RACE REPORTS: REDLANDS BICYCLE CLASSIC: DAY AND NEBEN POWER TO PROLOGUE VICTORIES

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RACE REPORTS: REDLANDS BICYCLE CLASSIC: DAY AND NEBEN POWER TO PROLOGUE VICTORIES
Road Bike Action
March 26, 2009

World Champion Amber Neben won the prologue by 27 seconds
(Yuzuru Sunada)

With five technical kilometers of time trialing on the schedule in the opening prologue of the 2009 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Ben Day of the Fly V Australia Team presented by The Successful Living Foundation and Amber Neben of Team Nurnberger/Sho-Air conducted a clinic for the Men’s and Women’s peloton.

With a winning time of 27 seconds over second place finisher Mara Abbott of Team Columbia Highroad, Neben, the current World Time Trial Champion, ripped up the challenging prologue course to post the incredible time of 10:40.67. Teammates Mara Abbott and Ina Tutenberg of Team Columbia Highroad rode incredibly strong posting finishing times within a single second of each other at 11:07.55 and 11:07.84 respectively. Rounding out the top five was Alison Power of Team Type 1 (11:18.50) and Katheryn Mattis of Webcor Builders Cycling (11:42.15).

In the men’s race Ben Day of Fly V Australia presented by The Successful Living Foundation continued his winning ways that started just one week ago with a stage and overall win at the San Dimas Stage Race. Day scorched the course in a time of 9:19.88, with Brent Bookwalter (BMC) and Tom Zirbel (Bissell) rounding out the podium at 9:23.42 and 9:26.13 respectively. Coming in at fourth and fifth for the men’s category was Chris Baldwin (Rock Racing) at 9:28.44 and Jeff Louder (BMC) at 9:31.68.

With a long and challenging stage in front of the riders tomorrow in Beaumont, the teams of Nurnberger/Sho-Air and Fly V Australia presented by The Successful Living Foundation will have their work cut out to defend the coveted RBC race leaders jersey.

25th Redlands Bicycle Classic
March 26-29, 2009
Prologue - March 26: Prologue, 5km
Men
1. Ben Day (USA) Fly V Australia/Successful Living 9.19 (32.200 km/h)
2. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team @ 0.04
3. Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling @ 0.07
4. Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing @ 0.09
5. Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team @ 0.12
6. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling @ 0.13
7. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch p/b Maxxis @ 0.19
8. Luis Romero Amaran SPN Colavita Sutter Home @ 0.22
9. Corey Collier (USA) Team Hotel San Jose @ 0.23
10. Carter Jones (USA) Team Waste Management s.t.

Women
1. Amber Neben (USA) Nurnberger Shoair 10.40 (28.125 km/h)
2. Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia Highroad @ 0.27
3. Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad s.t.
4. Alison Powers (USA) Team Type 1 @ 0.38
5. Katheryn Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team @ 1.02
6. Janel Holcomb (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team @ 1.07
7. Kristin Sanders (USA) Value Act Capital @ 1.08
8. Ruth Clemence (USA) Touchstone Climbing s.t.
9. Meredith Miller (USA) Team Tibco @ 1.09
10. Christina Ruiter (USA) Value Act Capital s.t.

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