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RETH WINS 45-MILE WARNER CENTER GRAND PRIX BICYCLE RACE.


Byline: Glen Messick Special to the Daily News

Jonathan Reth narrowly won the 45-mile premier race of the Warner Center Grand Prix Grand Prix  
n. pl. Grand Prix
Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course.
 on Sunday, edging out Harm Jansen Harm Jansen (born 8 November 1967 in Delft, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist. His career highlight includes winning the 2001 International Tour de Toona and USPRO National Criterium Championships. External links
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 and his teammate Dan Reid, who finished third.

An estimated 1,000 spectators gathered in Woodland Hills to watch the premier race and 10 others, sponsored by the Warner Velo Cycling Club A cycling club is a club or society formed by and for cyclists, and is usually focused in a particular geographic location, perhaps a region, town or city suburb, as well as national cycling clubs, such as the United Kingdom's Cyclists' Touring Club, CTC) and also internet based . Amateurs and professionals raced distances of 5 miles to 45 miles around the .9-mile criterium.

Two-time Swedish Olympian and 1983 World Champion Marianne Berglund from team Body Wise, the most well-known cyclist at the event, used her race as a prep for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She easily won the women's top race.

In the senior category 3 race, there was a three-way photo finish. Billy Cubillas edged out Danny Munson and Mario Diaz Mario Diaz (born January 10, 1962 in Humacao, Puerto Rico), is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1987-1995. Teams
  • Seattle Mariners 1987-89
  • New York Mets 1990
  • Texas Rangers 1991-93
 for first.

Other winners included Joshua Salazar (13-14 year-olds), Sam Baker Sam Baker is the name of:
  • Sam Baker (writer), author and former editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine
  • Sam Baker (football player) (1985- ), football player at USC
  • Sam Baker (American football player) (1930-200 ), NFL player in 1953, 1956-1969
 (15-16), Glenn Carrovillas (19 plus), Clive Dawson (30 plus), Phil Buhl (35 plus), Tom Gates (40 plus), Jean Paul Veen (senior category), Lisa Tonello (women's category four), John Spielman (public race).
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:May 27, 1996
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