Go Ivan! There's always something nice about a US and Japanese corporation-sponsored US-domestic pro bike team winning ahead of the ProTour teams. Better yet, being Cuban in origin allows everyone to use the "Cuban missile" cliche yet again. Life is good.
Interesting to see who was up there in the sprint... and it's a loooong way back to the first Yank, Taylor Tolleson (sorry, who?), let alone non-sprinter Chris Horner:
1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.30.18 (45.43 km/h)
2 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
5 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team
6 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
8 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road
9 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
10 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
11 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team
12 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
13 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
15 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
16 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
17 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team
18 Chris Horner (USA) Astana
Is that 9 Aussies ahead of Chris? Is that Bradley McGee I see before me? And Sanderson - great result in 2nd place. Tomorrow will sort the guys out, this was too short, more like a crit than a road race...
