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Cycling photography for May - Part II

Giro d'Italia
Captech Classic
60th Tour of Somerville
Quad Cities Criterium
Bound Brook Criterium
Hills of Somerset County Road Race
US Bicycling Hall Of Fame Criterium
Blagdon Road Race
Iron Horse Classic
Tartu Tänavasõit
Tallinn GP
International Bayern Rundfahrt
Tour of Belgium
US Elite National Championships
2003 Mutual of Enumclaw stage race
Tour de l'Aude Féminin
Portugal Cup XC#3
Tour of Connecticut
NORBA #1 Big Bear
Rik Van Steenbergen
Open España #3
56th Peace Race
Red Bull Down Town
Trofeo Guareschi
Tour of Korea

NCCA National Championships
Burnie to Launceston Classic
Singapore Expo Criterium
Cat's Hill Criterium
Lincoln GP
Tour de la Manche
San Diego Velodrome
Four Days of Dunkirk
Roswell Criterium

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Captech Classic

Images by Ray Easterling

Women

Men

60th Tour of Somerville

Images by Zui Hanafusa/www.miyashojicycling.org

  • A delighted Jonas Carney (Prime Alliance) takes out the 60th Tour of Somerville from Jeff Hopkins (Jittery Joe's). Unfortunately for Australian Hopkins, he was beaten into second place twice in as many days.
  • Reversal of fortune - after being beaten into second by teammate Laura Van Gilder (Saturn) the previous day, Sarah Uhl (Saturn) gets one back in the Mildred Kugler Women's Open.
  • Cat 2 winner David Wiswell from Easten, CT, was a convincing winner over Jared Babik and Michael Friedman.

Quad Cities Criterium

Images by Mark Zalewski

  • Sherri Stedje (center) raises her arms in victory as Kelly Benjamin (right) and Jenn Wangerin (left) come in second and third behind her.
  • The women's podium - (from l to r) Jenn Wangerin (Team Jamba Juice), Sherri Stedje (Best of the Bay) and Kelly Benjamin (Athletes by Design).
  • One lap to go! Jason McCartney (7up/Maxxis) pulls hard at the front trying to leadout teammates Hayden Godfrey and John Lieswyn, with U.S. Postal, and three-time Quad Cities champion Robbie Ventura in the middle.
  • Hayden Godfrey (7up/Maxxis) takes the sprint in front of a hard chasing Jason Waddell (Mathis Brothers) and Peter Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance). A touch of a pedal by someone in turn 7 of 8 caused a major pile-up, taking out many of the riders behind Godfrey in the previous photo.
  • The men's podium - (from l to r) Jason Waddell (Mathis Brothers), Hayden Godfrey (7up/Maxxis), Peter Hanna (Bianchi/Grand Performance).

Bound Brook Criterium

Images by Zui Hanafusa/www.miyashojicycling.org

Hills of Somerset County Road Race

Images by Zui Hanafusa/www.miyashojicycling.org

US Bicycling Hall Of Fame Criterium

Images by Zui Hanafusa/www.miyashojicycling.org

Blagdon Road Race

Images by Jeff Coast

  • The peleton all together on the lower slopes of Blagdon Hill.
  • With the main pack in disarray after the second climb of Blagdon Hill, Adrian Street (North Devon Wheelers) bridged across to join the leading group, and was followed shortly after by Gerry Bowditch (bikeshop.uk.com), Daniel Martin (CC Giro) and Pete Scott (Swindon Wheelers).
  • Daniel Martin (CC Giro) pounced just before the line to take victory from his breakaway companion William Bjergfelt (Saracen).

