Tras una terrible subida de ocho kilómetros a una terrible cima de más de 3.000 metros de altura, la estación de esquí de Arapahoe Basin, el equipo BMC supo hacer valer su superioridad y se alzó con un doblete que, además, sitúa a Brent Bookwalter como nuevo líder de la general sustituyendo a su compañero Phinney. Por detrás de él entraron en meta su compañero Rohan Dennis, verdadero artífice del triunfo y el corredor del Caja Rural Hugh Carthy.
La primera selección se produjo en la subida a Sierra Nevada, donde se formó un grupo de diez corredores integrado por Nathan Brown, Daniel Summerhill, Will Routley, Robin Carpenter, Eric Marcotte, Carson Miller, Steve Fisher, Daniel Barry, Gregory Brenes y el Caja Rural Kyle Murphy a los que poco después se unirían Gregory Daniel y el español Antonio Molina.
El grupo de 12 coronó esa primera cima con una ventaja de 2:40 respecto al pelotón, que se relajó en exceso y pronto vio como ese hueco superaba de largo los cinco minutos hasta alcanzar una ventaja máxima de 5:40, momento en el que por detrás decidieron aumentar el ritmo.
Habían pasado sólo 80 kilómetros cuando se llegó al primer sprint intermedio y la ventaja ya había caído por debajo de los tres minutos una vez más. Fue entonces cuando las cosas comenzaron a ponerse feas para los integrantes de la escapada. En el tramo de 22 kilómetros de carretera en obras varios corredores tuvieron que darse por vencidos y dejarse caer de nuevo hasta el pelotón. Poco a poco, en un continuo goteo, la fuga iba reduciéndose mientras que la ventaja de la cabeza de carrera crecía y decrecía a merced de la voluntad de un pelotón en el que el BMC de Phinney se aseguraba de no dejar un hueco excesivo.
Así, a falta de 20 kilómetros para la meta, fue Nathan Brown el que decidió que era el momento de jugar sus cartas y marcharse en solitario hacia la victoria. Gregory Daniel fue el único que reaccionó y alcanzó la rueda de Brown sin excesiva dificultad, pero tuvo que dejarle marchar de nuevo en las primeras rampas del ascenso final.
Así, parecía que Brown iba a poder conseguir el triunfo en la altísima meta de la segunda etapa del USA Pro Challenge, pero Rohan Dennis, decidido a no permitir que la victoria no recayese en el BMC, hizo una ascensión espectacular, tirando en todo momento de su compañero Bookwalter y sentenciando a Brown y su fuga.
Puntos Top Ciclo21: Jaime Rosón, 4 (primer español etapa 2.HC)
CLASIFICACIÓN 2ª ETAPA
Rank | Name | Nat. | Team | Age* | Result | PaR | PcR |
1 | Brent BOOKWALTER | USA | BMC | 31 | 4:37:03 | 20 | 0* |
2 | Rohan DENNIS | AUS | BMC | 25 | +6 | 14 | 0* |
3 | Hugh CARTHY | GBR | CJR | 21 | +10 | 8 | 8 |
4 | Jonathan CLARKE | AUS | UHC | 31 | +10 | 7 | 7 |
5 | Robbie SQUIRE | USA | HSD | 25 | +13 | 6 | 6 |
6 | Lachlan David MORTON | AUS | JBC | 23 | +25 | 5 | 5 |
7 | Jaime ROSON GARCIA | ESP | CJR | 22 | +27 | 4 | 4 |
8 | Davide FORMOLO | ITA | TCG | 23 | +31 | 2 | 0* |
9 | Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO | COL | TFR | 27 | +33 | ||
10 | Julien BERNARD | FRA | TFR | 23 | +38 | ||
11 | Toms SKUJINS | LAT | HSD | 24 | +44 | ||
