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Nature Valley Grand Prix Reduces Men’s Team Size

Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by lyne.

Very interesting. The Nature Valley Grand Prix will be limiting men’s teams to six riders in 2012. For the past few years, the UnitedHealthcare train has dominated the three crits by putting all their eight-men train at the front and setting a punishing pace that squashed most if not all attempts at breakaways.  The tactics, [...]

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Photo Gallery NVGP Stage 6 Men

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Photo Gallery of men’s stage 6, the Stillwater Criterium, at the Nature Valley Grand Prix

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Photo Gallery NVGP Stage 6 Women

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Photo Gallery of women’s stage 6, the Stillwater Criterium, at the Nature Valley Grand Prix

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Anthony Prevails; Sutherland Takes Stage Win At NVGP

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Finally. After losing the overall on the final day of Nature Valley Grand Prix last year, the Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth team prevailed this year with Jesse Anthony winning the overall. Anthony was protected by his teammates who covered all the dangerous attacks by the Jamis/Sutter Home team until the final laps, and then it time [...]

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Bronzini Wins Again; Neben Takes Overall At NVGP

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Although known as a sprinter, Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) has no problems with short steep climbs as she showed in Geelong when she won the World Championship which ended in a climb. Bronzini waited patiently in the lead group, reduced to 12 riders by the tough tempo set by the HTC-Highoad squad and then launched [...]

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Photo Gallery NVGP Stage 5 Men

Posted on 19. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Photo Gallery of men’s stage 5, the Menomonie Road Race, at the Nature Valley Grand Prix

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Photo Gallery NVGP Stage 5 Women

Posted on 18. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Photo Gallery of women’s stage 5, the Menomonie Road Race, at the Nature Valley Grand Prix

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Anthony Takes Yellow, Van Ulden Wins Explosive Stage At NVGP

Posted on 18. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

KABOOM. Chinks, small chinks but chinks none the less, were seen in the UnitedHealthcare armor on Friday evening and the other teams were ready to take advantage of them in Friday’s Menomonie Road Race, stage 5 at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. The Kelly Benefit Strategie-Optumhealth team made it an all or nothing stage and [...]

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Neben Takes Race Lead as Kirchmann Wins Stage

Posted on 18. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Tough Menomonie stage lived up to its billing. At the end of the 81-mile road race, the yellow jersey had changed shoulders, from Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12) to Amber Neben (HTC-HighRoad).

Decisive climbs all day. After lots of attacks, seven riders escaped on the first QOH, only 13 miles into the stage. Inga [...]

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Photo Gallery NVGP Stage 4 Men

Posted on 18. Jun, 2011 by lyne.

Photo Gallery of Men’s stage 4, the Uptown Minneapolis Criterium, at the Nature Valley Grand Prix

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