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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE
Minnesota, USA, June 20-24, 2007
Photography
Stage 6 - June 24: Stillwater Criterium, 60/50 mins (M/W)For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
Images by
Frank Rowe
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Kurt Jambretz/Action Images/www.actionimages.cc
Stage 5 - June 23: Mankato Road Race, 86 milesFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
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Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
Frank Rowe
Stage 4 - June 22: Minneapolis Downtown, 60/40 mins (M/W)For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
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Kristin Armstrong (Team Lipton)
in the Nature Valley Grand Prix leader's jersey.
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The Nature Valley Grand Prix is the second stop
in the Women's Prestige Series, and here are two of the jersey wearers from Team Lipton - Koro Seehafer (Sprinter) and Lauren Franges (Best Young Rider).
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The women's field awaits
the start of the race.
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Katie Mactier (ValueAct Capital)
gets help from OnSupport in the backside pit.
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Team Lipton was on the front
much of the race, protecting the leader's jersey of Kristin Armstrong.
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If it wasn't Team Lipton then it
was Cheerwine who controlled the front of the peloton.
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine) takes
the Minneapolis stage for the second year in a row.
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Women's podium (L-R): Nichole Wansgard (Group Health), Laura Van Gilder
(Cheerwine), and Brooke Miller (Team Tibco).
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Women's jerseys: Boost Best Young Rider - Catherine Cheatley (Cheerwine),
BMC Most Aggressive Rider - Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine), NVGP Leader - Kristin Armstrong (Team Lipton), Wheaties Sprint Leader - Rebecca Larson (Aaron's).
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Ivan Stevic (Toyota United)
back in yellow in Minneapolis.
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Kirk O'Bee (HealthNet-Maxxis)
back into the Wheaties Sprint Leaders Jersey.
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Amateur rider Jarred Berger (Team Einstein's Cycling).
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Ivan Stevic (Toyota United) takes
the corner on the fast downtown course.
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The first break that went away...
Jackson Stewart (BMC), Mike Jones (Jelly Belly), Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis), Jonathan Sundt (Kelly Benefits Strategies).
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The Toyota United team set the pace
for a majority of the 60 minute criterium.
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The second break to really get established
and hang off the front was Frank Pipp (HealthNet-Maxxis), James Meadley (Jelly Belly), Michael Sayers (BMC)
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Kirk O'Bee (HealthNet-Maxxis) takes the sprint
with Stevic and Henk Vogels (Toyota United) in second and third.
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The new BMC Most Aggressive Rider Michael Sayers
of the BMC Pro Cycling Team.
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Men's jerseys: Boost Best Young Rider - David Veilleux
(Jittery Joes), Sports Bean King of the Hill - Michael Cody (Jelly Belly), NVGP Leader - Ivan Stevic (Toyota United), Great River Energy Top Amateur - Jarred Berger (Team Einstein's Cycling), BMC Most Aggressive Rider - Michael Sayers (BMC).
Images by
Frank Rowe
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Race leader Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United)
at the start.
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Team HealthNet-Maxxis animated
the race early on.
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In the heat
of the action - the men's peloton.
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Jonathan Sundt (Kelly Benefits Strategies)
bridges to the first break.
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Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United)
mid-pack, early in the race.
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Mike Jones (Jelly Belly), with his Sport Beans temporary tattoo,
establishes the first break with Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis), Jonathan Sundt (Kelly Benefits Strategies), and Jackson Stewart (BMC).
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Dale Sedgwick (Bianchi/Grand Performance),
a local fixture on the cycling scene.
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James Meadley (Jelly Belly), Michael Sayers (BMC),
and Frank Pipp (HealthNet-Maxxis) drive the ill-fated second break .
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Toyota-United chase for race
leader Ivan Stevic.
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There's lots of orange
at the volunteer check-in.
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The women's race starts, with fans in bleachers,
at the barriers, and in the skyways.
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The women fly through
downtown Minneapolis.
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TEAm Lipton and Cheerwine control
the pace early on.
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The women's field rounds the corner
onto Nicollet Avenue.
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The crowds are lined up three-deep
at Brit's Pub to watch the women's race.
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine), today's stage winner,
leads the pack on one of the final laps.
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The women pass under a skyway
at the University of St. Thomas.
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Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton), race leader,
protected by teammates near race end.
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Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine), stage winner, looks ready
to spray the crowd with an energy drink instead of champagne.
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/Action Images/www.actionimages.cc
Stage 3 - June 22: St Paul Time Trial, 4.5 milesFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
Images by
Frank Rowe
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Stage 2 - June 21: Cannon Falls Road Race, 60 milesFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
Frank Rowe
Images by
Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
Stage 1 - June 20: St Paul Criterium, 60 minsFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
Stage 1 - June 20: St Paul Criterium, 60 minsFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
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