Wachovia Cycling Series

USA, June 3-8, 2003

First Union Invitational
First Union Classic
First Union Liberty Classic
First Union USPRO Championship

Photography

Wachovia Invitational, Lancaster, PA, June 3, 2003

Images by Jonathan Devich/www.wachoviacycling.com

• Trent Klasna (Saturn) spent the first couple laps time trialing off the front in the rain by himself.
• Marty Nothstein (Navigators) and Chann McRae (Schroeder Iron) still looking dry at the beginning of the day.
• John Leiswyn (7UP / Maxxis) fought hard in the break today with Julian Dean (CSC-Tiscali) just behind him, who finished third.
• Vini Caldirola rider Fred Rodriguez, one of Sunday's favorites, rides conservatively on today's rain slicked roads.
• One of the mid-race chase groups during one of the day's heavier periods of rain.
• A bird's eye view of the break.
• Scott Guyton (Flanders-IteamNova.com) leads the group through historical downtown Lancaster.
• US Postal rider Michael Barry concentrates hard going through a rain soaked corner.
• A Saeco rider gets up close and personal through turn 1.
• Max Van Heeswijk (US Postal) rode hard to make it up to the break late in the race.
• The umbrella equipped crowd looks on as riders cross the line with one lap to go.
• CSC rider Jakob Piil repeats his 1999 win in Lancaster, storming across the line with a 1'18 buffer over Mark McCormack.
• The podium - (from L to R) Mark McCormack (Saturn, 2nd), Jakob Piil (CSC, 1st) and Julian Dean (CSC, 3rd).

Images by Michael Doupe/RedRoseRaces.com

• Water spraying everywhere as the race begins
• Over 120 racers started - but only 23 finished
• Jonathan Vaughters (Prime Alliance) looks for blue sky before the start
• Saturn's Trent Klasna working his early solo attack
• Early breakaway attacker Trent Klasna from Saturn
• SportsBook.com's Adam Hodges-Myerson leading the peloton in the early going
• Jakob Storm-Piil from CSC-Tiscali gives a victory salute
• The winners' podium

Images by CQUAD.com

• It's a little wet out there
• Showing off the tan-lines on an overcast day
• A pre-race massage
• Jonathan Vaughters looking very serious
• The Posties wait for their coffee…
• … and here it is
• Current USPRO Champion Chann McRae tries to scare off his opponents
• Hello base? Can I have another jacket? This one is wet
• The riders line up, and wonder if they will need floaties
• First corner; take it easy
• Too much lean and you will find yourself on the ground
• Beautiful day for it
• Saturn's Nathan O'Neill climbing to the feed zone
• O'Neill on the first breakaway
• The peloton chases O'Neill down
• Like taking candy from a baby
• The shrinking peloton
• Some lights would be helpful
• Jakob Piil (CSC) wins, followed by an SUV second and a Saturn support car third
• We are the champions (so far)
• On the podium

Wachovia Classic, Trenton, New Jersey, June 5, 2003

Images by Jonathan Devich/www.wachoviacycling.com

• The group rolls through town on the first lap
• USPS comes to the front to help CSC with the chase
• Matt White (USPS) helps drive the chase
• Benoit Joachim (USPS) makes a jump for it
• Andrea Tafi (CSC) rode strongly all day in support of his teammates
• Chann McRae (Schroeder Iron) rides his last race in his national champion's jersey
• The CSC team works hard to bring back the break with 2 laps to go.
• A small group tries to sneak its way off the front with 3 to go
• Uros Murn (Formaggi Pinzolo) accelerates out of one of the tighter high-speed turns
• Eric Wohlberg (Saturn) lays his bike over coming through turn 2
• Julian Dean (CSC) took the sprint today as "revenge" for his third place on Tuesday in Lancaster
• The podium (L-R): Oleg Grishkine (Navigators, 2nd), Julian Dean (CSC, 1st) and Victor Rapinski (Saturn, 3rd)

Image by Kristy Scrymgeour/Cyclingnews.com

• The podium (L-R): Oleg Grishkine (Navigators, 2nd), Julian Dean (CSC, 1st) and Victor Rapinski (Saturn, 3rd)

