May 1, 2011 (Silver City, NM) – Canada’s Clara Hughes (Pactimo Cycling Team) has won the Tour of the Gila after placing 7th in the women’s Stage 5 Gila Monster Road Race, 115.6km, won by Kathryn Donovan (Missing LInk-Specialized) with Canada’s Lex Albrecht (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda-Mazda) in second and Heather Logan-Sprenger (Colavita-Forno D’Asolo) in third. Logan-Sprenger also took the Sprint Classification jersey while Hughes was third. Albrecht was the top U26 rider and won the Best Young Rider Jersey as well.

Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) claimed the men’s final 170.1km Stage 5 Gila Monster Road Race for the overall victory. Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development) was second and Joe Dombrowski (Trek-Livestrong) was third. Canada’s Robert Britton (BISSELL Pro Cycling) placed 10th to finish 11th overall

Results

Elite Women

1. Kathryn Donovan (Missing Link Coaching Syste) 3:26:22
2. Lex Albrecht (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 2:37
3. Heather Logan-Sprenger (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 4:52
4. Jessica Phillips (Team Ajax tavern) 4:56
5. Emily Kachorek (Primal/MapMyRide) 4:59
6. Andrea Dvorak (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 5:10
7. Clara Hughes (Pactimo Cycling Team)
8. Mara Abbott (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team) 6:09
9. Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 6:54
10. Lauren Tamayo (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY) 7:21
11. Anna Barensfeld (Missing Link Coaching Syste) 7:43
12. Nicole Evans (Primal/MapMyRide) 8:32
13. Kristin Mcgrath (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY)
14. Rhae Shaw (CycleU) 8:36
15. Flavia Oliveira (Pactimo Cycling Team) 8:38
16. Kristina Seley (Missing Link Coaching Syste)
17. Denise Ramsden (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 8:52
18. Melanie Colovito (Missing Link Coaching Syste) 8:54
19. Kasey Clark (Primal/MapMyRide) 10:29
20. Anna Sanders (TriSports Cycling/Eclipse Raci)
21. Rachel Warner (Missing Link Coaching Syste)
22. Kristin Sanders (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)
23. Ashley Koch (TriSports Cycling/Eclipse Raci)
24. Meredith Miller (Team TIBCO/To the Top)
25. Alison Starnes (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY)
26. Tayler Wiles (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY) 12:20
27. Alisha Welsh (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY) 12:54
28. Anna Mcloon (Missing Link Coaching Syste)
29. Anne Guzman (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 13:03
30. Stephanie Skoreyko (Kallisto/Wheels of Bloor) 13:09
31. Kristen Lasasso (Primal/MapMyRide) 13:10
32. Olivia Dillon (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY) 13:11
33. Serena Sheridan (Team TIBCO/To the Top) 13:32
34. Mary Zider (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 18:00
35. Veronique Labonte (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda)
36. Julie Emmerman (Primal/MapMyRide) 20:00
37. M Vzesniauskaite (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo)
38. Stacy Appelwick (Athletes by Design) 21:15
39. Miriam Hill (Gila Hike & Bike) 23:18
40. Amber Pierce (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team) 26:03
41. Moriah MacGregor (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda)
42. Carlee Taylor (Team TIBCO/To the Top) 28:00
43. Coryn Rivera (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY)
44. Patuzzo Eleonora (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team)
45. Cara Bussell (TriSports Cycling/Eclipse Raci)
46. Judy Jenkins (Missing Link Coaching Syste)
47. Rachel Neylan (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team)
48. Claudia Hausler (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team)
49. Tanya Bettis (MountainTop Cycling Sport S) 29:54
50. Joy Duerksen (Pactimo Cycling Team) 32:25
51. Andrea Koenig (Big Ring Cycles) 50:48

