May 02, 2007 - Silver City, NM - Mike Creed and Tom Peterson were Team Slipstream/Chipotle’s top performers in Wednesday’s Stage 1 Tyrone Time Trial at the Tour of the Gila in Silver City, NM.

Both Creed and Peterson are well within striking distance of the podium, both sitting at just over 2 minutes behind the leader with plenty of climbing yet to come on Thursday’s Mogollon Road Race, Friday’s Fort Bayard Road Race, and Sunday’s Gila Monster Road Race.

Timmy Duggan also had a good ride, finishing in 11th place not far behind his teammates.

Slipstream Sports also has some of it’s Junior riders at Tour of the Gila, racing for the 5280 Magazine in their respective USCF categories since there is no Junior race here.

In Stage 1, Taylor Phinney smoked the Cat. 2 time trial, finishing in second place. In the Cat. 3 race, Andrew Barker posted a great 4th place.

Results

Pro Men

1 Nathan O’Neill (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 33.13
2 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 1.15
3 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.29
4 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.47
5 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.02
6 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.03
7 Michael Creed (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2.05
8 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2.07
9 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 2.13
10 Stefano Barberi (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.14
11 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2.19
12 Ben Kneller (USA) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 2.20
13 Thomas Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.29
14 Michael Grabinger (USA) Successfulliving.com presented by Parkpre 2.31
15 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.33
16 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.35
17 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.48
18 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Successfulliving.com presented by Parkpre 2.55
19 James Mattis (USA) California Giant/Specialized 2.56
20 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2.59
21 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.01