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Written by Monte Hamilton |
| Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
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Tour of the Gila Silver City, NM - Stage 2 Defending Tour of the Gila champion Chris Baldwin of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team moved into second place on Stage 2 with a third-place finish on the Silver City to Mogollon Road Race.
Baldwin finished 35 seconds behind the stage winner, Hernan Munoz (P&S Halco Hermosillo) while overall race leader Nathan O?Neil (Health Net presented by Maxxis) retained the pink leader?s jersey by finishing 10 seconds behind Munoz.
Four riders from Toyota-United are now among the top 12 on the overall classification: Burke Swindlehurst is eighth (3:45 behind), Justin England is 10th (3:56 behind) and Stefano Barberi is 11th (4:03 behind).
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| Chris Baldwin finishes alone, 35 seconds behind the stage winner, to climb from third to second in the overall standings. |
The effort of spending nearly the entire day in a breakaway shows on the face of Ivan Stevic (left) as he is congratulated for his efforts by teammate Baldwin. |
| photo © Tom Spross |
Photo © Tom Spross |
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| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 January 2008 ) |
