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The Liberty Classic is an annual women's bicycle race

Bicycle Race

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held since 1994 simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship

Philadelphia International Championship

The Philadelphia International Championship is an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Europe." It is one of the longest single-day races in the...

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The 57.6 mile race consists of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up the famous Manayunk Wall. The Liberty Classic is the final leg of the inaugural 2006 Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling for women. The Triple Crown is a one week, 3-race circuit, with the three races taking place in the Eastern Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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cities of Allentown

Allentown, Pennsylvania

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, Reading

Reading, Pennsylvania

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and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. The opening race is the Lehigh Valley Classic, followed two days later by Reading Classic

Reading Classic

The Reading Classic is an annual bicycle road racing event held in Reading, Pennsylvania. In its inaugural year, the 2006 Reading Classic was part of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling on the United States' Pro Cycling Tour . The men's elite event is ranked 1.1 by the International Cycling...

, with the Liberty Classic finale in Philadelphia three days after the Reading race.

Past winners

Year	First	Second	Third
1994
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2009

Past winners

See also