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June 12/09 12:48 pm - Nature Valley GP: Men's Stage 3 report, photos and full results


Posted by Editoress on 06/12/09
 

Colavita Olive Oil makes it two in a row as leaders maintain positions in stage 3 of Nature Valley

Report by James Lockwood

Photos

 

One good turn deserves another.

So it was for Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light, who used its two star sprinters to perfection to take its second win in a row in Stage Three of the Nature Valley Grand Prix. After leading out his teammate, Sebastian Haedo, for the win in Wednesday’s Downtown St. Paul Criterium, it was Alejandro Borrajo’s turn to take home the spoils Thursday in the 64-mile Cannon Falls Road Race.

“He came through for me,” Borrajo said of Haedo, his friend of more than 10 years. “With 40 meters to go, Sebastian led out, and it was perfect for me.”

“Ale has been riding good,” said Colavita’s director Sebastian Alexandre. “He has been leading out Sebastian for many races, and today, I told him it was his turn. With the hill at the end, it was a course that was good for him.”

“They are a classy outfit,” said Bissell Pro Cycling’s Peter Latham, who overcame a crash nearly halfway through the race to help his teammate, Tom Zirbel, keep his leader’s jersey.

OUCH-Maxxis’ John Murphy, who finished third on the stage, said Colavita is taking full advantage of the fact that OUCH and Bissell are currently sitting atop the standings while it sits in the wings.

“They’ve got a little more room to win the sprints, and they are doing a good job of it,” Murphy said.

Still, OUCH did not give the win to Colavita. After spending 54 miles in the east central Minnesota farmland staying out of trouble and monitoring attacks, the team entered the two-mile finishing circuit intending to set up Murphy for the win. With three laps to go in the five-lap finish, OUCH went to the front of the peloton to push the pace.

OUCH director Mike Tamayo said it was probably a little too early to go to the front.

Murphy said he got jammed up in the sprint coming off of his teammates’ wheels, but he wasn’t totally disappointed with the finish. His third place came with a six-second time bonus, erasing the six seconds he lost in the second stage crit and moving him into the top five in the overall classification.

“It was good to get a little time back,” he said. “We wanted to try to put a little pressure on Bissell, but it didn’t work out.”

Zirbel kept the leaders’ jersey, maintaining his seven-second lead over OUCH-Maxxis’ Rory Sutherland, but he said the race was not easy for the team. In addition to having Latham hit the deck, Frank Pipp also was involved in the crash. With no breaks allowed to get away, it kept the team on edge the whole race.

“People wanted to get in a break the whole day,” he said. “That just made it hard.”

The most successful break of the day was made by Chad Gerlach, riding for Amore e Vita presented by Life Time Fitness-Velo Vie. After trying twice in the first half of the race, Gerlach finally made a break look promising 31 miles into the race. Soloing for 10 miles, he built a lead of 50 seconds, but with 15 miles to go, it all came back together.

“I just wanted to make the ride harder,” said Gerlach of his non-stop attacks. His effort earned him the Freewheel Bike Most Aggressive Rider jersey. “I had really good legs.”

Alexandre said he was not surprised that no breaks got away. With a rolling course with no real hills, perfect weather conditions, and top teams with an eye for the overall win, he said this is a race of strategy, not necessarily of tradition.

“Today, everyone wanted to sprint. Everybody wanted the stage,” he said. “With three stages coming up, as soon as a team does something wrong, it’s over for them.”

Borrajo said, though, it won’t be over for Colavita.

“We plan to win again,” he said. “It’s important. If we win one more stage, we are maybe on the podium.”

 

