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An
Epic Race
Canada's Svein Tuft of Team Symmetrics won the inaugural U.S. Open
Cycling Championships in an epic race that included 18-degree temperatures,
snow, strong winds, cobblestones, and a fierce, international field.
The start of the race in historic Williamsburg was delayed by one-hour
and twenty minutes while race officials, police, motorcycle escorts,
television helicopter pilots and team managers anxiously monitored
sufficiently clearing weather conditions hoping to allow safe, or
at least somewhat safe, racing conditions.
U. S. Open Cycling Championships Competition Director Ravi Rajcoomar
gave the order to start the race at 9:30 am and the 150-man field
raced away from Williamsburg, past Jamestown and the James River
Plantations towards Richmond with its eight, 5.5 mile finishing
circuits. |
The field,
comprised of teams from the USA, Canada and Mexico, raced towards Richmond
at 30 mph-plus speeds, fighting crosswinds and snow showers. Once in
the capital of Virginia, the race exploded into pieces on the circuits
that included what is now the famous cobblestoned climb up Libby Hill.
Evoking images and action of century-old European races such as the
Tour of Flanders, the Richmond circuit blew the field into pieces.
Colombia's Gregorio Landino Vega, racing for Mexico's Tecos Team, launched
a solo move at mile 82 that held off the field for over 10-miles. Caught
at mile-92, a flurry of counter attacks insued, but nothing stuck until
Team Slipstream's European veteran Pat McCarty, with 20-miles to the
finish, escaped the field in his own solo attempt. McCarty forged a
23-second lead over the field, but started to lose ground, dropping
to a fifteen second lead after four-miles of effort. Tuft then bridged
up to McCarty, the two combined forces, and their lead began to grow,
as the big teams (Navigators, Toyota and Healthnet) neutralized one
another behind.
The field splintered from behind with three laps, (16-miles) under pressure
from attacks and counter attacks. Tuft and McCarty, working with notable
smoothness together, never faltered under the pressure, and their lead
one-minute lead remained stable until one-half lap to go, when an acceleration
of the chasing group began to eat into it.
On the last climb of Libby Hill, Tuft, using a giant gear, simply powered
away from McCarty, punched around the Monument to the Solider and Sailors,
and began to take time out of everyone, including the chasing field.
Tuft won
with :41 over McCarty, who, by inches, as the chasing field blew past
him just two inches too late, held on to second place over Argentina's
Alejandro Borrajo of the unhearalded Rite Aid Team.
| Pro
Men |
|
Place
|
Last |
First |
Team
Code |
Time
Gap
|
|
1
|
TUFT |
Svein |
Symmetrics |
4:19:10
|
|
2
|
MCCARTY |
Pat |
Team
Slipstream powered by Chipotle |
0:00:41
|
|
3
|
BORRAJO |
Alejandro |
Rite
Aid |
0:00:41
|
|
4
|
DOWNING |
Russell |
Health
Net p/b Maxxis |
0:00:41
|
|
5
|
PINFOLD |
Andrew |
Symmetrics |
0:00:47
|
|
6
|
PARRA
CELADA |
John
Fredy |
Tecos |
0:00:58
|
|
7
|
WILSON |
Trent |
Jittery
Joe's |
0:00:58
|
|
8
|
RAPINSKI |
Viktor |
Navigators
Insurance |
0:00:58
|
|
9
|
CANDELARIO |
Alex |
Jelly
Belly |
0:00:58
|
|
10
|
KOBZARENKO |
Valeriy |
Navigators
Insurance |
0:00:58
|
|
11
|
OBEE |
Kirk |
Health
Net p/b Maxxis |
0:01:02
|
|
12
|
VOGELS |
Henk |
Toyota-United |
0:01:02
|
|
13
|
ZAJICEK |
Phil |
Navigators
Insurance |
0:01:02
|
|
14
|
EUSER |
Lucas |
Team
Slipstream powered by Chipotle |
0:01:02
|
|
15
|
JOHNSON |
Tim |
Health
Net p/b Maxxis |
0:01:02
|
|
16
|
ELKEN |
Evan |
