Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling - Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic
Lancaster, PAJackson Stewart Sprints to Win in Commerce Bank Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic Benefiting Fox Chase Cancer Center
June 04, 2006
First Leg of Commerce Bank Triple Crown in the Books
On a cool day in Lancaster the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling got off to a flying start with Jackson Stewart (Kokakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) sprinting to a huge victory after a long day of aggressive racing. The win launches him into the lead of the prestigious three race series. The winner of the overall Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling Series title will receive a new Mercury Mariner Hybrid as well as a large chuck of the $10,000 overall prize.When the break’s gap went past one minute the CSC machine went to work pulling the break back. With Bobby Julich and Andrea Peron driving at the front, the gap began to tumble and with three laps to go the break was as good as over. As the break was being re-absorbed the opportunistic Kazakhstan, Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) jumped clear on his own and established a workable gap but on the last lap he was caught and a field sprint looked likely. With the field shredded to a main group of only 40 riders teams with numbers began to think about setting up their sprinters for the finish.
Click Image for Photo GalleryAs a large Lancaster crowd welcomed the Professional Men to the start line riders braced themselves for the historically fast and furious 13 lap race. True to form opportunistic riders were on the attack from the first lap. At the mid-way point of the race a group of seven broke clear with most of the big teams represented. In the break were Scott Zwinzanski (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada), Jonathan Page (Colavita-Sutter Home), Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly), Tony Cruz (Toyota-United), Kirk O’Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) and Mike Friedman (TIAA-CREF). The one team not to make the move was the powerful Danish squad CSC.
“I hit out hard” said race winner Stewart as he described the race final, “I was intending to give Martin Gilbert a good lead-out but when I looked back I had a gap and just kept going”. This was the biggest win of Stewart’s career and possibly for the Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada this season. Juan Jose Haedo (Toyota-United) was able to close in on Stewart before the line but he ran out of road and had to settle for an excellent second place. After his aggressive late race tactics, Sergey Lagutin was able to put in a good sprint as well and climbed onto the final step of the podium.
Riders will take three days off before heading to Reading for the Commerce Bank Reading Classic on Thursday and the second stop of the Triple Crown of Cycling.
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RIDER TEAM Jackson STEWART Kodak Sierra Nevada Juan Jose HAEDO TOYOTA-UNITED USA Sergey LAGUTIN Navigators Insurance Hilton CLARKE Navigators Insurance Richard FALTUS SPARKASSE GER Danny PATE TIAA CREF Emile ABRAHAM AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Alex CANDELARIO JELLY BELLY USA Mark MCCORMACK COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Ben BROOKS Navigators Insurance Mark WALTERS Navigators Insurance Trent WILSON Jittery Joe's Jairo HERNANDEZ COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Gordon FRASER HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA Stefan PARINUSSA SPARKASSE GER Tony CRUZ TOYOTA-UNITED USA James PERRY BARLOWORLD GBR Martin GILBERT Kodak Sierra Nevada Davide FRATTINI COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Taylor TOLLESON TIAA CREF Andrew GUPTILL TARGETRAINING USA Mike FRIEDMAN TIAA CREF Facci MAURO BARLOWORLD GBR Caleb MANION JELLY BELLY USA Robbie KING PRIORITY HEALTH USA Frank PIPP TARGETRAINING USA Christian VALENZUELA Team Monex Ivan DOMINGUEZ TOYOTA-UNITED USA Ivan STEVIC TOYOTA-UNITED USA Emanuel SUAREZ Team Monex Bobby JULICH Team CSC Chris WHERRY TOYOTA-UNITED USA Kasper KLOSTERGAARD Team CSC Heath BLACKGROVE TOYOTA-UNITED USA Sean SULLIVAN TOYOTA-UNITED USA Andrea PERON Team CSC Valeriy KOBZARENKO Navigators Insurance Karl MENZIES HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA Scott ZWIZANSKI Kodak Sierra Nevada Jose GARCIA TOYOTA-UNITED USA Brent BROOKWALTER PRIORITY HEALTH USA Diego MONTOYA COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Francisco COLORADO COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Jonathan PAGE COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Francois PARISIEN TIAA CREF Jeff LOUDER HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA Kyle WAMSLEY COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Igor ASTARLOA BARLOWORLD GBR Kirk ALBERS JELLY BELLY USA Eric KEIM AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Matti BRESCHEL Team CSC Aleajandro ACTON TARGETRAINING USA Jason ALLEN Kodak Sierra Nevada Marc ANDERSON Jittery Joe's Jesse ANTHONY Kodak Sierra Nevada Gustavo ARTACHO COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Rahsaan BAHATI TIAA CREF Andrew BAJADALI JELLY BELLY USA Spencer BEAMER VMG USA Zach BELL RITE AID USA Zach BOLIAN VMG USA Giosue BONOMI BARLOWORLD GBR Brooke BOOCOCK CALYON-LITESPEED Alexander BOYD VMG USA Gabriel BRIZUELA COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Diego CACCIA BARLOWORLD GBR Glen CHADWICK Navigators Insurance Enrico DEGANO BARLOWORLD GBR John DELONG RITE AID USA Ryan DEWALD RITE AID USA Michael DIETRICK Kodak Sierra Nevada Joel DION-POITRAS CALYON-LITESPEED Evan ELKEN Jittery Joe's Glenn FANT Team Monex Tom FLAMMANG SPARKASSE GER Chris FREDERICK AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Sebastian FREY SPARKASSE GER Eneas FREYRE TARGETRAINING USA Hayden GODFREY Team Monex Dan GREENFIELD TARGETRAINING USA Kyle GRITTERS HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA Hoyt HALVORSON NERAC.COM Jon HAMBLEN NERAC.COM John HANSON NERAC.COM Chad HARTLEY TIAA CREF Wes HARTMAN TARGETRAINING USA Peter HATTON Jittery Joe's Todd HENRIKSEN VMG USA Christoph HERBY RITE AID USA Todd HERRIOTT COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Daniel HOLT NERAC.COM Timo HONSTEIN SPARKASSE GER Johnny HOOGERLAND NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Jeffrey HOPKINS Jittery Joe's Brad HUFF TIAA CREF Brian JENSEN JELLY BELLY USA Tim JOHNSON HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA Brice JONES JELLY BELLY USA Michael JONES HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA Austin KING Jittery Joe's Edward KING PRIORITY HEALTH USA Frank KWANTEN NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Christian LADERMANN SPARKASSE GER Russell LANGLEY RITE AID USA Bruno LANGLOIS AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Viktor LAZA AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Stefan LOFFLER SPARKASSE GER Erick LYMAN CALYON-LITESPEED Dustin MACBURNIE TARGETRAINING USA Ian MACGREGOR TIAA CREF Wilson MARENTES COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Lars MICHAILSEN Team CSC Nathan MILLER Team Monex Shawn MILNE Navigators Insurance Glen MITCHELL PRIORITY HEALTH USA Hugh MORAN AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Adam MYERSON NERAC.COM Tommy NANKERVIS PRIORITY HEALTH USA Mike NORTON NERAC.COM Kirk O'BEE HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA David O'LOUGHLIN Navigators Insurance Martin PEDERSEN Team CSC Peter PENZELL RITE AID USA Dominique PERRAS Kodak Sierra Nevada Jean-Sebastien PERRON CALYON-LITESPEED Thijs POELSTRA NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Prokic PREDRAG AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Viktor RAPINSKI COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Nick REISTAD JELLY BELLY USA Matty RICE JELLY BELLY USA Rudy ROBAINA VMG USA Luke ROBERTS Team CSC David ROBINSON Kodak Sierra Nevada Gerardo RODRIGUEZ COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Alexis ROJAS COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Jacob RYTLEWSKI PRIORITY HEALTH USA Jairo SALAS COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Michael SAYERS HEALTH NET-MAXXIS USA Brian SHEEDY PRIORITY HEALTH USA Neil SHIRLEY Jittery Joe's Matt SHRIVER TARGETRAINING USA Ger SOEPENBERG NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Tom SOUTHAM BARLOWORLD GBR Justin SPINELLI NERAC.COM Yovanny TORRES COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Frank TRAVIESO AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Brad VIERA RITE AID USA Devon VIGUS Team Monex Charly VIVES CALYON-LITESPEED Maxim VIVES CALYON-LITESPEED Frank WIERSTRA NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Jon WIRSING RITE AID USA Peter WOESTENBERG NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Phillip WONG Jittery Joe's Todd YEZEFSKI NERAC.COM Taylor ZACHARY VMG USA Tom ZIRBEL PRIORITY HEALTH USA
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