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Amy Smolens is providing our on-site interviews
Saturday's Stage 5 left Missouri's capital of Jefferson City and traveled 126.7 miles to the state's first capital, St. Charles. One of the most interesting features of the course was that a great deal of it paralleled the 225-mile Katy Trail, the longest "rails to trails" trail in North America. A fair number of recreational cyclists out for a Saturday cruise took advantage of the rare opportunity to watch the pros.
A break of 10 got away a little under an hour into the stage. There were no Canadian riders in the break. Time Trial specialist Danny Pate of Slipstream presented by Chipotle soloed from the 9 remaining riders in that group for the stage victory. Charles Dionne of Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light won the field sprint for 10th. There were no significant changes in GC.
So I thought I'd take the opportunity to speak to one of the preeminent Canadian cyclists of all time, Alex Stieda, who in 1986 became the first North American to wear the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France. Stieda has been working here all week at the inaugural Tour of Missouri in a couple of capacities.
Amy: What sort of work are you doing here at the Tour of Missouri?
Alex: First of all I'm driving a VIP car, entertaining sponsors and dignitaries who are here for the race, helping them understand what the bike race is about. A lot of people, it's the first time for the event here so they really need some education. So I'm just helping them understand what it's all about and just sharing the passion, and I'm also doing some colour commentary on the web broadcast.
Amy: Which is for World Championship Sports Network, WCSN.com, right? Tell me about that.
Alex: Well, it's live right to the internet, so (laughs) you never know what you're gonna say sometimes and it's interesting, because there's no editing. So whatever you say is going on air which is pretty wild. It's fun, you know, I enjoy sharing the passion and explaining to the people what's going on in the race.
Amy: I do tv work, you do tv work, and it seems that the opportunity to go live on the web is a whole different outlet for bike racing.
Alex: It is and I think it's the future. I think once all the technical glitches get worked out of it and we really get a consistent streaming video up and all those things I think there's really a lot of potential for that type of coverage of bike racing.
Amy: Going back to your driving, do any of the VIPs in your car know who it is who's driving them or do you have to introduce yourself by saying, "Hi, I'm Alex Stieda, I wore the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France?"
Alex: Usually we have someone within the VIP tent introduce me to them at that point, and then while we're in the car if we have a quiet time during the race I'll tell a few stories about the old days, maybe winning the Yellow Jersey, and everyone gets out of the car pretty jazzed.
Amy: What are your impressions of how the Canadians are doing here?
Alex: Well you know, first of all, it's great to see this many Canadians in the Tour of Missouri. I mean, you have a full Canadian team with Symmetrics and then all the other Canadians sprinkled in amongst the other teams. And it has been impressive to see the Canadians up there, you know, Zach Bell, of course, and Dominique Rollin, and gosh, just a host of other great Canadians out there in the race, and the young guys really pushing hard and it's good to see them all giving their best.
Amy: Maybe we'll see the next Alex Stieda out there one of these days?
Alex: I don't know, yeah, there's a few of them out there. There's the young guy from Edmonton named Spencer Smithman who we're seeing now just coming up out of the Junior ranks so it is encouraging to see more young guys taking up road cycling as a passion.
The Tour of Missouri's final stage, Stage 6, is a circuit race in downtown St. Louis. The 7 mostly flat laps of a 10.6 mile course suits sprinters well. Zach Bell and Andrew Pinfold have each reached the second step of the podium but Symmetrics is still looking for a stage victory. Charles Dionne was outsprinted by Ivan Dominguez in Stage 4 and ended up in 4th place. And Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada's Dominique Rollin still sits in 4th overall, a mere 1 second behind David Cañada for the final podium spot. Tomorrow there are three Intermediate Sprints carrying time bonuses of 3-2-1 seconds each, and the finish awards time bonuses of 10-6-4 seconds so if the field stays together or Rollin gets in a break he could have plenty of opportunities to vault past Cañada. Rollin also is 3rd in the Sprint Classification with 21 points, behind Luciano Pagliarini and Ivan Dominguez, who each have 25 points. So tomorrow should be an exciting day for the speedsters of the peloton!
