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STEWART REPORTS FROM WORLD'S

Jackson flies the flag
(September 26, 2006) - As his breakthrough 2006 season drew to a close, Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada's Jackson Stewart had an eye-opening experience when he made his first career start in the world championships road race this past Sunday in Salzburg, Austria.

Part of USA Cycling's nine-rider selection for the 165-mile race, Stewart completed nine of 12 laps and said, "I was comfortable the whole time I was in there. I was in a little bit of a bad position on the sixth lap and had to dig really deep to get back on after the climb. The lap after that I was ok, then [on the eight lap] I went back to get bottles, and some attacks went and I couldn't get back on."

Describing his first taste of racing against a full field of the world's top professionals, Stewart added, "The pace picked up and never let off, they never even slowed down on the climb. I can handle the distance itself and can handle that speed in a shorter race, but the ProTour riders have that endurance from racing 140 miles at those speeds all year long. We just don't do that [in domestic racing]."

FINAL NRC RANKINGS

In the final National Racing Calendar standings released on September 19, Stewart finished 12th overall while Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada was the 6th-ranked team.

Visit usacycling.org/nrc for complete team and individual standings.



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