June 6, 2010 (Philadelphia, PA) – HTC-Columbia’s Matt Goss has powered to victory in the bunch sprint that decided the Philadelphia International Championships, the USA’s biggest one-day race, on Sunday. The young Australian’s victory made it two out of two for HTC-Columbia in Philadelphia on Sunday, coming just hours after Ina-Yoko Teutenberg had won the corresponding women’s event, the Philadelphia Liberty Classic, for a fourth time.

A recent winner of a bunch sprint stage in the Tour of Italy, Goss’s second victory of the season was taken in another hard-fought dash for the line over Slovakian Peter Sagan and Norway’s Alexander Kristoff.

“This race is always a tough one, but the exceptional heat and humidity this year made it even harder than usual to get the win,” said HTC-Columbia men’s team director in Philadelphia, Tristan Hoffman.

“I think only around a quarter of the 200 starters actually completed the course because of the conditions.

“Then a big group went early on and we had to chase very hard to keep it under control, the whole team were working flat out and they did a great job pulling it all back together.

“We had Matt as our leader, we knew he was in good shape after the Giro stage win, so we really drove it hard to make sure it all came together by the finish. We had to fight very hard, but it paid off.

“These races are very important for us, and we came here determined to get some good results,” said Hoffman. “It’s great that it all worked out so well.”

Results

1. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC – Columbia 6:15:46
2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo
3. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team
4. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
5. Vidal Celis (Spa) Footon-Servetto
6. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
7. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
8. David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto
9. Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1
10. Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1
11. Michael Friedman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
12. Daniel Holloway (USA) Bissell
13. Serhy Grechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita – Conad
14. Danny Summerhill (USA) US National Team
15. Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita – Conad
16. Sorren Petersen (Den) Denmark
17. Mark Hekman (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
18. Cody Stevenson (Aus) Adageo Energy
19. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
20. Zachary Bell (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
21. Eric Schildge (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
22. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis
23. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis – Sutter Home
24. Matthew Rice (Aus) Bahati Foundation
25. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
26. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder
27. Charles Dionne (Can) Fly V Australia
28. Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC – Columbia
29. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia
30. Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Bahati Foundation
31. Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto
32. Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
33. Bruno Langlois (Can) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
34. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
35. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder 0:01:12
36. Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
37. Andrew Randell (Can) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
38. Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
39. Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell
40. William Dugan (USA) Team Type 1
41. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:01:57
42. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:02:20
43. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
44. Andres Pereyra (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
45. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC – Columbia
46. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
47. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
48. Alex Howes (USA) US National Team
49. Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto
50. Karl Menzies (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis 0:02:53
51. John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team
52. Davide Frattini (Ita) Team Type 1 0:03:15
53. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:05:59
54. Eric Boily (Can) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy 0:06:19
55. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell 0:06:30
56. Robert Bush (USA) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder
57. Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team
58. Nick Waite (USA) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder
59. Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
60. Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:07:45
61. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Fly V Australia 0:08:50
62. Scott Tietzel (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
63. David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia 0:16:04
64. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder
65. Caleb Fairly (USA) US National Team
66. Bradley White (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis
67. Bobby Lea (USA) Bahati Foundation
HD Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell 0:36:04
HD Patrick Bevin (NZl) Bissell
HD Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Team HTC – Columbia
DNF Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC – Columbia
DNF Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC – Columbia
DNF Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team HTC – Columbia
DNF Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC – Columbia
DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
DNF Tiziano Dall’antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
DNF Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
DNF Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
DNF Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
DNF Thomas Faiers (GBr) Footon-Servetto
DNF Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team
DNF Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team
DNF Eric Bennett (USA) Adageo Energy
DNF Adam Carr (USA) Adageo Energy
DNF Austin Carroll (USA) Adageo Energy
DNF Tim Farnham (USA) Adageo Energy
DNF Josh Horowitz (USA) Adageo Energy
DNF Thomas Nelson (USA) Adageo Energy
DNF Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Amore & Vita – Conad
DNF Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Amore & Vita – Conad
DNF Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita – Conad
DNF Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amore & Vita – Conad
DNF Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita – Conad
DNF Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Bahati Foundation
DNF Jason Donald (USA) Bahati Foundation
DNF Nathan O’neill (Aus) Bahati Foundation
DNF Lanell Rockmore (USA) Bahati Foundation
DNF Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell
DNF Cody O’reilly (USA) Bissell
DNF Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Fly V Australia
DNF Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fly V Australia
DNF Darren Rolfe (Aus) Fly V Australia
DNF David Tanner (Aus) Fly V Australia
DNF Ivan Dominguez (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
DNF Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
DNF Anthony Colby (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
DNF Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
DNF Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
DNF Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF Chad Hartley (USA) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder
DNF Chris Monteleone (USA) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder
DNF James Stemper (USA) Kenda p/b Gear Grinder
DNF Francois Parisien (Can) Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
DNF Oscar Clark (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
DNF Matt Cooke (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
DNF David Guttenplan (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
DNF Adam Myerson (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
DNF Joey Rosskopf (USA) Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joes
DNF Ken Hanson (USA) Team Type 1
DNF Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1
DNF Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis
DNF Matthew Crane (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis
DNF Adrian Hegyvary (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis
DNF Jacob Keough (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis
DNF Andrew Pinfold (Can) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis
DNF Rasmus Juliussen (Den) Denmark
DNF Michael Kaiser (Den) Denmark
DNF Johannes Kaluzny (Den) Denmark
DNF Michael Larsen (Den) Denmark
DNF Jack Rasmussen (Den) Denmark
DNF Anders Sibast (Den) Denmark
DNF Danny Skovgren (Den) Denmark
DNF Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Sweden
DNF Christian Per Marcus Bertilsson (Swe) Sweden
DNF Jonas Bjelkmark (Swe) Sweden
DNF Michael Einar Olsson (Swe) Sweden
DNF Robert Polder (Swe) Sweden
DNF Andrew Barker (USA) US National Team
DNF Max Durtschi (USA) US National Team
DNF Peter Salon (USA) US National Team
DNF Walker Savidge (USA) US National Team
DNF Taylor Shelden (USA) US National Team