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"Alcala, Longo win titles in Coors cycling"
from USA Today, Monday, August 24th
Mexico's Raul Alcala won the men's overall title and
Jeannie Longo of France won the woman's title for the third
consecutive year Sunday inthe Coors International Bicycle
Classic in Boulder, Colo.
Alcala, of the 7-Eleven team, finished the 1,385-mile race
in a combined time of 57 hours, 7 minutes and 14 seconds.
Jeff Pierce, of San Diego and 7-Eleven, was second, 2:49
behind the leader, while teammate Andy Hampsten was
third, 11:59 behind.
Moreno Argentin of Italy, who won last year's World
Championships in Colorado Springs, won the final stage, the
North Boulder Park Road Race.
Argentin, of the Gewiss-Binachi team, completed the 37-
lap, 61-mile men's course in an unofficial 2:22:53. Alcala fin-
ished 12th in Sunday's final stage.
Longo, from Grenoble, France, was all alone when she
crossed the finish line of the 33-mile North Boulder Park
Circuit Race in 1:25:08.
The victory increased her lead in the overall standings to
6:12 over her nearest rival, Inga Benedict of Reno, Nev.
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