Stage 3: Cannon Falls Road Race, 107.02km
1 Alejandro Borrajo (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 2:22:54
2 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
3 John Murphy (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
4 Yuriy Metlushenko (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie)
5 Kenneth Hanson (Team Type1)
6 Charles Huff (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
7 Kirk O'Bee (Bissell Pro Cycling)
8 Peter Latham (Bissell Pro Cycling)
9 Scott Stewart (Team Waste Management)
10 Phillip Mamos (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie)
11 Andrew Pinfold (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
12 Bernard Vanulden (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
13 Karl Menzies (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
14 Anibal Borrajo (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
15 Richard England (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie)
16 Stephen Tilford (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores)
17 Mike Creed (Team Type1)
18 Timothy Johnson (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
19 Rory Sutherland (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
20 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling)
21 Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling)
22 Luis Romero Amaran (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
23 Nick Frey (Ciclismo Racing)
24 Chad Hartley (Team GEARGRINDER)
25 Volodymyr Starchyk (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie)
26 Tyler Wren (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
27 James Stemper (Team GEARGRINDER)
28 Thomas Soladay (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO)
29 Keck Baker (Nature Valley Cycling Team)
30 Eric Schildge (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)
31 Daniel Holt (Team Type1)
32 Josh Dillon (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)
33 Nicholas Clayville (HagensBermanCycling)
34 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
35 Stevie Cullinan (Team Waste Management)
36 Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
37 Robb Bush (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team)
38 Clayton Barrows (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave)
39 Matthew Johnson (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave)
40 Adam Bergman (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team)
41 Chris Hall (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores)
42 Steve Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team)
43 Alexander Hagman (Ciclismo Racing)
44 Will Routley (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
45 Andrew Crater (Wheel & Sprocket)
46 Andrew Talanski (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie)
47 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)
48 Floyd Landis (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
49 Kevin Soller (Team Waste Management)
50 Joey Rosskopf (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com)
51 Anthony Colby (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
52 Jake Hollenbach (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave)
53 Benjamin King (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie)
54 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling Team)
55 Bobby Sweeting (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation)
56 Phil Mann (Ciclismo Racing)
57 K Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling)
58 Nick Keough (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)
59 Rob White (Team GEARGRINDER)
60 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
61 Ryan Parnes (Nature Valley Cycling Team)
62 Kiel Reijnen (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
63 Scottie Weiss (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
64 Matthew (Matt) Winstead (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
65 Roman Kilun (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
66 Jonny Clarke (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
67 Oscar Clark (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com)
68 David Guttenplan (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO)
69 Cody O'Reilly (Bissell Pro Cycling)
70 Mike Northey (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation)
71 Michael Woell (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club)
72 Andy Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)
73 Jim Camut (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation)
74 Ian Stanford (GrandStay Hotels)
75 Zack Stein (IS Corp Cycling Team)
76 Pat Lemieux (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team)
77 Jonathan Mccarty (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
78 Chris Winn (Nature Valley Cycling Team)
79 Justin Lindine (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)
80 Charles Coyle (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com)
81 Paul Esposti (Ciclismo Racing)
82 John Eisinger (Ciclismo Racing)
83 Nicholas Coil (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores)
84 Ian Gray (Ciclismo Racing)
85 Adam Froemming (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club) all s.t.
86 Kennett Peterson (Wheel & Sprocket) 0:28
87 Bryan Mcvey (Richardson Bike Mart) s.t.
88 Adam Farabaugh (Nature Valley Cycling Team) 0:30
89 Jamie Gandara (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
90 Tyler (Ty) Stanfield (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
91 Thomas Brown (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com)
92 Patrick Caro (Nature Valley Cycling Team)
93 Charles Joe Eldridge (Team Type1)
94 Lang Reynolds (HagensBermanCycling)
95 Zachariah Davies (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com)
96 Cody Stevenson (Team Waste Management)
97 Ryan White (Team GEARGRINDER) all s.t.
98 Micah Moran (GrandStay Hotels) 0:42
99 Jason Short (Richardson Bike Mart) s.t.
100 Sean Mazich (Team Waste Management) 0:44
101 James Stangeland (Nature Valley Cycling Team) s.t.
102 Ben Raby (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores) 0:46
103 Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
104 Kyle Wamsley (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
105 Andy Baker (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO)
106 Alex Wieseler (IS Corp Cycling Team)
107 Chad Burdzilauskas (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
108 Bennet Van Der Genugten (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
109 Josh Bartlett (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) all s.t.
110 Carson Miller (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 1:07
111 Andrew Minier (GrandStay Hotels) 1:14
112 Kyle Jacobson (IS Corp Cycling Team) 1:24
113 Dan Ajer (Wheel & Sprocket) 1:59
114 Brian Koeneman (Wheel & Sprocket)
115 Chris Doig (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club) both s.t.
116 Gregg Brandt (Bianchi / Grand Performance) 2:03
117 Benjamin Kneller (Ciclismo Racing) 2:06
118 Colt Trant (Richardson Bike Mart) 2:50
119 Jens Brabbit (GrandStay Hotels) 2:57
120 Jacob Boyce (Bianchi / Grand Performance)
121 Thom Coupe (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)
122 David Zimmermann (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club)
123 Aaron Tuckerman (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation)
124 Anthony Olson (Bianchi / Grand Performance)
125 Timothy Hargrave (Team Type1)
126 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team)
127 Chad Gerlach (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie)
128 Alister Ratcliff (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) all s.t.
129 Daniel Zmolik (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave) 3:27
130 Evan Elken (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 5:13
131 Mike Mathis (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave) s.t.
132 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type1) 5:33
133 William Stolte (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores) 6:35
134 Spencer Beamer (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO) s.t.
135 Sam Johnson (HagensBermanCycling) 6:45
136 Christopher Daifuku (HagensBermanCycling) s.t.
137 Jonathan Parrish (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) 6:49
138 Anthony Bennett (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com)
139 Remi Mcmanus (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
140 Aaron Johnson (HagensBermanCycling) all s.t.
141 Brad Cole (Ciclismo Racing) 6:52
142 Joseph Kukolla (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) 7:12
143 Dave Hackworthy (Bianchi / Grand Performance) 8:07
 
