The 2010 Fuji Banana Belt has flown by but will be back again next year, and promoter Jeff Mitchem says the course may run counterclockwise for two races instead of one.
2010 bBanana Belt #3 photo gallery
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- The 2010 Fuji Banana Belt has flown by but will be back again next year, and promoter Jeff Mitchem says the course may run counterclockwise for two races instead of one.
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- This Apple is ready for the races, which means this lucky quadruped is the Cycling Action race dog of the week.
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- Another close finish in the afternoon.
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- Pacific Power Blue Sky rider harry Phinney wins the Masters 50+ race by a bike throw.
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- Echelon Gran Fondo/ZteaM’s Matt Slater crosses the line for the Masters 40+ 1/2/3 race.
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- The field behind is left playing catch up in the Masters 40+ 1/2/3 race.
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- Series overall winner David Zimbelman and Karsten Hagen, both Echolon Gran Fondo/ZteaM riders, tried to bridge to the breakway group.
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- The Masters 40+ 1/2/3 field picks up the chase.
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- Breakaways seemed to rule the day, and Masters 40+ 1/2/3 race had its own early escapees.
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- Cyclepath’s Jeffrey Henderson won the field sprint for third ahead of series winner Stephen Bedford (Word-RCB).
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- Portland Velo’s Mitch Lee outlived the shattered break group and won the Cat 3 Men’s race. BRIHOP’s Brent Emoff was second.
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- The Cat 3 Men’s break stayed away despite the chase behind.
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- Team Oregon missed out on the breakaway and sent numbers to the front to chase.
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- An early breakaway in the Cat 3 Men’s race started gaining traction.
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- The Cat 4 Men’s field sprint.
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- The field in the Cat 4 Men’s race seemed content to watch the leaders ride up the road.
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- Austin Boswell (Hot Tubes development Team) initiated the winning move and took Sunday’s Cat 4 Men’s race.
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- The Men’s Cat 4 field.
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- Sorella Forte’s Sarah Tisdale won the Masters Women 40+ race Sunday and the series overall.
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- Anna Chistiansen (Ironclad Performance Wear) and Megan Chinburg (Veloforma) worked togther in the break before Chinburg took the win.
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- Ironclad Performance Wear’s Anna Christiansen was able to bridge to Chinburg in the Cat 4 Women’s race.
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- Veloforma’s Megan Chinburg initiated a break and won Sunday’s Cat 4 Women’s event at just her second-ever road race.
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- CAPA Cycling Team’s Leia Tyrrell swept the series with a win on Sunday. She finsihed ahead of Mindy Simmons (Hammer Velo) and Elise Huggins (Veloforma).
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- Attacks in the Cat 3 women’s race whittled the lead group to a select few.
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- Jacob Rathe won the field sprint for fourth in front of series winner Steven Beardsley (Gentle Lovers) and Brad Gebhard (Team Old School).
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- Donald Reeb took the win in front of Ryan Carlson and Galen Mittermann.
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- Jelly Belly/Kenda’s Jacob Rathe and Rubicon-ORBEA’s Quinn Keogh tried to bridge to the leaders but couldn’t shake the pack.
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- This is the break that stuck in the Pro/1/2 Men’s race. Cyclepath’s Ryan Carlson leads HP Chiropractic’s Donald Reeb and Bicycleway.com’s Galen Mittermann.
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- More chasing from the Pro/1/2 Men’s field.
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- Another break attempt goes off the front in the Pro/1/2 race.
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- The pro/1/2 men’s field picks up the chase.
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- An early break attempt in the Pro/1/2 Men’s race.
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- The rain was gone and clear skies prevailed for the third week in a row at Banana Belt #3.
