June 4, 2010 (Oregon) – A day after having the yellow jersey of race leader and teammate Morgan Schmitt handed to him by the race officials, Marc de Maar of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team P/b Maxxis made no mistake today that he deserved to wear it. The Dutchman bombed through the challenging 18-mile Scenic Gorge time trial course in 44:06, finishing 0:14 ahead of Paul Mach (Bissell), with whom he’d come into the TT tied on time.

“I definitely had a good ride today,” de Maar said. “It’s a very hard course, very hilly and not a lot of flat sections. It’s a hard course to keep a rhythm on. I was up at 7 this morning with Gord (Fraser) to see the course, which helped.”

De Maar, who noted that he’d gotten sick following the Tour of California, said that he’s been getting progressively stronger every day at Hood. “I didn’t feel too good for the prologue,” he said, “but I felt a bit better for the criterium. Yesterday I felt pretty good, and I really felt like I could win today and it worked out.”

De Maar noted that he and the rest of the team felt bad for Schmitt after he lost the lead yesterday when he was assessed a 0:20 penalty for what race officials deemed excessive drafting following a wheel change. “We were on the front setting tempo when he flatted,” de Maar said. “We sat up and waited for him. Even if he had been another two minutes getting back on we’d have waited for him, and we were setting tempo up the last climb, too. The penalty didn’t seem appropriate. After taking the jersey, Morgan was feeling very motivated, and it’s not good that it ended up like that.”

But with the jersey now firmly on de Maar’s shoulders, the Team can put that behind them and get on with the task of defending the lead for the final two stages. Saturday offers up the queen stage of the race, the Wy’East Road Race. Though only 92 miles long, the stage ends with a 35-mile, 4,500-foot march up to the Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort. The last two of those miles ramp up over 10%.

“We haven’t made a race plan yet for tomorrow, but I want to try and win the stage again,” de Maar said. “The uphill finish is good for me, and I want to get a bit more time on Mach before the criterium if I can.”