Jittery
Joe's |
0:01:16
|
|
17
|
STEWART |
Jackson |
BMC
Racing |
0:01:37
|
|
18
|
SULLIVAN |
Sean |
Toyota-United |
0:01:46
|
|
19
|
LADINO
VEGA |
Gregorio |
Tecos |
0:02:29
|
|
20
|
HANSON |
Ken |
BMC
Racing |
0:02:29
|
|
21
|
HARTLEY |
Chad |
BMC
Racing |
0:02:29
|
|
22
|
RYTLEWSKI |
Jake |
Rite
Aid |
0:02:29
|
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23
|
ROLLIN |
Dominique |
Kodak
Gallery p/b Sierra Nevada |
0:02:29
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24
|
FRATTINI |
Davide |
Colavita-Sutter
Home p/b Cooking Light |
0:02:29
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|
25
|
BAZZANA |
Alessandro |
Team
Successful Living |
0:02:29
|
|
26
|
MILNE |
Shawn |
Health
Net p/b Maxxis |
0:02:29
|
|
27
|
STEVIC |
Ivan |
Toyota-United |
0:03:09
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|
28
|
DOMINGUEZ |
Ivan |
Toyota-United |
0:03:28
|
|
29
|
MANION |
Caleb |
Toyota-United |
0:04:18
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|
30
|
VAN
GARDEREN |
Tejay |
USA
Cycling National Development Team |
0:04:32
|
|
31
|
DIONNE |
Charles |
Colavita-Sutter
Home p/b Cooking Light |
0:04:32
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|
32
|
BOWMAN |
Daniel |
Kelly
Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling |
0:04:32
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33
|
ROSENBARGER |
Jacob |
BMC
Racing |
0:04:32
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|
34
|
TIMMERMAN |
Dan |
Kodak
Gallery p/b Sierra Nevada |
0:04:32
|
|
35
|
ZWIZANSKI |
Scott |
Priority
Health p/b Bissell |
0:04:40
|
|
36
|
FALCON |
Yosvany |
AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork |
0:04:40
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37
|
DONALD |
Jason |
Team
Slipstream powered by Chipotle |
0:04:40
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|
38
|
PIPP |
Frank |
Health
Net p/b Maxxis |
0:04:40
|
|
39
|
EVANS |
Cameron |
Symmetrics |
0:04:40
|
|
40
|
MCCANN |
David |
Colavita-Sutter
Home p/b Cooking Light |
0:04:40
|
|
41
|
PELTONEN |
Garrett |
Priority
Health p/b Bissell |
0:04:40
|
|
42
|
DUGGAN |
Timmy |
Team
Slipstream powered by Chipotle |
0:04:40
|
|
43
|
ABRAHAM |
Emile |
Priority
Health p/b Bissell |
0:04:40
|
|
44
|
ENGLAND |
Justin |
Toyota-United |
0:04:40
|
|
45
|
WOHLBERG |
Eric |
Symmetrics |
0:04:40
|
|
46
|
STEVENSON |
Cody |
Jittery
Joe's |
0:04:40
|
|
47
|
CHADWICK |
Glen |
Navigators
Insurance |
0:04:40
|
|
48
|
RANDELL |
Andrew |
Symmetrics |
0:04:40
|
|
49
|
LEWIS |
Craig |
Team
Slipstream powered by Chipotle |
0:04:47
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|
50
|
ROTH |
Ryan |
Kelly
Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling |
0:04:47
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|
51
|
TRAVIESO |
Frank
|
AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork |
0:07:43
|
|
52
|
LANGE |
Mike |
Team
Slipstream powered by Chipotle |
0:08:51
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|
53
|
MUMFORD |
Jonathan |
Kelly
Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling |
0:13:44
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54
|
NICHOLAS |
Waite |
Kelly
Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling |
0:18:57
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DQ
|
ANTHONY |
Jesse |
Kodak
Gallery p/b Sierra Nevada |
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| Number
Starters:141 |
| Riders
Finishing out of Time Limit: 0 |
| Riders
Abandoning Race: 86 |
| Riders
Disqualified: 1 |
Race
report and results provided by John Eustice
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