En las semanas doradas del ciclismo estadounidense, los corredores del otro lado del Atlántico se están dando un festín de victorias. El último en anotarse una nueva muesca en su palmarés ha sido Kiel Reijnen, del UnitedHealthcare, que tras completar una interesante Vuelta a Utah con victoria de etapa incluida, se ha impuesto en la llegada a Aspen de la tercera etapa del USA Pro Challenge en una etapa en la que el líder, Brent Bookwalker, pudo conservar su plaza al frente de la general.
Una vez más, la etapa estuvo caracterizada por la gran altura a la que se disputa la carrera americana, con una salida situada a 3.000 metros y dos ascensiones por encima de los 3.300 y los 3.600 metros, respectivamente. Fue poco antes de alcanzar la cima del paso Freemont cuando se formó la fuga de siete hombres que rodarían en cabeza gran parte de la jornada, integrada por Daniel Jaramillo, Kyle Murphy y Miguel Benito (Caja Rural-RGA), Laurent Didier, Joe Lewis, Jesus Hernandez, Janier Acevedo, Timothy Roe, Dion Smith, Daniel Eatony Jack Bobridge.
El pelotón mantuvo el hueco siempre cercano a los tres minutos, pero un error en la indicación de tiempos por parte de los comisarios motivó que el BMC relajara el ritmo y la diferencia se aproximara peligrosamente a los cinco minutos, pero un nuevo acelerón de los compañeros del líder volvió a poner las cosas en su sitio.
En la decisiva subida a Independence, de más de 30 kilómetros, Jesús Hernández fue el encargado de poner el ritmo en la escapada en respuesta al acelerón que el BMC estaba protagonizando por detrás. Esto hizo que tanto en el grupo de cabeza como en cola del pelotón, el goteo de hombres que no podían seguir el ritmo fuese constante, pero el español nada pudo hacer cuando Didier, Smith y Bobridge decidieron protagonizar un último intento y se marcharon en solitario formando un nuevo trío cabecero.
Por detrás, como ya sucediera ayer, fue Rohan Dennis el encargado por parte de BMC de poner las cosas en su sitio, lo que redujo al grupo principal a un total de poco más de 12 corredores que acabarían por neutralizar a los tres escapados poco después de coronar.
Finalmente, Kiel Reijnen fue el más rápido de esa selección de corredores y se impuso en una etapa en la que Brent Bookwalker también pudo mantenerse con los mejores y, por lo tanto, mantener el maillot de líder.
Puntos Top Ciclo21: Miguel Ángel Benito, 4 (primer español etapa 2.HC)
CLASIFICACIÓN 3ª ETAPA
1 | Kiel REIJNEN | USA | UHC | 29 | 3:56:52 | 20 | 20 |
2 | Rohan DENNIS | AUS | BMC | 25 | +0 | 14 | 0* |
3 | Ruben ZEPUNTKE | GER | TCG | 22 | +0 | 8 | 0* |
4 | Logan OWEN | USA | BDT | 20 | +0 | 7 | 7 |
5 | Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO | COL | TFR | 27 | +0 | 6 | 0* |
6 | Ryan ANDERSON | CAN | OPM | 28 | +0 | 5 | 5 |