Images by CQUAD.com

• Fred Rodriguez's rig
• Freddy pinning his number
• Team Sierra Nevada Clif Bar going over today's plan for the race
• New Director of Schroeder Iron Frankie Andreu
• Sportsbook.com's Guillaume Nelessen and company
• Saturn's Trent Klasna
• Team Webcor signing in
• CSC's Julian Dean signs on the dotted line
• Prime Alliance's Jonathan Vaughters and US Postal's Christan VandeVelde
• Navigators Russian National Champion Oleg Grishkine
• Navigators Henk Vogels sporting the Bob Roll mutton chops look
• Vini Caldirola's Fred Rodriguez signing in
• A different type of paceline on the course
• Smile Chann ....please
• Today is the last day that Chann McCae will wear the Stars and Stripes
• New Jersey's own Kevin Monahan of 7up Maxxis
• Fred Rodriguez always looking relaxed before a race
• Marty Nothstein and Fred Rodriguez shake hands
• The field begins to line up
• Marty and Fred share a laugh minutes before the start
• Russian National Champion Oleg Grishkine
• Saturn's Trent Klasna
• Navigators Henk Vogels
• Can we start now?
• Waiting .......
• And waiting ...
• And finally they're off!
• Clear and sunny in Trenton
• A clean start
• First break of the race
• But they are chased down quickly
• Jonathan Vaughters in the middle of the pack
• Coming out of the feed zone area and back onto the main drag
• Sportsbook.com support van had some muddy problems, Hello Mavic, van change please!
• Bring it on, you big bad Postie!
• Naviagtors Marty Nothstein and Henk Vogels
• CSC's Jakob Piil leads Schroeder Iron Chann McRae
• CSC leads the peloton going into final laps
• Everyone is keeping a close eye on one another
• US Postal's Beniot Joachim turns and burns
• CSC leads the peloton into the final lap
• Bad luck! Crashing in the final lap
• Sprinting to the line with the moto offical blocking the view
• Fred Rodriguez turns it on to the finish line as his teammate thinks he has the win
• But Julian Dean takes the win for CSC!
• Happy fans enjoying the finish
• Dean cleaning up after the race with Lancaster winner Jakob Piil
• Points winner MROZ's Kazimierz Stafiej
• Third place, Saturn's Viktor Rapinski
• Second Place Navigators Oleg Grishkine shaking hands with Saturn's Viktor Rapinski
• Navigators Oleg Grishkine waves to the crowd
• Julian Dean Making his way to the podium
• I shouldn't have had that last fruit drink
• The 2003 Wachovia Trenton winners
• Grishkine, Dean and Rapinski

Wachovia USPRO Championships, Philadelphia, PA, June 8, 2003

Images by Jonathan Devich/www.wachoviacycling.com

• Eric Saunders (Ofoto) all smiles at the start of the race.
• The field passes through the start/finish area under the back drop of Philadelphia.
• Riders parallel the waterfront on their way to the "wall".
• Julian Dean(CSC) looks on as Fred Rodrigeuz (Vini Caldirola) powers up Lemon Hill.
• Trent Klasna (Saturn) leads the break that stayed away for most of the day up Lemon Hill.
• Andrea Tafi (CSC) leads the chase to bring back the break.
• Allan Iacuone (Flanders-Iteamnova) passes Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) on the inside.
• Steffen Kjaergaard (USPS) tucked in the chase group.
• Tristan Hoffman (CSC) and Siro Camponogara (Navigators) during part of the day long break.
• Stefano Zanini (Saeco) reaches out to take the win as Julian Dean (CSC) just misses it and Marc McCormack (Saturn) realizes he is the new USPRO Champion.
• Marc McCormack (Saturn) sporting his new stars and stripes jersey on the podium.
• The podium with winner Stefano Zanini (Saeco), second place Uros Murn and third place Julian Dean.

