SRAM Tour of the Gila (New Mexico, USA), 28/04-02/05/2010
Three Team RadioShack riders (Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer and Jason McCartney), directed by Johan Bruyneel, will take part as individual riders in the Mellow Johnny’s jersey.
The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race located in New Mexico, USA. It is currently sponsored by the component maker SRAM.
Beginning in Silver City, New Mexico, the men’s course covers around 540 km over five days, while the women’s course covers about 100 km less. It consists of three road races, a Individual Time Trial and a Criterium.
Levi Leipheimer won the race in 2009.
Race website: http://tourofthegila.com
Top Ten, stage 2
1 Luis Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 03:25:02
2 Levi Leipheimer (Team Mellow Johnny’s) 0:00:02
3 Wamsley Kyle (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 0:00:05
4 Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare Professional) 0:00:13
5 David Tanner (Fly V Australia)
6 Jesse Sergent (Trek Livestrong)
7 Alex Howes (Holowesko Partners Cycling)
8 Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare Professional)
9 Nick Walker (Holowesko Partners Cycling)
10 Phillip Zajicek (Fly V Australia)
Team Mellow Johnny’s, stage 2
45 Lance Armstrong (Team Mellow Johnny’s)
99 Jason Mccartney (Team Mellow Johnny’s)
Top Ten Overall rankings after stage 2:
1 Levi Leipheimer (Team Mellow Johnny’s) 07:13:16
2 Tom Danielson (DZ Nuts) 0:00:27
3 Cesar Grajales (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro) 0:00:33
4 Phillip Zajicek (Fly V Australia)
5 Luis Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 0:00:35
6 Andrew Talansky (California Giant/Specialized) 0:00:55
7 David Zabriskie (DZ Nuts) 0:00:58
8 Chris Baldwin (UnitedHealthcare Professional) 0:01:04
9 Alex Hagman (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro) 0:01:21
10 Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) 0:01:30
Over all ranking, Team Mellow Johnny’s, stage 2
25 Lance Armstrong (Team Mellow Johnny’s) 0:02:26
97 Jason Mccartney (Team Mellow Johnny’s) 0:19:37
Stage 1
1 Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny’s) 94 miles in 3:48:18 (39.8 km/h)
2 Tom Danielson (DZ Nuts) + 0:10
3 Cesar Grajales (OUCH-Bahati Foundation) + 0:16
4 Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia)
5 Andrew Talansky (U25 California Giant) + 0:38
6 David Zabriskie (DZ Nuts) + 0:41
7 Luis Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita)
8 Alex Hagman (OUCH-Bahati Foundation)
9 Chris Baldwin (UnitedHealthcare) + 0:47
10 Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) + 0:50
22 Lance Armstrong (Mellow Johnny’s) + 1:46
I THINNK THAT ARMSTRONG IS NOT THE SAME AND IN THIS YEAR GO TO DO A DISASTER IN THE TOUR.I DONT THINK THAN ARMSTRONG IN FIRSTS POSITIONS IN THE TOUR 2010….THATS WHAT I THINK…BUT ARMSTRONG IS THE SAME THAT EX PRESIDENT OF USA….SORRY I THINK THIS YEAR ITS A DISASTER FOR HIM….SORRY
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it is hard to judge what is going on with him right now – just getting his legs under him, using these races as a light workout (like a race horse). Only time will tell.
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Antero, please learn to speak english before you start posting smack about Lance. He’ll be fine, he’s been around and knows when to turn it on, as he showed us last year. On another note, Levi rocks.
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Lance will not do best at short races, he usually excel at long races like TDF coz he do best where mind games count a lot. I heard he has a extra-ordinary large size lungs so we’ll see in the TDF where brute raw power is just second to mind & stamina…
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For me it does not matter if Lance will be on the top again as far as pure cycling goes. For me he has been on the top of the game overal as a sportsman, role model and as a descent human being. As far as the past for me his biggest achievment is the 3rd place last year. I do not think someone has done it before as far as pro cycling goes. As far as the future the hills of La Tour will show when comes mano to mano. It is the Team ( Radio Shack) that is important.
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Lance did the same thing last year, I think he saves his energy for the tour just like he always did. He finished like this in many races last year, then took 3rd in the Tour. I would not count him out yet.
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