La seconda tappa della USA Pro Cycling Challenge ( Montrose-Crested Butte, 159,6km ) ha visto il trionfo di Tejay Van Garderen, il giovane talento statunitense della BMC Racing Team. Ha battuto in una volata a due il connazionale Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp).
Anche questa, come la prima tappa, è stata caratterizzata da una fuga partita nelle prime battute di corsa che ha avuto un vantaggio massimo di circa 5′. Tra i fuggitivi anche Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas Cannondale), sempre in evidenza quando la strada tende a salire. L’ultimo ad arrendersi poco prima del traguardo è stato però lo svizzero Mathias Frank che si è visto sfilare a doppia velocità dal compagno di squadra Van Garderen tallonato da Vande Velde.
Tejay Van Garderen, classe 1988, vincitore della maglia bianca al recente Tour de France, è anche il nuovo leader della generale con lo stesso tempo di Vande Velde.
Ordine d’arrivo della 2ª tappa:
1 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:52:24
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp
3 Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo 0:00:06
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:08
5 Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) EPM – Une
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:00:12
7 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
8 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
10 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
12 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
13 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
14 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp
15 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:17
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:19
18 Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:21
19 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo
20 Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) EPM – Une
21 Freddy Orlando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM – Une
22 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
23 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo 0:00:26
24 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp
25 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
26 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:33
27 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
28 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
29 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
30 Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) EPM – Une
31 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:00:43
32 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
33 Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:00:46
34 Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) EPM – Une
35 Andres Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy
36 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:49
37 Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) EPM – Une
38 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
39 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy 0:00:51
40 Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
41 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:53
42 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM – Une 0:00:57
43 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy 0:00:59
44 Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo 0:01:08
45 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:01:16
46 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:23
47 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling
48 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
49 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:43
50 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:01:45
51 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:01:49
52 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:51
53 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
55 Joshua Atkins (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team
56 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:01:55
57 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:12
58 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 0:02:50
59 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:22
60 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team
61 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
62 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo
63 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM – Une
64 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
65 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
66 Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
67 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:42
68 Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
69 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:04:29
70 William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:04:37
71 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:04:39
72 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp
73 Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
74 Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy 0:04:52
75 Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:04:58
76 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
77 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo
78 Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo
79 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp
80 Noe Gianetti (Swi) Team Exergy
81 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
82 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling
83 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
84 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
85 James Oram (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team
86 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:04:58
87 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
88 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
89 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
90 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy
91 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
92 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
93 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
94 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
95 Tom Zirbel (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
96 Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
97 Connor O’Leary (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
98 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
99 Marsh Cooper (Can) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
100 Sebastian Salas (Can) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
101 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Bissell Cycling
102 Julian Kyer (USA) Bissell Cycling
103 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
104 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
105 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp
106 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
107 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10
108 Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
109 Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
110 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 0:05:53
111 Jesse Anthony (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:03
112 Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy 0:06:17
113 Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
114 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:09:21
115 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
116 Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
DNF Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
Classifica generale:
1 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8:35:12
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp
3 Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo 0:00:06
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:08
5 Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) EPM – Une
6 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:12
7 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
8 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
10 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp
12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
13 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
14 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp
15 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:17
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:19
18 Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:21
19 Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) EPM – Une
20 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo
21 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
22 Freddy Orlando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM – Une
23 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:00:26
24 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo
25 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp
26 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:33
27 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
28 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
29 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan
30 Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) EPM – Une 0:00:37
31 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:00:43
32 Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) EPM – Une 0:00:46
33 Andres Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy
34 Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling
35 Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) EPM – Une 0:00:49
36 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
37 Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:00:51
38 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:53
39 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM – Une 0:00:57
40 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy 0:00:59
41 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:01:16
42 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:01:22
43 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:01:45
44 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:51
45 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
46 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:44
47 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:09
48 Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:03:22
49 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM – Une
50 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
51 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
52 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team
53 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
54 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo 0:03:32
55 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:42
56 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:04:23
57 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:04:39
58 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:58
59 Julian Kyer (USA) Bissell Cycling
60 Jesse Anthony (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:03
61 Marsh Cooper (Can) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:04
62 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:07:23
63 Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:21
64 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:10:22
65 Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy 0:11:40
66 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:13:32
67 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy 0:13:34
68 Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo 0:13:51
69 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:14:06
70 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:14:26
71 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:14:32
72 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:14:34
73 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:14:38
74 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:16:45
75 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:17:12
76 Joshua Atkins (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:17:13
77 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:17:22
78 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:17:41
79 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
80 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
81 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
82 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
83 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
84 Tom Zirbel (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
85 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
86 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
87 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 0:18:12
88 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 0:18:36
89 Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:19:00
90 Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:19:35
91 William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:19:59
92 Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:20:01
93 Noe Gianetti (Swi) Team Exergy 0:20:20
94 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling
95 James Oram (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team
96 Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo
97 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy
98 Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling
99 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp
100 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
101 Connor O’Leary (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
102 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo
103 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
104 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp
105 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
106 Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
107 Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
109 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
110 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Bissell Cycling
111 Sebastian Salas (Can) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
112 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
113 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10
114 Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
115 Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy 0:21:39
116 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:24:43