It all started as a party without a bike race in 1986 as the 1st anniversary of Reno’s first full blown coffee house, Deux Gros Nez. During the year 7 anniversary party in 1992, the mighty Tour de Nez criterium was added as another piece of the entertainment at the party. 17 years later, it is now one of the more significant professional stage races in the country taking place in 2 states: Nevada and California; the cities of Reno and Truckee, along the shores of Lake Tahoe, and up the mountains surrounding the resort at Northstar at Tahoe.
2008 men’s results; final general classification
1 Aaron Olson (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 7.04.42
2 Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast) 0.13
3 Scott Nydam (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0.17
4 Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) 0.19
5 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) 0.31
6 Matthew Cooke (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 0.42
7 Bradley White (Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre) 0.59
8 Paul Mach (ZteaM Cycling) 1.59
9 Corey Collier (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 2.12
10 Steven Cozza (Slipstream Chipotle) 2.52
2008 women’s race overall
1. Sarah Bamberger (Cheerwine)
2. Amber Rais (Tibco)
3. Stacy Marble (Tibco)
4. Betina Hold (Proman)
5. Ashley Fonts (Tibco)
2007 pro overall omnium
1. Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly)
2. Michael Sayers (BMC Pro Cycling Team)
3. Juan Forero (Colombian national team)
4. Antonio Cruz (Discovery)
5. Kayle Leogran (Rock Racing)
6. Jaior Perez (Colombian national team)
7. Sebastian Haedo (Rock Racing)
8. Carlos Alzate (Colombian national team)
9. Marco Rios (Kahala-La Grange)
10. Dan Schmatz (BMC Pro Cycling Team)
2006 overall omnium
1 OM Tony Cruz
2 OM Karl Menzies
3 OM Chris Baldwin
4 OM Aaron Olson
5 OM Andrew Bajadali
6 OM Chris Wherry
7 OM Phil Zajicek
8 OM Tom Zirbel
9 OM Curtis Gunn
10 OM Alex Candelario