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Stage 4-
Brook Miller (Team Tibco)
Uptown
Minneapolis Criterium
Race
Writeup
Brooke
Miller won stage 4 at the Uptown Minneapolis Criterium; Kristen Armstrong
held onto Yellow
No trip to the Nature Valley Grand Prix would be complete for Brooke Miller
(Tibco) without a victory, with Miller celebrating a criterium victory two
years in a row. Today’s aggressive race to the end, saw Shelley Olds (Proman
Hit Squad) taking both second place on the podium and the Wheaties Sprint
Jersey, while veteran sprinter Laura Van Gilder (Altarum Women’s Cycling)
rounded out the podium with a third place finish.
Though there was speculation that the beginning of the race might be a
repeat of Wednesday’s St. Paul Downtown Criterium, with race leader
Kristin Armstrong (Cervélo Test Team) taking control of the front, it soon
became clear that the teams were not going to just sit back, actively
seeking to shake up the general classification and tempt Armstrong to work.
Riders from Tibco, Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light, Webcor,
and ValueAct Capital sent riders up the road with attack after attack,
nothing gaining more than 10 seconds before being caught.
The 25-lap race had three sprint competitions, plus an additional prime
competition to keep the race active.
The Sprint Competition alternated between Kirsty Broun (Riverstone CDA) and
Shelley Olds, with Olds taking the first sprint and Broun taking the second.
It was Olds’ victory at the third sprint competition that finally won her
the Sprint jersey.
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Race Comments
Brooke
Miller (Team Tibco) was pleased to have won, “It was a
very aggressive race. I had to throw a lot of elbows and do a lot of
aggressive moving, but that’s what you do when your team is putting
themselves on the line for you – you make sure you deliver,” said
Miller, who had her first big NRC victory at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in
2006 and continues to win stages every year.
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Results
- Top 10 - click here to see full result
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Position |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
Gap |
Bonuses |
| 1 |
Brooke
MILLER |
Team
TIBCO |
.48'23" |
|
15" |
| 2 |
Shelley
OLDS |
PROMAN
Hit Squad |
.48'23" |
|
10" |
| 3 |
Laura
VAN GILDER |
Altarum
Women's Cycling Team |
.48'23" |
|
6" |
| 4 |
Gina
GRAIN |
Webcor
Builders |
.48'23" |
|
|
| 5 |
Alison
POWERS |
Team
Type 1 |
.48'23" |
|
|
| 6 |
Kirsty
BROUN |
Riverstone
CDA |
.48'23" |
|
|
| 7 |
Christina
SMITH |
Veloforma |
.48'23" |
|
|
| 8 |
Lauren
TAMAYO |
Team
TIBCO |
.48'23" |
|
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| 9 |
Tina
PIC |
Colavita
Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light |
.48'23" |
|
|
| 10 |
*
Erica ALLAR |
ValueAct
Capital Cycling Team |
.48'23" |
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General
Classification Top 10 - click
here to see full GC
|
Position |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
Gap |
| 1 |
Kristin
ARMSTRONG |
Cervelo
Test Team |
4.36'42" |
|
| 2 |
Alison
POWERS |
Team
Type 1 |
4.36'54" |
12" |
| 3 |
Shelley
OLDS |
PROMAN
Hit Squad |
4.37'15" |
33" |
| 4 |
Anne
SAMPLONIUS |
Lip
Smacker |
4.37'30" |
48" |
| 5 |
Katharine
CARROLL |
Team
TIBCO |
4.37'33" |
51" |
| 6 |
Lauren
TAMAYO |
Team
TIBCO |
4.37'40" |
58" |
| 7 |
Joanne
KIESANOWSKI |
Team
TIBCO |
4.37'46" |
1'04" |
| 8 |
Evelyn
STEVENS |
Velo
Classic Tours/Radical Media p/b Schick/Playtex |
4.37'47" |
1'05" |
| 9 |
#
Kate VERONNEAU |
Altarum
Women's Cycling Team |
4.37'52" |
1'10" |
| 10 |
Andrea
DVORAK |
Colavita
Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light |
4.37'56" |
1'14" |
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