Dominguez Eliminated On Oak Glen Stage
0 Comments Published by Unknown on Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 3:19 PM.
Redlands, Calif. – Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team sprinter Ivan Dominguez said he is very disappointed that race officials decided not to allow him to start Saturday afternoon’s Centennial Bank/KWB Wealth Managers Criterium at the 23rd Annual Redlands Bicycling Classic.
Dominguez finished 39 seconds outside the time cut designated for Friday’s Stage 1 93-mile (156.6 km) Redlands Ford Oak Glen Road Race. The time cut was equal to the winner’s time, plus 10 percent, or four hours, 29 minutes and 34 seconds.
Dominguez, cramping from a big effort that saw him in a breakaway for 75 km, crossed the finish line in 4:30:13. He was one of 17 riders who finished outside the time limit.
“In all the big races, the officials make exceptions,” Dominguez said. “At the Tour of Georgia, they make exceptions. At the Tour of California, they make big exceptions to keep the more prominent riders in the race.”
Dominguez figured prominently in the early going of Friday’s stage to Oak Glen, attacking at the 52 km mark and taking three riders with him. Eventually, the four gained a maximum three minutes’ lead before being caught on the second-to-last climb of the day.
During his escape, Dominguez won one of three intermediate sprints and finished second in the two others. His 17 points earned him the sprint lead and race officials presented him with the green jersey after the race.
“I was the one who made the break go and made it a show for everybody,” Dominguez said. “That’s kind of what racing is, it’s a show. People want to see riders racing aggressively and that’s what I was doing. I wasn’t just sitting in the group. I was driving that breakaway.”
Dominguez said confusion reigned at the finish line, as race officials first told him he didn’t have any points so he could not have been the sprint leader.
“Then they came back and said they made a mistake and gave me the jersey on the podium,” he said.
Saturday morning, though, Domingeuz was informed he would not be allowed to start the Stage 2, 90-minute criterium and would have to return the jersey.
Labels: Criterium, Ivan Dominguez, road race
Baldwin Sixth In Stage 1 Of Central Valley Classic
0 Comments Published by Unknown on Friday, March 9, 2007 at 10:04 PM.
during Friday's 102-mile road race.
Fresno, Calif. - Toyota-United’s Chris Baldwin made the decisive break of the race to place sixth, 19 seconds behind winner Ben Jacques-Mayne (Priority Health) in Friday’s 102-mile (163 km) Raymond Granite Road Race.
Five other Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team riders (Ivan Stevic, 10th; Henk Vogels, 20th; Justin England, 41st; Jose Manuel “Chepe” Garcia 59th; Caleb Manion, 61st) finished in the main pack, which rolled in 58 seconds after the winner.A five-mile climb on each of the three laps of a 34-mile circuit split the field on the opening lap, with three Toyota-United riders making the group. But on the windy, difficult course, the break was swallowed up 15 miles later.
Baldwin’s group made its escape the final time up the climb, starting as a group of a dozen riders, but eventually dropped to seven by the finish.
Saturday's Stage 2 is the Belmont-Piedra 16.5-mile individual time trial. Barberi will be Toyota-United's first rider off - at 10:16 a.m. Baldwin will be the team's last rider down the start ramp at 10:59 a.m.
Central Valley Classic, Stage 1 Raymond Granite Road Race
Raymond, Calif., Friday, March 9, 2007:
1. Ben Jacques-Maynes, Priority Health
2. Eric Wohlberg, Symmetrics Cycling, at :06.
3. Rory Sutherland, HealthNet presented by Maxxis, at :14.
4. David Vitoria, BMC Professional Cycling Team, at :19.
5. Dominique Rollin, Kodak Gallery presented by Sierra Nevada, s.t.
6. Chris Baldwin, Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team, s.t.
7. Cesar Grajales, Jittery Joe's, s.t.
8. Ricardo Escuela, Successful Living.com presented by Parkpre USA , s.t.
9. Russel Downing, HealthNet presented by Maxxis, s.t.
10. Ivan Stevic, Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team, s.t.
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
