July 1/01 8:24 am - Fitchburg (incl. Juniors Stage 3), Women's Giro, Norba #3 DH, Quebec
Posted by Editor on 07/1/01
Fitchburg Team Report
Courtesy Navigators
The final, stage-4 Criterium of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Stage Race was completed earlier today with another severe weather surprise. As the riders lined up for the 50mi. event on the .9mi. course that's been home to exciting races for the past 42 years, the skies suddenly turned from clear and sunny, to dark and threatening. With the race underway, the threatening clouds brought strong winds with them, as well as distant lightening. In the racing action, the 8-man strong Saturn was firmly placed on the front of the peloton to protect the 17-second lead that Eric Wohlberg held over Navigators' Adham Sbeih in the overall classification. The early attacks on the Leader's Jersey came from Navigators' Kirk O'Bee and Gord Fraser (Mercury). With a gap hovering at about 8-seconds, the pressure was on Saturn. After 4-laps of freedom, they finally reeled in the 2 escapees, which were quickly replaced by another attack by Navigators' Mark Walters. It was clear from the outset that the Navigators and Mercury squads were going to force the Saturn team to defend their position. As the attacks and small breakaways continued, the Saturn team held tough, but it was going to be a long day. With 27 of the 55 laps remaining, Navigators' Glen Mitchell and Mark Walters attacked with Derek Bouchard Hall (Mercury) and ramped up the speed and the pressure with a 12-second gap on the peloton. However, just as the racers saw the lap cards turn to 23-to-go, the sky finally turned black, the winds gusted and the lightening came close. As the hard rain pelted down and became horizontal, the race officials announced that the bell lap would be commencing as the riders came around for the next lap. The gap to the 3 leaders was bridged by Mercury's Baden Cooke as the riders heard the bell and the wind and rain blasted with force. With the break now 4 strong, they began to attack each other for the final lap, as the field was breathing down their necks. First Walters went, then Mitchell attacked as they made the left turn at the top of the course. With the wind and rain swirling around them, they drove toward the line, getting swallowed by the raging field. In the driving rain, and the sound and flashes from the lightening, Baden Cooke held on to hit the line first, followed by Ivan Dominguez (Saturn) and Kirk O'Bee in 3rd. Navigators' Walters came in 5th for the day. Before the last riders crossed the line, the road was completely flooded from the barrage of water and the strong winds had done its job in creating a dramatic finish and chaos around the course.
The overall classifications were neutralized, so Navigators' Adham Sbeih remained in 2nd place overall, 17-seconds behind Eric Wohlberg (Saturn). Scott Moninger (Mercury) finished in 3rd at 20-seconds behind.
Junior results and GC for Stage 3 of Fitchburg
| 1 | RAISIN Saul | SBBC/Zero Wait | 16:22 |
| 2 | ANTHONY Jesse | Saturn Development C | at 1:05 |
| 3 | STILER COTE Oliver | Saturn Development C | 1:15 |
| 4 | BISKNER Nieko | Saturn Development | 1:20 |
| 5 | GRABOWSKI Zak | Red Rocks Velo | 1:20 |
| 6 | GEWIRTZ Joshua | NECSA/Fraysse | 1:28 |
| 7 | WOLFSON Dan | NEBC/Cycle Loft | 1:38 |
| 8 | CHARLES Aidan | NESCA | 1:42 |
