Wilson Wins Cascade Stage For Injured Teammate

12.07.2008/Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson made good on a pre-race promise to himself to win Thursday’s stage of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic for teammate Ben Brooks.

Matt Wilson wins stage 2. (© Kurt Jambretz, Action Images, www.actionimages.cc)

But as much as Wilson wanted to celebrate his victory in the 78-mile (125.5 km) Three Creeks Road Race, he could not help but think of his fellow Australian, who crashed badly in Wednesday’s race.

"My initial feeling was one of happiness of this being all great," Wilson said. "But the first thing you think about is that you don’t have the right to be so happy about it when Ben is in the hospital. So I definitely have mixed emotions."

Thursday night, Brooks remained in intensive care in critical, but stable condition.

Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon, who visited Brooks before and after Thursday’s race, said the 29-year-old is showing signs of making steady progress.

"He is breathing on his own now but is pretty heavily sedated," Beamon said.

Wilson not only emerged from a breakaway group of a dozen riders to win his third race of the season, but the 2004 Australian national road champion also took the yellow race leader’s jersey from Stage 1 winner Santiago Botero (Rock Racing). Wilson now leads Levi Lepheimer (Astana) by 37 seconds and Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) by 45 seconds. He also holds the lead in the King of the Mountains competition.

Wilson said the sizeable gap – which reached more than four minutes at one point – that he and his breakaway companions enjoyed as the 10-mile final climb began, ensured the winner would come from their group. Wilson greatly benefited from the work his teammate, Valeriy Kobzarenko, did for much of the day.

"Kobzarenko was awesome today," Beamon said. "Once the break got established, BMC and Rock Racing were rolling on the front of the pack but the time gap kept growing. ‘Kobza’ was in full worker mode until Matt took over."

As all but Thomas Peterson (Garmin-Chipotle) fell back on the mountainous ascent to Three Creek Snow Park, Wilson said he was only thinking of the win, and not the overall race leadership that could possibly go along with it.

"In the last five kilometers (3.1 miles), I probably could have gone a lot faster and gone a lot harder, but my effort was 100 percent to win the stage. The yellow jersey was a bonus,” Wilson said. “Now that I have it, I’m not going to sit back and not defend it. But it’s going to be virtually impossible to hang onto it tomorrow against such strong time trialists. But there’s still a lot of racing to come after that."

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Results Cascade Classic 2008

Stage 2

1 57 Matt Wilson Team Type 1 3:01:17 0:00:00 10 0 0

2 66 Thomas I Peterson* Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 3:01:17 0:00:00 6 0 0

3 8 Corey Collier Health Net presented by Maxxis 3:01:48 0:00:31 4 0 0

4 61 Steven Cozza* Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 3:02:13 0:00:56 0 0 0

5 27 Tom Zirbel Bissell Pro Cycling Team 3:02:14 0:00:57 0 0 0

6 17 Chris Wherry Toyota-United 3:02:23 0:01:06 0 0 0

7 151 Levi Leipheimer Astana 3:02:39 0:01:22 0 0 0

8 43 Brian Jensen Successful Living 3:03:04 0:01:47 0 0 0

9 10 Chris Baldwin Toyota-United 3:03:22 0:02:05 0 0 0

10 31 Darren Lill BMC 3:03:22 0:02:05 0 0 0

11 70 Santiago Botero Rock Racing 3:03:22 0:02:05 0 0 0

12 176 Stefano Barberi THF Racing 3:03:31 0:02:14 0 0 0

13 60 Blake A Caldwell Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 3:03:33 0:02:16 0 0 0

14 67 Peter Stetina* Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 3:03:35 0:02:18 0 0 0

15 54 Chris Jones Team Type 1 3:03:35 0:02:18 0 0 0

16 32 Jeff Louder BMC 3:03:35 0:02:18 0 0 0

17 65 Jonathan P McCarty Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 3:03:37 0:02:20 0 0 0

18 50 Glen Chadwick Team Type 1 3:03:39 0:02:22 0 0 0

19 1 Phil Zajicek Health Net presented by Maxxis 3:03:53 0:02:36 0 0 0

20 189 Will Routley 3:03:53 0:02:36 0 0 0

21 25 Burke Swindlehurst Bissell Pro Cycling Team 3:03:53 0:02:36 0 0 0

22 192 Tyler Wren Colavital Sutterhome 3:04:02 0:02:45 0 0 0

23 23 Aaron Olson Bissell Pro Cycling Team 3:04:02 0:02:45 0 0 0

24 115 Taylor Shelden* Team Rio Grande Cycling 3:04:15 0:02:58 0 0 0

25 36 Brent Bookwalter BMC 3:04:15 0:02:58 0 0 0

26 73 Cesar Grajales Rock Racing 3:04:23 0:03:06 0 0 0

27 95 Ian Gray Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo 3:04:23 0:03:06 0 0 0

28 41 Michael Grabinger Successful Living 3:04:37 0:03:20 0 0 0

29 184 Chad Beyer* 3:04:37 0:03:20 0 0 0

30 81 John Hunt California Giant / Specialized 3:04:38 0:03:21 0 0 0

31 83 James Mattis California Giant / Specialized 3:04:44 0:03:27 0 0 0

32 15 Dominique Rollin Toyota-United 3:05:11 0:03:54 0 0 0

33 63 Jason L Donald Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 3:05:11 0:03:54 0 0 0

