Haedo takes $11,000 stage in bunch sprint
By Kirsten Frattini published
Menzies moves to overall lead
Argentinean Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home) busted out his sprint to win the $11,000 USD prize available on the stage two finish line at the Tour of Elk Grove. He outpaced Tasmanian Karl Menzies (OUCH-Maxxis) and Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia), who placed second and third respectively.
“We won some good money today, but for me it is more important to have the victory,” said Haedo. “We were tired after Fitchburg and tried to use Cascade Classic to prepare for this. So this is a nice victory. Also because all the great sprinters are here, every one, and that always makes it an important win.”
Menzies moved up from third place into the yellow jersey by virtue of capturing a 12-second time bonus for placing second in the stage. He leads the race by eight seconds over stage one winner Tom Zirbel (Bissell) and nine seconds ahead of third placed Brent Bookwalter (BMC).
“Obviously we wanted to win the stage, but Haedo is a class act in the US and second to him, we are really happy with that,” said Menzies. “We wanted to get top three for a time bonus, it would have been nice to have won the stage for the boys but second place is more than enough to move into the jersey.”
Menzies thanked his team-mates for a job well done after the OUCH-Maxxis squad executed a perfectly timed lead-out, held over the last 30-kilometres of the race. The team’s presence at the front served to bring back a threatening break-away of two riders and more importantly set up Menzies for a podium finish.
“It was an amazing lead-out and I didn’t have to do much,” Menzies said. “I probably just rode hard for 100 metres and that’s all I had to do. Hats off to the team. They did an awesome job today and to get the time bonus and the yellow jersey is what we came here to do. We’ll defend it tomorrow with all our might and hopefully we’re still in yellow tomorrow night.”
The Chicago-based Blackhawks NHL hockey team supplied the Tour of Elk Grove stage two circuit race with the $40,000 prize money that went directly in to the riders pockets at the finish line. The large purse had the sprinters salivating over the 200 metres to go sign. Colavita-Sutter Home’s rolled up beside OUCH-Maxxis on the final 600-metre straightaway, along Elk Grove Boulevard. Haedo took his queue to sprint from his last-in-line lead-out man Alejandro Borrajo, passing Menzies for the win.
“In the end I had my team-mates bring me to the OUCH train and Alejandro [Borrajo] took me up to Menzies,” said Haedo. “Alejandro jumped at 350-metres and then I went with about 150-metres to the line. It was very hard because there was a head wind. Going for the overall is very difficult because I was farther back after yesterday’s time trial. But if we can win the stages, great.”
Every second worth its weight in gold
Some 120 riders lined up to start stage two of the Tour of Elk Grove, a 10-lap circuit race totaling 150 kilometres. There were three point sprints for time bonuses and every second was worth its weight in gold.
Phil Gaimon (Jelly Belly) gained an instant 30 seconds on the peloton, which seemed content to allow the rider some distance. However Gaimon crashed through a damp corner and lost more than half his hard-earned 1:10 minute advantage. He picked himself up and continued forward but the peloton caught him while setting up for the first of three intermediate sprints.
Luis Amaran (Colavita-Sutter Home) sprinted for the first intermediate sprint and managed to gain an additional 20 seconds in front of the field. He continued his solo move long enough to capture the mid-race prime for $2,100. He was joined one lap later by Jeff Louder (BMC) and Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benefit Strategies).
“I tried to go for the first intermediate sprint and when I realised I had a gap I wanted to keep going,” said Amaran. “The mid-race prime was next so I went for that and then waited for the guys to come up. The whole team has big confidence in Sebastian. He is one of the best sprinter in domestic races. We trust in him and our team.”
Activity amongst the front of the peloton reduced the time margin to a mere 13 seconds with four laps to go. Josh England (Subway-Avanti) bridged across to the lead group just in time to contest the second intermediate sprint. Anderson, who placed second behind Amaran in the first sprint, picked up full points in the second time around and tied up with Amaran for eight points a piece.
Almost as soon as the peloton regrouped, a counter move set sail that included the defending Champion David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing). The duo’s one-minute margin became a threat because Veilleux was the highest place in the overall standings, sitting just nine seconds behind Zirbel.
The pair swallowed up the points in the third and final intermediate sprint while Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell) won the bunch kick for third placed. With one lap to go the intermediate sprint for points was tallied up. Anderson won with 10 points giving him a six-second time bonus and a prize of $2000. Runner up Amaran finished with nine points, a four-second bonus and $1000 and third placed Jacques-Maynes gained eight points, a two-second bonus and $500.
Rounding one lap to go Veilleux and Chadwick held a one minute lead forcing OUCH-Maxxis to take matters into its own hands. It set a pace fast enough to bring back the pair of escapees while saving enough energy to circle the final lap in an impressive lead-out for sprinter and new overall race leader Menzies.
