Fraser 3rd in NYC, Boucle, World Cup, Birthdays

Update

I am just back from Manchester, and the Editoress and I are going to take the evening off (after 50,000 km of air travel in the last 30 days). We will be back tomorrow with a huge backlog of news, photos and post-Games analysis.

Good night!


Fraser Third in New York


1. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Saturn Cycling Team 2:06:38
2. Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team
3. Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team
4. Alex Candalario (USA) Prime Alliance
5. Kevin Monohan (USA) 7Up-Nutrafig
6. Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Schroder Iron
7. Antonio Cruz (USA) Us Postal Service
8. Mark Mccormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
9. Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Mercury Cycling Team
10. Chad Gerlach (USA) Sierra Nevada-Cannondale Cycling Team
11. Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto:Com-Lombardi Sports
12. Andrew Crater (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
13. Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly
14. David Mccook (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team
15. James Paolinetti (USA) Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling Team
16. Corrado Serina (Ita) Index-Alexia
17. Marty Nothstein (USA) Navigators Cycling Team
18. Eddy Gragus (USA) Sierra Nevada all s.t.
19. Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Cycling Team 0:03
20. Graeme Miller (Nzl) Mercury Cycling Team
21. Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico-Jet Fuel Coffee 0:05
22. Joe Guiliano (Can)
23. Remi Mcmanus (USA) Jelly Belly both s.t.
24. Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn Cycling Team 0:09
25. Chann McRae (USA) Us Postal Service s.t.
26. Robert Ventura (USA) Us Postal Service 0:10
27. Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team 0:12
28. Lance Armstrong (USA) Us Postal Service 0:16
29. Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team
30. Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 0:23
31. Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 0:26
32. Peter Lopinto (USA) Ofoto-Lombardi Sports 0:40
33. Dirk Friel (USA) Jittery Joe's-Choco-Andean Eco Coffee 0:44

Starters: 68
Finishers: 33

Note: Gord Fraser travelled back last night from Manchester to make the race.

Report courtesy Team Saturn

A thrilling finish in New York gave the Saturn Team a phenomenal win on Sunday afternoon with Ivan Dominguez winning the NY City Championships over Navigator's Vascilli Davidenko. Today's win gave the Cuban born Saturn rider his biggest victory to date, and the Saturn men's team a much needed triumph in the 2002 season.

An early break established nearly 1:30 on the 1.5 mile course. Containing Henk Vogels (Mercury), Antonio Cruz (US Postal Service), Mariano Friedich (Jelly Belly), Saturn's Frank McCormack, and Navigator teammates Chris Baldwin and Oleg Campanegro. The seven man break worked well together for many laps until there were 11 laps of the 100 kilometer race remaining.

Just as the break found its biggest time split of the race at one minute thirty seconds, the Saturn Team organized themselves, deciding that the break up the road was not a race-promising one for the team. Bringing back 30 seconds in one lap, and the remainder of the time gap in three laps, the Saturn Team had the field together with five laps to go. Just as it looked like the Saturn Team had control of the race, the Mercury team went to the front to give their fast man Gord Fraser a super fast lead-out. And the Saturn Team, having spent themselves from the chase, drifted off the front.

With two laps to go, it looked like it would be Fraser or Davidenko in the final sprint, but in an effort that seemed super human, Saturn's Mark McCormack went back to nearly twentieth position to retrieve Dominguez. Having been swamped as the sprinters moved to the front, McCormack brought Dominguez up the outside, powering him to the front with 150 meters to go. From there it was all Dominguez as he flew straight up the outside to take a spectacular win over Davidenko. Fraser finished in third.

At the finish, Dominguez was speechless with joy, but teammate Harm Jansen had plenty to say, "It was an awesome win, with Mark taking him through the last corner and Ivan's fantastic leg speed."


