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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (VN) — The USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships will break some new ground this holiday weekend. For the first time in the event’s 28-year history, the men’s and women’s events will be held at the same location, and the fields will be racing for equal prize money. Meanwhile, for Brent and Jamie Bookwalter, who once lived in Chattanooga, the championships offer a rare opportunity for husband and wife to tackle an event together. “The only other time we’ve raced together was at Roan Groan [in Johnson City, Tenn.],” said Jamie, who rides for Colavita Racing. “We did a crit together, but that’s the only other road race we’ve ever done together.” After pausing briefly to reflect upon the accuracy of her statements, she added one additional clarification: “We did collegiate mountain bike races together, but he was chasing after other girls then, so they don’t count.” While familiar to one another as a result of their common collegiate racing circles, it was the matchmaking of Specialized-lululemon’s Ally Stacher — also racing in Chattanooga this weekend — that eventually brought the two together. After Brent broke a leg in 2007, Stacher prodded Jamie to reach out to him. “Ally told me to e-mail Brent when he broke his leg. They went to college together,” Jamie said. “So I sent this email to Brent saying I was really sorry about his broken leg. And then I didn’t hear anything back from him. And I thought, ‘Well, whatever.’ And then a week later I finally got an email back and it was like, ‘Oh, this guy is kind of cute.’ Jamie replied immediately, but again had to wait days for a response. “It was a very clever little strategy he had there. He’d wait around to send me anything, but when he did it was really suave,” she said. “Hey, don’t give away my secrets,” interjected Brent, who rides for BMC Racing and is a favorite in Saturday’s men’s time trial championship. After college Brent rose into cycling’s professional ranks, while Jamie opted to complete a master’s degree at the University of Georgia before following suit. The couple says sharing a common passion has been a blessing. “It’s worked out to be a really nice thing for us, because we’re both going through the same things,” said Brent. He says their common occupation has helped to minimize potential relationship challenges associated with the sport’s unusual lifestyle, noting that the peloton’s often-taxing travel and training demands are “not without challenges.” “I think generally professional cycling condones a pretty selfish lifestyle. Trying to balance that can be tricky,” he said. “So I’m thankful we have the opportunity to be racing bikes and doing it together. “We have this chance to share in something really beautiful — and that’s just being out on the bike together.” Jamie, who placed 23rd in the 2012 championship road race, agrees that the couple’s cycling bond promotes a special kind of understanding. “Racing has helped me to realize the kind of stress he’s under in ways that maybe I wouldn’t otherwise,” she said. “It’s hard to understand road racing unless you’ve been on a team and been a worker. You learn how stressful it is to be away from home. Team dynamics can be difficult. You find that cycling is a lot more when you win. So I think we understand one other better as a result.” As for life’s other stresses, Jamie says she’s ready to share them, too. “Maybe when he quits road racing he can go get a master’s degree and understand why I was stressed for so long,” she said.

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Vincenzo Nibali at the head of affairs. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

