2009 Cascade Classic - Stage 4 Men
Team Type 1’s Moises Aldape Solos To Victory - Rock Star Oscar Sevilla Leads

Team Type 1’s Moise Aldape won the men’s race out of the breakaway but Rock Racing’s Oscar Sevilla maintained his overall lead after finishing fourth the long stage today. Phil Zajicek ((Fly v Australia) and Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) finishes behind Aldape. Other GC contenders Rory Sutherland (OUCH), Darren Lill (Team Type 1) and Jeff Louder (BMC) filled in the top fifteen at seventh, eleventh and twelfth, respectively.

Despite the long climb, Aldape was the only finisher ahead of the first pack of about thirty riders, coming in thirteen seconds ahead of Zajicek who led the first chase group home.

Several riders including Livestrong’s Taylor Phinney were involved in a crash on the course, sending Phinney to the hospital with a concussion. Team director Axel Merckx reported over Twitter that Phinney received a third degree concussion and stayed overnight in the hospital. Felt-Holwesko Parnters-Garmin kept hold of their interests in the white jersey with Alex Howes crossing the line in fifth.

Racers get the day off to avoid the heat and put their legs up as the fifth stage, the Downtown Criterium, will start in Bend this evening. Flat as a pancake, four sharp corners and long straight-aways will give the sprinters another chance at victory over the mountains.

Moises Aldape of Team Type 1 repeated his victory of a year ago at the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort, soloing away from two others Friday to win the Cascade Lakes Road Race at the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic.

Aldape attacked Peter Stetina (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin) and Steve Bovay (BMC Racing Team) with about a mile to go in the 84-mile (135 km) race. His sharp acceleration on the final uphill pitch before the run-in to the ski station parking lot opened a decisive gap.

Team Type 1's Moises Aldape wins the Cascade Lakes Road Race Friday at the Cascade Cycling Classic.  Photo © Brian Hodes VeloImages

"I remember last year’s race perfectly," Adalpe said after being congratulated by his Team Type 1 teammates. "So with one kilometer to go, I knew there was a possibility for me break away to win the stage. So I seized the opportunity."

Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia) was second and Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) was third. Mancebo’s teammate, Oscar Sevilla, retained the overall lead.

Team Type 1 Assistant Director Gord Fraser said he sent a clear message in the team’s pre-race meeting: put away thoughts of the overall classification and just win the stage.

“And the guys responded with a first rate performance,” Fraser said. “Before the race started, I was really counting on some of our older riders like Moises, Matt (Wilson) and Valeriy (Kobzarenko) to start stepping up and riding like they normally ride. I think they’ve responded very well to that and it’s a reflection of how hard our team races. Having our older riders step up gives us an incredibly new dynamic and I expect nothing less for the rest of the year.”

Last year, Aldape won this same stage of the six-stage National Racing Calendar (NRC) event by out-sprinting five breakaway companions in the final hundred meters on the way to winning the King of the Mountains crown. He later represented Mexico in the Beijing Olympics.

But this season hasn't been as kind to the 27-year-old. He has missed much of the year with a prostrate injury that first came to light in February and forced his withdrawal from the Amgen Tour of California in February.

This is Aldape's second victory of the year, adding to a win at the 64 Aniversario Diario El Sol del Centro Clásica Ciclística on April 11 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. It is also the 46th of the season for the Team Type 1 men, surpassing the 45 victories that the team racked up in its first year as a professional squad in 2008.

For much of Friday's race, it looked like another Team Type 1 rider – Michael Creed – might be the one climbing to the top of the victory stand. Creed was part of a seven-man breakaway that escaped the pack 17 miles in and built as much as three-minute lead with 34 miles to go.

But the chasing efforts by Rock Racing, which has had Oscar Sevilla in the leader's yellow jersey since his Stage 2 win on Wednesday, pulled the escapees within a minute with nine miles to go. From there, a second breakaway group, this one containing Aldape bridged up and rode through the remnants of the original group.

