May 2, 2008 – Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medif) and Tina Pic (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light were the winners of the Uptown Greenwood Pro Cycling Challenge, men 70km/women 40km, Race #3 of the USA Crits Speedweek on Thursday, May 1. Top Canadians were Martin Gilbert (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) finishing 12th in the men’s race and Jenny Trew (Can) Vanderkitten Racing in 14th in the women’s event.

Results

Men Pro 1/2 – 70km

1. Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 1:30:41.1
2. Jonathan Cantwell (USA) Jittery Joe’s 0:00.7
3. Jake Keough (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 0:00.9
4. David Guttenplan (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 0:01.1
5. Jeff Hopkins (USA) Team Inferno Pro Cycling 0:01.1
6. Mark Hekman (USA) TOSHIBA-Santo Pro Cycling Team p/b Herbalife 0:01.7
7. Adam Myerson (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 0:01.7
8. Matt Winstead (USA) Team Inferno Pro Cycling 0:02.1
9. Kyle Gritters (USA) HealthNet p/b Maxxis 0:02.3
10. Juan Forero (Col) Colombian National Team 0:02.3

12. Martin Gilbert (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 0:02.9
16. Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon 0:04.1
26. Mathieu Roy (Can) Calyon 0:06.9
28. Eric Boily (Can) Myogenesis.com 0:07.8
30. Alex Bhogal (Can) Jet Fuel 0:08.3
50. Mark Hinnen (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 0:017.6
55. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 0:018.0
61. Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 0:019.1
71. Derrek Ivey (Can) Jet Fuel 0:026.3
73. Matt Guse (Can) Calyon 0:026.4
87. David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 0:034.9

Pro Women 1/2/3 – 40km

1. Tina Pic (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 57:54.8
2. Laura Van Gilder (USA) Cheerwine Cycling 0:00.2
3. Kelly Benjamin (USA) Cheerwine Cycling 0:00.6
4. Shontell Gauthier (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 0:00.9
5. Anna Lang (USA) Aaron’s Professional Women’s 0:01.0
6. Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 0:01.5
7. Tiffany Cromwell (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 0:01.6
8. Holli Steelman (USA) Juice Plus/NC Cycling 0:01.8
9. Rebecca Larson (USA) Aaron’s Professional Women’s Team 0:01.8
10. Erica Allar (USA) Aaron’s Professional Women’s Team 0:01.9

14. Jenny Trew (Can) Vanderkitten Racing 0:02.9
36. Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/ChapStick 0:012.7