August 22, 2014 (Breckenridge, CO) – Today’s stage offered probably the last chance for any attack on the yellow jersey of BMC’s Tejay Van Garderen. Our Team SmartStop plan remained constant from yesterday with a wish to be represented in the early break, and once this was established to provide all the support we could offer our top 10 on GC man Julian Kyer.
Eric Marcotte would infiltrate the first serious move of the day with 7 other riders, but Optum would again miss the move as they did yesterday and peg the gap at 15 seconds for the next 15 minutes of hard racing. They would eventually succeed in reeling in the attack and place Scott Zwizanski in the next move which would prove to be the good one.
Rob Britton again would do well and make this group of 12 along with 2 Garmin riders in Ben King and Janier Acevedo. With the former being the highest on GC at a whopping 12 minutes behind the yellow jersey, BMC would feather the gap outwards to 4 minutes.
Hoosier Pass would provide the first test with it’s summit only 23 km out from the finish in Breckenridge. Trek’s Didier would crest first followed closely by the two Garmins and Rob. The rest of the break dropped for good.
The threesome would catch Didier on the run into town for the first time and approach the base of Boreas Pass intact. Ben King would attack first and with Rob struggling slightly and Acevedo sitting shotgun, the pace was set by Didier for the entirety of the climb. He did so well he not only caught and passed King but dropped the other two with only a 4km drop between himself and a famous stage win.
King would struggle and importantly not make it back to Rob and Acevedo, thus the duo were alone in clawing back time to the Luxemburg rider. Rob knew it was do or die and gave generously his efforts to Acevedo to ensure a shot for the stage, but Didier would hold on to a slim advantage over Acevedo who would slip by Rob for second.
Back behind we heard the yellow jersey had been under attack and was isolated with the other GC contenders. Julian would be distanced slightly but ride consistently to keep his top 10 on GC while Van Garderen was never really in any difficulty to remain in the lead going into tomorrow’s Vail Pass time trial.
A fantastic day for the team and we look forward to the weekends stages.
Results
1. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 3:50:38
2. Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp
3. Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop
4. Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:15
5. Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 1:11
6. Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 1:26
7. Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 1:33
8. Richard Handley (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT
9. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
10. Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
11. Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale
12. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 1:38
13. Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing
14. Chris Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
15. Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 1:52
16. Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
17. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura
18. Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 2:06
19. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team
20. Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
21. Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
22. Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop
23. Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
24. Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 2:23
25. Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 2:49
26. Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp
27. Dion Smith (Nzl) Hincapie Sportswear Development 3:05
28. David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Netapp-Endura
29. Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
30. Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 3:24
31. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp
32. Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 3:34
33. Clement Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team
34. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
35. Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:48
36. Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 4:38
37. Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 4:42
38. Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 4:44
39. Edward Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 5:32
40. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp
41. Hayden Roulston (Nzl) Trek Factory Racing
42. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura
43. Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
44. Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp
45. Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 6:21
46. Zachary Bell (Can) Team SmartStop
47. Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 7:03
48. Elliott Porter (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT 8:23
49. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 8:50
50. Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
51. Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
52. Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
53. Bjorn Selander (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
54. Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
55. Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
56. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
57. Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
58. Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura
59. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team
60. Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
61. Scott Ambrose (Nzl) Team Novo Nordisk
62. Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
63. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
64. Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team
65. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing
66. Ian Crane (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home
67. Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp
68. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
69. Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development
70. Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
71. Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home
72. Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
73. Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:11
74. Edward King (USA) Cannondale 0:11:33
75. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home
76. Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
77. Aaron Perry (Nzl) Team Novo Nordisk
78. Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
79. Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team
80. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
81. Kristian House (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT
82. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale
83. Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
84. Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
85. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop
86. Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
87. Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home
88. Mike Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
89. Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
90. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
91. Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
92. Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale
93. Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
94. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
95. Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale
96. Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
97. Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
98. Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bissell Development Team
99. Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
100. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
101. Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
102. Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home
103. Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
104. James Oram (Nzl) Bissell Development Team
105. Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
106. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
107. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale
108. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home
109. Hugh Carthy (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT
110. Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
111. Tom Moses (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT
112. Keegan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team
113. Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
114. Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:17:06
115. Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
116. Michael Torckler (Nzl) Team SmartStop 0:17:29
117. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
118. Michael Cuming (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT
DNF David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop
DNF Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop
DNS Michael Mørkøv (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
GC after Stage 5
1. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 16:55:56
2. Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:20
3. Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:37
4. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:39
5. Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 0:51
6. Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 1:14
7. Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:22
8. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 1:28
9. Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:49
10. Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 1:55
11. Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 3:01
12. Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
13. Clement Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 3:24
14. Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 4:43
15. Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 4:48
16. Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 4:56
17. Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 6:52
18. Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 7:19
19. Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 0:10:37
20. Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:10:50
21. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 0:12:33
22. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:12:37
23. Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:13:39
24. Chris Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:14:19
25. Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:16:35
26. David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Netapp-Endura 0:17:26
27. Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 0:17:43
28. Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 0:20:31
29. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:20:49
30. Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 0:20:53
31. Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 0:21:25
32. Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
33. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:22:09
34. Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 0:22:25
35. Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:22:38
36. Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:24:34
37. Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:24:44
38. Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:24:59
39. Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:27:06
40. Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 0:30:22
41. Richard Handley (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT 0:31:06
42. Dion Smith (Nzl) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:32:00
43. Hugh Carthy (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT 0:34:08
44. Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 0:34:19
45. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 0:35:57
46. Edward Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:36:21
47. Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:37:09
48. Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:40:24
49. Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 0:40:42
50. Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:42:49
51. Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:43:12
52. Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:44:30
53. Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:45:25
54. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 0:46:00
55. Bjorn Selander (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:46:11
56. Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 0:46:17
57. Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:46:27
58. Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 0:46:49
59. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team 0:46:51
60. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:48:01
61. Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:48:04
62. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing 0:48:23
63. Hayden Roulston (Nzl) Trek Factory Racing 0:48:35
64. Michael Torckler (Nzl) Team SmartStop 0:48:50
65. Keegan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 0:48:53
66. Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:48:54
67. Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:49:54
68. Ian Crane (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 0:50
69. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 0:50:17
70. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:50:31
71. Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:50:44
72. Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:51:03
73. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 0:51:04
74. James Oram (Nzl) Bissell Development Team 0:51:07
75. Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:51:20
76. Zachary Bell (Can) Team SmartStop 0:52:08
77. Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 0:52:11
78. Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:52:41
79. Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:52:51
80. Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:53:00
81. Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 0:53:19
82. Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 0:53:20
83. Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:53:51
84. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:54:09
85. Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 0:54:24
86. Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 0:54:26
87. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:54:39
88. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 0:55:15
89. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:55:40
90. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:55:58
91. Edward King (USA) Cannondale 0:56:16
92. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:57:21
93. Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:57:23
94. Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:57:35
95. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:58:04
96. Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:58:16
97. Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 0:59:02
98. Elliott Porter (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT 1:00:11
99. Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 1:00:13
100. Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:00:41
101. Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 1:00:56
102. Tom Moses (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT 1:01:25
103. Kristian House (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT 1:01:30
104. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 1:02:00
105. Michael Cuming (Gbr) Rapha Condor JLT 1:03:18
106. Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 1:03:24
107. Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 1:03:43
108. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 1:03:51
109. Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:04:09
110. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 1:04:38
111. Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 1:05:41
112. Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 1:06:39
113. Mike Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:10:14
114. Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bissell Development Team 1:12:02
115. Scott Ambrose (Nzl) Team Novo Nordisk 1:12:36
116. Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 1:15:54
117. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 1:16:50
118. Aaron Perry (Nzl) Team Novo Nordisk 1:18:39