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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Adam de Vos (Rally Cycling) rips a corner in historic Lowertown St. Paul at the North Star Grand Prix (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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Mike Friedman, coming out of retirement to ride for the North Memorial Hospital composite team, checks out some turns during the kids' race. (Image credit: Sam Wiebe)

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A small break consisting of Steve Fisher (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Specialized), Evan Bybee (Image credit: Matthew Moses/Moses Images)

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Cylance-Cannondale Pro Cycling took over the front of the race as the laps cards wound down. (Image credit: Matthew Moses/Moses Images)

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A happy Justin Williams (Cylance-Cannondale Pro Cycling) (Image credit: Matthew Moses/Moses Images)

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Late in the race Danny Panny pulls for his Rally Cycling teammates Tom Zirbel and Brad Huff (Image credit: Matthew Moses/Moses Images)

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On the bell lap Brad Huff is tucked behind two of his Rally Cycling teammates as Tom Zirbel pulls to the side. (Image credit: Matthew Moses/Moses Images)

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Men's Podium: Surly Most Agressive: Bryan Gomez (Gateway H-D), Yellow Leader’s Jersey: Tom Zirbel (Rally Cycling), K’ul Chocolate Sprint Leader: Justin Williams (Cyclance), Greg Lemond Best Young Rider: Ayden Toovey (Subaru) (Image credit: Matthew Moses/Moses Images)

