| Associated Press Thu 14-AUG-1986 01:46 Coors Classic
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Davis Phinney swept into the lead on the
second-to-the-last lap to win the sixth stage of the Coors
International Bicycle Classic Wednesday night.
Right behind him across the finish line was Doug Shapiro, his
teammate on the 7-Eleven team, who moved into a tie for the overall
lead with Norway's Dag-Otto Lauritzen. Shapiro and Lauritzen of the
Peugeot team each has an overall time of 17 hours, 26 minutes and 55
seconds, marking the first time there's been a tie for the overall
lead in the classic's 12-year history.
In the sixth stage, the Reno Twilight Criterium, the third-place
finisher was Greg LeMond, who had the same official time of 1:03:27
as that for the top two finishers in the 40-lap, 30-mile race.
Earlier Wednesday, LeMond won the fifth stage of the classic by
edging ahead of a bunched field near the end of the 99.5-mile stage.
LeMond, winner of last month's Tour de France, cycling's most
prestigious event, stayed in sixth place in the overall standings,
52 seconds behind the leaders.
Jeff Pierce of the Schwinn Icy Hot Team also remained in third
place in the overall standings.
On Thursday, no racing is scheduled to allow the cyclists to
travel to Grand Junction, Colo., for the seventh stage of the race,
which begins Friday.
The 17-stage classic covers 1,065 miles from California to
Colorado.
After winning the fifth stage, LeMond, 25, said ``I really wanted
to win today in Reno.'' He drew 10,000 Renoites to a homecoming
parade last week.
LeMond, who races for the Red Zinger team, said he's beginning to
regain his strength after last month's Tour de France victory.
``A lot of guys here are really tired from the Tour,'' said
LeMond. ``Today was the best I've felt in a while. Talking to the
press and doing this and that wastes you.''
But LeMond said the overall championship is now wide open, in
large part because the course isn't demanding enough.
``It's a race anybody can win right now. It's going to be a
tactical race. There are no days left that are really going to be
destroyers,'' said LeMond.
The fifth stage began in Squaw Valley, Calif., site of the 1960
Winter Olympics, worked its way over Brockway Summit and then along
the shoreline of Lake Tahoe, before descending into Nevada.
Once in Nevada, the course took cyclists through Carson City, up
Geiger Grade to historic Virginia City before heading into Reno.
LeMond complained the climbs required in the fifth stage weren't
steep enough. ``We need a harder race at lower altitudes. The best
rider should win. It shouldn't be a lottery.''
Several racers finished the fifth stage with identical times of
3:59:34, including Jaanus Kuum, another racer for the Schwinn Icy
Hot Team.
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| Associated Press Mon 25-AUG-1986 05:22 Coors Classic
By DAGMAR OBEREIGNER
Associated Press Writer
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Bernard Hinault and Jeannie Longo won the
overall individual titles as the Coors International Bicycle Classic
concluded, after 1,000 miles of racing for the men in California,
Nevada and Colorado and 400 Colorado miles for the women.
Hinault wore the race leader's jersey since the eighth day of the
14-day event. Longo, the women's division champion for the second
year in a row, won either first, second or third place in nine of
the 11 women's stages.
Longo, 27, said she is ``very proud'' that two riders from France
won America's biggest stage race Sunday. ``It's funny. We were both
second in the Tour de France this year, and now we both win here.''
She and Hinault are two of the world's best - Hinault, of
Yffiniac, a five-time winner of the Tour de France, and Longo, of
Grenoble, the world road race champion.
For the 31-year-old Hinault, the Coors Classic was the final
multi-day race of his career. He plans to retire after the World
Cycling Championships road race in Colorado Springs on Sept. 6.
Hinault said it didn't make any difference that his final stage
win was in the United States, where - unlike in France - he is not a
household name. ``It's the race (and racing to win) that counts,''
he said.
Both Hinault and runner-up Greg LeMond raced for the Red Zinger
team, which finished second overall. Phil Anderson of the Levi's Pro
team was third overall, and Levi's finished in first place. The
7-Eleven men's squad was third.
LeMond won the 1985 Coors Classic but helped Hinault this year.
``Hinault rode better in Vail for the time trial, and from that
point on I decided it'd be better just to work for him,'' LeMond
said.
Andy Hampsten of Boulder, riding for Levi's, finished the Classic
fourth overall behind Anderson, followed by Jaanus Kuum of
Schwinn-Icy Hot.
Susan Ehlers of the Centurion team finished second overall in the
women's division, after winning the final Coors Classic stage on
Sunday. Her time in the North Boulder Park Circuit Race knocked Inga
Benedict of 7-Eleven into third place overall. In team standings,
the Centurion women finished first, the Soviet Union second and
Weight Watchers third.
