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San Francisco Grand Prix, USA

4 September, 174K

Wegmann Adds Euro Flavor To SFGP

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The 5th edition of the San Francisco Grand Prix was won for the first time by a European. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) rode a brilliant race to take the sprint ahead of John Lieswyn (Webcor) and Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel). Wegmann rode courageously to bridge the gap to Lieswyn and McCartney on the final descent of Broadway attacking twice and managed to get around the two for victory.

Michael Creed (Discovery Channel) rode out in front for most of the race pumping his fist in the air each time he crested the Taylor St. climb. It was his final race for Discovery Channel after a season plagued with illness. Also, John Lieswyn was riding one of his final major races, hanging up his wheels at the end of this year.

Lieswyn and McCartney took over and left their escape companion Glen Mitchell (Kodak/Sierra Gallery) with 16K to go. But about then the Gerolsteiner duo of Wegmann and Andrea Moletta were riding a two-up time trial to bridge the gap to the leaders, 20 seconds ahead with two laps to go.

Andrea Moletta worked liked a pile driver to bring his captain up to the leaders. It was the last lap and Wegmann attacked hard on the steepest part of the Taylor St. climb. His move was brought back and then a little cat-n-mouse ensued on the run in to the finish. Lieswyn found himself in the unsavory spot of leading out the sprint. McCartney sat on his wheel while Wegmann jumped around the two Americans with 350 meters to steal the victory.
- Franco

Results: 4'27"
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2 John Lieswyn (USA) Healthnet-Maxxis
3 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
4 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.27
5 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 1.58
6 Mike Sayers (USA) Healthnet-Maxxis 2.56
7 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita-Suttter Home 3.12
8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
9 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel 3.21
10 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3.41
11 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita-Suttter Home 4.43
12 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4.57
13 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Healthnet-Maxxis
14 Tim Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's Kalahari 5.02
15 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance
16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics
17 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval
18 Chris Wherry (USA) Healthnet-Maxxis 5.09
19 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
20 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita-Suttter Home
21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5.17
22 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.20
23 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Healthnet-Maxxis 8.57
24 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
25 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
26 Stirling Magnell (USA) Monex
27 Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Mexican National
28 Kari Menzies (Aus) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
29 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
30 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Seasilver
31 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
32 Glen Fant (USA) Monex
33 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Team Seasilver
34 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
35 Josh Hall (Can) Jet Fuel Sympatico-MSN
36 Jake Rytlewski (USA) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
37 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor
38 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics
39 Todd Cornelius (USA) Subway
40 Kyle Gritters (USA) Team Seasilver
41 James Mattis (USA) Webcor
42 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
43 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Subway
44 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's Kalahari
45 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
46 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
47 Ted Huang (USA) Webcor
48 Esad Hasanovic (SCG) Aerospace Engineering Ser
49 Scott Moninger (USA) Healthnet-Maxxis
50 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
51 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
52 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
53 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Sympatico-MSN
54 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance
55 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
56 Marco Rios (Mex) Mexican National
57 Colby Pearce (USA) TIAA-CREF
58 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Aerospace Engineering Ser
59 Andy Bajadali (USA) USA National
60 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
61 John Kelly (USA) Webcor
62 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita-Suttter Home 9.15
63 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Webcor
64 Eddy Hilger (USA) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
65 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada
66 Predrag Prokic (SCG) Aerospace Engineering Ser
67 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Mexican National
68 Stefano Barberi (USA) TIAA CREF
69 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
70 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.22
71 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 9.27
72 Roman Kilun (USA) McGuire Langdale
73 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Webcor 9.41
74 Hugh Moran (USA) Aerospace Engineering Ser 9.47
75 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 10.05
76 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance 10.39
DNF Marc Collard (USA) Webcor
DNF Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Webcor
DNF Tony Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
DNF Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel
DNF Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
DNF Chris Horner (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval
DNF Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir-Saunier Duval
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval
DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval
DNF Juan Carl Dominguez (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval
DNF Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval
DNF Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
DNF Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
DNF Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Healthnet-Maxxis
DNF Gordon Fraser (Can) Healthnet-Maxxis
DNF Jonathon Page (USA) Colavita-Suttter Home
DNF Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita-Suttter Home
DNF Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita-Suttter Home
DNF Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance
DNF Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance
DNF Russell Hamby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada
DNF Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada
DNF Tim Larkin (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada
DNF Peter Lopinto (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Chad Hartley (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Michael Lange (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Blake Caldwell (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel
DNF Zachary Grabowski (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Curtis Gunn (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Ryan Yee (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Daniel Ramsey (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Adam Livingston (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Thad Dulin (USA) Jittery Joe's Kalahari
DNF Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Kalahari
DNF Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's Kalahari
DNF Richard England (Aus) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
DNF Frank Pipp (USA) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
DNF Nicholas Reistad (USA) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
DNF Brian Sheedy (USA) Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
DNF Chris Frederick (USA) Aerospace Engineering Ser
DNF David Richter (USA) Subway
DNF Ryan McKenzie (Can) Subway
DNF Peter Femal (USA) Subway
DNF Omer Kem (USA) Subway
DNF Remi McManus (USA) Subway
DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics
DNF Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics
DNF Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics
DNF Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics
DNF Marsh Cooper (Can) Symmetrics
DNF Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Sympatico-MSN
DNF Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Sympatico-MSN
DNF Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Sympatico-MSN
DNF Erik Saunders (USA) McGuire Langdale
DNF Jason Allen (USA) McGuire Langdale
DNF Zachary Walker (USA) McGuire Langdale
DNF Colin Beardsley (USA) McGuire Langdale
DNF Devon Vigus (USA) McGuire Langdale
DNF Geoff Rapoport (USA) McGuire Langdale
DNF Pat Dunaway (USA) McGuire Langdale
DNF Jon Wirsing (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
DNF Joshua Taylor (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
DNF Peter Baker (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
DNF Ryan Dewald (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
DNF Russ Langley (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
DNF Christopher Herby (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
DNF John Delong (USA) Snow Valley-Seal On
DNF Drew Miller (USA) USA National
DNF Todd Terlecki (USA) USA National
DNF Jim Miller (USA) USA National
DNF Chuck Coyle (USA) USA National
DNF Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Monex
DNF Nathan Miller (USA) Monex
DNF Josh Goodwin (USA) Monex
DNF Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Mexican National
DNF Emmanuel Suarez (Mex) Mexican National

Mountains
1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 55
2 John Lieswyn (USA) Healthnet-Maxxis 27
3 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Healthnet-Maxxis 18
4 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 18
5 Tim Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's Kalahari 5
6 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
7 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita-Suttter Home 1