Tour
de Toona-Stage 5
Jaffa Mosque Road Race
Stage 5 was a 90.1 mile road race that traveled through
the local mountains
surrounding Altoona, Pennsylvania. The first 20 miles
of the race consisted
of rolling terrain where the field was content to
remain as one. Therace
heated up as Team Intersports began sending off attacks,
following thefirst
"hot spot" sprint. The AutoTrader.com Team
offered assistance by counter
attacking each move by Intersports. These big efforts
lasted from miles20
to miles 35. At mile 45, the peleton saw the first
of three 3000 foot
climbs, at which point Genevieve Jeanson took the
bull by the horns and
attacked the field, never to be seen again. The strong
climbers movedto
the front at this point and set tempo until an elite
group of riderscleared
themselves from the splintered pack. AutoTrader.com's
Amber Neben crested
the first climb with Pia Sundstet (Intersports). The
two began the descent
in hot pursuit of Jeanson, but with only Neben doing
the work. A groupof 9
riders, including AutoTrader.com's Kim Smith, were
close behind thetwo
chasers. Instructed by AutoTrader.com Team Director
Mike Neel, Neben
commenced her chase to wait for the larger group.
The chase group, now12
riders, crested the 2nd climb together. As the group
of 12 entered the
final feed zone, located at the bottom of the 3rd
and final climb, Roz
Reekie attacked the small chase group. Sundstet was
in position to react
and joined Reekie. The two stayed away until the finish
and placed 2ndand
3rd in the stage.
Stage Results
1. Genevieve Jeanson-Rona
2. Pia Sundstet-Intersports
3. Roz Reekie
4. Nicole Demars-800.com
5. Amber Neben-AutoTrader.com
6. Anke Erlank-Saturn
7. Stacey Peters-800.com
8. Sue Palmer-Janes Cosmetics
9. Jessica Phillips-Intersports
10. Sandy Espeseth-Intersports
12. Kim Smith-AutoTrader.com
19. Katrina Berger-AutoTrader.com
20. Julie Young-AutoTrader.com
23. Tina Mayolo-AutoTrader.com
52. Sarah Ulmer-AutoTrader.com
GC following Stage 5
1. Jeanson
2. Sundstet
3. Reekie
4. Erlank
5. Neben
6. Phillips
7. Espeseth
8. Leah Goldstien-800.com
9. Nicole Demars-800.com
10. Smith
14. Berger
15. Young
18. Mayolo
32. Ulmer
The 6th and final stage of the 2001 Tour de Toona
was the Downtown Altoona
Criterium. The course was mostly flat and just under
a mile in length. The
course provided several turns to test the riders cycling
skills. Again,all
the teams were in search of a stage win in this final
stage. The fieldwas
aggressive but stubborn, enough to stay together,
and looked as thoughthey
were going to settle for a field sprint. But with
5 laps remaining inthe
race, Genevieve Jeanson (Rona) and Kim Davidge (Saturn)
escaped and stayed
away to the finish. Davidge took the stage, Jeanson
was 2nd while LauraVan
Gilder (VeriZon) won the field sprint for 3rd.
Stage Results
1. Kim Davidge (Saturn)
2. Genevieve Jeanson (Rona)
3. Laura Van Gilder (VeriZon)
4. Nicole Friedman (Credit Suisse)
5. Gina Grain (800.com)
6. Roz Reekie
7. Gail LONGNECKER
8. Melissa Holt (Rona)
9. Erin Venstra
10. Stacy Peters (800.com)
13. Sarah Ulmer (AutoTrader.com)
16. Katrina Berger (AutoTrader.com)
18. Amber Neben (AutoTrader.com)
20. Tina Mayolo (AutoTrader.com)
38. Julie Young (AutoTrader.com)
Final GC
1. Jeanson
2. Sundstet
3. Reekie
4. Erlank
5. Phillips
6. Neben
7. Espeth
8. Goldstein
9. DeMars
10. Smith
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