hamachi@ucbvax.ARPA (08/04/85)
From: hamachi (Gordon Hamachi)
Ron Kiefel of the 7-Eleven Pro team won the Coors Classic prologue time
trial this morning at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Kiefel edged out
star Greg LeMond-ster of the Celestial Seasonings/Red Zinger (La Vie Claire)
team, while Bernard Hinault finished way back approximately 25 seconds
behind Kiefel. The course ran from pier 45 to Coit tower at the top of
Telegraph hill in San Francisco. The winning time on the 1.1 mile, 295 foot
climb, was approximately 3 minutes and 10 seconds.
The men's teams:
7-Eleven Pro
Doug Shapiro
Davis Phinney
Ron Kiefel
Chris Charmichael
Bob Mathis
Alex Steida
Celestial Seasonings/Red Zinger Pro
Greg LeMond
Bernard Hinault
Steve Bauer
Eric Solamon
Charly Berard
Guido Winterberg
Sil Power Tools Pro
Sean Kelly et al.
Pugeot Pro
Colombia Pro
Soviet Union
Cuba
DDR (East Germany)
Mexico
Killians/Ireland
Holland
France
Levi's-Raleigh
Andrew Hampsten
Steve Tilford
Thurlow Rogers
Roy Knickman
Greg Demgen
Don Sutton
Schwinn
Thomas Prehn
Jeff Pierce
Jaanus Kuum
Tom Broznowski
Steve Speaks
Bruce Whitsel
Suntour Composite International
McDonalds/Dia-Compe/Suntour
I find it quite interesting that Greg Le Mond gets top billing over
Hinault on the Red Zinger team. Further, Hinault did not contest
the time trial and thus starts off tomorrow's race many seconds down.
Is this "Greg's race"? Also, Jonathan Boyer isn't here. The
recent winner of the RAAM must still be recovering from his "walkover"
against the marathon cyclists race.
The second stage of this "Hell of the West" imitation of fantasy (see my next
article) is tomorrow's Fisherman's Wharf Criterium. This is 60 laps on a
flat 0.7 mile loop, for a total distance of 42 miles. Strangely enough,
the course passes through the full length of pier 45 which contains the
Coors Classic bicycle expo before making a tight 180 degree turn back
past the USS Pampanito and out onto city streets. The race starts tomorrow
at 10 am.
The bike expo itself is something of a disappointment. It basically looks
like small time stuff. There weren't banks upon banks of gleaming
gruppos stretched out on display. The most interesting things there
were a custom 4-person "tandem", and the bike John Howard used recently
to break the world's motor paced speed record.
--Gordon Hamachi