Road World Cup #6 - Hamburg, Germany

1 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 253 km in 5:43:35
2 Igor Astarloa (Esp) Saeco Longoni Sport
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
5 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service
6 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio all s.t.
8 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio at 0:02
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco Longoni Sport 0:03
10 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 0:12
11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 0:14
12 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
13 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Longoni Sport
14 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport
15 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
16 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
17 Marcus Zberg (Sui) Rabobank
18 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast
19 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
20 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
21 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
22 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport
23 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
24 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio
25 Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Mapei-Quick Step
26 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
27 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Longoni Sport
28 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali
29 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast
30 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast
31 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis
32 Christian Heule (Sui) Team Cologne
33 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
34 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport
35 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom
36 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) iBanesto.com
37 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Longoni Sport
38 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
39 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
40 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
41 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
42 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour
43 Oscar Camenzind (Sui) Phonak Hearing Systems
44 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
46 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
47 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Lampre-Daikin
48 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis
49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport
50 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
51 Dmitri Gaynitdinov (Rus) Tacconi Sport
52 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
53 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
54 Mauro Gianetti (Sui) Team Coast
55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) iBanesto.com
56 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
57 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali
58 Abraham Olano Manzano (Esp) ONCE-Eroski
59 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
60 Isidro Nozal Vega (Esp) ONCE-Eroski
61 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
62 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites
63 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites
64 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
65 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
66 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
68 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
69 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali
70 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali
71 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast
72 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
74 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport
75 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali
76 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom
78 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio
79 Julian Dean (NZL) Team CSC Tiscali
80 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
81 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
82 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom
83 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
84 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
85 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco Longoni Sport
86 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
87 Martin Elmiger (Sui) Phonak Hearing Systems
88 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
89 Rafael Diaz Justo (Esp) ONCE-Eroski
90 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Coast
91 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
92 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
93 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
94 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
95 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
96 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport all s.t.
97 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 3:57
98 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio
99 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
100 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
101 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport
102 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
103 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com
104 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner
105 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service
106 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
107 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
108 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
109 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
110 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
111 Alexandre Moos (Sui) Phonak Hearing Systems all s.t.
112 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5:07
113 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Esp) ONCE-Eroski s.t.
114 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 5:10
115 Frederico Giabbecucci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 8:17
116 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
117 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom
118 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom
119 Matteo Fagnini Gian (Ita) Team Telekom
120 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
121 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service
122 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali
123 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service
124 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com
125 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
126 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Coast
127 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Esp) iBanesto.com
128 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
129 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service
130 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio
131 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
132 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
133 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
134 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
135 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
136 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
137 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
138 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
139 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour all s.t.
140 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8:39
141 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 11:45
142 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 14:42
DNF Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom
DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
DNF Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
DNF Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
DNF Niki Aebersold (Sui) Team Coast
DNF Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
DNF Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Mapei-Quick Step
DNF Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Longoni Sport
DNF Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco Longoni Sport
DNF Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco
DNF Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
DNF Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour
DNF Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Reto Bergmann (Sui) Phonak Hearing Systems
DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali
DNF Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
DNF Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio
DNF Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio
DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service
DNF Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service
DNF Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
DNF Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) iBanesto.com
DNF Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Esp) ONCE-Eroski
DNF Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Esp) ONCE-Eroski
DNF Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
DNF Mario Bolz (Ger) Team Cologne
DNF Jonas Hudalla (Ger) Team Cologne
DNF Frank Klein (Ger) Team Cologne
DNF Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Cologne
DNF Jorg Strauss (Sui) Team Cologne
DNF Sasa Sviben (Slo) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
DNS Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) ONCE-Eroski

World Cup Standings

1 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 270 points
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 174
3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 124
4 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 121
5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 120
6 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 109
7 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100
8 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 83
9 Igor Astarloa (Esp) Saeco-Longoni Sport 82
10 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 79
11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Mapei-Quick Step 77
12 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 70
13 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 70
14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 70
15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 63
16 Marcus Zberg (Sui) Rabobank 60
17 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 53
18 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service 52
19 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50
20 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 49
21 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 46
22 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 44
23 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 40
24 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 40
25 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 39
26 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 38
27 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 36
28 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32
29 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 32
30 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32
31 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 32
32 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 28
33 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 25
34 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 24
35 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 24
36 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 24
37 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 24
38 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 21
39 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20
40 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 20
41 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 17
42 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 16
43 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Index Alexia 16
44 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 15
45 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Esp) iBanesto.com 15
46 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 15
47 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14
48 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14
49 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 14
50 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 13
51 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13
52 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12
53 Andreï Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 12
54 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Coast 12
55 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Index Alexia 12
56 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11
57 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 11
58 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 11
59 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 11
60 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11
61 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 10
62 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10
63 Maximilian Sciandri (GBR) Lampre-Daikin 10
64 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10
65 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9
66 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 8
67 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 8
68 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 8
69 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 8
70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7
71 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 7
72 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
73 Rolf Huser (Sui) Team Coast 6
74 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 6
75 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 6
76 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
77 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
78 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Mercatone Uno 5
79 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 5
80 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 5
81 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) ONCE-Eroski 5
82 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4
83 Alexandr Shefer (Kaz) Alessio 4
84 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 4
85 Igor Flores Galarza (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
86 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3
87 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) iBanesto.com 3
88 Dario Pieri (Ita) Alessio 3
89 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 2
90 Mauro Gianetti (Sui) Team Coast 2
91 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 2
92 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2
93 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 1
94 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) iBanesto.com 1

Team Standings

1 Domo-Farm Frites 40 points
2 Mapei-Quick Step 40
3 Lotto-Adecco 30
4 Cofidis 27
5 Fassa Bortolo 25

12 US Postal Service 8


Grande Boucle Feminine Internationale

Stage 1a - s'Hertogenbosch 93 km

1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Team Saturn 2:14.25
2 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera
3 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim Ladies Team
4 Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
5 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
6 Regina Schleicher (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
7 Sara Felloni (Ita) Edilsavino
8 Iulia Martissova (Rus) Itera
9 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) CA Mantes-la-Ville
10 Miho Oki (Jap) CA Mantes-la-Ville all s.t.

Stage 1b - s'Hertogenbosch TTT 15.1km

1 Team Farm Frites Hartol 18:50
2 Saturn Cycling at 0:12
3 Itera Team 0:33
4 Deia Pragma Colnago 0:44
5 Acca Due O 0:51
6 Edilsavino 0:57
7 Nurnberger 1:01
8 Power Plate Mixed 1:02
9 USC Chirio 1:05
10 USA 1:06

GC

1 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 2:33:11
2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol at 0:12
3 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
4 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol both s.t.
5 Anouska Van der Zee (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 0:17
6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Saturn 0:24
7 Kim Bruckner (USA) Team Saturn s.t.
8 Olga Slioessareva (Rus) Itera 0:27
9 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Team Saturn 0:29
10 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Saturn s.t.

Points

1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Team Saturn 25 points
2 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera 20
3 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaandern-T Interim 16

Young Rider Classification

1 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 2:33:59
2 Nicole Brandli (Sui) Edilsavino at 0:36
3 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) 0:38


Happy Birthday To...

August 2nd: Mat Toulouse, Jesse Keefer, Antoine Varghese
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