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Racing This Week: Romandie, Asturias on tap
The dust is still settling following Sunday’s exciting conclusion of the spring classics with Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but there’s no time for the European peloton to catch its breath. There’s a full menu of racing this week in what’s a transition between the one-day spring classics into the season’s first major grand tour, with the centenary Giro d’Italia looming in Venice on May 9.
Butterfield, Bahati take Dana Point crits
In stark contrast to the gentle winds coming off of the Pacific Ocean just below the race course, Rahsaan Bahati (Rock Racing) and Nikki Butterfield (Webcor Builders) both powered out of their respective fields to win bunch sprints in the Dana Point Grand Prix in the Southern California city of Dana Point on Sunday afternoon.
Andy Schleck solos to victory in 2009 Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Andy Shleck times his attack to perfection on the Côte de la Roche aux Faucons and rides alone to victory in the 95th La Doyenne
Cutters score three-peat at Little 500; Pi Beta Phi takes 1st women’s win
The Little 500 in Bloomington, Indiana, has many traditions and teams that are contenders every year. There have even been what people consider dynasties in the race, such as the Delta Chi teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Out of that program came some disgruntled riders who decided to form their own independent team in 1984, calling themselves the Cutters, after the fictional team from the movie "Breaking Away." They won the race that year and the team has gone on to win eight more times since, including the past two years.
Absalon, Chengyuan win MTB World Cup No. 2
Julien Absalon (Orbea) seized the lead of the cross-country Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup on Sunday after winning round two of the series in Offenburg, Germany. It was Absalon's 18th World Cup victory — a record that tops the 17 wins scored by Thomas Frischknecht — and leaves him undefeated at Offenburg. In women’s competition, Ren Chengyuan (China) took the win while Austrian Elisabeth Osl (Central Ghost Pro Team) finished fifth to retain the overall lead.