Elite Men

1. Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team) 4:23:24
2. Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) 1:12
3. Joesp Dombrowski (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 1:14
4. Dale Parker (Trek-LIVESTRONG)
5. Alexander Howes (Chipotle Development Team)
6. Matt Cooke (Team Exergy)
7. Andres Diaz (Team Exergy) 1:21
8. Glen Chadwick (Pure Black Racing) 1:24
9. Chris Baldwin (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 1:31
10. Robert Britton (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 2:35
11. George Bennett (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 3:39
12. Alfredo Cruz (Chipotle Development Team) 4:02
13. Ben Day (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycl)
14. Nathaniel English (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 4:08
15. Michael Olheiser (Team juwi solar/First Solar) 4:10
16. Tyler Wren (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita)
17. Chris Parrish (Hagens Berman LLP)
18. Bissell Jacques-Maynes (Pro Cycling) 4:16
19. Chad Haga (Team Rio Grande)
20. Evan Huffman (California Giant/Specialized) 4:18
21. Luis Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 4:48
22. Cesar Grajales (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team) 10:01
23. Tom Zirbel (Hotel San Jose/ACME) 10:17
24. Fredd Matute (Chemstar p/b United Healthcar)
25. Michael Freiberg (V australia Pro Cycling) 14:14
26. Paul Mach (BISSELL Pro Cycling)
27. Jacob Rytlewski (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycl)
28. Hayden Brooks (V australia Pro Cycling)
29. Jason Donald (KBS-OptumHealth)
30. Michael Northey (Pure Black Racing)
31. Andre Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team)
32. Frank Pipp (BISSELL Pro Cycling)
33. Trevor Connor (Team Rio Grande)
34. Josh Berry (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team)
35. James Stemper (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycl)
36. Jeremy Vennell (BISSELL Pro Cycling)
37. Stephen Leece (NOW MS-Society)
38. John Bennett (California Giant/Specialized)
39. Sam Johnson (Team Exergy)
40. Phil Gaimon (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycl)
41. Greg Krause (Team juwi solar/First Solar)
42. Darren Rolfe (V australia Pro Cycling)
43. Ian Holt (Team Rio Grande) 15:36
44. Ozzie Olmos (California Giant/Specialized)
45. Lang Reynolds (Hagens Berman LLP)
46. Daniel Summerhill (Chipotle Development Team)
47. Sean Passage (Byrne Invent)
48. Bobby Sweeting (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycl)
49. Austin Allison (Horizon Organic/Panache Elite)
50. Jamey Driscoll (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita)
51. Chris Stastny (California Giant/Specialized)
52. Ryan Eastman (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 20:10
53. Jay Thomson (BISSELL Pro Cycling)
54. Joesph Lewis (Trek-LIVESTRONG)
55. Anders Newbury (Chipotle Development Team)
56. Joshua Atkins (Trek-LIVESTRONG U25)
57. James Mccoy (Pure Black Racing)
58. Ian Burnett (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team)
59. Taylor Shelden (V australia Pro Cycling)
60. John Walker (V australia Pro Cycling)
61. Daniel Barry (Pure Black Racing)
62. Tim Gudsell (Pure Black Racing)
63. Mike Mathis (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com)
64. Christian Parret (Chemstar p/b United Healthcar)
65. Thomas Rabou (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team)
66. Stefan Rothe (Team Rio Grande) 24:58
67. Chris Hong (Team Exergy)
68. Justin Laue (Sport Systems Mountaintop Cy)
69. David Glick (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com)
70. James Mattis (California Giant/Specialized)
71. Coulton Hartrich (Chemstar p/b United Healthcar)
72. Eric Wohlberg (KBS-OptumHealth)
73. Stefano Barberi (Team un-attached P/B Barberi)
74. Chris Uberti (Landis-Trek) 27:16
75. Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team) 27:17
76. Drew Miller (Landis-Trek) 39:50
77. John Phillips (Team Rio Grande) 43:51
78. Shane Braley (Chemstar p/b United Healthcar)
79. Anibal Borrajo (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita)
80. Andrew Guptill (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 44:53
81. Uriy Urchenka (Third Pillar) 44:55
82. Eric Stubbs (GearLink Racing Inc.) 51:09
83. Rolando Gonzalez (Colavita NM DEX)
84. Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 55:27
85. James Wingert (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 1:01:36
86. Chris Aten (Landis-Trek) 1:20:27
87. Danny Heeley (NOW-MS Society)
88. Drew Christopher (Team Rio Grande)
89. Nicholau Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 1:20:47
DNF Marsh Cooper (Can) KBS-OptumHealth

