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t hrough woods at the Ford Tour de Georgia |
(May 2, 2006) - Following the major athletic and
organizational undertaking of the Ford Tour de Geogia, the Kodakgallery.com/Sierra
Nevada Pro Cycling Team kept its focus in the Peach State for this past
weekend's Athens Twilight and Nalley Historic Roswell Criterium.
Guided by Racing Manager Jonas Carney, Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada fielded
a team of five riders for Athens on Saturday night: Jackson Stewart, Scott
Zwizanski, Jesse Anthony, Jason Allen and Martin Gilbert.
For Allen and Gilbert, the Twilight was their first appearance for Kodakgallery.com/Sierra
Nevada after a winter season on the track with their national teams, but
it ended quickly as both were taken down in a crash just a lap into the
race.
"Jackson, Jesse, and Scott did a great job of being active and marking moves,
but it was a negative race and it came down to a field sprint. Unfortunately,
our best sprinter (Gilbert) was watching from the sidelines, but Jackson
did a great job of freelancing and finished 9th," Carney reported.
For Sunday evening's race in Roswell, Ben Jacques-Maynes joined the fray,
and was Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada's best finisher in 13th.
"The guys did their best and it just wasn't a great day for us. But we have
four races in four days from Wednesday to Saturday, and we'll pick it back
up," said Carney, referring to the remaining races in the USA Crits series.
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Mike Dietrich |
While Carney and his crew will make their next appearance
on May 3 in Walterboro, South Carolina, Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada will
also have three riders taking on a race at the opposite end of the cycling
spectrum - the Teleperformance Tour of the Gila, noted for its high-altitude
climbing in the arid New Mexico desert.
Dominique Perras, Mike Dietrich, and Skyler Bishop will represent the team,
with Dietrich looking to improve on his 10th place overall finish in last
year's race.
"It's a good race for me - lots and lots of climbing," he said, "and I'm
looking forward to having a great climber like Dom and a really powerful
rider like Skyler to go to work with."
The USA Crits series
continues through Saturday, May 6, and the Tour
of the Gila runs through May 7.
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