| The Torrington
Stage |
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| Mark
McCormack takes the leader's jersey with the stage 1 win. |
| Shawn Milne
will take second for another strong performance. |
| Mark Walters,
third. |
| Dominique
Perras (Team Ofoto) and Todd Herriott (Colavita) maintain
their lead through the brutal climbs. |
| On the podium. |
| Mike Jones
(Health Net) bridges the gap in the latter stages of the
hills for the three-some that heads into the closing
Torrington laps. |
| Marty
Nothstein will take the sprinter's jersey. |
| Stu
Gillespie takes the best young rider award through stage
1. |
| Dominique
Perras scoops up the Polka Dotted Jersey, |
| and Todd
Herriott gets a load of a variety of points. |
| Shawn knows
who to Mark. |
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| Holing it through a
covered bridge that crosses the Housatonic. |
| Fiordifrutta/WheelWorks/Cannondale
dragged the field for a great part of the race. |
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| The New Haven
Stage |
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| The buildings
about the early laps. |
| Again... |
| and again. |
| Ivan
Dominguez celebrates his victory. |
| Mark
McCormack maintained his leader's jersey... |
| as did Shawn
Milne for top amateur. |
| Pan action. |
| Again. |
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| The Waterbury
Stage |
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| Movin' at the
beginning of lap 2. |
| The Yeshiva Gedolah
students brought animation and life to the course. |
| Jeff Louder,
in the break, would eventually take the photo finish win. |
| Stu
Gillespie rode aggressively and well to keep the top
young rider's white jersey. |
| Dominique
Perras never relinquished his polka dots. |
| Danny Pate
seems to be surrounded by the Colavita contingent. |
| A Horner
sandwich, with Healthnet ... hey that's Marianne's great
B&B on the course (www.houseonthehill.biz , I think). |
| Moving up. |
| Moving down. |
| For the
finish, looks like Will Frischkorn lets up as Chris
Wherry and Jeff Louder finish the duking (Louder takes
it). |
| JRs: Scott
Jackson enroute to a convincing win. |
| JRs: Kirk
Carlson rolls in for second. |
| JRs: Jeff
Buckles will round out the top three. |
| JRs:
Fearless Peerless Mike Wickman exhausts a burner out on a
break with the eventual winner. |
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| The Danbury
Stage |
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| This should
be relabeled as the Horner Stage. |
| As slick
as olive oil, Colavita's Mark McCormack smoothly
maintained the yellow jersey and overall win. |
| The peloton
in the early going, before the heat of the action. |
| The Colavita
lead peloton. |
| The peloton spans
the road. |
| It was good
to see Tim Johnson back on home turf. |
| Chris Horner
in the corner, biding his time for the win. |
| Sprinter
Ivan Dominguez showing no strain in the hills. |
| It was not
to be Vasili Davidenko's third win in Danbury. |
| Jason Baer-ing
his teeth. |
| Larry Perera. |
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