March 4/11 10:29 am - Merco Cycling Classic: Stage 1, Britton wins
Posted by Editoress on 03/4/11
Results from the first day of racing at the Merco Cycling Classic Stage Race, in Merced California. Rob Britton (Bissell Pro Cycling) took the win with his teammates Ben Jacques-Maynes and Paul Mach taking 2nd and 3rd.
Stage 1: MID Road Race
| Pro 1/2 Men, 131.4 km | |
| 1 Robert Britton (Can) Bissell Pro Cycling | 3:24:05 |
| 2 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 3 Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | both s.t. |
| 4 John Bennett (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | 0:08 |
| 5 Jay Thomson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 6 Julian Kyer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth | 1:30 |
| 7 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 6:01 |
| 8 Sam Bassetti (USA) Firefighters Cycling | |
| 9 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth | |
| 10 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 11 Ricky Escuela (Arg) Full Circle Sports | all s.t. |
| 12 Patrick Bevin (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 7:39 |
| 13 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 14 Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda 5 Hour Energy p/b GearGrinder | |
| 15 Michael Mathis (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com | |
| 16 Craig Logan (Can) Red Truck | |
| 17 Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth | |
| 18 Jeremy Vennell (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 19 Nathaniel English (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | |
| 20 Evan Huffman (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | |
| 21 Stefano Barberi (USA) Full Circle Sports | |
| 22 James Wingert (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | |
| 23 Nic Hamilton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
| 24 Aliaksandr Sinelnikau (RSA) Third Pillar | |
| 25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Form Fitness | |
| 26 Danny Heeley (USA) Now/MS Society | all s.t. |
| 27 Chris Aten (USA) Landis/Trek | 7:46 |
| 28 Justin Rossi (USA) Marc Pro - Strava | |
| 29 Colin Cornberg (NZl) Full Circle Sports | 7:55 |
| 30 Andrew Goessling (USA) Team Clif Bar | |
| 31 Nick Frey (USA) Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita | both s.t. |
| 32 Collin Samaan (USA) Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team | 8:00 |
| 33 Keith Hillier (USA) Marc Pro - Strava | |
| 34 David Albrecht (USA) Chico Corsa | |
| 35 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Team Specialized Racing Masters | |
| 36 Vincent Owens (USA) Sierra Pacific Racing | all s.t. |
| 37 Adam Switters (USA) Xo Communications / Battley Harley-Davidson Racing | 8:06 |
| 38 Nathaniel Wilson (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | 8:08 |
| 39 Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth | |
| 40 Carson Miller (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | both s.t. |
| 41 Sean Passage (USA) Byrne Invent | 8:14 |
| 42 Matthew Shackley (USA) Team CES Racing | 8:18 |
| 43 Julio Mollindo (Mex) Full Circle Sports | 8:22 |
| 44 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Full Circle Sports | |
| 45 Cody Campbell (Can) Hagens Berman | |
| 46 Julian Martinez (USA) Fremont Bank Cycling Team | |
| 47 Tyler Brandt (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | all s.t. |
| 48 Jeff Perrin (USA) Team Specialized Racing Juniors | 8:30 |
| 49 Frank Spiteri (USA) Marc Pro - Strava | 8:43 |
| 50 Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth | 8:50 |
| 51 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 8:52 |
| 52 Peter Taylor (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | s.t. |
| 53 Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda 5 Hour Energy p/b GearGrinder | 9:00 |
