Posted by Editoress on 06/16/10
Alison Starnes of Team TIBCO/To the Top showed that her form is on the ascent ahead of the U.S. National Championships next week by taking her first ever NRC win in the opening time trial of the Nature Valley Grand Prix this morning.
Starnes powered over the 6.1 km course, the last 800 meters of which climbs Ohio Street, in 14:38, 0:04 and 0:07 ahead of HTC-Columbia teammates Linda Villumson and Evelyn Stevens, respectively. Starnes’ teammate Ruth Corset put in a strong effort to take 5th on the stage at 0:09 back.
“I thought I could do a good ride today, but winning was definitely a perk,” Starnes said. “It definitely hurt. It always hurts. I barely remember the climb because I was so cross-eyed by the end.”
“Ali’s form is on the upward trend with training toward nationals,” said team directeur sportif Emma Rickards, “so I knew she’d be up there, but I honestly didn’t expect yellow. She had a good time trial in Gatineau, but that was on her TT bike. Today she had to use a standard road bike so I wasn’t sure how she would end up.”
Starnes took to the course on her LOOK 585 road bike. The race organization decided to not allow time trial bikes or modified road bikes for the race today, so riders weren’t even allowed to use clip-on aero bars.
Starnes, who is coached by four-time NVGP winner Kristen Armstrong, was well-prepared for the start of the race. She had ridden the course back in 2008 when she placed 10th in her first elite race, and she had the chance to review it during a pre-ride prior to the start this morning.
“Kristen and I talked about the course some,” Starnes said. “I’ve been practicing and building on my experience in time trials. It’s a different race with standard road bikes but we were all on them so it was a level playing field.”
Starnes will take the jersey into tonight’s St. Paul Downtown Criterium, which offers up a total of 0:30 in time bonuses from intermediate sprints and on the finish line.
“We haven’t talked about a plan for tonight yet,” she said. “We have a strong team and a strong sprinter in Brooke (Miller) here. I’m here to work for the team, so we’ll see how things play out.”
Team TIBCO/To the Top press release
Stage 1: St Paul ITT, 9.6 km | Time | Diff |
1 Alison Starnes (USA) Team TIBCO | 0:14:38 | 0 |
2 Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZl) HTC Columbia | 0:14:42 | 0:04 |
3 Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC Columbia | 0:14:43 | 0:05 |
4 Alison Powers (USA) Team Vera Bradley Foundation | 0:14:45 | 0:07 |
5 Ruth Corset (Aus) Team TIBCO | 0:14:47 | 0:09 |
6 Katharine Carroll (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 | 0:14:54 | 0:16 |
7 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Vera Bradley Foundation | 0:14:59 | 0:21 |
8 Shelley Evans (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 | 0:15:01 | 0:23 |
9 Emilia Fahlin (SWE) HTC Columbia | 0:15:01 | 0:23 |
10 Carmen Small (USA) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:02 | 0:24 |
11 Jessica Phillips (USA) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:04 | 0:26 |
12 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:05 | 0:27 |
13 Katheryn Curi Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders | 0:15:08 | 0:30 |
14 Meredith Miller (USA) Team TIBCO | 0:15:09 | 0:31 |
15 Mara Abbott (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 | 0:15:11 | 0:33 |
16 Amber Neben (USA) Webcor Builders | 0:15:12 | 0:34 |
17 Lauren Tamayo (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 | 0:15:15 | 0:37 |
18 Carla Swart (USA) Team Vera Bradley Foundation | 0:15:16 | 0:38 |
19 Kate Veronneau (USA) BMW-Bianchi | 0:15:20 | 0:42 |
20 Olivia Dillon (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 | 0:15:20 | 0:42 |
21 Robin Farina (USA) Team Vera Bradley Foundation | 0:15:23 | 0:45 |
22 Kristin Sanders (USA) Team Vera Bradley Foundation | 0:15:23 | 0:45 |
23 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders | 0:15:23 | 0:45 |
24 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Kenda | 0:15:25 | 0:47 |
25 Amanda Miller (USA) Team TIBCO | 0:15:28 | 0:50 |
26 Joelle Numainville (Can) Webcor Builders | 0:15:31 | 0:53 |
27 Bron Ryan (Aus) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:15:32 | 0:54 |
28 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:36 | 0:58 |
29 Rebecca Much (USA) Team TIBCO | 0:15:38 | 1:00 |
30 Kim Anderson (USA) HTC Columbia | 0:15:39 | 1:01 |
31 Heather Logan-Sprenger (Can) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:39 | 1:01 |
32 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Team TIBCO | 0:15:40 | 1:02 |
33 Andrea Dvorak (USA) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:41 | 1:03 |
