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HTC-Columbia’s Bernhard Eisel has blasted to victory in the Ghent-Wevelgem Classic on Sunday, outpowering five riders in a small group sprint.Eisel took off with the other breakaways before the usually decisive Kemmelberg climb. The Austrian then outsprinted them at the finish in Wevelgem for HTC-Columbia’s second straight victory in one of Belgium’s biggest Classics and top ProTour events.

HTC-Columbia women both defended the overall jersey won the final stage of Redlands on Sunday ending a successful weekend for the men and the women’s teams.On the difficult nine lap circuit race set on the suburban hills of Redlands, opposing teams attacked from the gun to challenge the race lead of Teutenberg.“Amber [Neben] and Mara [Abbott] attacked all day and made the race hard from the beginning to the end,” said Teutenberg.”It was painful, but my team was amazing and we were able to keep it together.”

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg put on an aggressive display in the criterium of Redlands Classic on Saturday, taking 1’12” out of the field with her seven breakaway companions. Teutenberg took the yellow jersey from former race lead Amber Neben with one stage remaining and now leads by 33 second from Kat Carroll (Peanut Butter & Co.).

Redlands, CA – The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis took control of the Stage 2 Redlands Criterium in the final 10 laps and delivered sprinters Jake Keough and Andrew Pinfold to 2nd and 3rd in the sprint.

Beaumont, CA - The Team Vera Bradley Foundation women demonstrated their strength on the hills of Banning and Beaumont today, helping Alison Powers win both of the Queen of the Mountains hot spots and taking the climber's jersey at Redlands.  HTC-Columbia's Ina Teutenberg sprinted for the win over TIBCO's Brooke Miller and Webcor's Joelle Numainville. Teutenberg's victory, along with her intermediate time bonuses, moved her into second place on GC.  Powers held onto 5th place overall, with Robin Farina still in 7th place.