7 | Dion SMITH | NZL | HSD | 22 | +0 | 4 | 4 |
8 | Toms SKUJINS | LAT | HSD | 24 | +0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Brent BOOKWALTER | USA | BMC | 31 | +0 | ||
10 | Marco CANOLA | ITA | UHC | 27 | +0 | ||
11 | Alexandr BRAICO | MDA | JBC | 27 | +0 | ||
12 | Miguel Angel BENITO DIEZ | ESP | CJR | 22 | +0 | ||
13 | Julien BERNARD | FRA | TFR | 23 | +0 | ||
14 | Jaime ROSON GARCIA | ESP | CJR | 22 | +0 | ||
15 | Robbie SQUIRE | USA | HSD | 25 | +0 | ||
16 | Lachlan NORRIS | AUS | DPC | 28 | +0 | ||
17 | Gavin MANNION | USA | JBC | 24 | +0 | ||
18 | Timothy ROE | AUS | DPC | 26 | +0 | ||
19 | Davide FORMOLO | ITA | TCG | 23 | +0 | ||
20 | Bruno PIRES | POR | TCS | 34 | +0 | ||
21 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | GBR | BDT | 20 | +0 | ||
22 | Jonathan CLARKE | AUS | UHC | 31 | +0 | ||
23 | Lachlan David MORTON | AUS | JBC | 23 | +0 | ||
24 | Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO DIEZ | COL | JHB | 24 | +0 | ||
25 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | SLO | UHC | 32 | +0 | ||
26 | Rob BRITTON | CAN | SSC | 31 | +0 | ||
27 | Hugh CARTHY | GBR | CJR | 21 | +0 | ||
28 | Jack BOBRIDGE | AUS | BFL | 26 | +0 | ||
29 | Daniel EATON | USA | BDT | 22 | +0 | ||
30 | Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ | ESP | TCS | 34 | +0 | ||
31 | Laurent DIDIER | LUX | TFR | 31 | +0 | ||
32 | Kyle MURPHY | USA | CJR | 24 | +0 | ||
33 | Michael SCHÄR | SUI | BMC | 29 | +0 | ||
34 | Evan HUFFMAN | USA | SSC | 25 | +2:14 | ||
35 | Nicolae TANOVITCHII | MDA | JBC | 22 | +2:25 | ||
36 | Calvin WATSON | AUS | TFR | 22 | +2:25 | ||
37 | Flavio DE LUNA | MEX | SSC | 25 | +2:25 | ||
38 | Felix GROSSSCHARTNER | AUT | TCS | 22 | +2:25 | ||
39 | Ivan ROVNY | RUS | TCS | 28 | +2:25 | ||
40 | Jure KOCJAN | SLO | SSC | 31 | +2:25 | ||
41 | Wojciech MIGDAL | POL | CAT | 24 | +4:08 | ||
42 | Jasper BOVENHUIS | NED | TCG | 24 | +4:08 | ||
43 | Taylor PHINNEY | USA | BMC | 25 | +4:08 | ||
44 | Leonardo BASSO | ITA | TFR | 22 | +4:08 | ||
45 | Travis MCCABE | USA | SSC | 26 | +4:08 | ||
46 | Chad YOUNG | USA | BDT | 20 | +4:08 | ||
47 | Tom ZIRBEL | USA | OPM | 37 | +4:08 | ||
48 | Jack ANDERSON | AUS | BFL | 28 | +4:08 | ||
49 | Dylan GIRDLESTONE | RSA | DPC | 26 | +4:08 | ||
50 | Fabricio FERRARI BARCELO | URU | CJR | 30 | +4:08 | ||
51 | Roman KREUZIGER | CZE | TCS | 29 | +4:08 | ||
52 | Guillaume BOIVIN | CAN | OPM | 26 | +4:08 | ||
53 | Andzs FLAKSIS | LAT | HSD | 24 | +7:34 | ||
54 | Angus MORTON | AUS | JBC | 26 | +7:34 | ||
55 | Adam Phelan | AUS | DPC | 24 | +7:34 | ||
56 | Janier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE | COL | TCG | 30 | +7:34 | ||
57 | Joseph LEWIS | AUS | HSD | 26 | +7:34 | ||
58 | Chris Anker SÖRENSEN | DEN | TCS | 31 | +9:55 | ||
59 | Emerson ORONTE | USA | SSC | 25 | +10:24 | ||
