San Dimas Men: Young tops final stage, Andy Jacques-Maynes the series

US Pro criterium champion Eric Young (Bissell) took out the final stage of the San Dimas stage race, out-pacing Ken Hanson (Optum Pro Cycling/Kelly Benefit Strategies) and his own Kiwi teammate Patrick Bevin in the bunch sprint.

The Kenda/5hr Energy team was successful in controlling the race for overall winner Andy Jacques-Maynes, who came to the line in sixth place to keep his lead over Joe Schmalz (Elbowz Racing) and Rob Britton (Competitive Cyclist).

"Kenda/5hr Energy was awesome today, they rode so strong and I knew we could win the race," said Jacques-Maynes. "This is my first stage race win and its great to start the season on the right foot."

Jacques-Maynes, en route to his overall victory, also took out the points jersey, while his teammate and stage 1 winner Phil Gaimon took the mountains jersey.

"Winning the KOM, points, and yellow jersey is an indication that we made some great changes for 2012," said Kenda's directeur Frankie Andreu. "The guys are getting along, riding strong, and having fun. It's a great start to a long year."

In the women's race, Kristin Armstrong (Team Exergy-Twenty12) held on with ease to the race leader's jersey as Ina Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) claimed the final stage from a breakaway.

"We wanted to be aggressive," said Specialized-lululemon director Ronny Lauke. "The aim was to make it hard from the beginning and try to create a winning situation out of a break whilst always looking for opportunities to try to get Clara away for GC."

Teutenberg entered into the breakaway with Exergy's Pascale Schnider, Jade Wilcoxson (Optum/Kelly Benefit Strategies), Anne Samplonius (Now & Novartis) and Nicky Wangsgard (Primal/MapMyRide) early in the stage, and the break stayed clear by 18 seconds to contest for the stage win.

For Exergy, it was the perfect strategy to have a breakaway with Teutenberg and Schnider.

"We knew Ina would be active today so it was perfect to have Pascale in the break with her." said Armstrong, "Fortunately the rain held off for a fast and dry race. My team worked very well over the past few days and I am so honored to win the overall for them and Exergy Development group. This weekend was perfect preparation for my European stint."

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