Posted by Editoress on 07/23/12
High heat and a challenging course set the tone for the all out battle on the final stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic. Three laps of the Awbrey Butte Circuit was on tap. Typically this race is 4 laps but because the men were confused in the women's finish last year, the race organizers cut the women's race to three laps. With Armstrong back in Boise, it was up to her teammates to pick up where she left off! Exergy TWENTY12 were very active. Sprenger and Antonneau covered early moves, On the final lap Dvorak found herself in a break, the gap grew but eventually came back. Crowell attacked forcing a hard chase, she was caught but this meant a select group came up the final Archie Briggs climb, Tayler Wiles put in a good dig too, putting other teams on the back foot, shortly after Wiles got reeled in McGrath attacked creating a small gap, nobody could answer and Cliff-Ryan was in perfect position to launch a counter, sitting 2nd wheel in the chase if she got caught. McGrath put her head down and knew all too well how to win this stage as she did in 2009. She took it to the line and Cliff-Ryan sprinted for 2nd.
"The team did an awesome job of making the race hard” commented McGrath. “especially leading into the final ascent of Aubrey Butte. Their hard work set me up perfectly to escape on the rollers leading to the finish." "Sharing the podium with all my teammates, for Team GC, was the best way to cap off a super week of teamwork and hard racing."
“The team was amazing today” Said Cliff-Ryan. “ and I was super motivated to make up for last night’s 2nd place. The girls were super aggressive and attacked in all the key spots to eventually set up KMac for an unbelievable solo effort for the win. And I was able to sprint for the bunch win (2nd)”
Report by Exergy TWENTY12
Results
Stage 5 (July 22nd): Awbrey Butte Circuit Race, 81.728 km | |
1 Kristin Mcgrath (Exergy TWENTY12) | 2:11:30 |
2 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Exergy TWENTY12) | at 0:07 |
3 Alison Powers (NOW and Novartis for MS) | |
4 Carmen Small (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
5 Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | |
6 Flavia Oliveira (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | |
7 Lauren Stephens (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | |
8 Heather Fischer (BMC Total Care Racing) | |
9 Jackie Kurth (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | |
10 Lorena Vargas Villamil (Independent) | |
11 Kate Chillcott (Vanderkitten-Focus) | |
12 Melina Bernecker (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | |
13 Kimberley Turner (BMC Total Care Racing) | |
14 Jenny Rios (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | |
15 Ruth Winder (Vanderkitten-Focus) | |
16 Anne Samplonius (NOW and Novartis for MS) | |
17 Amanda Miller (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | |
18 Brianna Walle (IRONCLAD p/b Yakima) | |
19 Amy Thornquist (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | |
20 Kathleen Billington (Vanderkitten-Focus) | |
21 Katheryn Mattis (Vanderkitten-Focus) | |
22 Robin Farina (NOW and Novartis for MS) | |
23 Loren Rowney (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | |
24 Jessica Cutler (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | all s.t. |
25 Jessica Chong (Stanley Morgan Cycling Team) | 0:16 |
26 Laura Ralston (Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder) | |
27 Anna Sanders (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | |
28 Lindsay Fox (BMC Total Care Racing) | all s.t. |
29 Jade Wilcoxson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:19 |
30 Lindsay Myers (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | |
31 Emily Kachorek (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | |
32 Meredith Miller (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | |
33 Miranda Griffiths (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
34 Andrea Dvorak (Exergy TWENTY12) | |
35 Veronique Fortin (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | all s.t. |
36 Nicole Justice (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 0:27 |
37 Lex Albrecht (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:31 |
38 Kathryn Donovan (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 0:45 |
39 Kaitlin Antonneau (Exergy TWENTY12) | 1:06 |
40 Liza Rachetto (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | |
41 Janel Holcomb (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 1:32 |
42 Amy Mcguire (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 2:01 |
43 Devon Gorry (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 3:09 |
44 Jacquelyn Crowell (Exergy TWENTY12) | |
45 Lauren Hall (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | |
46 Christina Gokey-Smith (NOW and Novartis for MS) | |
47 Tayler Wiles (Exergy TWENTY12) | all s.t. |
48 Kristine Brynjolfson (Trek Red Truck Racing Team) | 4:50 |
49 Jazzy Hurikino (Vanderkitten-Focus) | |
50 Joy Mcculloch (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | both s.t. |
51 Beth Newell (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 6:02 |
52 Lisa Campbell (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | s.t. |
53 Jenny Lehmann (Trek Red Truck Racing Team) | 6:34 |
54 Kasey Clark (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | 10:33 |
55 Heather Logan-Sprenger (Exergy TWENTY12) | 11:10 |
56 Emilly Collins (Vanderkitten-Focus) | |
57 Rachel Warner (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | both s.t. |
58 Lauren De Crescenzo (Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder) | 14:31 |
59 Amity Elliot (Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder) | |
60 Anne Perry (Revolution Cafe Rio) | |
61 Nury Dudfay Torres Silva (INDERCAS Colombia) | all s.t. |
62 Ashley James (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 14:37 |
63 Kate Finegan (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 18:15 |
64 Alisha Welsh (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | |
65 Emma Grant (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
66 Anna Barensfeld (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
67 Amy Dombroski (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | |
