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Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling - Reading Classic

Reading, PA

June 08, 2006
HENDERSON ROARS BACK AT COMMERCE BANK READING CLASSIC BENEFITING FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER
New course in Reading proves huge success as city welcomes racers


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Rain welcomed the Professional men to the line and sent them on their way after the final podium ceremony but the weather gods smiled on Reading city officials as the sun shone and the rain held during the race itself.

Even though most of the racers previewed the new course before the start, riders were unsure how the race would play out due in part to the sharp 1.5 mile climb up Mount Penn on the final lap. The field was content to warm up to the course with no serious moves going off the front for the first half of the race. On lap 6 of the 11-lap race an on-form Andrew Bajadali (Jelly Belly) and Ukraine Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance) jumped away and settled into a mutual working relationship. Their hard effort paid off with a gap that continued to grow to a maximum of 1 minute and 23 seconds with two laps remaining.

The field behind finally woke up and the Toyota-United Pro Team put their riders on the front to begin the long chase. With one lap to go, it looked as if they might have left it too late, but some last minute help from Team CSC and Health Net-Maxxis added the horsepower needed to reel in the two valiant escapees.

As the race came into the base of the final climb up Mount Penn, New Zealander Greg Henderson (Health Net-Maxxis), last year’s Lancaster race winner, sent his team to the front to keep the pace high. It wasn’t enough to keep the flying Uzbekistan Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) from breaking clear with Chris Wherry (Toyota-United Postal), Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF) and Igor Astarloa (Barloworld). These four joined forces over the top of the climb but the combination wasn’t right and were reabsorbed by the front of the field as the race flew down toward the finish in downtown Reading.

The situation played perfectly into the hands of the speedy Henderson. After winning the battle for positioning into the final turn, Henderson powered up the final straight to take a beautiful win in this inaugural Commerce Bank Reading Classic. Lagutin had to settle for second place again after he took the runner up spot last Sunday in Lancaster. The young TIAA-CREF rider Pate signaled that he is on top of his game for Sunday’s Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Championship which he placed second in last year.

Sergey Lagutin moved into the lead in the prestigious Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling overall points competition which goes to the most consistent rider across the three race series. Henderson moved up into a tie in the series with Lancaster’s race winner Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada). The winner of the series will take the lion’s share of the $10,000 in prize money as well as win a new Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

PRO MEN RESULTS
PLACE
RIDER
COUNTRY
TEAM
TIME
1
Greg HENDERSON
NZL
Health Net - Maxxis
2:52:37
2
Sergey LAGUTIN
UZB
Navigators Insurance
"
3
Danny PATE
USA
TIAA CREF
"
4
Kirk O'BEE
USA
Health Net - Maxxis
"
5
Facci MAURO
ITA
BARLOWORLD GBR
"
6
Caleb MANION
AUS
JELLY BELLY
"
7
Matti BRESCHEL
DEN
Team CSC
"
8
Chris WHERRY
USA
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
"
9
Jairo HERNNDEZ
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
"
10
Mark WALTERS
CAN
Navigators Insurance
"
11
Antonio CRUZ
USA
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
11
12
Igor ASTARLOA
ESP
BARLOWORLD GBR
"
13
Matty Rice
AUS
JELLY BELLY
"
14
Luke Roberts
AUS
Team CSC
"
15
Dustin MacBurnie
CAN
TARGETRAINING USA
"
16
Trent WILSON
AUS
Jittery Joe's
"
17
Karl Menzies
AUS
Health Net - Maxxis
28
18
Mike Friedman
USA
TIAA CREF
"
19
Robbie King
USA
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
"
20
David O'Loughlin
IRL
Navigators Insurance
"
21
Francisco Colorado
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
"
22
James Perry
RSA
BARLOWORLD GBR
"
23
Kasper Klostergaard
DEN
Team CSC
"
24
Davide Frattini
ITA
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
"
25
Lars Michaelsen
DEN
Team CSC
"
26
Jackson STEWART
USA
Kodak Sierra Nevada
"
27
Emile ABRAHAM
TRI
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
"
28
Richard FALTUS
CZE
SPARKASSE GER
"
29
Jonathan Page
USA
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
33
30
Jairo Salas
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
35
31
Wilson Marentes
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
"
32
Scott Zwizanski
USA
Kodak Sierra Nevada
"
33
Ciaran Power
IRL
Navigators Insurance
"
34
Taylor Tolleson
USA
TIAA CREF
"
35
Jeff Louder
USA
Health Net - Maxxis
"
36
Yovanny Torres
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
"
37
Gerardo Rodrguez
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
"
38
Andrea Peron
ITA
Team CSC
41
39
Andrew Guptill
USA
TARGETRAINING USA
1:08
40
Ben Jacques-Maynes
USA
Kodak Sierra Nevada
"
41
Timo Honstein
GER
SPARKASSE GER
"
42
Sebastian Frey
GER
SPARKASSE GER
"
43
Matt Shriver
USA
TARGETRAINING USA
"
44
Bruno Langlois
CAN
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
1:16
45
Tom Zirbel
USA
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
"
46
Christian Valenzuela
MEX
Team Monex
"
47
Justin Spinelli
USA
NERAC.COM
"
48
Diego Montoya
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
"
49
Peter Hatton
AUS
Jittery Joe's
"
50
John Delong
USA
RITE AID USA
"
51
Mike Norton
USA
NERAC.COM
"
52
Michael Blaudzun
DEN
Team CSC
"
53
Andrew Bajadali
USA
JELLY BELLY
"
54
Ivan Dominguez
CUB
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
"
55
Aleajandro Acton
ARG
TARGETRAINING USA
1:25
56
Frank Pipp
USA
TARGETRAINING USA
1:30
57
Alexander BOYD,
USA
VMG USA
1:34
58
Peter Woestenberg
NED
NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER
1:38
59
Thijs Poelstra
NED
NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER
1:46
60
Valeriy Kobzarenko
UKR
Navigators Insurance
2:28
61
Alex CANDELARIO
USA
JELLY BELLY
"
62
Shawn Milne
USA
Navigators Insurance
2:55
63
Austin King
USA
Jittery Joe's
"
64
Heath Blackgrove
NZL
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
"
65
Ben BROOKS
AUS
Navigators Insurance
"
66
Alexis Rojas Diaz
COL
COLUMBIA ES PASION COLUMBIA
3:25
67
Johnny Hoogerland
NED
NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER
"
68
Jose Garcia
MEX
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
"
69
Prokic Predrag
SCG
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
"
70
Frank Wierstra
NED
NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER
3:30
71
Devon Vigus
USA
Team Monex
"
72
Jeremy Maartens
RSA
BARLOWORLD GBR
3:38
73
Giosue' Bonomi
ITA
BARLOWORLD GBR
"
74
Jacob Rytlewski
USA
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
3:46
75
Ivan Stevic
SCG
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
"
76
Jean-Sebastien Perron
CAN
CALYON-LITESPEED
"
77
Josh Bezecny
USA
TARGETRAINING USA
"
78
Brice Jones
USA
JELLY BELLY
"
79
Brent Brookwalter
USA
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
"
80
Kyle J Gritters
USA
Health Net - Maxxis
4:04
81
Hayden Godfrey
NZL
Team Monex
"
82
Evan Elken
USA
Jittery Joe's
"
83
Nick Riestad
USA
JELLY BELLY
"
84
Kyle Wamsley
USA
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
"
85
Thad Dulin
USA
NERAC.COM
"
86
Sean Sullivan
AUS
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
"
87
Kirk Albers
USA
JELLY BELLY
"
88
Gustavo Artacho
ARG
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
"
89
Francois Parisien
CAN
TIAA CREF
"
90
Rahsaan Bahati
USA
TIAA CREF
"
91
Hilton CLARKE
AUS
Navigators Insurance
"
92
Jesse Anthony
USA
Kodak Sierra Nevada
4:25
93
Mark MCCORMACK
USA
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
"
94
Brian Jensen
DEN
JELLY BELLY
"
95
Tim Johnson
USA
Health Net - Maxxis
"
96
Glen Mitchell
NZL
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
"
97
Hugh Moran
USA
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
"
98
Martin Gilbert
CAN
Kodak Sierra Nevada
"
99
Maxim Vives
CAN
CALYON-LITESPEED
"
100
Emanuel Suarez
USA
Team Monex
"
101
Stefan Loffler
GER
SPARKASSE GER
"
102
Stefan Parinussa
GER
SPARKASSE GER
"
103
Phillip Wong
USA
Jittery Joe's
"
104
Martin Pedersen
DEN
Team CSC
"
105
Joel Dion-Poitras
CAN
CALYON-LITESPEED
4:33
106
Ryan Dewald
USA
RITE AID USA
5:49
107
Todd Herriott
USA
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
6:02
108
Chad Hartley
USA
TIAA CREF
6:39
109
Viktor Rapinski
BLR
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
"
DNF
Jason Allen
NZL
Kodak Sierra Nevada
-
DNF
Marc Anderson
USA
Jittery Joe's
-
DNF
Spencer BEAMER,
USA
VMG USA
-
DNF
Zachary BOLIAN,
USA
VMG USA
-
DNF
Brooke Boocock
CAN
CALYON-LITESPEED
-
DNF
Aaron Brown
USA
NERAC.COM
-
DNF
Bill Elliston
USA
TARGETRAINING USA
-
DNF
Richard England
AUS
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
-
DNF
Glenn Fant
USA
Team Monex
-
DNF
Tom Flammang
LUX
SPARKASSE GER
-
DNF
Gordon Fraser
CAN
Health Net - Maxxis
-
DNF
Chris Frederick
USA
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
-
DNF
Dan Greenfield
USA
TARGETRAINING USA
-
DNF
Juan Jose HAEDO
ARG
TOYOTA-UNITED USA
-
DNF
Hoyt Halvorson
USA
NERAC.COM
-
DNF
Jon Hamblen
USA
NERAC.COM
-
DNF
John Hanson
USA
NERAC.COM
-
DNF
Todd HENRIKSEN,
USA
VMG USA
-
DNF
Christoph Herby
USA
RITE AID USA
-
DNF
Daniel Holt
USA
NERAC.COM
-
DNF
Jeffrey Hopkins
AUS
Jittery Joe's
-
DNF
Brad Huff
USA
TIAA CREF
-
DNF
Eric Keim
USA
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
-
DNF
Frank Kwanten
NED
NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER
-
DNF
Christian Lademann
GER
SPARKASSE GER
-
DNF
Russell Langley
USA
RITE AID USA
-
DNF
Viktor Laza,
SCG
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
-
DNF
Peter Lopinto
USA
Kodak Sierra Nevada
-
DNF
Erick Lyman
CAN
CALYON-LITESPEED
-
DNF
Ian D MacGregor
USA
TIAA CREF
-
DNF
Nathan Miller
USA
Team Monex
-
DNF
Tommy Nankervis
AUS
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
-
DNF
Rudy ROBAINA,
USA
VMG USA
-
DNF
Michael Sayers
USA
Health Net - Maxxis
-
DNF
Daniel Schmatz
USA
Kodak Sierra Nevada
-
DNF
Brian Sheedy
USA
PRIORITY HEALTH USA
-
DNF
Neil Shirley
USA
Jittery Joe's
-
DNF
Ger Soepenberg
NED
NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM - ALTIPOWER
-
DNF
Josh Taylor
USA
RITE AID USA
-
DNF
Frank Travieso
CUB
AEG-TOSHIBA-JETNETWORK USA
-
DNF
Brad Viera
USA
RITE AID USA
-
DNF
Charly Vives
CAN
CALYON-LITESPEED
-
DNF
Tyler Wren
USA
COLAVITA-SUTTER HOME USA
-
DNF
Taylor ZACHARY,
USA
VMG USA
-


PRO/ELITE WOMEN

TEUTENBERG PICKS UP WIN NUMBER TWO IN THE COMMERCE BANK TRIPLE CROWN OF CYCLING BENEFITING FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER
Reading welcomes racers to second leg of Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling

Winding their way through the historic streets of downtown Reading, the Pro/Elite women racers experienced what will surely become a classic in the week long bicycle race series, the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling.

Under perfect racing conditions of cool weather and in front of huge enthusiastic crowds, riders set off to complete 25 miles on the tough rolling 1.8 mile eight corner criterium circuit. The Reading course featured more climbing than last Sunday’s race in Lancaster presenting more opportunity for riders looking to break free of the group before the final sprint.

After the first lap the difficulty of the course was apparent as the riders flew through the start/finish strung out in one long line. Through the first half of the race no breaks were allowed any freedom until Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) threw down a huge acceleration. The only rider to grab her wheel was the Victory Brewing racer Katharine Carroll and once these wto powerful women started working together, their gap ballooned.

Teams not represented in the break tried in vein to bring back the two escapees as the laps wound down. With the bell ringing to signal the last lap, Teutenberg and Carroll had a comfortable 30 second gap to set up for the final sprint and coming out of the final corner the world class German sprinter sealed the deal to take her second win in the three race Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling series.

Carroll took an excellent second place and sounded the alarm that she should be included as a favorite in the Commerce Bank Liberty Classic on Sunday. The field sprint for third was a tight race between local favorite Laura Van Gilder (Team Lipton) and Australian Rochelle Gilmore (Advil-Chapstick). After review of the photo-finish, race officials awarded third to Gilmore who earlier this year won the opening round of the Women’s World Cup in her home country.

Going into the final round of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling in Philadelphia on Sunday which offers double points, Teutenberg holds a commanding 46 point lead in the overall Triple Crown competition.


PRO/ELITE WOMEN RESULTS
PLACE
RIDER TEAM
TIME
1
Ina TEUTENBERG T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team
59:25:00
2
Katharine CARROLL Victory Brewing Cycling Team
"
3
Rochelle GILMORE ADVIL-CHAPSTICK USA
21
4
GILDER, Laura VAN Team Lipton
"
5
Laura YOISTEN Victory Brewing Cycling Team
"
6
Brenda LYONS Victory Brewing Cycling Team
"
7
Gina GRAIN Colavita Cooking Light
"
8
Theresa CLIFF-RYAN Verducci Breakaway Racing
"
9
Rebecca LARSON Tri State Velo Amoroso
"
10
Annette BEUTLER AARON'S USA
"
11
Shannon HUTCHISON-KRUPAT AARON'S USA
"
12
Megan ESMONDE Travelgirl Magazine
"
13
Beth LEASURE Team Spirit Cycling
"
14
Laura BOWLES Victory Brewing Cycling Team
"
15
Courtenay BROWN McGuire Pro Cycling
"