May 19, 2008 (Van Buren, Ark.) – Glen Chadwick (Team Type-1) won the overall as Brad Huff (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) took the final Stage 4 Celebrity Classic Criterium, 75-minute, on Sunday over Karl Menzies (Health Net/Maxxis) in second and Canada’s Mark Walters (Team RACE Pro) in third. Fellow Canuck Dustin MacBurnie (Team RACE Pro) who was 26th on the final stage was the top Canadian overall in 8th.

Final Report
Glen Chadwick will go into the history books as Team Type 1’s first overall winner of a professional stage race. The New Zealander wrapped up the Tour of Arkansas on Sunday by finishing eighth in the 75-minute Celebrity Classic Criterium in Historic Downtown Van Buren. Chadwick enjoyed a 25-second margin of victory in the final standings ahead of runner-up Predrag Prokic (Toshiba-Santo Professional Cycling Team presented by Herbalife) and third-place finisher Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling).

Team Type 1 also placed two riders in the top 10 with Moises Aldape (fifth) and Chris Jones (ninth) while Valeriy Kobzarenko was 31st, Fabio Calabria was 35th and Ian MacGregor was 48th. Timothy Hargrave, who made his stage race debut for Team Type 1, also finished the race but his final position was not immediately made available.

Chadwick — who had not won a stage race since the Tour of Korea in 2003 — dedicated the victory to his wife, Isabelle, and their two-year-old daughter, Jade. “It has been a strange season with a pretty bad six months off because my family and I were very sick,” Chadwick told Cyclingnews’ Kirsten Robbins. “To actually pull off a result like this is amazing for myself.”

A bout with Epstein-Barr Virus sidelined Chadwick in February following the Tour of Langkawi in Malaysia. The life-threatening spinal virus even infected his daughter, forcing her to be hospitalized as well. “It was very tough for us to see our daughter hooked up to an I.V. all the time and her veins collapsing,” he said. “It’s hard to explain to a two-year-old why the doctors were always sticking her with needles.”

Chadwick, 31, won his first stage race in the United States by soloing to victory in the first two stages of the 350-mile race that featured a pair of mountain top finishes and more than 23,000 feet of climbing. Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said teamwork solidified the victory from there. “The guys were awesome,” Beamon said. “It was pretty much textbook on the last two stages. Today, the guys took the lead on the first lap and held it to the finish, pretty much destroying the field in the process.”

Brad Huff (Jelly Belly) won Sunday’s six-corner criterium ahead of Karl Menzies (Health Net presented by Maxxis) and Mark Walters (Team R.A.C.E. Pro), while Aldape took the small field sprint for fifth. Chadwick’s accomplishment follows a 20th place finish at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T and improves his chances of becoming one of New Zealand’s three representatives for the Olympic road race in Beijing in August.

Team Type 1 was created to inspire people living with diabetes to take a proactive approach to managing their health and overcoming obstacles often associated with the condition. This is the first year Team Type 1 has fielded a professional squad, after winning the corporate team division of the Race Across America the past two years. Calabria and Hargrave are two of four athletes on the pro team who have Type 1 diabetes.

