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Giro d'Italia Donne
Annual Skyscraper-Harlem Criterium
Rochester twilight criterium
Great Britain national championships
Noord Nederland Tour
Danish national championships
Nevada City Classic
Einhoven Team Time Trial
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Tour of Slovenia
Giro d'Italia
Ringerike Grand Prix
Veenendaal-Veenendaal
GP Triberg Schwarzwald
British Cycling criterium series #1 and #2
Classique des Alpes (Jr)
Memorial Pantani
Captech classic

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Annual Skyscraper-Harlem Criterium

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Images by Andy Shen/www.nyvelocity.com

• High speed out of the last turn
• Alejandro Guzman was active in two events
• Break in the men's 3/4
• Euri Madera leads Marco Quezada
• Three-man group gets a gap in the 3/4
• Jerry Kapko comes back around Chris Baldwin to win the 3/4
• Former US National Time Trial Champion Scott Mercer is racing again
• Ted Neu learns to like criteriums
• Time trial hammers George Suter and Inson Wood like crits too
• Roman Paczka is always game
• Tony Settel was in a lot of action
• Ken Harris tried to win the masters with a multi-lap solo move
• But it ends in a field sprint
• Local clubs were out in force
• Ron Vasquez stayed away solo for several laps in the 4/5

Images by Jaime Garcia/www.nyvelocity.com

• Kangol is timeless cool
• Jared Bunde would end up as New York State Criterium Bronze Medallist
• Past the brownstones in turn one
• Jeff King, Connor Hurley and Craig Cook
• Horace Burrowes helps his brother Jermaine take ninth
• Former baby Giro winner Davide Frattini raced a road race in Connecticut in the morning, then headed to the Skyscraper-Harlem Criterium
• The move in the elite race: John Loehner leads Greg Wolf past the pits
• Greg Wolf gets the flowers
• Top three in the elite race with New York City Sports Commissioner Ken Podziba and race founder David Walker
• Cat 3 winner Jerry Kapko with New York State Crit champion John Loehner and elite winner Greg Wolf
• Late break in the women's race: Sarah Sauvayre, Lenore Imhoff and Kimille Taylor
• Kate Giordano rolls
• Jaime Epstein in the field
• Kristi Roberts (right) with Kimille Taylor and Maria Quiroga
• Caryl Gale wins decisively

Images by Karen Rostron/Skyscraper Productions

• Winners of the kids' sprints
• Intermediate winner Alexis Wagener with father David, a big supporter of cycling in the New York City

Images by Marco Quezada/www.marcoquezada.com

• The Skyscraper-Harlem Criterium is classic event
• Reed Rubey and Andy Shen
• Camie Kornely in action
• Kimille Taylor and Caryl Gale
• The women head the front stretch
• Dominique Hall (in orange)
• Adam Duncan looking smooth
• Jaime Garcia attacks the 4/5 field
• Gavin Robertson sprints to win the 4/5
• It was a JAM race: Juniors And Masters - with the CRCA juniors riding well
• David Sommerville and Tony Taylor; Taylor won state championship in the masters 35+, then made the break in the elite race
• Taking it all in
• Chris Pile and Craig Cook
• CRCA-Axis in full effect
• Mike McGinley would make an impressive bridge to the break
• Sakonnet U-25 rider Michael Chauner leads 2005 winner Roselvert Marte
• Connor Hurley was very active
• Gabe Lloyd leads an early attack
• The field is coming up
• Post-race thoughts
• Vickie Huffman is racing again
• The cycling community is out to watch
• Juan Barroso digs in
• Zebulon Nelessen (in black) and Little John Correia
• Belizean champion Shane Vasquez was on the attack early
• John Tomlinson rides through the heat
• Ken Harris, president of the promoting club, has bike trouble in the elite race
• He watches the field head by; that's event promoter Mike Green in the pink
• Greg Wolf made the moves that counted
• Jason Bremer works hard
• David Frattini
• Greg Wolf wins while John Loehner gets the New York State Criterium Championship
• Lisban Quintero sprints to third
• The day's victors sport special jerseys designed by Dan Schmalz
• A great event to race or to watch

Rochester twilight criterium

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Images by Allan Fink

• Jackson Stewart (KodakGallery-Sierra Nevada) puts in an effort for the hometown sponsors.
• Rahsaan Bahati (TIAA-CREF) corners.
• Siro Camponogara (Navigators Insurance) leads teammate Vassili Davidenko through a turn.
• Jackson Stewart (KodakGallery-Sierra Nevada) leans into a turn.
• Marty Nothstein (Navigators Insurance) racing again.
• Ryan DeWald (Rite Aid) and Sebastian Alexandre (Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home).
• The men's podium.
• Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance).
• The women's podium with Sarah Uhl (Penn State) on top.

