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Tri-Peaks Challenge - NE

Russellville, Arkansas, May 19-21, 2006

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Stage 3 - May 21: Road race, 135km/84miles

Bajadali and Heal finish on top at Tri-Peaks

by Mark Zalewski, North American editor with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins

Stevic wins stage but Bajadali takes overall

The gamble that Toyota-United took yesterday in letting a large breakaway gain more than two minutes on then race leader Ivan Stevic backfired today as Andy Bajadali(Jelly Belly) hung with Stevic to the line in the final stage of the Tri-Peaks Challence. "The guy did a phenomenal job," Toyota-United's team director Harm Jansen said of Bajadali's performance. "Both of the guys performed way beyond expectations."

Bajadali was one of the twenty-two riders in yesterday's breakaway which also contained three Toyota-United riders. "Yesterday in the break we had Baldwin, Blackgrove and the leader on the road Dominguez," said Jansen. "It was a tough decision whether to let them go or bring it back. But we didn't expect Bajadali to climb as well as he did. But it was good to see those two guys out climb the Scott Moningers and Nathan O'Neills of the race."

Bajadali needed only to stay within two minutes of Stevic to take the overall victory. This is the first win for the Jelly Belly team during the two weekend Arkansas swing of races which comes close to their sponsor Orbea USA.

Breon solos to stage victory

Cheerwine rider Charm Breon made a solo break for it just seventeen miles into the final stage over Mt. Petite Jean. "Basically I was sitting on the front up Mt. Petite Jean and my legs felt good," said Breon. "I didn't have a break away in mind at all. I just road and realized I had a gap and just took advantage of it because I was so far back [thirteen minutes] on the general classification -- I never thought in a million years that I would have stayed away."

Breon progressively made time on the field through out the remaining sixty-seven miles of the race. Teams behind made many attempts to bridge to Breon but none were successful. Team Victory Brewing sent a team of seven riders to the front to make sure that the gap did not grow to the point of losing their leaders jersey.

The gap between Breon and the field grew to a maximum of eight minutes before reaching the left hand turn to Mt. Nebo. A chase group of three riders: Cheerwine's Holli Steelman, Colavita-Cooking Light's Audrey Lemieux, and Victory Brewing's Katharine Carroll made their way off of the front remaining in limbo at three and a half minutes in front of the peloton and four minutes behind Breon before being caught up the finishing climb.

In the peloton Webcor rider Alisha Lions made her attack at the base of the climb bringing with her the race leader Rachel Heal. Lions crossed the line in second place for the stage and the general classification, thirty seconds ahead of Heal.

Breon commented on her solo win as being unbelievable. "When I finally made the left turn to Mt. Nebo. I thought: is there a possibility I could win? I knew that I had gained four minutes on the group behind me but I thought that was the whole field because no one told me it was a small group of three chasing me. I didn't know I had eight minutes on the rest of the peloton. Once I saw one kilometer to go I thought: great I am going to win. You just never know you are going to win until you have actually won."

"In a nutshell it was pure hell -- what more can you say when you are by yourself for sixty miles."

