Racing resumed Sunday at the Pomona Valley Stage Race in patented 75-degree Southern California weather, with just enough of a breeze to blow back the smog curtain that normally covers nearby Mount Baldy (snow-capped this time of year).

While not pivotal in determining the overall winners of the race (that was essentially decided in the race's first uphill time-trial stage), Sunday's criterium still provided a remote possibility of dethroning overall leaders Genevieve Jeanson and Tom Danielson from their top spots -- if either suffered a race-ending crash, or California's much-anticipated "Big One" earthquake finally struck. In the end, the earth only shook under the thunderous applause of spectators cheering both Danielson and Jeanson as they crossed the finish line as GC champs.

With the men's and women's GC spots all but cinched, the other teams could only hope for a stage win. In the men's race, Gord "Pops" Fraser and his Health Net teammates were on a roll -- two consecutive stage wins -- and were champing at the bit for a third. Throughout the 90-minute race, it seemed every team made some attempt to break away, including notable attempts from Schroeder Iron and Prime Alliance. With the other teams busy firing off wild shots seemingly every lap, Saturn chose to play it cool most of the race and escort its golden child (Danielson) to the finish line.

Prime Alliance made a bold attempt with five laps to go by advancing its remaining riders to the front in the hope of sending one of them across the finish line first. Unfortunately, this move came too early and the turbo-charged tempo of the ensuing four laps burnt out the boys in blue (light blue, that is) before the finish. This left Fraser and his Health Net team in perfect position for a weekend hat trick of stage victories. A final sprint down the home stretch put Fraser exactly where he feels most comfortable -- just in front of a wild pack sprint. Only Prime Alliance's Alex Candelario would give Fraser a run for his money, but couldn't match his power and came up second in the stage. A jubilant GC victor Danielson and his Saturn team cruised across the line seconds later.

The women's race saw a similar end with a decidedly different means. A six-woman break halfway through the 55-minute race was able to stick, powering a multi-team pack to a sprint finish. This finish saw Rona-Esker's Karen Bockell cross the line first, followed by Helen Kelly (TDS Women's Cycling Team) and a Luna mountain biker moonlighting as a roadie -- Alison Dunlap (Team T-Mobile USA).

Unfortunately for the competing teams, this break didn't provide enough of a time differential to change the commanding GC time of Rona-Esker's Jeanson, who still posted an overall time more than two minutes better than second-place Amber Neben (Team T-Mobile USA).Stage 4 – Men
1. Gord Fraser (Health Net Cycling Team)
2. Alex Candelario (Prime Alliance)
3. Todd Littlehales (Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar)Final standings
1. Tom Danielson (Saturn) in 7:36:07
2. Chris Horner (Saturn) at 0:16
3. Jonathan Vaughters (Prime Alliance) at 0:57Stage 4 - Women
1. Karen Bockell (Rona-Esker)
2. Helen Kelly (TDS Women's Cycling Team)
3. Alison Dunlap (Team T-Mobile USA)Final standings
1. Genevieve Jeanson (Rona-Esker) in 6:11:01
2. Amber Neben (Team T-Mobile USA) at 2:16
3. Susan Palmer-Komar(Genesis Scuba/FFCC) at 2:46