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Sea Otter Tech: Sauser’s Specialized S-Works Epic Carbon Disc
Cross-country world champion Christoph Sauser seldom races in the United States, but he made the long trip from South Africa, site of the 2009 UCI World Cup kickoff, to tackle the short track and cross country at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California. That team sponsor Specialized Bicycles sits just up the road in Morgan Hill likely influenced his travel plans.
09 Sea Otter: Wells rode Specialized’s new 29er Hardtail to victory
09 Sea Otter: Wells rode Specialized's new 29er Hardtail to victory
09 Sea Otter: After riding at the front, cross-country world champ Sauser burped a tire and dropped out.
09 Sea Otter: After riding at the front, cross-country world champ Sauser burped a tire and dropped out.
09 Sea Otter: Like many riders, Stander rode a full-suspension bike for the short track.
09 Sea Otter: Like many riders, Stander rode a full-suspension bike for the short track.
Impey wins Turkish tour despite hard crash
It’s no way to win a bike race — Daryl Impey (Barloworld) took the overall title in the 45th Presidential Tour of Turkey on Sunday despite crashing heavily in the last kilometer of the final stage after contact with former track sprinter Theo Bos (Rabobank).
09 Sea Otter: “I just had so much energy,” Batty said at the finish.
09 Sea Otter: "I just had so much energy," Batty said at the finish.
09 Sea Otter: Batty’s held her gap from the top of the climb down to the finish.
09 Sea Otter: Byberg chased Batty across the line for second.
09 Sea Otter: Byberg chased Batty across the line for second.
09 Sea Otter: Byberg chased Batty across the line for second.
09 Sea Otter: Batty attacked on the last lap to catch and pass Pendrel for the win.
09 Sea Otter: Batty attacked on the last lap to catch and pass Pendrel for the win.
09 Sea Otter: After a mid-race surge, Gould faded off the front group to finish fifth.
09 Sea Otter: After a mid-race surge, Gould faded off the front group to finish fifth.
09 Sea Otter: With Pendrel solo off ahead, Irmiger chased with Batty on her wheel.
09 Sea Otter: With Pendrel solo off ahead, Irmiger chased with Batty on her wheel.
09 Sea Otter: The key five women were Luna’s Catharine Pendrel and Georgia Gould, Specialized’s Len Byberg, Subaru-Gary Fisher’s
09 Sea Otter: The key five women were Luna’s Catharine Pendrel and Georgia Gould, Specialized’s Len Byberg, Subaru-Gary Fisher’s Heather Irmiger and Trek’s Emily Batty.
09 Sea Otter: Luna’s Catharine Pendrel drove the race, and ended up off the front alone in the closing laps.
09 Sea Otter: Luna’s Catharine Pendrel drove the race, and ended up off the front alone in the closing laps.
09 Sea Otter: Norway’s Lene Byberg took some hard pulls at the front.
09 Sea Otter: Norway’s Lene Byberg took some hard pulls at the front.
09 Sea Otter: After the race, Leipheimer hung around to sign autographs and chat with fans.
09 Sea Otter: After the race, Leipheimer hung around to sign autographs and chat with fans.
09 Sea Otter: Amaran took second.
09 Sea Otter: Amaran took second.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer drove the chase, lap after lap.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer drove the chase, lap after lap.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer said he wasn’t bothered about being a one-man team that was heavily marked by Bissell’s machine.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer said he wasn’t bothered about being a one-man team that was heavily marked by Bissell’s machine.
09 Sea Otter: The field over the top of the corkscrew.
09 Sea Otter: The field over the top of the corkscrew.
09 Sea Otter: Team Type 1’s Christopher Jones and Bissell’s Kirk O’Bee bridge up to Howes, but all three are eventually absorbed
09 Sea Otter: Team Type 1’s Christopher Jones and Bissell’s Kirk O’Bee bridge up to Howes, but all three are eventually absorbed by the Leipheimer chase group.
09 Sea Otter: While Howes pursues the break, others are hunting him.
09 Sea Otter: While Howes pursues the break, others are hunting him.
09 Sea Otter: The break on the climb.
09 Sea Otter: The break on the climb.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer leads the chase over the top.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer leads the chase over the top.
