August 3/01 10:45 am - Tour de `Toona: Stage 2

Posted by Editoress on 08/3/01
 

Tour de 'Toona, Pennsylvania

Stage 2 - Hollidaysburg Road Race, 96 km

Men
Courtesy Navigators

The Tour de 'Toona action continued today with the 60Mi. Hollidaysburg Circuit Race.The Hollidaysburg stage is the shortest of the Tour de Toona's road stages, but it is certainly the toughest of the tour's 3 circuit races. With a near constantly rolling terrain punctuated by a steep 1km climb 1.5 miles from the finish; it is a difficult circuit to control. The Saturn Cycling Team entered the day in enviable position, having control of the top three places on Individual GC, as well as the Team GC lead, 25 seconds ahead of the Navigators squad. Navigators' Chris Baldwin held the KOM jersey and was in 4th spot on GC, 5 seconds behind Eric Wohlberg.

The Navigators and Mercury plan was evident right from the gun as both teams began sending riders up the road in an effort to force Saturn to take control. The steady flow of attacks and immediate response of the strong Saturn team forced afast pace covering 29 miles in the 1st hour. However, a setback would strike the Navigators crew as Chris Baldwin was forced to retire from the race after the first lap due to a knee injury that had been plaguing him from the previous day.As the race beganit's second hour, a break of seven formed including Navigators' Kirk O'Bee, Mercury's Mike Sayers and Derek Bouchard Hall, and 7-UP's Doug Ziewacz. Saturn's Frank McCormack represented race leader Eric Wohlberg. As the gap grew to 25 seconds, Saturn seemed to sense the danger and began to organize a chase. But bad luck would strike as third placed Ivan Dominguez flatted, and stalled the Saturn chase. Although the team elected not to send help back for their sprinter, they slowed the tempo at the front to allow his return to the peloton, and the gap to the leaders grew to over 50 seconds. With one 20 mile circuit remaining, Saturn was forced to commit the team to an all out chase. They brought the break to 20 seconds with 10 miles to go, but did not seem interested in finishing the job with half a lap remaining. As the break dangled 20+ seconds in front, Saturn rode tempo in the field with Navigators and Mercury organized behind.

As the peloton approached the final climb, a big push from the field brought the two groups together, but sent three of the hard working Saturn riders to the back. As they crested the climb, the Navigators and Mercury teams charged to the front with their trains, sending many riders out the back including Saturn's Trent Klasna, Mark McCormack, and Dominguez. The big blue Navigators train surged to the front as the group rushed into town, winding it up for their Russian sprinter. With a big push on the uphill approach to the finish, Vassili Davidenko surged ahead of the group to win the stage ahead of Gord Fraser and Harm Jansen. The third place time bonus puts Jansen in the leaders jersey, 2 seconds ahead of teammate Wohlberg. Timothy Larkin (Lombardy Sports) moves into 3rd overall. Navigators' Mark Walters is in 5th, 10 seconds back, while Davidenko moved to within 13 seconds

Women
Courtesy Team Saturn

The women raced aggressively from the start with many individuals taking a crack at escaping. However, Genevieve Jeanson's Rona Team was intent of keeping the group intact in an effort to regain the yellow jersey. However, despite their intentions, a group managed to escape containing Intersport Teammates Cathy Marsal and Jessica Phillips. Also in the group were Autotrader's Amber Neben, Nicole Demars (800.com) and Saturn's Anke Erlank.

With all the major teams but Rona represented the Intersport teammates pushed the pace, and the group went clear of five went clear of the field. Saturn's Erlank found the perfect opportunity to attack the group the final time up the climb, and soled a mile and half in for the win and the Yellow Leader's Jersey. She finished nearly 15 seconds up on second place Phillips who won the two up sprint over Neben. Jeanson won the field sprint for fourth. Erlank leads the overall by 23 seconds over Neben in second and Phillips sits in third. Erlank's Saturn teammate, Bessette, is in fourth.

