April 6, 2008 (Redlands, CA) - There was no telling who would hold onto the yellow jersey as the pro women approached the starting line of the 2008 Redlands Bicycle Classic famous Sunset Road Race starting line. Pure determination was present on every face as the riders started the selective 108km/68 mile course, with circuits in the Sunset Drive hills.
For most of the race, two protagonists were in front of the field of 20 riders. As they hammered it out through the downtown Redlands finish, Canada’s Alex Wrubleski of Webcor Builders charged, drilling across the line first, and not only winning today's stage race, but narrowly beating Mara Abbott of High Road for the overall 2008 Redlands Bicycle Classic win, by a slim one second margin. Leigh Hobson of Cheerwine and Kim Anderson of High Road were second and third for today's stage race, respectively.
The Stage Four race started in downtown Redlands before it climbed into the Sunset Drive hills for nine laps of approximately 11km/7-mile course. The pros displayed their super talents as they sped through the corners up and down the sharply graded hills. The biggest battle came to the last few yards of the race as Wrubleski and Abbott put everything on the line for the championship, with Wrubleski edging past Abbott for the win. "We knew what we had to do, but it didn't happen today," reflected Abbott.
Today's win was pivotal, with the overall points balancing a miniscule gap. The win pushed Wrubleski to the front for the overall win. Abbott finished right behind Wrubleski and Katherine Carroll of Aaron's was third in overall points. Cheerwine took top honors for the overall team winner.
Alejandro Borrajo (Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light) won the men’s final Stage 3 146.5 km
Sunset Road Race over BMC’s Tony Cruz in second and Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis) in third. Rock Racing’s Santiago Botero in 21st on the final stage took the overall win with Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) claiming second and
Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell) the third spot on the final podium.
Chris Wherry of Toyota United was presented with the Carole King Sportsmanship Award for his representation of extraordinary sportsmanship. "You guys support this race more than so many cities I've raced in," said Wherry. "Thank you, Redlands."
For more information about the 2008 Redlands Bicycle Classic, presented by PossAbilities, including current race results, visit www.redlandsclassic.com.
Results
Women
1. Alex Wrubleski (Webcor Builders) 2.52.35
2. Leigh Hobson (Cheerwine)
3. Kim Anderson (High Road)
4. Katharine Carroll (Aaron's )
5. Tiffany Cromwell (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light)
6. Anne Samplonius (Cheerwine)
7. Mara Abbott (High Road)
8. Stacy Marple (Cheerwine)
9. Suz Weldon (Wines of Washington)
10. Andrea Dvorak (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light)
11. Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders)
12. Kristin Sanders (Aaron's )
13. Alison Testroete (Aaron's )
14. Leah Goldstein (ValueAct Capital) 0.10
15. Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders)
16. Julie Beveridge (Aaron's )
17. Rebecca Larson (Aaron's ) 5.49
18. Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)
19. Coryn Rivera (Rock Racing) 5.53
20. Devon Haskell (Dolce Vita)
21. Robin Farina (Cheerwine)
22. Iona Winter-Parks (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light)
23. Rebecca Much (Webcor Builders)
24. Shannon Koch (Rock Racing)
25. Meredith Miller (Aaron's ) 5.58
26. Sarah Bamberger (Cheerwine) 6.19
27. Rachel Heal (TIBCO) 14.29
28. Anna Milkowski (Advil-Chapstick)
29. Kathleen Billington (Rock Racing)
30. Hilary Billington (Bicycle John's ) 17.58
31. Amber Rais (TIBCO)
32. Anne Guzman (Kenda Tire)
33. Denise Ramsden (Dolce Vita)
34. Kristin McGrath (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light)
35. Jerica Hutchinson (TIBCO)
36. Betina Hold (Advil-Chapstick) 21.0
