TOUR: Jordan wins his 3rd straight crown; Loan earns her 2nd.
The four-stage Tour of Anchorage ended Sunday with Matt Jordan and Sheryl Loan each defending their titles in the men's and women's expert divisions, respectively.
Jordan headed into the final stage -- the Kincaid Loop Road Race -- with a 33-second lead over Matt Novakovich.
Jordan came out strong on the fourth consecutive day of cycling for Arctic Bicycle Club's biggest road bike race of the season. He defeated Novakovich by 39 seconds with an overall time of 4 hours, 25 minutes, 33 seconds to win his third consecutive Tour championship.
Loan also manufactured a solid final stage to capture her second straight Tour title.
She held a 22-second lead coming into Sunday's heat and finished with a 34-second overall lead to defeat perennial triathlete champions Lori Deschamps and Shannon Donley.
The ABC road bike season has four races remaining.
Tour of Anchorage
Final Results
Men
Expert -- 1) Matt Jordan 4:25:33; 2) Matt Novakovich 4:26:12; 3) Daniel Folmar 4:27:14; 4) Tony Turrini 4:28:09; 5) Evan Hyde 4:28:31; 6) James Stull 4:29:39; 7) John Bursell 4:29:40; 8) Troy Henrey 4:29:44; 9) Fred West 4:29:47; 10) Seth Downs 4:30:29; 11) Jason Lamoreaux 4:30:50; 12) Jens Beck 4:30:58; 13) Brian Bonney 4:31:07; 14) Will Ross 4:31:45; 15) Andrew Duenow 4:32:01; 16) Robert Sowers 4:32:18; 17) Carey Grumelot 4:32:27; 18) Tony Brugliera 4:33:41; 19) Peter Morris 4:34:01; 20) Jim Peot 4:37:00; 21) Joe Pollock 4:39:09; 22) Steve Klosiewski 4:40:57; 23) Doug Zellmer 4:41:16; 24) Alex Matson 4:42:10;
25) Bill Fleming 4:43:23; 26) Jeff Kase 4:43:42; 27) Michael Wheatall 4:49:32; 28) Charles Hamilton 4:57:07; 29) Ed Sniffen 4:57:58; 30) William Jury 5:02:58.
Sport -- 1) Brent Gorman 3:55:36; 2) Erik Gorman 3:59:57; 3) Luke Kiskaddon 4:00:23; 4) Tim Berntson 4:00:34; 5) Eric taylor 4:01:59; 6) Lukas Stutzer 4:02:04; 7) Carl Kuhn 4:03:27; 8) Alexander Kubitz 4:03:41; 9) William Wright 4:03:43; 10) Christopher Wolpert 4:04:04; 11) Mike Beiergrohslein 4:05:29; 12) Joe Fish 4:06:52; 13) Yrjo Roovers 4:09:36; 14) Will Friar 4:09:48; 15) Jason Kersten 4:10:17; 16) William Beveridge 4:16:31; 17) Alex De'Ath 4:27:17; 18) Steven Nelson 4:33:13.
Master -- 1) Mike Vania 4:00:19; 2) Charles (Casey) Colton 4:00:30; 3) Peter Van Tuyn 4:05:05; 4) Jeff Dusenbury 4:06:57; 5) Bret Rosane 4:07:15; 6) Will Kimball 4:08:49; 7) Jack Anderson 4:09:11; 8) Peter Haeussler 4:09:30; 9) Jeffrey Thurston 4:14:08; 10) Greg McDuffie 4:15:01; 11) Keith McIlvoy 4:21:55; 12) Jim Winegarner 4:23:01; 13) Ed Banas 4:33:22.
Master Senior -- 1) Karl Boesenberg 4:05:19; 2) Pete Johnson 4:07:04; 3) Timothy Kelly 4:07:46; 4) Tol Fishburn 4:13:16; 5) Greg Miller 4:24:51; 6) Ralph Comellas 4:25:25; 7) James Briggs 4:27:42; 8) Curtis Morris 4:28:23.
Beginner -- 1) Eric Hines 3:42:35; 2) Johnny Kay 3:45:07; 3) Ty Hampton 3:47:27; 4) Peter Jones 3:53:29; 5) Jim Kubitz 4:15:59; 6) Jeremial Prater 4:17:07.
Junior -- 1) Macky Franks 2:34:07; 2) Austin Hess 2:37:13; 3) Alex Loan 2:49:50.
Women
Expert -- 1) Sheryl Loan 4:08:29; 2) Lori Deschamps 4:09:03; 3) Shannon Donley 4:09:27; 4) Kristi Waythomas 4:11:25; 5) Sheryl Mohwinkel-Fleming 4:12:51; 6) Janice Sheufelt 4:13:08; 7) Tiffanie Novakovich 4:13:21; 8) Gina Taylor 4:16:02; 9) Suzanne Wheatall 4:20:40.
Sport -- 1) Jenny Kimball 3:58:51; 2) Kim Robinson 4:00:03; 3) Laurel Brady 4:00:40; 4) Rebecca McKee 4:01:35; 5) Lise Falskow 4:02:11; 6) Heidi Martinson 4:04:16; 7) Stacy Steinberg 4:04:48; 8) Jill McLeod 4:09:26; 9) Colleen Franks 4:09:58; 10) Rose Theisen 4:15:35;
Master -- 1) Danelle Winn 3:54:59; 2) Margaret Cunningham 3:56:30; 3) Lisa Keller 3:57:23; Katy Rosane 4:03:07.
Master Senior -- 1) Jennifer Winegarner 3:57:30; 2) Paula Westhusing 4:15:15; 3) Diane Mohwinkel 4:57:46.
Beginner -- 1) Lisa Christenson 3:30:59; 2) Corrie Smith 3:38:12; 3) Karen Oakley 3:40:02; 4) Pam Tittle 3:41:51; 5) Kimberly Layton 3:44:07; 6) Lee Madison-Gravel 3:54:24; 7) Lindsey Kendall 3:56:17; 8) Molly McCammon 4:19:42; 9) Patty Ginsburg 4:29:36.
Junior -- 1) Brook Evingson 2:46:18.
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