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2005 USPRO Championship, Report

USPRO Championship, USA

5 June

History Made in Philly

Wherry In Jersey, photo: Health Net - Maxxis

For the first time in the 21 year history of the USPRO Championship Americans have swept all 3 podium places.

As far as national championships go, this is a unique race in that it is open to riders of other nations. Why? When the race began Americans didn't have near the clout in professional cycling that they currently enjoy. There were simply not enough registered American pros to take the start line so race organizers opened the race to Europeans to broaden the field. Freddy Rodriguez was the last American to win the race outright back in 2001.

Today's race took in 156Mi/250K on a 14.4 mile circuit. The brutally steep Manayunk wall, which has sections topping 17%, most certainly played a key role in the finale. Also playing a role was the weather. The temperatures reached 85 degrees Fahrenheit which did not bode well for some of the riders from the northern latitudes. The Aussies and Spaniards loved it though.

Algeri and Horner, photo: Matteo Algeri

An early move was made by Subway, Monex, Team CSC and Jittery Joe's, but with several Pro Tour teams taking the start, this move was surely doomed. Move after move went off the front trying to find that right combo of riders that would work well enough together to establish a gap and win the race. But Jittery Joe's was ever vigilant at the front of the peloton, and with the help of the other chasers kept the average speed for the first hour of racing at about 42 Kph.

Health Net, who placed 2 of their riders in the early moves, evidently fancied their chances for an overall victory. The team is having one of its best ever years and boasts several guys that can seal the deal. First it was Mike Jones, then it was Mike Sayers who took turns softening up the peloton. CSC was spearheading the chase at this point and was spending valuable energy bringing back the flying Health Net rider.

Wherry Pate Horner, photo: Graham Watson, Prodir

With one lap to go and 3 smaller laps Danny Pate of Jelly Belly rolled the dice and took a flyer. Pate may not be a household name, but he was the former under 23 TT world champ so this guy knows how to gauge his effort. After cresting the Manayunk for the last time 2 riders, Chris Horner and Chris Wherry, set off in pursuit of Pate and quickly reeled him in. The 3 worked very well together and, in spite of a little cat and mouse, managed to keep the bloodthirsty peloton at bay. They were setting the stage for an all American sprint finale. Wherry attacked the other two and needed to manage his rhythm for 9 tortuous minutes in order to win the coveted stars and stripes jersey, he did exactly that. Danny Pate followed Wherry home, taking a brilliant second place. Chris Horner rounded out the podium in 3rd place.
- Paco

