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Commerce Bank Triple CrownUSA, June 4-11, 2006Main Page Results Race Details Live report Next Race Race 1 - June 4: Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic, 91 miles/ 25 milesStewart turns lead-out into win, Teutenberg ready for repeatKodakGallery-Sierra Nevada stands up in LancasterBy Mark Zalewski, North American editor in Lancaster, PA
The first leg of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown was held on the fast and undulating circuit of Lancaster. And as in previous editions the high speeds were evident in the attrition rate -- with almost eighty percent of the field not finishing. But unlike in previous editions, or in previous races this year, Jackson Stewart of the KodakGallery-Sierra Nevada team surprised everyone, leading the final sprint from almost the entire last kilometer to take the win. "I was going to lead-out Martin Gilbert, but I just hit it a little too hard which caused a gap and I decided to let the gap go," Stewart told Cyclingnews as he celebrated with his teammates. "I looked back once and thought, 'Whoa, I'm gonna make it!!!' I was stoked. I hit it way too hard but I was excited to get it!" The win is clearly the biggest for the team as the celebration among riders and staff went on well after the awards ceremony. "this is the biggest win since the inception of this team, from Ofoto-Lombardi to now KodakGallery-Sierra Nevada," said team director Robin Zellner. "This is a stepping stone for us, and for Jackson especially. He's gotten two second places in NRC races this year and has just been on himself -- upset that he couldn't get that elusive win. He was the lead-out, but had the speed and sometimes that happens -- sometimes the lead-out guy wins!" Trying to close the gap behind Stewart was one of the race favourites, Juan Jose Haedo (Toyota-United Pro). "In the end I was in sixth position and that gap went," Haedo said. "I was coming really fast, and I don't know if I would have made it with a longer finish, but it would have been close. My rear wheel was slamming so hard in the final straight. I hit a bump and my wheel jumped so high! I almost crashed!"
Also closing was Navigators Insurance's Sergey Lagutin, who was also very aggressive in the final laps launching multiple attacks that shook-up the remaining forty-rider field. "I just felt good today," Lagutin shrugged. "I felt good in the breakaway but the Toyota-United team was strong -- they have a lot of strong riders. But I will feel good for the next races." How it unfoldedThe racing went fast from the gun, with attacks coming and breaks trying desperately to organise. None seemed to be to everybody's liking, with riders not taking equal pulls and the field easily reeling things in. Occasionally, a break of four or five would assemble with the best intentions, gain half a minute, but then lose it on the climb in the feed zone. The field would make the catch on the bottom of the hill along the river, and the scenario would repeat. The undulation of the course, with many short but steep sections kept the riders on high alert, adding mental fatigue to their already physical tiredness. "We lost about half our team," Stewart said. "It is just hard to stay on. There are so many gaps and attacks, gaps and attacks -- you just suffer all day. I'm not that good at staying up front like I should -- like yesterday's crit, sitting too far back. When I am hurting I don't think right. But I managed to close the gaps today." One break did form on the seventh lap with a good combination of riders, including Tony Cruz (Toyota-United Pro), Kirk O'Bee (Health Net), Jonathan Page (Colavita-Sutter Home), Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly), Scott Zwizanski (KodakGallery-Sierra Nevada), Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance) and Mike Friedman (TIAA-CREF).
The group found a rhythm and quickly built a lead of a minute with short and equal pulls; but with six laps remaining the success of the break would depend on that gap growing much more. Nonetheless, many teams were happy to have a rider up the road so that they could finally give a rest to their sprinters. "We had Tony in the break so it was a perfect ride," said Heado. Even though the break had a good combination of top teams, the shrinking field found it easier and easier to move more efficiently. With less than three to go the field dug into the break on the feed zone climb and eventually made the catch in the usual spot at the bottom. From there it was game on and back to the repeated attacks from Lagutin and Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators), Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United Pro), and a hose of other riders. Some breaks worked for short times, but again the arguing within the breaks doomed their success. "With the last breaks we were on the front trying to keep it together," said Haedo. On the final lap it was Lagutin again trying solo. With three kilometers to go he was caught and the small field assembled for the sprint. However, it was not the usual Health Net-Maxxis or Toyota-United Pro train on the front, but the yellow helmets of three Kodak riders on the downhill leading up to the final turn at 250 meters.
