February 29, 2008 (Veracruz, Mexico) – Canada’s Cory Wallace won two stages and came second overall in the Men’s 18-45 category, while fellow Canuck Doug Hammell won four stages in the Men Over 45 category, at the recent 2008 Trans Mexicana held February 17-22 in Mexico. Here’s a summary with stage results and final GC.

Men 18-45

Stage 1
1. Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas 2:46:00
2. Cory Wallace 2:47:14
3. Travis Macy 2:47:14
4. Oleksiy Sokolov 3:02:15
5. Juan Antonio Diaz Cuervo 3:04:25
6. Fernando Trejo Veytia 3:07:51
7. Ryan Mendes 3:10:34
8. Gabriel Aguilar Veana 3:13:53
9. Christopher Smith 3:17:32
10. Jorge Mendiola Islas 3:26:05
11. Jose Luis Guedea Perez Pijoan 3:27:00
12. Sean De Freitas 3:32:46
13. Erik Flores Benitez 3:33:12
14. Xavier James Lord Santos 3:57:56
15. Miguel Angel Lira Ortega 4:00:02
16. Jorge Perez Flota 4:02:17
17. Gabriel Olivares Garcia Rendon 4:16:35
18. Daniel Fernandez 4:29:12
19. Fco. Javier Hernandez Zarza 6:31:00

Stage 2

1. Cory Wallace 5:41:20
2. Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas 5:41:21
3. Travis Macy 5:41:22
4. Oleksiy Sokolov 6:13:51
5. Juan Antonio Diaz Cuervo 6:23:10
6. Sean De Freitas 6:41:18
7. Ryan Mendes 6:41:22
8. Gabriel Aguilar Veana 6:44:16
9. Fernando Trejo Veytia 6:48:20
10. Jorge Mendiola Islas 6:59:25
11. Jose Luis Guedea Perez Pijoan 7:40:30
12. Erik Flores Benitez 7:41:45
13. Gabriel Olivares Garcia Rendon 7:55:14
14. Miguel Angel Lira Ortega 8:22:57
15. Daniel Fernandez 8:33:43
16. Jorge Perez Flota 9:05:12
17. Fco. Javier Hernandez Zarza 15:17:09
18. Xavier James Lord Santos 15:58:00
19. Christopher Smith 19:59:05

Stage 3

1. Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas 3:30:00
2. Cory Wallace 3:37:26
3. Travis Macy 3:47:51
4. Juan Antonio Diaz Cuervo 4:04:18
5. Oleksiy Sokolov 4:14:43
6. Jorge Mendiola Islas 4:24:29
7. Ryan Mendes 4:46:39
8. Gabriel Aguilar Veana 5:08:55
9. Gabriel Olivares Garcia Rendon 5:13:54
10. Jose Luis Guedea Perez Pijoan 5:16:16
11. Fernando Trejo Veytia 5:21:33
12. Sean De Freitas 5:48:25
13. Xavier James Lord Santos 5:50:03
14. Erik Flores Benitez 5:52:17
15. Christopher Smith 6:17:57
16. Miguel Angel Lira Ortega 6:20:51
17. Daniel Fernandez 6:23:43
18. Jorge Perez Flota 7:29:44
19. Fco. Javier Hernandez Zarza 11:28:08

Stage 4

1. Cory Wallace 6:54:25
2. Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas 6:54:44
3. Fco. Javier Hernandez Zarza 7:13:59
4. Travis Macy 7:24:39
5. Oleksiy Sokolov 7:52:20
6. Juan Antonio Diaz Cuervo 8:48:48
7. Ryan Mendes 9:08:47
8. Jorge Mendiola Islas 9:20:51
9. Jose Luis Guedea Perez Pijoan 10:10:00
10. Gabriel Aguilar Veana 10:20:26
11. Sean De Freitas 11:28:10
12. Erik Flores Benitez 11:28:12
13. Gabriel Olivares Garcia Rendon 12:06:08
14. Daniel Fernandez 12:07:00
15. Christopher Smith 12:08:00
16. Jorge Perez Flota 12:11:05
17. Miguel Angel Lira Ortega 22:25:00
18. Xavier James Lord Santos 22:25:00
DNF Fernando Trejo Veytia

Stage 5

1. Travis Macy 5:48:23
2. Cory Wallace 5:49:50
3. Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas 5:54:02
4. Jorge Mendiola Islas 7:06:05
5. Oleksiy Sokolov 7:59:06
6. Ryan Mendes 8:00:10
7. Juan Antonio Diaz Cuervo 8:13:36
8. Gabriel Olivares Garcia Rendon 8:53:30
9. Gabriel Aguilar Veana 9:15:25
10. Jose Luis Guedea Perez Pijoan 9:35:40
11. Erik Flores Benitez 10:04:15
12. Daniel Fernandez 12:16:00
13. Jorge Perez Flota 12:16:00
14. Miguel Angel Lira Ortega 12:16:00
15. Xavier James Lord Santos 12:16:00
16. Christopher Smith 20:53:00
17. Sean De Freitas 20:53:00
18. Fco. Javier Hernandez Zarza 20:53:00
DNF Fernando Trejo Veytia