12 | Rob BRITTON | CAN | SSC | 31 | +47 | ||
13 | Nathan BROWN | USA | TCG | 24 | +51 | ||
14 | Gavin MANNION | USA | JBC | 24 | +53 | ||
15 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | GBR | BDT | 20 | +54 | ||
16 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | SLO | UHC | 32 | +54 | ||
17 | Alexandr BRAICO | MDA | JBC | 27 | +57 | ||
18 | Lachlan NORRIS | AUS | DPC | 28 | +57 | ||
19 | Bruno PIRES | POR | TCS | 34 | +59 | ||
20 | Evan HUFFMAN | USA | SSC | 25 | +59 | ||
21 | Janier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE | COL | TCG | 30 | +1:04 | ||
22 | Emerson ORONTE | USA | SSC | 25 | +1:22 | ||
23 | Roman KREUZIGER | CZE | TCS | 29 | +1:22 | ||
24 | Damiano CARUSO | ITA | BMC | 28 | +1:22 | ||
25 | Dion SMITH | NZL | HSD | 22 | +1:22 | ||
26 | Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO DIEZ | COL | JHB | 24 | +1:30 | ||
27 | Chris Anker SÖRENSEN | DEN | TCS | 31 | +1:43 | ||
28 | Ruben ZEPUNTKE | GER | TCG | 22 | +1:49 | ||
29 | Laurent DIDIER | LUX | TFR | 31 | +1:56 | ||
30 | Taylor SHELDON | USA | JBC | 28 | +2:06 | ||
31 | Flavio DE LUNA | MEX | SSC | 25 | +2:17 | ||
32 | Ivan ROVNY | RUS | TCS | 28 | +2:23 | ||
33 | Michael TORCKLER | NZL | BFL | 28 | +2:23 | ||
34 | Nicolae TANOVITCHII | MDA | JBC | 22 | +2:52 | ||
35 | Calvin WATSON | AUS | TFR | 22 | +3:22 | ||
36 | Ryan ANDERSON | CAN | OPM | 28 | +3:43 | ||
37 | James ORAM | NZL | BDT | 22 | +3:52 | ||
38 | Travis MCCABE | USA | SSC | 26 | +4:07 | ||
39 | Daniel TUREK | CZE | CAT | 22 | +4:17 | ||
40 | Michael SCHÄR | SUI | BMC | 29 | +4:19 | ||
41 | Taylor PHINNEY | USA | BMC | 25 | +4:19 | ||
42 | Timothy ROE | AUS | DPC | 26 | +4:19 | ||
43 | Daniel EATON | USA | BDT | 22 | +4:48 | ||
44 | GREGORY DANIEL | USA | BDT | 21 | +5:00 | ||
45 | Matthew BUSCHE | USA | TFR | 30 | +5:06 | ||
46 | Leonardo BASSO | ITA | TFR | 22 | +5:06 | ||
47 | Adam Phelan | AUS | DPC | 24 | +5:43 | ||
48 | Chris PUTT | USA | BDT | 22 | +7:14 | ||
49 | Tanner PUTT | USA | UHC | 23 | +7:14 | ||
50 | Logan OWEN | USA | BDT | 20 | +7:14 | ||
51 | Walter Gaston TRILLINI | ARG | JHB | 24 | +7:14 | ||
52 | Christopher JONES | USA | UHC | 36 | +7:14 | ||
53 | Charles PLANET | FRA | TNN | 22 | +7:14 | ||
54 | Bartosz WARCHOL | POL | CAT | 23 | +7:14 | ||
55 | Peter STETINA | USA | BMC | 28 | +7:14 | ||
56 | Edward KING | USA | TCG | 32 | +7:14 | ||
57 | Emanuel PIASKOWY | POL | CAT | 24 | +7:14 | ||
58 | Kristoffer SKJERPING | NOR | TCG | 22 | +7:14 | ||
59 | Andzs FLAKSIS | LAT | HSD | 24 | +7:14 | ||
60 | Chad YOUNG | USA | BDT | 20 | +7:14 | ||
61 | Angus MORTON | AUS | JBC | 26 | +7:14 | ||
62 | Fabricio FERRARI BARCELO | URU | CJR | 30 | +7:14 | ||
63 | Felix GROSSSCHARTNER | AUT | TCS | 22 | +7:14 | ||
64 | Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ | ESP | TCS | 34 | +7:14 | ||
65 | Miguel Angel BENITO DIEZ | ESP | CJR | 22 | +7:14 | ||
66 | Jasper BOVENHUIS | NED | TCG | 24 | +7:14 | ||
67 | Eduard Alexander BELTRAN SUAREZ | COL | TCS | 25 | +7:14 | ||
68 | Tom ZIRBEL | USA | OPM | 37 | +7:49 | ||
