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Tour de Toona kicks off with downtown Altoona time trials
Colavita-Sutter Home, T-Mobile make strong showings


(ALTOONA, PA - July 25, 2005): The International Tour de Toona kicked off its 19th year with a return of time trials to downtown Altoona in an event that resulted in strong showings for the Colivita-Sutter Home men's team and the T-Mobile women over a 3.2 mile, technical course that wound through the streets of downtown Altoona and adjacent neighborhoods.

Mark McCormick had the winning time of 6:41.4 in an event he clearly likes to ride. "We all like to come to Altoona," he said. "The prize money is the best and the courses are the most challenging in the U.S. This is one race nobody wants to miss."

McCormick edged Coliva-Sutter Home teammate Aaron Olson by a mere tenth of a second. Rounding out the men's podium was Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada's Ben Jacques-Maynes who finished 1.5 seconds off the winning pace.

Kristin Armstrong, riding for T-Mobile, finished the course in 7:19.1, besting teammate Kimberly Baldwin by 6.6 seconds as Baldwin finished the route in 7:25.7. Completing the podium was The Bicycle Store's Genevieve Jeanson, with a time of 7:27.4

Armstrong and Baldwin's time helped put T-Mobile in first place in team standings, putting them 41 seconds ahead of Webcor Builders Women. Third place in women's team standings was a tie at 48 seconds behind the winning team pace, shared by Ford-Basis and Quark Cycling Team.

Colavita-Sutter Home led the men's team standings by just two seconds over Health Net presented by Maxxis. Third-place Kodak Galery/Sierra Nevada was just 8 seconds off the leading pace.

Tuesday the race moves west 35 miles to Johnstown and the first circuit stage of the seven day Tour. Men start the 77 mile circuit at 9 am and women will follow at 1 pm, with weather forecasts calling for the hottest day in three years, coupled wi

th high humidity.

2005 International - Tour de'Toona
TEAM GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 1
Cingular Time Trial

 PL   TEAM---------------------     TIME---         DIFF---   
  1   Colavita - Sutter Home        0:20:11         20:11
  2   Health Net presented by M     0:20:13    @      :02
  3   Kodak Galery/Sierra Nevad     0:20:19    @      :08
  4   Fiordifrutta                  0:20:49    @      :38
  5   Jittery Joe's Kalahari        0:20:51    @      :40
  6   Aerospace Engineering-VMG     0:20:52    @      :41
  7   RMCEF                         0:20:57    @      :46
  8   Snow Valley Presented by      0:20:58    @      :47
  9   Jet Fuel Coffee-Sympatico     0:21:05    @      :54
 10   Equipe Volkswagen Trek        0:21:07    @      :56
 11   Webcor Builders Men           0:21:10    @      :59
 12   Bianchi/GP/PCW                0:21:17    @    01:06
 13   Mercy Cycling Team            0:21:19    @    01:08
 14   Subway                        0:21:23    @    01:12
 15   TARGETRAINING                 0:21:26    @    01:15
 16   Louis Garneau Racing          0:21:31    @    01:20
 17   Manulife Financial/Jack K     0:21:33    @    01:22
 18   AG Edwards                    0:21:50    @    01:39
 19   Tri-State Velo                0:21:54    @    01:43
 20T  LSV/Kelly Comp.               0:22:01    @    01:50
 20T  Team Nerac.com presented        "             "

2005 International - Tour de'Toona
WOMEN'S TEAM GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 1
Cingular Time Trial

 PL   TEAM---------------------     TIME---         DIFF---   
  1   T-Mobile                      0:22:19    @    22:19
  2   Webcor Builders Women         0:23:00    @      :41
  3T  Ford-Basis                    0:23:07    @      :48
  3T  Quark Cycling Team               "             "   
  5   Colavita/Cooking Light        0:23:20    @    01:01
  6   Victory Brewing               0:23:34    @    01:15
  7   The Bicycle Store             0:23:40    @    01:21  
  8   Diet Cheerwine Cycling        0:23:49    @    01:30
  9   MSZR - Honey Stinger          0:23:54    @    01:35
 10   Team Lipton                   0:24:00    @    01:41
 11   Team Biovail                  0:24:05    @    01:46
 12   Bianchi/GP/PCW                0:24:10    @    01:51
 13   Velo Girls Pro Cycling Te     0:24:14    @    01:55
 14   Subway                        0:24:18    @    01:59
 15   Squadra Coppi                 0:24:37    @    02:18
 16   Velo Bella                    0:25:30    @    03:11
 17   Verducci/Breakaway Racing     0:25:43    @    03:24