34 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:42 | 1:04 |
35 Chloe Forsman (USA) Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus | 0:15:43 | 1:05 |
36 Veronique Labonte (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:15:44 | 1:06 |
37 Melissa Dahlmann (USA) Bianchi-Grand Performance | 0:15:45 | 1:07 |
38 Jennifer Wheeler (USA) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:15:46 | 1:08 |
39 Mary Elizabeth Maroon (USA) Nature Valley Pro Ride | 0:15:47 | 1:09 |
40 Coryn Rivera (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 | 0:15:49 | 1:11 |
41 Joanie Caron (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:15:49 | 1:11 |
42 Lauren Hall (USA) Team Vera Bradley Foundation | 0:15:51 | 1:13 |
43 Alisha Welsh (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 | 0:15:53 | 1:15 |
44 Brooke Miller (USA) Team TIBCO | 0:15:53 | 1:15 |
45 Sue Butler (USA) Nature Valley Pro Ride | 0:15:54 | 1:16 |
46 Anna Mcloon (USA) Team Kenda | 0:15:55 | 1:17 |
47 Silke Wunderwald (USA) Team Kenda | 0:15:55 | 1:17 |
48 Amity Elliot (USA) Team Kenda | 0:15:56 | 1:18 |
49 Leah Prudhomme (USA) Bianchi-Grand Performance | 0:15:57 | 1:19 |
50 Jennifer Purcell (USA) Fiber One Collegiate All-Stars | 0:16:02 | 1:24 |
51 Melanie Meyers (USA) Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus | 0:16:04 | 1:26 |
52 Shannon Koch (USA) GG Events Management | 0:16:04 | 1:26 |
53 Andrea Graus (Aut) Webcor Builders | 0:16:06 | 1:28 |
54 Christina Gokey-Smith (USA) Veloforma | 0:16:10 | 1:32 |
55 Maura Kinsella (USA) Roosters p/b Edge Composite Wheels | 0:16:11 | 1:33 |
56 Rachel Warner (USA) BMW-Bianchi | 0:16:12 | 1:34 |
57 Whitney Schultz (USA) Veloforma | 0:16:13 | 1:35 |
58 Alex Carle (Aus) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:16:14 | 1:36 |
59 Emma Mackie (Aus) Team TIBCO | 0:16:16 | 1:38 |
60 Ashley James (USA) Team Kenda | 0:16:17 | 1:39 |
61 Kathleen Billington (USA) BMW-Bianchi | 0:16:17 | 1:39 |
62 Cara Gillis (Can) Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus | 0:16:20 | 1:42 |
63 Flora Duffy (USA) Fiber One Collegiate All-Stars | 0:16:21 | 1:43 |
64 Jenna Rinehart (USA) Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus | 0:16:23 | 1:45 |
65 Karey Miles (USA) Bianchi-Grand Performance | 0:16:23 | 1:45 |
66 Stephanie Doering (Ger) GG Events Management | 0:16:24 | 1:46 |
67 Leia Tyrrell (USA) Fiber One Collegiate All-Stars | 0:16:27 | 1:49 |
68 Tammy Wildgoose (USA) Herbalife LaGrange | 0:16:28 | 1:50 |
69 Rebecca Wellons (USA) BMW-Bianchi | 0:16:29 | 1:51 |
70 Arielle Filiberti (USA) Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus | 0:16:29 | 1:51 |
71 Jacqueline Kurth (USA) Team Kenda | 0:16:30 | 1:52 |
72 Emily Kachorek (USA) Nature Valley Pro Ride | 0:16:31 | 1:53 |
73 Emma Bast (USA) Bianchi-Grand Performance | 0:16:33 | 1:55 |
74 Jennifer Tetrick (USA) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:16:35 | 1:57 |
75 Melissa Ross (USA) Team Kenda | 0:16:36 | 1:58 |
76 Erin Silliman (USA) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:16:36 | 1:58 |
77 Cara Bussell (USA) Bianchi-Grand Performance | 0:16:36 | 1:58 |
78 Jazzy Hurikino (Aus) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:16:36 | 1:58 |
79 Kate Bates (Aus) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team | 0:16:38 | 2:00 |
80 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:16:38 | 2:00 |
81 Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC Columbia | 0:16:38 | 2:00 |
82 Rita Klofta (USA) Fiber One Collegiate All-Stars | 0:16:42 | 2:04 |
83 Carrie Cartnill (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:16:44 | 2:06 |
84 Kristen Meshberg (USA) Nature Valley Pro Ride | 0:16:45 | 2:07 |
85 Elle Anderson (USA) Fiber One Collegiate All-Stars | 0:16:47 | 2:09 |
86 Anna Barensfeld (USA) Nature Valley Pro Ride | 0:16:51 | 2:13 |
87 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Roosters p/b Edge Composite Wheels | 0:16:51 | 2:13 |
88 Jadine Rolcik (USA) Roosters p/b Edge Composite Wheels | 0:16:52 | 2:14 |
89 Bianca Bergman (USA) Bianchi-Grand Performance | 0:16:57 | 2:19 |
90 Cinthia Lehner (USA) BMW-Bianchi | 0:16:59 | 2:21 |
91 Lindsay Myers (USA) Webcor Builders | 0:16:59 | 2:21 |
92 Laura Hines (USA) Herbalife LaGrange | 0:17:03 | 2:25 |
93 Lauren Hecht (USA) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:17:03 | 2:25 |
94 Anna Drakulich (USA) Herbalife LaGrange | 0:17:11 | 2:33 |
95 Ally Stacher (USA) Webcor Builders | 0:17:12 | 2:34 |
96 Jennifer Greenberg (USA) Team Kenda | 0:17:12 | 2:34 |
97 Clara Kelly (USA) Team Freewheel Bike | 0:17:41 | 3:03 |
98 Nancy Jones (USA) Nature Valley Pro Ride | 0:17:49 | 3:11 |
99 Kimberley Turner (USA) Fiber One Collegiate All-Stars | 0:17:57 | 3:19 |
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