GC
1 Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) 3:33:08
2 Rory Sutherland (Ouch Presented by Maxxis) at 0:07
3 Peter Latham (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:12
4 John Murphy (Ouch Presented by Maxxis) 0:16
5 Karl Menzies (Ouch Presented by Maxxis) 0:20
6 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling) s.t.
7 Mike Creed (Team Type1) 0:22
8 Bernard Vanulden (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) 0:23
9 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 0:25
10 Tyler Wren (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 0:26
11 Andy Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling) s.t.
12 Alejandro Borrajo (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 0:28
13 Timothy Johnson (Ouch Presented by Maxxis) 0:31
14 Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:32
15 Luis Romero Amaran (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) s.t.
16 Nick Frey (Ciclismo Racing) 0:33
17 Matthew Busche (IS Corp Cycling Team) 0:35
18 Kevin Soller (Team Waste Management) 0:37
19 Ian Stanford (GrandStay Hotels) s.t.
20 Will Routley (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) 0:40
21 Roman Kilun (Ouch Presented by Maxxis) 0:42
22 Clayton Barrows (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave) 0:43
23 Charles Huff (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) 0:44
24 Andrew Pinfold (Ouch Presented by Maxxis)
25 Stevie Cullinan (Team Waste Management) both s.t.
26 Bobby Sweeting (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 0:45
27 Floyd Landis (Ouch Presented by Maxxis) 0:47
28 K Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:48
29 Anthony Colby (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light)
30 Josh Dillon (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) both s.t.
31 Nicholas Reistad (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) 0:50
32 Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) 0:51
33 Volodymyr Starchyk (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie) 0:52
34 Kirk O'Bee (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:53
35 Adam Bergman (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) 0:56
36 Matthew (Matt) Winstead (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy)
37 John Eisinger (Ciclismo Racing) both s.t.
38 Jonathan Mccarty (Ouch Presented by Maxxis) 0:57
39 Mike Northey (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 1:00
40 Keck Baker (Nature Valley Cycling Team) 1:01
41 Ryan Parnes (Nature Valley Cycling Team) 1:04
42 Thomas Soladay (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO) 1:05
43 Anibal Borrajo (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 1:06
44 Scott Stewart (Team Waste Management)
45 Jim Camut (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) both s.t.
46 Joey Rosskopf (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com) 1:07
47 Jonny Clarke (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) 1:15
48 Kiel Reijnen (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) s.t.
49 Kenneth Hanson (Team Type1) 1:16
50 Nicholas Clayville (HagensBermanCycling) 1:17
51 Phillip Mamos (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie) s.t.
52 Ian Gray (Ciclismo Racing) 1:19
53 Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 1:20
54 Scottie Weiss (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) 1:23
55 Chris Winn (Nature Valley Cycling Team)
56 Eric Schildge (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) both s.t.
57 Alexander Hagman (Ciclismo Racing) 1:28
58 Pat Lemieux (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) 1:29
59 Richard England (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie) 1:31
60 Oscar Clark (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com) 1:32
61 Chris Hall (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores) 1:33
62 Phil Mann (Ciclismo Racing) 1:35
63 Steve Scholzen (IS Corp Cycling Team) s.t.
64 James Stemper (Team GEARGRINDER) 1:37
65 Kyle Wamsley (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) s.t.
66 Yuriy Metlushenko (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie) 1:38
67 Charles Coyle (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com) 1:39
68 Rob White (Team GEARGRINDER) s.t.
69 Zachariah Davies (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com) 1:40
70 Justin Lindine (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) 1:41
71 Daniel Holt (Team Type1) 1:46
