Robin Carpenter (Hincapie Sportswear Development) wygrał drugi etap USA Pro Challenge.
22-letni Amerykanin był częścią ucieczki, w której jechali również Matej Mohoric (Cannondale), David de la Cruz (NetApp), Michael Torckler SmartStop), Dion Smith i Joe Lewis (Hincapie Sportswear), Kirk Carlsen i Luis Lemus (Jelly Belly), Jesse Anthony (Optum Pro Cycling), Ben Jacques-Maynes (Jamis-Hagens Berman), Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare) oraz Jai Crawford (Drapac).
Carpenter zaatakował z topniejącej grupki, meldując się na przedostataniej wspinacze Kebler Pass z zapasem około minuty nad grupą zasadniczą. Opady deszczu plus droga prowadząca w wyższej partii po żwirze skłoniły sędziów do neutralizacji zjazdów. Kolarze zostali jednak zatrzymani dopiero w połowie zjazdu, 12 kilometrów przed metą, by po kilkuminutowym postoju przy bardzo niskiej temperaturze spokojnie dojechać do doliny.
Uciekinier na końcowym fragmencie, 3-km podjeździe na kreskę, utrzymał nieznaczną przewagę nad atakującymi tam Tejay’em van Garderenem (BMC Racing) i nowym liderem Alexem Howesem (Garmin-Sharp).
Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) i Rafał Majka (Tinkoff) zameldowali się w drugiej dziesiątce stawki.
Wyniki 2. etapu USA Pro Challenge 2014 (2.HC), Aspen – Mt. Crested Butte (169 km):
1 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 4:17:18 2 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 00:07 3 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:15 5 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 00:17 6 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 7 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 00:20 8 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 00:23 9 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 00:24 10 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 11 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 12 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 00:25 13 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:27 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:31 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 16 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 00:35 17 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 18 Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 19 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 00:36 20 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 00:44 21 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 00:45 22 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 23 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:47 24 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 00:49 25 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development 00:57 26 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berma 01:06 27 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 01:16 28 David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Netapp-Endura 01:18 29 Chris Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 01:20 30 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 01:26 31 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 01:29 32 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 01:30 33 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 01:34 34 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 01:35 35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 01:41 36 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 37 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 38 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 39 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 01:42 40 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:44 41 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 42 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 01:50 43 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 01:54 44 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:55 45 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 46 Bjorn Selander (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:56 47 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 02:08 48 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 02:17 49 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 02:18 50 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 51 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 02:19 52 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 02:20 53 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 03:30 54 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 55 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 05:18 56 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 57 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 05:19 58 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 06:59 59 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 07:26 60 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 07:27 61 Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 62 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 63 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development 64 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 07:28 65 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 66 Edward Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 67 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 68 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team 08:26 69 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 10:07 70 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 11:35 71 Ian Crane (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 72 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing 73 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 11:36 74 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 75 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 76 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strat 11:37 77 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 11:39 78 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 79 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 11:40 80 Tom Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 81 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 11:41 82 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development 11:55 83 James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 12:39 84 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 13:20 85 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 86 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 13:30 87 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 88 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 14:30 89 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 14:31 90 Zachary Bell (Can) Team SmartStop 91 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 92 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 93 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 94 Elliott Porter (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 95 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 14:32 96 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 97 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 98 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 14:33 99 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 100 Michael Cuming (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 101 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 102 Mike Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 103 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 14:34 104 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 105 Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 106 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 14:35 107 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop 108 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 14:37 109 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 15:22 110 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 15:30 111 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 112 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 16:10 113 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 16:24 114 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 16:27 115 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 116 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 16:28 117 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 21:25 118 Michael M?rk?v (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 22:57 119 Scott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 22:58 120 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bissell Development Team 121 Aaron Perry (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 122 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycli 23:00 123 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 23:33 DNF Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk DNF Joshua Berry (USA) Team SmartStop DNF Daniel Whitehouse (NZl) Rapha Condor JLT Klasyfikacja po 2. etapie 1 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 6:44:00 2 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:11 3 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:12 4 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 00:13 5 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 00:22 6 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 00:25 7 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 00:28 8 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 00:29 9 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 10 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 11 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 00:30 12 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:31 13 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:32 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 00:39 15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:52 16 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 01:22 17 Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 18 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 19 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 01:23 20 Chris Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 01:28 21 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 01:31 22 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 01:34 23 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 01:36 24 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 01:38 25 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 01:54 26 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 02:11 27 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 28 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 02:21 29 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 02:22 30 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 02:23 31 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 02:25 32 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:31 33 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 02:34 34 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 02:35 35 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 02:37 36 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 02:42 37 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development 02:47 38 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 03:07 39 David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Netapp-Endura 03:08 40 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 03:25 41 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 03:31 42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 03:35 43 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 03:58 44 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 04:17 45 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berma 04:33 46 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 05:08 47 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 05:11 48 Bjorn Selander (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 05:12 49 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 05:21 50 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:39 51 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 06:49 52 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 07:03 53 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 07:08 54 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 55 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 08:15 56 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 08:19 57 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 08:46 58 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development 08:53 59 Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 08:59 60 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 09:18 61 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 62 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 09:55 63 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 10:54 64 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 10:58 65 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team 11:53 66 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 12:07 67 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 12:34 68 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 13:08 69 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 13:10 70 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing 13:25 71 James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 13:26 72 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 73 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strat 13:27 74 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 14:22 75 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 14:55 76 Ian Crane (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 15:02 77 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 15:06 78 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 15:08 79 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 15:10 80 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 15:20 81 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 15:56 82 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 16:17 83 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 16:21 84 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 16:22 85 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 16:24 86 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 16:43 87 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 16:44 88 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development 17:03 89 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 17:12 90 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 17:47 91 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 17:48 92 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 17:58 93 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 18:04 94 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 18:14 95 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 18:17 96 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 18:39 97 Edward Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 19:13 98 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 19:37 99 Elliott Porter (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 19:39 100 Zachary Bell (Can) Team SmartStop 101 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 19:40 102 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 19:41 103 Michael Cuming (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 104 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 19:42 105 Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 106 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 19:43 107 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 19:54 108 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 19:55 109 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 21:59 110 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 23:10 111 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 23:15 112 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 23:25 113 Tom Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 23:44 114 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycli 24:50 115 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 26:18 116 Mike Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 117 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop 26:20 118 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 26:57 119 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bissell Development Team 28:06 120 Michael M?rk?v (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 31:36 121 Scott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 31:37 122 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 32:12 123 Aaron Perry (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 34:43