Tour of CA
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Tour of CA
The UHC Pro Cycling Team fought until the final finish line of the Amgen Tour of California to preserve Rory Sutherland’s high placing in the overall classification. In the end, Sutherland finished 7th overall, the top domestic based rider in the race, with teammate Marc de Maar finishing 13th overall. UnitedHealthcare also finished as the top domestic team in the race, with 4th place in the overall team competition, behind Garmin, Radioshack and HTC-Columbia. Read More...
In the heart of Los Angeles, Rory Sutherland of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis rode with the heart of a lion in the Stage 7 individual time trial, posting the 9th fastest time on the day, but more importantly, holding on to his 5th overall position in the general classification of the Amgen Tour of California. Read More...
After 135 miles and nearly 14,000 feet of climbing, Rory Sutherland of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis sprinted to 2nd place in what was the hardest ever stage in the history of the Amgen Tour of California.
Sutherland took advantage of an attack by teammate Marc de Maar with 25 km to go in the stage to conserve energy for the sprint, which was won by Peter Sagan (Liquigas), who took his second consecutive stage win. Read More...
Submitted By: Karen Brems, WEBCOR Team Director on May 18, 2010
May 16, 2010-Sacramento, CA The men get a whole stage race for the Tour of California while the women unfortunately only got to race a 1-day criterium in downtown Sacramento, but at least we got something and the organizers (not the same organization that puts on the men's stage race) did a good job putting on a first year event. Read More Including Andrea's Report...
May 20, 2010 Bakersfield, CA – The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis put Rory Sutherland, Marc de Maar, Chris Baldwin and Matt Crane in the front group after the peloton split apart on the first KoM of the day going up Old Stage Road. “That was a pretty cheeky move on Radio Shack’s part to hit it on the climb,” Baldwin said. The tactic severed the peloton into several groups, with Baldwin, Sutherland & de Maar in the front group, & Crane in a chase...Read More...
The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis rode through a deceptively difficult 4th stage of the Amgen Tour of CA Wednesday, but came through in good shape for the key upcoming key stages.
“Today was hard,” Rory Sutherland said of the transitional stage which included the first category 1 climb of the race. “Sierra Road actually wasn’t that bad. Garmin let the break go early and we just rode tempo up the climb. But we rode hard to bring them back.” Read More...
Rory Sutherland of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis put in his second consecutive strong ride in the 3rd stage of the Amgen Tour of California.
Sutherland took 5th place on the stage from an elite chase group that finished just 0:17 behind the lead trio of stage winner Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions), Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) and Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack). Read More...
Rory Sutherland of the UnitedHealthcare team narrowly missed out on the podium in the 2nd stage of the Amgen Tour of CA. Sutherland was one of four UnitedHealthcare riders who made a select front group over the final climb of the day, the steep & treacherous Trinity Grade 20 mi. from the stage finish. Sutherland was joined by Marc de Maar & Max Jenkins over the climb, while the lead group caught Karl Menzies, one of two survivors of the day’s main break on the descent. Read More...
The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis rode a strong first stage of the Amgen Tour of California, covering 104 miles from Nevada City to Sacramento. Marc de Maar of UnitedHealthcare Presented by Maxxis covered an early move by former Rabobank teammate Maarten Tjallingii that turned into the main break of the day, a four-rider move that saw them out front for the better part of 100 km, and not getting caught by the peloton until 15 km to go. Read More...