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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE

USA, June 12-15, 2003

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Stage 5 - June 15: Stillwater criterium, 70/50 minutes

Saturn domination continues as Mactier & Klasna take overall titles

By James Lockwood

Saturn riders took the top two places on both men's and women's podiums after the final stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Stillwater today. Trent Klasna took a surprise victor in the men's race and moved himself into the overall winner's spot when team-mate Viktor Rapinski was unable to maintain the pace in the final day's criterium while Saturn's women's team locked down their race to assure a victory for Australian rider Katie Mactier.

Men: Saturn plays 'pass the jersey'

Klasna wins stage and GC when music stops

Saturn protected its leader's jersey on Sunday in the fifth and final stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix, but Viktor Rapinski was unable to stand atop the podium with it.

In what turned out to be 'plan B' for the boys in yellow, Trent Klasna rode away from the pack in the 70-minute Stillwater Criterium and cruised not only to the win but into the jersey for the overall winner.

"It wasn't our plan at all for me to go for the overall," Klasna said.

Rapinski, who ended up second overall, didn't seem to dejected losing the jersey to his teammate. "It doesn't matter who won - Rapinski or Klasna," he said. "He should have won."

Klasna came into the day in fifth place, 1:52 down on his teammate in first and two spots below his other teammate, Tom Danielson, who was in third at a 1:05 down. And when he attacked with more than 50 minutes still to go in the race that featured one climb at 24 percent and another not long after, the plan was not for him to win.

But with six laps to go, Rapinski was suffering, and Klasna was told to do whatever he could. "It was just one of those things where you had to go to Plan B," Klasna said.

"Today was really hard," Rapinsky said. "I never felt the way I felt today."

But with Klasna up front and four other teammates around him, the one who truly found the race hard was 7-Up/Maxxis rider John Lieswyn, the defending Nature Valley champion who came into the day second overall at 1:02 back but fell to third with no teammates and no help chasing the leader. Saturn covered all of Lieswyn's attempt to break away, and those in the break, including Adam Bergman of Jelly Belly, seemed unwilling to help.

"If I had a teammate, I could have caught Klasna," Lieswyn said. "At one point I came almost to a complete stop, and 15 guys behind me just stopped. Nobody passed me."

Lieswyn was missing his teammate Jason McCartney for the Grand Prix as well as two others, and put him as a disadvantage to a fully stocked Saturn team. "The racing would have been so different if Jason had been here with me," Lieswyn said.

That sentiment was echoed by Navigator's Ciaran Power, who took second in Sunday's criterium but lost so much time in the road race on Saturday that he was not threat to the G.C. "If we had out whole team here, I think we could have been more competitive," he said.

Outside of the Saturn men, the only one who seemed to be happy with his finish was Schroeder Iron's Peter Knudsen, a Twin Cities native who used the wheel of Broadmark Capital's Doug Ollerenshaw to take third in the crit.

"I didn't even realize we would get off the front," he said. "It was sort of accidental."

Schroeder also grabbed fifth place in the overall standings with Jakob Erker, although that was down from the third place he occupied coming into Sunday's race. Erker could thank Klasna for the eventual standing.

"Trent was just totally dialed today," said Saturn's Tim Johnson, who walked away with the sprint leader's jersey, giving the Saturn team two of the three jerseys handed out Sunday. Collegiate cyclist Stuart Gillespie of Harvard University walked away with the white Espoir (under 23) jersey.

The wins and championship also put a stamp of approval on a season that has seen Saturn redeem itself from a disappointing 2002 and dominate the racing scene in North America.

"I think we proved that this team is the best cycling team in American racing," Klasna said.

"Being this strong so far into this year … it's just a dream come true," Johnson said.

Women: Saturn puts exclamation point on Nature Valley Grand Prix

Team smackdown gives wins to Bessette & Mactier

In the first stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix, three Saturn riders drove an eight-woman break to the finish, only to come up short with a third-place spot.

With two riders in first and second overall, and another in fourth, Saturn was not about to come up short again.

Instead, they not only defended the jersey, but won the final stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix with a break that showed why they are one of the top women's teams in the world.