37. MacKenzie Woodring (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 27.13
38. Cara Gillis (Bicycle John's ) 29.33
39. Rachel Tzinberg (Bicycle John's )
40. Tracy Kubas (Bicycle John's )
41. Lana Atchley (Rock Racing)
42. Nichole Wangsgard (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light)
43. Flavia Oliveira (Vanderkitten)
44. Jadine Riley (Wines of Washington)
45. Marni Hambleton (ValueAct Capital)
46. Jacqueline Kurth (Kenda Tire)
47. Kathryn Clark (Kenda Tire)
48. Martina Patella (ValueAct Capital)
49. Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine)
50. Amy Dombroski (Webcor Builders)
51. Emilia Fahlin (High Road)
52. Helen Kelly (TIBCO)
53. Rushlee Mae Buchanan (TIBCO)
54. Alex Rhodes (High Road) 35.32
55. Kirsten Robbins (Advil-Chapstick) 46.09
56. Karla Kingsley (Dolce Vita) 51.2
57. Jennifer Wilson (Vanderkitten)
58. Hannah Banks (ValueAct Capital)
59. Samantha Schneider (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 56.43
60. Jenny Trew (Vanderkitten) 58.1
61. Courtney Hammond (Rock Racing) 1.00.03
62. Taitt Sato (ValueAct Capital)
63. Shontell Gauthier (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light)
64. Lara Kroepsch (ValueAct Capital)
65. Gina Grain (Webcor Builders)
66. Brenda Lyons (Advil-Chapstick)
Men
1. Alejandro Borrajo (Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light) 3.25.26
2. Tony Cruz (BMC)
3. Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis)
4. Evan Elken (Jittery Joe’s)
5. Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United)
6. Brent Bookwalter (BMC)
7. Niel Shirley (Jittery Joe’s)
8. Christian Meier (Symmetrics)
9. Jackson Stewart (BMC)
10. Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing)
11. Danny Summerhill (Slipstream-Chipotle)
12. Adrian Gerrits (Kahala-LaGrange)
13. Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United)
14. Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
15. Chris Jones (Team Type 1)
16. Bradley White (Successful Living)
17. Tom Danielson (Slipstream-Chipotle)
18. Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light)
19. Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light)
20. Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell)
21. Santiago Botero (Rock Racing)
22. Peter Stetina (Slipstream-Chipotle)
23. Tom Zirbel (Bissell)
24. Chris Wherry (Toyota-United)
25. Luis Alberto Amaran (Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light)
26. Justin England (Toyota-United)
27. Aaron Olson (Bissell)
28. Steve Bovay (BMC)
29. Scott Nydam (BMC)
30. David Frattini (Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light)
31. James Mattis (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized) 1.24
32. Michael Grabinger (Successful Living)
33. Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing)
34. Jorge Martinez (CAICO)
35. Kiel Rejnen (Waste Management)
36. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell) 4.43
37. Richard England (Bissell)
38. Reid Mumford (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
39. Roman Kilun (Health Net-Maxxis)
40. David Clinger (Rock Racing)
41. Daniel Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
42. Phil Gaimon ( U25 Development)
43. Kirk Carlsen (Slipstream-Chipotle)
44. Jonathan Cantwell (Jittery Joe’s)
45. Alessandro Bazzana (Successful Living)
46. Ryan Sullivan (Jittery Joe’s)
47. Christian Valenzuela (Successful Living)
48. David Veill1eux (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast) 7.20
49. Sheldon Deeny (U25 Development) 7.27
50. Walker Savidge (Slipstream-Chipotle) 12.21
51. Jesse Moore (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized) 16.21
52. Ozzie Olmos (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized)
53. Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing)
54. Brian Jensen (Successful Living)
55. Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly)
56. David Guttenplan (Time Pro)
57. Uthman Ray IV (ZteaM)
58. Blake Caldwell (Slipstream-Chipotle)
59. Ian MacGregor (Team Type 1)
60. Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics)
