March 4, 2011 (Merced, CA) – Canada’s Rob Britton (Bissell Pro Cycling) won Stage 1 of the Merco Cycling Classic, the 81.65km MID Road Race. He was part of a four-man breakaway, which included team mate Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling). Amanda Miller (Team HTC-Highroad) won the elite women’s 57.7km race. The stage race runs through March 6. More results here.

Elite Men

1. Robert Britton (Bissell Pro Cycling) 3:24:05
2. Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)
3. Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling)
4. John Bennett (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized) 0:08
5. Jay Thomson (Bissell Pro Cycling)
6. Julian Kyer (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) 1:30
7. Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling) 6:01
8. Sam Bassetti (Firefighters Cycling)
9. Alexander Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
10. Andy Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)
11. Ricky Escuela (Full Circle Sports)
12. Patrick Bevin (Bissell Pro Cycling) 7:39
13. Kyle Wamsley (Bissell Pro Cycling)
14. Shawn Milne (Kenda 5 Hour Energy P/B GearGrinder)
15. Michael Mathis (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com)
16. Craig Logan (Red Truck)
17. Daniel Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
18. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling)
19. Nathaniel English (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
20. Evan Huffman (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
21. Stefano Barberi (Full Circle Sports)
22. James Wingert (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
23. Nic Hamilton (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
24. Aliaksandr Sinelnikau (Third Pillar)
25. Eric Wohlberg (Form Fitness)
26. Danny Heeley (Now/MS Society)
27. Chris Aten (Landis/Trek) 7:46
28. Justin Rossi (Marc Pro – Strava)
29. Colin Cornberg (Full Circle Sports) 7:55
30. Andrew Goessling (Team Clif Bar)
31. Nick Frey (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita)
32. Collin Samaan (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team) 8:00
33. Keith Hillier (Marc Pro – Strava)
34. David Albrecht (Chico Corsa)
35. Freddie Rodriguez (Team Specialized Racing Masters)
36. Vincent Owens (Sierra Pacific Racing)
37. Adam Switters (Xo Communications / Battley Harley-Davidson Racing) 8:06
38. Nathaniel Wilson (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized) 8:08
39. Michael Friedman (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
40. Carson Miller (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
41. Sean Passage (Byrne Invent) 8:14
42. Matthew Shackley (Team CES Racing) 8:18
43. Julio Mollindo (Full Circle Sports) 8:22
44. Daniel Ramsey (Full Circle Sports)
45. Cody Campbell (Hagens Berman)
46. Julian Martinez (Fremont Bank Cycling Team)
47. Tyler Brandt (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
48. Jeff Perrin (Team Specialized Racing Juniors) 8:30
49. Frank Spiteri (Marc Pro – Strava) 8:43
50. Michael Sherer (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) 8:50
51. Sergio Hernandez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 8:52
52. Peter Taylor (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
53. Roman Kilun (Kenda 5 Hour Energy P/B GearGrinder) 9:00
54. Chris Stastny (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
55. Michael Gil (Godspeed Courier) 9:08
56. Matthew Carinio (ArtsCyclery.com/Wild Horse Wines) 9:17
57. Kenneth Hanson (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 9:59
58. James Mattis (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
59. Alastair Loutit (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
60. Mike Tettleton (Full Circle Sports) 10:08
61. Emerson Oronte (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 11:23
62. Gabe Varela (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
63. Shane Buysse (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
64. Josh Lagrange (Form Fitness)
65. Eddy Kwon (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team)
66. Eric Riggs (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 11:27
67. Joseph Iannarelli (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 12:01
68. Benjamin Swedberg (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized) 14:32
69. Brandon Trafton (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
70. Jesse Miller-Smith (Marc Pro – Strava) 15:19
71. Billy Crane (Webcor/Alto Velo) 16:09
72. Rob Evans (McGuire Cycling Team) 16:42
73. Miles Lamon (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 22:16
74. Michael Hernandez (Great Basin Imaging/Kinetic Cycles)
75. Victor Riquelme (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team) 22:19
76. Adam Carr (Form Fitness)
77. Elliot Jaramillo (McGuire Cycling Team) 22:23
78. Tom Faiers (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team) 22:27
79. Tim Farnham (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team)
80. Taylor Bertrand-Barrett (Echeloncycle.com)
81. Raffi Jilizian (Form Fitness)
82. Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
83. Logan Loader (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com)
84. Dillon Clapp (ArtsCyclery.com/Wild Horse Wines)
85. Aaron Schneider (Full Circle Sports)
86. Aaron Gallardo (Team Helens) 22:37
87. Thomas Soladay (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
88. Daniel Farinha (Firefighters Cycling)
89. Nate Geoffrion (Firefighters Cycling)
90. Nate Freed (Marc Pro – Strava)
91. Austin Arguello (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
92. Patrick Caro (Full Circle Sports) 23:01
93. Donald Hahn (Marc Pro – Strava)
94. Ian Moir (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 23:16
95. Alexi Grewal (International Christian Cycling Club) 23:37
96. James Laberge (Team Specialized Racing Juniors) 24:45
97. Andrew Bates (Olympia Orthopaedic Assc.) 27:20
98. Alex Bowden (Team Type 1 – Sanofi-Aventis) 33:46
99. Anthony Ferretti (Chico Corsa)
100. Mark Deterline (Fremont Bank Cycling Team)
101. AJ Snovel (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 35:42
102. Jd Bergmann (Team Clif Bar)
103. Dean Laberge (Team Specialized Racing Masters) 36:15
104. Martin Acosta (McGuire Cycling Team) 37:30
105. Richard Pego (Team Helens) 42:53
106. Jeffrey Galland (Chico Corsa) 46:39
107. Eric Losak (A Road Bike 4U Elite) 48:42
108. Lawrence Nolan (Team Specialized Racing Masters) 49:38
109. Mark Marquez (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 49:40
110. Michael Jacques (Team Clif Bar) 51:13
111. James Stout (Team Type 1 – Sanofi-Aventis) 1:01:44
112. Jonathan Teeter (Echeloncycle.com)
113. Torey Philipp (Team Specialized Racing Juniors) 1:01:57
114. Brandon Correia (Metromint Cycling) 1:28:51
115. Ryan Macdonald (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 1:35:11
DNF Kris Lunning (Marc Pro – Strava)
DNF David Mccook (McGuire Cycling Team)
DNF Connor Spencer (Metromint Cycling)
DNF Justin Williams (Predator Cycling)
DNF Chris Lyman (Team Specialized Racing Masters)
DNF Willy Zellmer (Team Specialized Racing Juniors)
DNF David Benkoski (Team Specialized Racing Juniors)
DNF Colby Elliot (Swami’s Cycling)

