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Univest GP Criterium - NE

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA, September 9, 2006

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Lademann holds off Munoz, McCormack and Friedman to win the Doylestown criterium

Courtesy Univest Grand Prix

Former national team pursuit champion, Christian Lademann (Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques), joined an early break with a group of so-called "big fellas" that included "The Businessman" Mark McCormack (Colavita-Sutter Home), Fausto Munoz (Tecos), and 2005 Doylestown Crit winner, Mike Friedman (TIAA-CREF). The break, which occurred roughly six laps into the 55-lap race, faltered at first as the group sorted out strategies on how to stay in front.

"We didn't really work together in the beginning," said Lademann, "we dropped somebody off who wasn't really involved in the sprints but it's better to have a bigger breakaway in the beginning because the teams back in the peloton are happy to have somebody ahead."

Lademann sustained a pace that forced the others to ride their own race rather than relying on support from their respective teams.

"Friedman and McCormack really want to go into the peloton where they would have support for the sprints and I was like 'Please don't!' because then I would have never made it."

Lademann, who withdrew after 60 miles in yesterday's race, felt confident and energized coming into today's crit.

"It was a hard day yesterday, you saw everybody really tired and you had to do yesterday's race to enter today's race. I kept some energy from yesterday, I really pushed it to win today and I did."

Floyd Landis, who grew up in nearby Lancaster County, was in the neighborhood and dropped by for a visit. Landis, who has never won a crit, detailed some of the tricky bits to racing a criterium.

"It's different than a road race because there's always those small circuits so there are a lot of turns and a lot of hard sprints out of those turns," said Landis. "So each time you take a corner you have to sprint and after two hours, it kind of wears on you. Ordinarily there's a sprint at the end with the whole field but occasionally a breakaway like this one will stay away until the end and it's a small group of people or one person who will win. Generally the speed stays high in the pack when there's a small breakaway because otherwise the breakaway gets a chance to lap the field and once they've lapped it, it's almost impossible to get rid of them again so they're guaranteed to win."

For the second day Mexican racer, Fausto Munoz, managed to get caught up in a crash but then managed to advance strong and fast enough to put him in second place two days in a row. A somewhat self-effacing Munoz acknowledged the pedigree of his competitors but took credit for his own prowess as well.

"I know that there are sprinters better than me," said Munoz. "I used to do tours, I climb well and sprint but not good enough like these guys. I'm glad to be on the podium and maybe race here again."

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Results

1 Christian Lademann (Ger) Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques                1.36.49
2 Mark Mccormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home                         
3 Fausto Marcelino Esparza Muņoz (Mex) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                 
4 Mike Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                          
5 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home                    0.11
6 Alejandro Acton (Arg) TARGETRAINING Cycling Team                        0.12
7 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team                          
8 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques                           
9 Erik Lyman (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                                           
10 Tomasz Le?Niak (Pol) MBK-Doylestown Hospital-Poland                        
11 Michael Cody (USA) Fiordifrutta                                            
12 Hector Rangel Zimarrōn (Mex) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                        
13 Erek Riggs (USA) GS Lombardi Sports                                        
14 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                             
15 Stephan Kincaid (USA) Nature's Path presented by Fuji                      
16 Jhon Fredy Parra Celada (Col) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                   0.13
17 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Heinz von Heiden-Wolf Block                             
18 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) MBK-Doylestown Hospital-Poland                      
19 Patrick Walsh (USA) CCB-Volkswagen                                     0.14
20 Jake Hollenbach (USA) CCB-Volkswagen                                       
21 Paul Ward (USA) Nature's Path presented by Fuji                            
22 Mathieu Roy (Can) Garneau-Optik                                            
23 Fco. Javier Matamoros Navarro (Mex) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                 
24 Bruno Langlois (Can) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                            0.15
25 Anthony Colby (USA) TARGETRAINING Cycling Team                             
26 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee                                      0.16
27 Bobby Lea (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                         0.17
28 Eugene Boronow (USA) GS Mengoni                                            
29 Bernardo Colex (Mex) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                                
30 Gavi Epstien (Can) GS Mengoni                                          0.18
31 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                          
32 Phillipe Abbott (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee                                      
33 Caleb Fairly (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                                
34 Andrew Wyper (Aus) Heinz von Heiden-Wolf Block                         0.19
35 Phil Cortes (Can) Garneau-Optik                                            
36 Ryan Gamm (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch presented b                        0.21
37 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                        
38 Chad Hartley (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                      0.22
39 Jerry Charles (USA) Pactimo/Jack Kane Bicycles                         0.23
40 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) Kenda/Raleigh                                0.24
41 Matthew Cooke (USA) LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies                           
42 Gerardo Castro (Uru) Nature's Path presented by Fuji                   0.25
43 Ian Manning (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee                                          
44 Jamey Driscoll (USA) Fiordifrutta                                          
45 Hendrik Werner (Ger) Heinz von Heiden-Wolf Block                           
46 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Garneau-Optik                                       
47 Dawid Krupa (Pol) MBK-Doylestown Hospital-Poland                       0.28
48 Amos Brumble (USA) CCB-Volkswagen                                      0.36
49 Bryan Smith (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                       0.37
50 Stephan Loeffler (Ger) Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques                    1.02
51 Mike Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                        1.03
                                                                              
