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Capital Cross Classic, USA, November 27, 2004

Local rider Melanie Swartz (Squadra Coppi)
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(Click for larger image) Local rider Melanie Swartz (Squadra Coppi) managed fourth in Reston Virginia's Capital Cross UCI race.
Kona pro rider Georgia Gould
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(Click for larger image) Kona pro rider Georgia Gould was in town visting family in the D.C. area and slipped in Capital Cross as a tune-up race before Nationals.
The women's start.
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(Click for larger image) The women's start.
Georgia Gould
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(Click for larger image) Georgia Gould got an early solo lead leaving riders like Melanie Swartz chasing all day.
Susan Wilson of Inland Construction
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(Click for larger image) Susan Wilson of Inland Construction on one of the course's rooty run-ups.
San Francisco-based Velo Bella
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(Click for larger image) San Francisco-based Velo Bella racing has reached all the way to Washington. Sami Fournier and Lisa Lible fly the pink and blue at Capital Cross.
Gould built a Lyne Bessette-like solo lead
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(Click for larger image) Gould built a Lyne Bessette-like solo lead and was never truly challenged for the win.
Fort-GPOA racing's Betsy Schauer
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(Click for larger image) Fort-GPOA racing's Betsy Schauer leads Squadra Coppi's Melanie Swartz in the hunt for Georgia Gould.
Working hard.
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(Click for larger image) Working hard.
Georgia Gould
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(Click for larger image) Georgia Gould looked comfortable out in front of the women's field.
Gould missed a chance
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(Click for larger image) Gould missed a chance to throw the two-handed salute after her solo win because she didn't know she had been on her last lap.
Mandy Luzano (Easton/Kona)
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(Click for larger image) Mandy Luzano (Easton/Kona) outsprinted Betsy Schauer (Fort-GPOA and 2004 Verge Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series winner) for second.
Teammates Gunnar Shogren
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(Click for larger image) Teammates Gunnar Shogren and 2004 Series winner Ryan Leech laugh a moment to relax at the start of the men's race.
Charlie Storm (Inland Construction)
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(Click for larger image) Charlie Storm (Inland Construction) and Tristan Schouten (Trek/VW/Michelin) show elbows on their way to the lead group. Storm would ultimately win the race.
Jon Hamblen (Fior di Frutta)
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(Click for larger image) Jon Hamblen (Fior di Frutta) was the main antagonist in a lead group containing four riders.
Ryan Leech
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(Click for larger image) Ryan Leech sat in the lead group and waited for a chance to move. When the final lap came, Leech came up just short of Storm and Hamblen to finish third.
The lead group
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(Click for larger image) The lead group of four riders stayed together for most of the race.
Ryan Leech (Fort-GPOA)
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(Click for larger image) Ryan Leech (Fort-GPOA)
The backdrop for Capitol Cross
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(Click for larger image) The backdrop for Capitol Cross is Lake Fairfax Park in Reston Virginia.
Tristan Schouten (Trek/VW/Michelin)
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(Click for larger image) Tristan Schouten (Trek/VW/Michelin) ultimately finished fourth in the men's race.
Storm put in a devastating attack
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(Click for larger image) Storm put in a devastating attack with two laps to go, blowing apart the lead group.
Charlie Storm
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(Click for larger image) Charlie Storm takes the win.
John Hamblen
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(Click for larger image) John Hamblen makes one more effort to catch Storm
Ryan Leech leads
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(Click for larger image) Ryan Leech leads the FORT-GPOA train
Charlie Storm and John Hamblen
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(Click for larger image) Charlie Storm and John Hamblen attack later in the race
Charlie Storm wins
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(Click for larger image) Charlie Storm wins


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