Cyclists prep for final race

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, June, 2008 | by Kevin Tatum Inquirer Staff Writer

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Bernhard Eisel will try to defend their Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling championships Sunday when they race, respectively, in the Liberty Classic for women and the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship for men. Both races will begin and end on the Ben Franklin Parkway.

The race for the 24th annual men's event is 156 miles. The women's race is 56.7 miles. The races are the third legs of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling. The competitors in both the men's and women's divisions opened in Allentown on Tuesday before moving on to Reading yesterday. Yesterday, Spain's Oscar Sevilla executed a solo attack in the waning moments of the Reading Classic and held on to win the 75-mile race in 2 hours, 47 minutes, 11 seconds. Ukraine's...

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