Final GC

Elite Women

1. Clara Hughes (Pactimo Cycling Team) 13:19:15
2. Mara Abbott (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team) 2:52
3. Kathryn Donovan (Missing Link Coaching Systems /) 3:15
4. Andrea Dvorak (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 4:47
5. Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 5:06
6. Emily Kachorek (Primal/MapMyRide) 5:49
7. Heather Logan-Sprenger (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 5:55
8. Rhae Shaw (CycleU) 6:32
9. Lex Albrecht (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 7:24
10. Nicole Evans (Primal/MapMyRide) 7:46
11. Flavial Oliveira (Pactimo Cycling Team) 8:58
12. Kristin Mcgrath (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12) 9:33
13. Alison Starnes (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12) 9:36
14. Meredith Miller (Team TIBCO/To the Top) 10:39
15. Denise Ramsden (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 10:42
16. Kristina Seley (Missing Link Coaching Systems /) 11:56
17. Kasey Clark (Primal/MapMyRide) 13:00
18. Rachel Warner (Missing Link Coaching Systems /) 13:30
19. Anna Sanders (TriSports Cycling/Eclipse Racing) 14:25
20. Kristen Lasasso (Primal/MapMyRide) 14:37
21. Melanie Colovito (Missing Link Coaching Systems /) 15:27
22. Lauren Tamayo (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12) 16:01
23. Ashley Koch (TriSports Cycling/Eclipse Racing) 17:53
24. Jessica Phillips (Team Ajax tavern) 18:02
25. Alisha Welsh (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12) 18:34
26. Tayler Wiles (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12) 20:11
27. Serena Sheridan (Team TIBCO/To the Top) 20:38
28. Anna Barensfeld (Missing Link Coaching Systems /) 21:38
29. Anna Mcloon (Missing Link Coaching Systems /) 21:47
30. Veronique Labonte (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 22:06
31. Olivia Dillon (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12) 22:42
32. Anne Guzman (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 24:10
33. Julie Emmerman (Primal/MapMyRide) 25:08
34. Kristin Sanders (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 28:14
35. M Vzesniauskaite (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 29:07
36. Mary Zider (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 29:33
37. Stephanie Skoreyko (Kallisto/Wheels of Bloor) 31:21
38. Rachel Neylan (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team) 37:02
39. Stacy Appelwick (Athletes by Design) 38:30
40. Carlee Taylor (Team TIBCO/To the Top) 40:09
41. Moriah MacGregor (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda) 40:35
42. Claudia Hausler (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team) 41:59
43. Patuzzo Eleonora (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team) 44:32
44. Coryn Rivera (Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12) 44:59
45. Amber Pierce (Diadora-Pasta Zara Team) 45:49
46. Cara Bussell (TriSports Cycling/Eclipse Racing) 46:01
47. Joy Duerksen (Pactimo Cycling Team) 58:10
48. Tanya Bettis (MountainTop Cycling Sport Syste) 59:27
49. Judy Jenkins (Missing Link Coaching Systems /) 1:01:52
50. Miriam Hill (Gila Hike & Bike) 1:13:35
51. Andrea Koenig (Big Ring Cycles) 1:49:54

