Horner and Bessette top Bro rankings

By VeloNews Editorial

Who had the best run in March?Well, after three events of VeloNews’s virtual season series,the Bro Tour, Saturn’s Lyne Bessette and Prime Alliance’s Chris Hornerlead the stage race rankings.No surprise there, as Horner swept the three California stage races,Redlands, Sea Otter and Solano. Sea Otter winner Bessette, meanwhile, isin a tight race with teammate Judith Arndt, who won both Redlands and Solano.The Bro Tour is three race series in one: road race, criterium and stagerace. Based on carefully selected races, the Bro series is VeloNews’s unofficialtracker for the domestic season. We’ll follow it throughout the year withupdated, if unscientific, standings on our own fantasy leagues.Next up on the Bro Tour schedule: the start of the Bro Tour criteriumseries, the Twilight Criterium in Athens, Georgia, April 27.VeloNews Bro Tour: Stage races
(after 3 of 7 events)Women
1. Lyne Bessette, Saturn, 75 points
2. Judith Arndt, Saturn, 71
3. Sue Palmer-Komar, Talgo America, 50
4. Kim Bruckner, Saturn, 48
5. Geneviève Jeanson, Rona, 39
6. Susy Pryde, Talgo America, 32
7. Andrea Hannos, Rona, 22
8. Karen Bockel, Rona, 19
9.(tie) Mari Holden, Cannondale USA, 16
Kim Anderson, Cannondale USA, 16Men
1. Chris Horner, Prime Alliance, 90 points
2.(tie) David Zabriskie, U.S. Postal Service, 38
John Lieswyn, 7UP-Nutra Fig, 38
4. (tie) Henk Vogels, Mercury, 31
Soren Petersen, Saturn 31
6. Danny Pate, Prime Alliance, 30
7. Adham Sbeih, Mercury, 27
8.(tie) Eric Wohlberg, Saturn, 26
Roland Green, Trek-VW, 26
10. Damon Kluck, Saturn, 22Bro Tour stage-race events: Redlands Cycling Classic, Sea OtterClassic, Solano Bicycle Classic, Tour of the Gila (May 1-5), Fitchburg-LongsjoClassic (June 27-30), Cascade Classic (July 10-14), The International (Tourde ‘Toona, July 27-August 4).