June 17, 2010 (St. Paul) – Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC Columbia and Hilton Clarke (Aus) United Healhtcare p/b MAXXIS won the pro women’s and men’s St. Paul Downtown Criterium yesterday, respectively, Stage 2 of the Nature Valley GP. Top Canadian finishers were Joelle Numainville (Can) Webcor Builders in fifth and David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies in 11th. Alison Starnes (USA) Team TIBCO and Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies currently lead the women’s and men’s GC, respectively.

Full women’s results here.
Full men’s results here.

Results (brief)

Pro Women
1. Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC Columbia 57:12
2. Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team
3. Shelley Evans (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12
4. Brooke Miller (USA) Team TIBCO
5. Joelle Numainville (Can) Webcor Builders
6. Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Team TIBCO
7. Carla Swart (Can) Team Vera Bradley Foundation
8. Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team
9. Carmen Small (USA) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team
10. Audrey Lemieux (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears

Pro Men
1. Hilton Clarke (Aus) United Healhtcare p/b MAXXIS 1:14:04
2. Karl Menzies (Aus) United Healhtcare p/b MAXXIS
3. Luca Damiani (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Geargrinder
4. Robert Bush (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Geargrinder
5. Luis Romero Amaran (USA) Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita
6. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1
7. Mike Friedman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
8. Chad Burdzilauskas (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Geargrinder
9. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
10. Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Team Type 1

11. David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies

GC after Stage 2

Pro Women
1. Alison Starnes (USA) Team TIBCO 1:11:50
2. Shelley Evans (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 0:02
3. Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZl) HTC Columbia 0:04
4. Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC Columbia 0:05
5. Ruth Corset (Aus) Team TIBCO
6. Alison Powers (USA) Team Vera Bradley Foundation 0:07
7. Katharine Carroll (USA) Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 0:16
8. Carmen Small (USA) Colavita/Baci Pro Cycling Team 0:20
9. Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Vera Bradley Foundation 0:21
10. Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Columbia 0:23

Pro Men
1. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:26:59
2. Rory Sutherland (Aus) United Healhtcare p/b MAXXIS 0:09
3. Zach Bell (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:15
4. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) BISSELL Pro Cycling 0:23
5. Bernard van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:24
6. Mike Friedman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:26
7. Luis Romero Amaran (USA) Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita 0:27
8. David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:29
9. Robert Sweeting (USA) Team Globalbike p/b Catoma Adventure Shelters 0:29
10. Benjamin King (USA) Trek-Livestrong 0:33