From: ggood@css.itd.umich.edu (Gordon Good)
Subject: Results: Blue Care Network Tour de Michigan Crit Series
Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:47:33 GMT

Here are the results from the Tour de Michigan, a 7-race USPro
Criterium Series.  The events took place in Muskegon (8/14), Midland
(8/15), Lansing (8/19), Monroe (8/20), Detroit (8/21), Flint (8/22),
and Birmingham (8/23).  


Points were awarded for the first 20 places (20 points for first place,
19 points for second ... 1 point for 20th) in each race.

Final Standings:

1.  Dave McCook              (Saturn)                             114 points
2.  Jonas Carney             (Coors Light)                        113 points
3.  Roberto Gaggioli         (Coors Light)                        106 points
4.  Brian McDonough          (Team Duckhead)                      102 points
5.  Tim Swift                (Team Columbus)                      93  points
6.  John Brady               (Spago/Paul Mitchell)                83  points
7.  Rob Ventura              (Wheel & Sprocket)                   77  points
8.  Herb Meingast            (Ann Arbor Velo Club/Cycle Cellar)   76  points
9.  Jamie Paolinetti         (Chevrolet/L.A. Sheriffs)            67  points
10. Scott McKinley           (Spago/Paul Mitchell)                57  points

The grand prize which McCook won was, coincidentally, a 1992 Saturn SL-1.
It was kind of funny to see all 8 members of the Saturn Team pile into it
and drive away after the awards ceremony.

Entering the race in Birmingham, Jonas Carney held a 1-point lead over
McCook.  Late in the race, Saturn's Scott Fortner and Joe Parkin (Scott)
broke away and held a gap of about 20 seconds.  McCook and Carney were
in the main pack, and while Gaggioli tried to protect his teammate on the
last lap, McCook was able to outsprint Carney to earn two points more
than his opponent, securing the overall win.  Fortner took the stage
win, ahead of Parkin.

Unfortunately, I don't have all the individual results from each race.
Sorry 'bout that.

The courses were challenging, particulary Monroe and Detroit, with 180-degree
corners, Flint for its bricks on the start-finish straight, and Birmingham,
a six-corner L-shaped course of .45 miles.  


Teams represented included:
- Saturn:
  Matt Hamon, Jason Larimore, Kevin Livingston, John Loehner, Dave McCook,
  Bob Mionske, Chris Sheehan, Scott Fortner
- Coors Light:
  Roberto Gaggioli, Jonas Carney
- Spago:
  John Brady, John McKinley, Scott McKinley, Thomas Cody
- Chevrolet/L.A. Sheriffs:
  Jim Copeland, Thomas Craven, Jamie Paolinetti, Derin Stockton, Kurt Stockton
- Frigidaire/Nashbar:
  Jeff Braumberger, Rob Daksiewicz, Eric Holmes, Nathan Long
- Team Duckhead:
  Brian McDonough, Steve Sevener
- Team Columbus:
  Chris Carano, Jon Shell, Tim Swift, Mike Homan
- Kinetic Systems
  Chad Campbell, Jeff Ensing, Chris Johnson, Mark Milward, Peter Noverr,
  Houston Peterson, Steve Spencer
- Wolverine Sports Club:
  Steven Ward, Ray Dybowski, Guy Laidig, Brandon Lyon, Charlie McCall, 
  Keith Face, Rob Huff, Jim Huff, Paul Jaqua
- Team Ann Arbor:
  Brad Clark, Dave Derksen, Jack Palazzolo, Jerome Nadel
- Ann Arbor Velo Club:
  Herb Meingast, Klaus Meingast


Other highlights included:

o The fine showing of Herb Meingast (from my club).
o Seeing the entire Saturn Team working so well together.
o Getting to see Bob Mionske and George Hincapie, back from Barcelona.
o Seeing Laura Charameda in the Pro/I/II race in Lansing.
o How well Gaggioli and Carney did, in spite of the fact that they were
  outnumbered 8-2 by Saturn.


-Gordon Good
-University of Michigan Information Technology Division
-Consulting and Support Services, UNIX support
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