Great Britain national championships

Day 2 - June 25: Elite men road race, 187 km

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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk

• Instructions for the riders following the new UCI rule
• Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) shares a joke with Rob Hayles (Team KLR) before the start
• Defending Champion Russel Downing (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) on the start line
• No champion's jersey but defending champion Russel Downing starts as number 1
• Battle commences - Duncan Urqhart (Agiskoviner.com), Russell Downing (DFL Cyclingnews) and Roger Hammond (Discovery Channell) watch each other.
• The main field drags itself up the first long climb of the day
• Hammond leads Russell Downing as the echelons develop behind on the long climb towards Middleton on the Wolds
• Hammond and Hayles lead the break on the first lap of the big circuit
• Hamish Haynes (Jartazi - 7-Mobile) keeps vigilant as the race starts to break up
• Shaun Snodden (Recycling.co.uk) leads one of the chase groups on the first circuit as the race starts to break up
• Daniel Lloyd (Giant Asia) and Martin Ford (Team Lloyds) lead the main field on the second big lap.
• Jeremy Hunt (Unibet) leads Roger Hammond and the early break
• Recycling.co.uk in action chasing down the early break
• Under 23 champion Peter Bissell (Arctic Shorter Rochford)
• Jonathan Dayus (Artic Shorter Rochford) and Russell Downing get away on the steep climb at Nunburnholme
• Hamish Haynes (Jartazi/7-Mobile) battles on the steep climb to close down on the two leaders
• Steve Cummings (Landbouwkredit) leads Roger Hammond on the Nunbunholme climb
• Tough going on the Nunburnholme climb for Dale Appleby (Recycling.co.uk)
• Hamish Haynes and Duncan Urqhart (Agiskoviner) get away on the finishing circuit
• Then there were five - Roger Hammond (Discovery Channell) leads the break on the finishing circuit
• Hamish Haynes (Jartaz-/Mobile-7) takes the sprint and the gold medal
• Hamish Haynes (Jartazi) celebrates his victory
• Family business - Hamish Haynes with his father
• Hamish Haynes (Jartazi) proudly displays his gold medal
• Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) out of practice riding for himself
• Bronze medallist Gerraint Thomas (Recycling.co.uk)

Images by Andrew Kennedy /www.kennedyimages.co.uk

• Team Re-cycling.co.uk - SIS manager John Herety briefs the team at event HQ.
• Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel Pro RT) looking relaxed at the start.
• Early morning mist as the peloton roll out across the Yorkshire Wolds.
• Malcolm Elliott (Plowman Craven) comfortable in the peloton.
• Jeremy Hunt (Unibet) figured in the early attacks
• Matt Stephens (Sigma Sport) was aggressive during the early part of the race.
• Stephen Cummings (Landbouwkredit) was wary of early moves and kept a close watch on developments.
• 20 year old Geraint Thomas (Recycling - SIS) featured in the early breaks.
• Eventual winner Hamish Haynes (Jartazi) rode a sensible race, he took shelter but then rode hard to cross the gaps.
• Jonathan Dayus (Artic-Shorter-Rochford) and defending champion Russell Downing (DFL-CyclingNews-Litespeed) attack the field up Nunburnholme the last climb of the day, gaining a small gap, and splitting the whole field.
• Hamish Haynes was quick to react, and chases after the breakaways.
• Cummings, Hammond and Thomas lead the remainder of the peloton.
• Geraint Thomas leads the small break onto the final finishing circuit.
• With defending champ Downing and Stephen Cummings in pursuit.
• Hammond drives the break on the last lap of the small finishing circuit. With Hamish Haynes tucked well out of sight.
• Hamish Haynes snatches victory from Hammond and Thomas
• After the finish Hammond possibly reflects on towing Haynes to the finish.
• Hammond manages a smile as Hamish Haynes celebrates his success.