The Stage 4 podium Friday at the Cascade Cycling Classic (from left): runner-up Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia), winner Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) and third-place finisher Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing). Photo © Brian Hodes VeloImages

Cascade Classic Stage 4 Results
Pacific Power Cascade Lakes Road Race
84 miles (135.16 km) - 3:17:44 - 25.49 mph (41.01 kmph)
1 15 Moises Aldape Team Type 1 3:17:44    -10 
2 213 Phil Zajicek Fly V Australia p/b Successful  :00:13  -6 
3 95 Francisco Mancebo Perez Rock Racing  00:13    -4
4 97 Oscar Sevilla Rivera Rock Racing  :00:13 
5 45 Alex Howes* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmi  :00:13 
6 3 Jackson Stewart BMC Racing Team  :00:13 
7 27 Rory Sutherland OUCH Pro Cycling Team  :00:13 
8 14 Matt Wilson Team Type 1 3:17:57 0:00:13 
9 44 Caleb Fairly* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmi  :00:13 
10 64 Davide Frattini Colavita Sutter Home  :00:13 
11 11 Darren Lill Team Type 1 3:17:57 0:00:13 
12 1 Jeff Louder BMC Racing Team 3:17:57 0:00:13 
13 8 Steve Bovay BMC Racing Team 3:17:57 0:00:13 
14 5 Jonathan Garcia BMC Racing Team 3:17:57 0:00:13 
15 43 Kirk Carlsen* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmi  :00:13 
16 48 Taylor Shelden* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmi  :00:13 
17 82 James Camut* Land Rover-Orbea 3:17:57 0:00:13 
18 7 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team 3:17:57 0:00:13 
19 17 Chris Jones Team Type 1 3:17:57 0:00:13 
20 47 Peter Salon* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmi  :00:13 
21 37 Burke Swindlehurst BISSELL Pro Cycling Team 3 :00:13 
22 41 Peter Stetina* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmi  00:13 
23 63 Anthony Colby Colavita Sutter Home 3:17:57 0:00:13
24 18 Valeriy Kobzarenko Team Type 1 3:17:57 0:00:13 
25 193 Corey J Collier Team Rio Grande 3:17:57 0:00:13 
26 2 Ian Mckissick BMC Racing Team 3:17:57 0:00:13 
27 21 Chris Baldwin OUCH Pro Cycling Team  :00:13 
28 22 Cameron Evans OUCH Pro Cycling Team  :00:13 
29 96 Victor Hugo Pena Rock Racing 3:17:57 0:00:13 
30 100 Rob Britton Trek Red Truck pb Mosaic Hom  :00:13 
31 31 Tom Zirbel BISSELL Pro Cycling Team  :00:13 
Stage 4 Results .Pdf

General Classification After Stage 4
1 97 Oscar Sevilla Rivera Rock Racing 9:08:51 
2 1 Jeff Louder BMC Racing Team  00:40
3 95 Francisco Mancebo Perez Rock Racing  1:00
4 2 Ian Mckissick BMC Racing Team  1:18
5 27 Rory Sutherland OUCH Pro Cycling Team  1:20
6 21 Chris Baldwin OUCH Pro Cycling Team 1:40
7 96 Victor Hugo Pena Rock Racing  1:54

8 11 Darren Lill Team Type 1  2:09
9 38 Jeremy Vennell BISSELL Pro Cycling  2:18
10 14 Matt Wilson Team Type 1 9:11:20 0:02:29
11 8 Steve Bovay BMC Racing Team 9:12:14 0:03:23
12 17 Chris Jones Team Type 1 9:12:16 0:03:25
13 22 Cameron Evans OUCH Pro Cycling Team  3:56
14 32 Ben Jacques-Maynes BISSELL Pro Cycling  04:02

