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U.S. National Criterium Championships - NE, Downer's Grove Village, Illinois, USA, August 18-19, 2007

Stage 5 - August 19: USPRO National Criterium Championships

It was anyone's guess on the line but Martin Gilbert (Kelly Benefit Strategies)
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Focusing on what lies ahead.
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Good crowds at the start of the pro mens race.
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Things getting scary because of the rain.
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Chris Wherry (Toyota United)
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Toyota United cruising along.
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Tim Johnson (Healthnet)
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Speeding through Downers Grove.
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BMC leads the group up the climb.
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Adam Bergman (Colavita-Sutter Home)
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Tight quarteres getting through the turns.
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Things start to get a little strung out after the climb.
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Dan Schmatz BMC Racing leans over through a turn.
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Mike Sayers BMC Racing makes the chase.
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Anthony Jesse (Kodak/Sierra Nevada)
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Dominique Rollin (Kodak/Sierra Nevada)
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Slipstream/Chipotle did lots of work
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Riders decend after the hill on the back side.
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Dominique Rollin (Kodak/Sierra Nevada)
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Kelly Benefits comes to the front to control the pace.
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Kelly Benefits on the front.
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The pace picks up closer to the end.
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Another group tried to get up the road.
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The front of the race with 1 lap to go.
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Kirk O'Bee, (Healthnet)
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Emile Abraham (AEG/Toshiba)
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The mens final podium.
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The Men’s Pro peloton lined up for the start
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Mike Friedman (Slipstream/Chipotle)
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Scott Szizanski (Priority Health pb Bissell)
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Kayle Leo Grand’s (Rock Racing)
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Chris Wherry (Toyota-United)
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Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)
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The peloton snakes out of turn four and bunches up on the descent
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Karl Menzies (Health Net) crests the small hill on the back side of the course
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Stefano Barberi (Toyota-United)
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Ryan Miller (Toyota-United) picks his line carefully on the wet pavement
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The peloton bunches up on the downhill while the teams execute their strategy
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Phil Zajicek (Navigators)
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Kodak Gallery-Sierra Brewing rode aggressively at the front for most of the race
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Tim Johnson (Health Net)
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Darren Lill (Navigators)
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Martin Gilbert (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast)
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Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Brewing)
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A Kodak Gallery/Sierra Brewing rider goes to the front
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Ivan Dominguez (Toyota- United)
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Jackson Stewart (BMC Pro Cycling)
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Martin Gilbert (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast)
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The Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast team
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There were a few more Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
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The Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
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Yes, count them.....
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Soon Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Brewing)
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Jordan Schware (Chief mechanic- Rock Racing)
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Martin Gilbert (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast)
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The Men’s podium
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