With less than three laps to go in the Stillwater Criterium, a 1.25-mile course along the bluffs of the St. Croix River, Saturn's Lyne Bessette found her legs to attack Rona-Esker's Karen Bockel and power away to a 28-second victory that finished on a 24 percent grade hill.

Bessette became the fourth different Saturn rider to win in as many stages and did it in the same fashion as teammates - alone.

"We had a really good race," Bessette said, watching her teammates, Karen Mactier and Manon Jutras, take first and second place honors overall. The two also finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in Sunday's race.

"It's great," Mactier said of her team's stage results in the NVGP. "Now we are in a situation where we can go to any race and be a threat."

Saturn was also in a situation not to let anything go on Sunday. In a race that featured two extremely hard climbs during the 50-minute race, Saturn used four riders to control a group that included all the threats to the leader's jersey: Bockel, TDS' Sarah Ulmer, Diet Rite's Tina Mayolo-Pic, and T-Mobile's Dotsie Cowden.

"Saturn was covering everything today," said Ulmer, who animated much of the race early and won the only sprint points of the day to ensure she won the sprint leader's jersey.

The decisive break, though, did not come until Bockel attacked with less than two laps to go on the second hill.

"Karen was a perfect set-up," Bessette said, who counter-attacked around Bockel and Ulmer.

"It was just attrition," said Mayolo-Pic, who was unable to keep pace as Bessette broke. Along with her, Cowden and her T-Mobile teammates also faded.

"We tried our best to stay with Saturn," Bockel said. However, she said her third place overall and third-place finish on the day was good for her and her team. It was her first podium finish, and she was joined by teammate Erinne Willock who won her first jersey as the best espoire (under 23).

Ulmer also said she was happy with the results, which also included a second-place finish on the day.

"It was more than I thought it would be coming into the race," she said.

And given the level of competition, all the winners said the jerseys and wins were well earned.

"It was such a better field than we thought it would be," Mayolo-Pic said.

"The racing level was very competitive," Mactier said. "It'll get bigger and bigger over the next couple of years."

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Images by Chris Orr

Results

Men
 
1 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                  1.11.08
2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators                              1.55
3 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron                         2.08
4 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis                             2.14
5 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital
6 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers
7 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
8 Jacob Erker (USA) Schroeder Iron
9 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly
10 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron
11 Cameron Evans (USA) Broadmark Capital
12 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital
13 Matthew Gates (USA) Nature Valley                         2.19
14 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                     2.24
15 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team
16 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Harvard University Cycling
17 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team
18 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
19 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips                          2.31
20 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team                     2.37
21 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS              4.41
22 Aaron Olson (USA) Schroeder Iron
23 Jason Waddell (USA) Mathis Brothers
24 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital                      8.41
25 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron                        20.41
26 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators                        24.41
27 Dylan Sebel (USA) Broadmark Capital
28 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance          32.41
29 Cabrel Boucher (USA) Team Manitoba                       36.41
30 David Sachs (USA) Alberto's sport
31 Christopher Flood (USA) 05 Orbitel
32 Bryce Mead (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance              40.41
33 Pete Hanna (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance
34 Gus Carrillo (Gua) Bianchi/ Grand Performance
35 Steve Tilford (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods
36 Eric Pardyjak (USA) First Endurance/Contender            44.41
37 Barrett Zoltai (USA) Orbea/MoEx                          48.41
38 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron                   1.02.41
39 Andrew Minier (USA) SHA                                1.06.41
40 Murray Carter (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC
41 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators                       1.10.41
42 John (Jack) Seehafer (USA) Pro Peloton Velo            1.14.41
DNF Oscar Pineda (Gua) 7-Up/Maxxis
DNF Dan Schmatz (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis
DNF Ryan Guay (USA) Navigators
DNF Glen Mitchell (NZl) Navigators
DNF Justin Spinelli (USA) Navigators
DNF Paul Ellis (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance
DNF Brian Jensen (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods
DNF Joshua Tack (USA) Mercy/Cannondale
DNF Andrew Powell (USA) Orbea/MoEx
DNF Mike Johnson (USA) Spring Street Sports
DNF Josh Crow (USA) HRR
DNF Bill Stolte (USA) HRR
 