Results

Men
 
1 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United                                 
2 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                               
3 Ian Ayers (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home                
4 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United                               
5 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                       
6 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net pb Maxxis                       
7 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home            
8 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                            
9 Prokic Predrag (SCG) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                     
10 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health                          
11 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                         
12 Robbie King (USA) Priority Health                              
13 Matthew Cooke (USA) LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies               
14 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United                                  
15 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United                             
16 Paul Esposti (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage                    
17 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Rubicon/Gleukos                          
18 Brian Dziewa (USA) Mercy Cycling                               
19 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD                                       
20 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly                                 
21 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis                         
22 Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Monex                               
23 Zach Bell (Can) Rite Aid                                       
24 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman                 
25 Janne Hamalainen (USA) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen                   
26 Reid Mumford (USA) ABD                                         
27 Duane Dickey (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance                   
28 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health                             
29 Chad Cagle (USA) Mercy Cycling                                 
30 Ryan Trebon (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                       
31 Noah Singer (USA) Mercy Cycling                                
32 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United                               
33 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                 
34 Bruno Langlois (Can) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                    
35 Ben Raby (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance                       
36 Oscar Henao (PRc) Caico                                        
37 Alex Welch (USA) Mercy Cycling                                 
38 Tero Hameenaho (Fin) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen                     
39 Alexander Gonzalez (Col) Caico                                 
40 Edward King (USA) Priority Health                              
41 Brad Viera (USA) Rite Aid                                      
42 Jason Woods (USA) Dogfish                                      
43 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                         
44 Joel Dion Poitras (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                       
45 Mike Ebert (USA) ABD                                           
46 Franco Font (PRc) Caico                                        
47 John Delong (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling                         
48 Ryan Keels (USA) Compliance Depot                              
49 Abe McNutt (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno                
50 Jean Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                   
51 Joel Charles (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage                    
52 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                  
53 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman                       
54 Joseph Carpisassi (USA) E.C. Velo Racing                       
55 Brian Wyrick (USA) HHH/MSU                                     
56 Scott Veggeberg (USA) Compliance Depot                         
57 Shane Densmore (USA) Compliance Depot                          
58 Frank Breure (USA) MMW/CARVE                                   
59 Eudaldo Asencio (PRc) Caico                                    
60 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health                               
61 Mat Ankney (USA) Mercy Cycling                                 
62 Scott Barnes (USA) Boston Mountain Cyclists                    
63 Emmanuel Suarez (USA) Monex                                    
64 Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                            
65 Zak Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home           
66 Erik Lyman (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                              
67 Ryan Heydenrych (USA) Mercy Cycling                            
68 Ryan Nenninger (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance                 
69 Ruben Borrero (PRc) Caico                                      
70 Edwin Ramos (PRc) Caico                                        
71 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF                               
72 Bryce Mead (USA) ABD                                           
73 Christopher Jones (USA) Champion System                        
74 Justin Jackson (USA) MATRIX                                    
75 Juan Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United                                 
76 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Priority Health                          
77 Russell Langley (USA) Rite Aid                                 
78 Ryan Fiddler (USA) Mercy Cycling                               
79 Eric Marcotte (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance                  
80 Emile Abraham (Tri) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                     
81 Mark Hekman (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno               
82 Tracy Martin (USA) Raising Canes                               
83 Christoph Herby (USA) Rite Aid                                 
84 Peter Fairbanks (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance                
85 Brooke Boocock (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                          
86 Martin Adamczyk (USA) Lot/Polish Airlines                      
87 Hugh Moran (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                        
88 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Rubicon/Gleukos                             
89 Andy Applegate (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno            
90 Aarow Smathers (USA) Specialized                               
91 Glenn Fant (USA) Monex                                         
92 Solomon Woras (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman                  
93 Scott Walnofer (USA) Boston Mountain Cyclists                  
94 Anuthee Huffstetter (USA) Compliance Depot                     
95 Pleasure Jackson (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman               
96 Chad Nikolz (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman                    
97 Ryan Gamm (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno                 
98 Jered Gruber (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno              
99 Mat Stephens (USA) Mercy Cycling                               
100 Steven Grife (USA) Boston Mountain Cyclists                   
101 Richard Speer (USA) Rubicon/Gleukos                           
102 Eric Keim (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                        
103 Nathan Miller (USA) Monex                                     
104 Charly Vives (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                           
105 Frank Travieso (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                   
106 Devon Vigus (USA) Monex                                       
107 Jake Rubelt (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                      
108 Derek Laan (USA) Purdue University                            
109 Keith Franklin (USA) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen                    
110 Malachi Peacock (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno          
 