Criterium points                                                              
                                                                              
1 Mike Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                        35 pts
2 Christian Lademann (USA) Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques                     15
3 Mark Mccormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling Team    10
4 Fausto Marcelino Esparza Muņoz (Mex) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                5
5 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                         5
                                                                                  
Overall points                                                                
                                                                              
1 Fausto Marcelino Esparza Muņoz (Mex) TECOS-Alderfer Auction               69 pts
2 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                       60
3 Mike Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                        43
4 Christian Lademann (Ger) Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques                     40
5 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                        36
6 Jhon Fredy Parra Celada (Col) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                      35
7 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                            34
8 Frank Pipp (USA) TARGETRAINING Cycling Team                               33
9 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home                       30
10 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) TECOS-Alderfer Auction                        24
11 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home                     20
12 Jose Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                         18
13 Alejandro Acton (Arg) TARGETRAINING Cycling Team                         18
14 Bryan Smith (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                         16
15 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team                       16
16 Kevin Miller (Can) Fiordifrutta                                          15
17 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques                        14
18 Graham Howard (USA) Abercrombie & Fitch presented by Inferno             14
19 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee                                        13
20 Erik Layman (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                                       12
21 Matthew Cooke (USA) LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies                         12
22 Tomasz Leniak (Pol) MBK-Doylestown Hospital-Poland                       11
23 Fco. Javier Matamoros Navarro (Mex) TECOS-Alderfer Auction               11
24 Michael Cody (USA) Fiordifrutta                                          10
25 Dan Vaillencourt (USA) CCB-Volkswagen                                    10
26 Bruno Langlois (Can) AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork                               9
27 Hector Zimarron (Mex) TESCO-Alderfer Auction                              9
28 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) MBK-Doylestown Hospital-Poland                     9
29 Kenneth Johnson (USA) LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies                        8
30 Erek Riggs (USA) GS Lombardi Sports                                       8
31 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                             7
32 Stephan Kincaid (USA) Nature's Path presented by Fuji                     6
33 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Heinz von Heiden-Wolf Block                           5
34 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Heinz von Heiden-Wolf Block                            4
35 Stephan Loeffler (Ger) Sparkasse-Etta Maes Antiques                       4
36 Alexander Boyd (USA) VMG Racing                                           3
37 Patrick Walsh (USA) CCB-Volkswagen                                        2
38 Alexandre Lavallee (Can) Garneau-Optik                                    2
39 Jake Hollenback (USA) CCB-Volkswagen                                      1
40 William Innes (USA) GS Lombardi Sports                                    1