Sprints
 
1 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                         5 pts
2 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS                  3
3 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance               2
4 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis                                1
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                  9.47.10
2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team                  0.32
3 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis                             1.25
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                    1.27
5 Jacob Erker (USA) Schroeder Iron                           2.13
6 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                      2.59
7 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly                             3.13
8 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                   4.44
9 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Harvard University Cycling          7.00
10 Aaron Olson (USA) Schroeder Iron                          7.38
11 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron                        7.41
12 Claran Power (Irl) Navigators                             8.02
13 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital                  8.57
14 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers                          8.58
15 Jason Waddell (USA) Mathis Brothers                       9.05
16 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Schroeder Iron                      10.55
17 Cameron Evans (USA) Broadmark Capital                    11.10
18 Michael Olheiser (USA) Veloclips                         11.12
19 Matthew Gates (USA) Nature Valley                        12.02
20 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS             13.16
21 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD Cycling Team                    13.24
22 Craig Wilcox (USA) Broadmark Capital                     17.10
23 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team                 24.57
24 Jason Bausch (USA) Schroeder Iron                        26.49
25 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators                        33.04
26 Dylan Sebel (USA) Broadmark Capital                      38.44
27 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital                       40.37
28 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance          41.09
29 David Sachs (USA) Alberto's sport                        45.28
30 Christopher Flood (USA) 05 Orbitel                       45.49
31 Steve Tilford (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods               48.48
32 Gus Carrillo (Gua) Bianchi/ Grand Performance            50.03
33 Pete Hanna (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance              50.56
34 Bryce Mead (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance              51.30
35 Cabrel Boucher (USA) Team Manitoba                       57.51
36 Eric Pardyjak (USA) First Endurance/Contender          1.01.30
37 Barrett Zoltai (USA) Orbea/MoEx                        1.06.09
38 Adam Livingston (USA) Schroeder Iron                   1.11.47
39 John (Jack) Seehafer (USA) Pro Peloton Velo            1.23.40
40 Murray Carter (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC      1.26.05
41 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators                       1.32.09
42 Andrew Minier (USA) SHA                                1.34.25
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                        33 pts
2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators                                25
3 John Lieswyn (USA) 7-Up/Maxxis                               20
4 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                       17
5 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team                    17
6 Jacob Erker (USA) Schroeder Iron                             15
7 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly                               14
8 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Broadmark Capital                     13
9 Cameron Evans (USA) Broadmark Capital                         9
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                      9
11 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators                            6
12 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                     6
13 Peter Knudsen (USA) Schroeder Iron                           5
14 Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators                             4
15 Aaron Olson (USA) Schroeder Iron                             4
16 Terry Beenken (USA) Mortgage Solutions/ DMOS                 3
17 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team                     3
18 Jeremy Sartain (USA) Bianchi/ Grand Performance              2
19 Evan Elken (USA) Broadmark Capital                           2
20 Murray Carter (USA) Flanders Brothers Cycles/MBRC            2
21 Steve Cate (USA) Mathis Brothers                             2
22 Steve Tilford (USA) Bikesource/Whole Foods                   1
 
Women
 
1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                   51.54
2 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS                                      0.28
3 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker                              0.30
4 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team                    0.33
5 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                     0.37
6 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                        1.04
7 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger                   1.06
8 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite                            1.07
9 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger                 1.09
10 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis
11 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile                              1.11
12 Stacy Peters (USA) T-Mobile                               1.12
13 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile                              1.14
14 Lara Kroepsca (USA) T-Mobile                              1.16
15 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker                           1.19
16 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite                                1.23
17 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS                                 2.57
18 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona-Esker                            3.56
19 Megan Long (USA) Jamba Juice                              4.04
20 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's            4.17
21 Erin Carter (Can) TDS
22 Tania Duff-Miller (NZl) Diet Rite                         4.21
23 Carrie Tuck (USA) Rona-Esker                              4.38
24 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS
25 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycle Club
26 Jo Kiesanowski (NZl) Diet Rite
27 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile
28 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's
29 Felicia Greer (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing                   4.41
30 Catherine Walberg (USA) Jamba Juice                       4.43
31 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona-Esker                             4.46
32 Melissa Sandborn (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org)    4.48
33 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing                4.52
34 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision                       5.01
35 Laura Resor (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing                     5.21
36 Kate Sherwin (USA) Jamba Juice                            5.26
37 Jennifer Leonard (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance         13.47
38 Jennifer Stevens (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing
39 Amanda Lawrence (USA) CCB
40 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS                                  17.36
41 Brooke O'Connor (USA) Colavita-Bolla Racing              17.48
42 Kerry Cohen (Aus) ABD Cycle Club                         21.16
43 Rook Campbell (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lights         25.10
44 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Ford Racing Team/ Orlando Velo     25.23
45 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW            26.21
46 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis                               31.04
DNF Laura Vangilder (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
DNF Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
DNF Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team
DNF Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger
DNF Kelly Benjamin (USA) ABD Cycle Club
DNF Nicole Freedman (USA) Basis
DNF Becky Broeder (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org)
DNF Erika Schwarz (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing
DNF Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
DNF Sophie St. Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's
 
