2009 OUCH–Maxxis season

2009 OUCH-Maxxis season Previous season • Next season OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis (UCI identifier: OCM) was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States. The team was sponsored principally by OUCH Sports Medical Center, and Maxxis. Floyd Landis, with his doping suspension ended, joined the team this year. OUCH is the medical office which performed his hip surgery. The team's first test was the Amgen Tour of California, a race which Landis won back in 2006. This year it saw Landis race against former US Postal teammate Lance Armstrong. Landis finished in 23rd place, the best performance of the team. On August 16, John Murphy won the U.S. National Criterium in Downers Grove, IL. They were a little shorthanded, with only five OUCH teammembers participating. Less than 500m from the finish, teammate Karl Menzies crashed, skidding out on pavement wet from the rain. The day before, Karl took 2nd place in the Downers Grove Pro-Am.http://www.teamouch.com/2009/08/murphy-takes-us-criterium-championship/ Murphy takes U.S. Criterium Championship TeamOUCH Race Results 2010-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100215193330/http://www.teamouch.com/2009/08/murphy-takes-us-criterium-championship/ 2010-02-15 dead Karl Menzies won the overall at the Tour of Elk Grove. He gained the lead in stage 2 in which he finished 2nd.http://www.teamouch.com/2009/08/menzies-sprints-into-lead-at-elk-grove/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090814143031/http://www.teamouch.com/2009/08/menzies-sprints-into-lead-at-elk-grove/ dead 2009-08-14 Menzies sprints into lead at Elk Grove TeamOUCH Race Results 2010-05-08 At the Tour of Utah, in August, Brad White picked up the King of the Mountains jersey in stage 1, eventually losing the classification to Alex Howes of Felt-Holowesko Partners. The team ended up in 2nd place for the team competition.http://www.teamouch.com/2009/08/murphy-takes-2nd-in-final-stage-of-utah/ White goes on attack, earns first KoM jersey in Utah TeamOUCH Race Results 2010-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100215193323/http://www.teamouch.com/2009/08/murphy-takes-2nd-in-final-stage-of-utah/ 2010-02-15 dead White received as well, the Most Aggressive jersey at stage 4 of the Tour of Mississippi, and the Most Courageous at stage 3 of the Tour of California. Rory Sutherland was voted 2009 Domestic Male Roadie of the Year by magazine VeloNews in the November issue, after coming in third in the NRC individual standings.http://www.teamouch.com/2009/11/sutherland-named-velonews-domestic-male-roadie-of-the-year/ Sutherland named VeloNews Domestic Male Roadie of the Year TeamOUCH Race Results 2010-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413082502/http://www.teamouch.com/2009/11/sutherland-named-velonews-domestic-male-roadie-of-the-year/ 2010-04-13 dead Rory won first place in the general classification of the Nature Valley Grand-Prix, 3 seconds ahead of Tom Zirbel of Bissell Pro Cycling. For him, this event included 2nd place in the stage 1 time trial, and 3rd in the Stillwater Criterium of stage 6. Team members 2009 team Jonathan Chodroff USA 1985 05 05 Cameron Evans CAN 1984 01 10 Tim Johnson USA 1977 08 05 Roman Kilun UZB 1981 11 27 Floyd Landis USA 1975 10 14 Bobby Lea USA 1983 10 17 Pat McCarty USA 1982 01 24 Karl Menzies AUS 1977 06 17 John Murphy USA 1984 12 15 Andrew Pinfold CAN 1978 08 14 Rory Sutherland AUS 1982 02 08 Bradley White USA 1982 01 15 References 30em External links OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis http://www.velobios.com/teams.ouch2009.htm collapsed Category:Cycle racing in the United States Ouch Category:2009 road cycling season by team