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Perrins, Jeanson shine first at Valley of the Sun

By VeloNews Interactive
Published: Feb. 15, 2003

Sandy Perrins (Healthy Choice) and Genèviève Jeanson (Rona-Esker)got off to the fastest starts in the 2003 John Earley Memorial Valley ofthe Sun stage race on Friday.

The three-day race began Friday in Tempe, Arizona, with a 20km time trial on the Sun Valley Parkway. Perrins clocked a 26:23.94 on the mostly flat, chip-sealed out-and-back course, followed 16 seconds later by Aaron Olsen (Schroeder Iron) and a further six seconds back by Peter Mazur, racing unattached.

Jeanson covered the course in 28:37:41, edging Saturn’s Manon Jutras (Saturn) by just four seconds and Rona teammate Catherine Marsal by six seconds.Racing continues today with an 89-mile road race for the men (57 miles for the women) on a rolling, 16-mile desert loop near Casa Grande, south of Phoenix.

Time trial:
Men:
1. Sandy Perrins, Healthy Choice, 20km in 26:23.94
2. Aaron Olsen, Schroeder Iron, at 0:16
3. Peter Mazur, unattached at 0:22
4. Ivan Dominguez, Saturn, at 0:23
5. Austin King, Jelly Belly, at 0:35
6. Ryan Blickem, New Mexico Velosport, at 0:42
7. Will Frischkorn, Saturn, at 0:48
8. Joey Dantoni, Cycles de Oro, at 0:51
9. Francis Jackson, Healthy Choice, at 1:02
10. Mark McCormack, Saturn, at 1:07

Women:
1. Genèviève Jeanson, Rona-Esker, 20km in 28:37:41
2. Manon Jutras, Saturn, at 0:04
3. Catherine Marsal, Rona-Esker, at 0:06
4. Jessica Phillips, Saturn, at 1:16
5. Susan Cooper, Team Zombies, at 1:20
6. Andrea Hannos, Rona-Esker, at 1:20
7. Larssyn Staley, Genesis Scuba, at 1:40
8. Carla Koehler, Minute Maid-DaSani, at 1:45
9. Candice Blickem, Genesis Scuba, at 1:49
10. Karen Bockel, Rona-Esker, at 1:51