New York City Cycling Championship - NE

USA, August 3, 2003

Photography

Images by Zui Hanafusa/miyashojicycling.org

Eventual winner Marty Nothstein (Navigators) Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) works hard Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	John Lieswyn of 7up/Maxxis Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa
Antonio Cruz (US Postal) followed by a media moto Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	Marty Nothstein is stil in front Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) worked hard all day Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	John Eustice describing his last meal. Bellissimo! Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa
And now back to the race Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	Marty Nothstein is swamped by reporters Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	Marty wonders why it seems so dark Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa	Hey! I've just had an idea Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa

Images by Jonathan Devich/

Tyler Hamilton Photo ©: Jon Devich	Damon Kluck (US Postal) Photo ©: Jon Devich	The field lines up Photo ©: Jon Devich	Christian Vande Velde (US Postal) Photo ©: Jon Devich
David Clinger (Prime Alliance/TIAA Cref) Photo ©: Jon Devich	Marty Nothstein (Navigators) Photo ©: Jon Devich	Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) Photo ©: Jon Devich	The peloton Photo ©: Jon Devich
Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) Photo ©: Jon Devich	The field over cobbles Photo ©: Jon Devich		Marty Nothstein (Navigators) Photo ©: Jon Devich

Images by Celia Cole

• Ba-doomp-ba-doomp, Ba-doomp-ba-doomp. Marty Nothstein before the race
• Tyler Hamilton talks to Frankie Andreu
• Tyler and Mayor Michael Bloomberg with the winners jersey
• Marty Nothstein powers away
• Ivan Dominguez putting the legs into it
• 7UP-Maxxis dig in
• Russel Hamby (Ofoto Lombardi Sports)
• Marty Nothstein crosses the line to win
• Rapinski, Nothstein and Clinger on the podium

Images by Daniel McMahon

• The photo-moto sits beside the lead riders
• The peloton riding single file
• Another lap, and the moto has dropped back
• The crowd cheers and the rear of the peloton passes
• Both the crowd and the riders hoped the weather held out
• The wind was blowing a gale
• A rider attempts a break
• Are we in front or behind?
• The main bunch tries to catch up…
• … and succeeds much to some people's amazement
• The weather looks promising, but a storm is brewing
• Riders cross the start finish line
• A solo Jelly-Belly rider crosses the line. Pity there are still laps to go
• Riders blur past trying to catch the leaders
• The main bunch solidify and start picking up time
• Another shot of the main bunch
• The lead group comes together and tries to keep away from the rest of the peloton
• Marty Nothstein (Navigators) after his win
• A post-race interview in the rain
• At least we won't get wet hair
• Viktor Rapinski, Marty Nothstein and David Clinger on the podium
• You may kiss the winner
• Ten thousand dollars will buy a lot of spare tubes
• The winners stay on the podium, it's dry under there.

Images by Michael Lascarides/www.electrotone.com

• Bicycles were everywhere in the vicinity of Water St.
• The undercard for the headline race was the super-entertaining Bike Messenger Relay. This is, predictably, the last-place entry.
• An ONCE rider leads an early lap.
• Early breakaway action.
• Close to the action.
• An ONCE and a Saturn up front.
• Right about here, a break of 25 riders got away and stayed away for the rest of the afternoon.
• John Lieswyn of 7up, larger than life.
• Danny Pate of Prime Alliance/TIAA-CREF moves to the fore. Pate was an absolute monster today, powering the break for laps at a time.
• The break dives into the corner off the back straightaway.
• A colorful bunch corners hard.
• Danny Pate again, hammering.
• OK, the action is starting to heat up. The peloton strings out, chasing the break.
• Pate, once again.
• A 7up leads a Sierra Nevada and a Jelly Belly. Ironic that all three of these teams are sponsored by things that professional cyclists can't eat or drink during the season.
• With about 10 laps to go, Olympic track cycling gold medalist Marty Nothstein took off on a solo break.
• US Postal's Tony Cruz bridged up to Nothstein with ONCE's Jose Azevedo and the three looked to have a nice gap...
• ...but the chase group got closer on the next lap...
• ...and the next. The 20-something chasers would duel it out in a sprint. Storm clouds were beginning to gather (the literal kind, as well as the figurative ones).
• The pace quickened for the final laps.
• The riders go faster still.
• With about 5 laps to go, a huge gust of wind howled though the concrete canyon, toppling a 100-foot section of barricade, just missing the riders. Course marshals jumped out to right the barricade as the race sped on.
• With raindrops beginning to fall, the sprint is on!
• As the racers crossed the finish line, the skies just unleashed, sending fans scurrying into the cover of office buildings' porticoes.
• Nothstein, after a DNF here last year, won the group sprint to take the race. His postrace interviews had to be conducted from the safety of an umbrella.