60 | Taylor SHELDON | USA | JBC | 28 | +10:24 | ||
61 | Nathan BROWN | USA | TCG | 24 | +10:24 | ||
62 | Manuel SENNI | ITA | BMC | 23 | +10:24 | ||
63 | Lucas Sebastian HAEDO | ARG | JHB | 32 | +11:33 | ||
64 | Christopher JONES | USA | UHC | 36 | +11:33 | ||
65 | Charles PLANET | FRA | TNN | 22 | +11:33 | ||
66 | Antonio MOLINA | ESP | CJR | 24 | +11:33 | ||
67 | Bartosz WARCHOL | POL | CAT | 23 | +11:33 | ||
68 | Walter Gaston TRILLINI | ARG | JHB | 24 | +11:33 | ||
69 | GREGORY DANIEL | USA | BDT | 21 | +11:33 | ||
70 | Kilian FRANKINY | SUI | BMC | 21 | +11:33 | ||
71 | Peter STETINA | USA | BMC | 28 | +11:33 | ||
72 | Matthew BUSCHE | USA | TFR | 30 | +11:33 | ||
73 | Martin KOHLER | SUI | DPC | 30 | +11:33 | ||
74 | Michael TORCKLER | NZL | BFL | 28 | +11:33 | ||
75 | Eduard Alexander BELTRAN SUAREZ | COL | TCS | 25 | +11:33 | ||
76 | Will ROUTLEY | CAN | OPM | 32 | +11:33 | ||
77 | Robin CARPENTER | USA | HSD | 23 | +12:51 | ||
78 | Stephen LEECE | USA | JHB | 24 | +12:51 | ||
79 | Oscar CLARK | USA | HSD | 26 | +12:52 | ||
80 | Fabio SILVESTRE | POR | TFR | 25 | +13:21 | ||
81 | William CLARKE | AUS | DPC | 30 | +13:21 | ||
82 | Samuel SPOKES | AUS | DPC | 23 | +13:21 | ||
83 | Kristoffer SKJERPING | NOR | TCG | 22 | +13:21 | ||
84 | Edward KING | USA | TCG | 32 | +13:21 | ||
85 | David LOZANO RIBA | ESP | TNN | 27 | +13:21 | ||
86 | Javier MEGIAS LEAL | ESP | TNN | 32 | +13:29 | ||
87 | Kevin DE MESMAEKER | BEL | TNN | 24 | +14:21 | ||
88 | Pierrick NAUD | CAN | OPM | 24 | +14:21 | ||
89 | Steve FISHER | USA | JBC | 25 | +14:21 | ||
90 | Tanner PUTT | USA | UHC | 23 | +14:21 | ||
91 | Brendan CANTY | AUS | BFL | 23 | +14:21 | ||
92 | Julian KYER | USA | SSC | 27 | +14:21 | ||
93 | John MURPHY | USA | UHC | 31 | +14:21 | ||
94 | Daniel SUMMERHILL | USA | UHC | 26 | +14:21 | ||
95 | Jordan KERBY | AUS | DPC | 23 | +14:21 | ||
96 | Gregory OBANDO BRENES | CRC | JHB | 27 | +14:21 | ||
97 | Phillip GAIMON | USA | OPM | 29 | +14:21 | ||
98 | James ORAM | NZL | BDT | 22 | +14:21 | ||
99 | Damiano CARUSO | ITA | BMC | 28 | +14:21 | ||
100 | Chris PUTT | USA | BDT | 22 | +14:21 | ||
101 | David WILLIAMS | USA | JHB | 27 | +14:21 | ||
102 | Yoav BAR | ISR | CAT | 24 | +14:30 | ||
103 | Brodie TALBOT | AUS | BFL | 26 | +14:30 | ||
104 | Joseph SCHMALZ | USA | HSD | 25 | +14:30 | ||
105 | Carson MILLER | USA | JHB | 26 | +14:30 | ||
106 | Daniel BARRY | NZL | BFL | 27 | +14:30 | ||
107 | Daniel TUREK | CZE | CAT | 22 | +20:55 | ||
108 | Emanuel PIASKOWY | POL | CAT | 24 | +20:55 | ||
109 | Erik SLACK | USA | JBC | 27 | +20:55 | ||
DNF | Brian KAMSTRA | NED | TNN | 22 | |||
DNF | Eric YOUNG | USA | OPM | 26 | |||
DNF | Eric MARCOTTE | USA | SSC | 35 | |||
DNF | Guy GABAY | ISR | CAT | 22 |
CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL TRAS LA 3ª ETAPA
