O'Neil, Powers win first stage of Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
Health Net's Nathan O'Neil and Rio Grande/Sports Garage's Alison Powers won the opening stage of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic on Wednesday in Hood River, Ore.
O'Neil covered the three-mile time trial stage in 6 minutes 7 seconds. Powers did it in 7:17.
The course gained only 150 feet in elevation, but it was not flat. Riders were greeted with a steep hill immediately out of the start house followed by a descent of more than a mile and a steep climb at the finish.
Second for the men was Ryan Trebon of AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork (6:16), followed by Ian McKessick of Recycled Cycles (6:23).
Second for the women was Dotsie Bausch of Colavita/Cooking Light (7:17), followed by Suz Weldon of TRIA (7:30).
Today the men are slated to race 84 miles over a mostly flat, technical and possibly windy course. The women will race 56 miles over the same roads.
| Women | |
| 1 Alison Powers (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage | 7:17.0 |
| 2 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita/ Cooking Light Cycling Team | at 0:03 |
| 3 Suz Weldon (USA) Velo Bella-Kona | 0:13 |
| 4 Kele Murdin (USA) Velo Bella-Kona | 0:14 |
| 5 Jenn Reither (USA) Ti Cycles/Avanti Racing | 0:16 |
| 6 Beverley Harper (USA) Touchstone Climbing | 0:19 |
| 7 Amber Rais (USA) Webcor-Platinum | 0:20 |
| 8 India Sanjuan (USA) Touchstone Climbing | 0:24 |
| 9 Laura Brown (USA) CMC/Bow Cycle | 0:26 |
| 10 Alisha Lion (USA) Webcor-Platinum | 0:28 |
| 11 Martina Patella (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | 0:28 |
| 12 Brooke Ourada (USA) Colavita/ Cooking Light Cycling Team | 0:29 |
| 13 Gabriela Gonzalez-Ferrat (USA) Hi-Tech/5 Star Fish | 0:29 |
| 14 Stacy Marple (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | 0:30 |
| 15 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Symmetrics Cycling | 0:34 |
| 16 Brooke Miller (USA) PABW powered by TIBCO | 0:37 |
| 17 Susan Copeland (Can) Juventus | 0:38 |
| 18 Nicole Evans (USA) FFKR Architects / Sportsbaseonline.com | 0:40 |
| 19 Cynthia Mommsen (USA) The Olympic Club | 0:42 |
| 20 Lisa Hunt (USA) The Olympic Club | 0:42 |
| 21 Rachel Oconnell (USA) Bicycle John's Serious Cycling | 0:42 |
| 22 Martha Walsh (USA) TRIA | 0:45 |
| 23 Sy Rae Weikle (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage | 0:46 |
| 24 Maria Lee (Can) Symmetrics Cycling | 0:46 |
| 25 Jane Ziegler (USA) Velo Bella-Kona | 0:47 |
| 26 Cat Malone (USA) Webcor-Platinum | 0:47 |
| 27 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita/Cooking Light | 0:50 |
| 28 Allison Beall (USA) TRIA | 0:51 |
| 29 Jadine Riley (USA) Team Group Health | 0:51 |
| 30 Emily Van Meter (USA) Metromint Cycling | 0:51 |
| 31 Marni Hambleton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling | 0:51 |
| 32 Lisa Matlock (USA) JR Engineering | 0:52 |
| 33 Mara Abbott (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage | 0:54 |
| 34 Victoria Vallstrom (USA) PABW powered by TIBCO | 0:55 |
| 35 Melodie Metzger (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | 0:58 |
| 36 Sharon Allpress (USA) TRIA | 0:58 |
| 37 Heidi Goldberg (USA) HPC/LIST | 0:58 |
| 38 Lisa Dunnwald (USA) Team Group Health | 0:59 |
| 39 Maria Monica (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | 1:01 |
| 40 Heather Holmes (USA) Ivory Homes | 1:02 |
| 41 Amy Campbell (USA) River City Bicycles | 1:02 |
| 42 Leiselot Decroix (USA) Velo Bella-Kona | 1:03 |
| 43 Dana Robertson Halter (USA) Team Group Health | 1:05 |
| 44 Carrie Eller (USA) Ti Cycles/Avanti Racing | 1:06 |
| 45 Trish Heisdorffer (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage | 1:07 |
| 46 Flavia Oliveira (USA) PABW powered by TIBCO | 1:11 |
| 47 Kathy Robinson (USA) Intermountain Sports Medicine/LRC | 1:11 |
| 48 Gwen Erffmeyer (USA) JR Engineering | 1:11 |
| 49 Katie London (USA) Metro Mint | 1:15 |
| 50 debbie preller (USA) Jet City Velo | 1:16 |
| 51 Jenner Yaeso (USA) JR Engineering | 1:16 |
| 52 Jenette Williams (USA) HPC/LIST | 1:18 |
| 53 tracey ford (USA) PABW powered by TIBCO | 1:19 |
| 54 Kristi Berg (USA) Team Group Health | 1:20 |
| 54 Alice Pennington (USA) Desalvo Custom Cycles | 1:20 |
| 56 Jennifer Chapman (USA) Velo Bella-Kona | 1:22 |
| 57 Tracy Thomas (USA) Team Group Health | 1:25 |
| 58 Annette Hanson (USA) 1st Rate Mortgage | 1:28 |
| 59 Kendra Keeley (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage | 1:30 |
| 60 Laura Danley (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage | 1:30 |
| 61 Holly Borowski (USA) McGuire/United States Armed Forces | 1:31 |
| 62 Sami Fourneir (USA) TRIA | 1:32 |
| 63 Jennifer Joynt (USA) Velo Bella-Kona | 1:33 |
| 64 Cheryl Moffett (USA) JR Engineering | 1:33 |
| 65 Diane Miller (USA) HPC/LIST | 1:38 |
| 66 Yukie Nakamura (USA) PABW powered by TIBCO | 1:38 |
| 67 susan hefler (USA) HPC/LIST | 1:41 |
| 68 Kim Weins (USA) Velo Girls | 1:42 |
| 69 Elizabeth Wistrom (USA) PABW powered by TIBCO | 1:46 |
| 70 Norrene Godfrey (USA) Team Rubicon | 1:52 |
| 71 Kelly Crawford (USA) Intermountain Sports Medicine/LRC | 2:05 |
| 72 Elizabeth Nettles (USA) Ti Cycles/Avanti Racing | 8:51 |
| DNS Irene Mercer (USA) JR Engineering | |
| DNS Moriah MacGregor (USA) TRIA | |
| DNS Amy Woodward (USA) Cyclemeisters/Bow Cycle | |
| DNS Pat Ross (USA) Touchstone Climbing | |
| DNS Penny Avril (USA) Touchstone Climbing | |
| DNS Joanne Kembery (USA) | |
| DNS Megan Melamed (USA) Rio Grande/Sports Garage | |
| DNS Mandy Poitras (Can) Symmetrics Cycling | |
| DNS Erin Elders (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | |
| DNS Lauren Heilig (USA) JR Engineering | |
| DNS Alex Kendall (USA) Sports Garage |