Stage 6

1. Cory Wallace 2:49:14
2. Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas 2:53:00
3. Travis Macy 2:53:04
4. Oleksiy Sokolov 3:21:30
5. Sean De Freitas 3:32:19
6. Jorge Mendiola Islas 3:32:47
7. Juan Antonio Diaz Cuervo 3:33:23
8. Gabriel Aguilar Veana 3:39:39
9. Ryan Mendes 3:43:56
10. Erik Flores Benitez 3:55:45
11. Xavier James Lord Santos 4:23:15
12. Christopher Smith 4:38:50
13. Jose Luis Guedea Perez Pijoan 4:39:06
14. Miguel Angel Lira Ortega 5:15:41
15. Daniel Fernandez 5:31:06
16. Jorge Perez Flota 5:31:06
17. Fco. Javier Hernandez Zarza 6:15:41
18. Gabriel Olivares Garcia Rendon 8:40:45
DNF Fernando Trejo Veytia

Men Over 45

Stage 1
1. Doug Hammell 3:10:34
2. Homero Lopez Monjardin 3:11:38
3. Jose Maria Alonso Trincado 3:26:07
4. David Hackshaw 3:32:46
5. Omar Menchaca 3:54:33
6. Benito Izeta Gutierrez 4:00:02
7. Gonzalo De Velasco Valencia 4:26:40

Stage 2
1. Homero Lopez Monjardin 6:41:23
2. Doug Hammell 6:41:38
3. Jose Maria Alonso Trincado 6:50:23
4. David Hackshaw 7:36:20
5. Omar Menchaca 7:45:16
6. Benito Izeta Gutierrez 8:22:57
7. Gonzalo De Velasco Valencia 9:08:33

Stage 3
1. Doug Hammell 4:44:04
2. Jose Maria Alonso Trincado 5:00:38
3. Homero Lopez Monjardin 5:03:20
4. Omar Menchaca 5:08:55
5. David Hackshaw 5:19:45
6. Benito Izeta Gutierrez 6:06:10
7. Gonzalo De Velasco Valencia 7:29:44

Stage 4
1. Doug Hammell 8:52:56
2. Homero Lopez Monjardin 9:54:59
3. Jose Maria Alonso Trincado 9:54:59
4. Omar Menchaca 10:10:00
5. David Hackshaw 11:28:15
6. Gonzalo De Velasco Valencia 12:02:00
7. Benito Izeta Gutierrez 22:25:00

Stage 5
1. Doug Hammell 7:57:14
2. Homero Lopez Monjardin 8:43:22
3. Jose Maria Alonso Trincado 8:43:22
4. Omar Menchaca 9:51:19
5. Benito Izeta Gutierrez 12:16:00
6. David Hackshaw 20:53:00
7. Gonzalo De Velasco Valencia 3:53:00

Stage 6
1. David Hackshaw 3:30:22
2. Jose Maria Alonso Trincado 3:39:25
3. Doug Hammell 3:41:14
4. Homero Lopez Monjardin 3:45:27
5. Omar Menchaca 4:23:33
6. Benito Izeta Gutierrez 5:31:06
7. Gonzalo De Velasco Valencia 6:17:26

Women 18-40

Stage 1
1. Tami Tamashiro Arias 4:00:02

Stage 2
1. Tami Tamashiro Arias 8:03:20

Stage 2
1. Tami Tamashiro Arias 5:57:00

Stage 4
1. Tami Tamashiro Arias 11:52:08

Stage 5
1. Tami Tamashiro Arias 12:16:00

Stage 6
1. Tami Tamashiro Arias 4:39:05

Final GC

Men 18-45

1. Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas 27:39:7
2. Cory Wallace 27:39:29
3. Travis Macy 28:22:33
4. Oleksiy Sokolov 32:43:45
5. Juan Antonio Diaz Cuervo 34:7:40
6. Jorge Mendiola Islas 34:49:42
7. Ryan Mendes 35:31:28
8. Gabriel Aguilar Veana 38:22:34
9. Jose Luis Guedea Perez Pijoan 40:48:32
10. Erik Flores Benitez 42:35:26
11. Christopher Smith 43:14:24
12. Gabriel Olivares Garcia Rendon 47:6:6
13. Daniel Fernandez 49:20:44
14. Jorge Perez Flota 50:35:24
15. Sean De Freitas 51:55:58
16. Miguel Angel Lira Ortega 58:40:31
17. Xavier James Lord Santos 64:50:14
18. Fco. Javier Hernandez Zarza 67:38:57
DNF Fernando Trejo Veytia

Men Over 45

1. Doug Hammell 35:7:40
2. Homero Lopez Monjardin 37:20:9
3. Jose Maria Alonso Trincado 37:34:54
4. Omar Menchaca 41:13:36
5. Gonzalo De Velasco Valencia 43:17:23
6. David Hackshaw 52:20:28
7. Benito Izeta Gutierrez 58:41:15

Women 18-40

1. Tami Tamashiro Arias 46:47:35