Day 1 - June 24: Elite women road race, 101.6 km

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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk

• Nicole Cooke (Univega-Raleigh) leads the bunch on the climb up to South Dalton
• The bunch head up the climb to South Dalton on the first lap of the ciircuit outside Beverley
• Helen Wyan (Team Fat Birds) leads the maiin field on the second lap
• Helen Wyman (Team Fat Birds) leads the bunch with Cooke tucked in behind
• Caroline Kluiber (Rapha Condor) leads Lizzie Armistead (Raleigh ERV) with Nicole Cooke paying close attention
• Joanna Rowsell (VC Londres) leads the 11 strong break on the penultimate lap
• Lizzie Armistead (Raleigh ERV) drives the chase group after she missed the cricual split
• Nicole Cooke (Raleigh - Univega) celebrates winning her record seventh Elite road race title crossing the finish line 27 seconds ahead of her nearest rival
• In seventh heaven Nicole Cooke (Raleigh-Univega) celebrates winning her seventh national title
• The sprint for second: Laura Webb (KSV Deerlijk) right pips Joanna Rowsell (VC Londres) for the silver
• The winners podium: left Lorna Webb (KSV Deerlijk) winner Nicole Cooke (Raleigh-Univega) and Joanna Rowsell (VC Londres)
• Under 23 champion Joanna Rowsell and Elite champion Nicole Cooke

Images by Andrew Kennedy/www.kennedyimages.co.uk

• Nicole Cook (Univega-Raleigh-Lifeforce) looking relaxed and confident at the start in Beverley
• Nicole Cooke's Raleigh machine.
• The race stayed together for the first few laps.
• The bunch kept it tight on the narrow country lanes
• Cooke kept out of trouble by riding at the front, seen here with Rachel Heal (Victory Brewing CT)
• The race was held on quiet roads to the north of the market town Beverley, East Yorkshire.
• Amy Hunt (SIS) leads Nicole Cooke around the halfway point.
• Cooke strings out the peloton during the race
• Nikki Harris (SIS) one of the riders finding it tough to hold the pace set by Nicole Cooke.
• Emma Pooley (Team Fat Birds UK) creates some distance at the front of the field.
• The peloton is spread across the road as Cooke (far left) starts to position herself for an attack.
• The attack comes, and Cooke chases after Emma Pooley.
• Victory sealed as Nicole Cooke takes the applause from a large crowd in Beverley Town Centre.
• With 25 seconds back to the split field she has time to give the thumbs up to her supporters.
• Post race interview: Nicole told reporters she felt comfortable in the race, but in future she knows she will have far more competition, as the standard of British women's racing is rapidly improving.
• The winners podium (L to R): Lorna Webb (KSV Deerlijk, 2nd), Nicole Cooke (1st), Joanna Rowsell (VC Londres, 3rd)
• Team Fat Birds UK at the finish, obviously enjoying the occasion.

Noord Nederland Tour

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Images by DCP/Bert Geerts

• Rudi Kemna explains how to ride
• Rabobank checking their equipment
• Mathew Hayman Jan Boven and Graeme Brown discuss Rabobank tactics
• Fun in the rain
• Jan Boven (Rabobank)
• Kenny Van Hummel (Skil) and Tom De Meyer (Fondas)
• Rabobank chasing
• The peloton in the rain
• Aart Vierhouten and Maarten Tjallingii (Skil)
• The three leaders: Roy Curvers, Aart Vierhouten, Mathew Hayman
• Aart Vierhouten leading
• Aart Vierhouten (Skil) wins the Noord Nederland Tour
• The podium: Mathew Hayman (2nd), Aart Vierhouten (1st) and Roy Curvers (3rd)

Images by Marcel van der Molen/Molenwiek Fotografie

• Gerben Lowik leads Graeme Brown
• The pressure is on
• Rabobank driving the peloton
• Interested police
• Roy Curvers leads the break
• Skil-Shimano take a corner

Danish national championships

Day 4 - June 25: Elite/Junior men road race,

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Images by Ulrik Møberg/www.Procycling.dk

• The peloton on lap seven.
• The peloton on lap three.
• All together at the start of the race.
• The front group on lap seven.
• CSC worked hard for the win.
• Hot conditions made life difficult.
• The first breakaway of the race.
• Allan Johansen delighted with his win.
• The sprint for second place.

