October 8, 2007 – Symmetrics Fuelled By FarmPure had a solid start to the Vuelta a Chihuahua, putting two riders in a decisive 30-man move, and just missed taking the U23 leader’s jersey.

Yesterday’s 82.6km circuit race was won by Spanish ProTour rider, Javier Mejias ( Saunier Duval-Prodir).

The action was fast and furious on the very quick first stage, with the break getting away at the end of the first lap. With most of the big teams represented, there was little effort to reel in the split until the very end. The S-Team’s Christian Meier and Cam Evans were in the move and were confident with the break.

“The first day of a stage race is always important as everyone is super-aggressive, since we’re all starting from a clean slate,” Evans said. “Once Christian and I got in the split we were pretty content to roll with it. Christian’s had some great legs lately.”

Evans and Meier were in very good company in the move, riding amongst Tour de France stars like Francisco Mancebo, Santi Pérez and Oscar Sevilla (Relax-GAM), as well as David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir). At the finish Mejías took the sprint and the lead of the race. Meier took 12th and 2nd in the U23 jersey competition.

“It’s always good to make the first move in a stage race as it obviously sets the tune for the rest of the week,” Meier said. “It’s good we had two guys in the move, but I know the rest of the guys are all feeling good too. There’s plenty of riding left.”

The action continues today in the peloton with a 147.8km stage which will include a tough fourth category climb in the first third of the race….

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Results

1. Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.44.07 (47.600 km/h)
2. Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros
3. Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia
4. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
5. Antonio D’aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
6. Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven
7. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam
8. Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala
9. Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
10. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
11. José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias
12. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
13. Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala
14. Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
15. Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer
16. David Salomon (Mex) Canel’s Turbo
17. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast
18. Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel’s Turbo
19. Eric Keim (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team
20. Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam
21. Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer
22. Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel
23. Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
24. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
25. Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven
26. David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
27. Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
28. David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
29. Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros
30. Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 1.47.10
31. Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
32. Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel’s Turbo
33. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam
34. Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
35. Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven
36. Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel’s Turbo
37. Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
38. Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
39. Fabian Reyes (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo
40. Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo
41. Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer
42. Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven
43. Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam
44. Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
45. Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala
46. César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros
47. Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast
48. Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
49. Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam
50. Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven
51. Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel’s Turbo
52. Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
53. Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
54. Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
55. Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer
56. Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
57. Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer
58. Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
59. Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo
60. Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala
61. Pedro Garibay (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo
62. Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven
63. Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
64. Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team
65. Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo
66. Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel
67. Edgar Gaytan (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo
68. Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros
69. Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team
70. Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros
71. Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast
72. Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
73. Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam
74. José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala
75. Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
76. Dean Peters (USA) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo
77. David Winston (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team
78. Gabriel Juarez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala
79. David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
80. Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
81. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
82. John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
83. Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
84. Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel’s Turbo
85. Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
86. Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala
87. Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
88. William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
89. David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
90. Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros
91. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
92. Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
93. Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
94. Martin Gilbert (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast
95. Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
96. Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
97. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast
98. Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer
99. Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer
100. Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast
101. Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel’s Turbo 1.48.36
102. Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 1.51.42