Włoch Elia Viviani (Cannondale) na trasie ze startem i metą w Colorado Springs wygrał czwarty etap USA Pro Challenge. Koszulkę lidera zachował Amerykanin Tejay van Garderen (BMC).
Na trasie już od początku etapu zawiązała się 12-osobowa ucieczka, w składzie której znalazł się 42-letni Jens Voigt (Trek Factory Racing). Kończący karierę zawodnik był jedynym uciekinierem, który zdołał utrzymać się na czele i na ostatnie 40 kilometrów wjechał ponad dwie minuty przed peletonem.
W trasie ostatniej ucieczki w swojej karierze Niemiec kręcił dzielnie, próbując po raz ostatni dotrzeć do mety przed pościgiem. Akcja wyglądała początkowo dobrze – doświadczony kolarz włączył wszystkie silniki i ruszył na metę w Colorado Springs.
“Jensie” wjechał na ostatnie 10 kilometrów z minutą przewagi nad niewielkim peletonikiem, który spowalniali jego koledzy z ekipy. 42-letniej legendzie szło jednak coraz ciężej – przewaga spadała z kilometra na kilometr i dzielnego uciekiniera złapano 800 metrów przed metą. Niemiec przyjął porażkę z uśmiechem – na metę wjechał za peletonem, dziękując kibicom i prezentując klubowe barwy.
Finisz z grupy wygrał pewnie Viviani, bez trudu ogrywając rywali, wśród których nie było w zasadzie rasowych sprinterów.
fot. Cannondale Pro Cycling
Wyniki 4. etapu USA Pro Challenge 2014 (2.HC), Colorado Springs – Colorado Springs (113 km):
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 2:28:52 2 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team 3 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 4 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 5 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 7 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 8 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 9 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 10 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 11 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 12 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 13 Zachary Bell (Can) Team SmartStop 14 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 15 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 16 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 17 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 18 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 19 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 20 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 21 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 22 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 23 Tom Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 24 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 25 Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 26 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development 27 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 28 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 29 Ian Crane (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 30 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 31 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 32 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 33 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 34 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 35 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 36 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 37 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 38 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 39 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 40 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing 41 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 43 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 44 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 45 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 46 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 47 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 48 Michael Cuming (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 49 James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 50 David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Netapp-Endura 51 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 52 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 53 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 54 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 55 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 56 Chris Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 57 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 58 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 59 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 60 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 61 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop 00:23 62 Edward Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 63 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 00:25 64 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 00:27 65 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 00:38 66 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 00:50 67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 00:52 68 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 01:33 69 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:59 70 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 71 Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 06:01 72 Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 73 Scott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 74 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 75 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 76 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 77 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 78 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 79 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 80 Bjorn Selander (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 81 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 82 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 83 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 84 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 85 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 86 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 87 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 88 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 89 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 90 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 91 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 92 Elliott Porter (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 93 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 94 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 95 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 96 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 97 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 98 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 99 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 100 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 101 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 102 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development 103 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 104 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 105 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 106 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 06:15 107 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 108 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 109 Mike Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 110 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 111 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 112 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 113 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 114 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 115 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 116 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 117 Aaron Perry (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 118 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 119 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 120 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 121 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development 122 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bissell Development Team OTL Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycli 13:06 Klasyfikacja po 4. etapie: 1 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 13:03:45 2 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:20 3 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:23 4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 00:34 5 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 00:37 6 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 00:46 7 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:49 8 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 00:55 9 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 01:09 10 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 01:22 11 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 01:23 12 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 01:45 13 Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:28 14 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 02:37 15 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 02:47 16 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 04:06 17 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 04:10 18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 05:20 19 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 07:00 20 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berma 07:28 21 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 12:00 22 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 12:03 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 13:14 24 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 14:08 25 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 26 Chris Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 14:14 27 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 14:20 28 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 14:34 29 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 14:57 30 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 15:08 31 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 15:21 32 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 15:23 33 David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Netapp-Endura 15:54 34 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 17:27 35 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 19:16 36 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 19:49 37 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 20:18 38 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 22:22 39 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 24:08 40 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 24:26 41 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 24:51 42 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 27:02 43 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 29:52 44 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development 30:28 45 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 30:44 46 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 31:06 47 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 31:58 48 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 32:14 49 Edward Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 32:22 50 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 32:49 51 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 33:12 52 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 35:25 53 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 36:00 54 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 36:17 55 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 36:27 56 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 36:49 57 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 37:13 58 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 38:53 59 Bjorn Selander (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 38:54 60 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team 39:34 61 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 40:31 62 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 40:49 63 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 41:04 64 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing 41:06 65 James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 41:07 66 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development 42:35 67 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 42:36 68 Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 42:41 69 Ian Crane (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 42:43 70 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 42:51 71 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 43:00 72 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 73 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 43:27 74 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 43:51 75 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 44:02 76 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 44:24 77 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 44:36 78 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 44:53 79 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 44:54 80 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 45:15 81 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 45:49 82 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 45:55 83 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 45:58 84 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 46:16 85 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 46:52 86 Zachary Bell (Can) Team SmartStop 47:20 87 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 47:21 88 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 47:22 89 Michael Cuming (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 90 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strat 47:23 91 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 47:35 92 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 48:04 93 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 49:02 94 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 49:38 95 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 50:04 96 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 50:13 97 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 50:56 98 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development 50:59 99 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 51:06 100 Tom Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 51:25 101 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 51:29 102 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 51:30 103 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 52:00 104 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 52:21 105 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 53:19 106 Elliott Porter (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 53:21 107 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 53:23 108 Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 53:24 109 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 110 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 53:39 111 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 53:51 112 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop 54:24 113 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 54:38 114 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 55:41 115 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 56:52 116 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 01:00:14 117 Mike Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 118 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bissell Development Team 01:02:02 119 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:05:18 120 Scott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 01:05:19 121 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:05:54 122 Aaron Perry (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 01:08:39