March 10, 2007(Fresno, CA) – Ben Jacques Maynes (Priority Health) won the opening Stage 1, Raymond Granite Road Race, 54.4km, while Canada’s Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) was second at the 2007 Central Valley Classic on from March 9-11 in California. Fellow Canuck Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team) was 5th.

Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team Report

On a picture perfect day in California’s Central Valley, Canadian National Champion Dominique Rollin rode to an impressive 5th place finish for the Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team, presented by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. From the gun, racers set a blistering pace on the rolling, 34-mile road course located northwest of Fresno. For the entire first lap, the peloton’s high-pace kept any breakaways from opening an advantage on the field. Shortly into the second of three laps, Kodak Gallery – Sierra Nevada riders Josh Thornton and Dominique Rollin escaped in a break of approximately eleven riders. The move forced the Health Net squad to chase hard to bring the field back together.

Not long after the first breakaway was collected, a swift attack saw a second breakaway group clear the field. Dominique Rollin again represented Kodak Gallery – Sierra Nevada in the break as the rest of the team protected Josh Thornton in the field so that he could counter if the breakaway was caught.

Despite a determined effort led by Toyota-United, the field failed to reel in the breakaway. Up front and alone with no teammates in the breakaway, Rollin launched a vicious attack with 5-kilometers to go. While the move shed several weaker riders from the breakaway, those who remained slowly overtook Rollin setting up a close finish that saw Ben Jacques-Maynes capture the win.

Kodak Gallery Team Director, Robin Zellner, observed, “we were in a great position all day with Dominique up the road and Josh well protected by his teammates in the field. On a day when many teams lost riders to the time cut-off, our team rode impressively. All of our guys were safely within the time cut-off and we are excited about our potential in Saturday’s time-trail and Sunday’s crit.”

The Central Valley Classic stage race continues with a 16.5 mile individual time trial on Saturday. For directions to the race, visit the race website at: www.centralvalleyclassic.com

