September 7, 2009 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Team Type 1’s Samantha Schneider heads into the final race of the Tour of Missouri Womens Series eyeing a third straight top-three finish. The 18-year-old scored her second straight third-place result on Sunday when she finished behind Stage 3 Giro Della Montagna presented by Specialized Bicycles winner, Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO), and runner-up Kelly Benjamin (Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light). Miller has won all three races of the series in St. Louis.

Monday’s final event is the Tour of Missouri Pro/Am presented by Greenstreet Properties. The 50-minutes-plus-five-laps race takes place on a flat, 1-mile/i.6km course that features the same finish line as this afternoon’s Tour of Missouri men’s professional race.

Schneider said she is looking forward to the opportunity to add to the 71 podium finishes the Team Type 1 women’s professional squad has racked up this season. Today’s race is its final team event of the year. “I’m feeling better every day so it should be good,” Schneider said. “I want to get better than third.”

Sunday’s race was marred by a massive pile-up 16 minutes into the 45-minutes-plus-five-laps race. Nearly two dozen riders went down, but none from Team Type 1. Schneider said she was glad the rain that may have contributed to the crash had stopped by the time the race was wrapping up.

“It was a really fast last lap,” she said. “It was kind of scary but everyone kept it upright. Coming around the last corner, I was about seventh, which is not the best position. But for a downhill sprint, you don’t have to be that far up there.”

This afternoon, fans are invited to stop by Team Type 1’s booth in the Health and Wellness Expo to get a commemorative card autographed by members of the women’s professional, development and men’s professional teams. Team Type 1 sponsors VSP Vision Care and the American Diabetes Association are also part of today’s exposition.

Results

Elite Women

Sept. 6 – Giro Della Montagna (brief)

1. Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO)
2. Kelly Benjamin (Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light)
3. Samantha Schneider (Team Type 1)

Sept. 5 – St. Louis Hills

1. Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO)
2. Kelly Benjamin (Colavita)
3. Samantha Schneider (Team Type 1)
4. Rebecca Larson (Value Act Capital)
5. Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom)
6. Sarah Caravella (Alan)
7. Kacey Manderfield (Lip Smacker)
8. Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda)
9. Kristen Lasasso (Mellow Mushroom)
10. Kori Seehafer (Team Type 1)
11. Karen Brems (Webcor Builders)
12. Jennifer Wilson (Vanderkitten Racing)
13. Robin Farina (Value Act)
14. Amanda Miller (Lip Smacker)
15. Sydney Brown (Mercy Cycling Team)
16. Kristin Sanders (Value Act Capital)
17. Kristen Meshberg (Team BH)
18. Katharine Carroll (Tibco)
19. Amy Mcguire (Hub Racing)
20. Elizabeth Morse Hill (Hub Racing)
21. Lauren Hall
22. Carrie Cash Wootten (Team Revolution)
23. Veronica Balderas (Team Type 1)
24. Anne Meyer (BH Usa)
25. Toni Bradshaw (Lip Smacker)
26. Kristin Wentworth (Kenda)
27. Jennifer Reither (Vanderkitten Racing)
28. Tiffany Pezzulo (Dft P/b Treads)
29. Jessica Prinner (ABD Cycling Team)
30. Melissa Sanborn (Vanderkitten Racing)
31. Christy Keely (Team Kenda)
32. Christina Ruiter (Value Act Capital)
33. Kelley Hess (Madcity Velo Club)
34. Heather Hill (Trek Stores St Louis)
35. Melissa Petty (Giordana Clif Bar)
36. Rushlee Buchanan (Tibco)
37. Kate Ross (Lip Smacker)
38. Kathryn Clark (Team Kenda)
39. Katheryn Curi Mattis (Webcor Builders)
40. Christine Roettger (Team Revolution)
41. Tina Pic (Colavita)
42. Priscilla Cazer (Carve)
43. Gwen Inglis (Dft P/b Treads)
44. Lauren Hecht (Webcor Alto Velo)
45. Monique Hein (Dft P/b Treads)
46. Shontell Gauthier (Colavita)
47. Stacy Marple (Colavita)
48. Lise Olivier (Tulsa Tough Racing)
49. Maggie Conley
50. Alison Starnes (Team Tibco)
51. Rachel Heal
52. Carmen Mcnellis (Colavita Sutter Home P/b Cooki)
DNF Sharon Allpress
DNF Linsey Bradshaw-Sandoval (Dft P/b Treads)
DNF Jacquelyn Crowell (Team Type 1)
DNF Leigh Hopkins (Vanderkitten)
DNF Michelle Jensen (Mercy Cycling Team)
DNF Morgan Patton (Team Type 1)
DNF Alison Powers (Team Type 1)
DNF Carla Swart (Lip Smacker)
DNF Nichole Wangsgard (Colavita)
DNF Kristin Wentworth (Kenda)