Iron Horse Classic

Images by Beth Seliga/www.3catsphoto.com

  • The Trek/VW All Stars look relaxed and confident as they wait for the start of the race.
  • The peloton rolls out town.
  • Frank Mapel (Specialized), whose wedding is scheduled for Monday, has a unique kind of bachelor party.
  • Phil Zajicek (Saturn) takes a turn up front.
  • A 6 man break, including Danielson (Saturn), Drew Miller (Trek/VW All Stars) Mike Carter (Denver Spoke), & Walker Ferguson (Trek/VW All Stars).
  • Drew Miller (Trek/VW All Stars) has had an incredible spring. After winning both the Vuelta de Bisbee and the Tour of the Gila, he rode to 2nd place today.
  • Danielson (Saturn), Miller (Trek/VW All Stars) & Carter (Denver Spoke) rode away from the other 3 in the break.
  • A chase group of 8, including Travis Brown (Trek/VW All Stars), Chris Wherry (Navigators) & Frank Mapel (Specialized) attempt to bring back the leaders.
  • Chris Wherry (Navigators) chose a brutal race as his first race back since recovering from a recent illness.
  • Local hero and expectant father, Travis Brown (Trek/VW All Stars) had a strong ride among friends and family.
  • Former Junior World Champion Walker Ferguson (Trek/VW All Stars) adds to the list of incredible mountain bikers racing today. He will take 4th place today.
  • Mountain bike legend Ned Overend (Specialized) completed his 23rd consecutive Iron Horse and rounded out our list of renowned mountain bikers.
  • Mike Carter (Denver Spoke) had a strong ride today and finished 3rd.
  • Drew Miller (Trek/VW) has had one of the best seasons of his career.
  • Tom Danielson (Saturn) has had an amazing ride at the 2003 Iron Horse, breaking the course's 7 year old record.
  • Breathtaking views were around every corner as the racers headed further towards the town of Silverton.
  • Danielson (Saturn) and Miller (Trek/VW All Stars) were eventually the only two left in our original break as Mike Carter dropped out of the lead group.
  • Finally, it was only Danielson as the leaders headed up Coal Bank Pass.
  • Danielson (Saturn) wins!!
  • Fans of all ages turned out in Silverton to cheer for the riders!!

Tartu Tänavasõit

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Tallinn GP

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

International Bayern Rundfahrt

Stage 3 - May 22: Siegsdorf - Plattling, 200.5 km

  • Massimo Strazzer (L, Phonak Hearing Systems) wins stage three.
  • Massimo Strazzer (Phonak Hearing Systems) looks very upset to be subjected to a congratulatory kiss on the podium after winning stage 3

Tour of Belgium

Stage 1 - May 21: Oostende-Oostende, 176.5 km

Images by AFP

  • Tom Steels celebrates on the finish line as he wins the first stage of the Tour of Belgium
  • Steels and his teammates celebrate
  • Belgian sprinter Tom Steels receives a bottle of Champagne from former sports' director Briek Schotte

Stage 2 - May 22: Oostende-Knokke-Heist, 172,5 km

Images by AFP

Stage 3 - May 23: Knokke-Heist-Haacht, 246 km

Images by AFP

Stage 4 - May 24: Mechelen ITT, 20.6 km

Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be

Images by Hans Deveuster/www.sportfotos.be

US Elite National Championships

Men's Time Trial

Images by Andy Lee/usacycling.org

Women's Time Trial

Images by Bill Parsons

Images by Andy Lee/usacycling.org

Race 3 - May 22: Elite & Espoir Women road race, 134km

Images by Andy Lee/usacycling.org

Race 4 - May 22: Elite men road race, 178km

Images by James Moro

Images by Andy Lee/usacycling.org

2003 Mutual of Enumclaw stage race

Images by Hyun Lee

Road Race

Road Race

Criterium

Tour de l'Aude Féminin

Images by James Victor/AIS

Portugal Cup XC#3

Images by www.freelance.pt

Tour of Connecticut

Stage 1 - May 16: New Haven Criteriums, 2 x 30km

Images by Celia Cole

  • A big smile for the camera from a Prime Alliance rider

Stage 2 - May 17: Waterbury Circuit Race, 100km

Images by Brent Soderberg/bikeride.com

Images by Celia Cole

Stage 3 - May 18: Housatonic Valley Classic, Danbury, 190km

Images by Zui Hanafusa/miyashojicycling.org

Images by Cecila Cole

  • Jonathon Vaughters drives the Prime Alliance train ahead of teammate David Clinger, who stiched up the overall classification.
  • Vassilli Davidenko (Navigators) found the perfect wheel with Fraser and waited until just the right moment to spring around him for the win.