Results

1. Marc De Maar (Ned) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 0:44:06
2. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:14
3. Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1 0:36
4. Sam Johnson (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 0:39
5. Nathaniel English (USA) Echelon Gran Fondo/Z-Team 1:01
6. Jesse Moore (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 1:02
7. Kevin Rowe (USA) Team Exergy 1:30
8. Morgan Schmitt (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 1:35
9. Adam Switters (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 1:41
10. Robert Britton (Can) Bissell Pro Cycling 1:46
11. Jamie Sparling (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 1:49
12. Michael Mathis (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 1:52
13. Nic Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck 1:53
14. Cyrus Kangarloo (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2:04
15. Sebastian Salas (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 2:14
16. Christopher Parrish (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 2:15
17. Chris McNiel (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK 2:25
18. Dustin Eskelson (USA) Barbacoa – Mi Duole 2:26
19. Marcel Aarden (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2:30
20. David Williams (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2:33
21. Taylor Gunman (Nzl) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG
22. Garrett Mcleod (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK 2:37
23. Sean Passage (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 2:38
24. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Matrix/Richardson Bike Mart 2:40
25. Quinn Keogh (USA) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 2:41
26. Alister Ratcliff (USA) Bikereg.com/Cannondale 2:43
27. Brian Hitchcock (USA) Garage Racing 2:47
28. Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Rio Grande 2:54
29. Roman Van Uden (Nzl) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 2:56
30. Benjamin D’Hulst (USA) Barbacoa – Mi Duole 2:59
31. Kai Applequist (USA) Team Exergy 3:04
32. Taylor Kneuven (USA) Hutch’s 3:07
33. Evan Huffman (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 3:15
34. Bradley Gehrig (USA) Barbacoa – Mi Duole
35. James Mattis (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 3:16
36. Matt Bell (Can) Trek Red Truck 3:19
37. Mike Northey (Nzl) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 3:29
38. Jesse Miller-Smith (USA) Cyclepaths Wild Cherries 3:41
39. Shawn Ongers (USA) Lenovo/HB 3:45
40. Gabe Varela (USA) Vertical Earth 3:46
41. Andrew Boone (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles
42. Mike Olheiser (USA) Moontoast.com/Tristar 3:47
43. Lang Reynolds (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 3:50
44. Ian Gray (USA) Team Rio Grande 3:51
45. Phil Elsasser (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling
46. Justin Kerr (Nzl) TEAM H&R BLOCK 3:52
47. Chris Winn (USA) Team Rio Grande 3:56
48. Sid Taberlary (Aus) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized
49. Ian Holt (USA) Team Rio Grande 4:04
50. Max Jenkins (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 4:12
51. Carl Decker (USA) Giant 4:15
52. Daniel Bechtold (USA) Team Bobs-Bicycles.com 4:17
53. Kennett Peterson (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling
54. Chris Baldwin (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis
55. Allen Krughoff (USA) Team Rio Grande 4:23
56. Philip Mooney (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team
57. Aaron Schooler (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK 4:34
58. Shane Buysse (USA) 4:35
59. Orion Berryman (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 4:45
60. Austin Allison (USA) Dogfish Racing 4:48
61. Brian Williams (USA) Northern Rockies Orthopaedic 4:51
62. Joshua Liberles (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 4:56
63. Chris Stastny (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 4:58
64. Coulton Hartrich (USA) Santo-MegaCycle 5:04
65. Craig Debellefeuille (Can) Cyclemeisters 5:05
66. Eric Fischer (USA) Team Clif Bar 5:06
67. Jared Gilyard (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 5:07
68. Jason Thompson (Can) Garneau Evolution 5:08
69. Christopher Hong (USA) Team Exergy 5:12
70. Chris Aten (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 5:16
71. Dustin Andrews (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK
72. Scott Gray (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles 5:17
73. Brad Bingham (USA) Team Rio Grande
74. Brandon Lynch (USA) Team Exergy 5:20
75. Spencer Paxson (USA) Team S&M Young Guns 5:24
76. Ben Chaddock (Can) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 5:26
77. Trevor Connor (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles 5:27
78. Brandon Dyer (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles 5:32
79. Andrew Goessling (USA) ALA Cycling p/b Lombardi Sports 5:36
80. Eric Barlevav (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis
81. Dan Macdonald (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 5:37
82. Ryan Parnes (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 5:43
83. David Glick (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 5:46
84. James Williamson (Nzl) Bike Religion 6:02
85. David Talbott (USA) Moontoast.com/Tristar 6:08
86. Zane Westerbeek (Can) Cyclemeisters 6:16
87. Ryan Brown (USA) Chinook Cycling Club, Tri-Cities 6:21
88. Bill Demong (USA) Cole Sport
89. Ryan Iddings (USA) Lenovo/HB 6:23
90. Tyler Riedesel (USA) Canyon Bicycles-Draper 6:26
91. Adam Wisseman (USA) Tessier Bike 6:28
92. Conor Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy 6:40
93. Elijah Romer (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 6:44
94. Kevin Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy 6:48
95. John Sindell (USA) Garage Racing 6:50
96. Josh Bartlett (USA) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 6:54
97. Wm. Colter Young (Can) ERTC 7:03
98. Michael Jasinski (USA) Chico Corsa Cycling Club 7:23
99. Marshall Opel (USA) Waste Management/Hammer Nutrition 7:39
100. Alexander Blease (USA) Chico Corsa Cycling Club 7:40
101. Christopher Mcgarity (Can) Garneau Evolution 7:56
102. Tyler Dibble (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 7:59
103. Seth Patla (USA) River City Bicycles
104. Julian Martinez (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 8:03
105. John Bennett (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 8:08
106. Nic Andrichuck (Can) Cyclemeisters 8:14
107. Dylan Jones (USA) Team WM/Hammer Nutrition 8:19
108. Will Niemann-Ross (USA) Life Cycle Bike Shop 8:29
109. Brendan Treacy (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 8:39
110. Tyler Stearns (USA) Castelli USA 8:41
111. Adam Thuss (Can) Trek Red Truck 8:44
112. Ariel Herrmann (USA) Metromint Cycling 8:51
113. Alan Adams (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 8:55
114. Patrick Marzullo (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing
115. Tyler Brandt (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 9:04
116. Vincent Owens (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 9:09
117. Peter Vraniak (USA) 9:11
118. Adam Edgerton (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 9:27
119. Ryan Trebon (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 9:38
120. Chris Swan (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 9:52
121. Remi Mcmanus (USA) Team Exergy 9:58
122. Todd Hageman (USA) Cole Sport 0:10
123. Shannon Morgan (USA) Bikereg.com/Cannondale 0:17
124. Jordan Humble (USA) Krystal Elite 0:10:24
125. Mitchell Peterson (USA) Cole Sport 0:10:31
126. Travis McCabe (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 0:10:50
127. Marsh Cooper (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:11:04
128. Mac Garvin (Can) Cyclemeisters 0:11:05
129. Nate Freed (USA) Team Clif Bar 0:11:09
130. Colby Elliot (USA) Bike Religion 0:11:56
DNS Dan Skinner (Can) Trek Red Truck