69 | William CLARKE | AUS | DPC | 30 | +7:49 | ||
70 | Dylan GIRDLESTONE | RSA | DPC | 26 | +7:49 | ||
71 | Kiel REIJNEN | USA | UHC | 29 | +7:55 | ||
72 | Marco CANOLA | ITA | UHC | 27 | +7:55 | ||
73 | David LOZANO RIBA | ESP | TNN | 27 | +9:24 | ||
74 | Javier MEGIAS LEAL | ESP | TNN | 32 | +9:44 | ||
75 | John MURPHY | USA | UHC | 31 | +10:48 | ||
76 | Phillip GAIMON | USA | OPM | 29 | +10:48 | ||
77 | Brendan CANTY | AUS | BFL | 23 | +10:48 | ||
78 | Jack ANDERSON | AUS | BFL | 28 | +10:48 | ||
79 | Martin KOHLER | SUI | DPC | 30 | +10:48 | ||
80 | Julian KYER | USA | SSC | 27 | +10:48 | ||
81 | Joseph LEWIS | AUS | HSD | 26 | +10:48 | ||
82 | Jure KOCJAN | SLO | SSC | 31 | +10:48 | ||
83 | Antonio MOLINA | ESP | CJR | 24 | +10:48 | ||
84 | Kyle MURPHY | USA | CJR | 24 | +10:48 | ||
85 | Fabio SILVESTRE | POR | TFR | 25 | +10:48 | ||
86 | David WILLIAMS | USA | JHB | 27 | +10:48 | ||
87 | Jack BOBRIDGE | AUS | BFL | 26 | +11:37 | ||
88 | Kevin DE MESMAEKER | BEL | TNN | 24 | +11:55 | ||
89 | Manuel SENNI | ITA | BMC | 23 | +13:12 | ||
90 | Kilian FRANKINY | SUI | BMC | 21 | +13:12 | ||
91 | Erik SLACK | USA | JBC | 27 | +13:12 | ||
92 | Lucas Sebastian HAEDO | ARG | JHB | 32 | +13:57 | ||
93 | Stephen LEECE | USA | JHB | 24 | +13:57 | ||
94 | Guillaume BOIVIN | CAN | OPM | 26 | +14:52 | ||
95 | Will ROUTLEY | CAN | OPM | 32 | +14:52 | ||
96 | Pierrick NAUD | CAN | OPM | 24 | +14:52 | ||
97 | Gregory OBANDO BRENES | CRC | JHB | 27 | +15:00 | ||
98 | Carson MILLER | USA | JHB | 26 | +15:00 | ||
99 | Eric MARCOTTE | USA | SSC | 35 | +15:11 | ||
100 | Wojciech MIGDAL | POL | CAT | 24 | +15:11 | ||
101 | Jordan KERBY | AUS | DPC | 23 | +15:49 | ||
102 | Samuel SPOKES | AUS | DPC | 23 | +15:49 | ||
103 | Daniel SUMMERHILL | USA | UHC | 26 | +16:08 | ||
104 | Oscar CLARK | USA | HSD | 26 | +16:22 | ||
105 | Robin CARPENTER | USA | HSD | 23 | +16:22 | ||
106 | Joseph SCHMALZ | USA | HSD | 25 | +16:22 | ||
107 | Steve FISHER | USA | JBC | 25 | +16:22 | ||
108 | Eric YOUNG | USA | OPM | 26 | +18:59 | ||
109 | Brian KAMSTRA | NED | TNN | 22 | +19:35 | ||
110 | Brodie TALBOT | AUS | BFL | 26 | +20:24 | ||
111 | Daniel BARRY | NZL | BFL | 27 | +20:24 | ||
112 | Guy GABAY | ISR | CAT | 22 | +25:57 | ||
113 | Yoav BAR | ISR | CAT | 24 | +26:01 | ||
DNF | Hector SAEZ BENITO | ESP | CJR | 22 | |||
DNF | Corentin CHERHAL | FRA | TNN | 21 | |||
DNF | Benjamin DILLEY | USA | TNN | 24 | |||
DNF | Charles Bradley HUFF | USA | OPM | 36 | |||
DNF | Tommy NANKERVIS | AUS | BFL | 32 | |||
DNF | Antonio ANGULO SAMPEDRO | ESP | CAT | 23 |
CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL TRAS LA 2ª ETAPA
1 | Brent BOOKWALTER | United States | BMC | 31 | 8:16:10 | 10 | 0* |
2 | Rohan DENNIS | Australia | BMC | 25 | +6 | ||
3 | Jonathan CLARKE | Australia | UHC | 31 | +10 | ||
4 | Hugh CARTHY | Great Britain | CJR | 21 | +10 | ||
5 | Robbie SQUIRE | United States | HSD | 25 | +13 | ||
6 | Lachlan David MORTON | Australia | JBC | 23 | +25 | ||
7 | Jaime ROSON GARCIA | Spain | CJR | 22 | +27 | ||
8 | Davide FORMOLO | Italy | TCG | 23 | +31 | ||
