Florenz Knauer, Francisco Mancebo and Dion Smith.(Image credit: Mike Albright / Courtesy of Cascade Cycling Classic)
Paco Mancebo (SkyDive Dubai)(Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo - www.elpedaldefrodo.com)
The peloton climbs out of Prineville(Image credit: Mike Albright / Courtesy of Cascade Cycling Classic)
An early breakaway during stage 1 of the Cascade Cycling Classic(Image credit: Mike Albright / Courtesy of Cascade Cycling Classic)
Colton Hartrich pushes the pace during stage 1 of the Cascade Cycling Classic.(Image credit: Mike Albright / Courtesy of Cascade Cycling Classic)
Kristin Armstrong (Twenty 16) tried todays road race after capturing another time trial title this weekend(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Francisco Mancebo (Canyon Bicycles) and Kristin Armstrong (Twenty 16-ShoAir) won the opening stages of the Cascade Cycling Classic Wednesday in Bend, Oregon.
The five-day race opened with a revised version of the classic McKenzie Pass Road Race. The 2015 route started west of Bend in Madras and passed through Prineville, Redmond and Sisters before finishing with a 22km climb to the Dee Wright Observatory amid the otherworldly lava fields at the top of Mckenzie Pass.
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