Frain Wins Joe Martin Point d’Appui; Men’s Race Ends Without Fulcrum

Nicole Frain of Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank won the Fulcrum position in the women’s general classification of the 44th annual Joe Martin Stage Race.

Frain, a racer from Australia, finished third in this year’s national time trial championships and eighth in the national road race championship. In the Joe Martin time trial Saturday, she finished 12th on 3-mile hill-climb time trial.

Skylar Schneider of L39ION of Los Angeles won the women’s race while Merrill Thierman of Classic Cycling finished as the Lanterne Rouge after more than a dozen riders either did not finish Stage 4 or came in over the time limit.

In the men’s general classification, an even 66 riders came home on the final stage, meaning no Point d’Appui could be awarded. Chaz Hogenauer of Rio Grande Elite and Aidan Mcneil of Aevolo finished in 33rd and 34th respectively, claiming Les Cuspides.

Tyler Williams of L39ion of Los Angeles won the Yellow Jersey for the race, and Andrew Frank of Team California finished as the Lanterne Rouge.

The Joe Martin Stage Race, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A., runs four days with two rugged road races, a 3-mile mountain climb time trial, and a final criterium on a 1.2-mile loop around the Fayetteville Square and downtown, with a hill to the finish.

The WP women’s Point d’Appui after each stage:

  • Stage 1 — Gillian Ellsay of InstaFund Racing
  • Stage 2 — No fulcrum
  • Stage 3 — No fulcrum
  • Stage 4 — Nicole Frain of Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank

The WP so men’s Point d’Appui after each stage:

  • Stage 1 — Walter Alejandro Alzate Vargas of Team Medellin EPM
  • Stage 2 — No fulcrum
  • Stage 3 — No fulcrum
  • Stage 4 — No fulcrum

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