61. Ken Hanson (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized)
62. Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics)
63. Will Routley (Symmetrics)
64. Jacob Erker (Symmetrics)
65. Justin Spinelli (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
66. Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joe’s)
67. James Gunn (5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 26.55
68. Taylor Tolleson (BMC) 28.19
69. Michael Creed (Rock Racing)
70. Jonathan Chodroff (U25 Development) 35.18
71. Danny Finneran (THF Racing) 36.41
72. Nolan Froese (THF Racing)
73. Luis-Alejandro Zamudio (American RADD)
74. Matt Seagrave (Kahala-LaGrange)
75. Adam Livingston (5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil)
76. Brian Dziewa (THF Racing)
77. Evan Oliphant (Plowman Craven) 38.59
78. Eric Barlevav (Time Pro) 41.02
79. Heath Blackgrove (Toyota-United) 42.4
80. Matthew Crane (Health Net-Maxxis) 44.45
81. Corey Collier (Health Net-Maxxis)
82. Justin Kerr (Liquid Cycling at 46:34)
83. Christian Kearney (ZteaM) 47.04
84. Scotty Tickemyer (THF Racing) 47.2
85. Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 47.33
86. Curtis Gunn (Successful Living)
87. Henk Vogels (Toyota-United) 51.39
88. Alex Higham (Plowman Craven) 51.44
89. Bryson Perry (American RADD at 54:15)
DNS Shawn Milne (Team Type 1)
DNS Cameron Evans (Symmetrics)
DNF Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
DNF Keven Lacombe (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
DNF Martin Gilbert (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
DNF Karl Menzies (Health Net-Maxxis)
DNF Frank Pipp (Health Net-Maxxis)
DNF Kyle Gritters (Health Net-Maxxis)
DNF Matt Cooke (Health Net-Maxxis)
DNF Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing)
DNF Fred Rodriguez (Rock Racing)
DNF Ben Day (Toyota-United)
DNF Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)
DNF Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly)
DNF Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly)
DNF Mike Lange (Jelly Belly)
DNF Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly)
DNF Nic Sanderson (Jelly Belly)
DNF Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly)
DNF Matty Rice (Jelly Belly)
DNF Trent Wilson (Jittery Joe’s)
DNF Chad Hartley (Jittery Joe’s)
DNF Anibal Borrajo (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light)
DNF Anthony Colby (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light)
DNF Gustavo Artacho (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light)
DNF Moises Aldape (Team Type 1)
DNF Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1)
DNF Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1)
DNF Daniel Ramsey (Time Pro)
DNF Tom Soladay (Time Pro)
DNF Jered Gruber (Time Pro)
DNF Rand Miller (ZteaM)
DNF Maxime Vives (ZteaM)
DNF Alex Boyd (Waste Management)
DNF Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson (Liquid Cycling)
DNF Max Jenkins (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized)
DNF Mark Santurbane (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized)
DNF Francois Parisien (Symmetrics)
DNF Andrew Randell (Symmetrics)
DNF Jorge Alvarado (Kahala-LaGrange)
DNF Ben Sonntag (Kahala-LaGrange)
DNF Markus Weinberg (Kahala-LaGrange)
DNF Stefano Barberi (THF Racing)
DNF Brandon Gritters (5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil)
DNF Nate Deibler (5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil)
DNF Ryan Baumann (U25 Development)
DNF Ted King (Bissell)
DNF Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell)
DNF Omer Kem (Bissell)
DNF Alejandro Cortez (CAICO)
DNF Wendy Cruz (CAICO)
DNF Alexander Gonzalez (CAICO)
DNF Javier Zapata (CAICO)
DNF Jeff Louder (BMC)
DNF Nathan Miller (BMC)
DNF Simon Gaywood (Plowman Craven)
DNF Simon Richardson (Plowman Craven)
DNF Tom Barras (Plowman Craven)
DNF Neil Coleman (Plowman Craven)
DSQ Terrence Keenan (THF Racing)
Final GC
1. Alex Wrubleski (Webcor Builders) 7.07.50
2. Mara Abbott (High Road) 0.01
3. Katharine Carroll (Aaron's ) 0.16
4. Leigh Hobson (Cheerwine) 0.19
5. Kim Anderson (High Road) 0.21
