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Stage 4
Friday, July 24
Cascade Lakes Road Race
84 miles |
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AGGRESSIVE RACING BY BISSELL PUTS BEN IN GREEN
The BISSELL Team shook things up on Friday’s 133k stage 4 of the Cascade Classic. The queen stage started out with a brutal 15 mile opening climb. Climbing specialist, Moises Aldape (Team Type 1), initiated the first move of the day and the break grew to 6 riders including BISSELL’s Tom Zirbel. Rock assumed their place as race leader to bring back the group and a well-timed attack by Tom and Burke Swindlehurst established the next breakaway. Tom and Burke were joined by Brent Bookwalter (BMC) and the threesome shattered the field. Rock got a taste of the pressure to come and several times race leader, Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing), was forced to bridge moves on his own. After causing a considerable sting to the chasers, the threesome was eventually brought back. In great team form, Ben Jacques-Maynes launched the next attack which would become the decisive move of the day and 6 riders went with him. The break worked well together and put significant pressure on Rock. The gap grew to 3 minutes and BJM was the virtual race leader. At 100K there was some dysfunction in the break, and BJM came through to drive the group. His incredible vigor resulted in him taking full sprint points for the day. Sevilla made huge efforts on the closing 10k ascent up Mt. Bachelor to reel in the break and set up a big group for the finish. Aldape crossed the line alone for his second consecutive win of Cascade’s queen stage and Phil Zajicek (Fly V) took the bunch sprint 13 seconds behind him. Burke, Tom, and Jeremy also finished in this group and BJM came away with the green jersey. The BISSELL Team showcased some outstanding racing to shape a very exciting day.
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