GC after Stage 1

1. Robert Britton (Bissell Pro Cycling) 3:23:55
2. Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:04
3. Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:06
4. John Bennett (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized) 0:18
5. Jay Thomson (Bissell Pro Cycling)
6. Julian Kyer (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) 1:40
7. Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling) 6:11
8. Sam Bassetti (Firefighters Cycling)
9. Alexander Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
10. Andy Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)
11. Ricky Escuela (Full Circle Sports)
12. Patrick Bevin (Bissell Pro Cycling) 7:49
13. Kyle Wamsley (Bissell Pro Cycling)
14. Shawn Milne (Kenda 5 Hour Energy P/B GearGrinder)
15. Michael Mathis (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com)
16. Craig Logan (Red Truck)
17. Daniel Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
18. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling)
19. Nathaniel English (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
20. Evan Huffman (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
21. Stefano Barberi (Full Circle Sports)
22. James Wingert (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
23. Nic Hamilton (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
24. Aliaksandr Sinelnikau (Third Pillar)
25. Eric Wohlberg (Form Fitness)
26. Danny Heeley (Now/MS Society)
27. Chris Aten (Landis/Trek) 7:56
28. Justin Rossi (Marc Pro – Strava)
29. Colin Cornberg (Full Circle Sports) 8:05
30. Andrew Goessling (Team Clif Bar)
31. Nick Frey (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita)
32. Collin Samaan (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team) 8:10
33. Keith Hillier (Marc Pro – Strava)
34. David Albrecht (Chico Corsa)
35. Freddie Rodriguez (Team Specialized Racing Masters)
36. Vincent Owens (Sierra Pacific Racing)
37. Adam Switters (Xo Communications / Battley Harley-Davidson Racing) 8:16
38. Nathaniel Wilson (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized) 8:18
39. Michael Friedman (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
40. Carson Miller (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
41. Sean Passage (Byrne Invent) 8:24
42. Matthew Shackley (Team CES Racing) 8:28
43. Julio Mollindo (Full Circle Sports) 8:32
44. Daniel Ramsey (Full Circle Sports)
45. Cody Campbell (Hagens Berman)
46. Julian Martinez (Fremont Bank Cycling Team)
47. Tyler Brandt (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
48. Jeff Perrin (Team Specialized Racing Juniors) 8:40
49. Frank Spiteri (Marc Pro – Strava) 8:53
50. Michael Sherer (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) 9:00
51. Sergio Hernandez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 9:02
52. Peter Taylor (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
53. Roman Kilun (Kenda 5 Hour Energy P/B GearGrinder) 9:10
54. Chris Stastny (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
55. Michael Gil (Godspeed Courier) 9:18
56. Matthew Carinio (ArtsCyclery.com/Wild Horse Wines) 9:27
57. Kenneth Hanson (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 10:09
58. James Mattis (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
59. Alastair Loutit (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
60. Mike Tettleton (Full Circle Sports) 10:18
61. Emerson Oronte (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 11:33
62. Gabe Varela (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
63. Shane Buysse (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
64. Josh Lagrange (Form Fitness)
65. Eddy Kwon (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team)
66. Eric Riggs (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 11:37
67. Joseph Iannarelli (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 12:11
