USPRO Criterium Championship - 1.3/NE

Chicago, USA, August 17, 2003

Images by Marvin Boehm

T-Mobile and Saturn riders waiting to enter the course.
The women's field stages at the starting line.
The women's field listens diligently to the rules (do not ride backward on the course to the pit!).
A prime sprint during the women's race, won by a Diet Rite rider.
A break comes down the hill in the backstretch.
The field comes out of turn four after Suicide Hill.
Riders strain as they hit Suicide Hill after turn three.
The field takes the full width of the road on Suicide Hill.
Riders jockey for position in the lead-up to turn 3 and Suicide Hill.
Riders speed out of turn two.
Riders negotiate the high-speed turn eight on the course, entering the final straightaway.
The final sprint; Nicole Freedman takes the win.

1 Nicole Freedman