| 9 | WAGNER Kyle | Saturn Development C | 1:42 |
| 10 | ROTH Ryan | Mississauga CC | 1:53 |
| 11 | RAND Art | CCB International | 1:56 |
| 12 | THOMAS Darby | NECSA/Fraysse's Spor | 1:56 |
| 13 | TORRE Bart | Red Rose Rockets | 1:56 |
| 14 | VIERA Brad | Red Rose Rockets | 1:56 |
| 15 | ROSENTHAL Lee | GBSC | 2:09 |
| 16 | KETCHELL Robby | Fraysse | 2:15 |
| 17 | GILLESPIE Stuart | CRCA/ Keith Haring | 2:29 |
| 18 | COFFEY Conor | CCB/Volkswagen | 2:52 |
| 19 | GAUDET Jared | YSG Racing / Ideal T | 2:56 |
| 20 | KELLER Breeze | Team Grimace | 3:02 |
| 21 | MUNROE Tyler | CCB | 3:10 |
| 22 | SCHUYLER Thomas | CBRC | 3:29 |
| 23 | DRISCOLL Jamey | GMBC/Excite-smartFUE | 3:43 |
| 24 | LEBAS Konrad | CCB International | 5:51 |
| 25 | COUPE Tom | NECSA | 6:22 |
| 26 | CUMMINGS Jason | NECSA | 7:09 |
| 27 | POWELL Cody | NECSA | 7:41 |
| 28 | CICCONE Cameron | NECSA | 7:41 |
| 29 | WILCOX Craig | Saturn Development | 7:41 |
| 30 | RABE Mike | NECSA | 9:06 |
| 31 | PEDRAZZI Justin | NEBC/Cycle Loft | 9:29 |
| 32 | VIA Jeffrey | Team Snow Valley | 9:53 |
| 33 | SMITHWOOD Brandon | NEBC/Cycle Loft | 10:04 |
| 34 | CRIPPEN David | Red Rose Rockets | 10:34 |
| 35 | HANSON John | NECSA | 12:26 |
| 36 | COLEMAN Benjamin | NECSA | 13:00 |
| 37 | SHAFER Brendan | NECSA | 13:07 |
| 38 | EMBRY-PELRINE Chris | unattached | 14:02 |
| 39 | NEIBAUER Dave | Future Champions Cyc | 15:14 |
| 40 | PANTANELLA Vince | Red Rose Rockets | 19:15 |
| 41 | TAUFEN Hans | Open Road | 19:35 |
| 42 | BRODOCK Graham | NECSA/Fraysse's | 25:53 |
| 43 | DRENNEN Kyle | Team Grimace | 26:34 |
| 44 | CARLSEN Kirk | B.O.B | 33:24 |
| 45 | ROSE David | Northeast Bicycle Cl | ?????? |
| DNF | REARDON Kevin | NECSA | |
| DNF | CHERKIS Daniel | NECSA/Fraysse's spor | |
| DNF | WHITE Matthew | State Line Cycles | |
| DNF | SCOTTO James | Team Snow Valley | |
| DNS | RILEY Thomson | NECSA/Fraysse's | |
| GC | |||
| 1 | RAISIN Saul | 3:41:12 | |
| 2 | GRABOWSKI Zak | at 0:27 | |
| 3 | ANTHONY Jesse | 0:28 | |
| 4 | BISKNER Nieko | 1:00 | |
| 5 | STILER COTE Oliver | 1:07 | |
| 6 | THOMAS Darby | 1:21 | |
| 7 | WAGNER Kyle | 2:00 | |
| 8 | GEWIRTZ Joshua | 2:05 | |
| 9 | WOLFSON Dan | 2:06 | |
| 10 | VIERA Brad | 2:50 | |
| 11 | KETCHELL Robby | 3:31 | |
| 12 | GILLESPIE Stuart | 3:34 | |
| 13 | RAND Art | 3:53 | |
| 14 | TORRE Bart | 4:02 | |
| 15 | KELLER Breeze | 4:12 | |
| 16 | CHARLES Aidan | 4:15 | |
| 17 | COFFEY Conor | 4:17 | |
| 18 | ROSENTHAL Lee | 4:53 | |
| 19 | GAUDET Jared | 4:59 | |
| 20 | DRISCOLL Jamey | 5:17 | |
| 21 | MUNROE Tyler | 6:00 | |
| 22 | SCHUYLER Thomas | 6:24 | |
| 23 | LEBAS Konrad | 7:35 | |
| 24 | CICCONE Cameron | 9:56 | |
| 25 | COUPE Tom | 10:04 | |
| 26 | POWELL Cody | 10:48 | |
| 27 | PEDRAZZI Justin | 12:34 | |
| 28 | VIA Jeffrey | 12:55 | |
| 29 | HANSON John | 13:34 | |
| 30 | RABE Mike | 16:21 | |
| 31 | ROTH Ryan | 16:26 | |
| 32 | EMBRY-PELRINE Chris | 16:33 | |
| 33 | SMITHWOOD Brandon | 16:44 | |
| 34 | CRIPPEN David | 17:15 | |
| 35 | COLEMAN Benjamin | 17:30 | |
| 36 | CUMMINGS Jason | 18:07 | |
| 37 | NEIBAUER Dave | 19:46 | |
| 38 | TAUFEN Hans | 23:35 | |
| 39 | WILCOX Craig | 25:07 | |
| 40 | SHAFER Brendan | 25:27 | |
| 41 | DRENNEN Kyle | 40:36 | |
| 42 | PANTANELLA Vince | 41:04 | |
| 43 | BRODOCK Graham | 42:01 | |
| 44 | CARLSEN Kirk | 42:03 | |
| 45 | ROSE David | ??????? |
Giro d'Italia Femminile
Prologue - Capo d'Orlando ITT 5.3 km
