Results - Tour of Ohio (Stage 6)

Stage 5 was held in Springfield, OH. (Saturday 6/23). Today's stage was a 40 mile crit. The course was a flat 1k 4 corner loop.

This stage was again controlled by A&F. They were interested in keeping it together for a sprint finish to protect the leaders jersey of Hekman and the sprinters jersey of Aledia. With this obvious plan the other racers weren't about to roll over and allow A&F to carry this out uncontested. Attacks were launched thoughout the race by various teams. Initially A&F brought every move back but then switched strategies and had riders individually cover every attempted move and just sit on. This strategy worked because no attempt gained more than 15 seconds. In the end the yellow jersey of Hekman was the final leadout for Aledia to take stage 6.

A&F swept the 3 main jerseys of this years Tour of Ohio. Tim Swain (A&F) took the KOM jersey, Hekman (A&F) the leaders yellow jersey and Aledia (A&F) the green spinters jersey.

Stage 6 Results
1 Marco Aledia (A&F) 1:11:52 (20 sec time bonus)
2 Steven Scholzen (IS Corp) st (10 sec time bonus)
3 Jamie Gandara (Colavita) st (5 sec time bonus)

FINAL GC standings
1 Mark Hekman (A&F) 10:09:37
2 Dewey Dickey (Mercy Specialized) +20"
3 Josh England (A&F) +1:10

Cyclingnews.com - Aledia scores bookend victories, Hekman finishes in yellow

Stage 6 Rider Comments
Merk Hekman's Blog (A&F)
Steve Cummings' Blog (GPOA Meredith)
Seth Meyer's Blog (Get a Grip)