9 | Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO | Colombia | TFR | 27 | +33 | ||
10 | Julien BERNARD | France | TFR | 23 | +38 | ||
11 | Toms SKUJINS | Latvia | HSD | 24 | +44 | ||
12 | Rob BRITTON | Canada | SSC | 31 | +47 | ||
13 | Gavin MANNION | United States | JBC | 24 | +53 | ||
14 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Great Britain | BDT | 20 | +54 | ||
15 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Slovenia | UHC | 32 | +54 | ||
16 | Alexandr BRAICO | Moldova | JBC | 27 | +57 | ||
17 | Lachlan NORRIS | Australia | DPC | 28 | +57 | ||
18 | Bruno PIRES | Portugal | TCS | 34 | +59 | ||
19 | Damiano CARUSO | Italy | BMC | 28 | +1:22 | ||
20 | Dion SMITH | New Zealand | HSD | 22 | +1:22 | ||
21 | Roman KREUZIGER | Czech Republic | TCS | 29 | +1:22 | ||
22 | Emerson ORONTE | United States | SSC | 25 | +1:22 | ||
23 | Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO DIEZ | Colombia | JHB | 24 | +1:30 | ||
24 | Chris Anker SÖRENSEN | Denmark | TCS | 31 | +1:43 | ||
25 | Ruben ZEPUNTKE | Germany | TCG | 22 | +1:49 | ||
26 | Taylor SHELDON | United States | JBC | 28 | +2:06 | ||
27 | Flavio DE LUNA | Mexico | SSC | 25 | +2:17 | ||
28 | Ivan ROVNY | Russia | TCS | 28 | +2:23 | ||
29 | Michael TORCKLER | New Zealand | BFL | 28 | +2:23 | ||
30 | Ryan ANDERSON | Canada | OPM | 28 | +3:43 | ||
31 | James ORAM | New Zealand | BDT | 22 | +3:52 | ||
32 | Taylor PHINNEY | United States | BMC | 25 | +4:19 | ||
33 | Leonardo BASSO | Italy | TFR | 22 | +5:06 | ||
34 | Matthew BUSCHE | United States | TFR | 30 | +5:06 | ||
35 | Nathan BROWN | United States | TCG | 24 | +5:13 | ||
36 | Evan HUFFMAN | United States | SSC | 25 | +5:21 | ||
37 | Janier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE | Colombia | TCG | 30 | +5:26 | ||
38 | Logan OWEN | United States | BDT | 20 | +7:14 | ||
39 | Felix GROSSSCHARTNER | Austria | TCS | 22 | +7:14 | ||
40 | Tanner PUTT | United States | UHC | 23 | +7:29 | ||
41 | Calvin WATSON | Australia | TFR | 22 | +7:44 | ||
42 | Kiel REIJNEN | United States | UHC | 29 | +7:55 | ||
43 | Marco CANOLA | Italy | UHC | 27 | +7:55 | ||
44 | Travis MCCABE | United States | SSC | 26 | +8:29 | ||
45 | Daniel TUREK | Czech Republic | CAT | 22 | +8:39 | ||
46 | Timothy ROE | Australia | DPC | 26 | +8:41 | ||
47 | Michael SCHÄR | Switzerland | BMC | 29 | +8:41 | ||
48 | Daniel EATON | United States | BDT | 22 | +9:10 | ||
49 | Nicolae TANOVITCHII | Moldova | JBC | 22 | +9:48 | ||
50 | Adam Phelan | Australia | DPC | 24 | +10:05 | ||
51 | Angus MORTON | Australia | JBC | 26 | +11:36 | ||
52 | Andzs FLAKSIS | Latvia | HSD | 24 | +11:36 | ||
53 | Christopher JONES | United States | UHC | 36 | +11:36 | ||
54 | Fabricio FERRARI BARCELO | Uruguay | CJR | 30 | +11:36 | ||
55 | Miguel Angel BENITO DIEZ | Spain | CJR | 22 | +11:36 | ||
56 | Jack BOBRIDGE | Australia | BFL | 26 | +11:37 | ||
57 | GREGORY DANIEL | United States | BDT | 21 | +11:56 | ||
58 | Dylan GIRDLESTONE | South Africa | DPC | 26 | +12:11 | ||
59 | Laurent DIDIER | Luxembourg | TFR | 31 | +13:17 | ||
60 | Javier MEGIAS LEAL | Spain | TNN | 32 | +14:06 | ||