2005 International - Tour de'Toona
RESULT: Cingular Time Trial
Men Pro 1-2

 Pl  Bib  Name                  Team                     Time             Behind
  1  322  MCCORMACK, Mark       Colavita - Sutter Ho     06:41.4          6:41.4
  2  321  OLSON, Aaron          Colavita - Sutter Ho     06:41.5     @       0.1
  3  278  JACQUES-MAYNES, Ben   Kodak Galery/Sierra      06:42.9     @       1.5
  4  301  HENDERSON, Greg       Health Net presented     06:43.1     @       1.7
  5  298  MONINGER, Scott       Health Net presented     06:45.3     @       3.9
  6  295  WHERRY, Chris         Health Net presented     06:45.5     @       4.1
  7  286  DULIN, Thad           Jittery Joe's Kalaha     06:46.0     @       4.6
  8  275  MITCHELL, Glen        Kodak Galery/Sierra      06:48.3     @       6.9
  9  326  ARTACHO, Gustavo      Colavita - Sutter Ho     06:49.1     @       7.7
 10  299  LIESWYN, John         Health Net presented     06:49.2     @       7.8
 11  271  ZWIZANSKI, Scott      Kodak Galery/Sierra      06:49.8     @       8.4
 12  277  LARKIN, Tim           Kodak Galery/Sierra      06:52.5     @      11.1
 13  244  HUFF, Brad            Mercy Cycling Team       06:53.1     @      11.7
 14  272  STEWART, Jackson      Kodak Galery/Sierra      06:53.3     @      11.9
 15  189  DIONNE, Charles       Webcor Builders Men      06:55.0     @      13.6
 16  304  WONG, Philip          Fiordifrutta                    "   
 17  290  RANDELL, Andrew       Jet Fuel Coffee-Symp            "   
 18  323  HERRIOTT, Todd        Colavita - Sutter Ho     06:55.3     @      13.9
 19  232  BAJADALI, Andy        RMCEF                    06:55.5     @      14.1
 20  251  ROSEBROCK, Geoffery   Manulife Financial/J     06:55.9     @      14.5

2005 International - Tour de'Toona
RESULT: Cingular Time Trial
Women Pro 1-2-3

 Pl  Bib  Name                  Team                     Time             Behind
  1  114  ARMSTRONG, Kristin    T-Mobile                 07:19.1          7:19.1
  2  113  BALDWIN, Kimberly     T-Mobile                 07:25.7     @       6.6
  3   66  JEANSON, Genevieve    The Bicycle Store        07:27.4     @       8.3
  4  101  THORBURN, Christine   Webcor Builders Wome     07:34.8     @      15.7
  5  116  MACTIER, Katie        T-Mobile                 07:35.3     @      16.2
  6   22  RUITER, Chrissy       Ford-Basis               07:35.6     @      16.5
  7   13  PALMER-KOMAR, Sue     Colavita/Cooking Lig     07:36.6     @      17.5
  8  119  TEUTENBERG, Ina-Yoko  T-Mobile                 07:36.6     @      17.5
  9  115  SEEHAFER, Kori        T-Mobile                 07:38.9     @      19.8
 10   25  BEUTLER, Annette      Quark Cycling Team       07:40.6     @      21.5
 11  102  WILLOCK, Erinne       Webcor Builders Wome     07:40.8     @      21.7
 12   89  FRANGES, Lauren       Victory Brewing          07:42.1     @      23.0
 13   30  PIC, Tina             Quark Cycling Team       07:42.9     @      23.8
 14    1  BESSETTE, Lyne        Bianchi/GP/PCW           07:43.4     @      24.3
 15   18  DANIELSON, Kristin    Ford-Basis               07:43.6     @      24.5
 16   27  FLEURY, Grace         Quark Cycling Team       07:45.6     @      26.5
 17   31  VANGILDER, Laura      Quark Cycling Team       07:46.2     @      27.1
 18   99  GREER, Felcica        Webcor Builders Wome     07:46.9     @      27.8
 19  118  HOLDEN, Mari          T-Mobile                 07:49.4     @      30.3
 20   20  HULSER, Kele          Ford-Basis               07:49.8     @      30.7