Results: 6'01"
1 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net - Maxxis
2 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
3 Chris Horner (USA) Prodir - Saunier Duval
4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon Lotto 0.44
5 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance
6 Max Vanheeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
7 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home
8 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC
9 Greg Henderson (NZl) Health Net - Maxxis
10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre Caffita
11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval
12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval
13 Ivan Stevic (Scg) Aerospace Engineering
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
15 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Health Net - Maxxis
16 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
17 Garret Peltonen (USA) Advantage Endeavour
18 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak Sierra Nevada
19 Chad Hartley (USA) TIAA CREF
20 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
21 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance
22 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre Caffita
23 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home
24 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon Lotto
25 Jurgen Vandenbroeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
26 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
27 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net - Maxxis
28 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
29 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
30 Eddy Hilger (USA) Advantage Endeavour
31 Neil Shirley (USA) Team Seasilver
32 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home
33 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance
34 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
35 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC
36 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.56
37 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 2.51
38 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.28
39 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.54
40 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Monex
41 Ben Jacques Maynes (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
42 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre Caffita
43 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Kodak Sierra Nevada
44 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Cycling Team
45 Geoff Kabush (Can) Jittery Joe's
46 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
47 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
48 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
49 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home
50 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
51 Tim Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's 11.17
52 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
53 Gord Fraser (Can) Health Net - Maxxis 13.04
54 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
55 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Subway-Express
56 Ben Haldeman (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
57 Chris Frederick (USA) Aerospace Engineering
58 Matt Dubberley (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
59 Peter Baker (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
60 Timothy Duggan (USA) TIAA CREF 14.19
61 Will Frischkorn (USA) TIAA CREF
62 Erik Saunders (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
63 Russell Downing (GBr) MG-XPower Litespeed
64 Paul Manning (GBr) MG-XPower Litespeed
65 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home
66 Kyle Gritters (USA) Team Seasilver
67 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net - Maxxis
68 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net - Maxxis
69 Tyler Farrar (USA) Health Net - Maxxis
70 Adam Livingston (USA) Team Seasilver
71 Lucas Euser (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
72 Nathan Miller (USA) Team Monex
73 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Team Seasilver
74 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance
75 Evan Oliphant (GBr) MG-XPower Litespeed
76 Michael Lange (USA) TIAA CREF
77 Jason Bausch (USA) Team Seasilver
78 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Kodak Sierra Nevada
79 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
DNF Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Sebastian Alexandre (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home
DNF Jason Allen (NZl) McGuire Pro Cycling
DNF Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home
DNF Rashaan Bahati (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
DNF Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance
DNF Stefano Barberi (Bra) TIAA CREF
DNF Colin Beardsley (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
DNF Micheal Beers (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF Brent Bookwalter (USA) Advantage Endeavour
DNF Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC
DNF Aaron Brown (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Josh Carter (USA) Subway-Express
DNF Clemente Cavaliere (Ita) Aerospace Engineering
DNF David Clinger (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
DNF Marc Collard (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
DNF Nathanial Cornelius (USA) Subway-Express
DNF Todd Cornelius (USA) Subway-Express
DNF Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
DNF Ari De Wilde (USA) Nerac.com
DNF John Delong (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF Christopher Deluise (USA) Aerospace Engineering
DNF Wim Devocht (Bel) Davitamon Lotto
DNF Ryan Dewald (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon Lotto
DNF Thad Dulin (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Pat Dunaway (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
DNF Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Richard England (Aus) Advantage Endeavour
DNF Glenn Fant (USA) Team Monex
DNF Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Roberto Gaggioli (Ita) Team Monex
DNF Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre Caffita
DNF Angel Gomez (Esp) Prodir - Saunier Duval
DNF Josh Goodwin (USA) Team Monex
DNF Ben Greenwood (GBr) MG-XPower Litespeed
DNF Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance
DNF Curtis Gunn (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Russell Hamby (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF John Hanson (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Rob Hayles (GBr) MG-XPower Litespeed
DNF Christopher Herby (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home
DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
DNF Adam Hodges Meyerson (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Jeff Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's
DNF Lief Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
DNF Ted Huang (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
DNF Andy Jacques Maynes (USA) Webcor Cycling Team
DNF Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Mike Jones (USA) Health Net - Maxxis
DNF Roman Kilun (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
DNF Russell Langley (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's
DNF Tim Larkin (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Victor Laza (Scg) Aerospace Engineering
DNF Craig Lewis (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Ruben Lobato (Esp) Prodir - Saunier Duval
DNF Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
DNF Pete Lopinto (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's
DNF Sterling Magnell (USA) Team Monex
DNF Caleb Mannion (Aus) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre Caffita
DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto
DNF Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Subway-Express
DNF Remi Mcmanus (USA) Subway-Express
DNF Karl Menzies (Aus) Advantage Endeavour
DNF Hugh Moran (USA) Aerospace Engineering
DNF Eric Murphy (USA) Aerospace Engineering
DNF Mike Norton (USA) Nerac.com
DNF David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance
DNF Nathan O'neil (Aus) Navigators Insurance
DNF Jonathan Page (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home
DNF Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Lampre Caffita
DNF Oscar Pineda (Gua) Nerac.com
DNF Frank Pipp (USA) Advantage Endeavour
DNF Cody Powell (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly-Pool Gel
DNF Daniel Ramsey (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval
DNF David Richter (USA) Subway-Express
DNF Jake Rytlewski (USA) Advantage Endeavour
DNF Dan Schmatz (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Brian Sheedy (USA) Advantage Endeavour
DNF Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Shaun Snodden (GBr) MG-XPower Litespeed
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon Lotto
DNF Jonny Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Joshua Taylor (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF Kevin Vanes (USA) Subway-Express
DNF Carlos Vargas (Col) Team Monex
DNF Francisco Ventoso (Esp) Prodir - Saunier Duval
DNF Devon Vigus (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
DNF Zach Walker (USA) McGuire Pro Cycling
DNF Kyle Wamsley (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF David Werling (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Jonathan Wirsing (USA) Snow Valley - Seal On
DNF Ryan Yee (USA) Team Seasilver
DNF Robbie Yost (USA) Subway-Express
DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
DNF Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada