June 11, 2006
Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling - Philadelphia International Championship
Philadelphia, PA
RED HOT HENDERSON TAKES SECOND WIN AT COMMERCE BANK PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BENEFITING FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER
Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling Titles Goes to Lagutin
Click Image for Photo GalleryThe great cycling city of Philadelphia welcomed back the race that has become a tradition in American cycling culture today as Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street sounded the air-horn to signal the start of the Pro Men’s race in the Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Championship. Hundreds of thousands of crazed cycling fans cheered the riders on as they flew along the picturesque Kelly Drive and toiled up the Manayunk Wall.
Cool temperatures and clear skies welcomed the racers as they rolled off the line at 9:00 am to contest the grueling 156 mile race. The action started early as team managers sent their “expendable” riders off in early break attempts. Nothing stuck until the riders began their first of 10 large 14 mile laps. Along Kelly Drive for the first time four opportunistic racers found themselves with a workable gap and settled into a strong rotation. In this group were David O’Loughlin (Navigators Insurance), Michael Jones (Health Net-Maxxis), Chad Hartley (TIAA-CREF) and Dustin MacBurnie (Targetraining).
As the laps began to click off, the gap grew to a maximum of 10 minutes. But this double digit number sent alarm bells ringing in the group behind, which to that point had shown little interest in reeling in the fugitives. All the while MacBurnie was building an insurmountable lead in the VisitPA.com Tour de Wall competition. As the bell sounded for the start of lap 8 Team CSC had their entire team at the front working and the gap had plummeted to 5:30 minutes. The life of the break seemed limited and as the four frontrunners began to hesitate the Irish National Champion, O’Loughlin, took his chance at a solo flyer. By the top of the Manayunk Wall he was out of site but not out of mind. CSC was not letting up on their chase but they were forced to work for another lap before they finally brought the tenacious Irishman back.
This high pace had forced a split in the main group and the Navigators Insurance team had missed the move. Thrown from being the team in the drivers seat to having to chase down this CSC lead group, was a major turn in fortune for the New Jersey based outfit. They responded to the challenge and a large group of 50 riders were now all together with one 14 mile lap remaining.
This group stayed together for the final climb of the Manayunk Wall and with only last year’s runner up Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF) able to muster the energy for a short solo effort during the final 3 mile laps, it looked likely to be decided by a field sprint. This was just what the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team was looking for and Chris Wherry sacrificed himself at the front to keep the group together for his two speedy team-mates Ivan Dominguez and Juan Jose Haedo.
As the riders set up for the final sprint around the oval, Toyota-United had their lead-out train in place and with the riders fanning out across the road in the final meters it was difficult to determine a clear winner. Greg Henderson (Health Net-Maxxis) had no such trouble and threw his hands to signal another huge victory for his team this year.
“My guys got me around the oval nicely and then I freelanced a bit to start the sprint in fourth wheel” said the ex-World Champion track racer from New Zealand. “After that it was just a drag race to the line with Ivan”. Dominguez wound up second with the Russian Oleg Grichkine taking a strong third.
The overall Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling competition went to the consistent Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) who accepted a giant check for $5,000 and the keys to a brand new Mercury Mariner Hybrid SUV.
RACE RESULTS
RIDER TEAM Greg HENDERSON Health Net - Maxxis Ivan DOMINGUEZ TOYOTA-UNITED USA Oleg GRICHKINE Navigators Insurance Juan Jose HAEDO TOYOTA-UNITED USA Lars MICHAELSEN Team CSC Sergey LAGUTIN Navigators Insurance Valeriy KOBZARENKO Navigators Insurance Mike FRIEDMAN TIAA CREF Kirk O'BEE Health Net - Maxxis Davide FRATTINI COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Mark MCCORMACK COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Antonio CRUZ TOYOTA-UNITED USA Matti BRESCHEL Team CSC Frank PIPP TARGETRAINING USA Trent WILSON Jittery Joe's Mauro FACCI BARLOWORLD GBR Glen MITCHELL PRIORITY HEALTH USA Karl MENZIES Health Net - Maxxis Jairo HERNANDEZ COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Andrew BAJADALI JELLY BELLY Richard FALTUS SPARKASSE GER Stefan PARINUSSA SPARKASSE GER Chris WHERRY TOYOTA-UNITED USA Viktor RAPINSKI COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Danny PATE TIAA CREF Caleb MANION JELLY BELLY Scott ZWIZANSKI Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Christian VALENZUELA Team Monex Ivan STEVIC TOYOTA-UNITED USA Luke ROBERTS Team CSC Brent BROOKWALTER PRIORITY HEALTH USA Jeff LOUDER Health Net - Maxxis Alex CANDELARIO JELLY BELLY Curtis GUNN SUCCESSFULLIVING.COM USA Wilson MARENTES COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Justin SPINELLI NERAC.COM James PERRY BARLOWORLD GBR Andrew GUPTILL TARGETRAINING USA Jesse ANTHONY Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Austin KING Jittery Joe's Kasper KLOSTERGAARD Team CSC Tyler WREN COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Francois PARISIEN TIAA CREF Brice JONES JELLY BELLY Michael BLAUDZUN Team CSC Jose GARCIA TOYOTA-UNITED USA Kyle WAMSLEY COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Brian JENSON JELLY BELLY Rahsaan BAHATI TIAA CREF Gustavo ARTACHO COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Mark WALTERS Navigators Insurance Andrea PERON Team CSC Heath BLACKGROVE TOYOTA-UNITED USA Gordon FRASER Health Net - Maxxis Giosue BONOMI, BARLOWORLD GBR Yovanny TORRES COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Chris FREDERICK AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Ger SOEPENBERG NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Diego MONTOYA COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Mike NORTON NERAC.COM Gordon MCCAULEY SUCCESSFULLIVING.COM USA Tommy NANKERVIS PRIORITY HEALTH USA Tim HENRY PRIORITY HEALTH USA Emile ABRAHAM AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Aleajandro ACTON TARGETRAINING USA Edward KING PRIORITY HEALTH USA Alexander BOYD VMG USA Dustin MACBURNIE TARGETRAINING USA Taylor TOLLESON TIAA CREF Michael DIETRICH Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Hugh MORAN AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Glenn FANT Team Monex Kirk ALBERS JELLY BELLY Jason ALLEN Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Marc ANDERSON Jittery Joe's Igor ASTARLOA BARLOWORLD GBR Jon ATKINS VMG USA Ryan BARNETT VMG USA Spencer BEAMER VMG USA Mike BEERS RITE AID USA Josh BEZECNY TARGETRAINING USA Zachary BOLIAN VMG USA Hilton CLARKE Navigators Insurance Francisco COLORADO COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Vassili DAVIDNEKO Navigators Insurance John DELONG RITE AID USA Ryan DEWALD RITE AID USA Thad DULIN NERAC.COM Evan ELKEN Jittery Joe's Bill ELLISTON TARGETRAINING USA Richard ENGLAND PRIORITY HEALTH USA Lee FARMER VMG USA Jacob FETTY NERAC.COM Tom FLAMMANG SPARKASSE GER Sebastian FREY SPARKASSE GER Eneas FREYRE TARGETRAINING USA Will FRISCHKORN TIAA CREF Martin GILBERT Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Hayden GODFREY Team Monex Kyle GRITTERS Health Net - Maxxis David GUTTENPLAN VMG USA Jon HAMBLEN NERAC.COM Chad HARTLEY TIAA CREF Peter HATTON Jittery Joe's Todd HENRIKSEN VMG USA Christoph HERBY RITE AID USA Todd HERRIOTT COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Timo HONSTEIN SPARKASSE GER Johnny HOOGERLAND NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Jeffrey HOPKINS Jittery Joe's Tim JOHNSON Health Net - Maxxis Michael JONES Health Net - Maxxis Eric KEIM AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Robbie KING PRIORITY HEALTH USA Frank KWANTEN NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Christian LADEMANN SPARKASSE GER Russell LANGLEY RITE AID USA Viktor LAZA AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Adam LIVINGSTON SUCCESSFULLIVING.COM USA Stefan LOFFLER SPARKASSE GER Jeremy MAARTENS BARLOWORLD GBR Ian D MACGREGOR TIAA CREF Andrew MILLER SUCCESSFULLIVING.COM USA Nathan MILLER Team Monex Adam MYERSON NERAC.COM David O'LOUGHLIN Navigators Insurance Jonathan PAGE COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA Martin PEDERSEN Team CSC Peter PENZELL RITE AID USA Thijs POELSTRA NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Ciaran POWER Navigators Insurance Prokic PREDRAG AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Daniel RAMSEY SUCCESSFULLIVING.COM USA Matty RICE JELLY BELLY Nick RIESTAD JELLY BELLY Rudy ROBAINA VMG USA David ROBINSON Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Gerardo RODRGUEZ COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Alexis ROJAS DIAZ COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Jake RUBELT AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Jacob RYTLEWSKI PRIORITY HEALTH USA Jairo SALAS COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA Dan SCHMATZ Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Jed SCHNEIDER VMG USA Brian SHEEDY PRIORITY HEALTH USA Neil SHIRLEY Jittery Joe's Matt SHRIVER TARGETRAINING USA Jackson STEWART Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Emanuel SUAREZ Team Monex Sean SULLIVAN TOYOTA-UNITED USA Josh TAYLOR RITE AID USA Zachary TAYLOR VMG USA Frank TRAVIESO AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA Brad VIERA RITE AID USA Devon VIGUS Team Monex David WERLING NERAC.COM Frank WIERSTRA NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Peter WOESTENBERG NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER Phillip WONG Jittery Joe's Ryan YEE SUCCESSFULLIVING.COM USA Tedd YEZEFSKI NERAC.COM