| 54 Chris Stastny (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | s.t. |
| 55 Michael Gil (USA) Godspeed Courier | 9:08 |
| 56 Matthew Carinio (USA) ArtsCyclery.com/Wild Horse Wines | 9:17 |
| 57 Kenneth Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 9:59 |
| 58 James Mattis (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | |
| 59 Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | both s.t. |
| 60 Mike Tettleton (USA) Full Circle Sports | 10:08 |
| 61 Emerson Oronte (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 11:23 |
| 62 Gabe Varela (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | |
| 63 Shane Buysse (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | |
| 64 Josh Lagrange (USA) Form Fitness | |
| 65 Eddy Kwon (USA) Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 66 Eric Riggs (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | 11:27 |
| 67 Joseph Iannarelli (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | 12:01 |
| 68 Benjamin Swedberg (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | 14:32 |
| 69 Brandon Trafton (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized | s.t. |
| 70 Jesse Miller-Smith (USA) Marc Pro - Strava | 15:19 |
| 71 Billy Crane (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo | 16:09 |
| 72 Rob Evans (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | 16:42 |
| 73 Miles Lamon (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | 22:16 |
| 74 Michael Hernandez (USA) Great Basin Imaging/Kinetic Cycles | s.t. |
| 75 Victor Riquelme (USA) Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team | 22:19 |
| 76 Adam Carr (USA) Form Fitness | s.t. |
| 77 Elliot Jaramillo (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | 22:23 |
| 78 Tom Faiers (USA) Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team | 22:27 |
| 79 Tim Farnham (USA) Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team | |
| 80 Taylor Bertrand-Barrett (USA) Echeloncycle.com | |
| 81 Raffi Jilizian (USA) Form Fitness | |
| 82 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
| 83 Logan Loader (USA) RideClean p/b PatentIt.com | |
| 84 Dillon Clapp (USA) ArtsCyclery.com/Wild Horse Wines | |
| 85 Aaron Schneider (USA) Full Circle Sports | all s.t. |
| 86 Aaron Gallardo (USA) Team Helens | 22:37 |
| 87 Thomas Soladay (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth | |
| 88 Daniel Farinha (USA) Firefighters Cycling | |
| 89 Nate Geoffrion (USA) Firefighters Cycling | |
| 90 Nate Freed (USA) Marc Pro - Strava | |
| 91 Austin Arguello (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 92 Patrick Caro (USA) Full Circle Sports | 23:01 |
| 93 Donald Hahn (USA) Marc Pro - Strava | s.t. |
| 94 Ian Moir (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | 23:16 |
| 95 Alexi Grewal (USA) International Christian Cycling Club | 23:37 |
| 96 James Laberge (USA) Team Specialized Racing Juniors | 24:45 |
| 97 Andrew Bates (USA) Olympia Orthopaedic Assc. | 27:20 |
| 98 Alex Bowden (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi-Aventis | 33:46 |
| 99 Anthony Ferretti (USA) Chico Corsa | |
| 100 Mark Deterline (USA) Fremont Bank Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 101 AJ Snovel (USA) Fremont Bank Cycling Team | 35:42 |
| 102 JD Bergmann (USA) Team Clif Bar | s.t. |
| 103 Dean Laberge (USA) Team Specialized Racing Masters | 36:15 |
| 104 Martin Acosta (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | 37:30 |
| 105 Richard Pego (USA) Team Helens | 42:53 |
| 106 Jeffrey Galland (USA) Chico Corsa | 46:39 |
| 107 Eric Losak (USA) A Road Bike 4U Elite | 48:42 |
| 108 Lawrence Nolan (USA) Team Specialized Racing Masters | 49:38 |
| 109 Mark Marquez (USA) Fremont Bank Cycling Team | 49:40 |
| 110 Michael Jacques (USA) Team Clif Bar | 51:13 |
