Nathan Brown Wins Overall at Tour of the Red River Gorge Invitational Mannion Takes Stage 5 While Hot Tubes Dominates in Teams Classification

July 17, 2009 (Lexington, KY) Racing in front of huge crowds on a tight course in downtown Lexington, KY Hot Tube’s rider Gavin Mannion sprinted to victory in the final stage of the Tour of the Red River Gorge Invitational Twilight criterium.

Mannion made the decisive break containing Hot Tubes teammate Anders Newbury as well as Graham DeWart, Cody Foster, Ryan Eastman and Andrew Meyer. The six pushed the pace ahead of a charging main field. Eventually the break shrunk from six to four, shedding Newbury along the way. Mannion went down in a crash before rejoining the break and sprinting to victory ahead of Cody Foster (South Central Development) and Graham DeWart (Pro Chain / Team Turner).

Yellow Jersey Nathan Brown worked aggressively in the main field winning points sprint after points sprint to keep the Red Sprinters Jersey on Hot Tubes shoulders and off those of rival Jacob Rathe. In addition to winning the overall general classification Brown earned a nomination to represent the U.S. in both the road race and time trial at the Junior Road and Track World Championships later this summer.

Stage 5 Results:
Gavin Mannion (Hot Tubes) 1:20:24
Cody Foster (South Central Development at s.t
Graham DeWar (Pro Chain/ Team Turner) at 00:02
Anders Newbury (Hot Tubes) at 00:06
Nathan Brown (Hot Tubes) at 00:19

>>for complete stage 5 results click here<<

Final General Classification:
Nathan Brown: (Hot Tubes) 6:58:18
Ian Boswell (Hot Tubes) at 0:01:13
Anders Newbury (Hot Tubes) at 0:01:39
Lawson Craddock (Hot Tubes) at 0:01:44
Jacob Rathe (Hammer/ CMG Racing) 0:02:28

King of the Mountain:
Max Durtschi (Hammer / CMG)

Points Competition:
Nathan Brown (Hot Tubes)

Best Young Rider:
Lawson Craddock (Hot Tubes)

>>click here for complete Final GC results<<

Photos by Craig Dooley

report from: tour-rrg.com