	Men
1	DAVIDENKO VASSILI	NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM		2:07:32
2	FRASER GORD	MERCURY RACING
3	JANSEN HARM	SATURN
4	CANDERLARIO ALEX	THF RACING
5	*DIONNE CHARLES	7UP COLORADO CYCLIST
6	BOUCHARD-HALL DEREK A	MERCURY RACING
7	PETERS JOHN K	MERCURY RACING
8	PINEDA OSCAR	7UP COLORADO CYCLIST
9	PAGE JON	WHEELWORKS CANNONDALE
10	LAVALLEE ALEX	KISSENA CYCLING TEAM
11	WILLIARD SHAWN D	DEFEET/LEMOND
12	WOHLBERG ERIC	SATURN
13	SUNDT JONNY	BROADMARK CAPITAL
14	FINKBEINER MAX	ZAXBYS CYCLING TEAM
15	CHAVEZ JOEL	CYCLESCIENCE/TREK
16	PIC CHRISTOPHER	MERCURY RACING
17	STEVENSON RUSSELL	BROADMARK CAPITAL
18	SEDGWICK DALE	BIANCHI GRAND PERFORMANCE
19	MCCORMACK FRANK	SATURN
20	WALTERS MARK	NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM
21	STOCKWELL LUKE	ZAXBYS CYCLING TEAM
22	LAZA VIKTOR	DEFEET/LEMOND
23	*FAULKNER NAT	KISSENA CYCLING TEAM
24	LIESWYN JOHN	7UP COLORADO CYCLIST
25	MONAHAN KEVIN	7UP COLORADO CYCLIST
26	WIRSING JONATHAN	SNOW VALLEY
27	OCONNOR RYAN	GO MART
28	SHEEHAN CLARK	7UP COLORADO CYCLIST
29	SHARP BENJAMIN	GO MART
30	LARKIN TIMOTHY	LOMBARDI SPORTS/OFOTO
31	TAYLOR JOSH	SNOW VALLEY
32	SWENSON CARL	THF RACING
33	MITCHELL GLEN	NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM
34	URZEDOWSKI RAFAL	WATCHUNG WHELMAN
35	HAMBLEN JON	WHEELWORKS CANNONDALE
36	MCDONALD CHRIS	KISSENA CYCLING TEAM
37	MATTIS JAMES	EAST SUBURBAN SPORTS
38	KELLY JOHN	KISSENA CYCLING TEAM
39	RAMPOLLO GABRIELE	DEFEET/LEMOND
40	UNKERT TIM	CAPITAL VELO CLUB
41	LEY MICHAEL	ZAXBYS CYCLING TEAM
42	ZIEWACZ DOUG	7UP COLORADO CYCLIST
43	KEEFER JESSE	BROADMARK CAPITAL
44	VAN HEEL JON	LOMBARDI SPORTS/OFOTO
45	SAYERS MICHAEL S	MERCURY RACING
46	FRIEL DIRK	ZAXBYS CYCLING TEAM
47	ZWIZANSKI SCOTT	BICYCLE THERAPY
48	MUL JELLE	GO MART
49	LOVERICH JACOB	BICYCLE THERAPY
50	JOHNSTON JEFF	TEAM TEXAS
51	HEANEY PATRICK	LOMBARDI SPORTS/OFOTO
52	FREYRE ENEAS	KISSENA CYCLING TEAM
53	HUNT JOHN D.	LOMBARDI SPORTS/OFOTO
54	WESTOVER KEVIN	EAST SUBURBAN SPORTS
55	OBEE KIRK	NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM
56	*NENNINGER RYAN	MACK RACING
57	PECK CHRIS	WHEELWORKS CANNONDALE
58	BECK JOSH	AQUAFINA
59	*BURNDRED GEOFF	BROADMARK CAPITAL
60	BAER JASON	G.S. MENGONI
61	*SIENIEWICZ GREGORY	WATCHUNG WHELMAN
62	SULLIVAN PATRICK	CAPITAL VELO CLUB
63	DICKEY DEWEY	BIANCHI GRAND PERFORMANCE
64	MURPHY ERIC P	EAST SUBURBAN SPORTS
65	CARRILLO GUSTAVE	BIANCHI GRAND PERFORMANCE		all s.t.
66	STAITE DAN	G.S. MENGONI		00:25
67	VASQUEZ WILSON	G.S. MENGONI		0:25
68	YAMAMOTO YASUHIRO	CITY SCAPE/HIGHER GEAR
69	CAMPONAGARO SIRO	NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM
70	SEIGLER WES	GO MART