Images by Zui Hanafusa/miyashojicycling.com

• One of the Canadians gives us a smile
• The Mayor of Philly
• Bjarne Riis looking happy with the results so far
• 1st lap complete in the Women's race
• The early break drops down to three
• The Mens early break
• Kimberly Bruckner heads up the Manuyunk
• Kristen LaSasso heads up The Wall
• Lyne Bessette cresting Manyunk
• Mari Holden heads up Manyunk
• Lynn Bysette takes the win
• Lynn Gaggioli takes second place
• Mark McCormack before the race
• A Mroz rider leads the peloton up The Wall
• Tafi leading the group
• Tafi heading up Manyunk
• The peloton stretches out
• Riders head through the start-finish line
• Last years winner Mark Walters in the bunch
• The final laps into the circuit
• The mens finish; not much in it
• John Eustice interviews Stefano "Zaza" Zanini
• Zaza and his $40,000
• Zaza is still smiling away
• Zaza gets on his bike

Images by Gianmarco Cilli

• A Saturn rider narrowly escapes collision with the photographer
• It may not look it, but this hill is a steep one
• John Lieswyn powers up the climb
• The riders go past in a blur
• Spectators make yhr most of all vantage points
• Chris Horner and Geer Von Bondt race each other
• Igor Astarloa attacks
• Jakob Piil leads the bunch
• Michael Barry leads the peloton up The Wall

Images by Jim Snyder

• One of the locals showing off his bike
• The peloton heads off
• It may hurt now, it will hurt more tomorrow
• The 2003 USPRO Champion, Mark McCormack
• Saeco's Stefano Zanini cleans up after taking out the race
• Zanini has a cold drink
• Happy riders all round
• A few quick words for the media
• The USPRO podium

Images by Kristy Scrymgeour/Cyclingnews

• Aussies at the start. Matt White and Dave McKenzie line up to sign on.
• Pre-race entertainment
• Viktor Rapinki looking serious before the race
• On the start line
• New US Pro Champion Mark McCormack

Images by Celia Cole

• The women powering up The Wall
• The struggle shows
• The leaders ascend The Wal
• … folowed by the rest of the peloton

Images by Aron Kansal/www.USWebPro.com

• Past the Art Museum
• Center City Philly
• How 'bout some post race cheese steaks?
• Break Away: Saturn Pulling
• Here comes "Pasta Man" chasing the break
• The peloton heads through the tunnel
• The peloton stretches out
• Chasing the break
• The peloton heads out from the bridge
• High Speed peloton after Lemmon Hill
• The break leaving Manayunk
• The peloton entering Main St. Manayunk
• A Seaco rider compares the wall to art in Italy
• The peloton entering the party zone
• Up the Wall

Images by Michael Doupe/RedRoseRaces.com

• The Pack gets rolling in the damp.
• The early breakaway that had a 6 minute lead.
• The peloton attacks the Manayunk Wall
• A Saeco rider tries to solo away with 5 miles to go.
• A late attack in front of the Art Museum.
• The final sprint! L-R:#2 Murn (Formaggi Pinzolo), #3 Dean (CSC), #4 McCormack (Saturn), and #1 Zanini (Saeco).

Wachovia Liberty Classic, Philadelphia, PA, June 8, 2003

Images by Jonathan Devich/www.wachoviacycling.com

• Karen Bockel (Rona) concentrates at the start of the day, before finishing 7th.
• Confusion in the caravan caused by riders going down just after the start of the race.
• The field takes up the whole street as it heads out towards the infamous "wall".
• Laura Van Gilder (Saturn) attacks on the flats.
• Tina Mayolo-Pic (Diet Rite) attacks with the city skyline in the background.
• Carrie Tuck (Rona) leads the field towards the finish area.
• Lyne Bessette (Saturn) during her solo break.
• The chase for Bessette led by Lynn Gaggioli.
• Lyne Bessette (Saturn) wins her first Wachovia Liberty Classic.
• Judith Arndt (Nurnburger) sprints to the line for third just ahead of T-Mobile's Kim Anderson.
• The podium Lynn Gaggioli (2nd), Lyne Bessette (1st), and Judith Arndt (3rd).

Images by Kristy Scrymgeour/Cyclingnews

• Women's podium
• Race winner Lyne Bessette talks about the win

Images by Aron Kansal/www.USWebPro.com

• The top of Lemmon Hill
• Almost there; and the strain shows
• Going up Lemmon Hill
• TMobile keep the pressure on

Images by Emory Ball

• Saturn discuss team tactics
• The women line up for the Liberty Classic
• Saturn Vs. T-Mobile; who will win?
• Petra Rossner does the media thing
• Ellen Plas and Laura Weislo
• The early break comes off Lemon Hill
• Lyne Bessette on the final lap
• Lynn Gaggioli (Velo Bella) heads for second place
• Laura Weislo pushing hard

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