72 Stephen Tilford (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores) 1:48
73 James Stangeland (Nature Valley Cycling Team) 1:50
74 Chad Hartley (Team GEARGRINDER) 1:53
75 Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) s.t.
76 Chad Burdzilauskas (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) 1:54
77 Cody O'Reilly (Bissell Pro Cycling) 1:56
78 Matthew Johnson (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave) 1:58
79 Michael Woell (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club) s.t.
80 Nicholas Coil (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores) 1:59
81 Adam Froemming (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club) 2:00
82 Andrew Talanski (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie) 2:01
83 Zack Stein (IS Corp Cycling Team) s.t.
84 Jake Hollenbach (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave) 2:02
85 David Guttenplan (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO) 2:08
86 Sean Mazich (Team Waste Management) 2:12
87 Bennet Van Der Genugten (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) 2:13
88 Paul Esposti (Ciclismo Racing) 2:16
89 Andrew Crater (Wheel & Sprocket) 2:19
90 Robb Bush (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) 2:26
91 Benjamin King (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie) 2:28
92 Ben Raby (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores) 2:29
93 Nick Keough (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) 2:35
94 Charles Joe Eldridge (Team Type1) 2:36
95 Cody Stevenson (Team Waste Management) 2:37
96 Jason Short (Richardson Bike Mart) 2:39
97 Tyler (Ty) Stanfield (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) s.t.
98 Lang Reynolds (HagensBermanCycling) 2:41
99 Micah Moran (GrandStay Hotels) 2:43
100 Adam Farabaugh (Nature Valley Cycling Team) 2:47
101 Carson Miller (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 2:50
102 Alex Wieseler (IS Corp Cycling Team) s.t.
103 Kennett Peterson (Wheel & Sprocket) 3:05
104 Thomas Brown (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com) 3:08
105 Benjamin Kneller (Ciclismo Racing) 3:13
106 Kyle Jacobson (IS Corp Cycling Team) 3:15
107 Ryan White (Team GEARGRINDER) 3:24
108 Bryan Mcvey (Richardson Bike Mart) 3:34
109 Brian Koeneman (Wheel & Sprocket) 3:50
110 Patrick Caro (Nature Valley Cycling Team) 3:51
111 Jamie Gandara (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) 3:57
112 Andrew Minier (GrandStay Hotels) s.t.
113 Aaron Tuckerman (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 4:09
114 Kip Spaude (IS Corp Cycling Team) 4:37
115 Alister Ratcliff (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) 4:45
116 Daniel Zmolik (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave) 5:01
117 Colt Trant (Richardson Bike Mart) 5:02
118 Chad Gerlach (Amore & Vita pb Life Time Fitness - Velo Vie) 5:08
119 Jens Brabbit (GrandStay Hotels) 5:21
120 Thom Coupe (BikeReg.com / Cannondale) 5:31
121 Andy Baker (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO) 5:35
122 Josh Bartlett (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 6:06
123 David Zimmermann (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club) 6:45
124 Gregg Brandt (Bianchi / Grand Performance) 6:53
125 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type1) 6:55
126 Evan Elken (Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation) 7:05
127 Dan Ajer (Wheel & Sprocket) 7:15
128 Anthony Olson (Bianchi / Grand Performance) 7:27
129 Sam Johnson (HagensBermanCycling) 7:31
130 Chris Doig (Flanders/Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club) 7:45
131 Mike Mathis (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM p/b Northwave) 8:11
132 Jacob Boyce (Bianchi / Grand Performance) 8:27
133 Jonathan Parrish (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) 8:42
134 Brad Cole (Ciclismo Racing) 8:50
135 William Stolte (TradeWind Energy/The Trek Stores) 8:53
136 Timothy Hargrave (Team Type1) 8:55
137 Christopher Daifuku (HagensBermanCycling) 9:29
138 Dave Hackworthy (Bianchi / Grand Performance) 9:39
139 Remi Mcmanus (Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy) 9:41
140 Spencer Beamer (Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO) 10:00
141 Aaron Johnson (HagensBermanCycling) 10:20
142 Anthony Bennett (Jittery Joe's U25 pb Kudzu.com) 10:28
143 Joseph Kukolla (Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team) 11:55

 

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