Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Nathan Brown wins le Tour du Pays de Vaud as USA Cycling's National Team riders compete across globe





The USA Cycling Junior National Team's Nathan Brown (Covington, Tenn./Hot Tubes) won the overall classification at le Tour du Pays de Vaud in Switzerland on June 7. The squad swept the podium in the opening prologue time trial on Thursday. Brown clocked the fastest time to slip into the yellow jersey and was joined on the podium by Adam Leibovitz (Indianapolis, Ind./Nuvo Cultural) and Lawson Craddock (Houston, Texas/Hot Tubes) in second and third. In the stage three time trial, Craddock took the stage win while Brown finished fifth to reclaim the yellow jersey. In Sunday’s final stage, Gavin Mannion (Dedham, Mass./Hot Tubes) led the team in sixth while Brown finished safely in the pack to secure his overall win. For more information, click here. Next up for the junior national squad is the Trofeo Karlsberg which begins on Tuesday in Herbitzheim, Germany.



from USA Cycling

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