Photos from the Salem Witches Cup Criterium 2007: Men Pro 1,2,3

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PRO 1,2,3
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First lap

Pack racing past the Hawthorne Hotel

Early breakaway group featuring eventual winner Mark McCormack

Peloton cruises along the far side of the park

The statue of Roger Conant watches over the race

Peloton drives up the back stretch

McCormack breaks away solo

CCB's Jeff Craddock in a hard chase

Mavic pit on the first corner

Fast pace blur

Jesse Anthony chasing hard with 4 to go

McCormack leads the break with 3 to go

Leaders back together with 2 to go

Leaders get the bell with 1 to go

Tyler Munroe leads a chase group home

 

 

 
Final sprint

 

 
     
Women
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Boxer greets the rider on the start line

 
Lap 2 breakaway

 
Women drive the pace to the Witches Museum

 
Lynn Bessette and Rebecca Wellens

 
Breakaway flies past the statue of Roger Conant

 

 
Bessette attacks with 2 to go

 
Wellens leads into the bell lap

 
Victory to Bessette

 
     
Men Cat 4-5
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The start

 
John Bernhard and Gerald Harris try to get away

 
Big pack through the far turn

 
Steve Stanganelli fights to hang on

 
Peloton settles down... briefly

 
Sean Langford in control

 
Bernhard joins another breakaway

 
Gerald Harris counter attack

 
Langford's bid for victory with 3 to go

 
Still away with 2 to go

 

 
Still away with 1 to go, but the chase is closing

 
The sprint

 
The winner

 
     
Misc.
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Salem police on skooters

 
Steve Stanganelli can still smile after it was over

 
Cannon awaits the peloton

 
Mountain bikers need not apply

 
CCB's cycling guru...

 
Tyler Munroe and Sean Langford

 
CCB's Jake Hollenbach

 
Karen Nash offers a few words of advice to Leo Devellian

 
Salem Cyclery's Kurt Schmid

 
Junior National Champion Gavin Mannion

 
Paul Richard, a very strong return to racing in 2007

 
Jimmy V back from the Banyan Tree

 
The eyes of concentration

 
This will be easy...!?

 
Skip Foley and Gavin Mannion

 
McCormack and Foley talking football

 
CCB's 55+ racer Larry Stachowiak

 
The Mannion Clan

 
"Barnacle" Bill Martel

 
Neil Callahan and Steve Freiman

 
Tyler Jr and Tyler Sr enjoy a laugh after the race

 
CCB's all-time town line sprinter

 
When old guys crash bad things happen

 
Kaely Munroe and dad

 
Moustache man!!!