April 29/09 20:09 pm - Tour for the Gila: Stage 1 results (top 50)
Posted by on 04/29/09
Levi Leipheimer won the first stage of the 23rd SRAM Tour of the Gila from Silver City to Mogollon (151 km/94.1 mi). With the start of the Tour of Italy just ten days away, Leipheimer is clearly doing more than a tune-up for Italy. Under the flag of Mellow Johnny's, Lance Armstrong's Austin bike shop, Leipheimer sprang from the pack on the final climb to Fort Bayard. Second place went to Peter Stetina (Felt) and third to Chris Baldwin of Rock Racing.
With the dramatic backdrop of the southwest desert of New Mexico playing out before the riders, Armstrong and teammate Chris Horner made their return to racing after accidents in March took them from the racing peloton. Once the three-mile final climb pitched up Armstrong and Leipheimer lead five others away from the field, including Baldwin, Stetina and Rory Sutherland (OUCH). Armstrong led Leipheimer up the climb before the Tour of California and Tour of Castilla y León winner Leipheimer launched with two miles to go and took the win.
"As we only knew since yesterday that we would participate here, we started with small ambitions, but when you feel good and you have a winner's mentality, it is difficult to stay quiet in the peloton", commented Leipheimer. "I like to win and Lance motivated me to jump away on the final climb. I have no team here to control the race for me, but I will try to defend this nice red leader's jersey", concluded Levi Leipheimer after his sixth victory of the season.
Astana press release
Stage 1: Silver City to Mogollon Road Race
| Pro Women (117.6 km) | |
| 1 Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Test Team) | 3:40:42 |
| 2 Katheryn Mattis (Webcor Builders) | at 0:36 |
| 3 Alisha Welsh (PCIM) | 0:48 |
| 4 Cath Cheatley (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 0:52 |
| 5 Leah Goldstein (Valueact Capital Cycling Team) | 1:06 |
| 6 Robin Farina (Valueact Capital Cycling Team) | 1:07 |
| 7 Christina Ruiter (Valueact Capital Cycling Team) | 1:08 |
| 8 Rebecca Much (Webcor Builders) | 1:21 |
| 9 Alison Powers (Team Type 1) | 1:23 |
| 10 Tiffany Cromwell (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 1:46 |
| 11 Anne Samplonius (Team Lip Smacker) | 1:55 |
| 12 Nicole Evans (Valueact Capital Cycling Team) | 2:13 |
| 13 Kelly McDonald (Touchstone Climbing Racing) | 2:25 |
| 14 Kristin Sanders (Valueact Capital Cycling Team) | 2:29 |
| 15 Andrea Dvorak (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 2:32 |
| 16 Marisa Asplund (Dft P/b Treads) | 2:47 |
| 17 Nikki Butterfield (Webcor Builders) | 2:53 |
| 18 Carla Swart (Team Lip Smacker) | 2:55 |
| 19 Nina Baum (Cannondale Factory Racing) | 3:11 |
| 20 Susannah Gordon (Colobikelaw.com) | 3:16 |
| 21 Sydney Brown (DFT p/b Treads) | 3:23 |
| 22 Heather Sborz (Specialized D4w/bicycle Haus) | 3:29 |
| 23 Chloe Forsman (Luna Pro Team) | 3:36 |
| 24 Gabriela Ferrat (Metromint Cycling) | 3:37 |
| 25 Terrie Clouse (Colobikelaw.com) | 3:37 |
| 26 Kelli Emmett (Giant Bicycles) | 3:40 |
| 27 Stacy Marple (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 3:48 |
| 28 Alexis Rhodes (Webcor Builders) | 3:55 |
| 29 Tracey Jacobs (Gs Boulder) | 4:29 |
| 30 Alison Littlefield (Contender Bicycles) | 4:37 |
| 31 Lisa Tumminello (Colobikelaw.com) | 4:56 |
| 32 Gwen Inglis (Dft P/b Treads) | 5:02 |
| 33 Amanda Miller (Team Lip Smacker) | 5:04 |
