June 7/09 17:48 pm - Philadelphia International Championship results, Lacombe 6th, Pinfold 10th
Posted by Editoress on 06/7/09
After the Columbia-Highroad women's team won the Liberty Classic earlier in the day, the men's team placed first and second a few hours later in the Philadelphia International Classic on Saturday finishing a successful day for the team.
Sprinter Andre Greipel led the field to the line coming off the wheel of his teammate Greg Henderson, who held on for second place.
"It was great to win here today. The team did a really nice job," said Greipel. "We had a lot of cards to play with three sprinters and some good breakaway riders. In the end it came down to a sprint and Greg gave up his chances to lead me out. It was nice that he could take second place.
Team director Tristan Hoffmann gave full credit to the riders today.
"From the car we didn't get a lot of information on what was happening in the race but the riders did a great job. We had a very good team here so we had to take responsibility for the race. The other teams were looking at us to bring back the break and make the moves. The guys tried to get a few moves going late in the race and Edvald went in a second break which looked good for a while."
"There was a break with 60km to go," said Boasson Hagen. "We had four guys in there but it was too big [30 riders] and it wasn't working well. When it came back we tried again."
Boasson Hagen and his breakaway partner was close to catching the lead riders with 15km remaining in the race but the peloton was closing in and the bunch came back together. Columbia-Highroad set the pace for the last three laps through the finishing circuit and up Lemon Hill and finally set Greipel up for the win.
"I'm very happy with the last few weeks of racing," added Greipel. "I had quite a few months of racing so it's nice to be able to return with the form to win for my team."
Greipel has won six races in the last month of racing.
Team Columbia-Highroad press release
Results from the men's race
| Pro/1 Men, 251km | |
| 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 6:24:04 |
| 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad | at s.t. |
| 3 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 0:01 |
| 4 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus | |
| 5 David Vitoria (Sui) Rock Racing | |
| 6 Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy | |
| 7 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 8 Christofer Stevenson (Swe) Swedish National Team | |
| 9 Lucas Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 10 Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH p/b Maxxis | |
| 11 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 12 Soren Petersen (Den) Danish National Team | |
| 13 Tony Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 14 Johnathon Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia | all s.t. |
| 15 Evan Elken (USA) Land Rover-ORBEA | 0:02 |
| 16 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 17 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 18 David Tanner (Aus) Rock Racing | |
| 19 Hagen Boasson (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad | all s.t. |
| 20 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:03 |
| 21 Wil Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 22 Vicente Reynes (Esp) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
| 23 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | all s.t. |
| 24 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:04 |
| 25 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 26 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH p/b Maxxis | 0:05 |
| 27 Kenneth Hanson (USA) Team Type 1 | s.t. |
| 28 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:07 |
| 29 Chris Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | |
| 30 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH p/b Maxxis | |
| 31 Brian Vandborg (Dnk) Liquigas | |
| 32 Charles Dionne (Can) Fly V Australia | all s.t. |
| 33 Peter Salon (USA) USA National Team | 0:08 |
| 34 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 35 Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet Energy | 0:10 |
| 36 Andreas Stillfors (Swe) Swedish National Team | s.t. |
| 37 Moises Aldape (Mex) Team Type 1 | 0:11 |
| 38 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Rock Racing | |
| 39 Steve Bovay (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 40 Matthew Winstead (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy | |
| 41 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | |
| 42 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | all s.t. |
| 43 Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy | 0:16 |
| 44 John Murphy (USA) OUCH p/b Maxxis | 0:18 |
| 45 Allesandro Bazzanna (Ita) Fly V Australia | s.t. |
| 46 Georg Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus | 0:24 |
| 47 Scottie Weiss (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy | 0:25 |
| 48 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus | |
| 49 Alex Howes (USA) USA National Team | |
| 50 Jose Benitez (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | all s.t. |
| 51 James Camut (USA) Land Rover-ORBEA | 0:26 |
| 52 Tom Soladay (USA) Team Mountain Khakis | 0:28 |
| 53 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 0:34 |
| 54 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Pro Racing Team Presented by Life Time Fitness | 0:35 |
| 55 Darren Lill (Rsa) Team Type 1 | 0:38 |
| 56 Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Pro Racing Team Presented by Life Time Fitness | 0:43 |
| 57 Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:44 |
| 58 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 0:45 |
| 59 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH p/b Maxxis | 0:46 |
| 60 Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy | 0:48 |
| 61 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:49 |
| 62 Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy | 0:53 |
| 63 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | s.t. |
| 64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 1:03 |
| 65 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 66 Cladio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas | 1:05 |
| 67 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita Pro Racing Team Presented by Life Time Fitness | 1:10 |
| 68 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas | 1:11 |
| 69 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 1:12 |
| 70 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 1:18 |
| 71 Jacob Erker (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies | 1:19 |
| 72 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 1:26 |
| 73 Ben Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 1:29 |
| 74 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 1:55 |
| 75 Jonathan Mccarty (USA) OUCH p/b Maxxis | 2:00 |
| 76 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 2:15 |
| 77 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2:34 |
| 78 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 2:41 |
| 79 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus | 2:50 |
| 80 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 2:53 |
| 81 Ricardo Serrano (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | 3:03 |
| 82 Anibal Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 3:22 |
| 83 Daniel Summerhill (USA) USA National Team | 9:35 |
| 84 Bobby Sweeting (USA) Land Rover-ORBEA | |
| 85 Tomas Lofgren (Swe) Swedish National Team | |
| 86 Chad Gerlach (USA) Amore & Vita Pro Racing Team Presented by Life Time Fitness | |
| 87 Lucas Persson (Swe) Swedish National Team | |
| 88 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 89 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 90 Roman Uden (NZl) Land Rover-ORBEA | |
| 91 Russell Stevenson (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy | |
| 92 Bennet Genugten (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy | |
| 93 Tim Henry (USA) DLP Racing | |
| 94 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 95 Adam Myerson (USA) Team Mountain Khakis | all s.t. |
| 96 Scott Tietzel (USA) DLP Racing | 0:12:38 |
| 97 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 98 Scott Davis (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| 99 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| 100 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 101 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Land Rover-ORBEA | |
| 102 Alexander Wetterall (Swe) Swedish National Team | |
| 103 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Team | |
| 104 Bradley White (USA) OUCH p/b Maxxis | |
| 105 Charles Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 106 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 107 Tyler Stanfield (USA) Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy | all s.t. |
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