March 25/00 8:06 am - Report from Napa

Posted by Editoress on 03/25/00
 

Team Street Race - Friday night
(Teams of four riders--two elite men, one U-23 man and one elite woman)

1. Team Ritchey-Yahoo! (Frischknecht, Djernis, Kain, Fruett)
2. Giant ( Dupouey, Sydor, Larsen, Hoydahl)
3. Great Britain (Wilkinson, Dixon, Brunger, Foord).
4. GT (Leboucher, Paulissen, Green, Hatfield)
5. Sobe Headshok (Matter, Prkinson, Jones, Hausan)

Notes: While warming up for the race, Cadel Evens crashed and broke his left collarbone (the same one he broke late last year). He will be out of the race scene for 6-8 weeks.

- Team Great Britain rider Caroline Alexander, who crashed last weekend at Sea Otter, will not start tomorrow.

- Canadian women who will start tomorrow: Alison Sydor, Chrissy Redden, Leslie Tomlinson, Melanie Dorian, Trish Sinclair, Amber Chorney, Marie-Helene Premont.

- Canada calls the shots! Chief Commisaire for the weekend is Canadian Louise Lalonde. There are at least 2 other Canadian officials too.