Cascade Classic Stage Race

The Whiskey Off-Road and Cascade Cycling Classic are off; USA Cycling withholds race and event sanctioning through May 31.

Robin Carpenter defends his overall title at the Cascade Classic. Allie Dragoo win the women's race in Bend, Oregon.

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Photos from the fifth and final stage of action at the annual race in Oregon

Photographer Casey B. Gibson is following the Cascade Cycling Classic around Oregon

Casey B. Gibson snaps stage 3 of the 2014 Cascade Classic

Riders tackle stage 2, a 16 mile time trial in Prineville, Oregon

The Cascade Lakes RR stage saw Eric Marcotte win the day, and Lauren Stephens defended her leader's jersey

Racing action kicked off in Bend, Oregon with a prologue in the 35th annual Cascade Classic

Photos from the final day of racing at the 2013 Cascade Cycling Classic

Results from stage 5 of the 2013 Cascade Cycling Classic

Results from stage 4 of the 2013 Cascade Cycling Classic

Pix from stage 4 of the 2013 Cascade Cycling Classic

Pix from stage 3 of the 2013 Cascade Cycling Classic

Resutls from stage 3 of the 2013 Cascade Cycling Classic

Tvetcov takes overall lead after winning his second consecutive stage

Men's and women's results from the second stage of the 2013 Cascade Classic

Serghei Tvetcov and Alison Powers ride to time trial wins at the Cascade Classic

Kristin McGrath, Jakub Novak lead the overall with three days remaining

Men's and women's results from the first stage of the 2013 Cascade Classic

Phil Gaimon and Claudia Haüsler jump away for wins in the Cascade Classic's first climbing stage

Garmin-bound Bissell man launches late attack to take the stage, overall lead in Oregon

Alison Powers and Robert Sweeting blaze the Tetherow Golf Course prologue at the Cascade Classic as the sun sets on Bend, Oregon

The sixth stop on the National Racing Calendar gets underway with a short prologue in Bend, Oregon

Images from the 2012 Cascade Cycling Classic, through the lens of Brian Hodes

Mancebo, Powers finish off Cascade Classic for overall wins

Francisco Mancebo leads men's race; Alison Powers takes over women's GC as Kristin Armstrong skips crit

Bontrager takes top three spots at Mount Bachelor as Mancebo takes overall lead

Kristin Armstrong makes it three-for-three at Cascade and Luis Amaran wins the stage and takes the yellow jersey

1. Francisco Mancebo, Competitivecyclist Racing Team, at 2:58:11 2. Ian Boswell, Bontrager Livestrong, at 2:58:11 3. Phil Gaimon, Kenda-5hr Energy p/b Geargrinder, at 2:58:11 4. Chris Baldwin, Bissell Pro Cycling, at 2:58:11 5. Matthew Cooke, Team Exergy, at 2:58:11

Armstrong, Mancebo lead the Cascade Classic after the McKenzie Pass stage

Olympic champ, young Optum rider jump out to early Cascade leads

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Editor's Note: Phil Gaimon, 25, is a Velo magazine columnist and third-year pro racer for Kenda-5 Hr Energy Presented by Gear Grinder. He has an English degree from the University of Florida, and owns online stores at podiumcycling.com and sharethedamnroad.com.

RealCyclist.com's Francisco Mancebo and Colavita's Janel Holcomb win the overall at the Cascade Classic stage race

Women's

• 1. Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d'Asolo), in 10:47:44
• 2. Anne Samplonius (NOW and Novartis For MS), at 0:00:23
• 3. Clara Hughes (Cycling BC), at 0:01:09
• 4. Erinne Willock (Team TIBCO/To the Top), at 0:01:22
• 5. Kristin Mcgrath (Peanut Butter & Co.Twenty12), at 0:01:28

• 1. Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.Com Pro Cycling), in 10:42:00
• 2. Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team), at 0:00:42
• 3. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling), at 0:00:49
• 4. Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home), at 0:00:55
• 5. Tom Zirbel (Jamis Sutter Home), at 0:01:09

Stage 12 winner Sammy Sanchez's Orbea

Alex Dowsett and Tara Whitten win the final stage in Oregon.

Tibco's lead-out train delivers and Fly V's Tanner gets his win after his stage 1 solo fell short. Abbott and Sutherland hold the GC leads.

Complete results from stage 3 of the Cascade Cycling Classic

Riders, organizers at odds as a crash mars the finish at the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort.

Sutherland, Abbott lead GC before Mt. Bachelor summit finish

201 Cascade Cycling Classic stage 2 results

UnitedHealthcare's Rory Sutherland deposes Trek-Livestrong's Jesse Sergent as Colavita's Cath Cheatley overthrows Vera Bradley's Alison Powers.

Trek-Livestrong and Vera Bradley Foundation open the race with wins, while a T-shirt clad Floyd Landis toes the line.

2010 Cascade Cycling Classic prologue results

Floyd Landis is expected at the Cascade Cycling Classic, starting Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, his former team has either disbanded or reorganized.

The NRC takes to the mountains of central Oregon this week and VeloNews will be there.

Cascade Cycling Classic 2010 Start List

Racing shifts to the left side of the country this week.

Breakaway Promotions, the events company behind the Cherry Blossom, Mt. Hood and Cascade Classics will announce the full route for the 2010 BMC Cascade Cycling Classic next week.

Bill Demong, who won gold and silver medals in the Nordic combined at Vancouver, is the guy who rode double with Chris Horner at the 2008 Cascade Classic. But he'd like to be known for more in the cycling world.

The six-day stage race in Oregon features stunning scenery and all-out racing.