July 07, 2011 (Altoona, PA) – World Track Champion Tara Whitten and Jennifer Wheeler of Team TIBCO/To the Top powered their way to the top two spots in the opening prologue of the Tour de ‘Toona in Pennsylvania this evening.

Whitten covered the roughly three-mile course in a shade under 5:40, averaging nearly 32 mph. Impressively, teammate Wheeler was les than 1.5 seconds behind her in 2nd place. Carmen Small of Team TIBCO also made the top 10, slotting in at 9th place, 0:11 behind Whitten, who won the Canadian National Time Trial Championship in 2009.

“This is my favorite type of effort,” the Canadian said. “I’m not always super-confident in my technical skills but I handled the corners and was able to accelerate out of them well. We had a couple days to preview the course which also helped.”

“It was a very technical course but I was confident that Tara would win,” Team Directeur Sportif Lisa Hunt added. “And I thought Jen would do well, too.”

The Tour de ‘Toona continues Thursday with 74-mile road race that finishes atop the climb up to Blue Knob. With Meredith Miller placing 13th at 0:14 back and Carlee Taylor taking 21st just 0:20 back, the Team is in a strong position for tomorrow.

“We have a lot of strong girls here,” Whitten said. “We’ll see who’s riding well, but we have a lot of options, and we can respond to a lot of different scenarios.”

Notes
The cycling world awoke to the tragic news of the death of Australian pro cyclist Carly Hibberd. The rider from Queensland was killed after being hit by a car while training in Italy Wednesday morning. Team TIBCO’s Carmen Small was close friends with the 26-year-old, and was to be part of her wedding this fall.

“We all rode today with armbands with Carly’s name on them,” Whitten said. “We wanted to show our support for her friends and family, and also to our teammate Carmen.”

Team TIBCO extends its deepest condolences to Carly’s family, friends, teammates and the Australian cycling community.

Results

Women  Cat 1/2

1. Tara Whitten (Team TIBCO)  5:39.9
2. Jennifer Wheeler (Team TIBCO)  01.4
3. Anne Samplonius (NOW and Novartis for MS)  02.8
4. Jade Wilcoxson (Rouse Bicycles)  04.3
5. Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)  05.5
6. Alison Shanks (BikeNZ)  07.5
7. Robin Farina (NOW and Novartis for MS)  09.5
8. Leah Kirchmann (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)  10.4
9. Carmen Small (Team TIBCO)  11.0
10. Anna Barensfeld (Missing Leak Coaching Systems)  11.2
11. Jaime Nielson (BikeNZ)  12.4
12. Denise Ramsden (Team Juvederm-Specialized)  13.8
13. Meredith Miller (Team TIBCO)  14.4
14. Lauren Hall (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)  15.2
15. Kaytee Boyd (BikeNZ)
16. Rushlee Buchanan (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)  16.5
17. Susan Palmer-Komar (PK Express/HNZ Strategic.com)  16.9
18. Veronique Labonte (Team Juvederm-Specialized)  17.7
19. Joanie Caron (Team Juvederm-Specialized)
20. Lauren Ellis (BikeNZ)  19.3
21. Carlee Taylor (Team TIBCO)  20.2
22. Nicole Evans (Rouse Bicycles)  20.6
23. Laura Van Gilder (NOW and Novartis for MS)  22.2
24. Veronique Fortin (PK Express/HNZ Strategic.com)  22.9
25. Kristine (Kacy) Wander (Cawes p/b Specialized)  23.3
26. Kristen Lasasso (NOW and Novartis for MS)
27. Lex Albrecht (Team Juvederm-Specialized)  24.1
28. Gemma Dudley (BikeNZ)  24.7
29. Emily Kachorek (Rouse Bicycles)  25.6
30. Patricia Buerkle (Virginia Asset Group p/b Artem)  27.3
31. Leah Guloien (Missing Leak Coaching Systems)  27.8
32. Emily Collins (Danbury Audi/Velo Classic Tour)  28.2
33. Jenny Ives (Farm Team Elite Women)  28.6
34. Alisha Welsh (Danbury Audi/Velo Classic Tour)  28.8
35. Lindsay Bayer (Virginia Asset Group p/b Artem)  28.9
36. Sara Byers (Team Juvederm-Specialized)  30.6
37. Monika Sattler (Virginia Asset Group p/b Artem)  30.7
38. Kathleen Billington (Danbury Audi/Velo Classic Tour)  31.0
39. Rachel Warner (Missing Leak Coaching Systems)
40. Debbie Milne (Wheelworks Racing)  31.2
41. Cara Gillis (Missing Leak Coaching Systems)  31.4
42. Kelly Benjamin (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)  31.5
43. Erika Graves (NOW and Novartis for MS)
44. Jessica Prinner (Danbury Audi/Velo Classic Tour)  34.0
45. Anna Mcloon (Missing Leak Coaching Systems)  34.4
46. Fabienne Gerard (Wheelworks Racing)  34.9
47. Kristin Sanders (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)  35.7
48. Jessica Chong (Cawes p/b Specialized)  35.8
49. Samantha Schneider (Team TIBCO)  35.9
50. Erin Silliman (Virginia Asset Group p/b Artem)  36.7
51. Stephanie Skoreyko (PK Express/HNZ Strategic.com)  37.0
52. Sarah Iepson (Cawes p/b Specialized)  38.4
53. Kyleanne Hunter (Cawes p/b Specialized)  39.1
54. Sue Mcquiston (Cawes p/b Specialized)  39.2
55. Kathleen Lysakowski (Wheelworks Racing)  41.7
56. Jane Despas (Farm Team Elite Women)  41.9
57. Liza Rachetto (Danbury Audi/Velo Classic Tour)  42.0
58. Natalie Klemko (Rouse Bicycles)  42.5
59. Amy Mcguire (Wheelworks Racing)  43.7
60. Kathryn Donovan (Missing Leak Coaching Systems)  44.0
61. Arley Kemmerer (Cawes p/b Specialized)  45.9
62. Anne Guzman (Team Juvederm-Specialized)  46.4
63. Audrey Scott (Farm Team Elite Women)  47.1
64. Rebecca Wellons (Danbury Audi/Velo Classic Tour)  49.2
65. Ainhoa Perez-Diez (Virginia Asset Group p/b Artem)  49.3
66. Jen Magur (Farm Team Elite Women)  51.7
67. Kristen Gohr (Rouse Bicycles)  54.0
68. Donna Mcmahon (Wheelworks Racing)  54.5
69. Kate Chilcott (Rouse Bicycles)  54.8
70. Laura Meadley (Farm Team Elite Women)  55.6
71. Brenna Hosang (Virginia Asset Group p/b Artem)  59.2
72. Marjolein Schat (Farm Team Elite Women)  1:00.2
73. Amy Kneale (Farm Team Elite Women)  1:02.1
74. Yuri Matsumoto (Wheelworks Racing)  1:06.0
75. Suzie Brown (PK Express/HNZ Strategic.com)  1:09.4
76. Sarah Fader (Virginia Asset Group p/b Artem)  2:15.5
77. Myriam Gaudreault (PK Express/HNZ Strategic.com)  2:37.0
DNS  Rhae Shaw (Rouse Bicycles)