| 34 Ruth Clemence (Touchstone) | 5:10 |
| 35 Lauren Edwards (Absolute Racing) | 5:20 |
| 36 Sharon Allpress (Valueact Capital Cycling Team) | 5:21 |
| 37 Toni Bradshaw (Team Lip Smacker) | 5:21 |
| 38 Kathyrn Bertine (Specialized D4w/bicycle Haus) | 5:34 |
| 39 Rachel Heal (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 5:34 |
| 40 Megan Hottman (Dft P/b Treads) | 5:38 |
| 41 Molly van Houweling (Metromint Cycling) | 5:48 |
| 42 Marilyn McDonald (Specialized D4w/bicycle Haus) | 6:10 |
| 43 Lindsey Bishop (Colobikelaw.com) | 6:13 |
| 44 Olivia Dillon (Touchstone Climbing) | 6:19 |
| 45 Cara Gillis (Touchstone Climbing) | 6:33 |
| 46 Trish Cohen (Independent) | 6:36 |
| 47 Gina Grain (Webcor Builders) | 6:38 |
| 48 Hilary Billington (Team Lip Smacker) | 6:53 |
| 49 Amy Dombroski (Webcor Builders) | 7:30 |
| 50 Melanie Meyers (Specialized D4w/bicycle Haus) | 7:34 |
| 51 Ambre Levy (Dft P/b Treads) | 7:45 |
| 52 Catherine Dickson (Metro Phx) | 7:47 |
| 53 Daniela Gandara (Ten Speed Drive) | 8:01 |
| 54 Ashley Anderson (Proman Hit Squad) | 8:20 |
| 55 Anny Henry (Metromint Cycling) | 8:52 |
| Pro Men (151.4 km) | |
| 1 Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's) | 3:36:02 |
| 2 Peter Stetina (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin-) | 0:49 |
| 3 Christopher Baldwin (Ind) | 1:00 |
| 4 Matt Cooke (RideClean) | 1:12 |
| 5 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling) | 1:18 |
| 6 Florian Stalder (Team B) | 1:23 |
| 7 Rory Sutherland (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | 1:36 |
| 8 Lance Armstrong (Mellow Johnny's) | 1:40 |
| 9 Tyler Wren (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 1:46 |
| 10 Scott Nydam (Team B) | |
| 11 Chad Beyer (Team B) | both s.t. |
| 12 Matthew Busche (ISCorp Cycling Team/Nova) | 1:52 |
| 13 Philip Zajicek (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation) | 2:00 |
| 14 Francois Parisien (Planet Energy Pro) | 2:12 |
| 15 John Hunt (California Giant-Specialized) | 2:16 |
| 16 Alex Howes (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin-) | 2:28 |
| 17 Darren Lill (Team Type 1) | 2:31 |
| 18 Benjamin Kneller (Ciclismo Racing) | 2:34 |
| 19 Scott Tietzel (DLP Racing) | 2:41 |
| 20 Michael Grabinger (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation) | |
| 21 Cameron Evans (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | |
| 22 Ian MacGregor (Team Type 1) | |
| 23 Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | |
| 24 Jesse Moore (California Giant-Specialized) | |
| 25 Anthony Colby (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | all s.t. |
| 26 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) | 2:47 |
| 27 Bjorn Selander (Trek Livestrong) | 2:55 |
| 28 John Eisinger (Ciclismo Racing) | 2:59 |
| 29 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling) | 3:07 |
| 30 Andrew Talansky (Amore & Vita-McDonald's) | 3:13 |
| 31 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) | 3:16 |
| 32 Luis Amaran (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 3:22 |
| 33 David Glick (RideClean) | 3:23 |
| 34 Corey Collier (Team Rio Grande) | 3:29 |
| 35 Chris Horner (Mellow Johnny's) | 3:40 |
| 36 Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling) | 3:42 |
| 37 Julian Kyer (Trek Livestrong) | 3:46 |
| 38 Tim Johnson (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | 3:48 |
