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Exergy Tour (2012) Photos May 24 - 28

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Stage 0:  Boise, 2 mi (TT)  Full Results and Report

All Canadian prologue podium: 2nd Gillian Carleton (Can) Canadian National Team + 0:00.34, 1st Tara Whitten (Can) Team Tibco - To the Top 4:09.64, 3rd Clara Hughes (Can) Team Specialized-lululemon + 0:00.91

Stage 1:  Nampa → Nampa, 77 mi  Full Results and Report


School kids with world flags in Nampa

First Intermediate Sprint

The day started out wet and cold

Peloton early on

The start of the first of two climbs and QOMs

World Champion, Giorgia Bronzini, who later crashed

Clara Hughes

scenery

US Champion Robin Farina


The Break

Specialized-Lululemon lead the chase

The start of the 2nd QOM

2nd QOM

Evelyn Stevens on her quest for The QOM Jersey

The break about to be caught

Vinyards in Idaho

The depleted sprint finish after late crash

Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Exergy Twenty takes the win ahead of Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon

Hours out of surgery, Armstrong makes an apperance at the finish (pictured with Tutenburg)

The podium: 1st Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Exergy Twenty 12, 2nd Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon, 3rd Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Faren Honda Team

The jersey leaders

Stage 2:  Kuna, 10.4 mi (TT)  Full Results and Report


Yesterdays stage 1 winner, Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Exergy Twenty12 was 31st today in today's 10.4 mi ITT + 1:55

Shara Gillow (Orica-GreenEdge) was 4th + 29s

10th Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Canadian National Team + 0:58

Amber Neben (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon won the 10.4 mi ITT in 21:38

The rain didn't bother Amber Neben, sending up a rooster tail on her way to winning by 15 seconds...

8th Trixi Worrack (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon + 0:42

2nd U.S. TT Champ Evelyn Stevens (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon + 15s

7th Alison Powers (USA) NOW and Novartis + 0:37

3rd Clara Hughes (Can) Team Specialized-lululemon + 0:20

5th Gillian Carleton (Can) Canadian National Team + 0:31

9th Tara Whitten (Can) Team Tibco - To the Top + 0:45

6th Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon + 0:34

Your stage 2 ITT podium all from Team Specialized-lululemon: 2nd Evelyn Stevens (USA) + 0:15 1st Amber Neben (USA) 0:21:38, 3rd Clara Hughes (Can) + 0:20

Stage winner and new race leader Amber Neben (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon

Stage 3:  Crouch → Idaho City, 60 mi  Full Results and Report


The morning sign-in in Crouch

Stevens and Tuetenberg discuss tactics

Robin Farina on the front

Janel Holcomb tries to get a break started

Andrea Dvorak attacks

The peloton

Evelyn Stevens races towards the 2nd QOM

Holcomb overtakes Dvorak

The peloton approaches the 2nd QOM with snow by the road

Anne Samplonius attacks

Beth Newell

1k to QOM

GreenEdge-AIS

Bunch sprint in full flight


Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) beats Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) in a sprint finish at the end of the Queen Stage in Idaho City

The stage 3 podium with 2nd Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies, 1st Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon and 3rd Megan Guarnier (USA) Team Tibco - To the Top

The jersey leaders including race leader Amber Neben (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon

Stage 4:  Boise 75km (circuits)  Full Results and Report


Flyover at start

Evelyn Stevens gets a marriage proposal from the U.S. Champ

World champ, Giorgia Bronzini, interviewed by Dave Towle and Connie Carpenter

Kristin McGrath leads the peloton with 5 to go on the QOM

Andrea Dvorak

Evelyn Stevens at the QOM

The first break

It splits from here

All Boise Blue!

Feedzone

Jasmin Glaesser

Evelyn Stevens appreciated some motivation

Hughes and Wiles in a break

Break succeeds. Claudia Häusler (Ger) GreenEdge-AIS won from a two women break ahead of Evelyn Steven (USA) Specialized-lululemon, who's smiling because her runner-up award is the overall

The victory salute in front of a good sized crowd

3rd. Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Canadian National Team won the 12 women bunch sprint for 3rd + 55s

Your inaugural Exergy Tour overall winner, Evelyn Stevens (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon

Stevens accepts the nice winner's award from Patrick Dempsey


Your all Specialized-lululemon, inaugural Exergy Tour overall podium: 2nd Amber Neben (USA) + 0:50, 1 Evelyn Stevens (USA) 8:15:37, 3rd Clara Hughes (Can) + 1:02