GC after Stage 3

1. Marc De Maar (Ned) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 6:43:14
2. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:14
3. Sam Johnson (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 0:42
4. Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1 0:44
5. Nathaniel English (USA) Echelon Gran Fondo/Z-Team 1:10
6. Jesse Moore (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 1:20
7. Morgan Schmitt (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 1:47
8. Robert Britton (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1:57
9. Adam Switters (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 1:59
10. Nic Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck 2:03
11. Michael Mathis (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 2:12
12. Cyrus Kangarloo (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2:25
13. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Matrix/Richardson Bike Mart 2:54
14. Marcel Aarden (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 2:59
15. Alister Ratcliff (USA) Bikereg.com/Cannondale 3:06
16. Taylor Kneuven (USA) Hutch’s 3:27
17. Evan Huffman (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 3:33
18. Mike Olheiser (USA) Moontoast.com/Tristar 4:00
19. Jesse Miller-Smith (USA) Cyclepaths Wild Cherries 4:10
20. Ian Gray (USA) Team Rio Grande 4:23
21. Chris Baldwin (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 4:24
22. Chris Winn (USA) Team Rio Grande 4:36
23. Lang Reynolds (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 4:44
24. Sid Taberlary (Aus) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 5:01
25. Sebastian Salas (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 5:07
26. Christopher Parrish (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 5:11
27. Garrett Mcleod (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK 5:18
28. Quinn Keogh (USA) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG
29. David Williams (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5:23
30. Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Rio Grande 5:30
31. Kai Applequist (USA) Team Exergy 5:39
32. James Mattis (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 5:56
33. Andrew Boone (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles 6:26
34. David Talbott (USA) Moontoast.com/Tristar 6:48
35. Carl Decker (USA) Giant 6:49
36. Ian Holt (USA) Team Rio Grande 6:52
37. Matt Bell (Can) Trek Red Truck 6:57
38. Bradley Gehrig (USA) Barbacoa – Mi Duole 7:31
39. Chris Stastny (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 7:34
40. Jason Thompson (Can) Garneau Evolution 7:50
41. Ryan Parnes (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 7:59
42. Eric Fischer (USA) Team Clif Bar
43. Jamie Sparling (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 8:05
44. Justin Kerr (Nzl) TEAM H&R BLOCK 8:07
45. Andrew Goessling (USA) ALA Cycling p/b Lombardi Sports 8:11
46. Scott Gray (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles 8:12
47. Christopher Hong (USA) Team Exergy 8:14
48. Trevor Connor (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles 8:23
49. Taylor Gunman (Nzl) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 8:30
50. Sean Passage (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 8:44
51. Brian Hitchcock (USA) Garage Racing 8:49
52. Adam Wisseman (USA) Tessier Bike 9:14
53. Orion Berryman (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 9:15
54. Mike Northey (Nzl) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 9:22
55. Jared Gilyard (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 9:34
56. Dustin Andrews (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK 9:51
57. David Glick (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 0:10
58. Kennett Peterson (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 0:10:24
59. Philip Mooney (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 0:10:37
60. Coulton Hartrich (USA) Santo-MegaCycle 0:10:44
61. Allen Krughoff (USA) Team Rio Grande 0:10:47
62. Joshua Liberles (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 0:10:59
