TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship - 1.HC/1.1

USA, June 7, 2009

Photography

Race 2 - June 7: Liberty Classic, 92.7km/57.6mi

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Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia - Highroad) wins the Liberty Classic for the third time.
Chaos on the Manayunk Wall as the women's peloton overtakes vehicles at the tail end of the men's race caravan.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia-Highroad) bides her time in the peloton.
Team Columbia-Highroad drives the 12-woman break which decided the Liberty Classic.
Ina Teutenburg (Columbia-Highroad) looks like she knows its going to be a good day.
Kim Anderson (Columbia-Highroad) leads the women's field up Lemon Hill.
Team Nurnberger road aggressively to try and split up the field.
The Nurnberger ladies get to the front of the main group.
Tom Zirbel (Bissell) helps power the break up over Lemon Hill.
The women ride down along Kelley Drive.
Ina Teutenburg (Columbia-Highroad) happy with her third consecutive win.

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What looks like a scene from the next "Italian Job" movie set is really the official car line up of this years TD Bank International Cycling Championship.
Some lucky racers will be getting Nutella and banana slices on Italian bread in their mussettes today.
Michael Aisner interviews race promoter Dave Chauner about this 25th edition of the longest running single day professional road race in the United States.
For the first time in the events history, the women's field caught and passed the men's field after just three laps into the race. Here's a photo from the media van as the women overtake the men's caravan on the Manayunk Wall. Afterwards, women from the Highroad team were heard joking "maybe they should train with us".
Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger) attempts to distance herself from the rest of the field on the Manayunk Wall. Unfortunately, Mara Abbott had it covered.
Coming into the finishing circuit, Team Highroad begins preparing for the sprint.
Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad) wins the 25th edition of the TD Bank International Cycling Championship.
Amy Dombroski exchanged her cyclocross bike for a road bike and won the Miji Reoch Award for the best U23 finisher.
The women's podium (L to R): Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad), Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad) and Joanne Kiesanowski (Team TIBCO).

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Alison Powers (Team Type 1) was very relaxed when every move went and finished sixth, in the process increasing her lead in the National Racing Calendar series.
Joanne Kiesanowski (Team TIBCO) got great help from her team - she was in every important move of the day.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad) owns the race - she even rode on the winning breakaway.
Mara Abbott (Columbia-Highroad) was on the front for most of the race. Her job was to cover every move of the day.
Team Tibco is not the biggest team but you wouldn't realise that on this day as they rode like one - it paid off with a second place.
Vero Leal (Team Type 1) is truly a domestique. She helped her teammate Alison Powers get on the winning move of the day.
Team Tibco threw all its guns at Columbia-Highroad but to no avail.
For Joanne Kiesanowski (Team TIBCO) it was just another day at the office. She had to climb the wall five times.
The riders climb Lemon Hill and the fans appreciate it.
Evelyn Stevens 'Super Evie' (Radical Media-Velo classic) leads the peloton on Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Joanne Kiesanowski (Team TIBCO) made a late attempt at a solo breakaway.
Mara Abbott (Columbia-Highroad) was right on her wheel.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad) made it look easy as she celebrates her victory with Joanne Kiesanowski (Team TIBCO) taking second place.

Race 1 - June 7: Philadelphia International Championship, 251.0km/156mi

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Andre Greipel (Team Columbia - Highroad) wins the Philadelphia International Classic
A men's peloton double feature on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Daniel Holloway (USA National Team) broke away from the gun.
The men's peloton seeks relief from the heat on the Manayunk Wall.
Tom Zirbel (Bissell) leads his breakaway companions Daniel Oss (Liquigas) and Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1).
Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1), Daniel Oss (Liquigas) and Tom Zirbel (Bissell) spent 70 miles off the front.
Team Columbia-Highroad at the front of the peloton along Kelly Drive.
The men's peloton ascends Lemon Hill.
The OUCH team gets ready for the long day ahead.
Riders take to the line.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter sends off the riders.
The men's field mostly just talked for the first couple of laps.
Riders pass under the Philly skyline.
The men start to get strung out to to bring back the break.
A statue along Kelley Drive seems as if it were excited at the race going past.
Riders got a helping hand climbing up the wall.
Kirk O'Bee (Bissell) plays domestique earlier in the race.
Dan Holloway (USA National Team) gets cheered on during his long solo ride.
Marco Pinotti (Columbia-Highroad) came straight over after his ride in the Giro D'Italia to race in Philly.
It was a long steep road on "the wall".
Riders make the right turn in downtown Manayunk.
Daniel Oss (Liquigas) leads the 3 man break that seemed like it had a chance.
The men's main field wasn't chasing seriously until after 2 big laps to go.

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A USA National Team rider readies himself by taking a quiet moment on the start line.
Ivan Dominguez (Fuji-Servetto) ponders if he'll have the chance to unleash his sprint later today.
Daniel Holloway (USA National Team) launched an attack right from the start. He would ultimately build his lead to over 11 minutes.
After Daniel Holloway's (USA National Team) first lap attack, the field adopted a somewhat predestination pace which would cause concern later as the women's race, which started after the men's, would catch and pass them.
With one of their riders soloing off the front, the rest of the USA National Team could conserve for later.
Kelly Benefit Strategies brought a full entourage of team sponsors to the event but failed to capture a place on the podium.
After Daniel Holloway (USA National Team) solo effort was absorbed by the field with eight laps to go, a break of three goes clear and looked promising.
By mid race, the field rebounded from their lackluster start and started to push the pace.
After being caught, all expected Daniel Holloway (USA National Team) to go out back of the peloton rather quickly. Instead, he refueled and stuck it out.
The pace and temperatures started to take a toll on the riders.
I hope that these guys applied the sun lotion before the paint, so to avoid some unusual tans tomorrow.
With three riders 9 minutes up the road, Team Ouch goes into action.
USA National Team rider Caleb Fairly follows his teammate's heroics, and attempts to bridge up to the leaders.
The peloton squeezes up and around Lemon Hill.
Edvaid Boasson Hagen (Columbia-Highroad) and David Vitoria (Rock Racing) go off in search of the three riders who are up the road.
Kirk O'Bee sits comfortably in the field while he awaits an eventual place on the podium.
Team Columbia-Highroad decides that it's time to collect everyone who may be up the road and could possibly spoil their hopes for victory.
Andy Jacques-Maynes (Bissell) developed left inner-quad cramps, forcing him to stop in the feed zone for a moment and wait for it to release. He would rejoin the race.
With one lap to go, the entire Team Columbia-Highroad comes to the front and sets a blistering pace.
Colavita joins Columbia-Highroad and forms a second train.
Andre Greipel (Team Columbia-Highroad) gets across the line first.
The men's podium (L to R): Greg Henderson (Columbia-Highroad), Andre Greipel (Columbia-Highroad) and Kirk O'bee (Bissell).