Results Pro/Elite 1 Men

1. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health Cycling Team) 3:58:20
2. Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics Cycling) 0:00:06
3. Rory Sutherland (Health Net prsented by Maxxis) 0:00:14
4. David Vitoria (BMC Professional Cycling Team) 0:00:19
5. Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) 0:00:19
6. Chris Baldwin (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:00:19
7. Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) 0:00:19
8. Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0:00:57
9. Russell Downing (Health Net prsented by Maxxis) 0:00:57
10. Ivan Stevic (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:00:58
11. Kyle WAMSLEY (Navigators ) 0:00:58
12. Luca Damiana (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:00:58
13. Mariano Friedick (Rock Racing) 0:00:58
14. Josh Thornton (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) 0:00:58
15. Christopher Jones (Nerac Pro Cycling ) 0:00:58
16. Ben Kneller (Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory) 0:00:58
17. Michael Sayers (BMC Professional Cycling Team) 0:00:58
18. Keil Reijnen (Hagens-Berman LLP) 0:00:58
19. Michael Wolf (Navigators ) 0:00:58
20. Henk Vogels (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:00:58
21. Karl BORDINE (5 Star Fish ) 0:00:58
22. Ken Hanson (BMC Professional Cycling Team) 0:00:58
23. Brian Buchholz (BPG/ Montano Velo ) 0:00:58
24. Sergio Hernandez (Rock Racing) 0:00:58
25. Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly) 0:00:58
26. Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:00:58
27. Michael Telega (California Giant/Specialized) 0:00:58
28. Garett Peltonen (Priority Health) 0:00:58
29. Devon Vigus (California Giant/Specialized) 0:00:58
30. Andy Guptill (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:00:58
31. Guy EAST (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 0:00:58
32. Johnny Hayes (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 0:00:58
33. Kevin Klein (KLEIN Real Estate ) 0:00:58
34. Andrew Fischer (Hagens-Berman LLP) 0:00:58
35. Cody O’Reilly (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) 0:00:58
36. Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing) 0:00:58
37. Aidan Charles (Nerac Pro Cycling) 0:00:58
38. Dan Timmerman (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) 0:00:58
39. David McCann (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:00:58
40. Ben Brooks (Navigators ) 0:00:58
41. Justin England (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:00:58
42. Daniel Harm (Team Rubicon) 0:00:58
43. Martin Gilbert (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0:00:58
44. Robbie King (Priority Health) 0:00:58
45. Jesse Moore (California Giant/Specialized) 0:00:58
46. Tommy Nankervis (Jittery Joes) 0:00:58
47. Corey Collier (Rocky Mtn. Chocolate Factory) 0:00:58
48. Mike Zagorski (Quick Release) 0:00:58
49. David Rodriguez (Navigators Insurance Pro Cycling) 0:00:58
50. Tom Zirbel (Priority Health) 0:00:58
51. Edward King (Priority Health) 0:00:58
52. John Hunt (California Giant/Specialized) 0:00:58
53. Gustavo Artacho (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:00:58
54. Kevin Bouchard-Hall (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0:00:58
55. Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) 0:00:58
56. Jorge Alvarado (Kahala-LaGrange ) 0:00:58
57. Scott Zwizanski (Priority Health) 0:00:58
58. Christian Valenzuela (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0:00:58
59. ( ) 0:00:58
60. Jacob Rosenbarger (BMC Professional Cycling Team ) 0:00:58
61. Caleb Manion (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:00:58
62. Phillip Gaimon (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 0:00:58
63. Tim Johnson (Health Net prsented by Maxxis) 0:00:58
64. Jeff Louder (Health Net prsented by Maxxis) 0:00:58
65. Omer Ken (Priority Health) 0:00:58
66. Chris Wherry (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:00:58
67. Ryan Roth (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0:00:58
68. Dan Vaillancourt (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:00:58
69. Adam Bergman (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:00:58
70. Andrew Bajadali (Jelly Belly) 0:00:58
71. Matt Cooke (Navigators ) 0:00:58
72. TRENT WILSON (Jittery Joes) 0:00:58
73. Dominique Perras (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0:00:58
74. Dennis Guikema (BPG/ Montano Velo ) 0:05:06
75. Josh Tack (Hagens-Berman LLP) 0:05:07
76. Burke Swindlehurst (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:07:40
77. Stefano Barberi (toyota-united pro cycling team) 0:07:40
78. Chad Hartley (BMC Professional Cycling Team) 0:14:44
79. Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net prsented by Maxxis) 0:14:44
80. James Mattis (California Giant/Specialized) 0:14:44
81. Osvaldo Olmos (California Giant/Specialized) 0:14:44
82. Matthew WILLINGER (BPG/ Montano Velo) 0:14:44
83. Evan Elken (Jittery Joe’s -Kalahari) 0:14:44
84. Nicholas Waite (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0:14:44
85. Curtis Gunn (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0:14:44
86. Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe’s ) 0:14:44
87. Austin King (Jittery Joe’s ) 0:14:44
88. Peter Hatton (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:14:44
89. Keven Lacombe (Volkswagen/Trek ) 0:14:44
90. Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joes) 0:14:44
91. Jonathan Sundt (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0:23:40
92. Andy Cornelison (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 0:29:09
93. Tyler Ofstad (Kahala-LaGrange ) 0:29:09
94. Chuck Coyle (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0:29:09
95. David Richter (Ital Pasta) 0:29:10
96. Alexi Martinez (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0:29:10
97. Owen Gue (Hagens-Berman LLP) 0:29:10
98. Chad Nikolz (Hagens-Berman LLP) 0:29:10
99. Kevin Attkisson (Texas Roadhouse) 0:29:10
100. Joao Correia (Bicycling Magazine) 0:29:10
101. David Guttenplan (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25) 0:29:10
102. Kirk Carlsen (Team Rubicon) 0:29:10
103. Ronald Jensen (Team Waste Management) 0:29:10
104. Andrew Crater (Team Wheel and Sprocket) 0:29:10
105. Daniel Schmatz (BMC Professional Cycling Team) 0:29:10
106. Jeff HOPKINS (Jittery Joes) 0:29:10
107. Logan Hunn (Team Rubicon ) 0:29:10
108. Adrian Hegyvery (Hagens-Berman LLP ) 0:29:10
109. Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe’s ) 0:29:10
110. Emile Abraham (Priority Health ) 0:29:10
111. Nathan Miller (BMC Professional Cycling Team) 0:29:10
112. Dusan Ganic (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre ) 0:29:10
113. Gavriel Epstein (CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 ) 0:29:10
114. Alejandro Acton (Colavita/ Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light) 0:29:10
115. Alessandro Bazzana (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre ) 0:29:10
116. Richard Speer (Team Rubicon) 0:32:40
117. Jamiel Danesh (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) 0:35:40
118. Harrison Tripp (Kahala-LaGrange ) 0:37:40
119. Jonathan Parrish (Team Waste Management ) 0:37:40
120. Austin Carroll (Rock Racing) 0:41:40
121. Trevor Mays (Priority Health Presented by Bissell) 0:42:40
122. Peter Femal (NA ) 0:48:40
123. Skyler Bishop (Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) 0:53:40
HD John Tzinberg (Kahala-LaGrange ) 1:01:40
HD Michael Garrett (Kahala-LaGrange) 1:01:40
HD Justin Lucke (OrganicAthlete p/b VegNews Magazine ) 1:08:40
HD Keith Szolusha (Pacific State Bank Anderson Homes Cyclin) 1:08:40
DNF Michael Jones (Jelly Belly)
DNF Mendonca (Montano Velo )
DNF Glen Mitchel (Priority Health )
DNF Haldane Morris (Rock Racing )
DNF Kyle Gritters (Health Net prsented by Maxxis)
DNF Ryan Morris (Team Rio Grande )
DNF Matt Crane (Health Net prsented by Maxxis)
DNF Keith Miller (California Giant/Specialized )
DNF Justin Hale (Team Waste Management )
DNF Carlos Mayoral (Kahala-LaGrange)
DNF Todd Hennings (Pacific State Bank / Anderson Homes)
DNF Max Jenkins (California Giant/Specialized )
DNF Daniel Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast )
DNF Gregory Coggin (Cynergy Cycles )
DNF Rudolph Napolitano (Rock Racing )
DNF Jackson Stewart (BMC Professional Cycling Team )
DNF Dirk Copeland (California Giant/Specialized )
DNF Roman Kilun (Health Net presented by Maxxis)
DNF Christian Kearney (BPG/Montano Velo )
DNF Rahsaan Bahati (Rock Racing )
DNF Jonathan Coulter (Webcor Alto Velo )
DNF Dave McCook (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast )
DNF Sterling Magnell (Rock Racing )
DNF Patrick Dunaway (California Giant/Specialized )
DNF Phil Southerland (Team Type 1)