Henderson repeats in Philly

After winning the Reading Classic on Thursday, if there was still any question that Greg Henderson of the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis had recovered from his fractured femur, he proved emphatically to the hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets of Philadelphia that he was back. After nearly 256 kilometres of racing, Henderson still had the legs in the final 150 meters to come screaming up the left side of Benjamin Franklin Parkway through the finishing straight and narrowly overtake Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) to win the Philadelphia International Championship, the final leg of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown. The win gave Health Net Presented by Maxxis consecutive titles in Philadelphia, after winning in 2005 with Chris Wherry.

"I was really hungry to get back on the bike and start racing," Henderson said. He only returned to competition on May 31 at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, where he won two stages. But he was unsure if all the training during his recovery would pay off over the course of a race more than twice that distance.

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