Podium Cafe - 2013 Redlands Classic You can check out, but you can never leavehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/25744/podiumcafe_f.png2013-04-05T16:57:12-04:00http://www.podiumcafe.com/rss/stream/39521152013-04-05T16:57:12-04:002013-04-05T16:57:12-04:002013 Redlands Classic Day 2
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<p>Powers wins again</p> <p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.redlandsclassic.com/">2013 Redlands Bicycle Classic </a>continued today in the City of Beaumont, California for a 72.3-mile circuit race.</p>
<p>The peloton was active with small breaks here and there. It got especially exciting in the last lap when a break got away and wasn't caught until there was only 3K to go.</p>
<p>A couple brave riders broke off the front to avoid a mass sprint finish and Alison Powers (NOW and Novartis), in the yellow jersey, took the win ahead of Joanna Kiesanowski(Tibco).</p>
<p>Kiesanowski protested the finish but the win still went to Powers.</p>
<p>Brianna Walle (Optum) came in third to complete the podium.</p>
<p>The third stage will take place in downtown Redlands Saturday afternoon, where the women will duke it out in a 60-minute criterium.</p>
<p>For more informatiom, visit theRedlands Classic website, and you can follow the action as it happens on their twitter and via @Podium_Live</p>
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<p> NOW and Novartis, Specialized-Lululemon and Vanderkitten kick off hotly contested stage race</p> <p>The 29 edition of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.redlandsclassic.com/">Redlands Bicycle Classic</a> kicked off today in sunny Redlands, California.</p>
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<p>Started in 1985, the Redlands Classic didn’t have a women’s field until 1993 and it took another couple years for the prize purse to grow and the number of stages to equal the men. Today, it’s a fiercely contested stage race featuring four stages and a prize purse over $12,500.</p>
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<p>Recent past winners include Megan Guarnier, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Lyne Bessette, Amber Neben, Genevieve Jeanson and Judith Arndt.</p>
<p>Among the pro peloton are national and international teams including: Colavita Fine Cooking, Exergy Twenty 16, FCS /Zngine powered by Mr. Restore, NOW and Novartis for MS, Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies, Primal Pro Women p/b BH, SC Velo – Incycle, Specialized LULULEMON, Team Kenda p/b RACC, Team Tibco, The Dare to Be Project, and Vanderkitten.</p>
<p>Made to test cyclists’ endurance, the 7.8-mile (12.5 km) Big Bear Time Trail was held at an altitude of 6,800 feet and took racers out and back to the mountain town of Fawnskin.</p>
<p>Alison Powers of NOW and Novartis for MS took first with a time of 16:09. She will be wearing the yellow jersey tomorrow.</p>
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<p>Tayler Wiles of Specialized Lululemon came in second with a time of 16:40. And rounding out the podium in third place was Vanderkitten's Rhae Shaw with a time of 16:54. The race continues tomorrow morning with a 72.3-mile circuit race in the City of Beaumont.</p>
<p>There's a lot more information about the race on <a href="http://www.redlandsclassic.com/" target="_blank">their website</a> - and you can follow the action as it happens on <a href="https://twitter.com/redlandsClassic" target="_blank">their twitter</a> and via <a href="https://twitter.com/podium_live" target="_blank">@Podium_Live</a></p>
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