NORBA #1 Big Bear

May 17: Cross-country

Images by Bob Wilson/www.wilsonsphotography.com

More images by Bob Wilson/www.wilsonsphotography.com

May 18: Short track cross-country

Images by Bob Wilson/www.wilsonsphotography.com

May 18: Downhill

Practice

Qualifiying

Finals

Rik Van Steenbergen (1924-2003)

Images by AFP/Belga

Open España #4

Images by Isma Lejarreta

56th Peace Race

Photos by AFP

Red Bull Down Town

Images by Red Bull/Alex Schelbert

Photos from the 2002 event

Trofeo Guareschi

Images by James Victor

Tour of Korea - 2.5

Prologue - May 11: Korean Armed Forces Athletic Corps, 1.4 km

Images by Mikkeli Godfree

Stage 1 - May 12: Seoul - Chun Chon, 157km

Images by Mikkeli Godfree

Stage 2 - May 13: Chun Chon Criterium

Images by Mikkeli Godfree

Stage 3 - May 13: Chun Chon - Kang Leung, 180 km

Images by Mikkeli Godfree

Stage 4 - May 14: Kang Leung - Yang Yang, 147km

Images by Mikkeli Godfree

Stage 5 - May 15: Yang Yang - Yang Yang, 135 km

Images by Mikkeli Godfree

Stage 6 - May 16: Yang Yang circuit race, 80km

Images by Mikkeli Godfree

NCCA National Championships

Day 1 - May 9: Treasure Island Criterium, 70 mins / 50 mins

Images by Russ & Nancy Wright/www.AbbiOrca.com

Day 3 - May 11: Road Race, 124 km / 77 km

Images by Mark Shimahara/BikeZen.com

  • Early in the race, Oregon State's Ollerenshaw ascends McEwen.
  • Barry Wicks (Oregon State) and Matt Dubberley (Cal) escape in lap 4.
  • After Wicks and Dubberly are caught by the bunch, Cal's Ben Halderman and Tyler Wren (Princeton) escape.
  • With a gap of over two minutes, a large chase group follows the East-West duo (Haldeman and Wren).
  • The Virgin Devil attempts to encourage riders climbing McEwen.
  • University of California's Benjamin Haldeman chases Tyler Wren on the climb up McEwen in lap 7.
  • Six riders, including eventual race winner Doug Ollerenshaw (far right), on their way to catching Wren and Haldeman.
  • Doug Ollerenshaw wins the Division 1 2003 NCCA Championship Road Race.
  • Oregon State's Doug Ollerenshaw elated over his victory.
  • Kris Hedges (Johns Hopkins University) escapes alone early on.
  • Edward King (Middlebury College) attempts to bridge up to Hedges.
  • King of Middlebury (3rd place) digs deep on his way up McEwen.
  • Kris Hedges (Johns Hopkins University) 500 meters from winning the Division 2 NCCA Championship Road Race.

Burnie to Launceston Classic

Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com

Singapore Expo Criterium

Images by Bob Hwang

29th Cat's Hill Criterium

Images by Len Ramirez/Cinealta

Image by Sammarye Lewis

  • The podium - Dylan Casey presents the 2003 Phoenix Technologies Cat's Hill winner's trophy to Jonas Carney (Prime Alliance), with Trent Klasna (Saturn) in second and Jeff Angermann (Webcor) in third place.

Lincoln GP

Images by Gerry McManus

Images by Roger Thomas

Tour de la Manche

A bit of French flavour from the Tour de la Manche by Jean-François Quénet

Stage 2 - May 9: Les Pieux-Gavray, 166 km

San Diego Velodrome

Here's a selection of great images by Mitchell Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com from Tuesday evening track racing at the San Diego Velodrome.

Four Days of Dunkirk

Stage 6 - May 11: Gravelines - Dunkerque, 96.1 km

Images by AFP

  • Jean Delatour's sprinter Jean-Patrick Nazon takes out the final stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk
  • Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) is the overall winner of the rac

Stage 4 - May 10: Wimereux - Boulogne sur Mer, 179.5 km

Images by Peter Geyer

Images by AFP Photo/Francois Lo Presti

Stage 3 - May 9: Arras - Arques, 191.4 km

Images by AFP Photo/Francois Lo Presti

Stage 2 - May 8: Sin-le-Noble - Bapaume, 200.9 km

Images by AFP Photo/Denis Charlet

Stage 1 - May 7: Dunkerque - Roost-Warendin, 189.5 km

Images by AFP Photo/Denis Charlet

Roswell Criterium

Images by Bill Parsons/North Chattanooga Cycle Club

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