1 | Sebastian Haedo (Colavita Sutterhome) | 3:33:54 |
2 | Karl Menzies (Ouch presented by Maxxis) | |
3 | Jonathon Cantwell (Fly V Australia) | |
4 | Antonio Cruz (BMC Racing Team) | |
5 | Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) | |
6 | Ivan Dominguez (Rock Racing) | |
7 | Alejandro Borrato (Colavita Sutterhome) | |
8 | David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
9 | Martin Gilbert (PLANET ENERGY) | |
10 | Chris Horner (Astana) | |
11 | Ryan Roth (PLANET ENERGY) | |
12 | Brad Huff (Jelly Belly Cycling) | |
13 | Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
14 | Jonathan Page (Battley Harley-Davidson) | |
15 | Jackson Stewart (BMC Racing Team) | |
16 | Aldo Ilesic (Team Type 1) | |
17 | Matthew (Ma Winstead (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | |
18 | Mark Hekman (Team Mtn Khakis pb EPNO) | |
19 | Cesar Grajales (Rock Racing) | |
20 | Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) | |
21 | Ken Hanson (Team Type 1) | |
22 | Rahsaan Bahati (Rock Racing) | |
23 | Mike Creed (Team Type 1) | |
24 | Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) | |
25 | Andrew Pinfold (Ouch presented by Maxxis) | |
26 | Ian McKissick (BMC Racing Team) | |
27 | Mike Northey (Land Rover - ORBEA) | |
28 | Adam Myerson (Team Mountain Khakies p/b EP-) | |
29 | Davide Fratini (Colavita Sutterhome) | |
30 | Evan Elken (Land Rover - Orbea) | |
31 | Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutterhome) | |
32 | Josh England (Subway Avanti Cycling Team) | |
33 | Tom Zirbel (Bissell) | |
34 | David Guttenplan (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EPN) | |
35 | Daniel Holt (Team Type 1) | |
36 | Zach Bell (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
37 | Jeremy Vennell (Bissell) | |
38 | Maxime Vives (PLANET ENERGY) | |
39 | Frank Pipp (Bissell) | |
40 | Peter Latham (Bissell) | |
41 | Roman van Uden (Land Rover - Orbea) | |
42 | Reid Mumford (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
43 | Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing) | |
44 | Thomas Soladay (Team Mountain Khakis) | |
45 | Moses Aldape (Team Type 1) | |
46 | Emile Abraham (AeroCat Cycling Team) | |
47 | Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
48 | Ben Day (Fly V Australia) | |
49 | Anibal Borrato (Colavita Sutterhome) | |
50 | John Murphy (Ouch presented by Maxxis) | |
51 | Luis Amaran (Colavita Sutterhome) | |
52 | Steve Bovay (BMC Racing Team) | |
53 | benjamin king (Fly V Australia) | |
54 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell) | |
55 | Keven Lacombe (PLANET ENERGY) | |
56 | Pat Lemieux (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | |
57 | Jeff Louder (BMC Racing Team) | |
58 | Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
59 | Jacob (Jake) Rytlewski (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | |
60 | Luca Damiani (Colavita Sutterhome) | |
61 | Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Cycling) | |
62 | Adam Bergman (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | |
63 | Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) | |
64 | Matty Rice (Jelly Belly Cycling) | |
65 | Michael Mitchnick (Trek Store Race Team) | |
66 | Francois Parisien (PLANET ENERGY) | |
67 | William Goodfellow (Volkswagen Specialized) | |
68 | Nic Sanderson (Rock Racing) | |
69 | Bruno Langlois (PLANET ENERGY) | |
70 | Juan Pablo Dotti (AeroCat Cycling Team) | |
71 | Andy Jacques-Maynes (Bissell) | |
72 | Hayden Godfrey (Subway Avanti Cycling Team) | |
73 | Diego Garavito (AeroCat Cycling Team) | |
74 | Freddie Rodriguez (Rock Racing) | |
75 | Chris Baldwin (Ouch presented by Maxxis) | |
76 | Tim Johnson (Ouch presented by Maxxis) | 0:00:31 |
77 | Jonny Clarke (Jelly Belly Cycling) | 0:00:43 |
78 | Sergio Hernandez (Rock Racing) | 0:00:49 |
79 | Alessandro Bazzana (Fly V Australia) | |
80 | Scottie Weiss (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 0:00:57 |
81 | Andrew bradbury (Darkhorse Espresso Bar Flyers) | 0:01:06 |
82 | Dirk Pohlmann (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | |
83 | Rich Harper (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | |
84 | Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
85 | Michael Grabinger (Fly V Australia) | |
86 | phil zajicek (Fly V Australia p/b Successful L) | |
87 | Kyle Wamsley (Colavita Sutterhome) | |
88 | Carlos Calcirrada (AeroCat Cycling Team) | |
89 | Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly Cycling) | |
90 | Benn van der Genugten (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | |
91 | John Grant (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | |
92 | Phil Gaimon (Jelly Belly Cycling) | |
93 | Graham Howard (Bissell) | |
94 | Chad Burdzilauskas (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | |
95 | Matt Crane (Jelly Belly Cycling) | |
96 | Rory Sutherland (Ouch presented by Maxxis) | |
97 | Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) | 0:01:50 |
98 | Joe Eldridge (Team Type 1) | 0:02:50 |
99 | Floyd Landis (Ouch presented by Maxxis) | |
100 | Greg Strock (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | |
101 | Brian Toone (Tria Market/Donohoocom) | |
102 | Daniel Ramsey (Team Mountain Khakis PB EPN) | 0:03:01 |
103 | John Puffer (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:03:22 |
104 | Eric Boily (PLANET ENERGY) | |
105 | Joel Dion-Poitras (PLANET ENERGY) | |
106 | Aaron Tuckerman (Land Rover - Orbea) | 0:03:40 |
107 | Ben Renkema (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 0:04:09 |
108 | Jason Allen (Subway Avanti Cycling Team) | 0:04:39 |
1 | Karl Menzies(Ouch presented by Maxxis) | 3:42:11 |
2 | Tom Zirbel(Bissell) | 0:00:08 |
3 | Brent Bookwalter(BMC Racing Team) | 0:00:09 |
4 | Jackson Stewart(BMC Racing Team) | 0:00:14 |
5 | Zach Bell(Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
6 | Ben Jacques-Maynes(Bissell) | 0:00:15 |
7 | Chris Horner(Astana) | 0:00:16 |
8 | David Veilleux(Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:00:17 |
9 | Ian Mckissick(BMC Racing Team) | |
10 | Jeremy Vennell(Bissell) | |
11 | Peter Latham(Bissell) | |
12 | Scott Zwizanski(Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
13 | Mike Creed(Team Type 1) | 0:00:18 |
14 | Jeff Louder(BMC Racing Team) | |
15 | Andy Jacques-Maynes(Bissell) | |
16 | Luis Amaran(Colavita Sutterhome) | 0:00:20 |
17 | Francois Parisien(PLANET ENERGY) | 0:00:21 |
18 | John Murphy(Ouch presented by Maxxis) | 0:00:22 |
19 | Frank Pipp(Bissell) | 0:00:23 |
20 | Victor Hugo Pena(Rock Racing) | |
21 | Andrew Pinfold(Ouch presented by Maxxis) | 0:00:24 |
22 | Aldo Ilesic(Team Type 1) | 0:00:25 |
23 | Reid Mumford(Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
24 | Ryan Roth(PLANET ENERGY) | 0:00:27 |
25 | Brad Huff(Jelly Belly Cycling) | 0:00:28 |
26 | Antonio Cruz(BMC Racing Team) | 0:00:30 |
27 | Cesar Grajales(Rock Racing) | |
28 | Tyler Wren(Colavita Sutterhome) | |
29 | Ben Day(Fly V Australia) | |
30 | Moses Aldape(Team Type 1) | 0:00:32 |
31 | Jeremy Powers(Jelly Belly Cycling) | 0:00:33 |
32 | Martin Gilbert(PLANET ENERGY) | 0:00:35 |
33 | Sebastian Haedo(Colavita Sutterhome) | |
34 | Nic Sanderson(Rock Racing) | |
35 | Ivan Dominguez(Rock Racing) | 0:00:36 |
36 | Matthew Winstead(Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | |
37 | Matty Rice(Jelly Belly Cycling) | |
38 | Valeriy Kobzarenko(Team Type 1) | 0:00:37 |
39 | Keven Lacombe(PLANET ENERGY) | |
40 | Chris Baldwin(Ouch presented by Maxxis) | |
41 | Freddie Rodriguez(Rock Racing) | 0:00:39 |
42 | Bernard Sulzberger(Fly V Australia) | 0:00:40 |
43 | Ken Hanson(Team Type 1) | |
44 | Juan Pablo Dotti(AeroCat Cycling Team) | |
45 | Roman Van Uden(Land Rover - Orbea) | 0:00:41 |
46 | Adam Bergman(Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:00:42 |
47 | Jonathon Cantwell(Fly V Australia) | |
48 | Alex Candelario(Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:00:43 |
49 | Thomas Soladay(Team Mountain Khakis) | |
50 | Benjamin King(Fly V Australia) | 0:00:44 |
51 | Steve Bovay(BMC Racing Team) | |
52 | Luca Damiani(Colavita Sutterhome) | 0:00:45 |
53 | Hayden Godfrey(Subway Avanti Cycling Team) | |