1 | Brent BOOKWALTER | United States | BMC | 31 | 12:13:02 | 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 | +23 | ||
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 | Dion SMITH | New Zealand | HSD | 22 | +1:22 | ||
20 | Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO DIEZ | Colombia | JHB | 24 | +1:30 | ||
21 | Ruben ZEPUNTKE | Germany | TCG | 22 | +1:49 | ||
22 | Ryan ANDERSON | Canada | OPM | 28 | +3:43 | ||
23 | Flavio DE LUNA | Mexico | SSC | 25 | +4:42 | ||
24 | Ivan ROVNY | Russia | TCS | 28 | +4:48 | ||
25 | Roman KREUZIGER | Czech Republic | TCS | 29 | +5:30 | ||
26 | Logan OWEN | United States | BDT | 20 | +7:14 | ||
27 | Evan HUFFMAN | United States | SSC | 25 | +7:35 | ||
28 | Kiel REIJNEN | United States | UHC | 29 | +7:55 | ||
29 | Marco CANOLA | Italy | UHC | 27 | +7:55 | ||
30 | Taylor PHINNEY | United States | BMC | 25 | +8:27 | ||
31 | Timothy ROE | Australia | DPC | 26 | +8:41 | ||
32 | Michael SCHÄR | Switzerland | BMC | 29 | +8:41 | ||
33 | Daniel EATON | United States | BDT | 22 | +9:10 | ||
34 | Leonardo BASSO | Italy | TFR | 22 | +9:14 | ||
35 | Felix GROSSSCHARTNER | Austria | TCS | 22 | +9:39 | ||
36 | Calvin WATSON | Australia | TFR | 22 | +10:09 | ||
37 | Miguel Angel BENITO DIEZ | Spain | CJR | 22 | +11:36 | ||
38 | Jack BOBRIDGE | Australia | BFL | 26 | +11:37 | ||
39 | Chris Anker SÖRENSEN | Denmark | TCS | 31 | +11:38 | ||
40 | Emerson ORONTE | United States | SSC | 25 | +11:46 | ||
41 | Nicolae TANOVITCHII | Moldova | JBC | 22 | +12:13 | ||
42 | Taylor SHELDON | United States | JBC | 28 | +12:30 | ||
43 | Travis MCCABE | United States | SSC | 26 | +12:37 | ||
44 | Janier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE | Colombia | TCG | 30 | +13:00 | ||
45 | Laurent DIDIER | Luxembourg | TFR | 31 | +13:17 | ||
46 | Michael TORCKLER | New Zealand | BFL | 28 | +13:56 | ||
47 | Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ | Spain | TCS | 34 | +14:10 | ||
48 | Kyle MURPHY | United States | CJR | 24 | +15:10 | ||
49 | Nathan BROWN | United States | TCG | 24 | +15:37 | ||
50 | Damiano CARUSO | Italy | BMC | 28 | +15:43 | ||
51 | Fabricio FERRARI BARCELO | Uruguay | CJR | 30 | +15:44 | ||
52 | Dylan GIRDLESTONE | South Africa | DPC | 26 | +16:19 | ||
53 | Matthew BUSCHE | United States | TFR | 30 | +16:39 | ||
54 | Jure KOCJAN | Slovenia | SSC | 31 | +17:35 | ||
55 | Adam Phelan | Australia | DPC | 24 | +17:39 | ||
56 | James ORAM | New Zealand | BDT | 22 | +18:13 | ||
57 | Chad YOUNG | United States | BDT | 20 | +18:18 | ||
58 | Tom ZIRBEL | United States | OPM | 37 | +18:53 | ||
59 | Guillaume BOIVIN | Canada | OPM | 26 | +19:00 | ||
60 | Andzs FLAKSIS | Latvia | HSD | 24 | +19:10 | ||
61 | Angus MORTON | Australia | JBC | 26 | +19:10 | ||
