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Sea Otter Classic - NE
USA, April 8, 2006
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Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com
- The women's elite pro circuit race gets underway
- Melodie Metzger (McGuire Cycling Team) in the middle the of pack
- Jane Ziegler (Velo Bella-Kona)
- Specialized's Angel oversees Pro Women's race
- Team Lipton climbing the hill
- Meredith Miller (Team Lipton) returns to California for the Sea Otter Classic
- Shannon Koch (Compliance Depot)
- Erin Alders (McGuire)
- A very happy Tina Pic after winning the 2006 Sea Otter Circuit Race
- Tina Pic (Colavita/Cooking Light) wins
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner)
- The Pro Men's pack near the top of climb
- Jason Klikna (BMC Racing Team)
- Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net-Maxxis)
- Eric Riggs (Lombardi Sports-Klein)
- Alan Perez (Orbea)
- Owen Laine (BMC Racing Team)
- Dirk Copeland (Cal Giant-Village Peddler)
- Eventual winner Matty Rice (Jelly Belly)
- James Mattis (Cal Giant-Village Peddler)
- Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada)
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) center, shadowed by Matty Rice (Jelly Belly), the eventual winner.
- Health Net train plunges down the Laguna Seca cork screw
- Orbea heads down the cork screw
- Matty Rice (Jelly Belly) wins the 2006 Sea Otter Classic
Images by Rob O'Dea/www.baldzebra.com
- Tina Pic (Colavita/Cooking Light) crosses the line for the win.
- Matty Rice dominated the last lap for the win.
- The 300ft climb in the circuit race left some racers thinking they were about to cross to the other side…
- All kinds turned out to cheer the racers.
- Colavita pushed the pace repeatedly on the climb.
- Lauren Franges of Victory Brewing leads the girls through the famous Cork Screw…
- Early on it looked like it would be all Webcore
- With one to go Colavita began to set the stage
- Coming down the home straight Colavita hammered the sprint!
- Fourth place finisher, Jackson Stewart looked strong.
- One of the favorites Ben Jacques-Maynes suffered an asthma attack and dropped off the pace near the end after looking strong all day.
- In usual form Health Net controlled much of the race.
- With one to go Levi Leipheimer launched a blistering attack.
- Levi cools down post race.
- Monterey's finest keeps an eye on racers' speeds
- SRAM introduced several exciting products at Sea Otter.