Justin Williams (Cylance-Cannondale Pro Cycling p/b Incycle) won Stage 2 of the North Star Grand Prix from a field sprint ahead of current National Crit Champion Brad Huff (Rally Cycling) and Bryan Gomez (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek). Cyclance-Cannondale Pro Cycling's plan to control the race with 15 laps to go on the 1.2 km course turned out to be a success for the young team, who counted on Rally Cycling to eventually come back to the front to protect the yellow jersey worn by Tom Zirbel and set up Huff for the win.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Justin Williams (Cylance-Cannondale Pro)	0:53:44
2	Brad Huff (Rally Cycling)
3	Bryan Gomez (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek)
4	Tobin Ortenblad (Donkey Label)
5	Jesse Anthony (Rally Cycling)
6	Ulises Castillo (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo)
7	Evan Hartig (Credite Velo TREK)
8	Mat Stephens (Elevate Pro Cycling p/b Bicycle World)
9	Ayden Toovey (Subaru NSWIS & MS)
10	Samuel (Hunter) Grove (Cylance-Cannondale Pro)
11	Thomas Zirbel (Rally Cycling)
12	Brad Neagos (ICC Bissell-ABG-Giant)
13	Danny Pate (Rally Cycling)
14	Evan Murphy (Lupus Racing Team)
15	Alfredo Rodriquez (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo)
16	Andrez Diaz (Cylance-Cannondale Pro)
17	Michael (Mike) Friedman (North Memorial Health Care)
18	Eric Thompson (Donkey Label)
19	Alejandro Padilla (Team Arapahoe Resources)
20	Colin Strickland (ELBOWZ Racing)
21	Orlando Garibay (Cylance-Cannondale Pro)
22	Scott Law (Subaru NSWIS & MS)
23	Nicholas Torraca (Elevate Pro Cycling p/b Bicycle World)
24	Steve Fisher (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Special)
25	Jake Magee (ELBOWZ Racing)
26	George Simpson (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek)
27	Maxwell Ackerman (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek)
28	Brandon Krawczyk (Podiumwear)
29	Winston David (Lupus Racing Team)
30	Julio Padilla (Team Arapahoe Resources)
31	Andrew Dahlheim (Team Arapahoe Resources)
32	Ryan Knapp (First Internet Bank Cycling Team)
33	Nicolae TANOVITCHII (Lupus Racing Team)
34	Yannick Eckmann (North Memorial Health Care)
35	Christopher Winn (Podiumwear)
36	Peter Olejniczak (Podiumwear)
37	Stefan Rothe (ELBOWZ Racing)
38	kevin girkins (ELBOWZ Racing)
39	Gabriel Baca (ELBOWZ Racing)
40	Michael Burleigh (North Memorial Health Care)
41	Tyler George (xXx Racing)
42	Tyler Locke (Centric Bikes)
43	Oliver Flautt (Lupus Racing Team)
44	Chris Strumolo (CRCA Lupus Racing Team)	0:00:11
45	Innokenty Zavyalov (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo)
46	Ben Schmutte (First Internet Bank Cycling Team)
47	Ian McShane (ICC Bissell-ABG-Giant)
48	Connor Sallee (Dallas Racing)
49	Morgan Schmitt (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Special)
50	Zack Allison (Elevate Pro Cycling p/b Bicycle World)
51	Liam White (xXx Racing)
52	Steven Kusy (BATTLEY H-D /Spokes Etc)
53	Evan Bybee (Team Arapahoe Resources)
54	Cortlan Brown (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Special)
55	Ryan O'Boyle (xXx Racing)
56	Jesse Kelly (Dallas Racing)
57	Drew Christopher (North Memorial Health Care)	0:00:15
58	Dominic Caiazzo (CRCA Lupus Racing Team)
59	Aaron Beebe (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek)
60	Diego Sandoval (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek)
61	Paul Martin (Podiumwear)
62	Robert Sroka (Lupus Racing Team)
63	Maxwell Anderson (Team Arapahoe Resources)
64	Nolan Tankersley (Team Arapahoe Resources)
65	Adam deVos (First Internet Bank Cycling Team)
66	Fabio Calabria (Lupus Racing Team)
67	Jacob Kauffmann (North Memorial Health Care)
68	Matthew Zimmer (Podiumwear)
69	Joshua Buchel (Podiumwear)
70	Dennis Ramirez (ELBOWZ Racing)
71	Kaler Marshall (ELBOWZ Racing)
72	Ricky Randall (ELBOWZ Racing)
73	Thomas Humphreys (North Memorial Health Care)
74	Davis Dombrowski (xXx Racing)
75	Michael Sheehan (Centric Bikes)
76	Thomas Revard (Lupus Racing Team)
77	Adam Farabaugh (CRCA Lupus Racing Team)
78	Adam Koble (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo)
79	Joseph Schmalz (First Internet Bank Cycling Team)	0:00:21
80	Martin Vecchio (ICC Bissell-ABG-Giant)	0:00:22
81	Matt McLoone (Dallas Racing)	0:00:24
82	Jonathan Toftoy (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Special)
83	Jackson Law (Elevate Pro Cycling p/b Bicycle World)
84	Alberto Covarrubias (xXx Racing)
85	Liam Magennis (BATTLEY H-D /Spokes Etc)
86	Corey Davis (Team Arapahoe Resources)
87	Conor Schunk (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Special)
88	Evan Huffman (xXx Racing)
89	Jack McCann (Dallas Racing)
90	Michael Alborn (North Memorial Health Care)
91	Stephan Hoffman (CRCA Lupus Racing Team)
92	Duban Sanchez (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo)
93	Rudyard Peterson (Credite Velo TREK)
94	Alexander Meyer (Podiumwear)
95	Kyle Anderson (BATTLEY H-D /Spokes Etc)
96	Jake Buescher (xXx Racing)	0:00:31
97	Connor Brown (Elevate Pro Cycling p/b Bicycle World)
98	Timothy Savre (Credite Velo TREK)
99	Cory Lockwood (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo)
100	John Becker (First Internet Bank Cycling Team)
101	David Goodman (Credite Velo TREK)
102	Brian Firle (TEAM CLIF BAR Cycling)
103	jefferey may (Dallas Racing)
104	Wolfgang Brandl (Centric Bikes)
105	Colin Catlin (Podiumwear)
106	Jack Matthews (Donkey Label)	0:00:38
107	Michael Lalla (Dallas Racing)	0:00:42
108	Erik Slack (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Special)	0:01:10
109	Stefano Barberi (Support Clean Sport / SeaSucker / Guttenplan Coaching)	0:02:00
110	Andrew Clemence (North Memorial Health Care)	0:02:04
111	Jeremy Powers (North Memorial Health Care)
112	Zachary Nehr (Lakes Area Physical Therapy)
113	Michael Woell (Podiumwear)
114	Chris Arndt (Lakes Area Physical Therapy)	0:02:27
115	Brian Kaker (Lakes Area Physical Therapy)
116	Joshua Kelly (Dallas Racing)
117	Blake Anton (TEAM CLIF BAR Cycling)
118	Rylee Field (TEAM CLIF BAR Cycling)
119	Tristin Bentzler (Donkey Label)
120	Christopher Putt (Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis)
121	Quinten Kirby (Support Clean Sport / SeaSucker / Guttenplan Coaching)
122	Allan Rego (CRCA Lupus Racing Team)
123	John Butler (Support Clean Sport / SeaSucker / Guttenplan Coaching)
124	Mattison Brady (BATTLEY H-D /Spokes Etc)
125	Reid McClure (Team Novo Nordisk Development)
126	Rik Van Ijzendoorn (Team Novo Nordisk Development)
127	Michael Jasinski (TEAM CLIF BAR Cycling)
128	Steven Davis (Centric Bikes)
129	Eric Hill (Lakes Area Physical Therapy)
130	Connor Ryan (BATTLEY H-D /Spokes Etc)
130	Umberto Poli (Team Novo Nordisk Development)
132	Nathan Bradshaw (Subaru NSWIS & MS)
133	Thorsten Askervold (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano-Special)	0:02:34
DNF	Luis Felipe Montoya (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek)
DNF	Isaiah Newkirk (Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek)
DNF	Marcos Lazzarotto (Lupus Racing Team)
DNF	Cory Williams (Cylance-Cannondale Pro)
DNF	Benjamin Wolfe (Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis)
DNF	Ross Baldwin (CRCA Lupus Racing Team)
DNF	Stephen Wagstaff (Lakes Area Physical Therapy)
DNF	Taylor Warren (TEAM CLIF BAR Cycling)
DNF	Brais Dacal (Team Novo Nordisk Development)
DNF	Ulugbek Saidov (Team Novo Nordisk Development)
DNF	Nicholas White (xXx Racing)
DNS	Levon Kalemkiarian (Donkey Label)