Well folks, this batch of results pretty much wraps up the Valley of the Sun Stage Race. After three days of hard racing it looks like things went fairly well for the locals.

Congratulations to all the weekend’s participants and finishers!

As a race that receives a large amount of out-of-state competitors, Valley of the Sun can be a particularly hard race to shine at. We’d like to recognize all the Arizona riders pulling off a top 3 overall general classification finish in their respective category:

Zachary Edwards – Team WM (1st place, junior men 12-14)

Kenny Polley – Landis/Trek (3rd place, junior men 12-14)

Syria Zepeda – Yuma Bike Club Racing (1st place, junior women 12-14)

Brown Garcia – Yuma Bike Club Racing (3rd place, junior women 12-14)

William Westfall – Bicycle Haus Racing (2nd place, category 4 men)

Chad Bartlett – Bicycle Haus Racing (1st place, category 5a men)

Mike Lamb (2nd place, category 5a men)

Jared Jorde – Bicycle Haus Racing (3rd place, category 5a men)

Adam Folts – Two Wheel Jones Racing (1st place, category 5b men)

James Silverman – GST Racing (2nd place, master men 40+)

John Simonson – GST Racing (1st place, master men 50+)

David Bixby – Team RPM (3rd place, master men 50+)

Philip Holman (2nd place, master men 60+)

Jill Purcell – AllSport GPS AZ Womens Racing (3rd place, master women 35+)

Catherine Dickson – AllSport GPS AZ Womens Racing (3rd place, pro 1-2 women)

Ashley Koch – AllSport GPS AZ Womens Racing (1st place, category 3 women)

Chrissy Parks – TriSports Cycling/Eclipse Racing (2nd place, category 4 women).

I’d like to apologize in advance if I missed anyone or spelled any names wrong (I typed them in as listed on the final results).

Without further rambling, here are the results for VOS stage 3 and the final overall classification.

Have a great day.