| Stage 5 (September 15th): Jefferson City to St. Charles, 204. km | |
| 1. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 4:50.21 |
| 2. John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | at 0:08 |
| 3. Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 4. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 5. Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 6. Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 7. Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 8. Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 9. Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 0:30 |
| 10. Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 2.26 |
| 11. Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 12. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 13. David Canada Gracia (Esp) Saunier Duval - Prodir | |
| 14. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 15. Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 16. Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 17. Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | |
| 18. Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | |
| 19. Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | |
| 20. Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team | |
| 21. James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 22. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 23. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 24. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 25. George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel | |
| 26. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | |
| 27. Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 28. Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | |
| 29. Nathan O'Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 30. Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 31. Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 32. Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | |
| 33. Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team | |
| 34. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 35. Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 36. Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 37. Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 38. Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 39. Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel | |
| 40. Danilo Wyss (Sui) Saunier Duval - Prodir | |
| 41. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Discovery Channel | |
| 42. John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel | |
| 43. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Esp) Discovery Channel | |
| 44. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 45. Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team | |
| 46. Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 47. William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | |
| 48. Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | |
| 49. Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | |
| 50. Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 51. Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir | |
| 52. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel | |
| 53. Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | |
| 54. Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel | |
| 55. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel | |
| 56. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval - Prodir | |
| 57. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 58. David Vitoria (Sui) BMC Professional Cycling Team | |
| 59. Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 60. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 61. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | |
| 62. Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team | |
| 63. Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | |
| 64. Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 65. Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 66. Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | |
| 67. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 68. Guy East (USA) US National Development Team | |
| 69. Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team | |
| 70. Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | |
| 71. Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 72. Stefan Loffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 73. Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir | |
| 74. Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 75. Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 76. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | |
| 77. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | |
| 78. Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 79. Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 80. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | |
| 81. Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 82. Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 83. Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 84. Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 85. Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | |
| 86. Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 87. Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | |
| 88. Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | |
| 89. Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 90. Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 91. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | |
| 92. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | |
| 93. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | |
| 94. Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | |
| 95. Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | |
| 96. Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 97. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | 2:46 |
| 98. Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse | 2:50 |
| 99. Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | 2:54 |
| 100. Cody O'Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | |
| 101. Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 102. Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | 3:30 |
| 103. Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | s.t. |
| 104. Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | 6:55 |
| DNS Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNS Joshua Thornton (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | |
| GC | |
| 1. George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel | 18.23:13 |
| 2. William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | at 1:40 |
| 3. David Canada Gracia (Esp) Saunier Duval - Prodir | 2.22 |
| 4. Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | 2.23 |
| 5. Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 2:48 |
| 6. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | 2:57 |
| 7. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | 3:04 |
| 8. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | 3:48 |
| 9. Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse | 4.20 |
| 10. Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 6.21 |
| 11. Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 6.25 |
| 12. Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | 6:34 |
| 13. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 11:48 |
| 14. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel | 12.23 |
| 15. Nathan O'Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis | 12:39 |
| 16. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | 13:38 |
| 17. Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 14:30 |
| 18. Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 14:54 |
| 19. Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | 14:59 |
| 20. Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | 15:11 |
| 21. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis | 15:18 |
| 22. Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 15:19 |
| 23. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Discovery Channel | 15.20 |
| 24. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval - Prodir | 15:30 |
| 25. Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | 15:59 |
| 26. Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 16:08 |
| 27. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | 16:15 |
| 28. Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | 16:35 |
| 29. Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 16:40 |
| 30. James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 16:49 |
| 31. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | |
| 32. Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 16:51 |
| 33. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | 16:54 |
| 34. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 17:05 |
| 35. Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | 17:08 |
| 36. Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 17:14 |
| 37. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | 17:19 |
| 38. Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | 17.25 |
| 39. Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | 17:38 |
| 40. John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel | 17:40 |
| 41. Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel | 17:42 |
| 42. Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | 17:45 |
| 43. David Vitoria (Sui) BMC Professional Cycling Team | 17:48 |
| 44. John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 45. Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team | 17:52 |
| 46. Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | |
| 47. Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | 17:59 |
| 48. Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | 18:01 |
| 49. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis | 18:07 |
| 50. Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 18:13 |
| 51. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Esp) Discovery Channel | |
| 52. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis | |
| 53. Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 54. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | 18:18 |
| 55. Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | 18:19 |
| 56. Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle | 18.28 |
| 57. Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 18:32 |
| 58. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | 18:33 |
| 59. Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 18:38 |
| 60. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel | 18:41 |
| 61. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | 18:46 |
| 62. Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse | |
| 63. Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | 18:49 |
| 64. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | 18:57 |
| 65. Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 18:58 |
| 66. Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 19:06 |
| 67. Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 19:07 |
| 68. Guy East (USA) US National Development Team | 19:11 |
| 69. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team | 19.25 |
| 70. Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir | 19.26 |
| 71. Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 19.28 |
| 72. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | 19:33 |
| 73. Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 19:41 |
| 74. Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 19:50 |
| 75. Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team | 19:58 |
| 76. Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 20:03 |
| 77. Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse | 20:06 |
| 78. Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team | 20:14 |
| 79. Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team | 20:19 |
| 80. Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | 20:38 |
| 81. Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir | 20:42 |
| 82. Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | 20:46 |
| 83. Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team | 20:53 |
| 84. Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis | 20:54 |
| 85. Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team | 20:56 |
| 86. Danilo Wyss (Sui) Saunier Duval - Prodir | 21:00 |
| 87. Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team | 21:06 |
| 88. Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | 21.25 |
| 89. Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel | 22:35 |
| 90. Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed | 22:36 |
| 91. Cody O'Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada | 22:38 |
92. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com -
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