Sept. 4 – Tour de Lafayette

1. Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO)
2. Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom)
3. Kelly Benjamin (Colavita)
4. Sarah Caravella (Alan)
5. Carrie Cash Wootten (Team Revolution)
6. Katharine Carroll (Tibco)
7. Lauren Hall
8. Jessica Prinner (Abd Cycling Team)
9. Shontell Gauthier (Colavita)
10. Rebecca Larson (Value Act Capital)
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12. Amanda Miller (Lip Smacker)
13. Carla Swart (Lip Smacker)
14. Elizabeth Morse Hill (Hub Racing)
15. Karen Brems (Webcor Builders)
16. Samantha Schneider (Team Type 1)
17. Melissa Sanborn (Vanderkitten Racing)
18. Jennifer Wilson (Vanderkitten Racing)
19. Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda)
20. Toni Bradshaw (Lip Smacker)
21. Leigh Hopkins (Vanderkitten)
22. Monique Hein (Dft P/b Treads)
23. Veronica Balderas (Team Type 1)
24. Kate Ross (Lip Smacker)
25. Sydney Brown (Mercy Cycling Team)
26. Tiffany Pezzulo (Dft P/b Treads)
27. Kristin Wentworth (Kenda)
28. Kristin Sanders (Value Act Capital)
29. Christy Keely (Team Kenda)
30. Heather Hill
31. Melissa Petty (Giordana-clif Bar Cycling Team)
32. Anne Meyer (Bh Usa)
33. Kori Seehafer (Team Type 1)
34. Sharon Allpress
35. Jennifer Reither (Vanderkitten Racing)
36. Katheryn Curi Mattis (Webcor Builders)
37. Rachel Heal (Colavita)
38. Kathryn Clark (Team Kenda)
39. Jacquelyn Crowell (Team Type 1)
40. Tina Pic (Colavita)
41. Kacey Manderfield (Lip Smacker)
42. Gwen Inglis (Dft P/b Treads)
43. Priscilla Cazer (Carve)
44. Maggie Conley
45. Stacy Marple (Colavita)
46. Carmen Mcnellis (Colavita Sutter Home P/b Cooki)
47. Kristen Meshberg (Team Bh)
48. Rushlee Buchanan (Tibco)
49. Nichole Wangsgard (Colavita)
50. Lauren Hecht (Webcor Alto Velo)
51. Alison Starnes (Team Tibco)
52. Christina Ruiter (Value Act Capital)
53. Amy Mcguire (Hub Racing)
DNF Linsey Bradshaw-Sandoval (Dft P/b Treads)
DNF Robin Farina (Value Act)
DNF Michelle Jensen (Mercy Cycling Team)
DNF Kristen Lasasso (Mellow Mushroom)
DNF Morgan Patton (Team Type 1)
DNF Alison Powers (Team Type 1)
DNF Christine Roettger (Team Revolution)
DNF Nicole Johnson (Team Kenda)
DNF Kelley Hess (Madcity Velo Club)
DNF Lise Olivier (Tulsa Tough Racing)