Results

1. Brad Huff (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 1:15:08.9
2. Karl Menzies (Health Net/Maxxis)
3. Mark Walters (Team RACE Pro) 02.8
4. Frank Pipp (Health Net/Maxxis) 12.9
5. Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 14.5
6. Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team)
7. Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1)
8. Glen Chadwick (Team Type-1)
9. Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team)
10. Robbie King (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell)
11. Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team)
12. Sheldon Deeny (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM)
13. Chris Jones (Team Type 1)
14. Stefano Barberi (THF Racing)
15. Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage)
16. Clayton Barrows (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell)
17. Predrag Prokic (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her)
18. Jake Rytlewski (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 20.4
19. Bernard Vanulden (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team)
20. Bruno Langlois (Team Volkswagen)
21. Matthew Winstead (Team Inferno Pro Cycling)
22. Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team)
23. Yosvany Falcon (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her)
24. Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1)
25. Dan Timmerman (Team RACE Pro)
26. Dustin Macburnie (Team RACE Pro)
27. John Parra (GA TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her)
28. Terrence Keenan (THF Racing)
29. John Minutrn (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM)
30. Daniel Vaillancourt (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her)
31. John Loehner (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM)
32. Nick Friesen (GS Mengoni)
33. Eric Boily (Team Volkswagen)
34. Andrew Talansky (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her)
35. Emiliano Jordan (Colavita NM p/b JNF Enterprise) 27.4
36. Scott Tietzel (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team)
37. Mark Pozniak (The Lake ON Team RACE Pro)
38. Adam Thuss (Team RACE Pro) 32.3
39. Stefan Rothe (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 41.6
40. Frank Travieso (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her)
41. Valeriy Kobzarenko (NJ Team Type 1) 56.9
42. Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 1:02.8
43. Mat Stephens (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 1:37.2
44. Kevin “Buck” Miller (Team RACE Pro) 2:10.1
45. George Opria (Evolution Cycling) 2:30.1
46. Eugene Boronow (GS Mengoni)
47. Karl Kupecz (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) 1:54.1
48. Loren Dodson (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) 2:41.1
49. Noah Singer (Kahala/LaGrange) 2:41.1
50. David Rendon (Colavita NM p/b JNF Enterprise) 3:07.1
51. Jonathan Jacob (Mob Squad/ Ubuildit) 3:07.1
52. Jared Gilyard (Colavita NM p/b JNF Enterprise) 3:16.1
53. Peter Carey (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 3:25.1
54. Andrew Hunt (Team RACE Pro)
55. William Gault (CTCA/Tulsa Wheelmen)
56. Christian Deshaies (Team Volkswagen) 3:35.1
57. Scott Barnes (Mercy Development) 3:56.1
58. Corey Ray (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling)
59. William Snodgrass (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling)
60. Adam Mills (HRRC/Trek Stores)
61. Kolt Bates (Mercy Development) 4:07.1
62. Janne Hamalainen (CTCA/Tulsa Wheelmen) 4:15.1
63. justin Jackson (Mercy Development) 4:23.1
64. Nathaniel Thompson (Rocky Mountain Bikes/STOK)
65. John Mcallister (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su) 5:02.1
66. Paul Koehn (Marx & Bensdorf Realtors/TriSt) 5:24.1
67. Bill Marshall (Mercy Elite Cycling Team) 8:42.1
68. Lance Hughey (Accelerade Cycling Team) 11:21.1
69. Timothy Hargrave (Team Type 1)
DNF Matthew Johnson (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM)
DNF John Durango (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her)
DNF Diego Sojo (Mercy Elite Cycling Team)
DNF Eric Brownell (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM)
DNF Michael Mathis (CRCA / EMPIRE CYCLING TEAM)
DNF Alexandre Cloutier (Team Volkswagen)
DNF Keir Plaice (Team RACE Pro)
DNF Adam Gaubert (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su)
DNF mario Arroyave (Velossimo Racing benefiting Su)
DNF Alex Welch (Mercy Elite Cycling Team)
DNF Courtney Guck (Rocky Mountain Bikes/STOK)
DNF Mark Batty (Team RACE Pro)
DNF Eric Robertson (Team RACE Pro)
DNF Jean Lachance (Team Volkswagen)
DNF Arnaud Papillon (Team Volkswagen)
DNF Ty Stanfield (Myogenesis.com)
DNF Adam Ray (Industry Nine)
DNF Ryan Knapp (Alderfer Bergen)
DNF Mike Sherer (Alderfer Bergen)
DNF jay Blankenship (CTCA/Tulsa Wheelmen)
DNF david Schulhofer (Team Waste Management)
DNF Stephen Brandt (Velossimo Racing benefitting S)
DNF Francois Chabot (Team Volkswagen)

Final GC

1. Glen Chadwick (Team Type-1) 13:56:48
2. Predrag Prokic (Toshiba-Santo Presented By Her ) 00:25
3. Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team ) 00:39
4. Frank Pipp (Health Net/Maxxis) 00:50
5. Moises Aldape (Team Type-1) 00:58
6. Stefano Barberi (Thf Racing) 01:13
7. Jake Rytlewski (Rite Aid Pb Shebell & Shebell) 01:36
8. Dustin Macburnie (Team Race Pro) 01:44
9. Chris Jones (Team Type-1) 02:05
10. Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/Fcs Cycling ) 02:10
11. Dan Timmerman (Team Race Pro) 02:21
12. Andrew Talansky (Toshiba-Santo Presented By Her ) 02:32
13. Mark Walters (Team Race Pro) 02:39
14. John Minutrn (Crca / Empire Cycling Team ) 02:45
15. Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) 02:54
16. Karl Menzies (Health Net/Maxxis) 03:05
17. NICK Reistad (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team ) 03:17
18. John Parra (Fredy Toshiba-Santo Presented By Her ) 03:30
19. Eric Boily (Team Volkswagen) 04:22
20. Daniel Vaillancourt (Toshiba-Santo Presented By Her ) 04:47
21. Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team ) 06:01
22. Stefan Rothe (Mercy Elite Cycling Team ) 06:32
23. Scott Tietzel (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team ) 06:34
24. Clayton Barrows (Rite Aid Pb Shebell & Shebell) 07:04
25. Robbie King (Rite Aid Pb Shebell & Shebell) 08:44
26. Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team ) 09:20
27. Nick Friesen (Gs Mengoni) 12:29
28. Terrence Keenan (Thf Racing) 13:20
30. Matthew Winstead (Juris Morepartnerincome) 14:11
31. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type-1) 14:29
32. Bernard Vanulden (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team ) 17:32
33. Sheldon Deeny (Crca / Empire Cycling Team ) 20:30
35. Fabio Calabria (Team Type-1) 21:04
38. Mark Pozniak (Team Race Pro ) 22:57
39. Yosvany Falcon (Toshiba-Santo Presented By Her ) 23:34
40. Bruno Langlois (Team Volkswagen) 24:06
42. John Loehner (Crca / Empire Cycling Team ) 27:32
43. Frank Travieso (Toshiba-Santo Presented By Her ) 27:50
44. Adam Thuss (Team Race Pro) 28:37
45. Mat Stephens (Mercy Elite Cycling Team ) 28:38
46. Brad Huff (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team ) 28:42
47. Emiliano Jordan (Colavita Nm P/B Jnf Enterprise ) 31:38
48. Ian Macgregor (Team Type-1) 35:37