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Commerce Bank Triple Crown, USA, June 3-8, 2008

Race 3 - June 5: Commerce Bank Reading Classic (Men), 119.1km/74mi

Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing)
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Magnus Backsted (Slipstream)
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Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)
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The whole field takes to the line.
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And the men are off.
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The group passes a historical scene along the route.
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A break gets some time on the field.
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The field takes up chase.
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The mens field rolls through downtown Reading.
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Things get spread out in the large bunch.
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Jason Donald (Slipstream/Chipotle)
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Riders head up and out of downtown.
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Mark Walters (Team Race)
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The bunch heads toward the hilltop historic area of Reading.
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Bernardo Colex (Tecos)
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The peloton heads away from the Reading city skyline.
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Ben Brooks (Team Type 1)
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Liquigas made the long trip over the pond for this weeks racing.
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The field takes a breather.
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Karl Menzies (Healthnet)
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Riders tackle the incline heading towards the park.
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Ben Brooks (Team Type 1)
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Omar Cervantes (Tecos)
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Riding next to the park nearing the feed zone.
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Ian McGregor (Team Type 1)
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Michael Friedman (Slipstream/Chipotle)
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Tyler Wrenn (Colavita)
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The peloton passes cemetery gates across the street from a historic mansion.
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A large breaks gets a little bit if a gap on the field.
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Svein Tuft (Symmetrics)
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Things get organized at the front of the break.
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Luis Amaran Romero (Colavita/Sutter Home)
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Flags draped the streets along the party section of the course.
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Urban racing on the back side of Reading.
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The final break that tried to get up the road.
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High Road comes to the front to bring back the break.
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Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing)
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Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing)
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Steve Cozza (Slipstream)
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Tommy Nankervis (DLP Racing)
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Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) blasts away
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The rest of the break
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Did we mention it's steep?
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Michael Stevenson (Amore & Vita-McDonalds)
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At 600 meters to go Sevilla is alone
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The effort is showing
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team High Road)
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The main field
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Team High Road
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