Jim Anderson

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Looks like Olson is crushing! Along with a bunch of other Espoirs!







Espoirs sweep



                Americans Josh Thornton and Derek Wilkerson finished

first and second in the espoir

                (under-23) final standings of the 10-day Tour of

Guadeloupe stage race. Overall,

                Thornton and Wilkerson placed 12th and 15th in the final

general classification.



                Damon Kluck (Santa Cruz, Calif.) won the 10th and final

stage and earned 16th place

                in the GC, while Donny Lopez (New York) posted

second-place accolades in the

                seventh stage and earned36th place overall.



                Wilkerson finished second in the ninth stage after

capturing third place in the eighth

                stage.



                Olson strong in Belgium



                Aaron Olson was the story at both the Tour of Antwerp

(August 10-13) and Omloop

                Vlaamse Gewestern (August 15), a pair of Belgian races.



                Olson placed third in the opening stage (individual time

trial) at the Tour of Antwerp,

                while teammate Brad Buccambuso collected eighth-place

honors.



                Olson earned third place in the final standings. Pete

DeVore finished 14th, while

                Buccambuso and Michael New placed 25th and 41st overall.



                Olson was the top espoir rider, while DeVore and

Buccambuso were third and

                seventh, respectively. USA Cycling won the team

competition.



                Two days later, Olson collected his first international

points of the season with a

                sixth-place finish at the Omloop Vlaamse Gewestern.