54 | Andrew Bajadali(Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:00:46 |
55 | Anibal Borrato(Colavita Sutterhome) | |
56 | Daniel Holt(Team Type 1) | 0:00:49 |
57 | Mike Northey(Land Rover - ORBEA) | 0:00:50 |
58 | Bruno Langlois(PLANET ENERGY) | |
59 | Mark Hekman(Team Mtn Khakis pb EPNO) | 0:00:51 |
60 | Jacob Rytlewski(Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | |
61 | Pat Lemieux(Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:00:53 |
62 | William Goodfellow(Volkswagen Specialized) | |
63 | Evan Elken(Land Rover - Orbea) | 0:00:54 |
64 | Alejandro Borrato(Colavita Sutterhome) | 0:00:56 |
65 | Maxime Vives(PLANET ENERGY) | |
66 | Fabio Calabria(Team Type 1) | 0:00:57 |
67 | Michael Mitchnick(Trek Store Race Team) | 0:00:58 |
68 | Josh England(Subway Avanti Cycling Team) | 0:00:59 |
69 | Tim Johnson(Ouch presented by Maxxis) | 0:01:01 |
70 | Davide Fratini(Colavita Sutterhome) | 0:01:07 |
71 | Diego Garavito(AeroCat Cycling Team) | 0:01:09 |
72 | David Guttenplan(Team Mountain Khakis p/b EPNO) | 0:01:10 |
73 | Ryan Anderson(Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:01:23 |
74 | Jonny Clarke(Jelly Belly Cycling) | 0:01:24 |
75 | Jonathan Page(Battley Harley-Davidson) | 0:01:25 |
76 | Rahsaan Bahati(Rock Racing) | 0:01:27 |
77 | Adam Myerson(Team Mountain Khakies p/b EP-NO) | 0:01:30 |
78 | Emile Abraham(AeroCat Cycling Team) | 0:01:32 |
79 | Rory Sutherland(Ouch presented by Maxxis) | 0:01:35 |
80 | Matt Crane(Jelly Belly Cycling) | 0:01:36 |
81 | Phil Zajicek(Fly V Australia p/b Successful Livin) | 0:01:38 |
82 | Graham Howard(Bissell) | 0:01:40 |
83 | Scottie Weiss(Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 0:01:42 |
84 | Bryce Mead(Jelly Belly Cycling) | 0:01:46 |
85 | Kyle Wamsley(Colavita Sutterhome) | 0:01:49 |
86 | Dirk Pohlmann(Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:01:51 |
87 | Michael Grabinger(Fly V Australia) | |
88 | Ben Van Der Genugten(Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 0:01:55 |
89 | Chad Burdzilauskas(Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 0:01:57 |
90 | Rich Harper(Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 0:01:58 |
91 | Sergio Hernandez(Rock Racing) | 0:02:05 |
92 | John Grant(Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:02:06 |
93 | Phil Gaimon(Jelly Belly Cycling) | 0:02:10 |
94 | Alessandro Bazzana(Fly V Australia) | 0:02:20 |
95 | Glen Chadwick(Rock Racing) | 0:02:22 |
96 | Carlos Calcirrada(AeroCat Cycling Team) | 0:02:25 |
97 | Andrew Bradbury(Darkhorse Espresso Bar Flyers) | 0:03:07 |
98 | Floyd Landis(Ouch presented by Maxxis) | 0:03:30 |
99 | Greg Strock(Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:03:35 |
100 | Joe Eldridge(Team Type 1) | 0:03:37 |
101 | Daniel Ramsey(Team Mountain Khakis PB EPNO) | 0:03:45 |
102 | Eric Boily(PLANET ENERGY) | 0:04:25 |
103 | Brian Toone(Tria Market/Donohoo.com) | 0:04:26 |
104 | Aaron Tuckerman(Land Rover - Orbea) | 0:04:28 |
105 | Joel Dion-Poitras(PLANET ENERGY) | 0:04:33 |
106 | John Puffer(Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) | 0:04:40 |
107 | Ben Renkema(Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 0:05:32 |
108 | Jason Allen(Subway Avanti Cycling Team) | 0:06:16 |

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Kirsten Frattini is an honours graduate of Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto, Canada. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's WorldTour. She has worked in both print and digital publishing, and started with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. Moving into a Production Editor's role in 2014, she produces and publishes international race coverage for all men's and women's races including Spring Classics, Grand Tours, World Championships and Olympic Games, and writes and edits news and features. As the Women's Editor at Cyclingnews, Kirsten also coordinates and oversees the global coverage of races, news, features and podcasts about women's professional cycling.
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