| 39 Michael Olheiser (Warp9bikes.com/tristar) | s.t. |
| 40 Bill Demong (Incycle) | 3:53 |
| 41 Dan Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 3:56 |
| 42 Aaron Pool (Lincoln Industries) | 4:09 |
| 43 Vincent Owens (Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles) | 4:13 |
| 44 Chris Jones (Team Type1) | 4:19 |
| 45 Floyd Landis (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | 4:26 |
| 46 Daniel Vaillancourt (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | |
| 47 Roman Kilun (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | |
| 48 Ian Tuttle (Above Category Racing) | |
| 49 Kris Lunning (Above Category Racing) | |
| 50 Eric Slack (Bobs-Bicycles.com) | |
| 51 Chris Hong (Bobs-Bicycles.com) | |
| 52 Ben King (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation) | |
| 53 Jesse DeKrey (Incycle) | |
| 54 Jonathan Mumford (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
| 55 Justin England (California Giant-Specialized) | |
| 56 Flavio De Luna (Aguascalientes) | |
| 57 Jared Gilyard (RideClean) | |
| 58 Nick Fey (Ciclismo Racing) | all s.t. |
| 59 Carson Miller (Land Rover-ORBEA) | 4:47 |
| 60 Bradley White (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | 4:51 |
| 61 Blair Berbert (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV) | s.t. |
| 62 Alexander Hagman (Ciclismo Racing) | 4:57 |
| 63 James Mattis (California Giant-Specialized) | 5:02 |
| 64 Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) | 5:06 |
| 65 Eddy Kwon (ZteaM Elite) | 5:08 |
| 66 Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande) | 5:14 |
| 67 Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) | 5:18 |
| 68 Zachary Tittensor (Incycle) | 5:30 |
| 69 Joshua Bartlett (Land Rover-ORBEA) | 5:33 |
| 70 Paul Esposti (Ciclismo Racing) | 5:46 |
| 71 Jeff Hartman (Incycle) | 5:52 |
| 72 Evan Hyde (Incycle) | 5:54 |
| 73 James Gunn-Wilkinson (Nytro Racing) | 5:57 |
| 74 Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) | 6:05 |
| 75 Ben King (Trek Livestrong) | |
| 76 Shawn Milne (Team Type1) | |
| 77 Walker Savidge (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin-) | |
| 78 Andrew Guptill (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | |
| 79 Taylor Sheldon (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin-) | all s.t. |
| 80 Chris Turner (Above Category Racing) | 6:17 |
| 81 Josh Liberles (Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles) | 6:18 |
| 82 Stefano Barberi (BOULDER) | 6:22 |
| 83 Clay Mufret (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
| 84 Zach Watson (Athletes by Design Cycling) | s.t. |
| 85 Caleb Fairly (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin-) | 6:26 |
| 86 Patrick McCarty (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | 6:30 |
| 87 Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | s.t. |
| 88 Cristian Velasquez (Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles) | 6:40 |
| 89 Brad Cole (Ciclismo Racing) | 6:46 |
| 90 Sergio Hernandez (EL SEGUNDO) | |
| 91 Stefan Rothe (Warp9bikes.com/Tristar) | both s.t. |
| 92 Taylor Phinney (Trek Livestrong) | 6:50 |
| 93 Ben Day (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation) | |
| 94 John Chodroff (OUCH Pro Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) | |
| 95 Mike Northey (Land Rover-ORBEA) | |
| 96 Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling) | all s.t. |
