Dominguez Third At Foothills Road Race
0 Comments Published by Unknown on Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 6:24 PM.
Merced, Calif. – The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team put Ivan Dominguez back on the podium a day after he won the Downtown Grand Prix.
Dominguez finished third behind Karl Menzies and Russel Downing (both of HealthNet presented by Maxxis) in the 120-mile (193.1 km) Merco Credit Union Foothills Road Race.
“It got pretty wild in the sprint,” Toyota-United Team Director Kirk Willett said. “You had a lot of guys who had never touched the front all day, so they had fresh legs.”
With 60 kilometers to go, Toyota-United worked hard to bring back three riders who had gained a four-minute lead. Jose Manuel Garcia, Burke Swindlehurst and Stefano Barberi led the chase, which caught the trio less than three miles from the finish line.
From there, riders began attacking, forcing Toyota-United to chase again.
“It was going great until we reached a couple of 90 degree turns in the final kilometers,” Willett said. “Our guys kind of got swarmed and boxed in with about 500 meters to go. Dominguez went hard on his own from about 400 meters, but the two HealthNet riders had attacked up the other side of the road and gained quite a gap.”
14th Annual MERCO Cycling Classic Foothills Road Race
Merced, Calif. Saturday, March 4, 2007:
1. Karl Menzies, HealthHet presented by Maxxis
2. Russel Downing, HealthNet presented by Maxxis
3. Ivan Dominguez, Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
4. Ben Jacques-Maynes, Priority Health
5. Shawn Milne, HealthNet presented by Maxxis
6. Ivan Stevic, Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
7. Dominique Rollin, Kodak Gallery presented by Sierra Nevada
8. Dusan Ganic, Successful Living.com presented by Parkpre USA
9. Andy Jacques-Maynes, Priority Health
10. Luca Damiana, Colavita-Sutter Home
Labels: Ivan Dominguez, Kirk Willett, road race
0 Responses to “Dominguez Third At Foothills Road Race”
Post a Comment