6. Tiffany Cromwell (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 0.41
7. Anne Samplonius (Cheerwine) 0.42
8. Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders) 0.43
9. Julie Beveridge (Aaron's ) 0.57
10. Kristin Sanders (Aaron's ) 1.1
11. Stacy Marple (Cheerwine) 1.15
12. Leah Goldstein (ValueAct Capital) 1.21
13. Andrea Dvorak (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 2.56
14. Alison Testroete (Aaron's ) 3.0
15. Suz Weldon (Wines of Washington) 3.02
16. Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders) 7.27
17. Meredith Miller (Aaron's )
18. Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine) 8.22
19. Robin Farina (Cheerwine) 11.34
20. Rebecca Much (Webcor Builders) 12.52
21. Iona Winter-Parks (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 13.11
22. Shannon Koch (Rock Racing) 13.3
23. Devon Haskell (Dolce Vita) 13.41
24. Rebecca Larson (Aaron's ) 14.03
25. Kathleen Billington (Rock Racing) 17.25
26. Sarah Bamberger (Cheerwine) 19.41
27. Coryn Rivera (Rock Racing) 19.48
28. Kristin McGrath (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 20.36
29. Rachel Heal (TIBCO) 21.29
30. Hilary Billington (Bicycle John's ) 21.47
31. Amber Rais (TIBCO) 25.25
32. Anne Guzman (Kenda Tire) 25.29
33. Jerica Hutchinson (TIBCO) 25.52
34. Betina Hold (Advil-Chapstick) 28.54
35. Anna Milkowski (Advil-Chapstick) 30.07
36. Denise Ramsden (Dolce Vita) 30.48
37. Amy Dombroski (Webcor Builders) 36.34
38. Flavia Oliveira (Vanderkitten) 37.04
39. Emilia Fahlin (High Road) 37.14
40. Nichole Wangsgard (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 37.15
41. Helen Kelly (TIBCO) 37.3
42. Jadine Riley (Wines of Washington) 37.32
43. Tracy Kubas (Bicycle John's ) 37.35
44. Rushlee Mae Buchanan (TIBCO)
45. Marni Hambleton (ValueAct Capital) 37.38
46. Martina Patella (ValueAct Capital) 37.39
47. Jacqueline Kurth (Kenda Tire) 38.19
48. Rachel Tzinberg (Bicycle John's ) 38.28
49. Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine) 38.31
50. Lana Atchley (Rock Racing) 42.23
51. Alex Rhodes (High Road) 42.38
52. MacKenzie Woodring (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 44.55
53. Kathryn Clark (Kenda Tire) 46.29
54. Cara Gillis (Bicycle John's ) 46.43
55. Kirsten Robbins (Advil-Chapstick) 54.27
56. Samantha Schneider (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 1.05.23
57. Karla Kingsley (Dolce Vita) 1.05.27
58. Jennifer Wilson (Vanderkitten) 1.09.26
59. Hannah Banks (ValueAct Capital) 1.10.05
60. Courtney Hammond (Rock Racing) 1.21.52
61. Jenny Trew (Vanderkitten) 1.23.59
62. Taitt Sato (ValueAct Capital) 1.24.06
63. Lara Kroepsch (ValueAct Capital) 1.24.23
64. Shontell Gauthier (Colavita-Sutter-Cooking Light) 1.28.30
65. Gina Grain (Webcor Builders) 1.30.01
66. Brenda Lyons (Advil-Chapstick) 1.36.01
Men
1. Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) 8.22.43
2. Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) 0.54
3. Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell) 1.06
4. Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis) 1.26
5. Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) 1.4
6. Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing)
7. Luis Alberto Amaran (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light) 1.41
8. Justin England (Toyota-United) 1.47
9. Tyler Wren (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light) 1.48
10. Peter Stetina (Slipstream-Chipotle) 1.5
11. Niel Shirley (Jittery Joe’s) 1.51
12. Scott Nydam (BMC) 1.52
13. Tom Danielson (Slipstream-Chipotle) 1.53
14. Chris Wherry (Toyota-United) 1.54
15. Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast)
16. Sebastian Haedo (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light) 2.07
17. Tony Cruz (BMC) 2.11
18. Bradley White (Successful Living)
19. Jackson Stewart (BMC) 2.12
20. Chris Jones (Team Type 1) 2.15
21. Christian Meier (Symmetrics) 2.26
22. Alejandro Borrajo (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light) 2.35
23. James Mattis (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized) 3.04
