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By Cycling News published 10 November 2009

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Past winners

2008 Federico Ramírez Méndez (CRc) & Adriana Rojas Cubero (CRc)
2007 Federico Ramirez Mendez (CRc) & Susan Haywood (USA)
2006 Leonardo Hector Paez (Col) & Marg Fedyna (Can)
2005 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) & Louise Kobin (USA)
2004 Paolo Cesar Montoya (CRc) & Louise Kobin (USA)
2003 Marvin Campos (CRc) & Louise Kobin (USA)

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