71	SVATEK MATTHEW	WHEELWORKS CANNONDALE
72	BAKER PETER	WHEELWORKS CANNONDALE
73	CIPOLLA JOHN	EAST SUBURBAN SPORTS
74	CAMBPELL ROB	BROADMARK CAPITAL		all s.t.
75	COUGHLIN ANTHONY P.	TEAM TEXAS		0:39
76	TRADINA BRIAN	AQUAFINA
77	CAROLAN TIM	BIANCHI GRAND PERFORMANCE
78	KOGELMANN CHIP	BICYCLE THERAPY
79	LOPEZ DONNY R	KISSENA CYCLING TEAM		all s.t.
80	*CUNNINGHAM RAD	BROADMARK CAPITAL		0:51
81	HEDGES KRIS	SNOW VALLEY		s.t.
82	HODNETT JAMES	LOMBARDI SPORTS/OFOTO		0:56
83	SILBERMAN MARC	WATCHUNG WHELMAN		1:10
84	SANDERS TODD	CYCLESCIENCE/TREK
85	MORAN HUGH	CYCLESCIENCE/TREK		both s.t.
86	SCHMATZ DANIEL	THF RACING		1:15
87	SANCHEZ RAINIE	SNOW VALLEY		1:19
88	ZOOK RYAN	CITY SCAPE/HIGHER GEAR		1:19
89	RENDALL GLEN	SNOW VALLEY		1:34
90	FREDERICK CHRIS	EAST SUBURBAN SPORTS		1:34
91	DOMINQUEZ IVAN	SATURN		1:39
92	HARKEY CHRISTOPHER	DEFEET/LEMOND		1:57
93	*FETTY JACOB	ZAXBYS CYCLING TEAM		2:22
94	MCCORMACK MARK	SATURN		2:22
95	HELMINK JACCO	GO MART		2:22
96	HACKLER KURT	CAPITAL VELO CLUB		2:22
97	LARSON DAN	CYCLESCIENCE/TREK		3:18
98	SMITH DAVID	LOMBARDI SPORTS/OFOTO		3:51
99	KLASNA TRENT	SATURN		4:00
100	DAVIS CURT	WHEELWORKS CANNONDALE		10:01
101	GROOM SEAN	SNOW VALLEY		13:46
102	OLSON DANA	BICYCLE THERAPY		13:50
103	NEFF JOSH	MACK RACING		13:50
104	ALBRIGHT ANDREW	AQUAFINA		13:50
105	HOLM POUL	BIANCHI GRAND PERFORMANCE		13:58
106	HOSTERMAN TODD	AQUAFINA		22:19
107	SARTAIN JEREMY	BIANCHI GRAND PERFORMANCE		24:38
DNF	YEAGER MARK	EAST SUBURBAN SPORTS
DNF	BALDWIN CHRIS	NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM
DNF	BLAZER ZACK	AQUAFINA
DNF	MILLER JOSEPH	TEAM TEXAS
DNF	MCADAMS RORY	TEAM TEXAS
DNF	WARD CODY	CYCLESCIENCE/TREK
DNS	KUHN MIKE	AQUAFINA
	Women
1	ERLANK ANKE	SATURN CYCLING TEAM		32:21
2	PHILLIPS JESSICA	INTERSPORTS		0:12
3	NEBEN AMBER	AUTO TRADER.COM		0:15
4	COWDEN DOTSIE	800.COM		0:43
5	MARSAL CATHERINE	INTERSPORTS		0:55
6	*JEANSON GENEVIEVE	RONA CYCLING TEAM		1:01
7	VAN GILDER LAURA	VERIZON WIRELESS
8	BESSETTE LYNE	SATURN CYCLING TEAM
9	FREEDMAN NICOLE	CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
10	LONGENECKER GAIL	BOISE CASCADE OFFICE
11	MAYOLA-PIC TINA	AUTO TRADER.COM
12	ESPESETH SANDY	INTERSPORTS
13	REEKIE-MAY ROZ	UPMC PITTSBURGH CYCLE
14	DEMARS NICOLE	800.COM
15	DIAL JENNIFER	BELL ATLANTIC
16	DAVIDGE KIM	SATURN CYCLING TEAM
17	VEENSTRA MIRABELLA ERIN	JANE COSMETICS
18	SUNSTEDT PIA	INTERSPORTS
19	YOUNG JULIE	AUTO TRADER.COM
20	PALMER KOMAR SUSAN	JANE COSMETICS			Return to Canadian Cyclist homepage | Back to Top                  |   Privacy Policy | Contact | Subscribe to RSS Feed  | Logout  © Copyright 1998-2024 Canadian Cyclist. All rights reserved.