Pro Men
1. Roman Van Uden (Pure Black Racing)  05:05.1
2. K Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling)  02.3
3. Chase Pinkham (Bissell Pro Cycling)  07.0
4. Tim Gudsell (Pure Black Racing)  08.2
5. Scott Lyttle (Pure Black Racing)  09.6
6. Timothy Rugg (XO Communications/Battley H-D)  10.8
7. Shem Rodger (Pure Black Racing)  11.5
8. James Williamson (Pure Black Racing)  11.8
9. Glen Chadwick (Pure Black Racing)  12.1
10. Daniel Holt (Team Type 1 Development)  12.2
11. Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)  12.5
12. Eric Young (Bissell Pro Cycling)  12.6
13. Kyle Wamsley (Bissell Pro Cycling)  13.1
14. Arnaud Papillon (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)  14.3
15. Keck Baker (XO Communications/Battley H-D)  14.7
16. Christopher Baldwin (Bissell Pro Cycling)  15.5
17. Ty Magner (Team Type 1 Development)  16.2
18. Joey Rosskopf (Team Type 1 Development)  16.4
19. Daniel Barry (Pure Black Racing)  16.7
20. Kevin Gottlieb (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV)  17.1
21. Edison Turner (Hincapie Development p/b Holow)  18.1
22. Patrick Bevin (Bissell Pro Cycling)  18.2
23. Sam Witmitz (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)  18.8
24. Antoine Duchesne (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)  19.3
25. Robin Carpenter (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)  19.8
26. Brett Tivers (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)  20.0
27. Jacob Tremblay (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV)
28. Max Korus (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)  20.3
29. Alder Martz (Hincapie Development p/b Holow)  20.9
30. Tanner Putt (Team Type 1 Development)  21.7
31. Charles Bryer (Mt Borah Custom Apparel/Minerv)  22.8
32. Mark Langlands (Pure Black Racing)  23.7
33. Shawn Gravois (Globalbike)  23.8
34. Jacob Mueller (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV)  24.0
35. Igor Volshteyn (CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing)  24.4
36. Sean Smith (CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing)  24.5
37. David Glick (XO Communications/Battley H-D)  25.4
38. Shane Kline (Bissell Pro Cycling)  25.6
39. Shane Braley (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare)  26.1
40. Winston David (Globalbike)
41. Jeremy Durrin (CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing)  26.9
42. Coulton Hartrich (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare)  27.1
43. Ricky Gargiulo (CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing)  27.7
44. Peter Hurst (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)  28.4
45. Andrew Crater (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare)  29.5
46. Paul Ward (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV)  29.9
47. Mike Stone (Hincapie Development p/b Holow)
48. Evan Mundy (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)  30.0
49. Tyler Karnes (Hincapie Development p/b Holow)  30.2
50. Shaun McCarthy (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)  30.7
51. Jamie Riggs (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)  30.9
52. Remi Pelletier-Roy (Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton)
53. Justin Lowe (Hincapie Development p/b Holow)  31.5
54. Brendan Housler (Mt Borah Custom Apparel/Minerv)  31.6
55. Cameron Cogburn (Mt Borah Custom Apparel/Minerv)  32.2
56. Tony Hall (CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing)  32.8
57. Emerson Oronte (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)  33.6
58. Steven Gordon (XO Communications/Battley H-D)  33.8
59. Russell Brown (Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV)  34.1
60. John Hunter (Mt Borah Custom Apparel/Minerv)
61. Waclaw Godycki (Mt Borah Custom Apparel/Minerv)  35.1
62. Michael Dalterio (Team Type 1 Development)  38.2
63. Sean Barrie (XO Communications/Battley H-D)  40.0
64. Christian Parrett (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare)  42.1
65. Chris Aten (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare)
66. Simon Bennett (Globalbike)  42.9
67. Michael Lanham (Globalbike)  43.4
68. Stradford Helms (Team Type 1 Development)  44.8
69. Evan Burkhart (BikeReg.com / Cannondale)  47.7
70. James Schurman (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare)  49.7
71. Shaun Adamson (CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing)  51.0
72. S Charles Zamastil (Mt Borah Custom Apparel/Minerv)  01:30.1
73. Andrew McCullough (Mt Borah Custom Apparel/Minerv)  03:41.6
DNS  Peter Haile (Globalbike)