Liberty Classic

Images from the TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship and Liberty Classic

1. Ina TEUTENBERG , Team Specialized-lululemon , at 2:29:08 2. Rochelle GILMORE , Faren Honda Team , at s.t. 3. Giorgia BRONZINI , Diadora-Pasta Zara , at s.t. 4. Leah KIRCHMANN, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, at s.t. 5. Joelle NUMAINVILLE, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategiesat s.t.

German edges closer to Petra Rossner's seven-win mark in Philadelphia

Alex Rasmussen and world champion Giorgia Bronzini win the 2011 Philadelphia championships.

Casey B. Gibson captures the action at the 2011 Liberty Classic and Philadelphia International Championship.

Liberty Classic

• 1. Giorgia Bronzini, Colavita Forno D'asolo, 2:28:28
• 2. Shelley Olds, Diadora Pasta Zara, s.t.
• 3. Jennifer Purcel, Team Danbury Audi, s.t.
• 4. Joelle Numainville, Tibco-To The Top, s.t.
• 5. Chloe Hosking, HTC-Highroad, s.t.

TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship

• 1. Alex Rasmussen, HTC-Highroad, 5:59:04
• 2. Peter Sagan, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time
• 3. Robert FÖrster, Team UnitedHealthcare, s.t.
• 4. Ken Hanson, Jelly Belly Cycling-Kenda, s.t.
• 5. Jure Kocjan, Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis, s.t.

Liberty Classic

• 1. Giorgia Bronzini, Colavita Forno D'asolo, 2:28:28
• 2. Shelley Olds, Diadora Pasta Zara, s.t.
• 3. Jennifer Purcel, Team Danbury Audi, s.t.
• 4. Joelle Numainville, Tibco-To The Top, s.t.
• 5. Chloe Hosking, HTC-Highroad, s.t.

Liberty Classic 2011 Preliminary Startlist

The old American classic in Philadelphia is back this weekend for the 27th year (18th for women). The young and incredibly versatile Peter Sagan will take on his second Philadelphia International Cycling Championship as favorite, while Ina Yoko Teutenberg will chase the record books in the women’s Liberty Classic.

PHILADELPHIA (VN) —It may not be the national championship anymore, but Sunday’s TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship is still America’s biggest — and most prestigious — single-day race. And at 27 years old this year, it is now older than many of the men favored to add its title to their palmares. With a field lacking past winners and a number of young riders showing promising results in recent weeks, Philadelphia could be ripe for a youth movement in the men’s race.

HTC-Columbia's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg takes her fourth Liberty Classic road race in Philadelphia. Next up Sunday: The TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championships.

2010 Liberty Classic results

Top U.S. squads TIBCO-To The Top and Vera Bradley Foundation will split rosters this weekend, as each team focuses on a pair of National Racing Calendar events – the Liberty Classic and Tulsa Tough.

More than 200 pros will toe the start line in Philadelphia Sunday as the TD Bank International Cycling Championships and the Liberty Classic roll out, and only one of those riders has stood atop the podium at the Eakins Oval.

The U.S. peloton spreads across the country this week, as marquee events are on the calendar in Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

California, Giro, l’Aude stage winners to tackle Philly races.

Held on the streets of Philadelphia, the Liberty Classic is the most prestigious women's race in the country.

After surrendering the title for a year to Canadian Lyne Bessette (Quark), Petra Rossner (Nurnberger) reasserted her dominance in the Wachovia Liberty Classic, rocketing to a seventh win in a bunch gallop