August 22/11 20:58 pm - USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Prologue
Posted by Editoress on 08/22/11
The 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge began today in Colorado Springs with an 8.3 kilometre prologue, and Team SpiderTech's Ryan Roth kick started this important stage race with a tenth place finish, just ten seconds behind winner Patrick Gretsch's (HTC Highroad) time of 8:27.
Team SpiderTech had a great day in this prologue, placing four riders within 30 seconds of the leading time. Team SpiderTech placed its top time trial riders early in the starting order, playing it safe in the face of some changing weather conditions. A great strategic move, since the weather deteriorated as the race went on.
Roth, a time trial specialist, finished only two seconds behind Tour de France winner Cadel Evans of BMC Racing.
SpiderTech's David Boily, a U23 rider, posted the fourth fastest time among the young riders.
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge includes eight UCI WorldTour teams, four Pro Continental teams (including Team SpiderTech powered by C10), and five Continental teams.
Courtesy Team SpiderTech powered by C10
| Prologue: Colorado Springs ITT, 8.30 km | |
| 1 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 8:27.460 |
| 2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | at 0:02 |
| 3 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:04 |
| 4 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:05 |
| 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | 0:07 |
| 6 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:07 |
| 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:08 |
| 8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 0:08 |
| 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:08 |
| 10 Ryan Roth (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:10 |
| 11 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad | 0:11 |
| 12 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:11 |
| 13 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy | 0:13 |
| 14 Adrian Hegevary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:14 |
| 15 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:15 |
| 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:15 |
| 17 Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:16 |
| 18 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:16 |
| 19 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:17 |
| 20 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:17 |
| 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:18 |
| 22 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack | 0:20 |
| 23 Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:20 |
| 24 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:21 |
| 25 Danny Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:21 |
| 26 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack | 0:22 |
| 27 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:22 |
| 28 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling | 0:23 |
| 29 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:23 |
| 30 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:24 |
| 31 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:26 |
| 32 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:26 |
| 33 David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:26 |
| 34 Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling | 0:26 |
| 35 Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:27 |
| 36 Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes (Col) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 0:28 |
| 37 Lachlan Norris (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 0:29 |
| 38 Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad | 0:30 |
| 39 Michael Christiansen Morkov (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:31 |
| 40 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:31 |
| 41 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:32 |
| 42 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Esp) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 0:32 |
| 43 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling | 0:32 |
| 44 Giovanni Baez Alvarez (Col) EPM - UNE | 0:33 |
| 45 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek | 0:33 |
| 46 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) EPM - UNE | 0:33 |
| 47 Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:33 |
| 48 Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek | 0:33 |
| 49 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:33 |
| 50 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 0:34 |
| 51 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack | 0:34 |
| 52 William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 0:35 |
| 53 Nic Hamilton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 0:35 |
| 54 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:35 |
| 55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:36 |
| 56 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy | 0:36 |
| 57 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 0:36 |
| 58 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:37 |
| 59 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack | 0:37 |
| 60 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 0:37 |
| 61 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:37 |
| 62 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | 0:38 |
| 63 George Bennett (NZl) Team RadioShack | 0:38 |
| 64 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 0:38 |
| 65 Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy | 0:38 |
| 66 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:38 |
| 67 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:38 |
| 68 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:39 |
| 69 Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 0:39 |
| 70 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM - UNE | 0:40 |
| 71 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:41 |
| 72 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 0:41 |
| 73 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:41 |
| 74 Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:41 |
| 75 Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:42 |
| 76 Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy | 0:42 |
| 77 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:42 |
| 78 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:43 |
| 79 Bruno Langlois (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:43 |
| 80 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:44 |
| 81 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 0:44 |
| 82 Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 0:44 |
| 83 Andrés Miguel Diaz (Col) Team Exergy | 0:45 |
| 84 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 0:45 |
| 85 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:47 |
| 86 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:47 |
| 87 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek | 0:48 |
| 88 Carlos Fernando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM - UNE | 0:49 |
| 89 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 0:49 |
| 90 Kai Applequist (USA) Team Exergy | 0:50 |
| 91 Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad | 0:50 |
| 92 André Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:51 |
| 93 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad | 0:51 |
| 94 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 0:51 |
| 95 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:52 |
| 96 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:52 |
| 97 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:52 |
| 98 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:52 |
| 99 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:53 |
| 100 Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek | 0:54 |
| 101 Jaime Castaneda (Col) EPM - UNE | 0:54 |
| 102 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 0:55 |
| 103 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:55 |
| 104 William Dugan (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 0:56 |
| 105 Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 0:56 |
| 106 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Skil - Shimano | 0:57 |
| 107 Eduard Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM - UNE | 0:58 |
| 108 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 0:58 |
| 109 Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:59 |
| 110 Edward Stiver Ortiz Caro (Col) EPM - UNE | 0:59 |
| 111 Flavio de Luna (Mex) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:59 |
| 112 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 1:01 |
| 113 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 1:01 |
| 114 Oscar Alvarez (Col) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 1:01 |
| 115 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 1:01 |
| 116 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:01 |
| 117 Rafael Montiel (Col) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 1:02 |
| 118 Sebastian Salas (Can) Team Exergy | 1:03 |
| 119 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:04 |
| 120 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 1:08 |
| 121 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:10 |
| 122 Philipp Ries (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 1:13 |
| 123 Erik Slack (USA) Team Exergy | 1:14 |
| 124 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) EPM - UNE | 1:15 |
| 125 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:19 |
| 126 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon (Col) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 1:19 |
| 127 Daniele Calligarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 1:20 |
| 128 Cristhian Montoya Giraldo (Col) Gobernacion de Antioquia - Indeportes Antioqua | 1:24 |
| 129 Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 1:28 |
| 130 Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 2:04 |
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