21 Aug USA PRO CYCLING CHALLENGE: TEJAY VAN GARDEREN TAKES STAGE 2
In Tuesday’s Stage 2 race from Montrose to Mt. Crested Butte, Tejay van Garderen of BMC Racing Team gained a stage win and the overall lead.
From Nicole Okoneski’s Stage 2 recap: “An early break of about 30 riders wouldn’t stick, but did lead to a smaller group of 12 tearing off the front to form a breakaway that would last up until the last minutes of the stage. ” In the last few kilometers heading uphill into Mt. Crested Butte van Garderen broke into the lead and held off Christian Vande Velde of Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda to take the win.
Monday’s winner, Tyler Farrar, (Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda) retained the Sprint jersey, and teammate Tom Danielson held onto the King of the Mountain jersey.
Wednesday’s race starts in Gunnison and crosses two Cat. 1 passes, Cottonwood and Independence, before a big descent into Aspen, 130.6 miles later. Think there might be some shakeout on this one? Stay tuned…
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