63. Brad Bingham (USA) Team Rio Grande 0:11:26
64. Marsh Cooper (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:11:39
65. Dan Macdonald (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 0:11:58
66. Gabe Varela (USA) Vertical Earth 0:12:12
67. Phil Elsasser (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 0:12:22
68. Alexander Blease (USA) Chico Corsa Cycling Club 0:12:23
69. John Bennett (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 0:12:35
70. Max Jenkins (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 0:12:39
71. Elijah Romer (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 0:13:06
72. Bill Demong (USA) Cole Sport 0:13:10
73. Ryan Iddings (USA) Lenovo/HB 0:13:28
74. James Williamson (Nzl) Bike Religion 0:14:32
75. Dylan Jones (USA) Team WM/Hammer Nutrition 0:14:41
76. Chris Swan (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 0:15:14
77. Chris Aten (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 0:15:17
78. Vincent Owens (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 0:15:18
79. Ariel Herrmann (USA) Metromint Cycling 0:15:20
80. Daniel Bechtold (USA) Team Bobs-Bicycles.com 0:15:34
81. Seth Patla (USA) River City Bicycles 0:15:47
82. Tyler Dibble (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team 0:16:22
83. Mitchell Peterson (USA) Cole Sport 0:16:23
84. Todd Hageman (USA) Cole Sport 0:16:36
85. Christopher Mcgarity (Can) Garneau Evolution 0:16:43
86. Travis McCabe (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 0:17:19
87. Conor Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy 0:18:09
88. Tyler Riedesel (USA) Canyon Bicycles-Draper 0:18:46
89. Kevin Rowe (USA) Team Exergy 0:19:06
90. Brian Williams (USA) Northern Rockies Orthopaedic 0:20:33
91. Wm. Colter Young (Can) ERTC 0:20:51
92. Peter Vraniak (USA)
93. Julian Martinez (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 0:22:00
94. Adam Thuss (Can) Trek Red Truck 0:22:46
95. Austin Allison (USA) Dogfish Racing 0:22:49
96. Ben Chaddock (Can) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 0:22:59
97. Brandon Lynch (USA) Team Exergy 0:23:04
98. Brandon Dyer (USA) Cyclesoles/Sagebrush Cycles 0:23:26
99. Josh Bartlett (USA) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 0:24:38
100. Alan Adams (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 0:24:47
101. Craig Debellefeuille (Can) Cyclemeisters 0:26:20
102. Ryan Trebon (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com 0:27:35
103. Shawn Ongers (USA) Lenovo/HB 0:29:17
104. Aaron Schooler (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK 0:30:39
105. Eric Barlevav (USA) UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis 0:31:18
106. Remi Mcmanus (USA) Team Exergy 0:32:56
107. Marshall Opel (USA) Waste Management/Hammer Nutrition 0:33:57
108. Michael Jasinski (USA) Chico Corsa Cycling Club 0:36:48
109. Spencer Paxson (USA) Team S&M Young Guns 0:40:10
110. Chris McNiel (Can) TEAM H&R BLOCK 0:40:56
111. Roman Van Uden (Nzl) Rubicon-ORBEA; Benefiting LIVESTRONG 0:43:41
112. Patrick Marzullo (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 0:44:39
113. Brendan Treacy (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 0:47:36
114. Benjamin D’Hulst (USA) Barbacoa – Mi Duole 0:51:37
115. Tyler Stearns (USA) Castelli USA 0:51:49
116. Adam Edgerton (USA) Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing 0:53:33
117. Dustin Eskelson (USA) Barbacoa – Mi Duole
118. Kevin Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy 0:53:36
119. Shannon Morgan (USA) Bikereg.com/Cannondale 0:53:40
120. Zane Westerbeek (Can) Cyclemeisters 0:54:25
121. Nate Freed (USA) Team Clif Bar 0:54:45
122. Will Niemann-Ross (USA) Life Cycle Bike Shop 0:56:59
123. Shane Buysse (USA) 0:57:04
124. Jordan Humble (USA) Krystal Elite 0:57:55
125. Colby Elliot (USA) Bike Religion 0:58:54
126. Mac Garvin (Can) Cyclemeisters 1:02:41
127. Tyler Brandt (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 1:12
128. Ryan Brown (USA) Chinook Cycling Club, Tri-Cities 1:10:24
129. John Sindell (USA) Garage Racing 1:11:19
130. Nic Andrichuck (Can) Cyclemeisters 1:25:42