62 | Tanner PUTT | United States | UHC | 23 | +21:50 | ||
63 | Jasper BOVENHUIS | Netherlands | TCG | 24 | +22:43 | ||
64 | Joseph LEWIS | Australia | HSD | 26 | +22:44 | ||
65 | Christopher JONES | United States | UHC | 36 | +23:09 | ||
66 | GREGORY DANIEL | United States | BDT | 21 | +23:29 | ||
67 | Charles PLANET | France | TNN | 22 | +25:43 | ||
68 | Bartosz WARCHOL | Poland | CAT | 23 | +25:43 | ||
69 | Peter STETINA | United States | BMC | 28 | +25:43 | ||
70 | Walter Gaston TRILLINI | Argentina | JHB | 24 | +25:43 | ||
71 | Eduard Alexander BELTRAN SUAREZ | Colombia | TCS | 25 | +25:43 | ||
72 | Jack ANDERSON | Australia | BFL | 28 | +26:27 | ||
73 | Javier MEGIAS LEAL | Spain | TNN | 32 | +27:35 | ||
74 | Chris PUTT | United States | BDT | 22 | +28:31 | ||
75 | Kilian FRANKINY | Switzerland | BMC | 21 | +29:07 | ||
76 | Antonio MOLINA | Spain | CJR | 24 | +29:17 | ||
77 | John MURPHY | United States | UHC | 31 | +29:31 | ||
78 | Phillip GAIMON | United States | OPM | 29 | +29:31 | ||
79 | Brendan CANTY | Australia | BFL | 23 | +29:31 | ||
80 | Daniel TUREK | Czech Republic | CAT | 22 | +29:34 | ||
81 | Jordan KERBY | Australia | DPC | 23 | +30:10 | ||
82 | Daniel SUMMERHILL | United States | UHC | 26 | +30:29 | ||
83 | Manuel SENNI | Italy | BMC | 23 | +30:32 | ||
84 | Wojciech MIGDAL | Poland | CAT | 24 | +31:00 | ||
85 | Fabio SILVESTRE | Portugal | TFR | 25 | +31:05 | ||
86 | Kristoffer SKJERPING | Norway | TCG | 22 | +31:56 | ||
87 | Edward KING | United States | TCG | 32 | +31:56 | ||
88 | Julian KYER | United States | SSC | 27 | +32:05 | ||
89 | David WILLIAMS | United States | JHB | 27 | +32:05 | ||
90 | Lucas Sebastian HAEDO | Argentina | JHB | 32 | +32:26 | ||
91 | William CLARKE | Australia | DPC | 30 | +32:31 | ||
92 | Will ROUTLEY | Canada | OPM | 32 | +33:21 | ||
93 | Samuel SPOKES | Australia | DPC | 23 | +33:32 | ||
94 | Martin KOHLER | Switzerland | DPC | 30 | +33:42 | ||
95 | Gregory OBANDO BRENES | Costa Rica | JHB | 27 | +33:43 | ||
96 | Stephen LEECE | United States | JHB | 24 | +33:44 | ||
97 | Carson MILLER | United States | JHB | 26 | +33:52 | ||
98 | David LOZANO RIBA | Spain | TNN | 27 | +34:06 | ||
99 | Joseph SCHMALZ | United States | HSD | 25 | +35:14 | ||
100 | Robin CARPENTER | United States | HSD | 23 | +36:09 | ||
101 | Oscar CLARK | United States | HSD | 26 | +36:10 | ||
102 | Kevin DE MESMAEKER | Belgium | TNN | 24 | +37:37 | ||
103 | Steve FISHER | United States | JBC | 25 | +37:39 | ||
104 | Emanuel PIASKOWY | Poland | CAT | 24 | +39:30 | ||
105 | Pierrick NAUD | Canada | OPM | 24 | +40:34 | ||
106 | Erik SLACK | United States | JBC | 27 | +41:03 | ||
107 | Daniel BARRY | New Zealand | BFL | 27 | +46:15 | ||
108 | Brodie TALBOT | Australia | BFL | 26 | +46:35 | ||
109 | Yoav BAR | Israel | CAT | 24 | +52:12 |