Maxim Iglinskiy (AST) broke clear of the bunch and remained clear to win Stage 4 of 2013 Tour de Belgique. Andre Greipel (LTB) won the bunch sprint ahead of Philippe Gilbert (BMC). Race Results Tour de Belgique (2013) - Stage 4 Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure to Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure (164km) 25 May 2013 Stage 4 | Stage 3 (ITT) | Stage 2 | Stage 1 Stage Position Name Nationality Team Time 1 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ ASTANA 3:41:38 2 GREIPEL, André GER LOTTO BELISOL 2 3 GILBERT, Philippe BEL BMC RACING 4 VAN POPPEL, Danny NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM 5 GAVAZZI, Francesco ITA ASTANA 6 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR 7 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Reinardt RSA ARG 8 MEISEN, Marcel GER BKCP - POWERPLUS 9 VAN ASBROECK, Tom BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR 10 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre LUX ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S 11 DELFOSSE, Sébastien BEL Crelan-Euphony 12 HOFLAND, Moreno NED Blanco 13 TSATEVITCH, Alexey RUS KATUSHA 14 VANTOMME, Maxime BEL Crelan-Euphony 5 15 DE VREESE, Laurens BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR 16 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL 17 PONZI, Simone ITA ASTANA 18 LAMPAERT, Yves BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR 19 MARTIN, Tony GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 20 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon ESP Blanco 21 HUREL, Tony FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 22 VANTHOURENHOUT, Dieter BEL BKCP - POWERPLUS 23 NYS, Sven BEL Crelan-Euphony 24 VANMARCKE, Sep BEL Blanco 25 ROELANDTS, Jurgen BEL LOTTO BELISOL 26 NERZ, Dominik GER BMC RACING 27 VAN DER POEL, David NED BKCP - POWERPLUS 28 VOECKLER, Thomas FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 29 KOHLER, Martin SUI BMC RACING 30 VANTHOURENHOUT, Michael BEL BKCP - POWERPLUS 31 CAETHOVEN, Steven BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S 32 MONFORT, Maxime BEL Radioshack Leopard 33 KUCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA 34 EVRARD, Laurent BEL WALLONIE BRUXELLES - CREDIT AGRICOLE 35 MAIKIN, Roman RUS RUSVELO 36 LAGUTIN, Sergey UZB VACANSOLEIL-DCM 37 LEUKEMANS, Björn BEL VACANSOLEIL-DCM 38 PORSEV, Alexander RUS KATUSHA 39 DUMOULIN, Tom NED ARG 40 VAN HOECKE, Gijs BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR 41 VEILLEUX, David CAN TEAM EUROPCAR 42 VAN AVERMAET, Greg BEL BMC RACING 43 SELVAGGI, Mirko ITA VACANSOLEIL-DCM 44 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco 45 PETIT, Adrien FRA COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 46 PETRUS, Lubomir CZE BKCP - POWERPLUS 47 NOVIKOV, Nikita RUS VACANSOLEIL-DCM 48 JUODVALKIS, Egidijus LTU Crelan-Euphony 49 ERSHOV, Artur RUS RUSVELO 50 OVECHKIN, Artem RUS RUSVELO 51 TERPSTRA, Niki NED OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 52 DEMOITIE, Antoine BEL WALLONIE BRUXELLES - CREDIT AGRICOLE 53 VANDEWALLE, Kristof BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 54 BAUGNIES, Jérôme BEL To Win-Josan Cycling Team 55 SIJMENS, Nico BEL COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 56 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA 57 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA BMC RACING

Lampre’s young rider Adriano Malori won the Stage 4 ITT at 2013 Bayern-Rundfarht. Race Results Bayern-Rundfahrt (2013) - Stage 4 (ITT) Schierling to Schierling (31km) 25 May 2013 Stage 4 (ITT) | Stage 3 | Stage 2 | Stage 1 Stage Position Name Nationality Team Time 1 MALORI, Adriano ITA LAMPRE - ISD 38:19 2 SÜTTERLIN, Jasha GER THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM 18 3 BARTA, Jan CZE TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA 19 4 THOMAS, Geraint GBR SKY PROCYCLING 20 5 ROY, Jérémy FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 26 6 GESCHKE, Simon GER ARG 29 7 ULISSI, Diego ITA LAMPRE - ISD 36 8 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING 38 9 WYSS, Marcel CHE IAM Cycling 42 10 KONOVALOVAS, Ignatas LTU MTN QHUBEKA 49 11 ELMIGER, Martin SUI IAM Cycling 55 12 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED ORICA-GREENEDGE 59 13 ARNDT, Nikias GER ARG +1:03 14 PINOT, Thibaut FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +1:09 15 RASMUSSEN, Alex DEN Garmin-Sharp +1:15 16 CLARKE, Simon AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:18 17 LEMOINE, Cyril FRA SAUR - SOJASUN +1:19 18 TANKINK, Bram NED Blanco +1:20 19 CIOLEK, Gerald GER MTN QHUBEKA +1:22 20 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian DEU THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM +1:25 21 IMPEY, Daryl RSA ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:27 22 LÖFKVIST, Thommas SWE IAM Cycling +1:33 23 GERRANS, Simon AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:40 24 PARISIEN, Francois CAN ARG +1:45 25 LELAY, David FRA SAUR - SOJASUN 26 DEMARE, Arnaud FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +1:53 27 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 28 FEILLU, Brice FRA SAUR - SOJASUN +1:57 29 HAUSSLER, Heinrich AUS IAM Cycling 30 DENIFL, Stefan AUT IAM Cycling +1:58 31 DROSTE, Jan-Niklas DEU TEAM HEIZOMAT 32 WETTERHALL, Alexander SWE TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +1:59 33 BOUET, Maxime FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +2:00 34 BAUER, Jack NZL Garmin-Sharp 35 BARGUIL, Warren FRA ARG +2:01 36 SCHELLING, Patrick SUI IAM Cycling +2:02 37 BONNET, William FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 38 SWIFT, Ben GBR SKY PROCYCLING +2:08 39 THIELE, Kersten GER Rad-Net Rose Team +2:09 40 RIBLON, Christophe FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +2:11 41 PINEAU, Cédric FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +2:15 42 BEWLEY, Sam NZL ORICA-GREENEDGE +2:17 43 KREDER, Michel NED Garmin-Sharp +2:19 44 O'GRADY, Stuart AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +2:20 45 WAGNER, Robert GER Blanco +2:21 46 KERN, Christophe FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +2:23 47 REIMER, Martin DEU MTN QHUBEKA +2:30 48 KLEMME, Dominic GER IAM Cycling 49 THURAU, Björn GER TEAM EUROPCAR +2:34 50 DOMBROWSKI, Joseph Lloyd USA SKY PROCYCLING +2:41 51 HERKLOTZ, Silvio DEU Team Stölting +2:42 52 OFFREDO, Yoann FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +2:43 53 SCHILLINGER, Andreas GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +2:46 54 SCHAFFNER, Moritz GER THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM +2:47 55 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 56 THOMSON, Jay Robert ZAF MTN QHUBEKA +2:49 57 ROBERTS, Luke AUS Team Stölting +2:54 58 BARDET, Romain FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +2:55 59 CUNEGO, Damiano ITA LAMPRE

On the modified route of Stage 20, race leader Vincenzo Nibali went solo up the road on the climb of Tri Cime di Lavaredo to win the queen stage of 2013 Giro d’Italia. Rigoberto Urán (SKY) put time into Cadel Evans (BMC) and rode himself up to second position in the general classification. Urán was sandwiched between compatriots Fabio Duarte (COL) and Carlos Betancur (ALM) who finished second and fourth on the epic stage. The end result saw Nibali take the stage by 17 seconds to all but confirm his status as race winner, with Urán now occupying the next step of the podium and Evans in third spot. Betancur was the other big beneficiary of a memorable stage where he overcame a wheel and bike change to finish fourth and regain his position as the leader of young rider’s white jersey. He’s now fifth in the general classification. The win also saw Nibali take over from Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma – Quick-Step) at the top of the points classification which makes tomorrow’s sprint finish at Brescia all the more important. Race Results Giro d'Italia (2013) - Stage 20 Silandro to Tre Cime de Lavaredo (210km) 25 May 2013 Stage 20 | Stage 18 (ITT) | Stage 17 | Stage 16 | Stage 15 | Stage 14 | Stage 13 | Stage 12 | Stage 11 | Stage 10 | Stage 9 | Stage 8 (ITT) | Stage 7 | Stage 6 | Stage 5 | Stage 4 | Stage 3 | Stage 2 (TTT) | Stage 1 Stage Position Name Nationality Team Time 1 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA ASTANA 5:27:41 2 DUARTE AREVALO, Fabio Andres COL COLOMBIA 17 3 URAN URAN, Rigoberto COL SKY PROCYCLING 19 4 Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos COL AG2R LA MONDIALE 21 5 ARU, Fabio ITA ASTANA 44 6 PELLIZOTTI, Franco ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI 48 7 POZZOVIVO, Domenico ITA AG2R LA MONDIALE 