24. Brent Bookwalter (BMC) 3.27
25. Kiel Rejnen (Waste Management) 3.28
26. Michael Grabinger (Successful Living) 3.37
27. Tom Zirbel (Bissell) 3.43
28. David Frattini (Colavita Sutter-Cooking Light) 3.51
29. Adrian Gerrits (Kahala-LaGrange) 3.58
30. Aaron Olson (Bissell) 4.25
31. Jorge Martinez (CAICO) 5.13
32. Steve Bovay (BMC) 5.51
33. Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) 6
34. Danny Summerhill (Slipstream-Chipotle) 6.23
35. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell) 6.34
36. Phil Gaimon (U25 Development) 7.01
37. Daniel Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast) 7.17
38. Richard England (Bissell) 8.23
39. Alessandro Bazzana (Successful Living) 9.04
40. David Clinger (Rock Racing) 9.06
41. Jonathan Cantwell (Jittery Joe’s) 10.13
42. Sheldon Deeny (U25 Development) 10.29
43. Roman Kilun (Health Net-Maxxis) 10.36
44. Christian Valenzuela (Successful Living) 11.31
45. Evan Elken (Jittery Joe’s) 12.25
46. Reid Mumford (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast) 13.04
47. Kirk Carlsen (Slipstream-Chipotle) 14.2
48. Ryan Sullivan (Jittery Joe’s) 14.23
49. Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) 18.27
50. Jacob Erker (Symmetrics) 18.28
51. Brian Jensen (Successful Living) 18.37
52. Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing) 19.17
53. David Guttenplan (Time Pro) 19.59
54. Ian MacGregor (Team Type 1) 20.18
55. Blake Caldwell (Slipstream-Chipotle) 20.22
56. Uthman Ray IV (ZteaM) 20.37
57. Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joe’s) 21.05
58. Jesse Moore (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized) 21.1
59. Will Routley (Symmetrics) 21.51
60. Ken Hanson (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized) 22.01
61. Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly) 24.4
62. Walker Savidge (Slipstream-Chipotle) 25.21
63. David Veill1eux (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast) 27.01
64. Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics) 28.14
65. Justin Spinelli (Kelly Benefit Strat-Medifast) 29.02
66. Taylor Tolleson (BMC) 32.01
67. James Gunn (5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 32.08
68. Ozzie Olmos (Cal Giant Farms-Specialized) 33.1
69. Michael Creed (Rock Racing) 37.21
70. Adam Livingston (5 Star Waste Vegetable Oil) 39.02
71. Evan Oliphant (Plowman Craven) 41.11
72. Heath Blackgrove (Toyota-United) 44.32
73. Matt Seagrave (Kahala-LaGrange) 46.18
74. Luis-Alejandro Zamudio (American RADD) 46.3
75. Eric Barlevav (Time Pro) 48.35
76. Jonathan Chodroff (U25 Development) 50.48
77. Matthew Crane (Health Net-Maxxis) 51.3
78. Nolan Froese (THF Racing) 53.57
79. Justin Kerr (Liquid Cycling) 54.08
80. Christian Kearney (ZteaM) 54.23
81. Brian Dziewa (THF Racing) 54.44
82. Danny Finneran (THF Racing) 55.21
83. Curtis Gunn (Successful Living) 57.59
84. Bryson Perry (American RADD) 58.31
85. Henk Vogels (Toyota-United) 1.01.33
86. Corey Collier (Health Net-Maxxis) 1.01.56
87. Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 1.02.01
88. Alex Higham (Plowman Craven) 1.04.45
89. Scotty Tickemyer (THF Racing) 1.12.04
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Men's final podium (l-r): Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) 2nd, Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) 1st, Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell) 3rd.
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Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) in front...
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Rock Racing at the front of the field.
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Rock Racing team owner, Michael Ball (l) with overall winner Santiago Botero.
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Men's start line... Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) is 4th on the left.
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The final stage of the Redlands BIcycle Classic played out on the picturesque Sunset Loop course.
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