15 64 Davide Frattini Colavita Sutter Home  5:27
16 4 Tony Cruz BMC Racing Team  5:29
17 41 Peter Stetina* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin  5:55
18 7 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team 6:25
19 44 Caleb Fairly* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin  7:33
20 15 Moises Aldape Team Type 1 7:38
21 63 Anthony Colby Colavita Sutter Home  7:42
22 43 Kirk Carlsen* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin  8:16
23 47 Peter Salon* Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin 8:40
24 201 Mike Olheiser Warp9bike.com/Tristar  8:51
25 77 Bjorn Selander* Livestrong  8:59
26 161 Matt Cooke Rideclean p/b Patentit.com  9:00
27 193 Corey J Collier Team Rio Grande  9:04
28 16 Mike Creed Team Type 1 9:44
29 62 Anibal Borrajo Colavita Sutter Home  9:49
30 51 James Mattis California Giant Berry Farms   9:54
General Classification after Stage 4 .Pdf

KOM Climbers Classification
1 97 Oscar Sevilla Rivera USA 8
2 21 Chris Baldwin USA 7
3 41 Peter Stetina* USA 7
4 95 Francisco Mancebo Perez USA 6
5 15 Moises Aldape USA 5
6 213 Phil Zajicek USA 4
7 98 David Vitoria Cano USA 3
8 11 Darren Lill USA 2
9 16 Mike Creed USA 2
10 45 Alex Howes* USA 2
11 27 Rory Sutherland USA 1
12 14 Matt Wilson USA 1

Sprints Classification
1 32 Ben Jacques-Maynes USA 8
2 46 Raymond Kreder* USA 6
3 184 Sean Mazich* USA 5
4 4 Tony Cruz USA 4
5 1 Jeff Louder USA 4
6 95 Francisco Mancebo Perez USA 3
7 14 Matt Wilson USA 2
8 43 Kirk Carlsen* USA 2
9 92 Glen Gladwick USA 2
10 73 Guy East* USA 2
11 15 Moises Aldape USA 1
12 27 Rory Sutherland USA 1
13 8 Steve Bovay USA 1
14 16 Mike Creed USA 1

Team Classification After Stage 4
1 T039 Rock Racing 27:29:49 
2 T009 BMC Racing Team 27:30:25 0:00:36
3 T036 OUCH Pro Cycling Team 27:32:49 0:03:00
4 T051 Team Type 1 27:32:54 0:03:05
5 T008 BISSELL Pro Cycling Team 27:40:18 0:10:29
6 T013 Colavita Sutter Home 27:41:32 0:11:43
7 T019 Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin 27:47:43 0:17:54
8 T030 Livestrong 27:53:08 0:23:19
9 T010 Bobs-Bicycles.com 27:57:04 0:27:15
10 T011 California Giant Berry Farms 27:59:18 0:29:29
11 T022 Hagens-Berman Elite Cycling Team 28:05:05 0:35:16
12 T056 Trek Red Truck pb Mosaic Homes 28:07:09 0:37:20
13 T062 Warp9bike.com/Tristar 28:09:35 0:39:46
14 T015 ColeSport 28:11:47 0:41:58
15 T025 IF / Lionette's 28:12:08 0:42:19
16 T045 Team H&R Block - Kona 28:12:13 0:42:24
17 T052 Team Waste Management 28:13:12 0:43:23
18 T049 Team Rio Grande 28:20:16 0:50:27
19 T029 Land Rover-Orbea 28:21:19 0:51:30
20 T007 BikeReg.com/Cannondale 28:40:40 1:10:51

Cascade Classic Stages
July 21 - 26
Stage 1 Smith Rock Road Race 71 miles
Stage 2 Three Creeks Road Race 78 miles
Stage 2 Women  -  Stage 2 Men
Stage 3 Skyliners Time Trial 14 miles 
Stage 4 Cascade Lakes Road Race Road Race  83/71 miles
Stage 4 Men   - Stage 4 Women
Stage 5 Downtown Bend  Criterium 90 min/60 min
Stage Aubrey Butte Circuit Race  83/66 miles
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