68. Benjamin Swedberg (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized) 14:42
69. Brandon Trafton (California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
70. Jesse Miller-Smith (Marc Pro – Strava) 15:29
71. Billy Crane (Webcor/Alto Velo) 16:19
72. Rob Evans (McGuire Cycling Team) 16:52
73. Miles Lamon (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 22:26
74. Michael Hernandez (Great Basin Imaging/Kinetic Cycles)
75. Victor Riquelme (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team) 22:29
76. Adam Carr (Form Fitness)
77. Elliot Jaramillo (McGuire Cycling Team) 22:33
78. Tom Faiers (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team) 22:37
79. Tim Farnham (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team)
80. Taylor Bertrand-Barrett (Echeloncycle.com)
81. Raffi Jilizian (Form Fitness)
82. Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
83. Logan Loader (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com)
84. Dillon Clapp (ArtsCyclery.com/Wild Horse Wines)
85. Aaron Schneider (Full Circle Sports)
86. Aaron Gallardo (Team Helens) 22:47
87. Thomas Soladay (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth)
88. Daniel Farinha (Firefighters Cycling)
89. Nate Geoffrion (Firefighters Cycling)
90. Nate Freed (Marc Pro – Strava)
91. Austin Arguello (Yahoo! Cycling Team)
92. Patrick Caro (Full Circle Sports) 23:11
93. Donald Hahn (Marc Pro – Strava)
94. Ian Moir (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 23:26
95. Alexi Grewal (International Christian Cycling Club) 23:47
96. James Laberge (Team Specialized Racing Juniors) 24:55
97. Andrew Bates (Olympia Orthopaedic Assc.) 27:30
98. Alex Bowden (Team Type 1 – Sanofi-Aventis) 33:56
99. Anthony Ferretti (Chico Corsa)
100. Mark Deterline (Fremont Bank Cycling Team)
101. AJ Snovel (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 35:52
102. Jd Bergmann (Team Clif Bar)
103. Dean Laberge (Team Specialized Racing Masters) 36:25
104. Martin Acosta (McGuire Cycling Team) 37:40
105. Richard Pego (Team Helens) 43:03
106. Jeffrey Galland (Chico Corsa) 46:49
107. Eric Losak (A Road Bike 4U Elite) 48:52
108. Lawrence Nolan (Team Specialized Racing Masters) 49:48
109. Mark Marquez (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 49:50
110. Michael Jacques (Team Clif Bar) 51:23
111. James Stout (Team Type 1 – Sanofi-Aventis) 1:01:54
112. Jonathan Teeter (Echeloncycle.com)
113. Torey Philipp (Team Specialized Racing Juniors) 1:02:07
114. Brandon Correia (Metromint Cycling) 1:29:01
115. Ryan Macdonald (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 1:35:21

Elite Women (brief)

1. Amanda Miller (Team HTC-Highroad) 2:45:31
2. Flavia Oliveira (Wells Fargo Racing) 0:02
3. Alison Starnes (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12)
4. Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO/To The Top)
5. Tayler Wiles (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12) 0:07
6. Kristin Mcgrath (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12)
7. Lindsay Myers (Chico Corsa)
8. Susannah Breen (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 0:22
9. Carmen Small (Team TIBCO/To The Top)
10. Emily Collins (Vanderkitten-Focus)

GC after Stage 1
1. Amanda Miller (Team HTC-Highroad) 2:45:21
2. Flavia Oliveira (Wells Fargo Racing) 0:06
3. Alison Starnes (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12) 0:08
4. Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO/To The Top) 0:12
5. Tayler Wiles (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12) 0:17
6. Kristin Mcgrath (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12)
7. Lindsay Myers (Chico Corsa)
8. Susannah Breen (Fremont Bank Cycling Team) 0:32
9. Carmen Small (Team TIBCO/To The Top)
10. Emily Collins (Vanderkitten-Focus)

Full results here