Miller and King tops at Hanes Park Classic

    by VeloNews.com

    • August 04, 2008
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    By Kurt Jambretz, Action Photos

    Brooke Miller (Team Tibco) outsprints the field for the victory in a bunch gallop to the line
    Brooke Miller (Team Tibco) outsprints the field for the victory in a bunch gallop to the line

    Photo: ©2008 Action Images/Kurt Jambretz

    Brooke Miller (Tibco) and Bissell’s Ted King won the Hanes Park Classic in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Sunday.

    Action Images’ Kurt Jambretz was there to photograph the action on the 1.3 mile circuit around a park in Winston-Salem’s Historic West End neighborhood.

    Photo Gallery

    • Brooke Miller (Team Tibco) outsprints the field for the victory in a bunch gallop to the line
    • Anna Lang (Aaron’s Pro Cycling) goes on the offensive early and escapes off the front with a few riders
    • Shontell Gauthier (Colavita/Sutter Home) in the thick of it, closely marked by Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)
    • Kate Sherwin (Advil-Chapstick) leads the peloton through in the early going
    • The attacks were relentless on this fast and technical course
    • Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home) attempts to get away from the group, but Helen Kelly (Team Tibco) is on her wheel
    • Alison Testerote (Aaron’s Pro Cycling) flies through a sun-drenched corner on the backside of the course
    • The field strings out as the pace goes back up mid-race
    • Sarah Bamberger (Cheerwine) leads the charge with some rival teams in tow
    • Brooke Miller (Team Tibco) and Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home) rev up the sprint at 100 meters
    • An exhausted Brooke Miller (Team Tibco) recovers from a fierce sprint.
    • The Women’s podium
    • The boys from DLP lined up at the front of the field in the early going and pushed the pace
    • Ted King (Bissell Pro Cycling) was active at the front all day
    • The huge peloton descends the small tree lined roller
    • Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) powers through the downhill right hander
    • The peloton negotiates the rolling terrain on the back side of the course
    • Rhasaan Bahati (Rock Racing) was looking for a good result
    • The field snakes through turn one at the base of the hill
    • A sea of color in the sun.... As the field drops the pace for a lap
    • Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) was having a good ride in the heat
    • King rolled of the front of the group with Kirk O’Bee (HealthNet) on his wheel
    • Colavita/Sutter Home calls the team to the front to give chase
    • Alessandro Bazzana (Successful Living) attempts to bridge the gap
    • As the laps expired it was down to the final three riders
    • The peloton goes single file on the home stretch as the chase continues
    • two laps to go only Ted King (Bissell Pro Cycling) and Jonathan Cantwell (Jittery Joe’s) remained in the break
    • Cantwell stayed on King's wheel
    • King rolled home to victory alone
    • King, with a brilliant move on the back part of the course, drops his breakaway companion to claim the solo victory
    • King celebrates a good day.
    • The Men’s podium

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