PHILADELPHIA (June 3, 2012) – The world’s top cycling teams descended on the City of Brotherly Love on Sunday, June 3 for the TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship. With this 28th running, the race again established itself as the biggest and most prestigious one-day race in North America, with professional teams targeting the event as a priority win.

Philadelphia (June 5, 2011) – Even though the HTC-Highroad team did not send defending champion Matt Goss to the race this year, his team still proved to be the strongest as Alex Rasmussen of Denmark took over the title winning the field sprint with a finishing time of 5:59:04.6, ahead of Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Robert Förster (UnitedHeathcare).

"It was not exactly what we planned but it turned out good," said Rasmussen about the team's plans to work for sprinter Leigh Howard. Late race mechanicals meant the team had to improvise with their choice for sprinter. As well the team was short-handed compared to other full squads, meaning that they could not control the race, and especially the final lead-out, like in previous years.

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Live Race Day Coverage Starts at Noon on June 5