The Reading Classic was an annual
bicycle road racing
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event held in
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Phila ...
from 2006 to 2008. In its inaugural year, the 2006 Reading Classic was part of the
Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling The TD Bank Triple Crown of Cycling, formerly known as the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling, was a three-race series of road bicycle racing events held in the United States that ran from 2006-2008. The series consisted of the Lancaster Class ...
on the United States' Pro Cycling Tour (PCT), and served as a remplacement of the
Trenton Classic. The men's elite event is ranked 1.1 by the
International Cycling Union
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(UCI), the sport's governing body, and is part of the
UCI America Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale
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Men's results
;2006 results
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Greg Henderson
Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in r ...
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Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
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Sergey Lagutin
Sergey Lagutin (; born 14 January 1981) is a former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2018 for seven different teams, and represented both Russia and Uzbekistan in competition. He now works as a direc ...
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Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
Navigators Insurance Cycling Team (''UCI Code:'' NIC) was an elite road bicycle racing cycling team in the United States. Navigators focused on USA Cycling and UCI America Tour events. The team has competed in every Tour de Georgia. The team was ...
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Danny Pate
Danny Pate (born March 23, 1979) is an American retired professional cyclist, who competed professionally in road racing, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing between 2000 and 2018 for the , Prime Alliance, , , , , and teams.
Career
Born in C ...
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Team TIAA-CREF
;2007 results
:1.
Bernhard Eisel
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T-Mobile Team
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Alejandro Barrajo
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Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros ( Greek), Alsander ( Irish), Alessandro ( Italian), Aleksandr ...
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Rite Aid Pro Cycling
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Oleg Grishkin
Oleg Grischkin (born 10 February 1975 in Moscow) is a former Russian racing cyclist.
Palmares
;1997
:1st Overall Five Rings of Moscow
;1998
:1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
;2002
:1st National Road Race Championships
:1st Tallinn-Tartu GP
...
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Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
Navigators Insurance Cycling Team (''UCI Code:'' NIC) was an elite road bicycle racing cycling team in the United States. Navigators focused on USA Cycling and UCI America Tour events. The team has competed in every Tour de Georgia. The team was ...
;2008 results
:1.
Oscar Sevilla
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Rock Racing
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Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, having ...
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Team High Road
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As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...
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Bernhard Eisel
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,
Team High Road
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...
Women's results
;2006 results
:1.
Ina Teutenberg
:
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt, Saturn Cycling Team and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including ...
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T-Mobile Women
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:2.
Katherine Carroll
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, Victory Brewing Pro Cycling Team
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Rochelle Gilmore
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Career
Born in Sutherland, New South Wales, Gilmore competed in track cycling in her teens, before speciali ...
, Advil-Chapstick USA
;2007 results
:1.
Ina Teutenberg
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Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt, Saturn Cycling Team and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including ...
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T-Mobile Women
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:2.
Theresa Cliff Ryan
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Verducci Breakaway Racing Verducci is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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*Tom Verducci (born 1960), American sportswriter
See also
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Laura Van Gilder
Laura Van Gilder (born December 11, 1964) is an American road bicycle racer from Cresco, Pennsylvania, who currently rides for American amateur team Mellow Mushroom Racing. Van Gilder turned professional in 1992, and represented her nation at th ...
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Cheerwine
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Overview a ...
;2008 results
:1.
Ina Teutenberg
:
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt, Saturn Cycling Team and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including ...
,
Team High Road
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...
:2.
Joanne Kiesanowski
Joanne Marie Kiesanowski (born 24 May 1979) is a New Zealand cyclist, who won the silver medal in the women's scratch race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She is married to Jeff Pierce, a former professional cyclist.
The 2012 Summer Olympi ...
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Team TIBCO
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As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to info ...
:3.
Laura Van Gilder
Laura Van Gilder (born December 11, 1964) is an American road bicycle racer from Cresco, Pennsylvania, who currently rides for American amateur team Mellow Mushroom Racing. Van Gilder turned professional in 1992, and represented her nation at th ...
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Cheerwine
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Overview a ...
See also
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Lancaster Classic
The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic was a professional road bicycle race held in late May or early June between 1992 and 2007 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With the exception of the first race, which was , the Lancaster Classic covered about . D ...
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Philadelphia International Championship
The Philadelphia International Championship was an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Eur ...
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Liberty Classic
The Liberty Classic was an annual women's bicycle race held from 1994 to 2012, simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship. The 57.6 mile race consisted of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up ...
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List of road bicycle racing events
This is a list of important men's road bicycle racing events. The list only includes road races, and no track, mountain or cyclo-cross races.
Championships
*UCI World Tour, used to be UCI ProTour
*Five UCI Continental Circuits (Africa, America, ...
External links
Pro Cycling Tour (PCT)
Cycle races in the United States
Sports in Reading, Pennsylvania
Women's road bicycle races
Recurring sporting events established in 2006
2006 establishments in Pennsylvania
UCI America Tour races
2008 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008
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