Stevic Maintains Grip On Second Place
Baldwin Finishes Second In Uphill Time Trial
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on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 11:12 PM. 
Fayetteville, Ark. - Chris Baldwin of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team climbed his way into third place overall at the 30th annual Joe Martin Stage Race with a second place finish in Saturday night’s 2.5-mile (4 km) uphill time trial.
Baldwin’s Toyota-United teammate, Ivan Stevic, maintained his second place overall with a sixth place finish in Saturday morning’s 92-mile (148 km) road race and a fourth place finish in the time trial that wound its way through Devil’s Den State Park.
With only Sunday’s 85-minutes-plus-three-laps criterium remaining, Rory Sutherland (Health Net presented by Maxxis) leads the overall classification. Stevic is six seconds behind and Baldwin is eight seconds back. Baldwin finished eight seconds behind Sutherland in the time trial, while Stevic lost 16 seconds to Sutherland to finish in fourth place.
Time bonuses of 10, seven and five seconds will be awarded to the first, second and third-place finishers, respectively, of Sunday’s criterium through the streets of downtown Fayetteville.
“Obviously, it will be a tough task,” Toyota-United Team Director Jarm Hansen said. “We need Ivan to win the stage and have Sutherland finish outside the top three.”
Making the challenge even more difficult will be the absence of several of Toyota-United’s most formidable criterium racers. Henk Vogels and Chris Wherry both did not start the three-day, four-stage race while recovering from illnesses. A third Toyota-United rider, Sean Sullivan, did not make the time cut in Saturday’s road race.
“We are really missing those three guys right now,” Jansen said. “The criterium is very technical and challenging. There is a lot of room for movement on the final stage and without them, it will be hard to control things.”
Toyota-United’s Ivan Dominguez, who donned the leader’s jersey after winning Friday’s 110-mile (177 km) road race, was dropped on one of the final climbs in Saturday morning’s road race. He finished 104th, 2:42 behind, and dropped to 101st in the overall standings after placing 41st in the uphill time trial.
Baldwin’s Toyota-United teammate, Ivan Stevic, maintained his second place overall with a sixth place finish in Saturday morning’s 92-mile (148 km) road race and a fourth place finish in the time trial that wound its way through Devil’s Den State Park.
With only Sunday’s 85-minutes-plus-three-laps criterium remaining, Rory Sutherland (Health Net presented by Maxxis) leads the overall classification. Stevic is six seconds behind and Baldwin is eight seconds back. Baldwin finished eight seconds behind Sutherland in the time trial, while Stevic lost 16 seconds to Sutherland to finish in fourth place.
Time bonuses of 10, seven and five seconds will be awarded to the first, second and third-place finishers, respectively, of Sunday’s criterium through the streets of downtown Fayetteville.
“Obviously, it will be a tough task,” Toyota-United Team Director Jarm Hansen said. “We need Ivan to win the stage and have Sutherland finish outside the top three.”
Making the challenge even more difficult will be the absence of several of Toyota-United’s most formidable criterium racers. Henk Vogels and Chris Wherry both did not start the three-day, four-stage race while recovering from illnesses. A third Toyota-United rider, Sean Sullivan, did not make the time cut in Saturday’s road race.
“We are really missing those three guys right now,” Jansen said. “The criterium is very technical and challenging. There is a lot of room for movement on the final stage and without them, it will be hard to control things.”
Toyota-United’s Ivan Dominguez, who donned the leader’s jersey after winning Friday’s 110-mile (177 km) road race, was dropped on one of the final climbs in Saturday morning’s road race. He finished 104th, 2:42 behind, and dropped to 101st in the overall standings after placing 41st in the uphill time trial.
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