Longo came in second in the North Boulder Park race, followed by
Ute Enzenhauer of West Germany.
Seven-Eleven's Ron Kiefel of Wheat Ridge, Colo., won the men's
North Boulder Park circuit race, followed by Roy Knickman of Levi's
and Adrie Van Der Poel of Holland Pro.
Kiefel's time on the 61-mile course was 2 hours, 20 minutes and
19 seconds. Knickman finished in 2:21:43, and Van Der Poel in
2:21:57.
Kiefel broke away alone about halfway through the 37-lap race,
with his 7-Eleven teammates staying in the main group to protect his
lead. Knickman, of Boulder, and Van Der Poel, of Hoogerheide,
Holland, left the field about a minute behind them as they rode in
for second and third place.
``Our team definitely was going for victory today,'' Kiefel said
afterward, adding that if he'd been caught, teammate Davis Phinney
would have been there for the field sprint.
``I think today our team was in a win-win situation,'' Kiefel
said.
Ehlers finished the 34 miles in the women's circuit in 1 hour, 23
minutes and 24 seconds, a time that pushed her from fourth overall
into the runner-up position. Longo's time was 1:24:54, and
Enzenhauer had a time of 1:24:59.
Ehlers, of Richardson, Texas, broke away in the fourth of the 20
laps, building a lead of more than a minute as her teammates guarded
the field.
Maria Canins of the Weight Watchers team wound up fourth overall,
3:06 behind Longo. Canins finished fifth Sunday, at 1:24:59. Madonna
Harris of the Centurion team finished fifth overall.
Anderson - an Australian who has been one of the top picks
against the powerful Red Zinger riders - finished seventh in Friday
morning's event at 18:35. Seven-Eleven's Raul Alcala of Mexico was
third at 18:09.
In the women's time trial, Benedict, from Reno, Nev., crossed the
finish line at 19:27. Longo, the Frenchwoman who won the Coors
Classic last year, completed the course in 19:52, and Nadezhda
Kibardina of the Soviet Union was third at 20:33.
Associated Press Sun 24-AUG-1986 22:34 Coors Classic Results
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Final results Sunday in the Coors
International Bicycle Classic:
Women
North Boulder Park Circuit Race
1, Susan Ehlers, Richardson, Texas, 1 hour, 23 minutes, 42
seconds. 2, Jeannie Longo, Grenoble, France, 1:24:54. 3, Ute
Enzenhauer, Lugwigshafen, West Germany, 1:24:59. 4, Irina
Kolesnikova, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1:24:59. 5, Maria Canins, Villa
Valbadia, Italy, 1:24:59.
Final Women's Standings
1, Jeannie Longo, Grenoble, France, 16 hours, 3 minutes, 48
seconds. 2, Susan Ehlers, Richardson, Texas, 16:05:25. 3, Inga
Benedict, Reno, Nev., 16:05:46. 4, Maria Canins, Villa Valbadia,
Italy, 16:06:54. 5, Madonna Harris, Park City, Utah, 16:08:21. 6,
Ute Enzenhauer, Lugwigshafen, West Germany, 16:10:17. 7, Sandra
Schumacher, Stuttgart, West Germany, 16:13:29. 8, Unni Larsen, Oslo,
Norway, 16:13:40. 9, Galina Matsyke, Moscow, Soviet Union, 16:13:48.
10, Bunki Bankaitis, Colorado Springs, Colo., 16:15:18.
MEN
North Boulder Park Circuit Race
1, Ron Kiefel, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 2 hours, 20 minutes, 19
seconds. 2, Roy Knickman, Boulder, Colo., 2:21:43. 3, Adrie Van Der
Poel, Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, 2:21:57. 4, John Talen,
Spijkenisse, the Netherlands, 2:22:25. 5, Davis Phinney, Boulder,
Colo., 2:22:32.
Final Men's Standings
1, Bernard Hinault, Yffiniac, France, 42 hours, 5 minutes, 7
seconds. 2, Greg LeM-ond, Reno, Nev., 42:06:33. 3, Phil Anderson,
Melbourne, Australia, 42:06:59. 4, Andrew Hampsten, Boulder, Colo.,
42:09:02. 5, Jaanus Kuum, Oslo, Norway, 42:09:18. 6, Jeff Pierce,
San Diego, Calif., 42:09:32. 7, Moreno Argentin, Dona di Piave,
Italy, 42:10:00. 8, Doug Shapiro, 42:10:35. 9, Raul Alcala,
Monterey, Mexico, 42:10:40. 10, Petr Ugrumov, Kiev, Soviet Union,
42:17:35.
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