VOLER TEAMS IN THE NEWS

Webcor Finishes Strongly at Redlands Classic

The Webcor-Platinum team finished strongly in the 3 day Redlands Classic this past weekend. Christine improved upon her 3rd place in the prologue by finishing 2nd on the final stage and moving into 2nd overall. She also finished 2nd in the Queen of the Mountains competition. In the end, Amber Neben just proved to be too strong and rode away from everyone on Sunday's hilly circuit, finishing more than 2 minutes ahead of the shattered field. It was an impressive display of strength with little team support. Christine and the Webcor-Platinum team rode a smart race and finished "best of the rest." Felicia finished a strong 13th, which could easily have been a top 10, had she not gotten caught behind the crash in the criterium on Saturday.

On a down note, the "other" Amber, our Amber Rais crashed hard in the criterium Saturday (her birthday!) breaking 3 bones in her hand. She had surgery down south and is now back home recovering. We will miss her in the next couple of races, but she will be back with us before too long.

Check out some photos from the race:

Betina having a great day in Saturday's crit:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/
mar06/redlands06/redlands062/_MG_0509

Christine and Carmen before the crit:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/
mar06/redlands06/redlands062/3803

Christine in the crit:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/mar06/
redlands06/redlands062/2950

Christine in the chase group Sunday:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/mar06/
redlands06/redlands063/JD06redsRR06

Final Podium:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/mar06/
redlands06/redlands063/_MG_1042 

Digging Deep
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