61 | Chris PUTT | United States | BDT | 22 | +14:10 | ||
62 | Charles PLANET | France | TNN | 22 | +14:10 | ||
63 | Bartosz WARCHOL | Poland | CAT | 23 | +14:10 | ||
64 | Chad YOUNG | United States | BDT | 20 | +14:10 | ||
65 | Peter STETINA | United States | BMC | 28 | +14:10 | ||
66 | Walter Gaston TRILLINI | Argentina | JHB | 24 | +14:10 | ||
67 | Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ | Spain | TCS | 34 | +14:10 | ||
68 | Eduard Alexander BELTRAN SUAREZ | Colombia | TCS | 25 | +14:10 | ||
69 | Tom ZIRBEL | United States | OPM | 37 | +14:45 | ||
70 | Guillaume BOIVIN | Canada | OPM | 26 | +14:52 | ||
71 | John MURPHY | United States | UHC | 31 | +15:10 | ||
72 | Phillip GAIMON | United States | OPM | 29 | +15:10 | ||
73 | Joseph LEWIS | Australia | HSD | 26 | +15:10 | ||
74 | Jure KOCJAN | Slovenia | SSC | 31 | +15:10 | ||
75 | Brendan CANTY | Australia | BFL | 23 | +15:10 | ||
76 | Kyle MURPHY | United States | CJR | 24 | +15:10 | ||
77 | Jordan KERBY | Australia | DPC | 23 | +15:49 | ||
78 | Daniel SUMMERHILL | United States | UHC | 26 | +16:08 | ||
79 | Kilian FRANKINY | Switzerland | BMC | 21 | +17:34 | ||
80 | Julian KYER | United States | SSC | 27 | +17:44 | ||
81 | Fabio SILVESTRE | Portugal | TFR | 25 | +17:44 | ||
82 | Antonio MOLINA | Spain | CJR | 24 | +17:44 | ||
83 | David WILLIAMS | United States | JHB | 27 | +17:44 | ||
84 | Emanuel PIASKOWY | Poland | CAT | 24 | +18:35 | ||
85 | Kristoffer SKJERPING | Norway | TCG | 22 | +18:35 | ||
86 | Jasper BOVENHUIS | Netherlands | TCG | 24 | +18:35 | ||
87 | Edward KING | United States | TCG | 32 | +18:35 | ||
88 | William CLARKE | Australia | DPC | 30 | +19:10 | ||
89 | Carson MILLER | United States | JHB | 26 | +19:22 | ||
90 | Gregory OBANDO BRENES | Costa Rica | JHB | 27 | +19:22 | ||
91 | Manuel SENNI | Italy | BMC | 23 | +20:08 | ||
92 | Erik SLACK | United States | JBC | 27 | +20:08 | ||
93 | Samuel SPOKES | Australia | DPC | 23 | +20:11 | ||
94 | Joseph SCHMALZ | United States | HSD | 25 | +20:44 | ||
95 | David LOZANO RIBA | Spain | TNN | 27 | +20:45 | ||
96 | Stephen LEECE | United States | JHB | 24 | +20:53 | ||
97 | Lucas Sebastian HAEDO | Argentina | JHB | 32 | +20:53 | ||
98 | Will ROUTLEY | Canada | OPM | 32 | +21:48 | ||
99 | Eric MARCOTTE | United States | SSC | 35 | +22:07 | ||
100 | Martin KOHLER | Switzerland | DPC | 30 | +22:09 | ||
101 | Jack ANDERSON | Australia | BFL | 28 | +22:19 | ||
102 | Kevin DE MESMAEKER | Belgium | TNN | 24 | +23:16 | ||
103 | Steve FISHER | United States | JBC | 25 | +23:18 | ||
104 | Oscar CLARK | United States | HSD | 26 | +23:18 | ||
105 | Robin CARPENTER | United States | HSD | 23 | +23:18 | ||
106 | Eric YOUNG | United States | OPM | 26 | +25:55 | ||
107 | Pierrick NAUD | Canada | OPM | 24 | +26:13 | ||
108 | Wojciech MIGDAL | Poland | CAT | 24 | +26:52 | ||
109 | Brian KAMSTRA | Netherlands | TNN | 22 | +31:16 | ||
110 | Daniel BARRY | New Zealand | BFL | 27 | +31:45 | ||
111 | Brodie TALBOT | Australia | BFL | 26 | +32:05 | ||
112 | Yoav BAR | Israel | CAT | 24 | +37:42 | ||
113 | Guy GABAY | Israel | CAT | 22 | +37:58 |