54 8 CARUSO, Damiano ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling 58 9 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin COL COLOMBIA +1:00 10 MAJKA, Rafal POL Saxo Tinkoff +1:04 11 TROFIMOV, Yury RUS KATUSHA +1:11 12 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw POL LAMPRE - ISD +1:14 13 SCARPONI, Michele ITA LAMPRE - ISD 14 EVANS, Cadel AUS BMC RACING +1:30 15 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat ESP MOVISTAR 16 KANGERT, Tanel EST ASTANA +1:35 17 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +1:41 18 DANIELSON, Thomas USA Garmin-Sharp +1:50 19 CAPECCHI, Eros ITA MOVISTAR +1:53 20 KISERLOVSKI, Robert CRO Radioshack Leopard +2:02 21 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +2:05 22 KELDERMAN, Wilco NED Blanco +2:11 23 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE 24 HERRADA LOPEZ, José ESP MOVISTAR +2:28 25 Luis HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio KHM SKY PROCYCLING +2:35 26 BRAMBILLA, Gianluca ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +2:40 27 SANTAMBROGIO, Mauro ITA FARNESE VINI +2:42 28 ZANDIO ECHAIDE, Xabier ESP SKY PROCYCLING +2:51 29 MOUREY, Francis FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 30 GRETSCH, Patrick GER ARG +3:15 31 STORTONI, Simone ITA LAMPRE - ISD +3:33 32 RABOTTINI, Matteo ITA FARNESE VINI +3:40 33 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp +3:56 34 DE GREEF, Francis BEL LOTTO BELISOL +4:03 35 MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN, Egoi ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +4:11 36 KNEES, Christian GER SKY PROCYCLING +4:17 37 CLEMENT, Stef NED Blanco +4:39 38 SANTAROMITA, Ivan ITA BMC RACING

Vincenzo Nibali all but wrapped up overall victory of the Giro d'Italia with a magnificent solo win in heavy snow on stage 20.

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The peloton in the Dolomites. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com 1. Vincenzo NIBALI, Astana, in 5:27:41 2. Fabio Andres DUARTE AREVALO, Colombia, at :17 3. Rigoberto URAN URAN, Sky, at :19 4. Carlos Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :21 5. Fabio ARU, Astana, at :44 6. Franco PELLIZOTTI, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at :48 7. Domenico POZZOVIVO, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :54 8. Damiano CARUSO, Cannondale, at :58 9. Darwin ATAPUMA HURTADO, Colombia, at 1:00 10. Rafal MAJKA, Saxo-Tinkoff, at 1:04 11. Yury TROFIMOV, Katusha, at 1:11 12. Przemyslaw NIEMIEC, Lampre-Merida, at 1:14 13. Michele SCARPONI, Lampre-Merida, at 1:14 14. Cadel EVANS, BMC Racing, at 1:30 15. Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Movistar, at 1:30 16. Tanel KANGERT, Astana, at 1:36 17. Diego ROSA, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at 1:41 18. Thomas DANIELSON, Garmin-Sharp, at 1:50 19. Eros CAPECCHI, Movistar, at 1:53 20. Robert KISERLOVSKI, RadioShack-Leopard, at 2:02 21. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 2:05 22. Wilco KELDERMAN, Blanco, at 2:11 23. Pieter WEENING, Orica-GreenEdge, at 2:11 24. José HERRADA LOPEZ, Movistar, at 2:28 25. Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA, Sky, at 2:35 26. Gianluca BRAMBILLA, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 2:40 27. Mauro SANTAMBROGIO, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at 2:42 28. Xabier ZANDIO ECHAIDE, Sky, at 2:51 29. Francis MOUREY, FDJ, at 2:51 30. Patrick GRETSCH, Argos-Shimano, at 3:15 31. Simone STORTONI, Lampre-Merida, at 3:33 32. Matteo RABOTTINI, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at 3:40 33. Peter STETINA, Garmin-Sharp, at 3:56 34. Francis DE GREEF, Lotto-Belisol, at 4:03 35. Egoi MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 4:11 36. Christian KNEES, Sky, at 4:17 37. Stef CLEMENT, Blanco, at 4:39 38. Ivan SANTAROMITA, BMC Racing, at 5:00 39. Stefano PIRAZZI, Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox, at 5:05 40. Gorka VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 5:13 DNF Grega BOLE, Vacansoleil-DCM DNS Danilo DI LUCA, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia DNS Robert GESINK, Blanco