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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
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Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE)
works hard
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John Lieswyn of 7up/Maxxis
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Danny Pate (Prime Alliance)
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Antonio Cruz (US Postal) followed
by a media moto
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Marty Nothstein is stil in front
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Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) worked
hard all day
Photo ©: Zui Hanafusa
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John Eustice describing his last
meal. Bellissimo!
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And now back to the race
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Marty Nothstein is swamped by reporters
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Marty wonders why it seems so dark
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Hey! I've just had an idea
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Images by
Jonathan Devich/
Tyler Hamilton
Photo ©: Jon Devich
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Damon Kluck (US Postal)
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The field lines up
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Christian Vande Velde (US Postal)
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David Clinger (Prime Alliance/TIAA
Cref)
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Marty Nothstein (Navigators)
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Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE)
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The peloton
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Danny Pate (Prime Alliance)
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The field over cobbles
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Marty Nothstein (Navigators)
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Images by Celia Cole
Images by Daniel McMahon
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
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.
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