Images by Michael Doupe, working for RedRoseRaces.com

• Marty Nothstein overshadows his European amigos.
• Adam Hodges-Myerson (SportsBook.com) eyes up the competition at the start line.
• Chris Horner and Rapinski talk up the sprint with one to go. Nothstein, de Galdeano (ONCE), and John Lieswyn (7UP) try to listen in.
• Victor Rapinski leans into a corner midway through the race.
• Marty solo attacks late, and here checks out the main bunch, but wins the pack sprint when he's caught.
• The breakaway attacks the cobbled canyons late in the race
• An Antonio Cruz missile attack late in the race
• Antonio Cruz-ing at the front of the break

Images by Stephen Chang/www.metrosanchezracing.com

• The largely unrepresented teams of Schroeder Iron, Jelly Belly and Colavita Bolla attempt to bring back the break of 17 riders.
• By the half-way mark, however, the peloton were already half a lap behind.
• A few pleasantries being exchanged between Antonio Cruz (US Postal) and Victor Rapinski (Saturn).
• The twisted face of pain from a Jelly Belly rider.
• The four TIAA-CREF riders in the winning break took turns to test the legs of their companions on rival teams.
• The lanky figure of Alex Candelario (TIAA-CREF) propels the break to victory.
• The TIAA-CREF riders turn up the heat to create an unbridgeable gap to the peloton.
• The break single file as they snake their way through the back streets of NYC.
• At 19 laps to go, Marty Nothstein (Navigators) takes an unexpected flyer.
• The remnants of the break began to worry when Antonio Cruz (US Postal) made the junction to join Nothstein, with Azevedo (ONCE-Eroski) also in for the ride.
• As the sole 7UP-NutraFig rider, John Lieswyn was fighting an uphill battle.
• The trio of Nothstein, Cruz and Azevedo appeared to crack the NYCCC wide open.
• But once TIAA-CREF got powerhouse Pate pounding away with Horner joining the chase, it was curtains for the attack.
• The chase by the remnants of the peloton was a fruitless one.
• Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (ONCE-Eroski) takes a sip once the break containing Cruz is reeled in.
• Jonathan Erdelyi (Ofoto-Lombardi Sports) begins to tire in the closing moments of the race.
• Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF) was largely responsible for the average speed of the race almost reaching 50 km/h.
• Antonio Cruz (US Postal) lacked strength in numbers with Antonio Cruz the sole representative in the break.
• A Lemond Fitness/Captain Cra-Z-Soap rider feels the pinch of a 70 kilometre breakaway...
• ... and as a consequence, Larkin loses contact with the break.
• It's a struggle just to finish once you've blown.
• The peloton were helpess with so many big guns in the break.
• Jose Azevedo (ONCE-Eroski) continues to force a relentless pace.
• A couple of weary faces start to appear.
• And it's Danny Pate once again coming to the front in an attempt to set up the finish for team-mate David Clinger.
• A welcome sight - the final stretch.
• Chris Horner (Saturn) attempts to set up the sprint for their sprinter Victor Rapinski, but big Marty Nothstein sits there, waiting to pounce.
• A sign of a storm on its way - large gusts of wind creating havoc with spectators' hairdos.
• A sign of a smart rider - Eugene Boronow (GS Mengoni) senses the storm, and decides to head home.
• A sign of a not-so-smart rider - a Colavita Bolla rider gets an early shower.
• The price you pay when the team bus parks miles away from the finish.