1 Leontien Van Moorsel (Ned) Farm Frites Hartol 6:47:66
2 Mari Holden (USA) Alfa Lum at 0:08
3 Olga Zebelinskaja (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 0:20
4 Marcia Eicher (Sui) Carpe Diem - Itera 0:27
5 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) GAS Sport Team 0:30
6 Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) GAS Sport Team 0:35
7 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 0:37
8 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum 0:40
9 Kym Shirley (Aus) AIS Australia 0:42
10 Irina Chuzhynova (Ukr) 0:44
Norba Downhill #3 - Park City, Utah
Men
1. Steve Peat (GBR) GT 3:40.67
2. Nicolas Vouilloz (Fra) Vouilloz Racing 3:43.36
3. Chris Kovarik (Aus) 3:45.40
4. John Kirkcaldie (NZL) Maxxis Tires 3:48.94
5. Todd Leduc (USA) Foes-Azonic 3:52.91
6. Eric Carter (USA) Mongoose-Hyundai 3:53.54
7. Michael Ronning (Aus) Intense 3:53.70
8. Shaums March (USA) Chumba Wumba 3:53.84
9. Gary Houseman (USA) Tomac 3:55.69
10. Jared Rando (USA) Foes-Azonic, 3:56.22
Women
1. Missy Giove (USA) Global 4:23.5
2. Elke Brutsaert (USA) Schwinn 4:26.85
3. Leigh Donovan (USA) Schwinn 4:31.15
4. Kathy Pruitt, Dirt Works, 4:34.48
5. Katja Repo (Fra) GT 4:36.07
6. Marla Streb (USA) Foes-Azonic 4:38.53
7. Melissa Buhl (USA) ODI-KHS 4:28.29
8. Tara Llanes (USA) Yeti-Pearl Izumi 4:49.45
9. Lisa Sher (USA) Chumba Wumba 4:53.36
10. Cheri Elliott (USA) ODI-Azonic 4:56.99
Overall Standings
Men
1. Kovarik 504 points
2. Kirkcaldie 440
3. Rando 434
4. Leduc, 422
5. Peat 400
Women
1. Giove 586 points
2. Streb 514
3. Donovan 500
4. April Lawyer (USA) Maxxis 454
5. Llanes 446
Un, deux, trois et quatre pour l'équipe Volkswagen ˆLes Ailes à la Coupe Val des Neiges
Courtesy l'équipe Volkswagen - Les Ailes
Mont Ste-Anne, Québec ˆ1er juillet 2001. Tout comme la veille, les membres de la formation Volkswagen ˆLes Ailes ont animé la seconde tranche de la Coupe Val des Neiges qui se tenait dimanche, à Mont Ste-Anne. Au classement de l'étape, Martin Nuckle (troisième samedi) a devancé dans l'ordre ses coéquipiers François Parisien, Alexandre Cloutier et Martin Gilbert.
" Notre but aujourd'hui (dimanche) était d'avoir un podium orange (la couleur des maillots de l'équipe) ", a indiqué d'emblée le vainqueur de l' étape. Conscient que la qualité du peloton était réduite en raison de l' absence de Czeslaw Lukaszewicz et Dominique Perras, qui étaient présents samedi, Nuckle a quand même mentionné qu'il n'a pas pris la course à la légère.
" C'est dommage que les gars (Lukaszewicz et Perras) ne soient pas là pour la dernière course, a-t-il mentionné. Malgré tout, nous n'avons pas roulé relax jusqu'à la fin, même si j'étais avec trois de mes coéquipiers. "
Le gagnant au classement général, Martin Gilbert, abondait dans le même sens que son partenaire Nuckle : " Cette échappée a été un bon entraînement et même une pratique pour notre contre la montre par équipe en vue du Grand Prix de Beauce de l'an prochain ", a-t-il ajouté, faisant référence à la mauvaise prestation de son équipe à au contre la montre beauceron, il y a à peine deux semaines.
Au classement général final de la Coupe Val des Neiges, Martin Gilbert termine en position de tête. Suivent dans l'ordre, Martin Nuckle, François Parisien et Alexandre Cloutier, tous membres de la formation Volkswagen ˆLes Ailes.
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