One more to go for Menzies
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Straight to business with Nathan O'Neill
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Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United)
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Mike Creed (Slipstream-Chipotle)
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Menzies
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Scott Moninger (BMC),
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Tim Johnson (Health Net-Maxxis)
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Menzies and Sutherland
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Anthony Colby (Colavita-Sutter Home)
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Charles Dionne (Colvita-Sutter Home)
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The high speed on the day (46.29 km/h)
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Burke Swindlehurst (Toyota-United)
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Menzies counting down
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A mix of teams led the pace
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In the final laps,
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One lap to go
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A pefect end
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)
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Allison Testroete (expresscopy.com)
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Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Verducci Breakaway)
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Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton)
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Armstrong sits safely near the front
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Van Gilder pushes the pace,
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TEAmmate Laren Franges
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Former race leader Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton)
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Getting down to business
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Meredith Miller (TEAm Lipton)
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One lap to go
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)
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The category fives
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...and about gravity.
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Race leader Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton)
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The women are set to start
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A ValueAct Capital rider
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)
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Team Lipton sends Lauren Franges (TEAm Lipton)
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An Equpe du Qubec rider
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Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Verducci Breakaway)
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Rebecca Larson (Aaron's Pro Cycling)
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A Team Kenda Tire rider
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The front of a compact peloton
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Catherine Powers (Aaron's Pro Cycling) battled both a hard charging field and intense heat in today's crit
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Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders)
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This Advil/Chapstick rider
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A Verducci Breakaways rider
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Plenty of concentration was necessary
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TEAm Lipton was on the attack today,
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A Target training rider climbs
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Pure pain shown on the face of this Cheerwine rider
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Kristin Sanders (Aaron's Pro Cycling) leads Brook Miller (Team Tibco)
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Felicia Gomez (Aaron's Pro Cycling)
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Catherine Carroll (Aaron's Pro Cycling)
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Brooke Miller (Team Tibco)
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Betina Hold (Cheerwine) leads Amber Rais (Webcor Builders)
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Webcor Builders attempts to position themselves
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A Bike Hugger rider works hard
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TEAm Lipton rode aggressively at the front
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine) sprints
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Another look at the victory salute
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A close up portrait of a true champion
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Stage winner Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)
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The women's podium
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Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton)
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Overall GC winner Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton)
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TEAm Lipton wins the overall
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A collective shot of all the women's race champions with Rick Geist
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Health Net leads the field
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Caleb Manion (Toyota/United) tries his luck
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Toyota/United
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Chris Baldwin (Toyota/United) put in a huge attack
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Ben Day (Navigators)
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Chris Baldwin (Toyota/United) placed highly in the GC,
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Mark Walters (Kodak-Sierra Brewing)
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The pace was high
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Intense concentration was necessary
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The safest place in today's race was at the front.
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Robert Sweeting (AGE-Toshiba)
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Burke Swindlehurst (Toyota/United) patrols the field
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Health Net put on a clinic at the front
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There were several attempts to break Health Net's stranglehold
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This Hagens Berman rider
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This small group of riders was the only organized attack
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The Health Net riders
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A small group of riders
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A Calyon/Litespeed rider
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Ian McKissick (BMC Pro Cycling)
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The peloton rolls down the hill
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Michael Freedman (Slipstream/Chipotle)
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Two escapees attempt to break away
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This solo Colavita/Sutter Home rider
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A determined Priority Health rider
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A team race.com rider out of the saddle
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Karl Menzies (Health Net) vaults off the wheel
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No KOM points up for grabs today.....
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Race leader, Karl Menzies (Health Net)
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The men's podium
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The men's overall GC podium
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Slipstream Chipotle won the men's overall
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