"That race was pretty much won on the downhill, coming out of the turn," said Zellner. "Scottie [Zwizanski] is riding unbelievable now. Two years ago he was on top of his game when he had that accident. It's really taken him two years to get back to that point." "Scott was also in the break today -- he is riding like an animal!" said Stewart. "He was in the breaks in every race this week, can still attack at the end and can still lead us out in the end." Stewart was riding behind Zwizanski, ready to take over and escort Gilbert through the final turn. But when Zwizanski swung off and Stewart went, no other rider came around. "This was different [for us], leading out Gilbert," Stewart explained. "He has a great sprint and I thought if anything we have to take it out from the front. So Scottie and I just took it, I got a gap and just went. It could have turned out differently -- I was really hurting in the end!" Robin Zellner is eager to get to Reading for Thursday's race because he wants to show that this was not just a flash in the pan. "We are going to go out fighting now. I think these guys will be motived a lot by this. You'll be seeing us a lot the rest of this week!" You can follow the entire Commerce Bank Triple Crown live on Cyclingnews. Join us on Thursday for the new race in Reading, and on Sunday for the women's Liberty Classic and Philadelphia International. Teutenberg makes easy work in Lancaster
For the first time in the history of the Philly week series, a professional women's criterium series is joining the men's races in both Lancaster and Reading, giving the women who race the Liberty Classic a warm-up and the domestic pros a chance to race with some international riders. One of those internationals was Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) who, with the help of two teammates, lit-up the streets with an impressive sprint win. The surprise of the day was the tactics of the Colavita-Cooking Light team, who used their start sprinter Tina Pic as a decoy to set-up their other sprinter Gina Grain. So any rider fighting for Tina's wheel found herself on the fuzzy end of the lollipop. "It was a long sprint and I didn't realize that Tina was working for Gina," said third place Laura Van Gilder (TEAm Lipton). "Colavita did a really good lead out for Gina [Grain]," said Teutenberg. "I was lucky that I was on Gina's wheel. I waited for her to jump but she didn't so I went first with about 120m to go." "The sprint is tricky because it is bumpy and downhill," said Gina Grain (Colavita-Cooking Light). "So you can't go too early and lead the person out behind you or too late and miss it, like any sprint only amplified! I knew Ina was right behind me -- the sprint really happened in the last 100 meters. Tina was a decoy and started the lead-out really early. She ramped it up really well."
A lot of breaks formed in the race, with many top riders. At one point early in the race, Teutenberg and Van Gilder found themselves off the front looking at each other. "I was thinking about that, but it was pretty animated overall behind us." A bigger break contained Teutenberg's T-Mobile teammate Kim Anderson, who's presence meant that Teutenberg and teammate Mari Holden could relax in the field. "It was good because we had Kim in the break so I could wait till the sprint." Also in the break was Aaron's Corporate Furnishing's Hellen Kelly, who easily was the most aggressive on the day. "I had good legs today," she said. "I was surprised because I finished third at Tour of Montreal. The break was working with Laura Van Gilder and Lauren Franges doing a lot of work. But the break stopped working because their were two Colavita girls attacking us. So I felt it best to attack the break because I don't have a chance sprinting against Tina or Laura."
