May 16, 2007 – The Wenatchee Omnium Stage race, held this past weekend on May 12-13, 2007, started out with a 14.4km (9-mile) time trial, followed by a very technical and rough twilight crit, and finally an epic climbing stage on Sunday.

The “out” portion of the 14.4km (9-mile) TT Saturday morning was a bit of a cruise thanks to the tailwind – most were spinning out in their hardest gears – unfortunately, though enjoyable in the moment, all were all painfully aware of the certain fate which awaitedat the turnaround. On the men’s side Ryan Anderson placed 5th andteam mate Dave Vuckets following behind by 1 minute. The TRT women’s team dug deep and finished with two riders in the top 15.

The Saturday night twilight crit was a 4-corner downtown course with a downhill onto a rough lower road, and a short power climb back up to the top start/finish stretch. The strategically positioned set of railroad tracks on the climb helped the riders catch a bit of air. The TRT teams presence was definitely felt as both the men’s and women’s teams were a constant feature on the front end of the field.In the women’s field Trek’s Lisa Tasa and Fiona Macleod each won a prime sprint, and finished strongly taking 4th, 5th and 9th places. In the men’s field Trek’s Dave Vuckets placed a respectable 6th followed by Ryan Anderson in 7th.

Sunday’s road race started with 16km (10 miles) of rolling terrain which led riders into the 1st of two trips up a killer 14.4km (9-mile) climb with 2,000 feet of vertical gain per lap. The gradient undulated between 4% and 12%, with the occasional 20% pitch thrown in to make things interesting. Spectators were camped out on the steep switchbacks of the 27 mile loop to get a slow motion view of twisted, druelling faces of the peloton. In the men’s field Ryan Anderson of Trek/Red Truck out-sprinted Dave Richter of Ital Pasta and US Pro National Champion Tyler Farar(Cofidis) who has been nursing a previuos leg injury.

During the women’s race the pack splintered on the 4.2mi QOM climb, about 12-13 miles into the course. TRT Courtney Alberts not only stayed with the head of the pack, and went on to win the prestigious QOM jersey. The sprint finish in the pack saw Lisa finish 4th and Courtney 5th. and Fiona taking 9th.

Overall in general classification Ryan Anderson took 2ndbehind Tyler Farrar. Dave Vuckets takes 9th overall to keep himself in the top 10. In the men’s team GC, the Trek/Red Truck team came in 1st overall ahead of First Rate Mortage. On the women’s side the Trek gals took 3rd in the overall team GC, after Team Group Health and Avanti/Ti Cycles

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Results

Pro Men 1/2

1. Tyler Farrar (Cofidis) 34
2. Ryan Anderson (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 31
3. Kenny Williams (First Rate Mortgage) 28
4. Brian Nelson (First Rate Mortgage) 24
5. Cory Forrest (Total Restoration Cycling ) 23
6. Russell Stevenson (Benaroya Research Institute) 22
7. David Richter (Ital Pasta) 20
8. Dave Vukets (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 16
9. Nicholas Weighall (Hagens Berman) 11
10. Robert Campbell (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 10
11. Alex Gardner (Benaroya Research Institute) 8
12. Marcel Aarden (Integrale) 7
14. Nathan Smith (Garage Racing) 6
13. Kevin Noiles (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 6
15. Peter Nowadnick (First Rate Mortgage) 5
16. Shawn Howard (Vertical Earth ) 5
17. Galen Erickson (Recycled Cycles) 3
18. Nathan MacDonald (Trek/Red Truck Racing ) 2
19. Garth White (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 2
20. Andrew Kulmatiski (Logan Race Club) 1
Tyler Stetson (First Rate Mortgage) 0
Grant Boursaw (Greg LeMond Racing Team) 0
Mike Bidniak (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 0
Jeff Castenmiller (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 0
KevinMasterson (Garage Racing) 0
Jason Schniepp (Wines of Washington) 0
Chris Hill (Recycled Cycles) 0
John Lackey (Team Zoka) 0
Andy Luhn(Benaroya Research Institute) 0
DNF Jacob MacArthur (Arlberg Sports) 0
DNS Adam Johnson (None) 0

Women 1/2/3

1. Allison Beall (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 35
2. Lisa Dunnwald (Team Group Health) 32
3. Tricia Bailey (Wines of Washington) 30
4. Jadine Riley (Team Group Health) 25
5. Lisa Tasa (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 21
6. Lynda Finegold (Wenatchee Valley Velo) 15
7. Elizabeth Nettles (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 13
8. Fiona MacLeod (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 13
9. Tricia Sandstrom (Team Group Health) 12
10. Courtney Albert (Trek/Red Truck Racing) 12
11. Laura Valaas (Wenatchee Valley Velo) 12
12. Annette Hanson (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 10
13. Julie Robertson Zivin (ByrneInvent) 10
14. Dana Robertson Halter (Team Group Health) 8
15. Kari Bolton (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 8
16. Lea Stralka (ByrneInvent) 6
17. Karen Claeys (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 1
KristiBerg (Team Group Health) 0
Tia Bartos (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 0
Teresa Buxton (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 0
Druska Salisbury-Milan (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 0
JenTriplett (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 0
Amara Boursaw (Greggs Lemond) 0
Jessie Ham (Team WAR) 0
Martha Pomares (RMRC/Turin) 0
Laura Trevellyan (WWU Cycling) 0
Tracy Thomas (Team Group Health) 0
Karen Armstrong (Emde Sports) 0
Michelle Gross (Wines of Washington) 0
DNF Jitka Cole (Avanti/TiCycles Racing) 0
DNS Kristin Campbell (Team Group Health) 0
DNS Carol Johnson (Team Group Health) 0
DNS Martha Walsh (ByrneInvent) 0