68 Beatrice Rodriquez (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | |
69 Samantha Schneider (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | |
70 Jessica Prinner (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | all s.t. |
71 Bridie O'Donnell (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 23:18 |
72 Holly Breck (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 25:13 |
73 Amber Gaffney (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 27:28 |
DNF Courteney Lowe (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | |
DNF Olivia Dillon (NOW and Novartis for MS) | |
DNF Kelly Crowley (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | |
DNF Zayda Maguire (Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder) | |
DNF Leah Guloien (Trek Red Truck Racing Team) | |
DNF Mikayla Lyman (Team Sandals p/b Penny Sheldon Travel) | |
DNS Kerry Martin (BMC Total Care Racing) | |
Final GC | |
1 Alison Powers (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 10:03:47 |
2 Carmen Small (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | at 0:08 |
3 Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | 0:22 |
4 Jade Wilcoxson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 0:52 |
5 Kristin Mcgrath (Exergy TWENTY12) | 1:18 |
6 Amanda Miller (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | 1:21 |
7 Andrea Dvorak (Exergy TWENTY12) | 1:40 |
8 Lex Albrecht (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 3:10 |
9 Robin Farina (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 3:36 |
10 Miranda Griffiths (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 4:26 |
11 Katheryn Mattis (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 4:32 |
12 Lauren Stephens (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 4:35 |
13 Flavia Oliveira (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 5:28 |
14 Veronique Fortin (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | 5:37 |
15 Meredith Miller (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | 5:51 |
16 Jessica Cutler (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | 6:01 |
17 Anna Sanders (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 6:25 |
18 Lorena Vargas Villamil (Independent) | 6:30 |
19 Kathryn Donovan (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 6:34 |
20 Lindsay Myers (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | 6:54 |
21 Nicole Justice (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 7:35 |
22 Lauren Hall (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | 7:39 |
23 Janel Holcomb (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 7:59 |
24 Anne Samplonius (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 8:10 |
25 Laura Ralston (Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder) | 8:45 |
26 Amy Thornquist (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 12:52 |
27 Brianna Walle (IRONCLAD p/b Yakima) | 14:47 |
28 Heather Fischer (BMC Total Care Racing) | 15:37 |
29 Devon Gorry (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 16:52 |
30 Liza Rachetto (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | s.t. |
31 Ruth Winder (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 18:05 |
32 Lisa Campbell (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 18:10 |
33 Kathleen Billington (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 18:15 |
34 Jacquelyn Crowell (Exergy TWENTY12) | 18:24 |
35 Emily Kachorek (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | s.t. |
36 Kaitlin Antonneau (Exergy TWENTY12) | 18:31 |
37 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Exergy TWENTY12) | 19:14 |
38 Loren Rowney (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 19:29 |
39 Jessica Chong (Stanley Morgan Cycling Team) | 19:55 |
40 Beth Newell (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 21:02 |
41 Kimberley Turner (BMC Total Care Racing) | 21:22 |
42 Kristine Brynjolfson (Trek Red Truck Racing Team) | 22:33 |
43 Rachel Warner (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 22:49 |
44 Jazzy Hurikino (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 23:13 |
45 Jackie Kurth (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | 23:24 |
46 Lindsay Fox (BMC Total Care Racing) | 23:32 |
47 Tayler Wiles (Exergy TWENTY12) | 24:38 |
48 Kate Chillcott (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 26:29 |
49 Amy Mcguire (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 28:58 |
50 Jenny Lehmann (Trek Red Truck Racing Team) | 29:48 |
51 Christina Gokey-Smith (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 30:05 |
52 Heather Logan-Sprenger (Exergy TWENTY12) | 31:26 |
53 Kasey Clark (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | 31:31 |
54 Alisha Welsh (Primal/MapMyrIde Pro Women's Racing) | 32:12 |
55 Jenny Rios (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 32:42 |
56 Joy Mcculloch (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 33:18 |
57 Emilly Collins (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 35:36 |
58 Melina Bernecker (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 36:39 |
59 Amity Elliot (Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder) | 36:42 |
60 Anne Perry (Revolution Cafe Rio) | 37:06 |
61 Jessica Prinner (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 37:20 |
62 Emma Grant (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 38:38 |
63 Amy Dombroski (FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore) | 39:28 |
64 Anna Barensfeld (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) | 39:51 |
65 Amber Gaffney (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 40:03 |
66 Samantha Schneider (Team TIBCO-To the Top) | 44:32 |
67 Ashley James (NOW and Novartis for MS) | 46:08 |
68 Lauren De Crescenzo (Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder) | 46:23 |
69 Nury Dudfay Torres Silva (INDERCAS Colombia) | 47:46 |
70 Kate Finegan (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) | 48:15 |
71 Bridie O'Donnell (Vanderkitten-Focus) | 56:24 |
72 Beatrice Rodriquez (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 1:01:34 |
73 Holly Breck (SC Velo - Empower Coaching) | 1:05:20 |
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