Day 3 - June 24: Elite women road race,

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Images by Ulrik Møberg/www.webaddress.com

• Team Mermaid with star rider Mie Bekker Lacota
• Rolling out for the start
• The peloton at the start
• After lap 1 the bunch is together
• One of the Bianchi riders
• Another of the Bianchi riders
• A Bianchi rider on lap 3
• The racing is on on lap 3
• Trine Hansen leads Linda Serup on lap 3
• Linda Serup (Buitenpoort) wins the Danish title
• The podium (L to R): Mie Bekker Lacota (2nd), Linda Serup (1st) and Dorte Lohse (3rd)

Images by Kenneth Møller Kristensen/www.cyclingworld.dk

• Linda Serup (Buitenpoort) drives it home
• The podium (L to R): Mie Bekker Lacota (2nd), Linda Serup (1st) and Dorte Lohse (3rd)

Day 2 - June 23: Elite/Junior men time trial,

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Images by Ulrik Møberg/www.Procycling.dk

• Brian Vandborg (CSC) crosses the line to win the Danish elite men's championship
• Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Team GLS) was second in the elite men's event
• Allan Johansen (CSC) was third in the elite men's race
• The elite men's podium: Jacob Moe Rasmussen (2nd), Brian Vandborg (1st), and Allan Johansen (3rd)
• Junior third place getter Rasmus Guldhammer (Team Festina Vejle)
• The junior podium: Mikkel Schiøler (2nd), Morten Reckweg (1st), and Rasmus Guldhammer (3rd)

Nevada City Classic

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Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com

• Kids line up
• Kids race field
• A Master 35+/45+ rider after a crash
• Kristen and Helene Drumm (Proman/Pardigm).
• The women's field in action
• Helene Drumm (Proman/Pardigm) wins the women's 1/2/pro
• Getting a good spot is essential
• The start of the men's pro 1/2
• The pro men's field
• Scott Moninger (HealthNet) drops the field early to go to a solo victory
• Last year's juniors winner Eric Riggs (Lombardi Sports) was with the lead group for many laps before having to back off the pace.
• The pro men's field splintered due to a blistering pace
• Scott Moninger (HealthNet) wins
• Scott Moninger (HealthNet) wins

Eindhoven Team Time Trial

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Images by Edwin Van der Velden/www.bike2build.nl

• A TIME-less dream
• Lampre's Wilier TT bikes
• A beautiful get-together of BH and Corima
• BMC's surreal new engines
• A little closer
• The next generation of front disks?
• Team Lampre
• A slow start for Quick.Step
• Gerolsteiner's Specialized beauties
• Rabobank is getting into gear
• The new Trek TT machine
• Meet George Hincapie's time trial bike
• Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) leading his teammates
• Dutch team Skil-Shimano was also invited
• Up close with team Würth
• Liquigas-Bianchi in the streets of Eindhoven
• Francaise des Jeux taking on a curve
• Team Milram on its way
• Taking turns at CSC
• A lone Euskaltel
• Norwegian champion Thor Hushovd is getting prepared
• The Phonak squad powering away
• Quick! Hide!

Images by AFP Photo

• Michael Blaudzun leads the CSC team en route to winning the ProTour team time trial in Eindhoven

Tour of Slovenia

Stage 1 - June 8: Lendava - Brežice, 214 km

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Images by Metod Mocnik

• Lampre-Fondital enjoying the occasion
• Acqua e Sapone
• Liquigas at the presentation
• Local favourites Perutnina Ptuj
• Team Miche at the presentation
• Getting the saddle height just right
• Water required at the back
• Stangelj refuels
• Up we go
• The peloton in a long line
• Andrus Aug (Acqua e Sapone) cools off
• Borut Bozic (Perutnina Ptuj) with the winner's trophy
• Second place getter Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre-Fondital)
• The stage 1 podium: Gorazd Stangelj (2nd), Borut Bozic (1st), and Andrus Aug (3rd)
• Matej Gnezda (Radenska Powerbar) puts on the mountains jersey