09 Sea Otter: Howes bombs the corkscrew descent.
09 Sea Otter: Howes bombs the corkscrew descent.
09 Sea Otter: Jacques-Maynes, Vennell and Amaran over the top of the corkscrew.
09 Sea Otter: Jacques-Maynes, Vennell and Amaran over the top of the corkscrew.
09 Sea Otter: Garmin-Holowesko-Felt’s Alex Howes buries himself in an effort to bridge to the three leaders.
09 Sea Otter: Garmin-Holowesko-Felt’s Alex Howes buries himself in an effort to bridge to the three leaders.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer rode in the chase group behind.
09 Sea Otter: Leipheimer rode in the chase group behind.
09 Sea Otter: Colavita’s Luis Amaran, and Bissell’s Jeremy Vennell and Andy-Jacques Maynes drive the winning move to the podium.
09 Sea Otter: Colavita’s Luis Amaran, and Bissell’s Jeremy Vennell and Andy-Jacques Maynes drive the winning move to the podium.
09 Sea Otter: Specialized’s Burry Stander, Christoph Sauser and Todd Wells charged off the front.
09 Sea Otter: Specialized's Burry Stander, Christoph Sauser and Todd Wells charged off the front.
09 Sea Otter: The men’s short track blasts off.
09 Sea Otter: The men's short track blasts off.
Spanish hamlet honors an Armstrong first
The small Spanish village of Antigüedad hardly even makes the map, but the 500 or so inhabitants have built a tongue-in-cheek monument marking the spot where the hamlet made worldwide headlines. When Lance Armstrong crashed out of the first stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León with a broken clavicle on March 23, the world’s attention turned to the innocuous, narrow stretch of road across the barren fields of northern Spain.
09 Sea Otter: Wells was all grins at the finish.
09 Sea Otter: Wells was all grins at the finish.
09 Sea Otter: After Stander drove it for him, Wells rode solo to the win.
09 Sea Otter: After Stander drove it for him, Wells rode solo to the win.
09 Sea Otter: Kona’s Ryan Trebon lead the early pursuit of the Specialized trio, but later faded.
09 Sea Otter: Kona's Ryan Trebon lead the early pursuit of the Specialized trio, but later faded.
09 Sea Otter: Subaru-Gary Fisher’s Sam Schultz rode into fifth
09 Sea Otter: Subaru-Gary Fisher's Sam Schultz rode into fifth
09 Sea Otter: Jeremiah Bishop closed to a close fourth
09 Sea Otter: Jeremiah Bishop closed to a close fourth
09 Sea Otter: After Sauser flatted, Giant’s Carl Decker muscled into third.
09 Sea Otter: After Sauser flatted, Giant's Carl Decker muscled into third.
09 Sea Otter: The short track was a rattling, dusty affair
09 Sea Otter: The short track was a rattling, dusty affair
09 Sea Otter: Specialized’s Burry Stander, Christoph Sauser and Todd Wells off the front.
09 Sea Otter: Specialized's Burry Stander, Christoph Sauser and Todd Wells off the front.
09 Sea Otter: The short track blasts off.
09 Sea Otter: The short track blasts off.
Schleck, Lloyd crash out of Amstel Gold
Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Matt Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) crashed heavily in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race and left the course in ambulances, wearing cervical collars around their necks. Schleck, who won here in 2006, never lost consciousness and was later diagnosed as having suffered a mild concussion, according to his team. There was no immediate word on Lloyd’s condition. "It is not as serious as we first feared," said Saxo Bank sporting director Kim Andersen. "Frank is fine and that is the most important thing. I was really concerned for him when I saw him lying on the ground!"
09 Sea Otter: Andy Jacques-Maynes delivers
09 Sea Otter: Andy Jacques-Maynes delivers
Ivanov wins Amstel Gold
Sergei Ivanov (Katusha) won the 44th edition of the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday in a dramatic two-up sprint with Saxo Bank's Karsten Kroon as a frantic chase fell just a few seconds short of success. "For me it's the biggest win of my career," said a clearly delighted Ivanov after emerging the strongest of a final three-man break that also included Robert Gesink (Rabobank), who hung on for third on the steeps of the Cauberg, just a few seconds ahead of the charging peloton.