| 97 Luis Zamudio (Incycle) | 7:21 |
| 98 Ryan Baumann (Trek Livestrong) | s.t. |
| 99 Tim Henry (DLP Racing) | 7:31 |
| 100 Alfredo Cruz (Auto-Tec) | s.t. |
| 101 Scott Davis (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation) | 7:41 |
| 102 Brandon Lynch (Bobs-Bicycles.com) | 7:51 |
| 103 Jacob Mueller (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV) | 7:53 |
| 104 Graham Howard (Bissell Pro Cycling) | 7:55 |
| 105 Tim Srenaski (Rocky Mountain Elite Cycling) | 8:04 |
| 106 Sheldon Deeny (Bissell Pro Cycling) | 8:10 |
| 107 Zachary Allison (Rocky Mountain Bicycles Elite) | 8:14 |
| 108 Travis Hagner (Warp9bikes.com/Tristar) | s.t. |
| 109 Anibal Borrajo (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | 8:43 |
| 110 Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
| 111 Jacob Erker (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
| 112 Jesse Sergent (Trek Livestrong) | |
| 113 Lucas Haedo (Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light) | all s.t. |
| 114 Tiago DePaula (DLP Racing) | 8:52 |
| 115 Guy East (Trek Livestrong) | 9:09 |
| 116 Hayden Brooks (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation) | s.t. |
| 117 Tucker Olander (RMCEF Racing/Westside) | 9:14 |
| 118 Mike Sohm (Specialized/Porcupine Racing) | 9:34 |
| 119 Logan Garey (Team Rio Grande) | 9:36 |
| 120 Sam Johnson (hagens berman) | 9:40 |
| 121 Jaime Gandara (Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy) | 9:49 |
| 122 Jose Orellana (Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles) | 9:57 |
| 123 Alister Ratcliff (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) | 10:02 |
| 124 Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling) | 10:52 |
| 125 Phillip Mann (Ciclismo Racing) | 11:17 |
| 126 Ron Jensen (RideClean) | 11:19 |
| 127 Chris Winn (RMCEF/WestSide Cycling) | 11:29 |
| 128 Osvaldo Olmos (California Giant-Specialized) | 11:35 |
| 129 Tad Hamilton (Bobs-Bicycles.com) | 12:00 |
| 130 Aaron Tuckerman (Land Rover-ORBEA) | |
| 131 Neil Shirley (Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
| 132 Roman Van Uden (Land Rover-ORBEA) | |
| 133 Sam Bewley (Trek Livestrong) | all s.t. |
| 134 Evan Elken (Land Rover-ORBEA) | 12:09 |
| 135 Scott Wenzel (Team Rio Grande) | 12:19 |
| 136 Bryson Bowers (JetFuel coffee) | 12:27 |
| 137 Logan Hunn (Land Rover-ORBEA) | 12:29 |
| 138 Colt Trant (Matrix/RBM) | 13:28 |
| 139 Bruno Langlois (Planet Energy Pro) | 13:50 |
| 140 Keven Lacombe (Planet Energy Pro) | 13:52 |
| 141 Ian Holt (RMCEF/Westside Cycling) | 14:13 |
| 142 Daniel Workman (Ciclismo Racing) | s.t. |
| 143 Alessandro Bazzana (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation) | 14:42 |
| 144 Darrell O'Quinn (warp9bikes.com/TriStar) | 14:55 |
| 145 Derek Loudermilk (Horizon Organic p/b Prerace.com) | 15:22 |
| 146 Ryan Roth (Planet Energy Pro) | 15:46 |
| 147 Andrew Randell (Planet Energy Pro) | 15:47 |
| 148 David Duncan (DLP Racing) | 15:52 |
| 149 Bradley Gehrig (Cole Sport Racing) | 16:21 |
| 150 Travis Sherman (Warp9bikes.com/Tristar) | 17:00 |
| 151 Emiliano Jordan (Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles) | 17:47 |
| 152 Maxime Vives (Planet Energy Pro) | 18:21 |
| 153 Kevin Hazzard (JetFuel Coffee) | 18:43 |
| 154 Corey Carlson (Team Rio Grande) | 30:13 |
| OTL Danny Bennet (Cyclescience) | 58:21 |
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