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ResultsMen
1 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada 3.09.20
2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance
4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance
5 Richard Faltus (Cze) Sparkasse
6 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA CREF
7 Emile Abraham (Tri) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
8 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly
9 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita-Sutter Home
10 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance
11 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance
12 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's
13 Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion
14 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net-Maxxis
15 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Sparkasse
16 Tony Cruz (USA) Toyota-United
17 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld
18 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodak Sierra Nevada
19 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita-Sutter Home
20 Taylor Tolleson (USA) TIAA CREF
21 Andrew Guptill (USA) TargeTraining
22 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA CREF
23 Facci Mauro (Ita) Barloworld
24 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly
25 Robbie King (USA) Priority Health
26 Frank Pipp (USA) TargeTraining
27 Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Team Monex
28 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United
29 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United
30 Emanuel Suarez (USA) Team Monex
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
32 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United
33 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 0.10
34 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United
35 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United 0.16
36 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
37 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance
38 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net-Maxxis
39 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada 0.28
40 Jose Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United 1.21
41 Brent Brookwalter (USA) Priority Health
42 Diego Montoya (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 1.25
43 Francisco Colorado (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 2.16
44 Jonathan Page (USA) Colavita-Sutter Home
45 Francois Parisien (Can) TIAA CREF
46 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net-Maxxis
47 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita-Sutter Home
48 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld
49 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 3.05
50 Eric Keim (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
51 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 9.02
DNF Aleajandro Acton (Arg) TargeTraining
DNF Jason Allen (NZl) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Marc Anderson (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita-Sutter Home
DNF Rahsaan Bahati (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly
DNF Spencer Beamer (USA) VMG
DNF Zach Bell (Can) Rite Aid
DNF Zach Bolian (USA) VMG
DNF Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld
DNF Brooke Boocock (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Alexander Boyd (USA) VMG
DNF Gabriel Brizuela (Arg) Colavita-Sutter Home
DNF Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld
DNF Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance
DNF Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
DNF John Delong (USA) Rite Aid
DNF Ryan Dewald (USA) Rite Aid
DNF Michael Dietrick (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Glenn Fant (USA) Team Monex
DNF Tom Flammang (Lux) Sparkasse
DNF Chris Frederick (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
DNF Sebastian Frey (Ger) Sparkasse
DNF Eneas Freyre (USA) TargeTraining
DNF Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Monex
DNF Dan Greenfield (USA) TargeTraining
DNF Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net-Maxxis
DNF Hoyt Halvorson (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Jon Hamblen (USA) Nerac.com
DNF John Hanson (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Chad Hartley (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Wes Hartman (USA) TargeTraining
DNF Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's
DNF Todd Henriksen (USA) VMG
DNF Christoph Herby (USA) Rite Aid
DNF Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita-Sutter Home
DNF Daniel Holt (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Timo Honstein (Ger) Sparkasse
DNF Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands National Team - Altipower
DNF Jeffrey Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's
DNF Brad Huff (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Brian Jensen (Den) Jelly Belly
DNF Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net-Maxxis
DNF Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly
DNF Michael Jones (USA) Health Net-Maxxis
DNF Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Edward King (USA) Priority Health
DNF Frank Kwanten (Ned) Netherlands National Team - Altipower
DNF Christian Ladermann (Ger) Sparkasse
DNF Russell Langley (USA) Rite Aid
DNF Bruno Langlois (Can) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
DNF Viktor Laza (SCG) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
DNF Stefan Loffler (Ger) Sparkasse
DNF Erick Lyman (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Dustin Macburnie (Can) TargeTraining