Women
 
1 Charm Breon (USA) Cheerwine                                     
2 Alisha Lion (USA) Webcor-Platinum                               
3 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                               
4 Brooke Ourada (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                      
5 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing                              
6 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing                              
7 Kristin Sanders (USA) Cheerwine                                 
8 Sima Trapp (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                         
9 Holli Steelman (USA) Cheerwine                                  
10 Sarah Tillotson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                   
11 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing                          
12 Amanda Lawrence (USA) North Atlantic Velo                      
13 Tracie Akerhielm (USA) Compliance Depot                        
14 Robin Farina (USA) Team Kenda Tire                             
15 Jennifer Manefield (Aus) Cheerwine                             
16 Tara Ross (Can) Victory Brewing                                
17 Pamela Hinton (USA) dent wizard                                
18 Mandy Lozano (USA) Cheerwine                                   
19 Abby Cooper (USA) Team Kenda Tire                              
20 Shannon Koch (USA) Compliance Depot                            
21 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Colavita/Cooking Light                    
22 Mary Downing (USA) Team Kenda Tire                             
23 Katy Ligler (USA) Team Kenda Tire                              
24 Elizabeth Frye (USA) Cheerwine                                 
25 Caroline Soong (USA) Team Kenda Tire                           
26 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing                        
27 Maegan Daigler (USA) JR Engineering                            
28 Rebecca Gross (USA) Armed Forces                               
29 Jenny Trew (USA) Team Kenda Tirew                              
30 Stacey Bertsch (USA) Mercy Cycling Team                        
31 Kim Geist (USA) Victory Brewing                                
32 Laura Yoisten (Can) Victory Brewing                            
33 Laura Bowles (USA) Victory Brewing                             
 
Final general classifications
 
Men
 
1 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                        8.06.53
2 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United                           0.30
3 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United                          0.46
4 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home        0.49
5 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                        1.03
6 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health                       1.18
7 Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Monex                                
8 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                      1.19
9 Matthew Cooke (USA) LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies            1.29
10 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United                            1.48
11 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis                     1.53
12 Bruno Langlois (Can) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                1.58
13 Reid Mumford (USA) ABD                                     2.15
14 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health                         2.27
15 Ryan Trebon (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                   2.38
16 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net pb Maxxis                  2.53
17 Ian Ayers (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home           3.19
18 Alexander Gonzalez (Col) Caico                             3.28
19 Robbie King (USA) Priority Health                          3.29
20 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                  3.30
21 Frank Dierking (USA) ABD                                   3.38
22 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Rubicon/Gleukos                      3.49
23 Franco Font (PRc) Caico                                    3.55
24 Prokic Predrag (SCG) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                3.58
25 Zach Bell (Can) Rite Aid                                   4.10
26 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United                              4.28
27 Paul Esposti (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage                4.29
28 Brian Dziewa (USA) Mercy Cycling                           4.35
29 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly                             4.43
30 Andrew Fischer (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman             4.53
31 Janne Hamalainen (USA) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen               4.59
32 Chad Cagle (USA) Mercy Cycling                             5.28
33 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United                           5.45
34 Ben Raby (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance                   5.48
35 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                 
36 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                     5.55
37 Oscar Henao (PRc) Caico                                    6.12
38 Alex Welch (USA) Mercy Cycling                             6.18
39 Tero Hameenaho (Fin) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen                     
40 Edward King (USA) Priority Health                          6.22
41 Brad Viera (USA) Rite Aid                                  6.27
42 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                              6.28
43 Mike Ebert (USA) ABD                                       6.45
44 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF                           6.53
45 Duane Dickey (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance               7.03
46 Owen Gue (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman                   7.12
47 Frank Breure (USA) MMW/CARVE                               7.52
48 Mat Ankney (USA) Mercy Cycling                             8.12
49 Bryce Mead (USA) ABD                                       8.23
50 Joel Dion Poitras (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                   8.35
51 Zak Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home       8.39
52 Erik Lyman (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                          8.42
53 Abe McNutt (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno            8.51
54 Ryan Nenninger (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance             8.52
55 Jean Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed               8.55
56 Joel Charles (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage                8.56
57 Brian Wyrick (USA) HHH/MSU                                 9.18
58 Emile Abraham (Tri) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                 9.26
59 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health                           9.35
60 Scott Veggeberg (USA) Compliance Depot                     9.40
61 Shane Densmore (USA) Compliance Depot                          
62 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Priority Health                      9.55
63 Eudaldo Asencio (PRc) Caico                                    
64 Juan Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United                                 
65 Noah Singer (USA) Mercy Cycling                           10.06
66 Scott Barnes (USA) Boston Mountain Cyclists               10.13
67 Mark Hekman (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno          10.17
68 Emmanuel Suarez (USA) Monex                               10.22
69 Peter Fairbanks (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance           10.30
70 Brooke Boocock (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                     10.35
71 Jason Woods (USA) Dogfish                                 10.53
72 Hugh Moran (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                   11.06
73 John Delong (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling                    11.16
74 Andy Applegate (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno       11.21
75 Aarow Smathers (USA) Specialized                          11.24
76 Glenn Fant (USA) Monex                                    11.39
77 Joseph Carpisassi (USA) E.C. Velo Racing                  11.44
78 Ryan Fiddler (USA) Mercy Cycling                          11.51
79 Eric Marcotte (USA) Bianchi/Grand Performance             11.52
80 Chad Nikolz (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman               12.11
81 Jered Gruber (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno         12.45
82 Martin Adamczyk (USA) Lot/Polish Airlines                 12.49
83 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Rubicon/Gleukos                        13.12
84 Solomon Woras (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman             13.21
85 Ruben Borrero (PRc) Caico                                 13.24
86 Edwin Ramos (PRc) Caico                                   13.37
87 Eric Keim (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                    13.51
88 Christopher Jones (USA) Champion System                   14.08
89 Frank Travieso (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork               14.09
90 Justin Jackson (USA) MATRIX                               14.11
91 Ryan Gamm (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno            14.42
92 Tracy Martin (USA) Raising Canes                          14.51
93 Nathan Miller (USA) Monex                                 16.06
94 Devon Vigus (USA) Monex                                   17.09
95 Richard Speer (USA) Rubicon/Gleukos                       17.52
96 Russell Langley (USA) Rite Aid                            23.04
97 Pleasure Jackson (USA) Broadmark / Hagens-Berman          23.27
98 Mat Stephens (USA) Mercy Cycling                          24.09
99 Christoph Herby (USA) Rite Aid                            27.11
100 Ryan Heydenrych (USA) Mercy Cycling                      30.02
101 Steven Grife (USA) Boston Mountain Cyclists              32.19
102 Derek Laan (USA) Purdue University                       34.29
103 Scott Walnofer (USA) Boston Mountain Cyclists            36.02
104 Ryan Keels (USA) Compliance Depot                        39.11
105 Charly Vives (Can) Calyon-LiteSpeed                      43.40
106 Jake Rubelt (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                 45.10
107 Malachi Peacock (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch pb Inferno     47.47
108 Keith Franklin (USA) CTCA / Tulsa Wheelmen             1.09.03
 