| 111 James Stout (GBr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi-Aventis | 1.01:44 |
| 112 Jonathan Teeter (USA) Echeloncycle.com | s.t. |
| 113 Torey Philipp (USA) Team Specialized Racing Juniors | 1.01:57 |
| 114 Brandon Correia (USA) Metromint Cycling | 1.28:51 |
| 115 Ryan MacDonald (USA) Fremont Bank Cycling Team | 1.35:11 |
| DNF Kris Lunning (USA) Marc Pro - Strava | |
| DNF David McCook (USA) McGuire Cycling Team | |
| DNF Connor Spencer (USA) Metromint Cycling | |
| DNF Justin Williams (USA) Predator Cycling | |
| DNF Chris Lyman (USA) Team Specialized Racing Masters | |
| DNF Willy Zellmer (USA) Team Specialized Racing Juniors | |
| DNF David Benkoski (USA) Team Specialized Racing Juniors | |
| DNF Colby Elliot (USA) Swami's Cycling | |
| Women: 92.9 km | |
| 1 Amanda Miller (USA) Team HTC-Highroad | 2:45:31 |
| 2 Flavia Oliveira (USA) Wells Fargo Racing | at 0:02 |
| 3 Alison Starnes (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | |
| 4 Megan Guarnier (USA) Team TIBCO/To The Top | both s.t. |
| 5 Tayler Wiles (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | 0:07 |
| 6 Kristin Mcgrath (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | |
| 7 Lindsay Myers (USA) Chico Corsa | both s.t. |
| 8 Susannah Breen (USA) Fremont Bank Cycling Team | 0:22 |
| 9 Carmen Small (USA) Team TIBCO/To The Top | |
| 10 Emily Collins (USA) Vanderkitten-Focus | |
| 11 Pascale Maria Schnider (USA) RED Racing | |
| 12 Emily Kachorek (USA) Primal/ Map My Ride | all s.t. |
| 13 Ruth Winder (USA) HDR p/b Lomdardi Sports | 0:26 |
| 14 Jane Despas (USA) Yahoo! Cycling Team | 0:44 |
| 15 Liza Rachetto (USA) Primal/ Map My Ride | |
| 16 Elizabeth Newell (USA) Fremont Bank Cycling Team | |
| 17 Alisha Welsh (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | all s.t. |
| 18 Peggy Legrand (USA) US Military | 0:55 |
| 19 Olivia Dillon (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | s.t. |
| 20 Ally Stacher (USA) Team HTC-Highroad | 1:01 |
| 21 Molly Van Houweling (USA) Metromint Cycling | s.t. |
| 22 Jazzy Hurikino (USA) Vanderkitten-Focus | 1:03 |
| 23 Rebecca Rising (USA) Metromint Cycling | 1:17 |
| 24 Rebecca Werner (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo | 1:27 |
| 25 Michelle Melka (Aus) RED Racing | 1:43 |
| 26 Mary Elizabeth Maroon (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo | 2:35 |
| 27 Amy Mcguire (USA) Wheelworks Racing | 3:11 |
| 28 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (USA) Team HTC-Highroad | 4:13 |
| 29 Lauren Tamayo (Ger) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | 7:00 |
| 30 Emily Thurston (USA) Missing Link/ 3rd Rail | 8:11 |
| 31 Kendall Ryan (USA) Team TIBCO/To The Top | 10:05 |
| 32 Cari Higgins (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | s.t. |
| 33 Kaitlin Antonneau (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | 10:11 |
| 34 Vanessa Drigo (USA) Vanderkitten-Focus | 10:39 |
| 35 Rikke Preisler (USA) Metromint Cycling | 10:43 |
| 36 Courtney Dimpel (USA) Bike Station APT OS | s.t. |
| 37 Elis Bradshaw (USA) Touchstone Climbing | 10:49 |
| 38 Amanda Seigle (USA) Metromint Cycling | |
| 39 Kimberly Fong (USA) Michael David Winery Cycling Team | |
| 40 Coryn Rivera (USA) Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 | all s.t. |
| 41 Martina Patella (USA) RED Racing | 11:02 |
| 42 Marissa Axell (USA) Touchstone Climbing | 11:16 |
| 43 Emily Foxman (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo | s.t. |
| 44 Juliette Olson (USA) RED Racing | 11:52 |
| 45 Starla Teddergreen (USA) Vanderkitten-Focus | 24:32 |
| 46 Ruste Parker (USA) Velocity Valley Women | 26:25 |
| 47 Margaret Jones (USA) Chico Corsa | 36:30 |
| DNF Maura Kinsella (USA) Vanderkitten-Focus | |
| DNF Jane Wolcott (USA) Webcor/Alto Velo | |
| DNF Patricia Dowd (USA) Team Riverstone |
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