DNF Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA CREF
DNF Wilson Marentes (Col) Colombia Es Pasion
DNF Lars Michailsen (Den) Team CSC
DNF Nathan Miller (USA) Team Monex
DNF Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance
DNF Glen Mitchell (NZl) Priority Health
DNF Hugh Moran (USA) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
DNF Adam Myerson (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Priority Health
DNF Mike Norton (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net-Maxxis
DNF David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance
DNF Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC
DNF Peter Penzell (USA) Rite Aid
DNF Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands National Team - Altipower
DNF Prokic Predrag (SCG) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
DNF Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita-Sutter Home
DNF Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly
DNF Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly
DNF Rudy Robaina (USA) VMG
DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
DNF David Robinson (USA) Kodak Sierra Nevada
DNF Gerardo Rodriguez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion
DNF Alexis Rojas (Col) Colombia Es Pasion
DNF Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Priority Health
DNF Jairo Salas (Col) Colombia Es Pasion
DNF Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net-Maxxis
DNF Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health
DNF Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Matt Shriver (USA) TargeTraining
DNF Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Netherlands National Team - Altipower
DNF Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld
DNF Justin Spinelli (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Yovanny Torres (Col) Colombia Es Pasion
DNF Frank Travieso (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
DNF Brad Viera (USA) Rite Aid
DNF Devon Vigus (USA) Team Monex
DNF Charly Vives (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Maxim Vives (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Frank Wierstra (Ned) Netherlands National Team - Altipower
DNF Jon Wirsing (USA) Rite Aid
DNF Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Netherlands National Team - Altipower
DNF Phillip Wong (USA) Jittery Joe's
DNF Todd Yezefski (USA) Nerac.com
DNF Taylor Zachary (USA) VMG
DNF Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health
Women
1 Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team) 54.21
2 Gina Grain (Colavita Cooking Light)
3 Laura Van Gilder (Team Lipton)
4 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Verducci Breakaway Racing)
5 Shannon Hutchison-Krupat (Aaron's)
6 Brenda Lyons (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
7 Laura Yoisten (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
8 Annette Beutler (Aaron's)
9 Tina Pic (Colavita Cooking Light)
10 Lara Kroepsch (Team Lipton)
11 Rachel Heal (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
12 Rebecca Larson (Tri State Velo Amoroso)
13 Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine)
14 Mackenzie Dickey (Aaron's)
15 Katharine Carroll (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
16 Lauren Franges (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
17 Emma Nelson (Advil-Chapstick)
18 Sarah Caravella (Team Lipton)
19 Catherine Powers (Aaron's)
20 Helen Kelly (Aaron's)
21 Beth Leasure (Team Spirit Cycling)
22 Iona Wynter (Colavita Cooking Light)
23 Courtenay Brown (McGuire Pro Cycling)
24 Clara Beaerd (McGuire Pro Cycling)
25 Rebecca Wellons (Gearworks/Spin Arts)
26 Mara Miller (Advil-Chapstick)
27 Charm Breon (Cheerwine)
28 Megan Esmonde (Travelgirl Magazine)
29 Laura Bowles (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
30 Alison Fischer (East Coast Velo)
31 Michele Bote (Hub Racing)
32 Sima Trapp (Colavita Cooking Light)
33 Brooke O'Connor (Hub Racing)
34 Kim Geist (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
35 Lisa Jellett (Verducci Breakaway Racing)
36 Kathleen Billington (Advil-Chapstick)
37 Sheba Farrin (Hub Racing)
38 Liz Young (Hub Racing)
39 Elizabeth Morse Hill (Team Fuji/Bolt Brothers)
40 Katie Lambden (Team Lipton)
41 Candice Blickem (Aaron's)
42 Becky Broeder (Hub Racing)
43 Janet Olney (ADG-Joe's Bike Shop)
44 Kathryn Clark (Team Fuji/Bolt Brothers)
45 Amity Elliot (ADG-Joe's Bike Shop)
46 Monique Hein (Monstr Health Cycling)
47 Heather Labance (Advil-Chapstick)
48 Sarah Tillotson (Colavita Cooking Light)
49 Mari Holden (T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team)
50 Kimberly Anderson (T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team)
51 Meshy Holt (Colavita Cooking Light) 1.34
DNF Lisa Vible (ADG-Joe's Bike Shop)
DNF Reem Jishi (Advil-Chapstick)
DNF Lenore Imhof (Colavita Cooking Light)
DNF Cory Bemis (Hub Racing)
DNF Jessie McKinney (Hub Racing)
DNF Nikki Raspa (Hub Racing)
DNF Rebeca Jones (Hub Racing)
DNF Anna Webb (Karl Strauss/SDBC)
DNF Jacqueline Paull (Team Alliance Environmental)
DNF Donna Kerby (Team Fuji/Bolt Brothers)
DNF Christina Becker (T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team)
DNF Judith Arndt (T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team)
DNF Caroline Hacker (Tri State Velo Amoroso)
DNF Lynda Maldonado (Tri State Velo Amoroso)
DNF Beth Mason (U.S. Armed Forces)
DNF Diane Castor (Velo Bella-Kona)
DNF Marcie Massaro (Velo Bella-Kona)
DNF Nonnie Howard (Verducci Breakaway Racing)
DNF Tara Walhart (Verducci Breakaway Racing)
DNF Tricia Carnila (Verducci Breakaway Racing)
DNF Chrissy Ruiter (Victory Brewing Cycling Team)
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