Women
 
1 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                               
2 Alisha Lion (USA) Webcor-Platinum                               
3 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing                              
4 Kate Sherwin (USA) Victory Brewing                              
5 Brooke Ourada (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                      
6 Kristin Sanders (USA) Cheerwine                                 
7 Sarah Tillotson (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                    
8 Sima Trapp (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light                         
9 Tara Ross (Can) Victory Brewing                                 
10 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing                          
11 Jennifer Manefield (Aus) Cheerwine                             
12 Amanda Lawrence (USA) North Atlantic Velo                      
13 Tracie Akerhielm (USA) Compliance Depot                        
14 Robin Farina (USA) Team Kenda Tire                             
15 Charm Breon (USA) Cheerwine                                    
16 Pamela Hinton (USA) dent wizard                                
17 Mandy Lozano (USA) Cheerwine                                   
18 Abby Cooper (USA) Team Kenda Tire                              
19 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Colavita/Cooking Light                    
20 Mary Downing (USA) Team Kenda Tire                             
21 Katy Ligler (USA) Team Kenda Tire                              
22 Elizabeth Frye (USA) Cheerwine                                 
23 Caroline Soong (USA) Team Kenda Tire                           
24 Kim Geist (USA) Victory Brewing                                
25 Holli Steelman (USA) Cheerwine                                 
26 Shannon Koch (USA) Compliance Depot                            
27 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing                        
28 Maegan Daigler (USA) JR Engineering                            
29 Jenny Trew (USA) Team Kenda Tirew                              
30 Laura Yoisten (Can) Victory Brewing                            
31 Stacey Bertsch (USA) Mercy Cycling Team                        
32 Rebecca Gross (USA) Armed Forces                               
33 Laura Bowles (USA) Victory Brewing