Ringerike Grand Prix

Stage 2 - June 8: Fagernes - Hønefoss, 166.6 km

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Images by Arild Reidarsen/www.syklingensverden.com

• Waiting to start stage 2
• The early break powers along
• Christian Heule (Stevens Racing Team) during stage 2
• The sprint: Håvard Nybø (R) beats Markus Eichler (C) and Morten Hegreberg (L)
• Håvard Nybø (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) happy with his win
• Gabriel Rasch (Team Maxbo Bianchi) was fourth in the stage
• Hungarian Tamas Lengyel (Sparebanken Vest)
• The podium (L to R): Morten Hegreberg (2nd), Håvard Nybø (1st), and Markus Eichler (3rd)

Veenendaal-Veenendaal

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Images by DCP/Bert Geerts

• Corey Sweet (Wiesenhof-Akud) calls it a day
• Steve De Jongh works hard for his leader Tom Boonen
• Leon Van Bon (Davitamon-Lotto) looked comfortable in the latter stages
• Rabobank's Marc Wouters was relaxed and glad to be racing on home turf
• Rabobank chase hard in their pursuit of a home win
• Sebastiaan Langeveld (Skil-Shimano) before the start
• Sebastian Rosseler (Quick Step) was all smiles before the start
• Servais Knaven has time for a smile as he rides at the front of his Quick Step teammates
• Tom Boonen has a chat with Hennie Kuiper before the start
• Tom Boonen (Quick Step) gets plenty of TV time on his way to winning
• The podium: Steffen Radochla, Tom Boonen and Max Van Heeswijk are presented by what appears to be two little Dutch twins
• Marcel Sieberg (Wiesenhof-Akud)
• The peloton rides hard
• Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) would have been looking for a win before the start

GP Triberg Schwarzwald

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Images by Christine Schramm/www.tourfoto.de

• Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) is not afraid of steep hills
• Team Volksbank Vorarlberg with Fraser MacMaster: They know what to expect in Triberg
• This is the last chance to get away
• Andreas Kloeden (T-Mobile) in the peloton
• Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner): How is his form for the Tour de France?
• Matthias Russ and Alexandre Moos suffer on the "Geutsche"
• The leading group over the Geutsche for the last time
• What goes up does come down. Three Perutnina riders descend the Black Forrest hills
• Jure Golcer (Perutnina Ptuj) crosses the line to win
• Jure Golcer happy with beer and cuckoo clock

British Cycling criterium series #1 and #2

Stage 2 - June 4: Brentwood Town Centre Criterium, 1 hr plus 5 laps

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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk

• Peter Kennaugh (Glendene CC/Bike Trax) makes the turn at the end of the High Street
• Peter Kennaugh (Glendene CC/Bike Trax) leads team mate Johnny Bellis and Simon Holt (Merlin Development Squad)
• Peter Kennaugh (Glendene CC/Bike Trax) wins the Junior event
• Peter Kennaugh (Glendene CC/Bike Trax) winner of the Junior event
• The winners podium: Johnny Bellis (Glendene CC), Peter Kennaugh (Glendene CC) and Simon Holt (Merlin Development Squad)
• Robert Hayles leads from the front in the early laps
• Malcolm Elliott (PCA) makes the turn at the end of the High Street
• Warwick Spence (London Dynamo) grits his teeth as the pace goes up
• The Plowman Craven team get to the front while Johansson has a narrow lead
• Malcolm Elliott (Plowman Craven RT) takes another prime
• Jamie Newall (Evans Cycles RT) attacks down the back straight before being joined by Freddie Johansson (Plowman Craven)
• Freddie Johansson (Plowman Craven RT) stays clear in the final laps of the race before being caught 50 yards from the line
• Mariusz Wiesiak (Team Nippo) punches the air as he wins the main event
• Winner Mariusz Wiesiak (Tm Nippo) with the winners trophy
• The winners podium - Robert Hayles, Mariusz Wiesiak and James Taylor
• Freddie Johansson (Plowman Craven RT) and Jamie Newall (Evans Cycles RT) work together to stay clear in the closing laps
• James Taylor (Plowman Craven RT) finished third in the sprint for victory
• Diego Garavito (Team Milton Keynes) was the revelation of the race

Stage 1 - June 3: Hillingdon Criterium Grand Prix, 80 km

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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk

• The main field still together in the early stages
• James Taylor (Plowman Craven RT) leads Ben Hallam and Brett Perez (Rapha/Condor) and the main field around the curve
• Ben Hallam (Glendene CC Bike Trax) goes on the offensive
• The main field hammers down the hill on the circuit
• Wesley Cole (Plowman Craven) leads his team on the front of the main field with one of their riders in the early break ahead
• Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven) goes on the attack
• Rob Hayles (Tm KLR) on the front of the main field
• Karl Freeman (Team Milton Keynes)
• Local rider Joel Stewart (Agiskoviner RT gets across to the winning break
• Mariusz Wiesiak (Tm Nippo-KFS) leads the race winning break around the curve
• Warrick Spence (London Dynamo) leads Mariusz Wiesiak (Tm Nippo) in the break
• Malcolm Elliott (Plowman Craven RT) wins the GP after his attack through the finish at the bell pays off
• Polish rider Mariusz Wiesiak (Tm Nippo - KFS) interviewed at the end of the race
• Winner Malcolm Elliott (Plowman Craven RT)
• Winner Malcolm Elliott (Plowman Craven RT) sprays the champagne while Mariusz Wiesak stays well clear
• Mariusz Wiesiak (Tm Nippo-KFS), Malcolm Elliott (Plowman Craven) and Warrick Spence (London Dynamo)

Classique des Alpes

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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

• Thomas Girard winner in Jugon-les-Lacs, on home turf in the Rhône-Alpes
• Wallonian David Piva one of the favourites after the Giro della Toscana, fell victim to stomach cramps
• Jan Ghyselinck (Belgium) wins the Classique des Alpes
• Sylvain Métais (Languedoc-Roussillon, 2nd), was the revelation of the Classique des Alpes
• Lorenz Lambrechts (Belgium) was third, and part of a very strong team performance
• Sylvain Métais the first French rider
• Three Belgians in the top four: Gert Dockx (best climber), Jan Ghyselinck and Lorenz Lambrecht with Sylvain Métais

Memorial Pantani

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• The Pantani monument
• Paying tribute to Marco Pantani
• Cesena says 'Thanks Marco'
• Marco Pantani won't be forgotten
• The race passed through the military airport at Pisignano
• It was spread out through the airport
• Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital)
• Mirko Celestino (Milram) on a descent
• Perez Cuapio and Sella lead the Milram boys
• Mirko Celestino (Milram)
• Ruslan Pidgorny (Tenax) was the first to attack
• Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria) in pursuit
• Giuliano Figueras (Lampre-Fondital) on the front of the break
• Giuliano Figueras (Lampre-Fondital) sets the pace for Bennati
• Mirko Celestino (Milram) with Lampre's Figueras and Bennati in the break
• Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) beats Luca Mazzanti to win the Memorial Pantani
• Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) celebrates his win
• Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) celebrates his win
• A kiss for Bennati from his wife
• Thumbs up for Daniele Bennati
• Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) with his cup
• On the podium: Luca Mazzanti (2nd), Daniele Bennati (1st), and Ruslan Pidgorny (3rd)

Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

• Remembering Pantani
• The Pantani monument
• Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) wins the 3rd Memorial Pantani
• The podium (L to R): Luca Mazzanti (2nd), Daniele Bennati (1st), and Ruslan Pidgorny (3rd)

Captech classic

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Images by Bill McCarrick/www.buffalo2step.com

• The pace began and remained high all day
• Tony Cruz (Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team)
• Danny Pate (TIAA CREF) gave it one last effort to try and catch the break
• Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) leads Davide Frattini (Colavita-Sutter Home) in the closing laps
• Davide Frattini (Colavita-Sutter Home) with one lap to go. He would get caught the counter for the win
• Vassili Davidenko (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) could not repeat last year's win
• Despite aggressive racing the evening ended in a field sprint
• Downtown Richmond Virginia hosted the event
• Bob Roll entertains the crowd in Richmond
• Andrea Dvorak (Charlottesville Racing Club) attacks on the climb
• Locals Dee Dee Winfield and Andrea Dvorak had a strong showing for Charlottesville Racing Club
• Colavita-Cooking Light controlled the race
• Women's National Criterium Champion Tina Pic (Colavita-Cooking Light)
• Tina Pic takes the win

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