34 187 Davide Frattini Colavital Sutterhome 3:05:11 0:03:54 0 0 0

35 22 Edward King Bissell Pro Cycling Team 3:05:11 0:03:54 0 0 0

36 125 Kevin Rowe Bobs-Bicycles.com 3:05:23 0:04:06 0 0 0

37 93 Rolf Eisinger Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo 3:05:36 0:04:19 0 0 0

38 190 Scott Stewart* 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

39 140 Billy Demong American R.A.D.D / AGEL 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

40 186 Jonathan Chodroff* Empire Cycling Team 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

41 11 Jonny Clarke Toyota-United 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

42 12 Ben Day Toyota-United 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

43 20 Benjamin Jacques Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling Team 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

44 26 Jeremy Vennell Bissell Pro Cycling Team 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

45 5 Tim Johnson Health Net presented by Maxxis 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

46 40 Ricardo Escuela Successful Living 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

47 163 Jeff Hartman Michelob Ultra-Big Shark Racin 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

48 35 Scott Nydam BMC 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

49 7 Matt Cooke Health Net presented by Maxxis 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

50 37 Steve Bovay BMC 3:05:39 0:04:22 0 0 0

51 52 Moises Aldape Team Type 1 3:05:47 0:04:30 0 0 0

52 152 Trevor Connor Chris Cookies/Swan Cycles 3:05:47 0:04:30 0 0 0

53 162 Christian Helmig Metro Volkswagen/ FCS Cycling 3:05:47 0:04:30 0 0 0

General Classification after Stage 2

1 57 Matt Wilson Team Type 1 5:50:58 0:00:00

2 151 Levi Leipheimer Astana 5:51:35 0:00:37

3 70 Santiago Botero Rock Racing 5:51:43 0:00:45

4 10 Chris Baldwin Toyota-United 5:51:53 0:00:55

5 27 Tom Zirbel Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5:51:58 0:01:00

6 32 Jeff Louder BMC 5:52:22 0:01:24

7 17 Chris Wherry Toyota-United 5:52:22 0:01:24

8 54 Chris Jones Team Type 1 5:52:31 0:01:33

9 31 Darren Lill BMC 5:52:45 0:01:47

10 66 Thomas I Peterson* Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 5:52:53 0:01:55

11 50 Glen Chadwick Team Type 1 5:52:55 0:01:57

12 8 Corey Collier Health Net presented by Maxxis 5:52:58 0:02:00

13 60 Blake A Caldwell Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 5:52:59 0:02:01

14 67 Peter Stetina* Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 5:53:01 0:02:03

15 61 Steven Cozza* Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 5:53:08 0:02:10

16 65 Jonathan P McCarty Garmin/Chipotle p/b H3O 5:53:09 0:02:11

17 25 Burke Swindlehurst Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5:53:19 0:02:21

18 36 Brent Bookwalter BMC 5:53:20 0:02:22

19 1 Phil Zajicek Health Net presented by Maxxis 5:53:23 0:02:25

20 192 Tyler Wren Colavital Sutterhome 5:53:24 0:02:26

21 43 Brian Jensen Successful Living 5:53:28 0:02:30

22 73 Cesar Grajales Rock Racing 5:53:31 0:02:33

23 189 Will Routley 5:53:32 0:02:34

24 23 Aaron Olson Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5:53:35 0:02:37

25 81 John Hunt California Giant / Specialized 5:53:47 0:02:49

26 184 Chad Beyer* 5:54:03 0:03:05

27 115 Taylor Shelden* Team Rio Grande Cycling 5:54:07 0:03:09

28 41 Michael Grabinger Successful Living 5:54:19 0:03:21

29 83 James Mattis California Giant / Specialized 5:54:38 0:03:40

30 22 Edward King Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5:55:07 0:04:09

31 176 Stefano Barberi THF Racing 5:55:10 0:04:12

32 40 Ricardo Escuela Successful Living 5:55:11 0:04:13

33 20 Benjamin Jacques Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5:55:12 0:04:14

34 35 Scott Nydam BMC 5:55:18 0:04:20

35 52 Moises Aldape Team Type 1 5:55:20 0:04:22

36 95 Ian Gray Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo 5:55:30 0:04:32

37 12 Ben Day Toyota-United 5:55:35 0:04:37

38 93 Rolf Eisinger Team Legacy Energy Ciclismo 5:55:41 0:04:43

39 187 Davide Frattini Colavital Sutterhome 5:55:41 0:04:43

40 162 Christian Helmig Metro Volkswagen/ FCS Cycling 5:55:43 0:04:45

41 37 Steve Bovay BMC 5:55:45 0:04:47

42 100 Nick Clayville Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 5:55:50 0:04:52

43 5 Tim Johnson Health Net presented by Maxxis 5:55:53 0:04:55

44 140 Billy Demong American R.A.D.D / AGEL 5:55:55 0:04:57

45 186 Jonathan Chodroff* Empire Cycling Team 5:55:55 0:04:57

46 125 Kevin Rowe Bobs-Bicycles.com 5:56:03 0:05:05

47 163 Jeff Hartman Michelob Ultra-Big Shark Racin 5:56:09 0:05:11

48 152 Trevor Connor Chris Cookies/Swan Cycles 5:56:11 0:05:13

49 82 Andy Jacques-Maynes California Giant / Specialized 5:56:14 0:05:16

50 26 Jeremy Vennell Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5:56:19 0:05:21

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