Sprint
 
1 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS                                         5 pts
2 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker                               3
3 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS                                         2
4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger                         1
 

General classification after stage 5
 
1 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team                 7.44.55
2 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                     1.03
3 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker                              1.16
4 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS                                      2.05
5 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite                            2.30
6 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                        3.14
7 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile                               3.15
8 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger                   3.40
9 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                    6.23
10 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona-Esker                             7.03
11 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker                           7.38
12 Sarah Konrad (USA) Basis                                  7.48
13 Stacy Peters (USA) T-Mobile                               8.11
14 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile                              8.17
15 Kori Kelly (USA) Diet Rite                                9.20
16 Lara Kroepsca (USA) T-Mobile                              9.35
17 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS                                10.12
18 Megan Long (USA) Jamba Juice                             10.43
19 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing               11.20
20 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona-Esker                           11.25
21 Carrie Tuck (USA) Rona-Esker                             12.07
22 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS                                    12.39
23 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's           12.41
24 Kristin Johnson (USA) T-Mobile                           13.04
25 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Goldy's
26 Sarah Tillotson (USA) ABD Cycle Club                     13.14
27 Jo Kiesanowski (NZl) Diet Rite
28 Tania Duff-Miller (NZl) Diet Rite                        13.28
29 Catherine Walberg (USA) Jamba Juice                      13.34
30 Laura Schmidt (USA) Terry Precision                      13.45
31 Felicia Greer (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing                  13.50
32 Kate Sherwin (USA) Jamba Juice                           13.57
33 Melissa Sandborn (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org)   14.07
34 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger               14.45
35 Laura Resor (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing                    15.32
36 Erin Carter (Can) TDS                                    18.37
37 Jennifer Leonard (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance         22.21
38 Amanda Lawrence (USA) CCB                                22.36
39 Jennifer Stevens (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing               26.10
40 Brooke O'connor (USA) Colavita-Bolla Racing              26.15
41 April Henderson Anderson (USA) Helens/Trek/VW            34.46
42 Elizabeth Morse (USA) Ford Racing Team/ Orlando Velo     35.46
43 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS                                  36.18
44 Rook (USA) Hi Tech Bikes/Harbour Lights                  36.52
45 Kerry Cohen (USA) ABD Cycle Club                         40.57
46 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis                               42.20
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS                                        40 pts
2 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team                      20
3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                      18
4 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker                                17
5 Jennifer Stevens (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing                   15
6 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                       15
7 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Diet Rite                              13
8 Stacy Peters (USA) T-Mobile                                  10
9 Melissa Sandborn (USA) ICO (intermountain Cycling Org)        9
10 Helen Kelly (Aus) TDS                                        7
11 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) VANIQA/Red 5 Racing                   7
12 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona-Esker                              3
13 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS                                    3
14 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                          3
15 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger                     3
16 Katrina Grove (USA) T-Mobile                                 3
17 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile                                 3
18 Megan Long (USA) Jamba Juice                                 2
19 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona-Esker                               2
20 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona-Esker                                1
21 Lara Kroepsca (USA) T-Mobile                                 1