Kolarze Garmin-Sharp zdominowali rywalizację na 3. etapie USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Odcinek padł łupem Toma Danielsona, a w klasyfikacji generalnej prowadzenie objął Christian Vande Velde.
Dzisiejszy odcinek to prawdziwie górski etap z metą na Cottonwood Pass, którego szczyt znajduje się na ponad 3,5 tys m! Danielson zabrał się w odjazd dnia i wraz z sześcioma harcownikami kręcił na czele przez większość dystansu.
Wkrótce na prowadzeniu pozostał już tylko on i Francisco Colorado (EPM-UNE). Doświadczony zawodnik zgubił mniej utytułowanego rywala i rozpoczął samotny rajd po etapowy triumf.
Amerykanin z nieznaczną przewagą nad grupką faworytów wpadł na metę. Pościg przyprowadził Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale), a trzeci był Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek).
W klasyfikacji generalnej Vande Velde dzięki lepszemu miejscu na etapie niż Tejay van Garderen (BMC-Racing), założył koszulkę lidera.
Wyniki:
| 1 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp | 5:02:06 | |
| 2 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:02 | |
| 3 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 4 | Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 5 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 6 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 7 | Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 8 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 9 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 10 | Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling | ||
| 11 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 12 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 13 | George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 14 | Freddy Orlando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 15 | Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 16 | Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 17 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | ||
| 18 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 19 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 20 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 21 | Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 22 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 23 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 24 | Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 25 | Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 26 | Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 27 | Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 28 | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM – Une | 0:00:08 | |
| 29 | Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) EPM – Une | 0:00:10 | |
| 30 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:18 | |
| 31 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | 0:02:14 | |
| 32 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 33 | Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling | ||
| 34 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 35 | Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 36 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:14 | |
| 37 | Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 38 | Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 39 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 40 | Tom Zirbel (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:05:04 | |
| 41 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:06:54 | |
| 42 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 43 | Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 44 | Jesse Anthony (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 45 | Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 46 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 47 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 48 | Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 49 | Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:12:02 | |
| 50 | Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy | ||
| 51 | Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy | ||
| 52 | Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 53 | Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 54 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | ||
| 55 | Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | ||
| 56 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling | ||
| 57 | Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 58 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 59 | Julian Kyer (USA) Bissell Cycling | ||
| 60 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 61 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 62 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 63 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 64 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 65 | Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo | 0:17:43 | |
| 66 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 67 | Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy | ||
| 68 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 69 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 70 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 71 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 72 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 73 | Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 74 | Andres Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy | 0:26:40 | |
| 75 | Noe Gianetti (Swi) Team Exergy | ||
| 76 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 77 | Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 78 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 79 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 80 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 81 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 82 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 83 | Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 84 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 85 | Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 86 | Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 87 | Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 88 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | 0:26:40 | |
| 89 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 90 | Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 91 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 92 | Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling | ||
| 93 | James Oram (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 94 | Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | 0:26:40 | |
| 95 | Connor O’Leary (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 96 | Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy | ||
| 97 | Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 98 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 99 | Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 100 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 101 | William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 102 | Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | ||
| 103 | Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 104 | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 105 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 106 | Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 107 | Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | ||
| 108 | Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 109 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 110 | Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy | ||
| DNF | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| DNF | Patrick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling | ||
| DNF | Joseph Schmalz (USA) Bissell Cycling | ||
| DNF | Sebastian Salas (Can) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| DNF | Joshua Atkins (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| DNS | Marsh Cooper (Can) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies |
Klasyfikacja generalna:
| 1 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp | 13:37:20 | |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 3 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo | 0:00:06 | |
| 4 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:00:08 | |
| 5 | Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 6 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp | 0:00:10 | |
| 7 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:12 | |
| 8 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 9 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 10 | Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 11 | Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 12 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 13 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 14 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:17 | |
| 15 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:19 | |
| 16 | Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | 0:00:21 | |
| 17 | Freddy Orlando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM – Une | ||
| 18 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 19 | Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) EPM – Une | 0:00:29 | |
| 20 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:33 | |
| 21 | George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 22 | Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:43 | |
| 23 | Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) EPM – Une | 0:00:49 | |
| 24 | Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:51 | |
| 25 | Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM – Une | 0:00:57 | |
| 26 | Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:01:45 | |
| 27 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:24 | |
| 28 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo | 0:02:33 | |
| 29 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | 0:02:38 | |
| 30 | Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 31 | Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) EPM – Une | 0:02:49 | |
| 32 | Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:02:58 | |
| 33 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:05 | |
| 34 | Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:22 | |
| 35 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:03:25 | |
| 36 | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM – Une | 0:03:28 | |
| 37 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:32 | |
| 38 | Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:03:34 | |
| 39 | Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:07:25 | |
| 40 | Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:07:41 | |
| 41 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:10:14 | |
| 42 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 43 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:11:50 | |
| 44 | Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) EPM – Une | 0:12:46 | |
| 45 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:12:53 | |
| 46 | Jesse Anthony (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:12:55 | |
| 47 | Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy | 0:12:59 | |
| 48 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:13:51 | |
| 49 | Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:15:22 | |
| 50 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:15:42 | |
| 51 | Julian Kyer (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:16:58 | |
| 52 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:19:23 | |
| 53 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 0:19:53 | |
| 54 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo | 0:20:43 | |
| 55 | Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:20:58 | |
| 56 | Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:21:21 | |
| 57 | Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:22:04 | |
| 58 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:22:22 | |
| 59 | Tom Zirbel (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:22:43 | |
| 60 | Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy | 0:25:34 | |
| 61 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:26:26 | |
| 62 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:26:32 | |
| 63 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | 0:26:50 | |
| 64 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo | 0:27:04 | |
| 65 | Andres Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy | 0:27:24 | |
| 66 | Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:27:54 | |
| 67 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:28:29 | |
| 68 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:28:45 | |
| 69 | Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:29:22 | |
| 70 | Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy | 0:29:31 | |
| 71 | Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:29:41 | |
| 72 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo | 0:30:10 | |
| 73 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp | 0:31:17 | |
| 74 | Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling | 0:32:20 | |
| 75 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | 0:32:39 | |
| 76 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | 0:35:22 | |
| 77 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp | 0:38:01 | |
| 78 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 79 | Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 80 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp | ||
| 81 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 82 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:40:10 | |
| 83 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:41:12 | |
| 84 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:43:50 | |
| 85 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:44:00 | |
| 86 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:44:19 | |
| 87 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 88 | Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | ||
| 89 | Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 90 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 91 | Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin – Sharp | 0:45:10 | |
| 92 | Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling | 0:45:14 | |
| 93 | Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:45:38 | |
| 94 | Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:46:13 | |
| 95 | William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:46:37 | |
| 96 | Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:46:39 | |
| 97 | Noe Gianetti (Swi) Team Exergy | 0:46:58 | |
| 98 | James Oram (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 99 | Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy | ||
| 100 | Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 101 | Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 102 | Connor O’Leary (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 103 | Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | ||
| 104 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi | ||
| 105 | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 106 | Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 107 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 108 | Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 109 | Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy | 0:48:17 | |
| 110 | Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:51:21 |
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