Elite Men

1. Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team) 13:42:58
2. Dale Parker (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 3:17
3. Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) 3:19
4. Alexander Howes (Chipotle Development Team) 3:43
5. Matt Cooke (Team Exergy) 3:44
6. Joesph Dombrowski (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 3:53
7. Chris Baldwin (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 4:02
8. Glen Chadwick (Pure Black Racing) 4:24
9. Andres Diaz (Team Exergy) 5:03
10. Ben Day (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling) 5:27
11. Robert Britton (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 5:46
12. George Bennett (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 5:57
13. Nathaniel English (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 6:27
14. Luis Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 6:38
15. Tyler Wren (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 6:52
16. B Jacques-Maynes (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 7:26
17. Michael Olheiser (Team juwi solar/First Solar) 7:46
18. Chad Haga (Team Rio Grande) 8:07
19. Evan Huffman (California Giant/Specialized) 9:03
20. Chris Parrish (Hagens Berman LLP) 9:10
21. Alfredo Cruz (Chipotle Development Team) 9:49
22. Cesar Grajales (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team) 12:49
23. Jeremy Vennell (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 17:29
24. Darren Rolfe (V australia Pro Cycling) 18:21
25. Jason Donald (KBS-OptumHealth) 18:31
26. Paul Mach (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 18:45
27. Jacob Rytlewski (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling) 19:14
28. Hayden Brooks (V australia Pro Cycling) 19:32
29. Josh Berry (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team) 19:47
30. James Stemper (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling) 19:53
31. Frank Pipp (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 20:05
32. Phil Gaimon (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling) 20:11
33. John Bennett (California Giant/Specialized) 20:26
34. Fredd Matute (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare) 20:41
35. Trevor Connor (Team Rio Grande) 20:46
36. Michael Freiberg (V australia Pro Cycling) 21:52
37. Andrei Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team) 22:03
38. Lang Reynolds (Hagens Berman LLP) 22:17
39. Ozzie Olmos (California Giant/Specialized) 22:18
40. Ian Holt (Team Rio Grande) 22:47
41. Jamey Driscoll (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 23:09
42. Greg Krause (Team juwi solar/First Solar) 23:13
43. Austin Allison (Horizon Organic/Panache Elite Cy) 23:36
44. Ian Burnett (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team) 25:43
45. Jay Thomson (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 25:46
46. Christian Parret (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare) 25:50
47. Joshua Atkins (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 26:05
48. Bobby Sweeting (Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling) 26:21
49. Sean Passage (Byrne Invent) 27:18
50. James Mccoy (Pure Black Racing) 27:43
51. Daniel Summerhill (Chipotle Development Team) 27:45
52. Taylor Shelden (V australia Pro Cycling) 28:05
53. Chris Stastny (California Giant/Specialized) 28:47
54. Stephen Leece (NOW MS-Society) 29:01
55. Michael Northey (Pure Black Racing) 29:41
56. Tim Gudsell (Pure Black Racing) 30:02
57. David Glick (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com) 30:59
58. Stefano Barberi (Team un-attached P/B Barberi) 31:18
59. Daniel Barry (Pure Black Racing) 31:22
60. Eric Wohlberg (KBS-OptumHealth) 31:31
61. Ryan Eastman (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 31:39
62. Chris Hong (Team Exergy) 32:25
63. Coulton Hartrich (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare) 32:42
64. James Mattis (California Giant/Specialized) 33:35
65. Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team) 33:36
66. John Walker (V australia Pro Cycling) 36:09
67. Tom Zirbel (Hotel San Jose/ACME) 37:08
68. Stefan Rothe (Team Rio Grande) 38:59
69. Joesph Lewis (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 39:58
70. Thomas Rabou (Realcyclist.com Cycling Team) 40:50
71. Mike Mathis (RideClean p/b PatentIt.com) 42:46
72. Justin Laue (Sport Systems Mountaintop Cyclin) 43:04
73. Chris Uberti (Landis-Trek) 44:25
74. Sam Johnson (Team Exergy) 45:21
75. Anders Newbury (Chipotle Development Team) 46:42
76. Drew Miller (Landis-Trek) 48:02
77. Andrew Guptill (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 52:56
78. Uriy Urchenka (Third Pillar) 54:33
79. John Phillips (Team Rio Grande) 58:23
80. Anibal Borrajo (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 59:06
81. Shane Braley (Chemstar p/b United Healthcare) 59:26
82. Rolando Gonzalez (Colavita NM DEX) 1:01:39
83. Eric Stubbs (GearLink Racing Inc.) 1:06:47
84. Thomas Jondall (Landis-Trek) 1:14:18
85. James Wingert (Yahoo! Cycling Team) 1:28:56
86. Chris Aten (Landis-Trek) 1:34:08
87. Danny Heeley (NOW-MS Society) 1:36:57
88. Drew Christopher (Team Rio Grande) 2:01:47
89. Nicholaus Schreiber (Landis-Trek) 2:32:26

Women’s Sprint Classification
1. Heather Logan-Sprenger (Colavita-Forno D’Asolo) 35 points
2. Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) 27
3. Clara Hughes (Pactimo Cycling) 21

Best Young Rider
1. Lex Albrecht* (Team Juvederm-Specialized-Mazda)

*U26