Neben, Oronte win in San Dimas
With USA Cycling's National Racing Calendar set to open up the official North American road season just over a week from now at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, Continental and elite amateur teams gathered in San Dimas, California, last weekend to shake the cobwebs loose at the three-day San Dimas Stage Race.
Former world time trial champion Amber Neben, riding for the amateur Visit Dallas-Noise team, took the overall women's win ahead of Optum Pro Cycling's Brianna Walle and Twenty16-Sho Air's Alllie Dragoo. In the men's race, US Elite road champion Emerson Oronte (Alto Velo-Seasucker) took the overall win ahead of Jamis-Hagens Berman's Gregory Brenes and Lupus racing Team's Timothy Rugg.
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The weekend of racing started with an individual time trial, where Oronte took the stage win by 11 seconds over Brenes and 12 seconds over Adrian Costa (Cal Giant-Specialized). Optum's Phil Gaimon was fourth, 13 seconds down. Neben won the women's opener by 29 seconds over Walle and 30 seconds over Dragoo.
The following day's road race saw the Optum women sweeping the podium with Lex Albrecht, Walle and Leah Kirchman taking the top three spots. Hincapie Racing's Robin Carpenter won the men's race in a field sprint ahead of KHS-Maxxis rider Fabrizio Von Nocher and Incycle-Cannondale's Cory Williams.
Williams climbed to the top step of the podium during Sunday's criterium, beating Jelly Belly-Maxxis rider Sean Mazich and KHS-Maxxis' Chris Barton for the win. Walle easily won the women's race, followed by Kirchman and Christy Keely of Fearless Femme-Haut Wheel.
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