Commerce Bank Triple Crown of cycling organizers, in and around Philadelphia in the first week of June, have announced the bulk of the teams set to compete for the US$100,000 in prizes for three races – $10,000 of which goes solely to the series winner.
Two ProTour teams, High Road and Team CSC, which both having sponsorship interest in North America, will be the big draws this year. High Road’s Bernhard Eisel won the overall last year, winning the first two races in Lancaster and Reading, and finishing third in the field sprinter on the final race in Philadelphia. CSC’s sprinter JJ Haedo took that field sprint continuing his winning ways on this continent.
The Slipstream-Chipotle team has also excepted an invite while it now prepares for its Tour de France debut. Not to be discounted are top domestic teams, including Health Net-Maxxis which won many races in its history, including two by Kiwi Greg Henderson in 2006, which helped secure his current place on High Road. Toyota-United will be another to watch with sprinter Ivan Dominguez, B world champion Ivan Stevic and Canadian Dominique Rollin. This could be the first opportunity for JJ Haedo’s younger brother Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home,) winner of the recent US Air Force Classic, to go head-to-head with big bro.
This three-race series begins June 3 with a new race, the Lehigh Valley Classic, which replaces the Lancaster venue. The parcours features an 136km, 12-lap circuit race that races through Allentown. Two days later, the third edition of the Reading Classic features three times up Mt. Penn. Finally, the 24th annual Philadelphia International Championship features 250km and ten ascents of the infamous 18 percent grades of the Manayunk Wall.
ProTour Teams
High Road
Team CSC
US Pro Continental Teams
Slipstream-Chipotle-H30
BMC Racing
International Teams
Symmetrics
Team RACE
Pezula Racing
Team Sparkasse
Tecos - Trek
2 - TBA
US Continental Teams
Bissell Pro Cycling
Colavita-Sutter Home
DLP Racing
Health Net-Maxxis
Jelly Belly
Jittery Joe’s
Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
Rite Aid
Rock Racing
Team Successful Living
TIME Pro Cycling
Team Type 1
Toshiba-Santo
Toyota-United
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWe have been looking forward to The Triple Crown since February. The race gives us motivation to work hard, through long, gray weeks of winter. Several other family members and friends will be joining us for the Reading and Philly races.
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