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Jackson on the Cat's Hill podium
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San Francisco (May 8, 2005) - The Kodak Gallery/Sierra
Nevada Professional Cycling Team followed up Jackson Stewart's win
in yesterday's Cat's Hill Classic with a victory from Glen Mitchell
in today's Berkeley Hills Road Race.
At Berkeley Hills, Mitchell bridged up to a breakaway group including
Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada's Ben Jacques-Maynes on the second of
five laps in the 90-mile race known for the difficult 'Mama Bear'
and 'Papa Bear' climbs.
A lap later, Tim Larkin joined the group and with 3 Kodak Gallery/Sierra
Nevada riders, the 7-rider break quickly pulled away from the field.
After the team began attacking on the penultimate lap, Mitchell, Larkin,
and Michael Hutchinson (Team Spine) emerged as the lead group.
After Larkin's and Mitchell's attacks convinced Hutchinson that first
place was out of the question, the three stayed together until the
finish, with Hutchinson taking second in front of Larkin.
Larkin, returning to racing after the birth of his first child, said,
"I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was getting pretty boring
in the pack with Ben and Glen up the road so I bridged up and took
it from there."
Behind them, James Mattis (Webcor Builders) was fourth in front of
Jacques-Maynes.
Jacques-Maynes described the conditions, "It was pouring rain
and really hard to control body temperature. But it was four-and-a-half
hours of good hard racing, and good preparation for the next round
of racing."
Yesterday, Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada's Jackson Stewart took a long-awaited
victory in his hometown race at the 32nd running of the Cat's Hill
Classic.
Stewart outsprinted his longtime friend, former teammate, and 1998
Los Gatos High School classmate Zach Walker (McGuire-Langdale).
"Cat's Hill has always been a special race for me, and it's
a great feeling to win it in front of all my friends and family,"
Stewart said after the race. "I've wanted this one for so long,
but now I have the pressure to win again!"
With 15 laps remaining, Stewart and Walker were part of a group of
four riders that went clear of the pack, along with Ben Haldeman (Webcor
Builders) and Glen Mitchell.
After doing the bulk of the work to pull the group out to a lead of
roughly 30 seconds, Mitchell fell of the pace with four laps to go
and drifted back to the chasing trio of Erik Saunders (McGuire-Langdale),
Bernard van Ulden (Webcor Builders), and Gen Kogure (Ritchey/VeloEuropa).
After Stewart took the win in front of Walker and Haldeman, Mitchell
came across the line for fourth place, followed by Saunders, van Ulden,
Kogure, and field sprint winner Dave McCook (Jelly Belly-PoolGel).
Early in the race, Stewart and Mitchell were active at the front,
but it was defending Cat's Hill winner Ben Jacques-Maynes who covered
the bulk of the early moves.
Ben and Jackson early in the race |
Jackson on Cat's Hill
Photo by Rob O'Dea
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Glen drives the break |
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