March 26/07 12:24 pm - Redlands Bicycle Classic Final Stage & GC

Posted by Editoress on 03/26/07
 

Redlands Bicycle Classic - California

Casey Gibson Photo Galleries - Stage 2, Stage 3

Reports courtesy organizers

The 2007 Redlands Classic, presented by PossAbilities came to a climatic conclusion today in the hills of South Redlands. In the end, Jelly Belly's Andrew Bajadali raced across the finish, clenching top honors.

The Stage 3 Beaver Medical Group Sunset Road Race was the final chance for teams to push to the front. Scott Moninger and his BMC team came to the line of defense for their lead in the general classification. Health Net, presented by Maxxis, and Jelly Belly had other plans as the stage race hit the first of 12 climbs, corners, and high speeds. Nine riders got away without Moninger represented in the break. When BMC started to fade, Health Net, presented by Maxxis rode to the font, keeping the tempo high. As they held on to their 20 seconds, Tim Johnson bridged across to make it two HealthNet Net riders at the front.

Back in town, in front of thousands of spectators, the five finishing circuit laps produced added excitement. Bajadali cruised to the overall first, while Health Net's Rory Sutherland took the stage race. HealthNet Net, presented by Maxxis won the team competition. Grand Terrace's resident Kayle Leogrande of Rock Racing held on for green sprint jersey honors, and Scott Moninger took the red climber's jersey.

This was Bajadali's first win at the Redlands Classic. "Motivation played a huge part," said Bajadali. "I wanted to step up and boost my team's morale. I couldn't have done it without my team. Alex Candelario pulled off and just killed it. It was all it took for me to take off. This is a career highlight for me."

The crowd was on edge as some of the country's top female riders powered through the finish line at the final stage of the women's competition at the Redlands Bicycle Classic as. Kim Anderson of T-Mobile closed the 3-day battle, seizing the 6.2 mile circuit course victory. Mara Abbott of Webcor took a close second with Amber Neban from STAHL/SC Velo closing off the top three.

The Sunset road course is 9 laps of a 6.2 mile distance of considerable climbing. "The race was incredibly fast with a lot of attacks prior to the first KOM climb," said Jill McLaughlin from ValueAct Capital. "It was a strong, fast race with no room for bad handling. It was strung out for the most part. Two laps into it Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Tina Pic broke away and then a group of four others chased. There was a group of 20 that splintered into 10 riders and then the rest shadowed. It was a power race."


Stage 3 - Sunset Road Race

Men - 146 km

1 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis 3:25:34
2 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance
3 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro
4 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health p/b Bissell
5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
6 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream/Chipolte
7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
8 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
9 Tim Johnson (USA) Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis
10 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team all s.t.

15 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team at 3:55
20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis s.t.
45 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 15:01
53 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
60 Geoff Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team both s.t.

Final GC

1 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 9:12:55
2 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance at 0:10
3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health p/b Bissell 0:30
4 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro 0:58
5 Tom Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream/Chipolte 1:00
6 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis 1:23
7 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 1:31
8 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 1:36
9 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:26
10 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream/Chipolte 3:27

12 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3:37
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis 4:12
16 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4:20
17 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5:01
47 Geoff Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 19:42
48 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 19:51
61 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 27:32

Mountains Classification

1 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 13 points
2 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 13
3 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 12
4 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health p/b Bissell 11
5 Tim Johnson (USA) Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis 10

8 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 8
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis 5
14 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5
14 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5

Team GC

1 Team Healthnet p/b Maxxis 27:16:04
2 Team Slipstream/Chipotle at 2:47
3 Symmetrics Cycling Team 5:09
4 Toyota-United Pro 8:15
5 Navigators Insurance 11:14

Women - 116 km

1 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Women 2:52:26
2 Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders
3 Amber Neben (USA) STAHL/SC Velo
4 Kori Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton all s.t.
5 Lauren Franges (USA) TEAm Lipton at 1:17
6 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Women
7 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com
8 Leigh Hobson (Can) Team Cheerwine
9 Stacy Marple (USA) Team TIBCO
10 Allison Powers (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light

11 Felicia Gomez (Can) Aaron's Corporate Furnishings all s.t.
41 Alison Testroete (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 18:26
45 Anne Guzman (Can) Team Kenda Tire 35:00
48 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com
69 Julie Marceau (Can) Team Bikehugger / TRIA 1:00:00
82 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 2:15:00
DNF Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
DNF Laura Yoisten (Can) Webcor Builders

Final GC

1 Amber Neben (USA) STAHL/SC Velo 7:33:46
2 Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders at 0:29
3 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 3:00
4 Felicia Gomez (Can) Aaron's Corporate Furnishings 3:47
5 Leigh Hobson (Can) Team Cheerwine 3:50
6 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Women 4:15
7 Kori Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton 4:40
8 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 4:45
9 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-Mobile Women 4:58
10 Brooke Ourada (USA) Team Cheerwine 5:19

34 Alison Testroete (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 26:34
47 Anne Guzman (Can) Team Kenda Tire 47:24
54 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 59:32
62 Julie Marceau (Can) Team Bikehugger / TRIA 1:19:58
82 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 2:28:43

Mountains Classification

1 Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders 26 points
2 Amber Neben (USA) STAHL/SC Velo 22
3 Leigh Hobson (Can) Team Cheerwine 20
4 Felicia Gomez (Can) Aaron's Corporate Furnishings 14
5 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders 11

12 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 2

Team GC

1 Webcor Builders 22:17:26
2 T-Mobile Women at 2:09
3 TEAm Lipton 5:01
4 Team Cheerwine 7:14
5 Team TIBCO 9:39

8 Team Expresscopy.com 38:33